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I'd personally like to be on this ship so I could anonymously watch the show.

I personally never thought there was a difference between a polygamist and a dirty old man.

I have been out for about 25 years now and I still find myself with waybrain. For example, I have thought of hypnosis as a possible means to help overcome severe habits such as emotional eating or smoking. But, to this day, every time I think of hypnosis my mind goes back for a moment to the old thinking that it's devil spirit operated. Speaking of devil spirits, that's another thing. Much as I don't want to, I still find myself wondering sometimes if they really aren't out there trying to get me. On another note, I went back to church for awhile a couple of years ago. Even though the folks there were lovely and nobody tried to coerce me, I still found myself dissecting the words & behaviors of my "unbeliever" associates outside the church, just like I did back in the Way. These "unbelievers" included my close friends and husband. Needless to say, when that started happening, I RAN RAN RAN away from church attendance as fast as my little legs would carry me and I haven't been back since.

I don't hear from Him. I wish I did. I've asked many times. I believe I've seen several fast, obvious, and direct answers to prayer, but never a good talk. I find that sad.

Rascal and others, if you're scared of swine flu, then you should be REALLY scared of getting in your car and driving to work (or wherever) each day. Take a look at those statistics and swine flu will seem like a bubble bath.

My newest addition, Hoover the corgi, attacks water that is being sprayed out of a hose. He gets soaked whenever I water the patio plants.

Hi Chas, We have cats & dogs. A lot of them. Hair is a problem, and leather is easy to keep clean, so we have leather furniture in the rooms where the pets go. However, you need to know that cats will rip leather apart just like anything else. What we do is consider our "pet room" furniture disposable. We buy for cheap or get for free used leather sets off Craigslist. I keep them covered when not in use by us. They stay nice for awhile, but if the time comes that they are trashed, we give them to a fraternity house and then get another Craigslist set. This way, you get your leather, it looks nice, it's easy to keep clean. But, you won't rip your hair out when the pets damage it. Plus, you get to redecorate your room every couple years. Yahoo!

I have also read this book and I can add my enthusiasm to Johnny's. It is downright excellent. A definite must read.

My husband and I both learned something about the Beatles yesterday at the Body Worlds 2 exhibit in San Jose, CA. When the Beatles started performing together, John & Ringo were only 18 years old. Paul was 16, and George was a tender 15. Imagine if Paul and Georges folks had forbid them to "waste their time playing their guitars all the time" in favor of concentrating on their studies.....

Dave & I have a GREAT relationship. I know he loves me without a doubt and I certainly love him. It's been 18 years now. We even made it through the hardships of raising each other's children from previous marriages. He is the love of my life.

Hi Belle, I live in the area and would love to meet you and show you around a little, but I will be in Missouri over Labor Day weekend for a family reunion. Weatherwise, believe me, I'd MUCH rather be in San Francisco. But, alas, family obligations await. Have a GREAT time. Lynne

I'm going to come over to your house and steal him!!! I need him to give my two girl corgis a run for their money. I have two red and white pembrokes, Agnes Fable 9, and Beatrice Sue Ann 7. He's TOO CUTE! Welcome to the wonderful world of Corgi parenthood. You'll love it. I think my goal in life is to roll around in a sea of corgis.

I had it done and am happy with the result, BUT I would NEVER have it done far from my own home. Here's why. A few days after surgery, my dog reached up and quickly scratched my eyeball with the bottom of his rough paw. A totally unexpected accident. This caused an eye injury. Since then, I've had about 4 followup surgeries to repair the damage along with all the eyedrops and meds that go along with it. I've also had a few pairs of interim glasses to make my sight better in the injured eye as corrective work was being done. ALL of the costs involved in these corrective procedures was covered by the one single payment I made upfront. Also, I had it done about a mile from my home which made all the extra office/hospital visits easy to accomodate. Today I have 20/20 in the uninjured eye and 20/30 in the injured one. It's been about 3 years. I am very lucky that the injured eye came out as good as it did. If I had had the initial surgery at a remote location, I would have been up dang creek with all the ensuing corrections. So think about having it done locally. It could very well be worth the extra money in the long run.

When I was about 14 or so, my Mom, Dad and I were in the living room watching television one night when my younger brother (12 or so) walked out of his bedroom, past us in the living room, and into the kitchen. Once there, he opened the refrigerator door and peed on the lettuce. Then he closed the door and went back to bed. My parents and I were cracking up.

