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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 03:30 PM
Original article: Pro-life pharmacies

In the South

This could become a hot trend. All the fundies in the small town where I grew up will LOVE this idea. With maybe 3 pharmacies there, 2 in the next town over who would jump on the bandwagon, next town is too small for a pharmacy, it is possible that a woman from my small town would have to drive almost an hour and a half, to another state, to get a prescription filled. Many women do not have the spare time or money this would take. They can get a ride or walk to the local store, but not to the next state. For emergency contraception, mail order is simply not going to cut it.

While I probably am in the "pack of pampered, entitled brats", I do have great sympathy for those women who may not have the choices I do. Not to be patronizing to them, but to add my voice to say "this is wrong for EVERYONE".

And if everyone who felt an urge against their conscience suddenly quit doing that particular thing, I think the economy would suffer.

Thursday, June 19, 2008 06:43 PM

Sigh, yes, I got one today

From my Mother...the woman with a Master's degree who believes anything you send her in an email. The Obama family portrait and lots of other pictures insisting that his Kenyan family members are all criminals and terrorists. Since CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN won't tell you about these "awful things", you're exhorted to send the pack of lies on to the other 200 million Americans with Internet access.

It boggles my mind that people believe this crap.....

Friday, August 1, 2008 10:17 AM

not that obvious

I've had friends who did it and the staples are so small that unless you have the habit of pulling someone's hair back and staring into someone's ear, you'll never see it. All did admit an initial "less hungry" feeling, but said it didn't last.

Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:21 AM
Original article: Born to runway

Please avoid the appearance of spoilers....

I'm finally caught up on all my Project Runway watching and yes, I know that Kenley is still on. Even so, I don't want to see her on the front page of ANYTHING during Fashion Week. The reason I watch is for the surprise. I don't try to figure out who are decoys. I'm sure this marks me as totally naive, but I watch 'em as they come.

Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:58 AM

Another Korto fan

I hated hated hated HATED Leanne's designs. The petals, the light aqua, the cream. Bleah. Get a backbone, show some vibrancy, and for heaven's sake, PROPORTIONS!!! Only the gown that made it to the judgement runway had any kind of decent proportions for a woman's body. If you're not 6 ft tall and 100 lbs, there's no way you could wear Leanne's clothes. And that hair. Honey, now that you have $100K buy yourself some frakking shampoo.

Korto's clothes, otoh, could make lots of women feel sexy and hot. They were beautiful, they made me find a grand occasion to buy/wear them. I think I liked nearly every design she did throughout the series. She was creative, had more than one thought about design and is wearable.

Kenley...well, she was as entertaining as a brat can be, I suppose. The way she acted toward Tim was awful, but I can't say I was a joy to behold at 25 myself.

Sunday, October 19, 2008 08:33 PM

Sounds like the 10th

I don't live where I went to high school and my 10 year reunion was somewhat surreal. There I was trying to make small talk with the other non-popular kids while we sat and watched the popular kids hoot and howl and have a good time. Just like we had 10 years previously.

I didn't have anyone I wanted to upstage or show up. Since no one understood what my husband or I did for a living, that wasn't impressive. I've been doing my job for long enough that it's just a job. It's not impressive.

My 20 year will be next year and I already know that I won't be going. I didn't like any of them well enough to maintain a relationship and don't see why I'd want to go pretend that I want one now. I'm not trying to be harsh, just realistic.

Sunday, December 21, 2008 05:46 PM
Original article: Pie (in the name of love)

My pecan pie

I'm not a fan of pecan pie because I find it too sweet, but my husband loves it. So every Thanksgiving and Christmas, I bake him one. (I'd make it any time he wanted but he prefers to save it as a holiday treat.) One year, his grandfather complemented DH's stepmother on the pecan pie. She declined the compliment saying that I made it, not her. He never says a word to me, but tells DH "Son, you have to KEEP a woman who makes pie this good". It was the highest compliment I could have received from this man, who was, to put it mildly, "old school".

I still remind DH that he has to keep me because I make good pie...granddad said so.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 11:14 AM

I'll bite

OK natethegreat, what IS marriage about if not the happiness of the participants? Kids? Not every couple has them. Many (like me) can't and further have no wish to.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:25 AM
Original article: How deep is your love?

Agreed

A) Thank goodness for headphones and

B) I just love her! I'm about to cry from laughing!

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