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I can't because my daughter is getting Married....
I can't because my daughter is getting Married....
I know the feeling well. I had to miss the Between The Waters ride in '04 to walk my daughter down the isle. It goes by so fast, one day you're walking her from delivery to the nursery, the next your walking her down the isle. By the way contratulations.
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Congrats to you and your daughter on her special day. But, where are your priorities man?You could have riden early in the morning, Bikey Mikey could call you when he leaves his place at 0430 or, I could have called at 0300 when I get up, and wake you up then you will be back in plenty of time for the nuptials.
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I just flashed on a great idea for after the wedding: A His/Hers tandem decked out in full "Just Married!" regalia! Everyone could cycle off to the reception!
Congratulations on your daughter getting married, and commiserations on your being the father of the bride/owner of the bills.
So you have to give up the whole day?????
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I have a daughter getting married next May at a Boy Scout camp in Illinois. Plenty of room to bike, and there's a lake with canoes. I warned her she might have to drag me off a bike or pull me out of a canoe to get me to the wedding on time!
ha ha you guys are funny. don't think i did not try to get a ride in. Thanks for you well wishes.
This past June, I gave up on a ride the day my son got married. Wife, and others, were concerned about the chance of an injury on that special day--not an injury by my fault, but some unforeseen circumstance--so, didn't ride to allay their potential anxiety.
Congrats to you and your daughter, have a good time at the wedding. Special times.
I've got the same situation coming up in a couple of weeks except its my youngest niece getting married. Won't have time to ride in the morning due to helping with the setup for the wedding that afternoon.
How to embarrass your daughter once you have got rid of her and she can't do anything about it.
I had told her that the Tandem was being decked out for her and even decorated it out with ribbon for the bars and a couple of cans dragging behind. Wound her up something rotten and she was convinced that when I put the jersey on- the Tandem was round the corner.
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Alright FR1 got his daughter married without incident and Stapfam shows a truly representin' picture at his daughter's wedding. Now I have great ideas when my daughter decides to marry the great boyfriend she has in Atlanta.
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So, now I need not worry bout my Bike always taking me away from my best Friend!
So, now I need not worry bout my Bike always taking me away from my best Friend!
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Thats sweet.
What brand bike did she get? She looks really happy about it.
It is not about the destination. It is about the journey getting there.
Competitors work until they get it right, but champions work until they can't get it wrong.
this thread made me smile...
good for both of you... that's a hot color...
happy biking...
She looks so happy!
So has she taken it on an inaugural ride yet?
What a great picture! Congratulations on getting your best friend out there with you. Now you have to get her to log on to BF!
Please consider supporting my ride with the Louisiana MS Bike Tour on Oct 2nd!
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That's awesome! congrats to you and your wife!! You guys are gonna have sooooo much fun.
This is great! Congratulations Peter, now you two can take romatic rides together.
Well we are about to go on a short ride, I'm still pretty wabbly on the bike. I have not ridden in over 30 + years so it is taking time to get use to it again.
faye, are you Cindy? If not it is vary coincidental that we have a brand new member in Uniontown. Congratulations on getting your new bike. The most important thing to do with it is to have fun.
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Awesome! I got a bicycle for my wife about a year ago, and we've been riding together ever since! 28 miles yesterday, and 20 today ... and we get to spend time together spinning away, chatting and being outdoors, while getting fit. I've gone from 270 to 215, and she's dropped 40 pounds. Life is good!!
Go get 'em, and enjoy riding together!!
Yes I'm Cindy, Faye is my middle name. Well Peter told you I would never ride in the rain, I don't know where he got that idea, unless it is storming and YEP I won't ride in the storm. I'm terrified of storms especially on a bike. I did over 2 miles today in the sprinkle of a nice cool rain and I did fine. It is amazing how weird it is that I have trouble turning in a small circle. Why is that? I feel like I'm leaning into the turn and I realize I'm not, but all in all I did great a little out of shape, but I don't do a lot of excercising so 2 miles is not too bad for a short fat girl. lol I will enjoy riding with my best friend and hubby. We were talking today saying that we can go boating and then come home and take a nice ride somewhere. We have a lot of bike trails around us so all I have to do is get my short little legs use to riding again and my breathing in check and away we go. I'm surprised my butt doesn't hurt that bad, I thought if anything would hurt it would be my butt. lol I'm still on the fence about fenders, it takes away the look of the bike, but I guess if I'm going to get hosed down because I have gunk on my back then I may reconsider, but I think that may just be a couple of days. So do you think my seat is down far enough? I actually wanted it lower but they told me no. Hey my feet touch the ground when I stand so I'm doing good on height wise don't cha think?
