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Jen · Jen

Why do they have primarily horror/slasher films?

hiccups · hiccups

I have been reading the Harry Potter books to my children as part of their Language Arts time. It is an entirely different experience this time around knowing the ending. I find myself getting choked up at the oddest times thinking about what Snape is doing and his motivations and all. Is anyone else re...

rayb · rayb

So I watched a movie which is rated PG, and is very harmless... then looking through the trailers on the disk, there were a couple tame ones, but then, low and behold, full frontal porn in some of the trailers!? I'm like, "WHOA Nellie!!" It really pisses me off that this crap is being pulled by...

rayb · rayb

If you had more time what would you like to learn? What skill would you like to master? What project have you been putting off? What would get fixed? What would finally get cleaned up? What consumes most of your free time? Can you divide the time spent on that at all? Why not? --Ray

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

As this has personal interest to Poncho and me, it is yet another intrigueing possibility, but makes ya wonder... "Okay, so how does that equate to a cure for our autistic son or anyone else's autistic child or in prevention of the condition affecting any other child in the womb?" Study Li...

Smaug · Smaug

So tell me how do I get started writing again? I've taken months off to try and rejuvenate myself, yet still I can think of nothing to write. I'm talking fiction. I've written a lot of flash fiction, a bunch of short stories, one complete novel, and substantial portions of other novels, yet I seem burned...

Cocobeem · Cocobeem

Has anyone heard of the Duggar family? They have 16 children (in 17 years with two sets of twins for the technically-minded). There was a show on TLC on them over the weekend. I was completely in awe. The parents look around 38-39-ish and they are just as laid-back and happy and pleasant as can be. A...

rayb · rayb

Have you ever picked up a hitchhiker? I seldom do... but once I did when our family was crossing Wyoming we picked up a man on the side of the road and drove him all the way to the next city (I think we drove him from Evanston to Rawlings or something like that... it might've been Rock Springs... or something...

rayb · rayb

For the longest while I wanted to name one of my daughters Peggy. I knew a couple Peggys and they were all nice people. Everyone thought I was a horrible person for it, because of the fact that it was such an easy name to make fun of... (having the name Ray, I've never really had a lot of sympathy for that argu...

rayb · rayb

Three of the four girls went back to school, while the fourth starts on Friday in Kindergarten... One of my daughters had a major meltdown before school because she couldn't find her new shirt... which it turned out we'd never really bought her. It was tough to see her go through this major wardrobe cri...

rayb · rayb

In what ways are children and young adults lacking in their education? If you had your way, which subjects would they all be a lot more adept in? --Ray

Jen · Jen

I bet my kid trumps in stubbornness. TWO days ago she thought it would be fun to squirt liquid soap all over the laminate flooring outside her bathroom. Fun little tactic to delay going to bed, eh? She got to wipe it up, and her consequence was cleaning ALL the laminate the next day. At the end of day 2, she h...

zealia · zealia

I do have some close friends. That does not mean that I think they will validate me whenever I feel that I need it. And they may have issues that may not allow them to be there for me in ways that I would like. They may not always be there when I have a problem. And I may not always confide my problems to them...

rayb · rayb

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett... During my break this week from Bountiful and message boards in general, i took the time to read the above mentioned book. It's fabulous. Please read it... so we can discuss it here... It's a Discworld book, by Terry Pratchett and is g...

Cocobeem · Cocobeem

So, how much do you spend on food in a typical week? Total - groceries, eating out, treats, the vending machine, the whole shebang. And how many are in your family? I'm wondering if my food expenses are growing too much... And POLLY!!! I'd like to hear the most you would pay in weekly food costs back w...

Poncho29 · Poncho29

The following is a multiple choice question to make it easier on folks. What would you do if your teenage daughter asked you if she could have a party and sleepover with a "few" friends. A. Say, "Sure honey, whatever you and your little friends would like." B. Keep putting...

hiccups · hiccups

How do you trim dollars off your expenses? I'm looking for ways to save money. We've had an "unexpected expense" otherwise known as "life happens." I'm looking for ways to ease this burden and start building up our financial reserves again. I have some ideas, but I'm really wan...