How bout writing to "60 Minutes" or "Dr. Phil" or some other tv show that exposes stuff like this? That might get them off their butts.

Just to clarify FAL, he isn't just reporting $18K. He's reporting that he's expecting an ongoing influx of cash in the form of royalties. In other words, it would seem that he's saying he will no longer need to work for a living.

I don't think I have ever written a negative judgemental post in my entire tenure here at GSC. However, I must say that Keven's very public and wordy flashing of his wallet, in more than one thread, while bidding us all a "fond" "see ya" leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I don't mean to be a party pooper, but there are so many folks here in the cafe that are in great need and it seems to me that the content of his posts on this topic are egotistical, selfish, and distasteful. Sorry Kevin. I have been a fan in the past, but my opinion of you has been altered by all of this. Sharing good news is one thing. But blaring it out with a bullhorn like you have makes it take on a whole new meaning.

I actually liked the rain. It cooled me down from all that heat and humidity and washed the sweat away. It's the hot/humid climate I hated the most.

I ALWAYS prefer silence to music. Drives my husband especially crazy when driving somewhere together. He's a musician. So, our compromise is that whoever is driving gets to control the radio/cd player. This usually means that I NEVER have to drive when going somewhere. Comes in especially handy when traveling on long trips where there is good scenery. I can't stand to have doors partially open. They should either be open or closed. Except cabinet doors. They must always be closed. I HATE background noise. I go insane when I am speaking with someone and then someone else comes up, interrupts the conversation, and then the person I was conversing with stops our conversation and begins another conversation on an unrelated topic with the intruder. People are in danger of losing teeth doing this. I also go insane when I am a customer at the checkout stand and the employee checking my groceries or whatever holds a conversation with someone else the entire time they are checking my stuff. Especially sucks if they never even look at me or acknowledge my presence. Dirty dishes, pots and pans at our house go thru "pre clean" with the dogs on the deck before being loaded into the dishwasher. You wouldn't believe now much work that saves me. That's all I can think of for now.

I was a single mom twig coordinator. Once a week, after work, and after dinner, I had to pack up my 5 year old and drive 30 miles each way to the coordinator's meeting. I was usually not on time. Imagine the response I got for that. Well, one evening I decided I really really wanted to try to make it on time. Really wanted to surprise the branch coordinator. It was a cool, rainy night, but I drove the 30 miles and arrived about 15 minutes early. I got my daughter out of the car and up to the front door where the branch coordinator's wife promptly told me that I was too early and that they were still busy and I WOULD NEED TO RETURN IN 15 MINUTES. So here I am, me and daughter, sitting out in my car with the heater running in the rain waiting the prescribed 15 minutes. Back up to the door I go, and it opens to a smiling branch coordinator with a beaming "welcome, come in, come in. wow you made it on time in this nasty weather. see, you should be able to do this every time...." Geesh.

I have a recumbant exercise bike. It's great for those days when you're really too tired to exercise, but know you should anyways. It's really much easier on the tired psyche to mount a bike where the first thing you do is sit down and lean back (he he he). Then you just begin to pedal, however slowly you want. The principle "success breeds success" kicks in sooner or later and before you know it, you're racing along at 15 or 20 mph. One thing that I KNOW makes a big difference in how I feel is plenty of really good recuperative REM sleep. Sooooo, a good ten hours of great REM sleep, followed by a lazy wake up, and a shuffle over to the recumbant for a slow startup exercise session and you're good to go.

OMG... I've become the BEEFY BUTCHER.

Eagle, Granted, I don't know you nor the background of your "blown holidays" of yore, but a couple of traffic mishaps hardly qualify for "blowing the holidays". Geesh, one Thanksgiving Dave and I were waiting around getting ready to head over to my daughter's house for Thanksgiving dinner when, around the corner of my sideyard comes, TA DA, none other than my daughter, SCREAMING HER HEAD OFF. She and her sig o had gotten in a fight while driving somewhere. At a stoplight, she asked him to exit the car. She got in the drivers seat and took off, with her sig o caught up in the back seat door. He had been trying to reenter the car when she took off. Well, someone saw this and called the police. Long story short, we spent Thanksgiving Day at her house with her sig o and a few friends. She spent the entire Thanksgiving Weekend in jail and wound up with a domestic violence charge on her record. Count your blessings Eagle...

Peruser... PB & Mayo??? Yuck. Jardinero, I concur. It's Best Foods or nothing for me.