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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.

Nobody here is into mind games. A discussion started with a loaded guilt-throwing question will be deleted.

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Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Joan Denoo 5 hours ago. 4 Replies 2 Likes

This captures my opinion of Facebook. AN is so much better.Continue

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A tribute to my father

Started by Brent Feeney. Last reply by Debra Stevenson yesterday. 12 Replies 1 Like

So, I guess most of you here know that my dad died back in January of complications of Parkinson's disease. There have been times that have been rough since then, but I'd think it's all part of the process, so to speak.Today was Remembrance Sunday…Continue

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Comment by Ian Mason on August 3, 2012 at 9:42am: Great pictures, Tony and Booklover. Stealing for future use, if summer ever comes to Denmark.

Comment by Chris Breman on August 3, 2012 at 7:50am: LOL! I love that one, Booklover!

Comment by booklover on August 3, 2012 at 7:29am: lol

Comment by booklover on August 3, 2012 at 7:04am: lol Tony, that's a great pic. Hey, did anyone watch Gabby Douglas win the Women's All-Around in gymnastics last night. Was so happy for her and Team USA. Then in the interview she said something about giving all the glory to 'god' and then he rains the rewards (or something to that effect.) Really nice that god gave her a gold medal, and other kids her age cancer.

Comment by Tony Carroll on August 3, 2012 at 6:43am: Supposed to be another hot one today, 104 here, so ya'll be cool.

Comment by Paula T. on August 2, 2012 at 9:45pm: booklover, that was probably me asking about FB. Joan, I would love to be your friend, as well. I think I can learn so much from you there, as well as here.

(one warning...I play a game that generates lots of posts, but they can't be blocked.)

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 2, 2012 at 9:25pm: Ian Mason, the cat photo is priceless!

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 2, 2012 at 8:36pm: booklover, thanks for sharing your day with us. As to the loss of someone because he/she doesn't like your beliefs, "good riddance!" I know that sounds intolerant, but heck! why be tolerant of someone who isn't tolerant of your ideas? Agreement is not the test of friendship, it seems to me, but rather whether you can speak and you can hear each other. Who knows, there may be common ground between ideas and the only way to find out is to speak your truth and listen to the other.
As to your friend who is "VERY religious", I'm glad she knows how to separate friendship from ideas and you can continue to communicate.

Comment by booklover on August 2, 2012 at 8:13pm: Just wanted to share, esp. with Sylvia and Joan, who are also my FB friends, I lost a friend because I put what I believe on FB, but I also had a REALLY nice surprise today when I went to the beach (at a lake, lol) with an old VERY religious friend. When I told her about losing the FB friend, she said she knows that she and I disagree, but we are both really good people and care about our friendship, and if we don't like what the other puts on FB, we just won't 'like' it. Has nothing to do with our friendship. What a neat woman. :)

I know someone else on here asked me to be FB friends, please remind me who it was. I seriously don't remember things! lol. 45 and on too many meds???

Anyway, just wanted to share that I had a very nice day and I hope all of you did too.

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on August 1, 2012 at 2:27pm: Thanks for the link, sk8eycat, but many of Vidal's quotes turn me off. I did like this one.

Nonprofit status is what created the Bible Belt. The tax code brought religion back to this country.