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Herasmus B. Dragon

How could they not have predicted this?

Hubby just called.  He's an adjunct professor of grad-level classes at a well known conservatory in Maryland.  His supervisor just let him…

Started by Herasmus B. Dragon

13 Jan 31
Reply by DreamCatcher
ks

My husband hates me

I  think he finds it entertaining to make me yell at the television.  He's watching a documentary about the anti-abortion movement and I'm…

Started by ks

7 Jan 31
Reply by DreamCatcher
Floor Pie

Mmm, primary!

Anybody else grabbing the popcorn for tomorrow's Iowa caucuses? Just read that Romney, Paul, and SANTORUM (!?) are tied. Should be interest…

Started by Floor Pie

4 Jan 3
Reply by kommishoner
wookie

Mississippi Personhood amendment

The Mississippi Personhood amendment is an extra dose of scary.     On the other hand, I've long argued that if you feel that abortion is m…

Started by wookie

13 Oct 29, 2011
Reply by bap2
SweetJudyB

It's not about the budget

I usually steer clear of political discussions (especially with my family), but really feel a need to pass this along.  All this crap going…

Started by SweetJudyB

3 Jun 28, 2011
Reply by WitchMom
mcglory13

Discussing Bin Laden and other world events with children

So, what strategies do you adopt? This was an interesting conversation to try and navigate this morning. This on top of our recent conversa…

Started by mcglory13

11 May 5, 2011
Reply by Floor Pie
Herasmus B. Dragon

Morality vs. Beaurocracy

Last year Big O qualified for Reduced Lunch.  The best part about that was the free tutor who loved working with O as additional training,…

Started by Herasmus B. Dragon

20 Feb 10, 2011
Reply by GreenLantern
Floor Pie

New TSA regs: "Think of the children!" or "Meh"?

Let me be clear. I'm no fan of the new TSA screening processes. Inconvenient, invasive, expensive,  and probably not terribly effective (if…

Started by Floor Pie

7 Nov 23, 2010
Reply by GreenLantern
Floor Pie

Wake me when it's 2012

We've known for months that the Republicans were going to make a lot of gains in this year's election. Ever since Scott Brown won that spec…

Started by Floor Pie

7 Nov 8, 2010
Reply by Daria
Daria

A venting thread

Ok, I'm still tempted to ask on FB for which laws precisely people are upset, because I think most people supported most of the laws enacte…

Started by Daria

28 Nov 8, 2010
Reply by wookie

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