Ros · Ros

Hey!! I've been published!! My career in Journalism has now officially begun. happy day.happy day.happy day

palmon · palmon

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695204943,00.html-- Edited by palmon at 11:39, 2...

fear of shiz · fear of shiz

I figured I would save y'all some typing of PMs. Casi has a post on NOM that I'm sure will have you all a-twitter. Again. I'd link to it but I'm not sure that's allowed, so I thought I'd just let y'all know.

rayb · rayb

(Posted this in Nauvoo... interesting discussion going on in there about the possibilities of Time Travel, and if you could travel back in time, would you go back and change your life and if so what would you change?) When I was young, rash and on a course I knew was wrong, I used to imagine myself as a time...

rayb · rayb

Why is it easier to go to a neighbor's home and clean their mess than it is to clean your own? --Ray

salesortonscom · salesortonscom

So after church on Sunday I was sitting in the scout room waiting for the Elder's Quorum president to show up for our presidency meeting and I start talking to the 2nd counsellor who is a big Halo fan to see if he had pre-ordered Halo 3 yet which has already pre-sold over 1 million copies and set to do better...

Euphrasie · Euphrasie

Does there exist a type of screwdriver that bends at the end...like an 'L'? Only really, really small? One of the kids shoved two CDs in one slot of my disc changer, and now it's jammed and won't open. I can remove the front cover, but I can't get the CDs out without unscrewing the bottom of the slot...an...

Dyany · Dyany

I was at the Families Supporting Adoption conference this last weekend in Salt Lake City. Glenn Beck was the keynote speaker, because he has adopted through LDSFS, but I couldn't help but think, 'oh great, another speaker they got just because he's famous. I like Glenn Beck, but I don't know if he co...

palmon · palmon

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1655415%2C00.htmlJesus has a very special love for you," she assured Van der Peet. "[But] as for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, Listen and do not hear the to...

rayb · rayb

After every meal, we let my son have "desert" by giving him a wet papertowel, which he chews up and eats and throws all over the place. This also has the added benefit of making him "self-cleaning" cuz by the time he's done with the wipe, he's managed to clean himself up pretty...

Poncho29 · Poncho29

Saw this little headline... Study: Women Lose Weight at Least a Decade Before Getting Dementia Hmm...is this what I have to look forward to if I lose weight?

rayb · rayb

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/08/23/video-little-leaguers-humiliated-in-ws-quarterfinal-do-what-must-be-done/

