http://www.funadvice.com/my/advice/dtxbrian en-us If you want to remain wireless, go to an EB Games or a GameStop and buy a Nintendo WaveBird controller. It was the wireless controller which Nintendo made for the GameCube. Works like a champ. You can usually pick them up used for next to nothing. dtxbrian Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:10:04 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/which_controller_for_gamecube_games 318085 Greetings in German: Wie geht es Ihnen? (How is it going for you? polite form.) Wie geht's? (same as above, informal form.) Hallo! (hello!) Guten Tag. (Good day. Formal) Tag! (Good day. Informal) dtxbrian Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:19:00 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/different_languages 306246 He's mean to you because you're obsessed with John Cena, and you want to go out with him, because Mr. Cena is the one and only true love of your life. dtxbrian Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:44:04 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/why_is_he_mean_to_me 304152 Just... don't make the mistake of rushing to another guy to try to make him jealous in retaliation. I've seen way too many people hurt by doing that... dtxbrian Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:35:18 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/how_do_i_get_rid_of_my_jealousy 296121 Of course he doesn't have a girlfriend or wife. He's with another man. More, he's the receiver. You girls had better learn to use a strap-on in order to have a chance with him. dtxbrian Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:32:24 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/john_cena_s_girlfriend_or_wife 286466 I DO NOT CARE IF HE GETS MARRIED AND TO WHOM HE GETS MARRIED. EVERYONE HERE SHOULD GET A LIFE AND GET OVER HIM. dtxbrian Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:33:39 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/john_cena_s_girlfriend_or_wife 269257 Would this subject please die? Pretty please? Please please? I'm tired of this. It's ridiculous. He's not going to date any of you, no matter how much you try. dtxbrian Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:21:11 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/john_cena_s_girlfriend_or_wife 267459 justsearching, I'm not trying to play devils advocate, simply pointing out that being closed-minded about it is foolish. I agree that most abortions could be prevented, quite easily, by people being responsible about their actions. Unfortunately, forcing people to be responsible for the consequences has the unintended and rather tragic side effect of begetting the same behavior in the future. Think about it. I can't say the same is true where you live, but most teenage single mothers I know were themselves the children of teenage single mothers. Bottom line is, legislating morality never works, it only causes other problems. You can't throw your religion in someone else's face and expect them to care when they've got other things on their mind. All in all, the best time to prevent abortion is before the pregnancy even occurs. I know too many school districts which are moving back to an abstinance-only sex-education system. How foolish is that? Do they truly believe that simply telling the kids to not have sex will keep all kids from having sex? I surely hope they're not that ignorant. Abstinance should be encouraged, but safe-sex practices must also be part of that education. Accessibility of prophylactics is also an issue. I wouldn't be opposed if they were given away by the handful for free in every public building... schools, libraries, fire stations, police stations... it'd still be cheaper than medicaid and HHS benefits paid out in the long-term. But, giving condoms away to kids tends to provoke the ire of people who think that it encourages kids to have sex. Again, I hope they're truly not ignorant enough to believe that, if condoms are inaccessible, children won't be having sex. I don't know. Ignorance has always risen to the occassion when it comes to this situation. I hope above everything else that humanity finds a cure for ignorance. Maybe that's what we need to do to "overcome the injustice of abortion." dtxbrian Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:06:40 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/when_will_change_happen 260362 "For the Life of the flesh is in the Blood..." --Leviticus 17:11 "But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof..." --Genesis 9:4 "For the blood is the life..." --Deuteronomy 12:23 "For the life of all flesh is the blood thereof..." --Leviticus 17:14 Four solid statements contained within the Bible that life is blood, and blood is life... The time line of fetal development pegs the first heartbeat at approximately 18 days, and the development of the first blood at approximately 21 days. So, to all of you who take the Bible literally, an abortion in the first 2-3 weeks of pregnancy isn't murder, as there is no blood/life in the fetus. dtxbrian Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:58:33 -0700 http://www.funadvice.com/q/when_will_change_happen 257904 I'm going to say this, and you're probably going to think I'm rude, or cold, or callous, or... something. But read it, and hear me out, and sleep on it. You don't love him. Not the type of feelings you have for someone which last a lifetime. You're certainly old enough to have those feelings. I'm not one to judge people based upon age, so you're safe there. But love, dedication, commitment... all of those are bidirectionally involved. Both parties have to open up vulnerabilities to one another, and have to achieve a level of communication with