Happy Birthday, Deena!
Bev, glad to hear it was nothing.
River: I know you have questions. Mal: That would be why I just asked them.
'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 36: Did I Sully Our Good Name?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
SailAweigh - Aug 03, 2007 12:20:35 pm PDT #9939 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
beth b - Aug 03, 2007 12:33:14 pm PDT #9940 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
raising boys
and this is the raising girls
from the same person -
from reading the two I get some of the ideas that susan was talking about - some how the boys are the link to the world outside the domestic.
omnis_audis - Aug 03, 2007 12:37:52 pm PDT #9941 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Has some big Spam dude got released from prison within the last few weeks. I'm seeing a HUGE spike in SPAM to all my e-mails.
Secondly, there was the post about the poll. How does this work? Seemed like they were wanting feedback on it. Is there a time/link when it's time to take the poll? Or do we copy the poll in and e-mail or something. (this is what I get for lurking for so long)
Connie Neil - Aug 03, 2007 12:51:09 pm PDT #9942 of 10001
brillig
See, I agree that boys need to be let out to do stuff that burns off their energy, being hard work or simply running their minds out or playing baseball or something. I think a lot of ADHD is simply engines that can't shift up to that extra gear and use all the power they've got.
But there's nothing inherently noble/spiritual/Christain about it.
Susan W. - Aug 03, 2007 1:00:25 pm PDT #9943 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
And contrasting the two stories makes me sick. Boys get to dream and experiment. Girls need to learn to be happy multitasking homemakers.
Connie Neil - Aug 03, 2007 1:02:33 pm PDT #9944 of 10001
brillig
I didn't have the guts to click on the Feminism link. Brrr.
Dammit, if she wants to live on a farm and raise lots of kids and do the Waltons thing, more power to her! Just don't tell me that I should be doing it too.
Steph L. - Aug 03, 2007 1:18:57 pm PDT #9945 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Just to be clear -- it's not the number of kids that freak me out about the Duggars
What freaks me out is looking at the ages of the kids and then calculating that she's been pregnant almost continuously for 17 years.
I can't even fathom that.
Laura - Aug 03, 2007 1:22:57 pm PDT #9946 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
omnis, I haven't had any spike in spam. Same number of drug and mortgage offers. Maybe there is a change in the filter setup.
On the poll thing, what can I say, we like the talking, polling, voting thing. If you are feeling brave read the last billion posts in lightbulbs and beauracrazy. (still think we should have named it don't worry nobody can spell it)
Laura - Aug 03, 2007 1:24:55 pm PDT #9947 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
What freaks me out is looking at the ages of the kids and then calculating that she's been pregnant almost continuously for 17 years.
Really. Between 2 pregnancies and nursing for a few years I was sleep deprived for about 5 years and nearly lost my mind. 17 years of sleep dep, yikes.
beth b - Aug 03, 2007 1:37:42 pm PDT #9948 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
It is the contrast that makes it hard to swallow. I grew up in house with all girl children. So it never occurred to me that a girl wouldn't learn about mowing the lawn, or a boy wouldn't learn to cook. Or that there were any limits on what I could do