Tag Archives: judging

What’s the point of “setting people up?”

Okay, I have a big rant coming. On the news the other night THIS was on. They call these things “social experiments.” “A social experiment is a real field experimentation of how people/society react to situations both real/hypothetical. With it … Continue reading

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Getting Politicians to Swear off Cussing

I know this is a subject that some of you feel we’ve discussed enough. I thought so too until I saw this on the news the other night. When the whole Joe Biden dropping the F-ing bomb in President Obama’s ear … Continue reading

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Slammed for their size

As long as we were talking about this, I came across these examples. I’m not sure if directors and movie stars have a “union” of their own or how it works but where does discrimination come into play?

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I’m NOT smoking!

I was one of those people who never thought I’d quit smoking. It’s probably a good thing I got sick or I never would have. Hey, I loved smoking. But there are so many things I don’t miss about it. … Continue reading

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Update on Daniel Hauser written by Laura

A couple hundred years ago, a bunch of tired, bedraggled, bonneted and buckled people walked onto a shore, and declared that this was the New World.  Here was a place where they could practice their religion freely, without interference from … Continue reading

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Who should decide?

I was wondering if you’ve all heard of Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old boy with Hodgkin’s lymphoma?  He’s from Sleepy Eye Minnesota so we’ve been hearing about it on the news now for days.  Doctors testified in court last week that Daniel … Continue reading

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The 2nd Great Depression?

When people ask me where I grew up I say, Sacramento. That’s where I was born and lived until I was 16, so I do consider Sacramento my hometown. 90% of my family still lives there. So when I heard … Continue reading

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Handwritten letters

When was the last time you wrote a handwritten letter?  I am really bad at this and always have been.  This is why I love the Internet so much. I’m a really good “email” person. If anyone writes to me, … Continue reading

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Online Fibbing

I’m curious to know how many of us are on-line fibbers?  Are you always telling the truth when you write stories or make comments or do you maybe smudge the lines to make it look better?  Now, I don’t really … Continue reading

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Small town gossip!!

Why is it that when you live in a small town, EVERYONE, and I mean everyone, thinks they know your business?  You know it usually gets started over something so small and explodes into something huge.  I don’t understand why … Continue reading

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Punishing kids publicly

I saw this on the morning news this morning and can’t really understand why people do things like this.  Then they called it “bullying.”  He stole something is what he did.  I don’t call that bullying, I call it stealing … Continue reading

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Telling others what to do

I feel most of us know people who are like this.  Bossy and always telling other people what to do.  I always wonder why people think they have a right to tell anyone else what or how to do something.  … Continue reading

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Gossip….or concern?

I have thought about this before so I thought I’d ask all you wise people what you think.  I would like to know the difference between gossiping and concern for someone else. This is what the dictionary says: gos·sip 1: a … Continue reading

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Hard day at work and a glass of wine

So, after having a long day at work, I get home and try to feed everyone and clean the house.  Go outside and tend to the animals.  Get homework done.  Give everyone time for their baths/showers so we all have … Continue reading

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