I'm glad to hear you are out on a bike. Me and my wife, Jill, ride almost every weekend together.
Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're probably right
Hey Weclome Cindy!!!Turning in asmall circle is scary - I have trouble, too. Way to go though!! Sometimes I stop and just pick up bike and move it
HAVe a great time! Welcome to the forum!!
Hey Dan - as soon as Cin feels comfortable, we need to get a little group of our own going - like couples only? How bout you Chipcom and your better half? - This way, I won't be the only one to laugh at when I ride off the towpath into the grass
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Peter wrote: This way, I won't be the only one to laugh at when I ride off the towpath into the grass
You know that is just wrong, I go into the grass only because I can. I just wanted to see how it felt under my tires, so what is wrong with that? I never fell or anything, oh and I talk to my bike and tell it to turn turn turn. Dang that was hard. lol
So I guess I'll *Still* be the only one to be laughed at huh? oh well :-P
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right on!
wear a helmet
cycling is like baseball ~ it doesn't take much to make it interesting
Please consider supporting my ride with the Louisiana MS Bike Tour on Oct 2nd!
Mens courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead, said Scrooge. But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change..."-Dickens
You're a lucky man, Peter! Getting the pegs fixed, choosing to improve; and have a "special someone," to ride with.
I hope you both have many happy miles, and memories, together.... They are always more meaningful, when they are accumulated together.
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Awesome! Cycling is a very good way to spend time together, my girlfriend and I love cycling the canal path, its relaxing and we just take our time. When I met her 3 years ago, she didn't even own a bike! She used the spare MTB I had then, and loved it...so I bought her a Trek 7100WSD. Though we both are active in the warmer months, we both put on much more weight than normal this winter, so I see a very active cycling summer for us this year
I wish you many happy miles together She looks pretty happy with her new bike, and I know the feeling! lol


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The Relationship Between Speaker's Reference and Semantic Reference
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The distinction between speaker's and semantic reference arose in connection with Donnellan's distinction between the referential use and the attributive use of definite descriptions. The central issue concerning the referential/attributive distinction is whether it is semantic or pragmatic. Kripke favours the pragmatic interpretation and developed the terminology of speaker's and semantic reference in his explanation. The notion of speaker's reference can apply also to uses of proper names, demonstratives, indefinite descriptions and quantifier expressions. The main danger for the speaker's reference/semantic reference distinction lies in controversy over the semantics/pragmatics interface. Both Relevance Theory and neo-Gricean theory acknowledge the phenomenon of pragmatic intrusion into semantics. If the pragmatic intrusion involves objective context rather than speaker's intentions this may permit a distinction between speaker's and semantic reference.


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Perfection is rare in the pitching circle, but Schreyer was sensational as a junior, going 21-0 with a 0.28 earned-run average and 189 strikeouts in 123 innings on a multitalented team that featured seven seniors.
"We had a dream team," Schreyer said. "It was just the perfect season. I couldn't have asked for anything more.
And this weekend in Spokane, she wants more of the same as the Falcons (21-1), ranked seventh in one national poll, try to repeat.
"Our goal is to win state, knock on wood," said Schreyer, who committed to Stanford as a sophomore and was named Washington's Gatorade Player of the Year last June. "We all trust each other on the field and work so well together. We know ultimately what our goal is and we will do anything to reach that goal."
The pressure has been on all season, but Schreyer hasn't shied from it.
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The recent economic crisis is hurting everyone — even pets. The Humane Society of the United States has seen an influx of animals due to home foreclosures and now must figure out what to do with them.
Stephanie Shain, the society's director of outreach for companion animals, has taken her work home with her recently. She's taken in two dogs who had been given up for adoption due to home foreclosures.
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WASHINGTON -- For nearly a decade, the National Rifle Association successfully blocked a bill in Washington state that would have required alleged domestic abusers to surrender their firearms after being served with a protective order. Only those actually convicted of felony domestic violence, the nation's largest gun lobby argued, should be made to forfeit their gun rights.
