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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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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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What are your Memorial Day plans?

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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

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Comment by Tony Carroll on December 17, 2012 at 7:15pm

Comment by sk8eycat on December 17, 2012 at 7:14pm: I had some "issues" with my dad when I was in my teens, but when he sobered up I quit skating and went to work in his bookkeeping and escrow office. I learned a LOT, and got to know him better, but always felt that I'd let him down because I never went to college, never got married, etc.

But the week after he died, I had to call ALL his clients to tell them that I wasn't qualified do their taxes and stuff (I was working in advertising by then). Anyway, every single one of them told me "He was so proud of you." I fell apart....and I have always wondered why he never told me that.

Oh, and we had a row with Dad's sister and her husband (son of a preacher-man) because Dad had been adamant about no services... he just wanted his ashes scattered in the ocean without any fuss, so that's what we did. (I've already made arrangements for the same thing for myself. Phish Phood.)

Families....there's always someone who has to complicate things. Or feel offended, or whatever.

Comment by booklover on December 17, 2012 at 6:42pm: Awesome answer to that idiot that said that to you after your Dad died Felaine. My 'DNA donor' died about a year ago I think. I hadn't seen him since I was 5. He never paid child-support, etc. I was very close with his parents. He was just a loser with a capital L. I felt NOTHING when he died. When my Mom goes, I will be a wreck. Sad that when my 'father' died, no one mourned him but his 3rd wife, and that was it. He had 2 daughters and 4 beautiful grandchildren that he never met.

Comment by sk8eycat on December 17, 2012 at 6:42pm: Just got this as part of an e-mail from FFRF...I think it's clever

Comment by sk8eycat on December 17, 2012 at 6:34pm: Dear Grinning Cat, when my father died (in 1985, right before my 46th birthday), some twit did say "He's in a better place now," and I screamed back, "WELL, I'M NOT!!!" Idiots.

This is not a comforting thing to say, but I have to tell the truth...I still miss him.

Comment by Grinning Cat on December 17, 2012 at 4:14pm: Thanks for all of your support and good thoughts! (And refreshingly, without having to deal with well-meaning theistic talk about a better place, etc.)

Felaine, the hugging cat is perfect!

Comment by booklover on December 17, 2012 at 4:06pm: Ha ha Tony, LOVE the wrapped-up cat!

Comment by sk8eycat on December 17, 2012 at 3:20pm: "I bought this at Macy's Cyber Monday Re-tail Sale!"

(I don't know if this is a PhotoShop-type job or not, and I don't really care...'tis beautiful!)

Comment by sk8eycat on December 17, 2012 at 2:54pm: Flying "A"...OH! YESS! I always wanted to skate to that, but I was never good enough. (couldn't jump.)

Comment by The Flying Atheist on December 17, 2012 at 2:09pm: Yes, sk8eycat, Blood, Sweat and Tears is another great group, as well. So is The Association. They had a lot of great hits. In my opinion, Chuck Mangione is the guy who introduced and popularized the flugelhorn for the masses. He had some big hits in the 70's and 80's playing it.