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Left. I got an “A” in art class at CMU. Does that count?

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Guess they got a phone call.

They got an email from this infidel skydiver.

Well isn’t that special- traditions from Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for Resurrection Sunday.

I love earth hour! It’s the one day of the year I actually use my porch, path, garden and pool lights, as well as not use my dimmer switches. Almost like Christmas.

Is it just me, or does this need a Captain Obvious alert? Who were they supposed to breed with if not with each other?

I let him know what I think. Here’s the contact link for anyone else so inclined:

http://www.paul.senate.gov/?p=contact

“Published on Mar 9, 2013
It speaks for itself.. Subscribe! but really search for that info its all out there! All races need to stick together.its a matter of good and evil,not color. always remember that.GOD BLESS!”

Where did you get 2009? As an RN this information doesn’t surprise me. No doubt we’ll have a flu epidemic on cue also. Whether it’s this Fall or gets delayed, it’s eventually coming. DHS purchaces of guns, ammo, humvees, tanks...nothing to see here, citzen. Move along.

Thanks for that link. It looks like a winner. I ditched cable over a year ago. I’ve found enough to watch on Netflix that it’s worth the nominal cost. Netflix’s House of Cards was a good watch, and they have a number of Christian themed and inspirational movies. I looked at Hulu and was disgusted by what was offered/suggested - heavy sexual and homosexual content. I don’t want to see that stuff when I go to look for a movie. My husband does well with Youtube, but I rarely find anything there except links to pay sites.

Well there are going to be 5 disappointed homeless people and 7 disappointed students.

There my be some homeless people going that live in the library.

Here’s the link to RSVP online rather than call:

https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/dayofaction/gskwqb

My daughter sent me this link to watch season 3 online. I did a marathon session:

http://www.simplyjune.org/p/blog-page.html

I’m commenting on the basis of having been an NICU nurse for many years. There is a huge difference between a “cleft lip and palate” and a “bilateral cleft lip and palate” that this infant had. A bilateral cleft takes multiple, expensive surgeries as the infant grows so this isn’t a simple, surgical fix. Secondly, I am aware of ethics panels advising and pressuring women to abort. I’ve seen it. Also, when I got pregnant at 35, my Ob’s office nurse repeatedly tried to pressure me into having AFP screening done, to the point of having a screaming tirade. At least as a nurse with experience in the area I could defend my position and have the strength to not be intimidated and back down. This story neither surprises me or sets off my “BS meter.”

Basically told them if they can’t support my 2A rights then I can’t support their business.
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I told them the same thing. I’ve gotten some great deals through Living Social and Groupon. My daughter had several archery lessons I wouldn’t have known were available so close. She enjoyed it and when scheduling more were encouraged by the company to get a few more Groupons and take advantage of the discount. She is scheduled for horseback riding lessons next week. My windows are being cleaned tomorrow, which is something I wouldn’t have paid for except for the great discount. My ducts were cleaned in December, something I’d wanted done a long time and finally did because of the good deal. I’ve also eaten at a local sushi restaurant I’d wanted to try. There was no difference in what I was served the 3-4 more times I went back because I liked the restaurant. I’ve been to a museum I wanted to see because Living Social offered a half off coupon. I hope Living Social doesn’t do something as stupid becuase I’ll stop using them, too. We have a local “machine gun experience” they had a deal for so I’m hopeful I’ll keep getting great deals.

White Bait was a pulverized patty of some of the most disgusting tasting stuff I have ever been served...... change that....... it was the MOST disgusting tasting stuff ever.
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That sounds awful. I only ever had it in omelettes. It had hardly any noticeable flavor- very mild, slightly salty, not much of a seafood taste. I can say unreservedly that it’s unlikely I could eat haggis. I love lamb, but once it starts to go muttony...gag!

If you ever find yourself dining out in New Zealand....... don’t order the White Bait!
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You must not have eaten in the right places. A friend encouraged me to try it. I thought a White Bait omelette to be quite good. Goat cheese, on the other hand, I think is absolutely vile. I can’t understand how it’s so popular. Reminds me of what it must taste like to suck on an old goat hide.

Yes, over 1 billion in losses and Mr. “You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayer’s dime” is coming back to Las Vegas yet again sometime next week. I want my dimes back.