This past year, the NRA changed its tune. As the bill, HB 1840, once again moved through the state legislature, the gun lobby made a backroom deal with lawmakers, agreeing to drop its public opposition to it in exchange for a few minor changes. This February, with the NRA's tacit approval, the bill sailed through the state legislature in a rare unanimous vote.
The NRA's decision not to oppose the measure was a stark departure from its usual legislative strategy. For over a decade, bare-knuckled lobbying by the NRA has doomed similar bills in state legislatures across the country. Legislators who backed such bills, particularly in states with strong traditions of gun ownership, could practically be guaranteed a challenger after the NRA withdrew its endorsements or backed their opponents.
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Looking forward to the comments and various points that need to be considered on this.
so if an angry ex makes an allegation you lose your registered weapons?
Almost seems like a feel good thing, If some jacking wagon is hell bent on offing you taking away his or hers weapons prolly will not stop them. Best to be armed and prepared yourself.
Sorry meant "jack wagon".
Where's the due process of law in this?
Nowhere, obviously. The law is unconstitutional on its face. NRA is wrong to go along with this tyranny.
No, you lose ALL of your firearms that the accusing spouse alerts the courts to.
"registered" is not a consideration.
I tried to read the law but I could not find where you get your weapons back after being found innocent of charges.
Whether or when you might get your weapons back, is likely determined by the whims of the agency holding them.
Expect to hear, "Oh, I'm sorry, those have been destroyed."
These protective orders are used to grab custody without going to court, to get the spouse out of the house without going to court, to land the spouse in jail to assist in your custody battle and all such orders are not based in fact. To then say that someone served with one can't have a gun leaves the person served with such an order without means of defense.
there is no due process in this
these orders are valid whether or not they are served
A judge has to sign off on a protective order first, I guess that is where the due process comes into play.
Usually you have to have some kind of proof to have a restraining order put on someone, you just can't walk in and demand they have their rights taken away. (usually..)
Perhaps if some violent guy with a nice collection has them taken away from him it's just another reason for him to go off on the person, maybe it will be the straw that broke the camels back and he uses a butchers knife instead.
Bet if someone tells the cops that was the reason he did it it won't make the news either.
I agree, but this legislation is somewhat redundant. The same thing has existed as federal law since 1997 in the form of the "Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban" or "Lautenberg Amendment" (to the Omnibus Appropriations bill of that year).
> agreeing to drop its public opposition to it in exchange for a few minor changes.
IOW, perhaps the deal-killing leftist garbage finally got stripped out of the bill? Thanks T-Bird45. HuffPo sucks, btw.
in exchange for a few minor changesMinor changes like due process...
Once again, an NRA sell out. If one's guns may be seized on a mere accusation of potential wrong doing, I suppose one's land may be seized on an accusation of intent to commit a crime thereon. The NRA and John Boehner are of the same stuff.
"so if an angry ex makes an allegation you lose your registered weapons?"
That is exactly how it will work. In every divorce judges pass out restraining orders like candy at a parade, no proof of any kind required.
So, the soon to be, X-b**ch on wheels will have a new tool to punish you with, having your 2nd amendment rights taken away.
When I was much younger, and a lot more naive, I volunteered at a "battered women's" shelter.
This is where I began to learn how the system works. The shelter was located in a medium sized town in Oklahoma. My friend and I heard that they needed a few volunteers to help out at the shelter—so we decided to do it.
In the 2 years that we volunteered there, I saw, perhaps 3 or 4 battered women-—1 was really badly hurt.
The rest of our "guests" were just gaming the system. They'd get kicked out of their apartments for not paying their rent, say, and they would make up a sad story about some man either threatening them or slapping them around, and we would take them in.
To make a long story a bit shorter-—this was an eye-opening experience for me——it was where I first started learning about liberal do-gooders with good intentions that don't accomplish much.
Too many times during the course of a break up and divorce, the woman's lawyer will automatically file for a restraining order and it is automatically granted by the court.
This law would force someone to lose a constitutionally-protected right based only upon an accusation. What happened to due process?
Maybe if lawyers automatically lost their BAR license if they are under a restraining order, things might be different.
