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I've been blogging all through my days without knowing that it was blogging; although, this isn't necessarily the only thing I do without knowing what I'm doing.

Since I write on anything that's available around me, my life has been full of pieces of scribbled paper flying about like confetti. I'm so happy to finally have a permanent place to chew the fat.

So far my chewing the fat is on and off.

Maybe, I lack teeth.

Feel free to comment, if you wish.

Thank you very much, Cindy, for this honor and the beautiful graphic.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

24 Days 23 Hours ago, in response to "Snippets"

Elisa, Stik 15K

said:

I could get into the issues of feminism clashing with advertising (an increasingly female dominated industry) and its effects on entertainment media output, but I think I'll spare that ramble for my journal. It would definitely exceed 3,000 characters and entail some footnotes.

26 Days 21 Hours ago, in response to "Snippets"

Joy

said:

Thanks Elisa.

Actually, I like Dr. Oz's programs because he deals with health issues, and I learned quite a bit from watching him, but like everything else, I pick what I can use and don't touch the rest.

This time, however, the program went a bit too far. I thought, not what he said, but what the book he featured on his show had to be demeaning to women in general, even though most of his audience said they liked the book.

We usually watch him on the DVR at night. When I watched this particular show, it hit a sore spot, immediately.

Other than that, I think he's helping the health issues of the nation, especially the obesity problem. .

27 Days 9 Hours ago, in response to "Snippets"

Elisa, Stik 15K

said:

That 50 Shades of Grey incident is why I stay away from daytime television (not to mention the "phenomenon" known as Twilight). I'll stick with articles pertaining to the social, formal and natural sciences lest to avoid a potential repeat of Dr. Phil.

71 Days 3 Hours ago, in response to "Scary stuff, those genres..."

alfred booth, wanbli ska

said:

It's all about getting outside one's comfort zone. But I am also a firm believer that it's almost impossible to do alone without some sort of outside help. I don't think most of us can just wish a convincing serial killer to life and be able to describe the crimes convincingly.

But it's a good decision to try and find the border between your comfort zone and the scary stuff. I've never been brave (or curious) enough to try to challenge mine.

83 Days 6 Hours ago, in response to "Watching Live Webcams "

1296462 Rising Stars' Best

said:

One more addiction I don't need, but thanks for the tip. Putin is like an aging rock star who doesn't know his voice is shot and your songs hopelessly out of date. Should've stopped while history was somewhat kind instead of proving you're an irrelevant has-been.

88 Days 3 Hours ago, in response to "Titles "

Joy

said:

Thanks Katya and Kim.

Do steal, Kim. I steal them myself from all around, and chances are I'll never use them. Anyhow, My titles collection has filled several pages by now and more keep coming.

88 Days 6 Hours ago, in response to "Titles "

1296462 Rising Stars' Best

said:

I like them, and promise not to steal The Closing Bell. That's awesome!

88 Days 21 Hours ago, in response to "Titles "

Katya the Poet

said:

These are great!

94 Days 1 Hour ago, in response to "Grammarly.com or “To be or not to be”"

Jace--New prompt at 1380461

said:

". . . nothing can replace learning plus good judgment." Amen to that, Miss Joy. I've always thought the more heads that look at my woek, the better. And it sounds like the heads here on WDC are a tad better.

Thanks for the review.

107 Days 10 Hours ago, in response to "“Who in your life told you, you were worthless?”"

Joy

said:

(((Alfred)))
It is a curse. It needs a lot of anti-hex power to undo it.
Surely, "knowing who" doesn't help in itself, but it is the first step.
In your words, "no longer trying to attain their approval" must be achieved whether they are dead or alive.
But I am looking at it this way. You were very young, very vulnerable, and very impressionable. It left huge scars that still bleed. Yet, you still disproved them. You made something of yourself, and IMHO, something great and very valuable. You must hang on to your successes, not your failures and not other people's opinions/words.
After all, parents, when they talk to you about their children's sensibilities, can be wrong, too. I know I have been wrong in assessing some of my children's negatives and positives, and believe me, I tried my hardest raising my two kids. What is inside a human being is impossible to detect.

1. October 31--Oh, oh!	ID #674020
Posted: 10-31-2009 @ 1:33 pm EDT

I woke up this morning and thought it was November 1. Talk about being overzealous... I guess I'm raring to go for NaNo. I rhymed that, didn't I? Oh oh! When I start using rhymes, it is not a good omen.

I'm all set for Halloween and my avatar, the witch, is hung on the front door. All candy is in bags on an armchair near the front door. All I need to do is take a small pair of scissors for opening the boxes.

After I put my computer to sleep, hoping it is not an eternal sleep, I'll go to the library for some last minute research and to return and borrow new material, then to the farmstand, and I'll wait for the little ones in costumes. When my kids were home, we made a big deal out of Halloween with a party and a lot more decorations. Now that they've flown the coop, we have minimized the festivities. Still, I look forward to the trick and treating by the little ones, some or most I won't know to which family they belong.

Yay for all kids! They make us oldies feel alive.

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