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    Pants On Tha Ground

    By -Sidorak-,

    A little late, but...
     
    Pants on tha ground!
    Pants on tha ground!
    Lookin like a fool with ya pants on the ground!
    With tha gold in your mouth,
    Hat turned sideways, pants hit the ground
    Call yourself a cool cat, looking like a fool
    Walkin, talkin,
    With ya pants on the ground!
     
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    The King Of Bzpower

    By -Sidorak-,

    It is September 14, 2009. I am bored, Chopin's The Awakening is weighing heavily on my tired soul, along with unfinished homework for my slew of other AP classes. It is dark outside, and raining. And so, without further ado, or knowing if it is legal to do so, I officially declare myself the king of BZPower.com.
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    My 2nd Moc - In Micro!

    By -Sidorak-,

    Thanks to everyone for the encouranging remarks about my last MOC. Incence'n'Peppermints recently left a nice comment in my profile and got me thinking about doing another one. So here is the new MICRO one along with the original for comparison. It was pretty difficult to capture all the details while transferring the original design to micro-scale. But eventually I figured it out.
     
    Click for the topic.
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    Conan

    By -Sidorak-,

    If anyone watched Conan O'Brien tonight... the people who were wearing the "COCO" shirts sitting in the front row are some of my friends. B) They were the ones who got the murderer's Neil Diamond jacket.
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    I Am A Moron

    By -Sidorak-,

    This evening, I was at a Barnes & Noble. When I went to the cashier, he asked me if I had any special coupons. I told him I have my Borders Rewards card. He responded, with a straight face, "This isn't Borders."
     
    What makes it even worse? I was buying the book "1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said."
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    Sweet!

    By -Sidorak-,

    I have a jar on my desk that I dump all my loose change into every day. Well, about once a year it gets too full, and I dump it out and roll the coins to take to the bank. Anyhow, as I was doing this today, I came across a buffalo nickel:
     

     
    I asked my mom about it, and she said that they were rare when she was a kid, so it's unusual that I would find one. I'm not sure where it came from, but it's interesting to see that these are still in circulation.
     
    I bet it's not worth much more than its face value, but it's still a cool thing to have.
     
    Discuss.
     
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    As per Omi's suggestion, I am posting this here. It will be interesting to see who replies to this. Personally, I'm expecting more blog people to read/comment on it, but we'll see.
     
    - - - - -
     
    I have been thinking about this idea for some time. Please carefully read and consider this post.
     
    Instead of locking them, the staff should leave some of the topics that would normally be closed in favor of a poll open to encourage discussion.
     
    Before you get ahead of me, I am NOT suggesting that all topics in GD that have less than 10 possible answers should be left open. Topics like this should indeed be closed. Those kinds of topics that ask simple questions really are best as polls.
     
    Polls are good because they give a visual representation of how the choices break down; it's easier to see how popular one option is compared to another. And polls automatically calculate the percentage of members that voted for each choice. That kind of data is useful when you're dealing with those types of straightforward questions.
     
    However, topics such as this provide plenty of opportunity for meaningful discussion. Look at the variety of replies in the topic; they aren't yes or no answers, there are many different viewpoints that can't really be captured in a poll.
     
    Sure, you can water any question down by phrasing it in a way that creates "Yes" or "No" answers, but that's not always the best choice.
     
    If you look at the poll that was made for that topic, the discussion has been stifled and the number of replies have been reduced. That's because the "Voting Booth mentality" is to click on a topic, vote, and maybe write a short answer. Leaving topics that have discussion potential in GD open would encourage in-depth discussion. B)
     
    Also, when there is an important topic or a particularly interesting question, it also attracts more attention in GD than it would in the Voting Booth.
     
    Word to the GD staff: Please consider leaving a few potential poll-topics open to promote discussion: it doesn't hurt to leave one open now and then!
     
    Word to the regular members: Is each topic with less than 10 theoretical answers always better as a poll? No. Please remember this and use your judgment decide whether the question really would be better in the form of a normal topic before suggesting that the topic starter PM a member on the poll-making team.
     
    To summarize:
    Some topics should be locked in favor of a poll. HOWEVER, leaving some of these topics open encourages discussion. Remember, BZPower: BIONICLE News, Reference, and Discussion. And before you tell me that all suggestions for the site should be PMed to Black Six - this isn't just a suggestion. I want to open it up for discussion and hear what other members have to say about it. 
    I look forward to hearing the views of both staff members and normal members.
     
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    Brickfest

    By -Sidorak-,

    Bring it to Glendale! B) Sounds like everyone who went had a great time... wish I could have been there. Maybe another year.
     