one another which is otherwise unreachable in order for your feelings to be of that nature. You don't need to jump to another guy. What's important for you, at this particular moment in time, is to find a way to be happy with yourself, and by yourself. You're fixated on him, probably because you feel incomplete without him... but you won't feel complete with him. dtxbrian Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:35:34 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/how_can_i_get_over_him_58665 255484 Obviously you DO care. Otherwise, you wouldn't be trying to "get the last word in". Seriously. Just stop. You're all looking like retarded lemmings. dtxbrian Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:45:21 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/john_cena_s_girlfriend_or_wife 250994 WHY. DO. YOU. PEOPLE. STILL. CARE. ABOUT. THIS??? All you have done is run the topic into the ground. Please, moderators, freeze this topic, as it has been beaten to death and it is now entirely out of control. dtxbrian Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:27:31 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/john_cena_s_girlfriend_or_wife 248162 No no no, none of these are valid IQ tests. Dustydixierose is on the right track. A real IQ test is administered by a counselor or psychologist, and costs several hundred dollars. There are a couple of "standard" tests, the only one which comes to mind is the Stanford-Binet IQ test. Ask your school counselor for advice on how to go about taking it. dtxbrian Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:38:34 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/iq_scores 235986 "Portugese" and "Spanish" are nationalities, they have nothing to do with race. Even "Hispanic" is a social/cultural distinction, not a racial one... hence the fact that there are white hispanics and black hispanics. Yes, absolutely, the majority of people from Spain and Portugal would qualify as "white". dtxbrian Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:42:04 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/what_race_are_people_from_portugal 232805 I'll be anyone's friend, yo, just so long as it's not a friendship of convenience... dtxbrian Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:27:41 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/who_wants_to_be_my_friend_hello 227125 Do people really care about John Cena? I make the motion that this thread is out-of-hand and should be blocked... Do I hear anyone to second me? dtxbrian Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:56:50 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/john_cena_s_girlfriend_or_wife 225823 Anarchy always provokes images of riots and weapons and bloodshed and murder... But this is not necessarily the case. Anarchy is the condition of having no government, no political order, no established order. This does not mean that there must be chaos. A nation in anarchy composed of individuals who are like-minded and courteous would not likely be in absolute chaos. Government's duty is to limit freedom just enough that you don't trod upon the freedom of other people. In a society where people wouldn't do this because of an innate moral code, government has little use. dtxbrian Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:54:54 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/what_is_anarchy_exactly 225818 If your walls slant down, and on the outside of your walls is the roof... you can't have a typical window. It has to be a "sky light" type window... they make them which can open still and allow air in, but they tend to be pricey. I'll get some information when I go into work. The other option, if you're incredibly ambitious, is to build dormers... but that requires a great deal of carpentry skill and the like... dtxbrian Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:08:00 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/how_much_will_it_cost_to_add_a_window 224360 Lowe's is geared more towards DIY-ers than Home Depot, which is geared more towards Contractor type sales. Lowe's also markets itself more towards women DIY-ers than men... they carry more items which are colorful, place more of an emphasis on clean, organized aisles and shelves, and generally have better lit stores than Home Depot. None of this makes Lowe's better than Home Depot, per se, it's merely different. All things being equal, as well, Home Depot and Lowe's have, effectively, an identical returns process. The DeWalt drill that went bad... If the drill was more than 90 days past purchase, and the store returns it, Black & Decker corporation will deny credit on that drill to the store. The store will end up throwing it into the trash, and eating $200+ worth of merchandise. Sure, if you're a customer who purchases an awful lot, it's worth it to the company, but if you spend less than $1,000 a year, you'll have to go through 1-800-4DeWalt to get it repaired. Anyway... individual stores vary considerably. I've been in Lowe's I'd never return to, although I prefer Lowe's as a company to Home Depot. And I've been in plenty of Home Depots which I would happily shop in again. dtxbrian Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:02:17 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/lowes_com_vs_the_home_depot 224352 Oh wow, this brings up memories. Dredges up, is probably a more proper term. It wasn't a relationship, as it were, but my brother who used hard drugs. I learned a lot from that one. Events which occurred still affect my decisions to date in relationships I'm in. When I was 16, my older brother died from a heroin overdose. We knew he'd been smoking pot, had no idea he'd been involved with harder stuff. We