Without knowing the wording of the original bill and the NRA's agreed upon changes, then this article by Huffpo is pure propaganda.
Once they take them away, you'll never get them back.
I recall reading about this. My recollection is that this was going to pass. Second Amendment supporters simply did not have the votes to stop it.
What they were attempting to modify was the requirement that the guns be turned over to law enforcement, instead, they could be held by a third party until the dispute was resolved.
I think that was one of the major things that was changed about the bill.
The article is nothing but a hit piece on the NRA and gun owners, IMHO.
They'd have to find all of mine first.
They trot right over and take your guns, killing your dog in the process.
When my ex-wife divorced me "without cause", they took my SKS. There was no record of domestic violence, etc. Actually, they didn't take it, I gave it to a friend for safekeeping and they called it good. It's a reasonable precaution. You never know what a guy is going to do when someone rips his family apart.
I got it back the day the divorce was final.
Well, people often spend time in jail before they are actually convicted. It's complicated. Fact is, it is clearly legal to reduce someone's constitutional rights when they are accused of certain crimes. I lump this in with the jail thing.
I believe they take your ammo as well, as anything to do with operating and firing a weapon.
I'm not planning on misbehaven...but
there are a couple of reasons to have "Plan B" storage locations.
Especially the half that have ZERO paper trail....
Sorry, but "usually" you don't need anything but the words coming out of an Ex's mouth. This is bad law in every way. If someone is afraid of someone else's guns, they'd be better off arming themselves, not depending on jackbooted thugs to disarm someone else.
It's evil, it's totalitarian, and it's very un-American.
Guilty until proven Innocent.
Did we just travel back in time to the Soviet Union?
Yep, and then there's the issue of these laws being applied retroactively against people who had restraining orders issued against them long before Frank Lautenberg even dreamed this up. The intentional blurring of the differences between misdemeanors and felonies is abhorrent as well. The only places you see that are where the federal government is interested in exerting power - war on drugs, anti-gun initiatives, etc.
I agree completely with what you are saying, I was just pointing out how they think it is suppose to work, not real life.
Before we start excoriating the NRA lets put the blame squarely where it belongs. That is the electorate of the state. If people in any state are stupid enough to allow the crazy gun legislation to pass and stand then whose fault is it? At some point you have to own it.
In general that's probably true, but in some jurisdictions they're just issuing them by default in every divorce proceeding, I hear. Often against just the husband in today's anti-male courts, but sometimes against both parties.
While I admit the NRA ain't perfect, before you judge it too harshly, you ought to consider how long we'd have been able to keep our weapons without it's support and leverage. They'd have been long gone, I suspect. Also, try not to judge them on the basis of observations made by screaming lib-tards like huff-po. They want you to turn on the NRA for a reason. Yes there are other, more pro-active progun groups. But few if any have the long standing clout and base of operations that NRA does. I've been one of their instructors for 25 years and I'm an Endowment Life Member so I would admit to a certain favorable bias, but the fact remains that they cause liberal heads to explode at the mere mention of their name (initials). That happens for a reason and it should count for something, I would think. So ease up on them, okay? Because you're cutting off your nose to spite your face.
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The United Nations envoy to Somalia today applauded the election of the country's new Speaker of Parliament, welcoming the democratic breakthrough as a moment of progress and optimism for the war-torn African nation.
Professor Mohammed Osman Jawari was today overwhelmingly selected to represent the New Federal Parliament in an election held at the Police Training Academy in Mogadishu, the capital, in which some 230 people participated.
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Christmas, I have discovered, is my arch nemesis. I have avoided excessive refined sugar pretty well over the past few months, and I thought that I would be able to moderate my eating. But there were cookies. And chocolate. And candy. And chocolate. And chocolate. And chocolate. How am I supposed to say "no" to so much decadent *chocolate*?!
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And that's just what happened. The next day I made a firm choice that I would NOT have any chocolate. I ate well all day, but then at night, I felt the tingle--the obsessive nagging at the back of my brain. I ignored it and busied myself with something else. But it wouldn't go away. It took an hour of feeling this obsession cartwheeling in my brain before I gave in. "I'll just have one... or two." About 15 Kisses later, the only reason I had stopped was because I had run out. And I hated myself.
