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  • Lounge, The Re: What are you currently reading?

    - Reading, but have almost finished, Great Expectations - Have begun The Scarlet Letter - Am enjoying, despite the negatives reviews I've heard. - Today I started snooping the first ...

    Oct 5, 2008
  • Official Polls Re: Are you writing a novel right now?

    Indeedy. I'm onto page 80 now and it's nameless - which, contrary to popular belief, is a good thing, as I won't be working it around it. In short, it's ...

    Sep 27, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Should parents smack their children?

    I too was smacked on the behind when I was naughty, but only after I'd had several warnings and failed to listen. Sometimes it's a matter of children seeing how ...

    Aug 21, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Doomsday

    Nuclear sounds likely. There are a lot of people out there willing to do these things. I'm not very clued up on it all, but am I totally off the ...

    Aug 21, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Doomsday

    That makes no sense at all, unless you purposely look for something to connect. Precisely. But, whaddayaknow, this is how they analyse it: '... Consistent with the interpretation, 'the great ...

    Aug 18, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Doomsday

    Okay, so to back up my point about these prophetic dates passing to no avail, I had a snoop in my Nostradamus book (ya, I'm that much of a geek). ...

    Aug 18, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Doomsday

    I'm sorry, but there have been plenty of these 'prophecies' throughout time and most of them have not happened. How many times has the world been told of a certain ...

    Aug 18, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Evil, are we born with it?

    But what about that natural rage - have you ever had the overwhelming desire to *hurt* someone? Do you think that, if you were not connected to society, watched no ...

    Aug 16, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Evil, are we born with it?

    I think it all comes down to potential. We have potential to be evil, we have potential to be good. How we are nurtured, and the experiences we have, determine ...

    Aug 15, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is the word retard a "bad word"?

    As much as we complain, 'retard' is a proper, clinical term. It is used by doctors still. I don't see what's wrong with that, so long as it is being ...

    Aug 15, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is the word retard a "bad word"?

    The term 'retard' is nearly always used in a derogatory form, as a way of insulting people. Even when it is said light-heartedly, say from one friend to another, I ...

    Aug 15, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: What is your favorite movie genre?

    I'm a complete classics-nerd, so it's drama for me. Except the best ones are probably mini-series. I also like thrillers, but not silly horror-thrillers - they've gotta be clever. I ...

    Aug 10, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: Furby!

    My sister and I had numerous furbies. Our parents hated them! They were supposed to gradually "learn" our language too. I remember one of them used to mimick the phone ...

    Aug 6, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: Random Circle Story

    The pig lets out noxious fumes that terrify mankind and suffocate bananas! Poop goes the weasel! Your butt burns all week! END! Never! Don't forget flying squirrel monkeys and blueberry ...

    Jul 27, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: None of your business!!!

    I think Nai must be a human trafficker. Please don't steal my identity! Ha, not that it's worth much. 1) Starting time: 19:56 2) Full Name: I couldn't possibly say. ...

    Jul 26, 2008


No one achieves anything alone.
— Leslie Knope