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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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Carved shell jewelry

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on Tuesday. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Browsing carved shell jewelry by Shinji Nakaba, I came upon this ring.LOL, "Kiss the ring" has a new meaning. They show how it's made.…Continue

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Comment by booklover on March 22, 2013 at 2:31pm: Carl, notice how in many stores customers are called guests? Well I don't expect my guests to pay for anything! Lol

Comment by Joan Denoo on March 22, 2013 at 1:39pm: Spud, your curmudgeonliness works for me.

Comment by Joan Denoo on March 22, 2013 at 1:37pm: sk8eycat, You describe a style of writing that brings personalities alive for you. Your sk8eycaticisms are priceless.

Comment by Joan Denoo on March 22, 2013 at 1:34pm: sk8eycat, yes academic writers write in a different language and unless exposed to it, I suppose it makes no sense. To me, it is my mother tongue ... sometimes ... it depends on who writes. I cannot make head or tail out of some, even as others seem to make sense out of the bunch of words piled together in sentences, paragraphs, chapters and books.

My son and I had a disagreement yesterday about Newton's Laws of Motion and inertia. I went to the encyclopedia and could not make any sense out of it. I was more frustrated then ever. So, I went to Newton's Laws for Kids and I had evidence I was correct in my definition. Oh! I can understand such concepts when put simply. I am not bragging, just saying.

Comment by Patricia on March 22, 2013 at 1:20pm: Me too, Sk8ey. Not well educated but read a lot that I don't really understand. I much prefer plain language & smooth reading, but have lots of books anyway to keep learning from.

The Happy Heretic is still up, & I copied all of the posts last summer & printed them up to re-read at anytime. J.Hayes responded to an email I sent when first finding her site & I was so impressed she took the time. Sad situation.

Comment by The Flying Atheist on March 22, 2013 at 1:18pm: Sk8eycat, how's Hairy Jerry doing?

Comment by The Flying Atheist on March 22, 2013 at 1:13pm: Madison Avenue is always trying to pretty-up our language. You notice that no one sells used cars anymore. They are all pre-owned vehicles. And all the employees at retail stores are all 'associates' even though everyone is underpaid, under-insured and under-respected by the heads of the corporations.

Comment by sk8eycat on March 22, 2013 at 1:03pm: Oh, I love Dog and Friend. The raccoon looks like a youngster...about half-grown.

I used to have some friends who had a pet raccoon...named TrashCan; every time we would get together they would have another hilarious tale about his behavior. (They built an enormous enclosure for him...took up half the back yard...but they also would bring him in the house on a leash. Until the night he ate one of their parrots. LOL)

Comment by Idaho Spud on March 22, 2013 at 1:03pm: WTF indeed.

Comment by sk8eycat on March 22, 2013 at 12:57pm: Spud, another word that has made my teeth itch ever since it was coined is "wellness." The first time I saw it, I wondered "WTF is wrong with 'health'? Or 'healthy'?" It's a simple word that everybody should be able to understand, so why invent a non-word that smells of Madison Ave. semi-cuteness? It is now acceptable even in university publications, and it makes me want to scream.