But there's being proud of your group and there's thinking that your group is so awesome that all others suck. And verbalizing that. Loudly. Unrelentingly.

This. I mean, fine, you think your school or church or BDSM dungeon is Da Whip Sheeit and Constructed Entirely of Awesome, but, dude...

1) Shut the fuck up about it.
2) Do not presume to tell anyone your social whatever is so Divine In Nature that MY group must, by dint of Not Being Your Group, suck.
3) Shut the fuck up about it.

But there's being proud of your group and there's thinking that your group is so awesome that all others suck. And verbalizing that. Loudly. Unrelentingly.

Fear of this keeps me far, far away from joining. Me? Not a joiner...except of course, here...and my March community...and my neighborhood group...and, okay...I' guess I'm a serial monogamist when it comes to groups.

I don't, however, have any be true to your school. Not really sure why.

eta:

1) Shut the fuck up about it.

2) Do not presume to tell anyone your social whatever is so Divine In Nature that MY group must, by dint of Not Being Your Group, suck.

3) Shut the fuck up about it.

Manifesto! We have a manifesto!!

looks at glass on desk

I HAVE BEER!!!

I went to a college where the cheer was "Beat 'em up, tear 'em up, kill Quakers, kill!" (actually my college's brother school, but you get the idea ... OUR cheer was in Greek).

I HAVE BEER!!!

No fair! I don't!

bonny, how'd your sessions go today?

kitty~ma

I had an unpleasant encounter in front of the gorcery this morning. A lady asked if I wanted to sign her petition. When I found out it was to define marriage as between a man and a woman I declined. She proceeded to try to sway me. I told her I believe in the freedom to marry regardless of orientation.

She said, "but they're in our schools teaching our children!"

"yes! and I'm one of them! Leave me alone!" I finally shouted before storming off. Sheesh

(this is the Albertson's in Lakewood at the corner of Clark and Del Amo if anyone's in the neighborhood and wants to go tell her to piss off)

I went to a college where the cheer was "Beat 'em up, tear 'em up, kill Quakers, kill!" (actually my college's brother school, but you get the idea ...

Earlham College? I went to a football game and they were the "hustling Quakers" on account of the whole non-violence thing.

MM--Yeah, I see what you mean, but on the other hand, some of the funniest conversations I have ever heard have been of the good-natured posturing variety. "All PCs suck and here's why you are an idiot for using one" or "Dude, how can you clain Rob Zombie is not a great songwriter?" or the endless teasing that goes on between me and my counterpart in our Minneapolis office. I have been known to answer a call from him by announcing the temperature, "72 and sunny. Oh, Hi, Shawn." but then he is quick to chime in when we have a wildfire or earthquake.

I went to a college where the cheer was "Beat 'em up, tear 'em up, kill Quakers, kill!" (actually my college's brother school, but you get the idea ... OUR cheer was in Greek).

Bryn Mawr?

I'm searching online furniture stores for a headboard. I just want a piece of some sort of material to attach to the head of my bed so my pillows will stop falling on the floor, since the corner of my apartment has a weird alcove thing that makes it impossible to get my bed right against the wall. The cheapest I can find is $170 for one that's got a bunch of shelves that I'm not sure will fit in the space I've got. Anybody got any suggestions?

t edit: Aha! Target!

Long before I left California, I stopped shopping at Albertson's becaus Patricia Heaton is their spokesperson and she is also a spokesperson for a pro-life group.