QuietThinker

Hehehe, unlike dm...I don't have goodies in my signature line! And just because I should be doing homework and am not...I will procrastinate just a little more and tell you that my birthday's in January...A winter girl, me. I'll send the date itself along later. Yours not-doing-homeworkly, QT

I'll second that, David... Happy Birthday, dear Rainbow'sGirl...so glad you arc'd over our way! ((((R'sG))) Yours festiviously, ~QT

Hrmmm....Credit Card....Hrmmmm

I would suggest that there is a difference between realism, pessimism and good, ol' fashioned meanness and spite which some people employ to drag down others under the heading of "realist." For myself, I am by training and nature a ruthless realist. I enjoy thinking about ideals, and I'm happy to hear other people's dreams and note their aspirations. But, for myself and my life, definitely a ruthless realist. I am as aware of what I am not, as what I am. I think this could be an excellent topic...looking forward to reading more. Cheers, ~QT

Pardon my uncharacteristic exuberance, but Sweet! I am off the hook! ...and yes, yes I do :-) Have at it, CA...and congrats on all your posts! Yours Baton-Passingly, ~QT

Oh dear! I say, waaaaay too far outta my league. But you have my utmost sympathy and I will be hoping someone here or elsewhere can get you sorted, CWF. Yours fingers-crossedly, ~QT

Sudo, I wonder if you are familiar with the "Naked Tomato Debacle" that was making the medical blog rounds last year? A young woman with some serious problems set up a blog upon which she portrayed herself as a pediatric resident. Her blogs were very in-depth and fooled many practicing "fleas" who linked her and with whom she built a nice on-line support system. Eventually, illness and other increasingly dramatic situations occurred...finally, however, she was exposed and the blog was taken down. Many of the real doctors she fooled refused to believe they'd been deceived at first. However, to their credit, the vast majority of those same doctors sent her well-wishes and hopes for a recovery and a real life of her own. The article reminded me of that. I never knew catmandu as catmandu, though I was warned when he returned in another guise... An interesting article, indeed, and should give us all pause for thought. Respectfully, ~QT