I know people think I'm obsessive; that by not allowing myself to eat desserts and overdo it once in a while that I'm somehow denying myself joy in my life. I'm judged at parties for not eating the desserts, or having a drink, or filling my plate to overflowing.
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From the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition: Bike commuters interested in sharing their experiences biking (or avoiding) N Decatur Road east of Emory University are invited to attend a community forum. Feedback will be used to inform the bicycle road safety audit of N Decatur being performed the 30th and 31st. The meeting will be held Monday July 29th 5:30-6:30 at the Claudia Nance Rollins building, Rm 2001, 401 Rollins Way, Emory campus.
From the office of commissioner Jeff Rader in response to a very pro-active campaign by CHCA resident Joe Greear: Dear Community Members and City of Decatur Officials, Like many in the community, Commissioners Rader and Gannon are grieving over the recent death of Mr. Jianchang Wu, a visitor who perished in a pedestrian accident on North Decatur Road, east of Clairmont. This tragedy, together with the death of cyclist Paul Taylor east of the recent incident, has made action to evaluate and improve pedestrian safety in this corridor a top priority. As a result, our Commission offices are working with community, county and city officials and staff to understand the situation and develop strategies and improvements to achieve pedestrian safety goals.
From PEDS (Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety) via CHCA resident Joe Greear: PEDS will be holding a Slow Down! signs distribution event on Wednesday, July 17th from 6-7pm at Suburban Plaza. Displaying a yard sign is a really terrific way to raise drivers' awareness when traveling our neighborhood streets. There is no charge for the signs, thanks to Abbadabba's sponsorship of this effort. This may be one of the last opportunities to get one of these bright yellow signs, so please stop by if you can.


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Want to hear something that will mess with your head? We all should have seen David Gordon Green's Your Highness by now. Before being moved back to April 2011, the medieval comedy starring James Franco, Danny McBride, Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel was scheduled to arrive in theaters back in October. Instead we are only now enjoying our first look at the film.
IGN has posted the red band trailer for Your Highness, Green's follow up to 2008's Pineapple Express. In the film, Fabious and Thadeous (Franco and McBride) are forced to make an epic quest after Franco's fiancee is kidnapped by an evil wizard (Justin Theroux). Teaming up with them is Isabel, a warrior played by Natalie Portman, who has plans of her own. Together the three must battle and kill a series of mystical creatures so that Fabious can be reunited with the woman he loves.
Check out the trailer below or in HD on IGN.
Yes, much of the humor is blue and reliant on gags, but I personally can't get enough of this trailer. Everything from the ridiculous British accents to the Dropkick Murphys soundtrack just clicks and it feels as though the movie doesn't take itself seriously in the slightest. If I have to have one complaint it would be the venom sucking scene. which I feel as though has been done plenty of times before, but then I watch the trailer again and see Natalie Portman in a thong and I just don't care.
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When it comes to the interface on the new iPhone 5, well, there's not much that's new about it at all. You can read our full iOS 6 review to get a good flavor of the new treats on display with Apple's latest platform evolution, but let's talk about how they work within the phone itself.
For the uninitiated, Apple's iOS is designed to be all about simplicity, which is why you're presented with a grid of apps that can be easily sorted into folders by long pressing on any one and dragging on top of another.
This method will also uninstall apps, making it a much simpler system than anything you'd find on Android, where you generally have to jump through a few more hoops to create folders and get rid of unwanted software.
However, the downside to this trick is the fact it's been there so long. If this is your first smartphone (or first iPhone) then you'll be impressed by the simplicity - but then again, you may wish you had a bit more power under your fingertips.
For instance, where Android is so strong is in its customization - meaning if you want to have one home screen full of widgets and another full of icons and a third with a massive widget for your music player, that's as easy to do as just filling the whole thing with icons.
With iOS 6 you've only got weather and stock widgets in the notifications bar, which is accessed by pulling down from the top of the screen to give information on apps or message that have come through.
It's similar to that seen on Android phones, but with Android 4.1: Jelly Bean we're offered the chance to see larger message previews and interact with important parts of apps without having to open them - impressive and a much more intuitive way of doing things.
Intuition is the thing iOS 6 now lacks. Where Apple wowed the world with the simple nature of the original iPhone, the current set up isn't really that far removed from that first iteration, at least visually.
