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You've handled the lighting in the second one brilliantly.  Also, would I be right in saying that #1 didn't take too much morphing?  Kris is hyoooooge already! 😮

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I agree that the base photo was not very flattering, but you've improved it immeasurably.  Bravo! 8)

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3 points:

1.  Great work, Solarian.

2.  I am a huge Lisa Bickels fan, but she has the wrong looks for WW (now Powergirl, that's a different story).

3.  Biel is no minizon (5' 7" isn't short by my book).

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As a Brit, you are probably not familiar with some of the legendary traits attributed to him (mostly due to Parson Weems' partly fictionalized biography that was published after Washington's death). However, some are more credible, such as the story that he threw a rock across the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg, which would have been about three hundred feet.  So this video is a parody of those tales, tall and otherwise.

In reality he was physically a very large and powerfully built man, especially for the period, and could be incredibly intimidating when he wanted to be.  He also looked pissed-off most of the time: he'd lost his teeth at an early age and the primitive dentures available in that time gave him a sour expression.  So it's true that he was pretty bad-ass.

He was a very strong leader and administrator but a mediocre strategist and tactician.  His most remarkable feature, however, was that he had the strength of character to walk away from supreme power on two distinct occasions – following the war in 1783 and again following his second term as president in 1797.  Through his humility he demonstrated the practicality of elected government and contributed perhaps more than any other to the rise of democratic states.

The only president who defied Washington's tradition of limiting presidential service to two terms was Franklin Roosevelt, who held on to the office until he keeled over in his fourth term.  During FDR's third term, the two-term limit was formalized as a constitutional amendment, lest any future president have similar designs on permanently occupying the office.

I was certainly aware of the FDR stuff and how Washington set a model for Presidential behavour and principles.  I didn't know about his dentures ( ::) ;D) or the myth-making that is referenced by the video.  It's still odd, though.

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Precisely a year to the day since the last comment and I've finally read this brilliantly-translated and written love story.  Great stuff. 8)

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In a world where most Fitness competitors tend to be little more than overgrown gymnasts she's different alright.  Look at those shoulders! 😮 8)

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Let me be the first to properly lose all sense of proportion over her and drool.  Holy hell she's sexy.  Not massively muscled, but just sooo hot and powerful-looking.  Plus she's a real beauty as well.  I want to spend some time in Romania! (Elena Oana and now this hottie). 😮 8)

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What a hot pair of stunners they are!  Which one…hmmm. 😮 ;D

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Whoa! Looks to me someone's been seriously pushing da iron @ Goddess's Gym.  😉  😮  ;D  8)

Source: SKRASH! Drawings: Wonder Woman by Jonathan Lima

She's so fucking hot.  You're the man, Alex! 8)

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There's no need to fear, She-Hulkie is here!  ;D  8)

Source: SKRASH! Drawings: She-Hulk by Luis XIII

Here, and looking huge! 😮

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