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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 5 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 10 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 10 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 12 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 yesterday. 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 Chris Breman on December 10, 2012 at 2:12am: Question: I teach English to elderly people - nice to do, yes - but it's not as if I know so very much about English. One of the books I use says that ´boyfriend´ and ´girlfriend´ are strictly used for lovers, not for friends. So when I hear Booklover say girlfriend to Steph, I don't want to pry but I do want to know about your use of the language. Tell me more!

Comment by Steph S. on December 9, 2012 at 10:15pm: Oh hey Melinda - I noticed you asked about me. I've been busy getting the final grades entered and studying for finals. It's always so busy about this time. Thanks for asking about me. I appreciate it.

Comment by Steph S. on December 9, 2012 at 10:13pm

Comment by Steph S. on December 9, 2012 at 10:13pm: Booklover - love the lolcat. Sorry so behind here. Going to read back.

Love all the posts.

Comment by sk8eycat on December 9, 2012 at 6:07pm: Oh, rats! I messed up that last post (I want my hand back!), but you can still see the poster by clicking the link. It's one of the best things I've seen in AGES! Are there any awards for political humor?
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Joan, Isaac Asimov said, or wrote, that the best argument in favor of atheism is the bible. He's right. At one time, my life was a mess (or I thought it was), so I decided to read the whole book from Genesis through Revelation to see if I could learn what I was doing wrong and how I could "fix" myself. (I had been carefully taught... that the answers to everything were in there) By the time I finished I knew it was bullsh*t, but I read it a second time just to make sure. It's BS, all right.

Annnnnnd, you do have to wonder why babies are born without any religion, and have to be taught. If any of that stuff were real, you'd think belief would be instinctive...

Comment by sk8eycat on December 9, 2012 at 5:51pm: ‎* LES MISÉRABLES *
They Dreamed a Dream of Time Gone By...

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Or For Full Size Poster go to: http://www.citizenschwartz.com/les-miserables-coulter/

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Comment by Joan Denoo on December 9, 2012 at 4:45pm: Sk oh, I can never remember how to spell your lovely name. sk8eycat, I agree with you and Gore Vidal, "Silly!" And easy to set aside as some attempt to get "back" to "simpler" days when all the answers to serious questions came easily and cheaply from the pulpit. I can't understand how answers come from scripture, unless the answer is to go out and slaughter the entire population.
Real life is hard, complicated, and takes brains and guts to navigate the rapids. The good news is, we have both.

Comment by booklover on December 9, 2012 at 7:45am: Hey I wrote a long post on here last night on my iPhone and it's not here! lol.

I guess Murphy's Law is real Patricia? lol, you've got to laugh, or you'll cry! When it's ALL done, you can relax and enjoy, and then you can laugh about all the mishaps. Right now, they're extremely frustrating, I'm sure!

Chris, I do have my own put-together cookbook. I just need to find more (and frugal!) recipes that we ALL like!

Carl, aren't you glad we have all found each other here and there is such great fellowship?!

Where's Steph? Miss you girlfriend!

Everyone have a relaxing Sunday not going to church! ;) ~ Melinda