sumi - from what I understand Keith left the set when the designers were going to shoot promos, went to his boyfriend's and emailed the producers from there. All the designers knew that they weren't allowed to leave production without permission and Keith never told anyone where he was going.

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Sure, but they also weren't allowed to use e-mail/the internet wherever they were. So what on earth was he thinking?

He might have been able to weather one of those things - maybe even the book, though unlikely. But all three together?

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Yes -- the contestant was CLEARLY in the wrong and just won't admit it. What about that bad apology that was shown in the episode?

ION, Nasa is helping look for the Ivory Billed Woodpecker!

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A religion that requires belief in Roddy McDowall ever conceiving children requires more faith in the fantastic than I'm able to muster.

Well, since he's dead it would be some sort of miracle (or many sorts), but I get your meaning.

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Cindy-

I still think using 'literal' will elicit responses that are more sensational than they are useful.

I think the problem might be that we have different ideas about what's useful.

I doubt I would ever select "Different or no opinion,"

Oh, that's not something that would be presented to you as an option. That's the category that's used if you say "None of those describe me," or "I don't know" or "I'm not comfortable answering this question" or whatever.

My actual perfect answer would probably not be an option

I think that's true of most people. But a survey that includes a perfect option for every individual isn't much use as a survey. The point of the thing is to summarize, not to capture every unique belief. If a respondent won't pick an answer, in most situations our interviewers are trained to probe with "Well, could you say which one comes closest?" and things like that. If you still won't pick, it's a refusal.

An opinion poll will not provide detailed, comprehensive descriptions of every individual respondent's unique responses. I'm not sure how to respond to your concerns, because to me it seems like, "This hammer is useless for slicing carrots!" Sure, but it's not designed for that. If it was a survey with limited options for describing your hair color, or race, or political beliefs, would you have the same problem answering? And/or would you feel like the answers weren't useful because of the limitations? I still feel like the "useful" thing is the sticking point.

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Of course, I find Munch defending Kay from a sniper kind of romantic, so maybe my suggestions aren't so good. Still don't have much to add to the Bible conversation. Must rent "The Matchmaker"...not sure how I missed that one!

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Fave romantic moments with Tim and Dawn (BBC The Office): When Dawn opens her Christmas gift from Tim and it's an art set with the drawing he did of her and the sweetest note ever, though I can't exactly remember it. Something like, "Keep believing." Also when Dawn returns to the party, kisses Tim, and leads him out by the hand. So effin sweet!

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Also when Dawn returns to the party, kisses Tim, and leads him out by the hand. So effin sweet!

And at the very end when they are having the photo taken and he leans in and smells her hair? It's a tiny moment but so beautiful!

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This photographer wanted a bunch of pictures of young children (2-3) crying. So what she'd do is give a lolipop to the child and then take it away, resulting in the crying. Some people are calling this "abusive."

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Then there was a big internet kerfuffle....

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This photographer wanted a bunch of pictures of young children (2-3) crying. So what she'd do is give a lolipop to the child and then take it away, resulting in the crying. Some people are calling this "abusive."

I wonder if they heard how Lou Reed got kids to cry on his recording of Berlin.

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