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Picture yourself spending some time with congenial friends, sharing your lives and pictures from your cell phones." They're curious about that cool game, song, movie, camping trip, art show, or other event that fascinated you. You talk about all kinds of stuff, poetry, styles, personal achievements, relationships, and bad days. You can share your inner child, and laugh together. They sympathetically listen to your feelings about serious topics like politics or climate change, even when they don't agree.

Personal validation comes from paying attention to one another, giving more than you get. Everyone respects you and themselves, despite our amazing range of personal tastes and interests. They'll tell you they don't agree with an idea or behavior without implying you're a bad person or somehow deficient. It's an "I'm OK, You're OK" kind of fellowship, where nobody tries to make himself look better by picking on somebody else.

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What are your Memorial Day plans?

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 16 hours ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

I just wanted to make a fun discussion and see what all of you are doing on Memorial Day.Anyone attending a parade?Anyone honoring vets?Here is an event in Austin that looks very interesting to me.Austin, TXClose Assault 1944 is living history and…Continue

Girl Recovered After 10 Years Claimed Dead by Psychic

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Lillie 17 hours ago. 9 Replies 0 Likes

Psychics are all BS.Here's an interesting news article.Amanda Berry, a…Continue

Life offers many opportunities for health and flourishing

Started by Joan Denoo yesterday. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Life offers many opportunities for health and flourishing and our bodies have all kinds of red flags it sends up to tell us something is wrong. Pay attention to those flags, they can save your health and your life. I talked to a lady yesterday who…Continue

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Oklahoma Tornado

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Steph S. yesterday. 3 Replies 1 Like

An amazing photo of the tornado's power,Continue

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'Crazy ants' a threat in southern U.S.

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Lillie on Sunday. 8 Replies 1 Like

Oh no! Crazy ants!!CNN) -- Beware the "crazy…Continue

10 Things You Can't Do and Become President

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Randall Smith May 18. 7 Replies 0 Likes

This was a fun article to read.When…Continue

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Comment by The Flying Atheist on July 2, 2012 at 5:54am: Sk8eycat, I'm sorry to hear your friend Judith is gone. My condolences to you and your circle of friends.

Comment by Ian Mason on July 2, 2012 at 5:50am: Sorry to hear about your friend, sk8eycat. My condolences to you.

Comment by sk8eycat on July 2, 2012 at 3:59am: @James Martin: You said, "The more loudly they proclaim their Christeranity the more likely they don't know what it means or suspect they might not really believe it at all."

Exactly! They remind me of the Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz" yelling "I DO believe in spooks! I do, I DO, I DO!" They were all lost in a creepy forest where the dead-looking trees were reaching for them with their branches.

Freethinker Yip Harburg wrote a lot of the dialog for that film, in addition to the lyrics of most of the songs. That short bit of action has his humorous/sarcastic trademark stamped all over it.

Comment by sk8eycat on July 2, 2012 at 3:44am: Dear Griining Cat:I'm sorry...I'm kind of out of it right now. I learned this morning (Sunday) that my friend of 12 years, Judith Hayes aka The Happy Heretic, http://s129542369.onlinehome.us/thh/ ) died sometime this past week. I don't know exactly what happened, but the last time she talked to or e-mailed anybody was June 19th or 20th. The last time she called me was Sunday, the 17th to talk about me becoming her "first Reader."

The Calaveras County Cops aren't talking until they "notify the next of kin." Yeah. Right. Her "next of kin" shuned her when she came out as an atheist nearly 35 years ago.

Anyway, I'm stunned, devastated, just sick about the whole thing, and not making much sense.

Later.

Felaine

Comment by Chris Breman on July 2, 2012 at 1:15am: Congrats Patricia!

Comment by Chris Breman on July 2, 2012 at 1:12am: Thanks Steph! I was at a bookcrossing meeting (www.bookcrossing.com) saw many friends and changed a stack of books.

Comment by Grinning Cat on July 1, 2012 at 11:32pm: @sk8eycat et al.: Dave Silverman came up with a pose similar to Tebowing, called "Thinkering":

"Atheists get down on one knee, curl their wrist to their chin, and look up. The pose is meant to mimic that of Auguste Rodin’s classic sculpture known as The Thinker."

The crucial difference between Tebowing and Thinkering: "we don’t bow our heads in blind submission, rather we consider and conclude for ourselves."

@Steph: thanks for the 4th of July wishes!

I got my fireworks fix Saturday night, as part of the celebrations in Philadelphia. On the evening of the 4th itself I plan to break with tradition and instead play music for dancing.

@Patricia: Congratulations!! The two of you are evidently doing something right!