rayb · rayb

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_intelligences

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Redbox (Preview) Why do they have primarily horror/slasher films?	Jen	6	253	Sep 17, 2007 by Jen
	Rereading the Harry Potter books (open spoilers) (Preview) I have been reading the Harry Potter books to my children as part of their Language Arts time. It is an entirely different experience this time around knowing the ending. I find myself getting choked up at the oddest times thinking about what Snape is doing and his motivations and all. Is anyone else re...	hiccups	5	249	Sep 17, 2007 by mirkwood
	Hidden Pornography... (Preview) So I watched a movie which is rated PG, and is very harmless... then looking through the trailers on the disk, there were a couple tame ones, but then, low and behold, full frontal porn in some of the trailers!? I'm like, "WHOA Nellie!!" It really pisses me off that this crap is being pulled by...	rayb	7	356	Sep 16, 2007 by PollyAnna
	If you had more time? (Preview) If you had more time what would you like to learn? What skill would you like to master? What project have you been putting off? What would get fixed? What would finally get cleaned up? What consumes most of your free time? Can you divide the time spent on that at all? Why not? --Ray	rayb	23	500	Sep 14, 2007 by zealia
	Study Links Autism to High Testosterone Exposure in Mother's Womb (Preview) As this has personal interest to Poncho and me, it is yet another intrigueing possibility, but makes ya wonder... "Okay, so how does that equate to a cure for our autistic son or anyone else's autistic child or in prevention of the condition affecting any other child in the womb?" Study Li...	Cat Herder	19	395	Sep 14, 2007 by rayb
	Some of you are writers, right? (Preview) So tell me how do I get started writing again? I've taken months off to try and rejuvenate myself, yet still I can think of nothing to write. I'm talking fiction. I've written a lot of flash fiction, a bunch of short stories, one complete novel, and substantial portions of other novels, yet I seem burned...	Smaug	8	283	Sep 14, 2007 by rayb
	16 children (Preview) Has anyone heard of the Duggar family? They have 16 children (in 17 years with two sets of twins for the technically-minded). There was a show on TLC on them over the weekend. I was completely in awe. The parents look around 38-39-ish and they are just as laid-back and happy and pleasant as can be. A...	Cocobeem	10	349	Sep 12, 2007 by nitasmile
	Have you ever picked up a Hitchhiker? (Preview) Have you ever picked up a hitchhiker? I seldom do... but once I did when our family was crossing Wyoming we picked up a man on the side of the road and drove him all the way to the next city (I think we drove him from Evanston to Rawlings or something like that... it might've been Rock Springs... or something...	rayb	27	574	Sep 8, 2007 by bokbadok
	Naming your children... (Preview) For the longest while I wanted to name one of my daughters Peggy. I knew a couple Peggys and they were all nice people. Everyone thought I was a horrible person for it, because of the fact that it was such an easy name to make fun of... (having the name Ray, I've never really had a lot of sympathy for that argu...	rayb	21	404	Sep 7, 2007 by hiccups
	School Clothes (Preview) Three of the four girls went back to school, while the fourth starts on Friday in Kindergarten... One of my daughters had a major meltdown before school because she couldn't find her new shirt... which it turned out we'd never really bought her. It was tough to see her go through this major wardrobe cri...	rayb	34	477	Sep 7, 2007 by hiccups
	Are Kids today educated? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) In what ways are children and young adults lacking in their education? If you had your way, which subjects would they all be a lot more adept in? --Ray	rayb	75	1043	Sep 7, 2007 by hiccups
	How stubborn is your kid? (Preview) I bet my kid trumps in stubbornness. TWO days ago she thought it would be fun to squirt liquid soap all over the laminate flooring outside her bathroom. Fun little tactic to delay going to bed, eh? She got to wipe it up, and her consequence was cleaning ALL the laminate the next day. At the end of day 2, she h...	Jen	23	508	Sep 5, 2007 by hiccups
	grateful for any degree of friendship (Preview) I do have some close friends. That does not mean that I think they will validate me whenever I feel that I need it. And they may have issues that may not allow them to be there for me in ways that I would like. They may not always be there when I have a problem. And I may not always confide my problems to them...	zealia	19	361	Sep 5, 2007 by hiccups
	Book Recommendation by RayB (Preview) The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett... During my break this week from Bountiful and message boards in general, i took the time to read the above mentioned book. It's fabulous. Please read it... so we can discuss it here... It's a Discworld book, by Terry Pratchett and is g...	rayb	7	298	Sep 2, 2007 by coolcucumbers
