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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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Two years of Egypt's Muslilm Brotherhood rule

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Loren Miller 16 hours ago. 1 Reply 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 21 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 21 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 23 hours ago. 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 booklover on November 16, 2012 at 9:15pm: LOL!

Comment by The Flying Atheist on November 16, 2012 at 9:06pm: Must be going over the river and through the woods to fuckin' Grandmothers house!

Comment by booklover on November 16, 2012 at 9:03pm

Comment by booklover on November 16, 2012 at 9:02pm: I know, right Carl?! lol. I don't have a 'bad' back usually! I'm sorry you have back problems! It just seemed to go with the rest of my week~ ha ha. Hugs back to you! Here's to things going better this weekend!!! :)

Comment by The Flying Atheist on November 16, 2012 at 8:55pm: Geeeez, Melinda! What's going on over at your place?! Is your house built on an old Indian burial ground? Sounds like your home could use a good ole exorcism and purification. I'll take out my crystals and try to send a positive aura your way.

I have back troubles myself, so I know what you're going through. The slightest movement can cause sharp pains or sometimes even cause my lower back to completely go 'out'. That's when I'm walking around like Egor (if I can walk) and moaning like Frankenstein. Good to know you have family with you in your time of need. Once again, hugs to you.....but not too tight. I don't want to hurt your back. Get well soon!

Comment by booklover on November 16, 2012 at 8:11pm: Love the video! So, if bad things happen in 3's ;) I was making dinner and bent funny, got a bad pain across my lower-back on went down on all 4's. So that should be it with bad things happening around here, right?! lol. I'm in bed with a heating-pad, and my family is waiting on me. That part isn't so bad. lol.

Comment by The Flying Atheist on November 16, 2012 at 7:26pm: Here's something to perk everybody up. Try, just try, to keep your feet and legs still.

Comment by booklover on November 16, 2012 at 4:59pm: Thanks Carl. Sounds like you had a great time!! Glad you got to have your whole family together. Maryland sounds lovely. I've never been there. Then you get to come back to our lovely weather! lol. Yes, we've hit a bump in the road, but as long as everyone is safe, we'll get through it. I just hope my daughter feels better mentally soon. She and my son went out today, running errands and had lunch, so that was nice. :)

Ian, your book sounds good. I love books set in England for some reason.

Comment by The Flying Atheist on November 16, 2012 at 2:38pm: Good afternoon Folks. Just checking in. Been quite absent from here lately, but I've been able to catch up on all the posts. I was out of town for one week. Spent a wonderful week on the road and back for a family wedding in Maryland. My parents, brother, two sisters, their wife/husbands and all of their kids (my seven nieces and nephews) all together again for the first time in eleven years. We really had a lot of fun together. Maryland was beautiful. Warm: in the 60's and gorgeous fall colors still around on the trees, unlike cold, grey Illinois. Spent an afternoon touring Mount Vernon (hadn't been there since 1972 when I was 8 years old.)

Melinda, sounds like Life really took a turn for the worse for you and your family. I'm terribly sorry to hear about all the misfortune your kids are having to endure. Hugs to you all.

Comment by Ian Mason on November 16, 2012 at 1:50pm: I've been wrapped up in a good book: "Fludd" by Hilary Mantel. Bleak moors, dark satanic mills and Catholicism in the north of England. Very funny.