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Reply to Sudan: It's more than a crisis now! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Somehow, I have a feeling that..... the UN will be deadlocked and unable to do anything except call for more resolutions and commitiees to study the problem without ACTUALLY doing anything about it. And If...IF the US should step in an do something, as they often feel compeled to do....they will be "wrong" for any action they may take. Of course, if they don't support it with enough money or supplies, they will be blatently ignoring the plig

Reply to More ways to annoy me in Blogging JoeUser Forums

*gulp* I am suddenly overwhelmed by guilt. My mother always told me that you will be judged on your ability to comunicate. (She is ver particular about grammar, spelling and punctuation.) I tend to let my thoughts pour out onto the typewriter....um, keyboard, and realize my fingers cannot keep up with the words in my head. Therefore, I tend to skimp on grammar and most of all, spelling. Thank you for the guilt trip. I'll try to

Reply to Who is BlueDev? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

i've enjoyed reading your blogs and appreciated your comments.....I'm glad you decided to tell us more about yourself. It's nice to know more about the people who are here. Congrats on keeping your family and marriage strong while going through med school. It's hard enough to do either of those things alone, but to make it all work at the same time...that's outstanding. I'm impressed with all you have been able to do....

Reply to Reviving the lost art of letter writing in Misc JoeUser Forums

I can understand the feeling of "real mail" vrs. email. I treasure the letters I recieved from my husband when I was deployed. Many of them are in page protectors, hidden away for the day I really need to hear his voice..... Being able to hold it in your had and see the neat, precise, all caps handwriting made everything all right for just a little while. I didn't recieve even one letter when he was in Korea last year and I don't really expect a

Reply to You named your kid what?!? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Kitchen, Fish, Angel and Bob Robert (brother Robert Bob) are some of the wierdest names I've seen...... My In-laws had lots of good ideas for my kids.....with a last name of Stone, I'm sure you can guess. But the only ones I was remotely tempted by were....Rosetta for a girl and Rolan for a boy.

Write it down.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

So after reading an article on hobbies by dharmagirl, I was inspired to write on why I'm inspired to write. I never thought of myself as a writer, much less one that would put her thoughts out for anyone to judge. I wonder why I am driven to write. It occured to me that it's the same reason I love to scrapbook. I've always been facinated by photos and th

Reply to What's your hobby? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Hmmmm. When my signifigant other is here, I scrapbook. I'm hopelessly addicted and at 8 books and counting, I'm probably never going to stop. It gives me a chance to write my memories before I lose them. I think that's why I decided to try my hand at blogging. I also teach yoga and pilates 8 times a week and chase my 2 year old around, which is a job in itself. But I find myself trying new things every time Stone is deployed just to keep

Reply to Black skin shouldn't get you anything that white doesn't. in Misc JoeUser Forums

wuxiaomao ...there just aren't enough trolling ratings in a day. Wu: You can point out my flaws in logic. You can enlighten me with a new point of view or throw out new information, but don't just be vicious......Being rude to Dharmagrl (and everyone else) kinda pissed me off. if you don't have an

Reply to Black skin shouldn't get you anything that white doesn't. in Misc JoeUser Forums

if, instead of assuming things were better, youd taken a minute to check the cdc's most recent data I actually did check the data, and i think we are looking at it from two different points of view. The study concluded that "substantial improvements were made" and that while 7 of the 14 indicators s

Reply to Who Wrote This? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

And I would like the country to proclaim that never again will a war be fought unless it is our last resort.. What did he want to do? Have more UN resoulutions on how it was wrong for Sadam to kill his own people and develop WMD? (Remember: at the time EVERYONE including the UN thought it was true) PS One garbage can of sarin gas is enough in my book to be WMD....'cause how many people does it have to kill before it makes the

Reply to When Pro-Life is Really Pro-Death in Current Events JoeUser Forums

While their own website does not mention the word abortion on any of the main pages, it does state that they promote supporting the families that "lack adequate means to plan their families or space their children" with the services needed to do so. Sounds like a roundabout way o

Reply to Boys and Bedtime and Bears, oh my! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Naw....Nothing really private...I have several family members who lurk on my site, so I figure this was easier that sending out seperate emails.....just a bit of life with a kid.