	The Cost of Food (Preview) So, how much do you spend on food in a typical week? Total - groceries, eating out, treats, the vending machine, the whole shebang. And how many are in your family? I'm wondering if my food expenses are growing too much... And POLLY!!! I'd like to hear the most you would pay in weekly food costs back w...	Cocobeem	17	435	Sep 2, 2007 by coolcucumbers
	What would you do if your teenager asked to have a party? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) The following is a multiple choice question to make it easier on folks. What would you do if your teenage daughter asked you if she could have a party and sleepover with a "few" friends. A. Say, "Sure honey, whatever you and your little friends would like." B. Keep putting...	Poncho29	52	925	Aug 31, 2007 by Poncho29
	What are your best budget saving tips? (Preview) How do you trim dollars off your expenses? I'm looking for ways to save money. We've had an "unexpected expense" otherwise known as "life happens." I'm looking for ways to ease this burden and start building up our financial reserves again. I have some ideas, but I'm really wan...	hiccups	19	423	Aug 30, 2007 by Dyany
	happiness (Preview) Hey!! I've been published!! My career in Journalism has now officially begun. happy day.happy day.happy day	Ros	3	242	Aug 30, 2007 by zealia
	mormon tab guy and porn (Preview) http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695204943,00.html-- Edited by palmon at 11:39, 2...	palmon	2	315	Aug 30, 2007 by Ros
	OPEN communication is key... (closed) (Preview) I figured I would save y'all some typing of PMs. Casi has a post on NOM that I'm sure will have you all a-twitter. Again. I'd link to it but I'm not sure that's allowed, so I thought I'd just let y'all know.	fear of shiz	1	296	Aug 29, 2007 by arbilad
	The Perfect Paradox... (Preview) (Posted this in Nauvoo... interesting discussion going on in there about the possibilities of Time Travel, and if you could travel back in time, would you go back and change your life and if so what would you change?) When I was young, rash and on a course I knew was wrong, I used to imagine myself as a time...	rayb	9	321	Aug 28, 2007 by ACDC
	Cleaning House (Preview) Why is it easier to go to a neighbor's home and clean their mess than it is to clean your own? --Ray	rayb	18	428	Aug 28, 2007 by Ros
	Elder's Quorum Activity (Preview) So after church on Sunday I was sitting in the scout room waiting for the Elder's Quorum president to show up for our presidency meeting and I start talking to the 2nd counsellor who is a big Halo fan to see if he had pre-ordered Halo 3 yet which has already pre-sold over 1 million copies and set to do better...	salesortonscom	3	257	Aug 27, 2007 by fear of shiz
	Does anyone know...? (Preview) Does there exist a type of screwdriver that bends at the end...like an 'L'? Only really, really small? One of the kids shoved two CDs in one slot of my disc changer, and now it's jammed and won't open. I can remove the front cover, but I can't get the CDs out without unscrewing the bottom of the slot...an...	Euphrasie	5	269	Aug 27, 2007 by Poncho29
	For you sick twisted freaks out there... (Preview) I was at the Families Supporting Adoption conference this last weekend in Salt Lake City. Glenn Beck was the keynote speaker, because he has adopted through LDSFS, but I couldn't help but think, 'oh great, another speaker they got just because he's famous. I like Glenn Beck, but I don't know if he co...	Dyany	13	362	Aug 27, 2007 by Cat Herder
	Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith (Preview) http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1655415%2C00.htmlJesus has a very special love for you," she assured Van der Peet. "[But] as for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, Listen and do not hear the to...	palmon	21	412	Aug 26, 2007 by palmon
	Babies eat the darndest things... (Preview) After every meal, we let my son have "desert" by giving him a wet papertowel, which he chews up and eats and throws all over the place. This also has the added benefit of making him "self-cleaning" cuz by the time he's done with the wipe, he's managed to clean himself up pretty...	rayb	7	271	Aug 25, 2007 by Poncho29
	Overweight chicks unite and get off those diets (Preview) Saw this little headline... Study: Women Lose Weight at Least a Decade Before Getting Dementia Hmm...is this what I have to look forward to if I lose weight?	Poncho29	16	288	Aug 25, 2007 by Poncho29
	Expectorant Sportsmanship (Preview) http://hotair.com/archives/2007/08/23/video-little-leaguers-humiliated-in-ws-quarterfinal-do-what-must-be-done/	rayb	2	218	Aug 24, 2007 by Cat Herder
	What is Intelligence? (Preview) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_intelligences	rayb	7	222	Aug 23, 2007 by hiccups
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