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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.

Nobody here is into mind games. A discussion started with a loaded guilt-throwing question will be deleted.

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Two years of Egypt's Muslilm Brotherhood rule

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Joan Denoo 33 minutes ago. 2 Replies 0 Likes

This photo essay shows the remarkable benefits of replacing a secular government with a religious one. The fate of Egypt is quite an endorsement for the superior morality of religious rule.I was a bit surprised by the extent to which the temporary…Continue

Tags: Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian quality of life

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

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 22 hours ago. 10 Replies 1 Like

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

What are your Memorial Day plans?

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 22 hours ago. 3 Replies 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

Brutal 4 Minutes for All of Religion Christopher Hitchens

Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner yesterday. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Brutal 4 Minutes for All of Religion Christopher HitchensJust think about this for a minute, “three thousand years ago, at the most, it was decided,…Continue

Girl Recovered After 10 Years Claimed Dead by Psychic

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Lillie on Friday. 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 on Thursday. 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

Tags: tools, for, living, denial, delusions

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Comment by Derek Bly on September 8, 2012 at 11:42am: Sk8eycat, one of former cats was named Timon. My son, who was in Grade 4 at the time, and my daugther, in Grade 3, found this very small kitten at the playground. They checked with people in the neighbourhood and no one claimed ownership, so he came to live with us.

He was so tiny that I just had to name him Timon because he was a mere-cat! Disney fans should get that and be groaning in unison!

Comment by booklover on September 8, 2012 at 11:38am: I meant Derek not Tony. Lost my mind already today!

Comment by booklover on September 8, 2012 at 11:38am: Oh Tony! lol ;) I am always singing silly stuff which I think is hysterical and my 18-yr. old son does not. ha ha ha

Comment by sk8eycat on September 8, 2012 at 11:26am: Derek, many years ago when I still worked part time at the Cat Hotel, we had a repeat "guest" whose name was URL. That was long before I had a computer with a modem, if you can imagine that. I had to ask her human what the name meant...the first thing he said was that he was a computer geek (HE said "geek") at Disney. THEN he explained what URL meant, and that his particular URL was always dragging strange stuff home when she could sneak outside.

Comment by Steph S. on September 8, 2012 at 11:08am: Good morning everyone!

I just drank my coffee and came here first thing to read all the wonderful posts and look at the great pictures.

Hope all of you are enjoying your weekend.

Comment by sk8eycat on September 8, 2012 at 11:03am: I once drove all the way over to a ghod-awful mega-mall in Beverly Hills to a book signing. The crowd was incredible, but I got 2 copies of I forget which cookbook, and Craig was there too! Yayyy! They both signed the books. Charming guys, both of them. (Then I got lost trying to find my car afterwards.)

I don't remember the details of the scandalette; everybody I knew always knew he was bi. BFD. I'm just sorry that in those days he (and so many of the guys I knew from my ice show days) had to stay closeted.

I'll post the recipe (it's very simple, IF you have a Donvier, or something similar) when I get myself a little more focused; the cats woke me up at 5:30, and I wasn't able to go back to sleep. I didn't even go to sleep till around 2 AM, so I'm more than a little foggy.

Comment by Derek Bly on September 8, 2012 at 10:30am: Oh, I know it was Lola! But I just had to play off the Lula name. That's what makes it so bad! :)

Comment by booklover on September 8, 2012 at 10:28am: Thanks Flying Atheist!

@ Derek, I think that was LOLA, but funny anyway! lol, now I can't get that song out of my head! Maya is adorable! I love corny humor, puns, etc. also!