I’d like to see the actual data on that because I live here and I don’t believe that statement. We’ve had record foreclosures and unemployment here. My husband and I have repeatedly marveled at how “dead” the walkways on The Strip have been, how lacking the crowds are. I can only guess he must be including people passing though on the interstate system or flying over as “visitors.”

Las Vegas may not be my favorite tourist destination, but I look forward to visiting some of its eateries when business takes me there.
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I live in Las Vegas and it is quite the schizophrenic town. I used to dread crossing The Strip to take my daughter to UNLV. It’s basically a giant red light district and a part of “Las Vegas” that isn’t part of our day-to-day life. Las Vegas is heavy on Mormon’s and cowboys that get over shadowed by the debauchery. It’s a nice place to live but I wouldn’t want to visit. Thankfully, when people visit, they’re usually actually in the town of Paradise and not Las Vegas. So I guess they won’t have to take down the huge sign with the chick in a thong- just re-brand it. ***sigh*** It keeps the work cut out for us Christians.

Lying isn’t necessary. Smart or clever people can answer in a way that makes people interpret your answer to your liking.

“Do you own a guy?”
“I’m a pacifist.”

That is a statement, not a “no” answer and I left off, “until you break into my home....”

or even better for me personally-

“I dedicated my career as an RN to saving lives. Do you really think I’d own a gun?” Of course the unspoken answer is, “well then you’d be right.”

“From the stories I get, if I could take a poll on the reasons freshmen and sophomores fail out of engineering classes, heavy gaming on Steam etc is probably 100% correlated.”

Back in the ‘70s my dad warned it was the campus pinball machines. While I enjoy online gaming, as a parent, I can’t say I’m excited about this, especially since the bulk of my daughter’s Christmas money went towards Valve games. I might consider confiscation, but she knows how to use her gun.

The flu deaths are reported to the CDC, as are deaths from most causes. While it’s hard to get an accurate count, statistical methods do help to get a count that is at least within the ball park. Every week, I read CDC’s report.

Flu is a tough one. If it doesn’t kill you outright, it can make you more susceptible to a secondary infection that can kill you.

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As an RN, I know about the CDC and trust them about as much as I trust Obozo. Thank you for your condolences.

My ex-husband’s brother, 63, died suddenly 2 days after Christmas. He had the flu, developed pneumonia and died a day after seeing a doctor and starting antibiotics. Up until then he’d been active in the community and in decent health. I doubt well ever get an accurate number of flu related deaths.

I have had the same problem with my daughter. I’m not really a fan of Best Buy, but they do offer a warranty on headsets for a pretty nominal fee which I found worth it after going through so many so fast. I’ve had no hassles with getting them replaced, and was actually surprised how easy it was. That was my solution to the problem.

Ahh, so you’re a waffle man.

The Split Seconds were wonderful. I passed the recipe on to several relatives. I’m always a little nervous about “divide dough into equal parts....” I pressed the dough into a Tupperware container, sliced it, and dumped it out. That worked beautifully and the dough didn’t stick. They’re also quick and easy which is a big plus. This recipe certainly is a winner.

“They were only horrified that you caught them, not at their ignorance.”

Oh, then you must have been a fly on the wall? They weren’t simply remorseful they’d been caught. I come from a long line of teachers, as well as a dean of a prominent Christian college. I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck. But please, feel free to tell me what I experienced and witnessed first hand in the small, conservative community. You really must have been a teacher because you seem to want to re-frame what I know as the reality of what happened and replace it with supposition and opinion.

“The Bible tells us “an eye for an eye”. Neither the teacher, nor the principle were ignorant....”

I wasn’t aware that you personally knew them. The New Testament instructs us to love our neighbor as our self. The “eye for an eye” is Old Testament. If I do something ignorant I’d prefer someone speak to me and enlightens me rather than dragging me into court and destroying my life and my career. Of course if I don’t subsequently change, then I deserve what I get.

“...the liberal-run teachers unions are doubling down to exercise total control over the children....”

That may be true, however the incident I mentioned happened many years ago.

“These people are evil and they are evil deliberately.”

