Posts by nomoreexcuses

sun,

I don't think you were oversentive. You were, though, sensitive to the fact that what was portrayed in the movie is a reality for a not insignificant portion of our society (physical assault, sexual abuse, etc) and the reality of abuse is without regard to a person's appearance, age, or any other personal characteristic.

I stopped watching horror movies in 1988. I am very selective about thriller/action movies.  I simply to do not find abuse or murder to be entertaining. I don't even want to invite the concept of violence as entertainment into my mind. That's my choice. So most of the time when something like that is discussed, I refrain from engaging.

I did see Crash. And I did see Gran Torino. Those movies contain violence, but I found it be more in the context of questioning of our society and our morality and our humanity than a depiction of violence for the sole sake of amusement.

don't mind if i fall apart, 
there's more room in a broken heart

you're not fully human until you've had your heart broken

and you're not fully divine until you choose to love again anyway

a lot of people don't know that in the u.s., when you call a call center to place an order for something, there's a possibility that the person taking your call is in prison.

yep.  there are companies trying to save a buck on their labor costs who can pay inmates extremely low wages and get a tax cut for doing it.

and you're giving your name, address, phone #, credit card number and expiration to this person ...

yeah, bad idea.

but i agree, that person had stolen your info, or purchase stolen info.

there are security breaches with companies all the time -- i just heard about t-mobile getting hacked the other day.

g'morning!

found out yesterday that the economy is (finally) affecting our potential customers (i.e., we'll have a drop in enrollment this fall)

so everyone's job is at risk (they just laid off the first person)

so i will have to be cautious and prudent in use of internet

other than that, happy thursday! 

Original Post by crazydiamondchrysalis:

yes, the "slightly" bothers me. this should be full-fledged obnoxiousery.

yes I just made a new word.

what interesting word usements you structure!

slightly?

you take the good
you take the bad
you take 'em both
and there you have
the facts of life,
the facts of life!

it goes through the villi, which looks a little silli

sorry.

i know parts of all of them.

Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl!

A solar system miss from a future wor-horld.

aw crap! i thought i knew all the words

Interjections!  show excitement! or emotion!

They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,

or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

an adverb is a word

that's all it is

father son and lolly selling adverbs here

The U.S. is a lot more individualistic than just about any other country and as a result, it's much more acceptable to not interact with others in almost any situation.

If the gym were like a library, they'd post signs saying "no talking" or "Please keep conversations to a minimum volume so as not to bother other patrons" and the people who work there would shush people when they talk too loud or too much.

:)

i recently dreamed that i was in a house in the woods and the kitchen was really really long and narrow and had a kitchen counter down the whole length on one side and windows all down the other side and the counter was covered with dirty dishes and messes that someone left to be cleaned up and this guy came in and fussed at me for not having cleaned up the kitchen counter.  dude! it wasn't me!

that is so embarrassing!

don't give any presentations until it wears off!