Let's pretend we're in the Close

[sgt.null]

listen if Hollywood stars Robbie Rist, Jeremy Gelbwaks, Gavan O'Herlihy and Randolph Roberts believe in Brothology - well so do I!

[drew]

Oh, the irony, that you can't spell the good Doctor's name right. Must be all that fanatical excitement over singing his praises.

I'm using the Canadian spelling

[sgt.null]

Oh, the irony, that you can't spell the good Doctor's name right. Must be all that fanatical excitement over singing his praises.

I'm using the Canadian spelling

you have to factor in the time zones...

[Cord Hurn]

The power of X is proved once again in the internet age! When you want to close a window, a website, what letter do you choose to click? Why X, of course. Therefore, X is the only letter that can truly give you closure. It's a proven law of cyberspace, after all.

[Savor Dam]

One cannot overstate the value of true closure with your X...but it is unlikely to be achieved with just a letter.

[ussusimiel]

I question the basic premise of X and believe that there is a more fundamental element to be found within the structure, namely 'l' and obviously this points to the subjectivity of this whole belief system and indicates once more that everything is relative, so to reference Einstein's theory.........

[aliantha]

I'm pretty sure Pagans have a different view of X.

[Cord Hurn]

One cannot overstate the value of true closure with your X...but it is unlikely to be achieved with just a letter.

Ah, but the closure becomes closer to being realized once X amount of money has been agreed on, is this not true? And X amount of visitation time, and X amount of property split up. So, once again, it is demonstrated when you find X, X leads to further understanding of X, and leads to further closure. We all need to seek to be as enlightened as Drew and Dr. Seuss (whose names have two D's between them, and D=500 and D+D=1000, which is X x X x X, which proves they were prophets).




[Edited to add yet more X's to this post, in the interest of mathematical precision.]

[Cord Hurn]

I question the basic premise of X and believe that there is a more fundamental element to be found within the structure, namely 'l' and obviously this points to the subjectivity of this whole belief system and indicates once more that everything is relative, so to reference Einstein's theory.........

I worry your soul is in danger of suffering perdition by the strategy of relying only on self, on the "I" to aid in enlightenment (*gasp*).

One must meditate on Einstein's theory of relativity to realize that "mc squared" shows that x is doubly important in the grand design of things, for without m x c x c there is no energy. Therefore, it's doubly important that you accept x, to know that it's always there and always important, whether it's visible or not. I'm willing to bet Einstein used X in his calculations far more than he did I. And that's all one needs to have faith.

[Savor Dam]

Wow. This is going to get asymptotically close to a real Close post...

• The point that u makes is valid; the relationship to X must always be defined in terms of I. However, approaching X via division is a scarcity-oriented approach. Division only leads to a remainder, and the relationship of I and X is only diminished that way.
  
  Instead, embrace the perspective that the product of I and X can remain positive and even grow exponentially when another term is added...as long as all external constraints are properly evaluated where their applicability is Real or Imaginary.
  
  I cannot say whether this is the different view of X which ali says Pagans probably have...only that not all paths on the road less traveled are dead-ends.

OK, now which of these emote do I use?

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[Cord Hurn]

I'm pretty sure Pagans have a different view of X.

Sure they do, but the beauty of X is that it looks like x from all sides, which is always a +. PLUS, the Neopagan holidays are represented on a sun cross which prominently has an X in the center, and holidays are celebrated on the equinoxes, often using names originating with the Anglo-Saxons. Even Pagans have learned to follow X in their hearts! It's as Drew eloquently stated: X accepts all, just as they are.

[Cord Hurn]

OK, now which of these emote do I use?

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Good question! It's probably safest to use the soapbox emoticon first, followed quickly by the hiding emoticon.

[aliantha]

Thank the gods. For a minute there, I thought you guys were doing math!

[ussusimiel]

I'm guessing that the soapboX emoticon would be best for obvious reasons.

[Cord Hurn]

I'm guessing that the soapboX emoticon would be best for obvious reasons.

Clearly, the message of X has been speaking to your soul, brother! And that can exonerate you for your idolatry with I.

[Icarus Unfallen]

While it is fascinating to read about the permutations of I and X...and apparently a factor that can only be referenced as Y (or perhaps, Y-naught), the oh-so critical factor of O remains unmentioned.

is Y bisexual?

if so did it choose to b e that way, or was it made that way?

Let us be clear about this answer: Born That Way!

[Cord Hurn]

While it is fascinating to read about the permutations of I and X...and apparently a factor that can only be referenced as Y (or perhaps, Y-naught), the oh-so critical factor of O remains unmentioned.

Well, the authoritative ABC book by Dr. Seuss admits that:

O is very useful.
You use it when you say: "Oscar's only ostrich oiled an orange owl today."

But O opposes X in tic-tac-toe games, which isn't very nice of it, if you ask me.

However, O does redeem itself when it harmonizes with X to send somebody hugs and kisses, as in: "XOXOXOXO". O stands for the hugs, and X stands for the kisses. Now, everybody who has experienced hugs and kisses knows that the kisses can usually be more stimulating than the hugs. So, O's contrast with X only serves to remind us all of the superiority of believing in X.

[Edited because I spelled Dr. Seuss's name as "Dr. Suess".. That's what I get for trying to channel Drew! ]

[deer of the dawn]

Well, I am glad everyone is so freaking happy about X being all New-Age situational and all. But to my thinking X, while real, is the antithesis to I.

This was the end of Meg. There was to be no more anything. Ever. Exit Meg. Ex-Meg. X-Meg.

X is the great negation, the end, the close, the "no more" of existence. I.e., the great Satan himself (or herself; is not the female chromosome labeled X???!!)

REPENT NOW... OR X

[Cord Hurn]

You can't talk me out of believing in X now, Deer! That will just leave me confused as to whether I'm an X ex-disciple or and ex-X disciple.

[deer of the dawn]

My work is finished here! X it, stage left.