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Welcome, Joe. Glad to have you. Patrick

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Congrats Lord Yasai.

I would never advocate marrying anyone that didn't understand the importance of your time spent at KarateForums.com.

My pleasure.

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Cool. That's really neat. I'm boring. I do stuff in order.

Congratulations, JusticeZero! And LOL @ sperki. I was thinking a similar thing. But, hey, what's a few moments to let us at KF know? Patrick

Thanks for sharing those links, Lord Yasai. That run was insanity. I hadn't heard much about that stuff, no. Interesting. Thanks, Patrick

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http://www.thecoolist.com/frank-lloyd-wright-lego-architecture-collection/ Cool stuff. Via Digg.

Hey Brian, Thanks for that. I don't know if there is an argument or not, but I was speaking primarily in reference to these quotes from the first post and the post before mine. Thanks, Patrick

Thanks for replying, Ed, sperki and isshinryu5toforever. The kind words mean a lot to everyone, sperky and isshinryu5toforever. Patrick

They can only be more fun with the Wii remove. The last one (on the Wii) was awesome.

My pleasure.

Ouch. Heh.

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=3678 I loved all three of the MP games. Sounds like a great bundle. Via Digg.

Interesting thread. Thanks for starting it, sensei8. Obviously not a martial artist here, but it would seem to me that throwing around a word like "best" when talking about martial artists does a disservice to great martial artists, including Mr. Lee. There is no best martial artist - the arts are far too varied for that. There aren't stats, rushing yards, touchdowns, home runs, three pointers, etc. Even the competitions are varied to the point where such a distinction would be impossible - and even if there isn't, most believe there is more to being a martial artist than just the competitive aspects of some arts. Because of this, there can never be a best. There can certainly be your favorite, or artists that impress you or maybe even the best in your opinion for your discipline or for a specific aspect of an art, practice or technique... but, the best period just isn't something that can narrowed down, I don't think. Just my thoughts. Thanks, Patrick

Welcome aboard, JGBurnum. Been enjoying your posts. Thanks, Patrick

That's great. Glad that you are enjoying it. Patrick

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/The-Hubble-Space-Telescopes-Finest-Photos.html?c=y&page=9 Really cool. Look at this picture of Saturn: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/The-Hubble-Space-Telescopes-Finest-Photos.html?c=y&page=10 Also, here's another one, of Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090524.html Via Digg and Digg.

No problem.