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It is physically impossible for me to be attracted to a smoker. The putrid smell makes me gag when a smoker is merely standing too close to me. Intimate contact would be out of the question.

You are confused by your own misinterpretation, not by anything I said. 1) Yes. No ambiguity here. Some religious edicts do reflect things that are genuinely wrong, but many are arbitrary. (Also, why should I care about "God's plan" when there is no God, much less a plan?) 2) Of course rape...

I love watching threads evolve. I have never understood why some people complain about threads being "derailed", since they inevitably become more interesting once they veer off on some unexpected tangent.:cool:

You have not explained why you consider it a contradiction. I have a strong set of ethics, but don't consider prostitution unethical, so what is being contradicted? Some religions consider it immoral, but that is arbitrary. No valid reason is given for why it should be considered wrong...

I have always thought that JBL speakers are decent, just nothing special.

Those are absolutely astonishing at the price, but still more than twice his budget.

I am thinking it was something like 48 2-inchers.

Those are not separate lacks. Morals, by defininition, are rules imposed by religion. The more general personal sense of right and wrong sometimes mistakenly referred to as morality is actually ethics. I do have a strong sense of ethics, but I don't consider prostitution wrong if the prostitute...

If this were Nevada, I would do just that. It happens to be illegal here, and I would not be at all happy in jail. I have no morals.

Much better to simply accept how I am than to gripe about not having a date, I think. Next time I get to feeling lonely, I just need to remind myself that it is by choice.

You are probably right. Before the bookstore gal, I had gone years without a date and didn't really miss it. (Mind you, I miss sex, but not a serious relationship.) I am too self-centered to have anything to offer a woman, and enough of a natural hermit not to care. Almost all of the activities...

Has it occured to you that maybe I am not a good person and/or a gentleman?:D

It is fine as long as the fish has been cooked.:D

Of course not. I have not ruled out anywhere other than places I don't go. (I have never seriously considered asking anyone at work or where I live, though, as that could lead to trouble. Relationships end, sometimes badly, and being unable to avoid seeing each other frequently after that would...

I am all for offering streaming as an alternative to a physical CD. What concerns me is the possibility of some bands forgetting about the CD altogether. As someone who does not download, that would be bad.

Funny how all this advice leads us full circle. The bookstore is precisely how I met the woman who led to starting this thread in the first place. (Also, it was being rejected by her that led me to try the internet dating service, with no results so far.) If I were not on this computer, I would...

I don't know. I can't remember the last time I was at one. (10 years? 15 years?):o

Possible if there is a club that is not also a bar. This being OKC, I am not sure. (Tough to start a conversation, though, as the music is invariably way loud.)

The problem with this suggestion is the phrase "local watering hole". I will not set foot in a bar, and I am not sure where else to meet available women.