That whole episode was a hilarious joke. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeFoGo3N_4g

Riker: "I'm First Officer William Riker of the U.S.S. Enterprise, we're responding to your distress signal."
Gredneblog: "Uh-huh."
Riker: "What is your problem?"
Gredneblog: "We are far from home."
Riker: "Aren't we all? But, you sent out a mayday?"
Gredneblog: "Uh-huh."
Riker: "Do you need help?"
Gredneblog: "We are Pakleds. Our ship is the Mondor. It is broken. We are far from home. We need help."
Geordi: "Let me guess, their rubber band broke, right?"
Data: "Sensors indicate engineering problems. They're experiencing total guidance system failure with less than 24 hours reserve power."
Geordi: "Maybe I can help?"
Riker: "What brings you so far from home?"
Gredneblog: "We look for things."
Riker: "What were you looking for?"
Gredneblog: "Things we need."
Riker: "Can you be more specific?"
Gredneblog: "Things that make us go."

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http://tng.trekcore.com/audiocaps/2x17/2x17-fiction-e.mp3

Riker: "Where did they get their shields?"
Gredneblog: "Yes, we like shields."
Geordi: "Well, from what I've seen, half the systems onboard the ship have been stolen from the Romulans, Klingons, Jarada, just about anyone they've come in contact with."
Gredneblog: "We like to be smart."
Riker: "Confirm, Lieutenant La Forge. They steal technology..."
Data: "...But they lack the ability to use it properly."
Riker: "You're an excellent Chief Engineer, Lieutenant La Forge."
Geordi: "Thank you, sir."
Riker: "And, of course, your knowledge of phaser and photon weaponry is unmatched."
Geordi: "That's nice of you to say, sir, but, it's really Lieutenant Worf that--"
Riker: "Our missions are always inherently dangerous and any of us could be called on to make the ultimate sacrifice at any time."
Geordi: "Well, yes, sir, but..."
Riker: "Speaking of time, this may be your time. I shall personally miss you."
Data: "Good-bye, Geordi. I shall miss you at weapons system analysis."
Geordi: "Uh-huh. Uh, and I guess you'll just have to arm your photon torpedoes without me."
Data: "As well as our hydrogen collectors. Fond farewell."
Gredneblog: "He knows about weapons."
Reginod: "You can make us strong!"
Geordi: "Well, it's not something I really like to talk about."
Worf: "Any classified weapons knowledge you share with your captors will be considered treason."
Geordi: "But, I may have no choice!"
Worf: "You will die without honour!"
Geordi: "Thanks a lot, Worf."
Worf: "You will never reach the twenty-fourth level of awareness."
Geordi: "Twenty-four? That's quite a challenge."
Worf: "Indeed. Twenty-four is the gateway to heroic salvation."

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http://tng.trekcore.com/audiocaps/2x17/2x17-teethareforchewing-e.mp3

Reginod: "We are strong!"
Geordi: "You're armed to the teeth!"
Gredneblog: "Teeth are for chewing."
Geordi: "You have photon torpedoes. You are strong!"
Gredneblog: "We are strong! We have power!"

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http://tng.trekcore.com/audiocaps/2x17/2x17-crimsonforcefield-e.mp3

Reginod: "We have fired! They will be destroyed!"
Geordi: "They used their crimson force-field!"
Gredneblog: "It did not shoot!"
Geordi: "No, the crimson force-field has disarmed us."
Reginod: "They are smart."
Gredneblog: "We are not strong."

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"They used their crimson force-field!" 

My sister's wedding. 

Thank you, sickhouse, for bringing this to my attention. I unchecked the box that allows some ads to get through. Like you, I HATE ads. Period.  

Hmm... did a little a research on that just now.

Matt Groening and David X. Cohen developed 'Futurama' along with a long list of writers, but I didn't see the creators of 'Tripping the Rift', Chuck Austen and Chris Moeller, listed among them. I did find out that Chris Moeller was a writer for 'King of the Hill' (maybe that's what you were thinking of) and I was saddened to also learn that he died just recently on December 31, 2014. RIP Chris.

My favorite quotes by Ashleigh Brilliant.

"My life has been greatly influenced by many books which I have never read."

"Life may have no meaning — or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove."

"Why does life keep teaching me lessons I have no desire to learn?"

"The difference between friendship and love is how much you can hurt each other."

"Why am I so often at the mercy of those who don’t deserve to control my life?"

