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      ragreen2 responded to Formspring 1 May

      Shower. Quicker, uses less water, and I feel cleaner.

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      ragreen2 responded to arkle 28 Mar

      Worse: Not being able to learn from a failure, so it would be the latter. Success does not come from never failing; but in making the best from both success and failure.

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      ragreen2 responded to arkle 28 Mar

      Yes, but there are some factors to keep in mind.

      1) Superman is not any more susceptible to magic than anyone else; but he is not immune to it.

      2) Superman is an alien, so some magic may not be quite as effective. For example: he can go a very long time between breaths (and he can use super-breath) so magic attacks that involve him inhaling a powder or the like are pretty useless.

      3) His powers make certain things harder for a magic welder. He can move very fast and fly which can make it difficult to use a focused attack (like Vader's distance choke). Also with an effect that has to maintain it's focus (again like Vader's choke), it is difficult to keep it trained on him.

      4) Even without powers, he has exceptional willpower and intelligence that comes from years of fighting super-villains. If Obi Wan could directly control the strong willed, I'm thinking he would use that power more often. As it is, he tends to use it more for misdirection and to encourage cooperation more than as control, even for ordinary people.

      5) Since light sabers are not magic-based, he should be impervious to them.

      6) A little known aspect of his powers are that he can heal very quickly (almost as fast as Wolverine), so even if injured by magic; he most likely would recover quickly (unless some form of lasting damage was inherent in the attack).

      A magic attacker going against Superman is kind of like going up against a vampire with a stake in hand. Technically possible, but not nearly as easy as one would think.

      All the above assumes he isn't fighting back either. With both long range and (devastating) short range capabilities; speed, strength, flight. He can take out almost anyone in seconds if he feels threatened.

      Surprise and using hostages are the best ways to get attacks in. Oh and putting up some very strong protective spells would be essential. Finally, being able to teleport in some fashion is one's best bet for getting away to fight another day.

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      My best chance would be with a handgun ... since gladiators didn't have them.

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      Whatever the near current one was back in 1990. With all the renaming in the past 20 years, I've lost track of exactly which version number, but it would have been MVS/ESA.

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      In my case, this Father's Day ... with a new Droid X2 smart phone. But seriously with family ... and good food :)

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      I should use RSS; but I usually just make the rounds with the browser, often prompted by site links in Twitter messages.

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      Oooh tough one. I like having the signed paper versions from my favorite podcast novelists. Narrowing it further, it would be a tie between "Nina Kimberly, the Merciless" by Christiana & "Quarter Share" by Nathan Lowell. If I have to break the tie ... "Quarter Share" but only because I have it in hardback.

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      Speedy with rice, no beans, sweet tea. If you've gone to enough lower end Mex places you'll know what that means ;)

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      Going back to Savannah or Charleston. Staying at a nice place with internet. Spend the day checking out historic sites.

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