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I remember watching Liza Minnelli live in NC when I was 14. I was working as an usher at the coliseum and we got to stand in the walk ways during the concerts. She was by far the most charismatic performer I ever saw.
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No. Without pain there can be no growth. I want to keep growing, both emotionally and spiritually.
Would you ever pour ice cold water on a sleeping relative?
Would you ever pour ice cold water on a sleeping relative?
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Quote by ginger86
today i was in town and decided i wanted some pizza so i pulled into pizza hut. as i entered i saw a man on the curb holding a sign saying "will work for work", normally i just ignore these because they are usually druggies or drunks looking for their next fix but as i gazed into his eyes while passing i saw a sadness unlike anything I'd ever seen. as i ate i couldn't get that look out of my head so as i left i drove up close to him and asked if he was truly hungry or just wanted money for a drink. he replied, " maam i am starved". i invited him into my car, did a U-turn and invited him to get the pizza of his choice. he chose the cheapest pizza, a small, cheese pizza but i chose a large, 3 meat pizza. as we talked i learned he was a viet nam vet and had learned to be a television repairman but as tv got cheapr,finall lost his shop and ended up on the road. still a few years away from social security he was now homeless. seeing how hungry he was i ordered him another one, i was floored when he could save this one for his wife. i was honered when he said god bless
God bless you. As a fellow vet and advocate towards making homeless veterans a thing of the past, I applaud your kindness and charity. I pray it will be returned to you three fold.
Sorry, I did not do anything nice unless you include watching the premiere of the new season of Game of Thrones. I just wanted to say something about what Ginger did.
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I grew up reading Dr. Seuss. I read him to my sons and grandchidren. His books and The Hobbit are the only book I know of that has stretched across three generations of my family and his writings still amuse us all.
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Almost anything I like. I almost never like those thing that people call normal. I am weirdness personified.
I am a Christian and very spiritual. I believe in the loving, caring and inclusiveness that Christianity stands for, but not the hateful, bigotry or exclusiveness that many people have brought to the church. I do not flee in discuss, as many have, I stay and fight to win back the church to what it should be.
What is your view of God?
I am a Christian and very spiritual. I believe in the loving, caring and inclusiveness that Christianity stands for, but not the hateful, bigotry or exclusiveness that many people have brought to the church. I do not flee in discuss, as many have, I stay and fight to win back the church to what it should be.
What is your view of God?
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Quote by Rebellious_Soul
I'm tired of everyone seeing the mask I wear and not the fact I'm broken on the inside. I'm tired of being able to hide it so well most don't even notice. I am tired of having to put up walls so I can heal myself. I'm tired of feeling isolated either by others or myself. I'm just tired.
Most people do see it, but do not want to show that they do. Then they might get dragged into it. Remember that we are all broken and flawed in some way. In reality it is the only thing that everyone has in common.
I wish I could help you without seeming condescending or judgmental. I am always willing to listen. You are extraordinary and very special, but you still have flaws and imperfections that will tend to eat at your happiness.
Do not give up. You can overcome them, but unfortunately new ones will appear.
Remember this is actually a good thing. Without pain there is no growth. We all need to grow to become the person we want to be.
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Many times I've tried to tell you
Many times I've cried alone
Always I'm surprised how well you
Cut my feelings to the bone
Don't wanna leave you really
I've invested too much time
To give you up that easy
To the doubts that complicate your mind
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong
We belong together
Maybe it's a sign of weakness
When I don't know what to say
Maybe I just wouldn't know
What to do with my strength anyway
Have we become a habit?
Do we distort the facts?
Now, there's no looking forward
Now, there's no turning back
When you say
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong
We belong together
Close your eyes and try to sleep now
Close your eyes and try to dream
Clear your mind and do your best
To try and wash the palette clean
We can't begin to know it
How much we really care
I hear your voice inside me
I see your face everywhere
Still you say
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong
We belong together
---We Belong---Pat Benetar
Many times I've cried alone
Always I'm surprised how well you
Cut my feelings to the bone
Don't wanna leave you really
I've invested too much time
To give you up that easy
To the doubts that complicate your mind
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong
We belong together
Maybe it's a sign of weakness
When I don't know what to say
Maybe I just wouldn't know
What to do with my strength anyway
Have we become a habit?
Do we distort the facts?
Now, there's no looking forward
Now, there's no turning back
When you say
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong
We belong together
Close your eyes and try to sleep now
Close your eyes and try to dream
Clear your mind and do your best
To try and wash the palette clean
We can't begin to know it
How much we really care
I hear your voice inside me
I see your face everywhere
Still you say
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong
We belong together
---We Belong---Pat Benetar
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Hell yes, but I understand why many members wish to remain anonymous.
How would you like to be forced into a mental ward 'for your own good?'
How would you like to be forced into a mental ward 'for your own good?'
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It really pisses me off when they bring you your check at a restaurant and it already has a gratuity included. When questioned they say it is required. In Dictionary.com, one of the definitions is 'something given without claim or demand.'
In other words not required. What they are actually asking for is a service charge.
I tell them to remove it or I will never return. It has been removed every time.
BTW my tip is always larger than they asked for. They never do it a second time.
In other words not required. What they are actually asking for is a service charge.
I tell them to remove it or I will never return. It has been removed every time.
BTW my tip is always larger than they asked for. They never do it a second time.
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If you wish to get enough posts to qualify to post links and photos, try our games forum or the breakroom forum. There are many fun and interesting threads there.
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I have not in more than three decades. I realize that to change my past in any way would change who I am today, and I like who I am now.
Which friend on Stores Space would you like to meet in person?
Which friend on Stores Space would you like to meet in person?
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Yes. It is a phenomenon called life, but it is actually an illusion. It may seem that your efforts or for nothing, but in reality it can often make a difference over time. So like chipping a large block of ice, it takes a while but eventually it can be accomplished.
Have you ever met someone you genuinely disliked many years ago an realized they are not as bad as you thought?
Have you ever met someone you genuinely disliked many years ago an realized they are not as bad as you thought?
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Yes. That cat cost me an arm and leg at the vet. I just wish it had pulled through, but it did not.
If a friend lied about spending time with you to allow themselves time for an infidelity, would you back them up if asked? (they told you after the event)
If a friend lied about spending time with you to allow themselves time for an infidelity, would you back them up if asked? (they told you after the event)
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In the classic Sci-Fi parody, Spaceballs, they had a bumper sticker on Lone Starr's Winnebago (read as Han Solo's Millennium Falcon) that read 'I love Uranus.'
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Let's try to keep it that way here.
No Way!!!
Here is some drama for you...
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief, that thou her maid art far more fair than she: be not her maid, since she is envious; her vestal livery is but sick and green and none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love! O, that she knew she were!
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks: two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, having some business, do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, as daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven would through the airy region stream so bright that birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek!
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Unfortunately I do not get hugs from beautiful young ladies. 
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Mary Shelley (If you do not know who she is... shame on you.)