Loyalty. Because I give my loyalty. And I've seem to many people use honesty as a weapon to deliberately hurt and manipulate people.

When I decide that someone is a friend or that some thing is important and I give my loyalty to that person or group, I have to hope I have that same loyalty in return.

The down side is that sometimes it take me longer to see that the situation or friendship has changed over time and that perhaps it is no longer a good place for me or a good fit.

When you are looking at the picture in whatever viewer you have on your computer, there is usually an icon at the bottom or top that allows you to rotate them.

For a wild animal let a person take it home like that, sounds like it might be sick. Hope it turns out okay when the proper authorities come pick it up.

My dad says he wished he knew about wildlife vets when he was in school, because he told his career counselor that he liked animals and the outdoors, and he was guided into the forestry program.

It was not required in my school district. On the other hand, we had a Senior English class that was exclusively Science Fiction. That was fun.

Still, I read 1984. It was very short, interesting, exciting sections separated by long, tedious, boring sections.


I would rather read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

I shall probably throw in the movie from which your current avatar is derived.

It would be perfect right now, but I don't own it.

Sometimes, silly and cheesy is exactly what one wants. It fills a niche perfectly.

Wow. No one even looked. As it is, I'm in the process of making the soup. Onions, garlic, chicken bullion, celery seed, thai peppers for some heat, water, spinach. I'ld add cream but I don't have any. I may add a bit of milk instead. I read a handful of recipes and now am making it up as I go.

People put stuff up in bitterness. Take it with a grain of salt.

On the other hand, if a good friend hates a guy you are seeing, it pays to figure out why.

It's the cuddly vs sexy issue. Or so I think. Then I was skinnier, I had an hour glass figure. I'm also short. Somehow, that came off as cuddly to most of the guys while my flat chested, athletically build sister managed to come off as sexy. Everyone wanted to be friends with me and date my sister. Until they realized she was only in 8th grade and that totally freaked them out until she hit the high school the following year.

But as the years went by, the pattern stayed pretty much the same. Unless you are tall and willowy as well, curvy girls run the risk of being cuddly and therefore friend material.

I figured out Muligatawny. It isn't perfected yet. Texture isn't quite right yet.

But I'm thinking about trying my hand at figuring out spinach soup next.

I have about a bowl of spinach left that is looking a little on the edge of sad for salad, would would be perfect for a blended soup.

I've met a couple people through here. The people I would most like to meet are just too far away. But one thing other sites lack that I just love here is the forum feature. In the time I've been on here, there have been a number of people that have had great success. If you want instant gratification, then you may want to avoid online sites at all. 7 days and 61 posts is hardly any time at all.

I mostly read mysteries and fantasies. I'll grab a romance when I want something light that does not require brain power. I love historical mysteries if the writer does the research and really knows her time period. As for Laurell Hamilton, I got really annoyed and sick and tired of her books.

the harder they fall.

Or, so it seems, the more stringently "Pro-Family" the lawmaker or politico, the more likely he or she is to fall from grace due to an affair.

Or, in this case, bragging about two extramarital affairs going on at the same time during a break while still sitting at the table where there are desk microphones at each seat.....

American seem to equate marital perfection with political ability. If you can take care of things at home, you can take care of the community.

You might make the argument that a man who is keeping life going at home while conducting two affairs shows a great deal of skill at multitasking and attention to details. And I'm guessing that there are some men in the world who would think that being able to conduct two relationships and a marriage IS taking care of things at home.

Although I do disapprove of affairs, I just fail to see the connection to political ability.

It was titled Wicked. Not the one that came before the play. Although I do have that as well. This is just brain candy. Which is what I call romances. Fast and easy to read when the mood strikes. Its a classic beauty and the beast story. Where the beast's affliction is supposed to be insanity. Of course, it is a mystery as well, since the 'beast' persona was in part a cover as the hero's parents were murdered. He is trying to draw out the murderer at the same time as convince the murderer that he does not have whatever it was that his parents were murdered for.

While trying to go through my books, I discovered a book I don't recall reading. It was also bookmarked at pg 41.

I can't believe I have a book that on the shelf that I not only don't remember, but may not have read.

They never go onto a shelf until AFTER I read them.

I guess I could see the concern. If the child went after a poisonous bug and didn't know it, the child could get sick. Or went after a bug that they didn't know the child had an allergy to and then had a life threatening reaction.

A single Tylonal PM and then hanging out on Mingle until it kicks in.

I think I'm going to make hamburger steaks for lunch. I've been craving a hamburger for a while now.

I think there is a different answer for that for each individual man. And woman for that matter. Oh, there are generalities that we can describe. But it all comes down to the little details that are not so easy to put into words.