Was trying to figure out what "fff" means. Among the nicer things I came up with are the following from acronymfinder.com: Family Friendly Forum Fast Forward Financial Fast Forward Flight Federation Française de Football Federation of Flyfishers Feed-Forward Filter Fehntjer-Fußball-Fruend Fight for Freedom Final Fantasy Fans First Frame First Fit for Fight Flicker Fusion Frequency Form, Fit, Func
Ah, smitty, you're so respectful. I only meant knock off the polarization, the one-or-the-otherism. The debate should always rage (it keeps people on their toes and, hopefully, constantly searching), but here it's supposed to be in the context of whether or not one could allow for both evolution and creation. There were times when the two of you were presenting things thusly, but it was getting out of hand. I don't mind the debate in the context, so do
Frankly, I'm kind of annoyed at both of you. My original post was about allowing for both sides, and you two are going at the polarization of the debate. Knock it off.
GCJ, [quote]Was just wondering if the picture did anything to change your agnostic ideas?[/quote] Well, in short, no. I still wonder if the writers of the gospels glamourized Jesus and what he was doing (I believe in his historical character, but am undecided on whether or not he was the Son of God). It doesn't quite make sense to me that this was God's big plan for redemption--I have to wonder if there was a better way (and that's as
Saw "The Passion of the Christ" on Wednesday when it opened. Could have posted this sooner, but didn't because (a) I wanted to internalize the movie a bit more, and (b) I'm at a place where the Internet is slower than my fiance's driving. Advance apologies for typos but the keyboard : monitor delay is a good three seconds sometimes, and I type really fast. Entered the theatre wondering about the merit of the anti-Semitism claims. Figured I'd g
Yeah, Messy, I'm with you about AI (heh, I like the acronym there). I forgot that one. I watched it for a bit since one of the guys on it went or goes to a sister college of mine. Of course I have to qualify every observation of a reality show; who likes to admit they like them? Me, I miss the good ol' sitcoms. I hate to see them die out to shows like the Apprentice. Grr.
"celebrated diversity" is your take; mine is that it exploited little people like a freak show. I flipped between that an PBS and was generally just as appalled by that as by My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance and Average Joe and the Bachelor/ette. They all have "diversity." The BGOF: a money-grubbing girl who "feels bad" about the trauma she puts her family through and in the end says she did it all "for them." Basically the producers took an unwill
KarmaGirl, Good point about the alcohol. I guess I think the bride should provide a babysitter if the reception is inappropriate for children (and then where do you draw the line, yikes) for the convenience of the guests. BTW, my fiance wouldn't let us elope, either. That's why we're having a wedding.
Thanks. I wish I'd posted this in consumer issues, come to think of it. And after I finished, I sort of hoped that I could query it to Bride's magazine or Modern Bride, but it would probably go against their ad sponsorships or the expert advice they would be harping in other articles. :) -T.
I'm not sure science and God are as mutually exclusive as that, psychx. In a faith & learning seminar I took, we had all kinds of people--including the ones that just constantly looked for ways to justify science together with religion, or vice versa. That's not my method of dealing with it, but it's out there. My fiance believes God created evolution (or something like that), which is arguably the best way to mesh the two fields. It really skews your picture of God, though--why would
Funny. I tried knitting once. My potholder couldn't have covered an ant by the time I finished. Kudos to you for having perseverance. :) -T.
I liked this song, but I was disappointed that it was Jewel. I much prefer her old music to her new style. See I've made a little box into which she fits, so when she tries to break out of it my neat and tidy world gets messed up. Stupid creative people. Sheesh. ;) -T.
Best of luck. -T
I like what you say. It's nice to read other people's (thoughtful) thoughts.
Based on my dabbling over on theknot.com, I've been able to prevent myself from the mishaps many brides fall into (thus far, and hopefully, I disclaim). I think the mishaps are based on either a bride's selfishness or else the fact that her glasses only focus on "me me me" (wait, that was redundant). Granted, there are good
I miss the good ol' days when my body let me sleep in 'til noon. And I'm not old yet.
I started reading through some of the religion vs. science posts. Not religion and science, mind you. I wasn't altogether pleased with the tones people took and the words they used to bolster their side of the debate. But then, why does it have to be one or the other? And why do people have to get on other people's backs about it? Neither camp explains everything about how life came to be as we know it
Thanks for the clarification, though perhaps my post wasn't clear: my dad is a specialist, a general surgeon, not a GP. On a note of humble pie, I got on someone who called me on my generalizations of Dean supporters. So I guess we all generalize; apparently there are some that strike me closer than others. Anyway, hope I wasn't too hard on you.
I'm not the most qualified to discuss this idea, being American and only having schooled over in England (Oxford) for a term, but it seems to me that even though the Scots and Welsh are getting to be more independently known, it's still the British or English Parliament who holds most of the cards, isn't it? Kinda like the East Coast and West Coasts in the States: The West has its own identity, but it's still the Easterners who control the books and laws. Hmm. But I know little about B
XX, I'm with you--I hate enforced tipping. Right now I'm planning a wedding and have to include a required 18% gratuity with the food charge. That is retarded, especially since I have to pay in advance of the service (and it's not like you can do a wedding over again...). Anyway. Messy, I agree that negative tipping would be abused. Too bad. And I agree with your and Karma's last comments, too. :) Cheers, everyone.
Did I ever say I hated my students? Did I ever call them dumb? They're not--as of today, they're officially great. That's been two days in a row with good in-class discussion, and lest my ears deceive me, a compliment or two to boot. Considering that we're discussing poetry, about which I feel much more qualified than, say, the literature of Kipling or Sophocles or Ghandi, I'm wishing we were going to spend the whole quarter on it instead of three days
You go to boarding school? I did, too. It was the worst four years of my life.
re: "Physicians have to begin to take a hard look at themselves — including the superstars of medicine, though admittedly unusually crack surgeons do deserve a shadow of what entertainers and ball players have. They're not the only ones with four, five, six years of graduate work. There are hundreds of thousands out there with as much and more education that do not feel they have a God-given right to be entrepreneurs and are perfectly at peace with modest salaries. Countless doctors at
Last night I figured out how to go back in time. What an amazing discovery! It's only by five minutes, but hey--that's plenty of time to take back something stupid I might have said, or to undo an embarrassing trip or stumble, or to avoid dropping things, car accidents, meeting my ex in the ice cream aisle of the supermarket--all kinds of things. Boy howdy, I'm a lucky woman. You see, my alarm clock is equipped with a squishy button on top that allows me to turn time back five minutes.
In my perfect world, I suppose that since the discretion of a tip is up to the customer, the restaurant should honor the customer's negative tip up to 15% of the cost of the meal, as the tip is supposed to be around 15% extra. Tips aren't mandated, per se, so I don't know that negative tips could be, but that's the idea. Anyway. I'm not sure I understand your questions, and anyway don't get too literal--it's just an idea. I don't think it could actually be implemented because you'd be asking for
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