Actually, I'm worn ragged keeping up with a great new social media platform that has supplanted TB in my online life.
You guys should have a look at it, I think it is gonna take off in a big way
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The Random Thought Megathread
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Actually, I'm worn ragged keeping up with a great new social media platform that has supplanted TB in my online life.
You guys should have a look at it, I think it is gonna take off in a big way
I'm good at that, too, unless I decide to complicate it by adding dip into the procedure.I have managed to push my Dorito-eating into the background, I can do it unconsciously pretty much anytime and in concert with any other activity
I don't have my glasses with me. What does that say, 'fakeboob'?
Prospects of it getting social are diminishing though where it will truly be your space.Meh. I still use MySpace because it IS, after all, MY space.
Dr. Groot's Least Loved Bedtime Stories
The Unloved Boy
Once upon a time, there was a nomad boy called Termujin. His father, the chief of the tribe, was poisoned by another tribe when he was 8. So he claimed the role of chief as the oldest boy of the first wife. But the tribe didnt like that and snuck away in the middle of the night, leaving Termurjin and his fathers wives and children to starve in the middle of winter.
But Termujin's mommy was very strong and showed them how to survive by eating berries and fish and marmots and dead animal carcasses. And they survived..
One of Termujin's half brothers claimed the rule of the band, which meant he would make the rules and sleep with Termujin's mommy. Termujin didn't like that and shot him in the back with an arrow. Then he ran away.
But a rival tribe captured him and made him a slave. They made him wear a heavy neck stock so he he couldn't run away. But Termujin's friends helped him escape.
But Termujin became a mighty leader, uniting all the tribes. He made his boyfriend friends his generals.
Soon his army became the most powerful in the world and they defeated all the armies he fought.
It was not nice to be defeated. He executed enemy generals by boiling. If others rulers resisted, he killed all their soldiers and most of the men, took the women and children into slavery. When he marched from city to city, he put the captives up front to stop the arrows and fill the moats. Many millions died.
But it was not all business. His DNA is the most common in Eurasia, because he and his sons wanted to leave a lasting mark on future generations.
And that is the story of the unloved and misunderstood little boy that the world came to know as Genghis Khan.
The Unloved Boy
Once upon a time, there was a nomad boy called Termujin. His father, the chief of the tribe, was poisoned by another tribe when he was 8. So he claimed the role of chief as the oldest boy of the first wife. But the tribe didnt like that and snuck away in the middle of the night, leaving Termurjin and his fathers wives and children to starve in the middle of winter.
But Termujin's mommy was very strong and showed them how to survive by eating berries and fish and marmots and dead animal carcasses. And they survived..
One of Termujin's half brothers claimed the rule of the band, which meant he would make the rules and sleep with Termujin's mommy. Termujin didn't like that and shot him in the back with an arrow. Then he ran away.
But a rival tribe captured him and made him a slave. They made him wear a heavy neck stock so he he couldn't run away. But Termujin's friends helped him escape.
But Termujin became a mighty leader, uniting all the tribes. He made his boyfriend friends his generals.
Soon his army became the most powerful in the world and they defeated all the armies he fought.
It was not nice to be defeated. He executed enemy generals by boiling. If others rulers resisted, he killed all their soldiers and most of the men, took the women and children into slavery. When he marched from city to city, he put the captives up front to stop the arrows and fill the moats. Many millions died.
But it was not all business. His DNA is the most common in Eurasia, because he and his sons wanted to leave a lasting mark on future generations.
And that is the story of the unloved and misunderstood little boy that the world came to know as Genghis Khan.
No, he had other hobbies.So.....He didn't play bass then?.....
Not then, but he did pick it up later in life.So.....He didn't play bass then?.....
Serious drinking, procreation, hunting, government philosophy, military planning, administration of a massive empire and the silk road franchise, dinner parties on a stage which rested on the backs of his defeated enemies, suffocating them.
One of his childhood friends betrayed him and lost a rebellion. Genghis captured him and offered him his life, but his friend declined. Genghis showed no hard feelings by having his neck broken, instead of shedding blood.
The Mongols actually disliked shedding blood up close and preferred horseback archery at which they excelled and siege machinery. However, if the need arose, they could behead 10,000 captives in a morning.
Of course he did. He had to have breaks, as in: we are going to take a 10 minute break for 20 minutes, so we'll see you in 30.
So I see they've changed a few things around here. Looks snazzy. I like it. Where's that confounded 'thumbs up' button.
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