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    <body>I love mine so much I haven't changed it in over 2 years.</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;I love mine so much I haven&amp;#8217;t changed it in over 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
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    <body>144 cards.

I guess I need to get a life, huh?</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;144 cards.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I guess I need to get a life, huh?&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
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    <body>I love the idea of a loot challenge, but not a sweepstake.  As mentioned above, completing a challenge for a very slim chance to win a prize doesn't feel as good as getting a card to me.  

At first I thought it was like the old days at the arcade where you get tickets for winning games, and could cash them in for prizes, like the Kongai cards you're missing, for example. Now that would be cool.</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;I love the idea of a loot challenge, but not a sweepstake.  As mentioned above, completing a challenge for a very slim chance to win a prize doesn&amp;#8217;t feel as good as getting a card to me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At first I thought it was like the old days at the arcade where you get tickets for winning games, and could cash them in for prizes, like the Kongai cards you&amp;#8217;re missing, for example. Now that would be cool.&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
    <created-at type="datetime">2008-08-18T20:56:47-07:00</created-at>
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    <body>Digg Mark 1</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;Digg Mark 1&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
    <created-at type="datetime">2008-07-06T07:39:19-07:00</created-at>
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    <body>Having trouble with a glitch on lvl 18, at the beginging the targis just drops right through the floor.</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;Having trouble with a glitch on lvl 18, at the beginging the targis just drops right through the floor.&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
    <created-at type="datetime">2008-05-09T21:23:40-07:00</created-at>
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    <body>Digg Mark 1!</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;Digg Mark 1!&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
    <created-at type="datetime">2008-05-05T21:35:31-07:00</created-at>
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    <body>Lazymuse   15:59 Lazytown, I have wine and marble.  I'm looking for an alliance.</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;Lazymuse   15:59 Lazytown, I have wine and marble.  I&amp;#8217;m looking for an alliance.&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
    <created-at type="datetime">2008-04-28T15:30:59-07:00</created-at>
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    <body>Greg, just so you know:  Most of us around here do really appreciate all your hard work.   

When this week's challenge and Visitor badges came out I was happy, and then Starfighter badges on top of that! Considering how busy this week must have been with Kongai etc. your being able to up with a challenge and badges that are great is really impressive.  Thanks for all your hard work.</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;Greg, just so you know:  Most of us around here do really appreciate all your hard work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When this week&amp;#8217;s challenge and Visitor badges came out I was happy, and then Starfighter badges on top of that! Considering how busy this week must have been with Kongai etc. your being able to up with a challenge and badges that are great is really impressive.  Thanks for all your hard work.&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
    <created-at type="datetime">2008-03-08T07:14:53-08:00</created-at>
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    <body>Greg, Thanks for the special Valentine's Challenge. I know that it was extra work for you this week, so THANKS!</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;Greg, Thanks for the special Valentine&amp;#8217;s Challenge. I know that it was extra work for you this week, so &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;THANKS&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
    <created-at type="datetime">2008-02-14T12:32:24-08:00</created-at>
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    <body>As an artist and an art educator I can see both sides of the debate when it comes to &quot;modern art&quot;.

I think that the crux of the problem lies in the fact that the viewer sometimes thinks that the artist is trying to trick or fool him into beleiving that something like &quot;scribbles&quot; or &quot;drips&quot; are meaningful, as if the artist is playing some sort of joke by elite or educated people on  the general public somehow.  The fact of the matter is that a peice of art has two sides: 1)  whatever the artist was thinking, feeling, expressing and 2) whatever the viewer sees in it.

When I create a piece of artwork, it's for me. It's something I need to do, make, express, etc...  After that artwork has left my studio and goes into a gallery I no longer have control over it and how people see and perceive it.  Each person brings their own opinions, culture, history and baggage to the artwork and interprets signs and symbols in a way that is relative to themselves.  If that viewer happens to see what I was trying to &quot;say&quot;, great!   If they see something else, that may be more meaningful to them, even better!  To this end, when I show my work, I never have any accompanying text or statement and deliberately give my work vague or meaningless titles so that the viewer can make up their own mind about the work.

What alexmiller said above about the viewer creating the art is true.  But it takes some concentration and contemplation, rather than brushing off an artwork because it belonds to a certain genre that you have a hard time understanding, try to interpret the colours, lines and shapes in a way that is meaningful to you, rather than trying to decipher what you think the artist was trying to say. If, after that you still don't like it, move on to  something else.</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;As an artist and an art educator I can see both sides of the debate when it comes to &amp;#8220;modern art&amp;#8221;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think that the crux of the problem lies in the fact that the viewer sometimes thinks that the artist is trying to trick or fool him into beleiving that something like &amp;#8220;scribbles&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;drips&amp;#8221; are meaningful, as if the artist is playing some sort of joke by elite or educated people on  the general public somehow.  The fact of the matter is that a peice of art has two sides: 1)  whatever the artist was thinking, feeling, expressing and 2) whatever the viewer sees in it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When I create a piece of artwork, it&amp;#8217;s for me. It&amp;#8217;s something I need to do, make, express, etc&amp;#8230;  After that artwork has left my studio and goes into a gallery I no longer have control over it and how people see and perceive it.  Each person brings their own opinions, culture, history and baggage to the artwork and interprets signs and symbols in a way that is relative to themselves.  If that viewer happens to see what I was trying to &amp;#8220;say&amp;#8221;, great!   If they see something else, that may be more meaningful to them, even better!  To this end, when I show my work, I never have any accompanying text or statement and deliberately give my work vague or meaningless titles so that the viewer can make up their own mind about the work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What alexmiller said above about the viewer creating the art is true.  But it takes some concentration and contemplation, rather than brushing off an artwork because it belonds to a certain genre that you have a hard time understanding, try to interpret the colours, lines and shapes in a way that is meaningful to you, rather than trying to decipher what you think the artist was trying to say. If, after that you still don&amp;#8217;t like it, move on to  something else.&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
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    <body>I believe in love, but I think its something quite different than infatuation.   

What happens when you first meet someone and develop a &quot;crush&quot; is basically all hormonal,  I think that true love takes years to develop between two people.  It takes a lot of time and trust to foster the intimacy, both physical and mental that I consider &quot;love&quot;.</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;I believe in love, but I think its something quite different than infatuation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What happens when you first meet someone and develop a &amp;#8220;crush&amp;#8221; is basically all hormonal,  I think that true love takes years to develop between two people.  It takes a lot of time and trust to foster the intimacy, both physical and mental that I consider &amp;#8220;love&amp;#8221;.&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
    <created-at type="datetime">2007-11-27T19:11:59-08:00</created-at>
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    <body>I tried all the methods listed in this topic, and was about to loose my mind when I tried phore-eyes method. It worked on the second try.  Thanks phore-eyes!</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;I tried all the methods listed in this topic, and was about to loose my mind when I tried phore-eyes method. It worked on the second try.  Thanks phore-eyes!&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
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    <body>Yes, it is possible to finish Ring Pass Not.  Several people have the badge.  From my experience it involves skill and luck in equal measures.</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is possible to finish Ring Pass Not.  Several people have the badge.  From my experience it involves skill and luck in equal measures.&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
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    <body>Really messed up, on a lot of levels....</body>
    <body-html>&lt;p&gt;Really messed up, on a lot of levels&amp;#8230;.&lt;/p&gt;</body-html>
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