"Please don’t believe everything you hear about me, regardless of how true it may be."

"I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it." 

"It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others." 

"I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent."

"Words are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches."

"Why aren’t you more grateful when I prove how wrong you’ve been?"

"Strange as it may seem, my life is based on a true story."

"Maybe I’m lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction."

To be quite honest, I wish I wasn't affiliated with them either. I would absolutely love to just grab a towel right now and hitchhike across the 'verse.

Gleb Gamow posted this video in the Trees and pictures of trees thread.  
Bruno's Art & Sculpture Garden

<edit> Just checked out 'Bruno's Art & Sculpture Garden'. Quite impressive. TY for sharing, Gleb Gamow. 

Nope, not affiliated with http://blacklistednews.com/ either. I just find it to be a superb source for real news, in contrast with the MSM.

lol. I'm not the one that believes in fairy tales, no matter who inspired them, whether it be God, Satan or Mother Goose. (Although I really do like the ones by Dr. Seuss.)

BTW, WTF are these "false bibles" you are talking about? Does the pope read from a 'true' or 'false' bible? Are some of the bibles you find in any catholic/christian church 'false bibles'? How can anyone tell the difference?

You didn't answer my earlier questions either. Why did you feel the need to differentiate between 'homos' and 'sinners'? Doesn't your (I assume, god inspired) bible identify homosexuality as a sin? So, wouldn't it be enough to just lump them in with the rest of the sinners? That's ok, you don't really need to answer that, we all know you were just exercising your inalienable right to be a bigot. Right? Which, isn't a sin? This god stuff is so confusing for us guys with no brains. Luckily we have geniuses like you reading the 'true' bibles, 'praying for us' and being the good christians you obviously are, informing us of how brainless we are.

First, you're welcome. 
Second, yes (I'd like to think) I can be trusted, but there's really no need for you to share sensitive information with me. After all, I could very well be lying. Or, now that I think of it, I might even feel compelled to warn the authorities or your intended victim(s) about you, if you admit to me that you are up to something nefarious. (Although, in truth, that is unlikely and I'd really just rather you didn't implicate me in that case. Boy, now I really feel uncomfortable admitting that. Doesn't say much for my character, now does it? Let's just pretend I didn't say any of that.)
Third, I'm actually not affiliated with anything in my sig atm. I got a kick out of those links and they're just a joke. 

While I've gone through many phones over the years, they've nearly all been 'free' (biyearly?) upgrades offered by my phone service provider. Come to think of it, I'm probably due for a new one.

The lottery ticket analogy is actually incorrect. Both tickets can lose, since the outcome is not based on choosing one of the tickets as a winner but a random sequence of numbers, which neither ticket holder may have chosen. Even though there are only two tickets in said scenario, the probability of either one winning remains the same if there were 10 or 10,000,000 tickets. But the lottery example is not a valid comparison to something like the existence of god, since there is an equal chance for any possible sequence of numbers to be picked for the lottery, yet all the possible arguments for or against the existence of god are not equally valid and therefore do not deserve equal consideration.

Here's a simple example of what I mean. One could argue that Santa Clause may or may not exist as well. Just because there are two possible answers does not equate the probability of him actually existing as being 50%. It only means there are two possible answers. In actuality the real possibility of him existing is 0%.

Helping people is its own reward.

It's people like you that make this world a better place. /s

I'm curious as to why you felt the need to differentiate between 'homos' and 'sinners'. Doesn't your bible identify homosexuality as a sin? I didn't realize it was elevated to some special class of (inhuman) evil.

I agree 7hrs is far too long for LOTR and each movie could've been condensed down to 90 mins or so. The Hobbit is even worse in this sense as it really should've been only 1 movie (possibly 2, but definitely not 3), not to mention the ridiculous plot lines thrown in that weren't in the book and never should've existed at all. As always, the books are far better than the movies, The Hobbit actually being best out of the lot. So ya, definitely read all the books, then check out the LOTR movies at your leisure, but in all honesty I can say you can forgo watching The Hobbit movies.

The video you linked by, Chris Stuckmann, titled 'The Problem with Action Movies Today', is spot on and I really hope movie makers take everything he had to say seriously. Nearly every film coming out of Hollywood this millennium has been utter crap.

Well said, Gronthaing, I couldn't agree more.

WTF? I love that movie. But, then again, I'm just a meat popsicle.

LOL. Really? I guess you're not a big fan of LOTR, since most of what's in the second video is covered in the movies.