Reply to Black skin shouldn't get you anything that white doesn't. in Misc JoeUser Forums

I know if I had a yummy sweet dangled in front of me as a child I would have taken it. we can't blame the black people for recieving more benefits than us, the benefits are there whether they are taken or not You are right of course. If I qualify for a grant or scholarship or hell, even food

Black skin shouldn't get you anything that white doesn't. in Misc JoeUser Forums

i just read one of cs-guy's articles on racism. Check out the link here. Link reading about the "racism" in entertainment, it made me think about other cases of "enpowerment" that boil down to racism. Humor me for a minute because this is a subject that really gets under my skin. For Examp

Reply to Enticed and Captivated in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

I love reading your articles....you have a way of capturing my attention and making me wonder what else happened. Keep up the writing!

Boys and Bedtime and Bears, oh my! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Hi there boy! Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your phone call. You made my whole day so happy! Not a lot going on here, but I had to tell you about the hour Connor and I spent watching PBS. We sat and watched a documentary on Giant Panda Bears and Connor loved it! He pointed out the "mommy bears" and "baby bears" and made sure I k

The End of an Era in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

So I'm LDS. For those who don't know, and even care. This means that I am what is commonly refered to as a Mormon. No, that's not all there is to me. I'm much more than just my religion, but it does shape my beliefs and ideals. That being said, with absouluty no point whatsoever, I will move on to the actual topic of my blog. The LDS church does not hav

Reply to The Problem With Poofters! in Misc JoeUser Forums

I'm not going to comment on a great deal of your article or I would be here all night....I may write on it one day. The only think I want to point out is that not ALL Christian religions are full of such dogma as newborn children are born evil. Just as we shouldn't judge all gays to be one and the same, we shouldn't judge all Christians to be full of the same overwhelming sense of self rightousness and hipocrasy.

Reply to Someone stick a fork in me in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Remember that sometimes you have to make an ultimatum. IF he screws this up or if his family makes you miserable, just flat out say. "That will never happen again." It's not just you that is affected by the behavior, it's your kids too. They don't need that influence in their lives. It's not easy, but for YOUR sanity, you may need to eforce some pretty strict ground rules.

Reply to Someone stick a fork in me in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Remember that sometimes you have to make an ultimatum. IF he screws this up or if his family makes you miserable, just flat out say. "That will never happen again." It's not just you that is affected by the behavior, it's your kids too. They don't need that influence in their lives. It's not easy, but for YOUR sanity, you may need to eforce some pretty strict ground rules.

Alligators favorite food..... in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Bubble boy is proving to be more like me than I ever imagined. This afternoon, he was facinated by his alligator puppet. Specifically, he liked to get really close and have me "rawrrrr" at him and pretend to eat his toes, or tummy....you get the picture. After a few minutes, I got bored. (Who says my attention span has to be longer than my 2 year old?) So he progr

Reply to Mad..so mad... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I think that I was fortunate to be raised in a military family. From a young age I was exposed to every race, creed, color, belief and yes, sexual orientation. This experience has helped me to live my life in a way that I think is much more tolerant of different beliefs than individuals who were raised in a "one-culture" enviornment. Does that mean I think homosexuality is a good thing? Does it mean I agree with any of the political or soci

Reply to Mad..so mad... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I think that I was fortunate to be raised in a military family. From a young age I was exposed to every race, creed, color, belief and yes, sexual orientation. This experience has helped me to live my life in a way that I think is much more tolerant of different beliefs than individuals who were raised in a "one-culture" enviornment. Does that mean I think homosexuality is a good thing? Does it mean I agree with any of the political or soci

Reply to Does this make me look fat? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Thanks. I know that, but there are some days that the hormones get the best of me and all common sense goes out the window for about 3 sec.

Does this make me look fat? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Last night I was introduced to a girl...in front of a large group of other women,,,and was told (put lots of enthusiasm in your voice) "and she's already 5 months pregnant!" This comment being vital because she is stick thin with almost no tummy to speak of. Still wearing pre-pregnancy clothes too. This is said to me, "a whale standing around in what effectivly cou