Again, I didn’t realize you knew the specific people. They seemed pretty horrified when presented with documentation and the ramifications. They were truly sorry, and were truly ignorant. I’m pretty sure it sparked adequate fear in them of what could have potentially happened that they had a “there but for the grace of God go I” moment, which from their reaction seemed punishment enough. There are enough evil teachers that we don’t need to besmirch the ones that are honestly trying, even if at times ignorant and misguided. Lets not paint them all with the same brush. Thankfully, my daughter only had to be in public school a few years due to severe economic hardship.

“While an admirable character trait, that is an example of why conservatives are losing against the left.”

How is this an example when I won without having to stoop to the left’s tactics?

The woman should do some research. She has grounds to sue and make a nice chunk of money. My daughter developed a urinary tract infection the first year she attended public school at the age of 10. I discovered that the teacher wouldn’t allow the children restroom breaks unless they did a math problem. As an RN who’d worked in a regional Pediatric hospital, I was livid. I put together some documentation on lawsuits won by parents and what the medical community had to say about denying bathroom breaks. I gave the documentation to the principal. The practiced stopped immediately. Because I’m a Christian, I couldn’t in good conscience take the school district to the cleaners and destroy lives just because they were ignorant.

Living Social has both national and local deals. Because I live in a large city, I get more local offerings than when I lived in a smaller one. I’ve used a 1/2 off museum ticket and at least 3 restaurant deals locally. The other ones have been national. I bought 2 of my adult children very nice Foreman grills that were a great bargain. If you get 3 friends to buy the deal, then the deal is free for you. I haven’t used Groupon, but I think it’s similar to Living Social. My adult daughter uses both.

I’ve bought quite a few deals from Living Social. I got a sonic toothbrush last week for almost a quarter of normal retail, and am getting my ducts cleaned next week for over half the normal price. I’ve also used a few restaurant deals which were nice because I don’t eat out often normally. I hope they don’t go out of business. I’m also hoping they’ll offer a window washing deal again. I could kick myself for passing up two of them.

I did some shopping online, and it was a perk to get a coupon and free shipping, but my shopping had nothing to do with Black Friday/ Cyber Monday. I would have bought the items anyway. I’ve moved away from Amazon and have been doing a lot more shopping on Overstock. I’ve been really pleased with the quality of the things I’ve gotten from them. They’ve exceeded my expectations. I do probably the majority of my shopping online. I live in Las Vegas. I’m loathe to even go to the grocery store here. I switched grocery stores after an Obozo campaign office opened next to mine in the plaza. It’s sister store isn’t much better. It’s looking like I’ll be shopping in the Mexican grocery store now.

I’ve had to give away preps 4 times since Y2K. A lot of missions and food banks were blessed. I had to go where the Lord sent me and it didn’t include being able to take them. When my husband, daughter and I were broke on a Pacific Island, we found food in the refrigerator we didn’t buy or put there. I’ve seen food multiplied. When we had practically nothing, our neighbors out of the blue brought a whole stem of bananas. Another time, our other neighbors invited us to a feast, just for us, to meet us because I’d been friendly to their daughter. When I was single and without work, with almost nothing in the fridge, I found yogurt (my favorite) that I knew was put there supernaturally. You don’t miss stuff like that if your fridge is pretty much bare. We went to a weekly walk when we had nothing for our daughter. The group was having a picnic that day that included cake so we all celebrated her birthday. Prepping is wise, but it’s wiser to find out what the Lord specifically wants one to do. One shoe doesn’t always fit all. Do I have a well stocked pantry and other supplies? Will they end up being given away again? Only God knows. God can still send a raven today.

leaving a TV or stereo on during the day usually helps someone like me avoid your home. This usually indicates someone is home. Also most burglars won’t even attempt entry if they know there’s a large dog in the home.

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I rented the upstairs of an ex-policeman’s house in N.J. around 1980 when I was 18. He’d go out in the evening, leave the tv and mood lighting on, with the front door cracked in nice weather. He had a St. Bernard. He said burglars don’t want to stumble on someone home. The neighbors had bars on everything and had been burgled 3 times. No one had ever touched his house.

