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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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'Crazy ants' a threat in southern U.S.

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 7 minutes 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 21 minutes 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 2 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

Two years of Egypt's Muslilm Brotherhood rule

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner 2 hours ago. 0 Replies 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

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 yesterday. 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 The Flying Atheist on Wednesday: Wow, Joan. That rising tide video is scary. I can't imagine having to put myself in such continuous danger to collect food for survival. If I was in desperate need and there was a large abundance of food available to collect during a short period of time, I would think it would be difficult making the decision when to stop gathering. When is just one more piece too much before it's too late and you are helplessly trapped? It must be scary to have literally tons of unstable ice shifting above and around you and an unstoppable tide moving in to drown you.

Comment by Joan Denoo on Wednesday: Race against the Tide

Thanks Ed.

Comment by Steph S. on Tuesday: Oh cool - glad that worked for you Carl. I use it myself all the time when I am away from my computer.

Comment by The Flying Atheist on Tuesday: Thanks, Steph. That worked!

Comment by Ian Mason on Tuesday: Just returned from England so still trying to catch up.

Great to hear that you're keeping chipper, Joan. Good luck with the cell-stomping to you and your team. And yes, you've persuaded me: I've started a round of "given up smoking" check-ups to see if there's any permanent damage or latent consequences.

Things in England were a bit mixed. My step-Mum is still in hospital after her COPD attack but has been moved to a physio unit and is just starting to make some progress. She managed to stand up yesterday, with support, for the first time in 12 weeks. Me and a step-sis were there to cheer her on and that seemed to help, plus I told her that the sooner she gets back on her feet, the sooner she can use the WC instead of a pot, which is a great motivator for here.

Visited my Mum in her care home. The first time I was there she was fairly lucid and only a bit doolally but the second time she was miles away and kept falling asleep. Later that day the home rang and said that they were getting a doctor to see her as she wasn't even able to stand up any more. I have a suspicion that her repeated urinary tract infections have become chronic and may have spread further around the pelvic/kidney region.

Apart from that, it was great to see family. Went to a country show with my brother and his family: saw old-fashioned steam and vintage tractors, wood-turning, a falconry show, various dog and horse events plus ate venison sausage rolls and home-made jam sponge. We even bought hats! I'm the one with the tea mug.

Comment by Steph S. on Tuesday: Flying Atheist I use the mobile version on the site with my iPhone - scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "switch to mobile optimized version" that should work for you.

Comment by Steph S. on Tuesday: Those are cute pics Ruth. Flying Atheist is right. As it stands now the newest comments are on page 717. Maybe they can alter this format.

Comment by Steph S. on Tuesday: My email Ruth has your latest comment Ruth and then I come to the page and it looks like the oldest comments are listed first. I wonder if it can be changed to show newest comments first?

Comment by The Flying Atheist on Tuesday: I need a little help if anyone can oblige. I just entered the 21st Century and got an Android smart phone. How do I get the mobile version of AtheistNexus? Please excuse my ignorance. :)

Comment by The Flying Atheist on Tuesday: Ruth, if you scroll down to the bottom of the group's page to the page numbers, page number one is now the oldest entry and the highest numbered page is the most recent. (It's the reverse of what it was.) Hopefully these little quirks are in the process of still being worked out. Such as: when I click on the link in my email notification for the most recent comment, it takes me to the oldest page. Also, you'll see that all of our personal "profile information" boxes and our groups are missing from our individual pages.