tried and tried to get him to stop smoking pot and drinking, but he would have none of it. It seems to be a trend I've found, that people on drugs will do what they want, regardless of what the people around them have to say. In every further instance, whenever I've gone out with a girl, it's a subject which is brought up. I explain to them my point of view, and let them know I'd never date anybody who was seriously involved with drugs. It would kill me (quite literally) if I lost someone else I loved for such a selfish and stupid reason as drug abuse again. Just my $.02... dtxbrian Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:38:27 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/would_you_dump_a_partner_if_you_found 224330 No... the definition provided by amblessed above specifically means per year. "annus" comes from the Latin word for "year". There are words for specific anniversary durations, as well. Annual - 1 year Biennial - 2 years Triennial - 3 years Quadrennial - 4 years Quinquennial - 5 years Sexennial - 6 years Septennial - 7 years Octennial - 8 years Novennial - 9 years Decennial - 10 years Undecennial - 11 years Duodecennial - 12 years Tredecennial - 13 years Quattuordecennial - 14 years Vigintennial or vicennial - 20 years Semicentennial or quinquagenary - 50 years Centennial - 100 years Sesquicentennial - 150 years Bicentennial - 200 years Quincentennial - 500 years Millenial - 1000 years But they're ALL based on years. Nothing of a shorter measure. dtxbrian Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:29:04 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/what_do_you_concider_anniversary 224323 I need you to clarify what you mean by this question, if you can... dtxbrian Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:08:54 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/meep 224312 Vulgar words are words which society has given a vulgar meaning to. Don't follow me? Look at it this way. When you use one of those words, you use it because it has the vulgar meaning. I have friends who, in their infinite geekiness, will use the term "frell" as a substitute for the word "f*ck". Problem is... the intent is the same, so it's really no different than the original "curse" word it replaced. What's vulgar isn't the word itself, but the meaning assigned. If, for instance, one were to talk about a man from unmarried parents sitting on his donkey watching his female dog give birth, it's perfectly acceptable to say: The bastard sat on his a*s while he watched his b*tch give birth. (***editors*** For the record... I understand the words are banned... but banning the words necessarily based upon possible uses of the words limits the potential for use of the words in a non-vulgar sense... thereby invalidating my point.) Because I mean the above sentence in a non-vulgar sense, it's not vulgar language. If, however, I meant it about a callous husband who were sitting idly by in a waiting room while his wife was in labor, all of a sudden, it's entirely vulgar. dtxbrian Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:31:36 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/who_decided_what_were_classed_as 221891 Not to play the role of Devil's Advocate when it comes to semantics... but "Mexican" isn't a race. It's a nationality. What we typically consider "Mexicans" are an ethnic blend between the indigenous people of the region (Olmec, Aztec, Toltec...) who are of Mongoloid (Asian) descent, and Europeans (Spanish, primarily, but also Portugese) who are of Caucasian descent. Naturally, with any blend, it's not homogeneous, and there are many Mexicans who are a far higher ratio of Caucasian to Mongoloid background than the average, and they look considerably "whiter" than Mexicans who have a far higher ratio of Mongoloid to Caucasian background. A lot of people get caught up in proving racial purity in a specific race in order to gain acceptance, and that's actually incredibly sad. Stories abound of children from mixed-racial relationships being rejected for being "too black" for white society, but not "black enough" for black society. The concept of racial supremacy of any sort is just foul. Same goes for "La Raza". In short, if your friends of Mexican descent are harassing you or treating you badly because you're not "Mexican" enough for them... they're people who have an incredibly narrow field of vision. If your friends of white descent are harassing you or treating you badly because you're not "white" enough for them... same goes for that instance as well. Honestly though, it sounds to me, more than anything, that you're having doubt about yourself. I think you might be running into a situation where they can tell you're lacking confidence in your own identity, and could be the root of their pejorative behavior towards you. Anyway... don't be offended by what I said. I meant nothing above to be taken in any sort of derogatory way, so if you have any questions or concerns about what I've said, just send me a mail, and we'll talk about it. Best wishes to you, and be proud of who you are, regardless of what you look like. Remember, confidence is sexy. dtxbrian Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:56:16 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/how_can_i_make_myself_look_more_mexican 221828 The allergen isn't the fur... it's a protein in the saliva. It's just associated with their fur because of how they groom. You can still have allergies to a furless cat. A better choice for you might actually be the hypo allergenic cats.. No no... I'm serious. http://www.allerca.com/html/hypoallergenic.html dtxbrian Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:23:58 -0800 http://www.funadvice.com/q/bald_cats 219200