I know this is off topic but I am genuinely curious. What good does it do to pray for someone? Abe, Well, this is an interesting question. I COULD point you to a number of medical studies that give pretty compelling evidence that in many cases, individuals being prayed for have substa
For the record, I did not call you a liar, I stated that your position was a lie; and was prepared to present the relevant information, but more pressing life issues arose and I was forced to meet them. By the time I returned, I judged that hunting down the thread and substantiating my response was no longer topical. I do not apologize for holding the position; I actually can defend it and will at a later time. I do, however, apologize for wha
Instead of exposing masks.... why don't we all put on a happy face and just go on with our blogging. for once, mano and I agree; however, I am a little put off by your reference to my blogs as "moronic tirades" and lumping them in the same category as Pete's. Mano, many of my pieces are OPINION pieces;
All people in the service industry should be tipped. If people have a question or problem with the service they are receiving, they should discuss it with the person, it just may have been overlooked. I disagree with this wholeheartedly. In an example I pointed out on another thread, I went to a buffet,
If I knew that my money was coming in, regardless of how I treated my tables, you better believe those jerks that need a million things at a billion different times would never receive them. And that is EXACTLY why you can't find better employment.
Sorry, the word "tips" originally meant "to insure proper service". Mediocre service deserves little tip (certainly NOT a 15% MINIMUM, as you suggest). Frankly, my tips range from 10-20% (although I have a dollar minimum tip) for acceptable service; I rarely go higher, nor, in fact, should I feel guilted into going higher, as I still must remain within my budget (here's a hint: 10% of a $50 meal is $5...10% of no meal is $0). The idea
actually, "crick" is a pretty common pronunciation in rural parts of the country. I have heard it used in Texas, Wisconsin, Arkansas, West Virginia, Washington state, and Oklahoma.
true. The diestary laws, though, are still sound advice for healthy living, legalism aside. (but my bacon converted...it no longer comes from swine flesh so it doesn't count...lol).
shulamite... You will be proud to know that, while in Wisconsin, I DID defend Texas' honor on the matter. I worked in group homes for developmentally disabled adults, and we would often make whatever was in the pantry, then fill in the menus later (we were required to keep our menus for licensing purposes). One of my coworkers made "chili-mac" (which is what we called chili when we added macaroni to it, usually just to stretch out lef
Now wait a sec....time for some ejimication...there's cheese curds, and there's fried cheese curds, both exquisite taste treats in their own right. cheese curds when not fried, should always be eaten fresh...over 24 hours old and they lose their characteristic "squeak" (which can, or so I am told, be restored by briefly zapping them in the microwave, but that seems like cheating). To get really good cheese curds, you must go right to the dairy
After reading another blogger's thread on the disparity in salary among college level educators, I have to take a serious look at things. Sure, critics can say all they want, but isn't the point of those statistics to take a look at whether we truly have become an egalitarian society? In my life, I can honestly say I have not once seen a case of sex discrimin
In Wisconsin, you do NOT go looking for a "drinking fountain". It's a bubbler, and calling it anything else will only get you strange looks. Most interesting about "sconsonites" are their dietary habits. They put NOODLES in their "chili" (heresy; the addition of starch counters the heat of peppers and you cannot obtain true 5 alarm chili with starches in it). They also boil their bratwursts in beer (for the uninitiated, true bratwursts cannot
Brad, I appreciate this article, but I personally think you lose a little punch at the end when you compare his service to Bob Dole and Bush senior (both of whom were true war heroes), given the fact that neither of those two men are running. Granted, Kerry has used his military career as his ace in the hole, but so have many other presidents through history (Kennedy, Eisenhower, U.S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, to name but a few). That is
The problem I have with this post, phoenix, is your "targets" are too vague. Are you ushering a threat to everyone who disagrees with you? Given the wording of your blog, you haven't ruled out that possibility. Frankly, I'm not too keen on the idea that you may be hunting down my IP number and trying to do real life damage to me because I have taken a few controversial positions on this blog. I also don't really see any true public se
Beautiful article, vanessa, but...(pun intended), I think you need to be careful with the way you turn a phrase here (hehehe). Ah, well, I'll be nice and won't go there (chuckle)...I'll just think it. You have a heart of gold.
We had this huge banning of the rebel flag last year. Because people were constantly wearing them and I guess it was offensive somehow... hmm...I'm supposing you also have trouble construing how the swastika could be offensive. While racism comes in all colors, arabella, you are young, and I en
Well, Brad...it's just hard to make a front wheel drive car with a V8 engine...unless you mount the engine in the back. Then people complain. Just my two cents.
Not once do I see a white man standing on the corner or along the street waiting to be picked up for a job, mostly day labor work, nor do I see the black man standing out there. I worked day labor for a time, by the way...and there were people of all races lined up waiting for a job. Those of us who ha
If she goes into labor at this point, they won't stop it, but they're hoping she gets through the weekend, just to be "safe". Everything is still well with her and the baby, and we're getting ready to "head in" for the weekend on Friday (tomorrow will be a tough day for her, though, as it's our "mouse"'s 2nd birthday, and she won't be here).
While this is a very insightful article, it again sees politics in terms of left and right. As a libertarian, I fall at radcon or radlib, depending on the issues, as do many of my cohorts.
Johnny, I have truly appreciated getting to know you through your art. You speak to pains in life that are far more common than they should be. Keep blogging, man, and I am going to keep hounding you about the idea of being a minister. I truly think you have much to offer the world in ministry, seriously (the opinions of conservative bible college deans notwithstanding).
USA Today had an interesting graph the other day. It revealed that nearly 50% of Asian-Americans over 25 had a college degree, compared to 30% of whites, under 18% of blacks, and under 15% of hispanics. I honestly think it has a lot more to do with how the particular cultures value education than anything else. Example: In the neighborhoods in which I grew up, the dropout rates ranged from 30-50%. Despite this, EVERY one of myself and my six s
So called minority groups get presidence on social economic help programs like HUD, Food stamps, welfare, food pantries etc. Now that's just plain not true. These programs are need based, not race based.
Moore seems to miss the point that EVERY soldier in the US Army is there voluntarily, not through conscription. They pledged to defend their country against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to obey their commander in chief. Most of our soldiers have done a fine job of following through with their commitment, and, although I am against war in principal, I would be proud to have a son or daughter among them.
OK, so here's the scenario. I am headed over to a friend's house to purchase eggs (fresh, and at a reasonable, if not altogether cheap, price). While I am there, he gives me a discourse on the condition of his animals. The discourse is a thinly veiled sales pitch for his chicks (at almost twice the price I pay at the feed store), and his young pigs.
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