Things like all settings being locked down to one place, meaning you have to jump in and out of the apps to simply do things like alter the amount of days to sync in Mail, is ridiculous. Contextual menus have been absent from the iPhone ecosystem for far too long.
Another issue is the fact Apple isn't able to work out how to do live icons effectively. While some show new information, such as the Calendar, the likes of Weather still say the same 23 degrees with a sunny outlook.
We know you can do better than this Apple, and when you look at the awesome Live Tiles on offer from Windows Phone, it begs the question that the Cupertino firm seems to think users wouldn't appreciate the chance to take a glance at the screen and know who that missed call was from, see what the temperature is outside or simply attach a contact as an icon for quick access.
It's also extremely frustrating to not at least have the option to have the icons auto-arrange yet. When you delete an app all the others don't automatically line up to fill the space, which hurts the OCD nature in many of us.
We get that Apple knows some people want to keep icons in familiar places, but the auto-arrange option should be there.
But let's talk hardware here: the A6 chip on offer in the iPhone 5 may only be dual core, but it's certainly ridiculously snappy. It's meant to be much faster than the A5 chip powering the iPhone 4S, and in practice it really is, with GeekBench telling us than the clock speed is 1.05GHz on each core.
It manages to nab a score of around 1450 on GeekBench, which is over twice as fast as the iPhone 4S - impressive given they're both dual core phones.
And that's the beauty of Apple's iPhone strategy, and one that pays dividends for users: it doesn't play the numbers game, as it will only end in criticism. Sure, a quad core CPU would have been a good marketing tool, but at the expense of battery life and design Apple knows that consumers will get an equally great experience with just the two cores.
We didn't notice anything approaching lag during our time with the iPhone 5, with everything snapping back and forth with the kind of speeds we'd hope to see. Holding down the home key to access Siri was instant every time, and double tapping to bring up the list of apps running was equally fast.
This may all sound obvious, but some smartphones will introduce some delay into oft-used tasks, where the iPhone was happy to keep chugging along with no problems.
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Daily DeviationGiven 2012-11-22
The Watchers by ~Yor-Art ( Suggested by Topicality and Featured by Thiefoworld )
Amazing work
Are those the Nephilim below it?
Love this.
Wow Fantastic, Imaginatively evoking Piece...Wow nice work
I really love the air of mystery this carries.
Oh. My. God.....
Wow! This work looks so majestic!
Almost creepy-like.
Almost creepy-like.
Not just creepy. It's also really awesome, and looks like it might make a fantastic video game or movie!
wooooo increible *-*
Awesome work.
Damn it, man! This is amazing!
This is so amazing I don't know what to do with myself.
muito bom é um otimo artista!!!!
Whoa, talk about David and the Goliaths. I love all the contrast you put into this art piece! It's amazing! (^,^)
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I'm at a loss of words. This is just bloody amazing.
It's so beautiful and cool at the same time!
simplicity. beautiful
Love it!
"And Smiles as the puppets dance in the Court of the Crimson King!"
i love it! such a unique and mysterious concept that is soooo beautifully illustrated!
This artwork is truly the only positive thing that happened to me today
awesome !!!!!!
Definitely interesting and haunting. Congrats on the DD!
I really like this!
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Truely, the more I look at this and start to notice all the details and figures hiding in the shadows, the more this drawing frightens me. Not necesarry in a scary way, but more in a impressed and stunned way, like when I first saw the St.Pieter church in Rome: it was beautiful, but so mighty and big and, well, slightly terrifying.
So that makes this a very powerful and amazing piece of art
So that makes this a very powerful and amazing piece of art
Excellent work!
Love the details and the brushstokes/textures
the composition is so cool! love the contrast of gigantic and tiny one. splendid.
Congrats on the daily deviation!
Stunning work! I love the colour and brush stroke contrast.
very cool work and a well-deserved DD!
amazing D:
Amazing piece! =0
Awesome work <3
*__________* amazing
Wow!Fascinating piece and characters!
Congrats on the well deserved DD!
Have a nice day! : )
Have a nice day! : )
This is awesome!
Very good colors and style.
This is just stunning!
Awesome This deserves the attention for more details
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What Model, What Year?
Kind of like ordering a Soda with a Hamburger order. I might give you a 7up,
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