DrDonald

Reply to Thank you, USA! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Just so you know, Cikomyr does not represent all Canadians and certainly not this one. Many of us have flown American flags since 911. It's true there are mixed feelings about Iraq, but locally, in this city, we have had more than a few young men that have given their lives in Afghanistan, supporting American freedom as well as our own. I wish to honour them, even if generally, you do not feel there has been enough Canadian support. This is an interesting article discussing disproporti

Reply to My 150th Article in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Just found this post....throwing in my own support ...humbled by how much people around here care about you. Hope to get to know you better. Best of luck! (I used to go to NA. By now in NA you'd have your white keytag for one day clean and be close to your orange one for 30 days. A virtual hug and a keytag from me to you. I too might use tomorrow too, but not today)

Reply to Better a Mail Man in Heaven, than a ruler in Hell.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Let's see: You need to get the message out that you're trying to escape being trapped by a loss in creativity. no, that's just messed up --- enigmatic and profound --- much better

Reply to Time keeps on slipping. . . in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It's amazing what you pack into your day. This is the busiest time you will likely have in your entire life. You're, as the Newfies would say, "busy as a one-armed fiddler with the lice" or even "working harder than a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest". I have no doubts that you can handle it.

Reply to Last Breath in Poetry JoeUser Forums

I pictured a shooting gallery with mothers' daughters for sale, but with you weighing in, I see the setting could equally well be as epitaph for a DOA in any ER. Thanks.

Reply to Europe is dying in Politics JoeUser Forums

I hadn't had my coffee yet! I'll join you - as you can see, I can be very vague without it!

Reply to I Ain’t Hip Hop in Poetry JoeUser Forums

btw, happy birthday Buddah M. It looks good on ya. ~ Don D.

Reply to Better a Mail Man in Heaven, than a ruler in Hell.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

I was just worried for the poor guy. interesting though, in adversity often lies the seed of a greater gift

Reply to Europe is dying in Politics JoeUser Forums

Dr. D, I don't agree that it is self-delusional here at all. Just to clarify FS, I said that seeing parenting as selfish is delusion.

Reply to Europe is dying in Politics JoeUser Forums

What about passing along the love that was given us? Why do people adopt? What about just having children because it's the default choice? It doesn't have to be a selfish choice. It doesn't have to be about building extensions of ourselves for our self-actualization and self-gratification. And if it is, that is just self-delusion. Teenagers teach us that. Conscious or unconscious there are few things as compellingly altruistic as being a loving parent. We grow into and with</I

Reply to Europe is dying in Politics JoeUser Forums

materialism I agree, my opinion is that capitalism is OK, but materialism can lead to spiritual illness. If the needless things in our lives become more important than our children, then all is lost.

Reply to Who should decide how much you make? in Politics JoeUser Forums

When you attempt to place an artificial price on services, lo and behold, you get a shortage in services or substandard services. There is simply no real government control over services, unless you install an iron curtain. We have a shortage of physicians here in Canada and that is part of the reason why. Essentially, each provincial government has tried to restrain how much doctors get paid, with little real negotiation taking place. Lately

Reply to Hannibal Rising in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Currently 18% on the tomatometer, but that means nothing to hard-core fans. Obsessions in general are fascinating. I had a forensic psychologist as a patient at one time. He treated only sex offenders in prison. He said that they are a weird mix of sexually obsessive-compulsive together with a psychopathic absence of guilt. One man would hallucinate female privates everywhere he looked and I don't mean the military kind. Hannibal rising...no never

Reply to Better a Mail Man in Heaven, than a ruler in Hell.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

As I put my stethoscope against your husk-like frame I hear ...no it couldn't be ...buzzing ...chittering.

Reply to First Round of Exams in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Wow, I think that was my first-year Calculus mark too, but Math was my major! They'll be recruiting you for the Putnam Math contest next. Lets see, mathematical modelling of ecosystems...ya, I guess there's some overlap with zoology. Good luck!

Reply to Better a Mail Man in Heaven, than a ruler in Hell.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Apparently the wincustomize site doesn't like periods and/or spaces when you go to making your home page and DrDonald was taken. The pain in your side, that's just you being a pain in my side.

Reply to Better a Mail Man in Heaven, than a ruler in Hell.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

I was responding to KFC's story. S'all good.

Reply to Better a Mail Man in Heaven, than a ruler in Hell.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Sorry Tova, brief digression I hope. Mr. King is an addict and an alcoholic in recovery. King was buying his usual six pack of beer - wikipedia says he's been clean and sober since 1988 - here's an article LINK he wrote about James Frey in which he implies he's sober. Let's assume he was buying for his wife. Just gave me pause for thought. Not arguing it.

Reply to Is This Really All There Is? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

When Pope Benedict gives you a positive charge you get a Benedict-ion.

Last Breath in Poetry JoeUser Forums

If she from grace did fall it was not dark desire but fatal flaw that brought her to our midst. Oblivion and Passion Lost are we. Within this putrid place for all to see our shaded husks, forgotten schemes, exploited and abandoned teens and tots. Now, claustrophobic dreams Has she of getting,

Reply to I Ain’t Hip Hop in Poetry JoeUser Forums

I saw myself there. Precious.

Reply to Is This Really All There Is? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Two atoms bump into each other in a bar. One says 'I think I lost an electron!' The other asks, 'Are you sure?', to which the first replies, 'I'm positive.' physics discovery I made

Reply to A Boy's Prayer in Poetry JoeUser Forums

never saw the movie...just read the plot since you mentioned it...wow...I see (gonna flip a coin to see how the boy turns out)

Reply to Boredom in Poetry JoeUser Forums

when my kids were younger - more easily amused - to keep them from being bored in a restaurant, I would play games. One was a pencil and paper game called sprouts . 1) You start with any number of dots on a paper, usually 5 to 10. 2) The object is to have the last move. 3) A move is joining any two dots with a line (usually curved). 4) You're not allowed to cross lines. 4) Every time you draw a line, you put another dot s