I agree that we need to vote. If we don't, we abandon ourselves and the process of making life better for our children. Maybe your individual vote won't 'count' per se, except in this: you will have a voice. So many people don't have a voice, not even a tiny fraction of a percentage point. It's ...

Now I have to rib you guys. 67 views and only four votes?! No wonder the country's in trouble. Were the options that bad? Practice for the big election and have a little fun! Let your voice be heard!

Kami

Can't help, but I thought I'd offer encouragement. I've moved away from schools before and it's tough. Keep up that practice, and good luck!

Kami

I got a great email from a friend of mine, Calvin Taylor, that I'd like to share excerpts from. Now here is an amazingly informed voter:

To their credit, despite opposition by the major parties, the commission
has a policy for inclusion of third party candidates. Here it is--

http://www.debates ...

This just burns me. From http://www.badnarik.org and http://www.e-thepeople.org
This information, according to the website counters, has only been viewed by a few thousand people. Spread the outrage, please. Grr.
The poll taken regarding this issue (non-scientific, yada yada yada) is interesting as ...

Oh please no ...

I am getting so tired of frivolous lawsuits. They do in fact dilute the impact and importance of *real* lawsuits, and they create resentment or even outright hatred between individuals for no good reason.

Boy, if an employee thought that the recounting of a Seinfeld episode ...

I had heard (so long ago that I don't remember the source) that you should take magnesium along with the calcium supplements to increase absorption. Is this true? Have I got the wrong mineral? Also I read in a prenatal book that chocolate decreases the body's ability to absorb calcium, so darnit, I ...

And he's probably still wondering:

1. Why his marriage was in trouble
2. Why (I'm guessing this part but I figure it's a safe bet) his chances of keeping his wife have plummeted to zero
3. Why he was arrested
4. Why everyone is making such a big fuss

What an idiot. What a waste of $200. I'd hate ...

Ack!

The whole family is going in for shots on opening day at the Kaiser clinic. I am now officially dreading the line.

Kami

What kind of climate are you trecking in?

When I did 100 mile hike in four days through the Pac NW, the things that kept me going were the things that I turn my nose up at except on rare occassions when I have a craving. Greasy, high salt, high fat stuff. Protein was good, very good, and the more ...

I wonder if the 'fast and furious' lifestyle has led to more injuries. It seems like weekend warriors are a part of that lifestyle, or maybe they define it. Do what you want to do right now and wake up to your limitations too late. Funny that they never get to play as hard as they want, even when it ...

I do agree with a lot of your points, cxt.

This is a difficult medium to transmit tone and I think most folks try to be reasonable. How they're read is highly dependent on the reader. I think Akil reads us with harsher tones because he expects rejection. Few people agree with him, and that makes ...

Good points!

I also have noticed a lot of lack of dedication. "What, you mean I have to exercise *every day*? That doesn't include weekends, right?" And when it doesn't work (because snuck Twinkies at midnight don't count and you can get a whole week's of exercise in one day, right?), they blame ...

!!!!

Congratulations! It's a tough road, but it's so worth the distance.

Kami

Okay cxt, I'll bite. :lol:

I don't see Akil's opinions and sources of knowledge being that different from yours, just very much the opposite of the spectrum. And maybe I don't know him as well as you (or as well as you think, since we're all subject to the limitations of this medium) but he doesn ...