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Oklahoma Tornado
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An amazing photo of the tornado's power,Continue
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'Crazy ants' a threat in southern U.S.
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10 Things You Can't Do and Become President
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Girl Recovered After 10 Years Claimed Dead by Psychic
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Brutal 4 Minutes for All of Religion Christopher Hitchens
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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
Talented young singer
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Aldrich Lloyd Talonding is going to take the world by storm. What do you think? He's singing Dance With My Father Again. Continue
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Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on September 8, 2012 at 11:34pm -
Good one, Joan. I shared it. As a retired biology teacher I was ROFL. Booklover, how did you get Dorka's eyes to glow. They're so sharp and the focus of the picture, which is otherwise soft. Was it Photoshopped for this effect?
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Comment by booklover on September 8, 2012 at 10:35pm -
oops, I meant everyone BUT the priest.
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Comment by booklover on September 8, 2012 at 10:35pm
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Derek, ha ha ha that is awesome! Flying Atheist, I totally agree. Nothing is better than a really good laugh.
Once, when I 'tried' religion (I was raised by Atheists! :), I took my then 3 yr. old daughter to the kid's xmas mass. She had on her pretty dress, etc. The priest was talking about trust. He told her to turn her back to him and fall backwards and trust that he would catch her. He said "Do you trust me?" she said "NOPE!" and hopped down from the stage and sat back down. EVERYONE laughed buy the priest. SUCH A SMART GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
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Comment by The Flying Atheist on September 8, 2012 at 10:22pm -
So far, I've gone through my entire life laughing all along way. I laugh at work, at home, with family and with friends. It sure makes life so much better.
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Comment by Derek Bly on September 8, 2012 at 10:13pm -
A silly voice, you say? I always told my kids that it was the responsibility of parents to embarrass them in public. It builds character.
Years ago in Disneyland, when my eldest was about 14, we came upon the Sword in the Stone display. I was hauled out of the audience to show that the sword could not be pulled from the stone. Then a little kid comes up and pulls it out. Of course, the fellow dressed up as Merlin trips lock to release it. My son was embarrassed to see me up there, striking a knightly pose.
Ah, but then the fun began. Merlin proclaimed the little kid could be king, but I would remain a knight. So I said, "Once a king, always a king," which Merlin repeated with his mike so everyone could hear. Then I added, "But once a knight is enough." Merlin started to repeat that, too, but went silent when he realized what he was saying.
The adults all got a good laugh, but my son was mortified!
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Comment by booklover on September 8, 2012 at 9:47pm
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@ The Flying Atheist, lol, he isn't embarrassed @ home, but sometimes I will say something in a silly voice in a store and he'll say "Mom! You DO remember we're in public, right?" ha ha! I forget not everyone understands my goofiness, but maybe it's better than a boring Mom? lol.
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Comment by booklover on September 8, 2012 at 9:44pm
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Awwww, Luna, Dido, Purryface, and Pumpkin are all beautiful! I have 2 more Dale and Dora, and 2 that have died, but lived long, happy lives: Jo and Tibby. All are/were rescues!
Here is an old one of my daughter with Dora. She is a dork, so we call her Dorka. LOL
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Comment by The Flying Atheist on September 8, 2012 at 7:32pm
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Sk8eycat, thanks so much for sharing your recipe. I'm gonna have to make it one of these days soon.
Everybody, has such beautiful cats. I wish I could have one. Years ago I had a roommate that had two. They were so adorable and much fun. Great personalities. Tigger and Shorty.
Booklover, do you embarrass your teen-age son? Stop that!!!!! lol My parents intentionally liked doing that to me when I was their last child living at home. It sure brought them some laughs. lol
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Comment by Joan Denoo on September 8, 2012 at 5:57pm -
ryan leman, I am so far behind, I wonder if I will ever have time to read them all. However, when I do have time, there are so many fun and funny pictures and stories, I look forward to seeing them all. Winter is coming and that is a good time to be at the computer. This season is a very busy one, getting ready for frost warnings any day now. Earlier than usual, according to weather reports.
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Comment by Joan Denoo on September 8, 2012 at 5:52pm
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sk8eycat, I corrected some mistakes. Yes, of course you may use it.
"I don't understand evolution!"?
Why is it easier to believe that some sky spirit created Earth and all that inhabit it in six days and took the seventh off? Or believe dinosaurs and homo sapiens co-existed? Or believe the Earth is 6,000 years old, +-, whatever? Or believe that man was created to obey "god"; how do you know which god? Or believe that Noah's flood created the Grand Canyon, or that some poor bloke lived inside the belly of a whale, or stones talk, or a man named Jesus is the son of god, born of a virgin, was crucified, died, was resurrected and ascended into heaven? or god punishes all who do not obey him and sends them to eternal damnation in a lake of fire and rewards those sheep who follow him with eternal life with relatives who make no sense, or that one must be "born-again" to satisfy some un-seeable being, or that there is no moral or ethical code without religion.
You folks just make no sense to me and I am not interested in your people knocking on my door or calling me. I have very low regard for those who manipulate and exploit others using fear as a weapon instead of thinking reasonably. And above all else, keep your damnable beliefs out of science schoolrooms. Your message is just plain child abuse.
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