    - - -
     
    On a different note, a funny thing happened to my cousins and I today, I'll write about it when I've got more time.
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    Cheeseburgers

    By -Sidorak-,

    How come when you go to a restaurant, the menu can't merely say, "cheeseburger?" They have to get wordy and fancy. I say, go along with them. When you order your food, use their language. Look your waiter in the eye and say, "I'll have the succulent, fresh-ground, government-inspected, choice, all-beef, six-ounce patty on your own award-winning sesame-seed bun, topped with a generous slice of Wisconsin's finest Grade-A cheddar cheese made from only premium milk and poured from large, galvanized steel cans, having originally been extracted from a big, fat, smelly champion blue-ribbon cow with a brain disease."
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    Coin Collection

    By -Sidorak-,

    I have several relatives who travel a lot in their work. When they go to different countries, I sometimes request that they bring me back a coin or two. This is where I will list the different countries I have currency from:
     
    Armenia
    Australia
    Austria
    Bahamas
    Belgium
    Canada
    Cayman Islands
    Colombia
    Croatia
    Denmark
    Egypt
    Europe (Euros)
    Fiji
    France
    Germany
    Guatemala
    Holland
    Hong Kong
    Indonesia
    Israel
    Italy
    India
    Japan
    Jordan
    Kenya
    Luxembourg
    Malaysia
    Mexico
    Nepal
    New Caledonia
    Philippines
    Poland
    Samoa
    Saudi Arabia
    Singapore
    South Africa
    Spain
    Thailand
    United Arab Emerits
    USA
    Vanuatu
     
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    Questions, Part 3

    By -Sidorak-,

    21. What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
     
    22. If you spin an oriental man in a circle 3 times, does he become disoriented?
     
    23. Is there another word for synonym?
     
    24. What if there were no hypothetical questions?
     
    25. Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers?
     
    26. Why is it called a "near miss" when two cars almost hit each other? A collision is a near miss!
     
    27. Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?
     
    28. If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff?
     
    29. Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
     
    30. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
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    Is It Just Me, Or...

    By -Sidorak-,

    Do we get a "Which Member Do You See Most Often?" topic in General Discussion every few days?
     
    And there's always several members who make the same old joke. You know the one, "I always see [their display name here]! That guy follows me everywhere!"
     
    -Sidorak-
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    Questions, Part 1

    By -Sidorak-,

    1. When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?
     
    2. If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?
     
    3. Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
     
    4. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
     
    5. Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, then what do freedom fighters fight?
     
    6. Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
     
    7. Honesty may be the best policy, but then, by elimination, isn't dishonesty is the second-best policy?
     
    8. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too?
     
    9. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
     
    10. When a person asks you, "A penny for your thoughts?" and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?
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    Questions, Part 2

    By -Sidorak-,

    11. At the airport, what does it mean to "pre-board" the plane? To get on before you get on?
     
    12. If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
     
    13. If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?
     
    14. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
     
    15. Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
     
    16. If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
     
    17. If a man is speaking in the middle of the forest, and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
     
    18. Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"
     
    19. Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have an "s" in it?
     
    20. Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
     
     
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    6 Years

    By -Sidorak-,

    I just posted in Q&A and saw a spinning blue Faxon next to my post. I can't believe it's been 6 years, I still remember the day I joined, back on my old slow Windows 98 computer. BZP was my first internet message board experience (the official LEGO ones don't count ), and I've learned quite a lot on here, about BIONICLE, about the internet, and about writing.
     
    Let's take a look at some of my first posts.
     

    What insightful feedback.

    My complex, well-thought out theory.

    No comment.

    That's me on "How many Tahu sets could you build in a day?" Where did "622" come from? XD
     
    Here's to another 6 years! *clinks glass*
     
    -Sidorak-
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    All You Can Eat Buffet

    By -Sidorak-,

    A funny thing happened to my cousin today...
     
    I was out with my cousins for dinner at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Each one of us probably went back to the buffet 2 or 3 times, but my oldest cousin went back again... and again... and again. I mean, each time he piled mounds of food on his plate? The rest of us were sure he would eventually get full, but his stomach is apparently a bottomless pit. (And he's a thin guy! ) We had been at the restaurant for nearly 2 hours when the manager approached us. He told my cousin, "You can't get any more food from the buffet." My cousin asked, "Isn't this an all-you-can-eat buffet?" The man responded, "You've had all you can eat."
     
    We probably could have argued it, but we just laughed about it, paid, and left.
     
    -Sidorak-
     
    Shamelessly republished 1-17-09.
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    Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the first SPACE POLICE pictures!
     
    And before you post and report me, please know that these are not leaked. These pictures come from a banner hung in LEGOLAND California that says "Coming Summer 2009."
     
    Without further ado...
     

     
    This is the quote from the guy who took the pictures:

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