Your good deed for the day (if you choose to accept the mission):

[Heidi]

Help n00b Call Me Wesley achieve 100 posts. He's currently at 97 and both his karma and self-esteem hinge on being "less new." So show the n00b some luv, my friends. (Yeah, I married a man who's more n00b than me, both in terms of chronological and DU age. :blush: )

Call Me Wesley, the reply button is all yours. Live long and prosper.

[Heidi]

1. Whut!?!?!? Are you a buncha Battlestar Gallactica fans or what??? (nt)

[Heidi]

2. Insert theme song from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Here.

[Heidi]

3. Call Me Wesley: stucky for eternity at 97 posts.

:rofl:

[RedCloud]

4. Perhaps he(?) is at some Wesleyan college...

Three posts eh? Maybe Wesley fears triple digits?

[Call Me Wesley]

9. I'm not a Methodist,

but, I'm a fairly methodical Buddhist. Why do you hate foreigners? :rofl:

98. Thank you!

[RedCloud]

17. Why do I hate foreigners?

That's a good one. You bet your life I don't!

[bridgit]

5. ah, are you two having a rough go here = THEN COME TO THE NEXUS...

WHERE THE NUMBER 100 HAS THE LEAST MEANING OF ALL!!!

[Call Me Wesley]

11. I'm hoping to be "rushed" into a clique soon.

99. Thank you!!

[bridgit]

6. so where is he...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Good grief! WHERE is everybody?

My dear Heidi.....I will accept the challenge!

Come on, my dear Call Me Wesley.....ask me anything!

Or...er.....whatever!

I have to sign off for a bit.....but I WILL be back!


:loveya: :hug:

Oh Heidi...wanted to mention that the printer showwed me the holiday card yesterday....it looks FABULOUS! I can't wait for you to see it...:woohoo:

[Call Me Wesley]

12. Anything?

Topic: Belly buttons. Insy or outsy? Enquiring minds want to know!

100. So how about a big wet kiss, Peggy? :*

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. I can only speak about my own belly button, my dear Call Me Wesley...

Mine's an INNIE! and how........:blush:

I can NEVER resist anyone who wants a big wet kiss! Here ya go:

:* :*

And how's about some hugs too?


:hug: :hug:

Excuse me my dear Heidi.....for all the fooling around going on here!

[Call Me Wesley]

23. Awwwwwwwwwwwwww ...

:bounce:




















:smoke:

[bridgit]

8. brace for separation...

[Call Me Wesley]

14. All hands to battle stations?

This photo always makes me tingly ...

101. I'm losing count already.

[bridgit]

10. they say time is all we have...

[Call Me Wesley]

15. But there's more in the Nexus. Infinite one. Back and forth.

That's a common fallacy. We also have a Sicilian Chardonnay. :evilgrin:

[bridgit]

13. i'll be in the nexus if you need me...

or as hubby would sing to a george straight tune, "all my x's drive a lexus in the nexus..." :rofl:

[Call Me Wesley]

16. Better to have a Lexus

than an Excelsior!

[billyskank]

18. Crap mileage in them things

:rofl:

[Call Me Wesley]

19. And you have to consider

the recent cost on those dilithium crystals! Damn the tax.

[gmoney]

20. Call Me Wesley, you have my eternal envy

You really hit the jackpot in the wonderful marital lottery with our Miss Heidi. I'm sure you realize this, and thank the Buddha for your good fortune this time around the track.

Welcome to DU... just try not to gloat too much.

[hfojvt]

22. well I have a question on that

Does one actually 'thank the buddha' as if the buddha is a deity. They seemed to do the same thing in 'The King and I' where they did a play of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' (is this getting convoluted or what - a movie where they do a play based on a book?) and they used 'Buddha' in place of 'god' or 'Jesus'.

My knowledge of Buddhism is almost, but not quite, limited to EF Schumacher's chapter on Buddhist economics, but it seemed to me that was not right, that Buddha is revered more like Moses, Elijah, or Mohammed, as a rabbi, and not as a deity.

[Call Me Wesley]

25. I totally agree,

Buddha is no deity as 'God' or 'Jesus'. He is an enlightened being, and there are infinitive numbers of Buddhas; not only restricted to our planet.

We all can achieve this state. It's more a matter of how you're walking your path. And I'm part of a Zen Buddhist, so whorshipping any Buddha as a deity would make me yawn.

[gmoney]

26. Well, as long as he's thankful!

Just a little play on words on my part... but why can't he thank the Buddha? He can thank Big Bird or the FSM or Will Rogers for that matter. Maybe I should have said "thank your lucky stars."

Most of all, I hope he thanks Heidi. It really sounds like they were made for each other, and it's so good when the people who are made for each other actually FIND each other!

:)

[Call Me Wesley]

27. Of course you can thank the Buddha,

or any other one of your choice (Will Rogers will do fine). There's nothing wrong with that. Heck, you can even thank yourself for achieving something.

And yes, we did FIND each other.

[hfojvt]

28. I did not mean to pick on the phrasing

it is just a common phrase that I had a question about, not really expressing umbrage, except in the sense that I wonder if buddhists would be bothered by a misrepresentation of buddhism in 'the King and I'. Then again, it probably takes more to disturb the equanimity of a buddhist.

Thanking 'lucky stars' would imply either a belief in astrology or in luck. Fundies used to argue with me in college that there is no such thing as luck, and mostly I agree with that. For example, I might be bowling, and hit the head pin directly, instead of the pocket. Then I would say 'I am lucky that I did not get a split'. Except there is no 'force' or 'imp' called 'luck' which knocked the seven pin over. The ball and pins were obeying the laws of physics and things fell my way.

But I am just rambling, rather than trying to make an issue out of phraseology. I think Heidi's pretty cool too, and anybody who is a fan of Spocko is a-okay in my book. :thumbsup:

[Call Me Wesley]

24. Thank you

for the warm welcome. I do appreciate the luck I have in my life.

And I do try not to gloat too much.

Thanks again!