Heh! Also my wife's birthday (a big one) - but she has absolutely no interest in anime; I'm not sure she even knows what it is.

I knew my great-grandmother, too - she died when I was seven. Here are all the generations when I was (1) a baby, (2) four - wearing a jumper she had just knitted for me, and (3) six: http://cassland.org/images/1946.jpg http://cassland.org/images/Paul1950.jpg http://cassland....

I've done that sum already...

Thanks everyone! I doubt I'll have much influence over his development, but I shall watch with interest and concern.

I now have a second great-grandson - Reuben.

My daughter found her husband through an online dating site; they are well suited and very happy. My wife's best friend has found a new partner the same way. She is very happy, and they plan to marry; but my wife and I have big reservations about him, and suspect there may be an unhappy ending t...

The transgender person is clear in their own mind what their gender is, but this is different from that assigned to them by society/at birth/as a result of their gross physiology. They will normally use hormone treatment to enable their appearance to sufficiently match their internally recognised ge...

So the point of the Eucharist is that the "bread" has all the matter and tangible properties associated with a piece of bread, but has the "form" or actual nature of the body of Christ, so in fact it is the body of Christ, just one that is indistinguishable from a piece of bread...

No.

I like that Shinji's and Kaworu's badges have a keyboard motif on them.

I never succeeded at any of that stuff; my first marriage was (thought I didn't perceive this until after it ended 22 years later) an arranged marriage. Puppy-dog eyes might have helped with my second wife, though.

When was the last time you ever heard anyone in real life insert random foreign words into their speech? Since you ask, last time I met my grandson (growing up in Germany, going to German schools, having German friends, but with English-speaking parents). Also, my wife (English-born dau...

Just started Tsutsui's Paprika; it promises to be the sort of thing I like a lot.

I am amused by martial law being described as marital...

LightDragonman#672802 wrote:And what exactly is it trying to do?

It puts you into Shinji's position, with the confusion, dislocation and misunderstandings that he experiences, rather than just attempting to show these to you from the outside. Works for me; but not, it seems, for everyone.

That seems like a good moment for a reboot...

Heh! I admit I was just responding in isolation to Mr Tines's (implied) suggestion of downloading without referring back to the OP.

I remember this pic being part of a much larger pic, which has also EVA-8+2 and is overall overflowing of awesome! Here: http://cassland.org/images/EG/1369813848989.jpg I don't usually bother with Asuka, but I was struck by this picture of her, which I've not seen before: http://cassland.or...