I know exactly what my GSD would do. I had him outside with me the first time I had a cleaning woman over, because he’s so protective I can’t even walk him. He caught sight of her and was full body length up the glass side door in viscous mode. I had to run my daughter to school and put him in the bedroom, not really thinking about the shutters and gardeners coming. No one was home. I found my shutters a mess. I once had an ex Seal do security for our company. He said an intruder would just throw a dog some meat. Not this dog. He doesn’t eat stuff dropped unless called to eat it by me, and I regularly leave late night snacks on the coffee table- never touched. I figure if I were home, by the time I got my gun and the safety off I wouldn’t need it. We worked with a professional trainer who came to the conclusion the protectiveness wouldn’t be trained out of him. I’m guessing it’s from his East German blood line. Being a woman living alone, I’m pretty happy with him.

I’m a pilot, married to a pilot. We know many pilots who have taken up other careers. I saw my husband Friday and Saturday after not seeing him for nearly 8 months because he had to take a job flying a VIP private jet that’s not at home base much. He was able to talk the company into training a back up pilot who’s been unemployed for 2 years. He was fired under trumped up charges so someone making less money with the company could take his position. It’s not uncommon and we personally know pilots it’s happened to, including my husband who’s company claimed that they didn’t get his voluntary furlough paper work, so adios. He had very top seniority and had been a check airman, so was making one of the highest salaries. As far a suing the company- fat chance. They have millions to drag it out forever and we’d go broke. Also, there’s the 600 hour wonders hired by the majors to meet minority quotas. Then there’s dealing with the FAA...talk about evil, corrupt government. I quit flying 12 years ago. And with Obozocare, I’ll be making all my nursing licenses inactive, which is 2 out of 6 that I hold. I won’t be going back. I’d rather work at McDonalds if I have to work than work in health care again.

Wow! My 17 year old spent her early years being read these books to her at bed time every night. My mother was a reading specialist and I never remember seeing the series in the U.S., but my daughter was in N.Z. We had so many paperbacks we donated them to the library. My sister discovered the stories for her kids, and I sent her a rare, signed edition hardback. They were wonderful for teaching children resourcefulness, responsibility, morality and family values. It’s hard to imagine them being banned, but I guess it’s the world we live in today and will be coming to America very soon.

This news is surprising to me considering how conservative the area is. I had two opportunities to sue that school system and make millions, based on past legal cases, but preferred not to destroy people’s lives. Instead, I talked to them and educated them. This makes me sorry I didn’t sue and take them to the cleaners.

“I hope they enjoy their IRS audit :(”

Yeah, well if we all tell them what we think of them, (the politicians and their entourage), there are not enough IRS agents in existence to harass us all
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I’m a bit jaded. I crossed the wrong side of G.W., ended up bankrupt and owing the IRS an obscene amount. Christian persecution comes in many forms.

But, but... Ann Coulter loves Cristie! (I think I need to go throw up.)

I hope they enjoy their IRS audit :(

“These clowns at FEMA could not rough it for one damn day.”

Clowns is exactly what they are. They are paper pushers that have seminars at expensive resorts but do no actual work. I’m an RN, a HAM, have taken the FEMA Professional Development course, and am a CAP member (inactive because they’re so FUBAR.) FEMA is a government PR op. They’re very happily drawing a paycheck, but have not interest in actually doing anything to help. FEMA is like one of those really tiny band-aids thrown at a hemorrhage.

You’re hard stock. My family vacationed on the Outer Banks for years and we went through a hurricane there. I’m not sure there are more hard core preppers! I learned a lot.

I should add, I’m either a good or horrible parent. I told my daughter to hang out by the engineering department at the university and meet a nice, geeky guy, who will provide a good income with a stable career, will think she’s the bee’s knees and won’t cheat on her. Run from the pretty boys! (I’m so jaded!)

Indeed. I’m an RN and so glad I’m no longer working.

I’m over 50 and have 3 college educated sisters, two of them with engineering degrees. My mother and father were graduates of prestigious colleges. My mother had a very successful career. Only my youngest sister went to day care. When my sisters and I had our children, I was the only one that continued working, but I was an RN, only worked 3 days a week, and felt it was a calling. Just saying. Thankfully it sounds like Fluck doesn’t plan on reproducing. Women should be well educated so they can raise well educated children.

I wish I knew, and if I did, I’d send you one!

“Cheese cake is good, but what is a Texas sheet cake?”

Chocolate cake nirvana lost in a church cookbook. Arrgghhh!!!! It’s one of the recipes I can count on one hand as essential...but I don’t have it any more.