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I'm not offended by anything in your post, but I definitely disagree on the banning smoking part. Places of business have private owners who should be the one and only authority on whether or not people smoke in their buildings. If there's a place that allows smoking and I don't like it, I can go elsewhere. As long as it's privately owned, the government has no business deciding who can and can't smoke there.

(waves at Kevin)

I don't know much about smoking tobacco pipes so I can't say much, but cigarrettes are a different subject. Cigarrette makers add so much crap to the tobacco that goes in their product, like formaldahyde and other chemicals that can't be good for people, then at the end of the thing is a filter that probably sends little fibers of cotton or whatever they're made of into people's lungs. Personally I voted that I don't like to be in the same room with cigarrette smoke because it makes me sneeze, but I'd be lying if I said that I didn't think it was dumb to smoke, especially since we all know what it's going to lead to.

I think groups like this are good for every society because they work to keep religion and government seperate. It's just too bad that more Christians, like me , don't want the church to stay out of the government. It's totally disgusting to try and legislate morality and religious beliefs because when that happens, we take a huge step away from being the great Republic that we are and towards being a Theocracy.

Wow, what a last couple of weeks. (stops and catches breath) I guess I just wasn't as ready for school as I thought I was, and it was pretty hard to get caught up. Last Sunday I was still pouring over my hw at 11 in the morning. This Sunday I'm happy to report that I finished my hw yesterday at about 5:30 in the afternoon. That's the good news. Unfortunately, I have some really bad news too (in my opinion, at least). Taylor's talking about dropping out of school. I'm doing everything I can to try to talk him out of it, but he's not listening. He stayed home sick everyday last week so he could wake and bake and screw around. Now he says that he doesn't think he wants to go back because it's too hard. I just wish his mom and dad would put a boot in his ass and MAKE him go to school. I don't care how big he is. He drives a friggen Q45 and gets everything he wants. They can sell his car or something. I know he'd be pissed if he read this, but I don't care. He says stuff all the time about wanting to be a cook. If he drops out of school, he'll can be a cook alright: at McDonalds. So anyway, I've been telling all of our friends to be on his case and my dad and stepmom are going to get on his case too, but they said NOT to try to talk to his mom and dad because they know what's best for him. It just tears me up because he's my best friend and I don't want him to do something stupid that's gonna ruin his life. That's the drama Ok, so now I have some story updating to do. I'm still not sure about the anthology. I have plans to write a story, but I don't want to neglect the stuff I'm already working on, so I won't promise a story. What I will say, though, is that I definitely have an idea for a story, and if it doesn't go in the anthology, it'll still go up on my site. Also, in case you didn't see it in the sneak peak section of the forum, I'm working on a new chapter story called If By Chance. I sent chapter one off to Talonrider already, but I don't have beta readers for this one. Journey Back To The Yellow House is on hold indefinitely until I can make a better plan for how I want that story to turn out. In the meanwhile, I posted chapter 5 of What's The Difference Between Me and You, Book II. So yeah, not much going on right now but it's gonna pick up again. I just need to let things calm down around me for a couple more weeks.

You might be thinking of Axl, Jett or James Mc Manus

For me the answer is easy.... JUDE I mean, Aiden strikes me as manipulative and his hair turns me off. I can see him taking a hand to Owen if they get back together, and definitely to Reilly, who's frail to begin with. As for Luke, well, his past speaks for itself. He made my blood boil right off the bat when he made Rory cry, and then when I found out about the cars he stole and the money he took it just sealed the deal for me. Jude, on the other hand, is going to night school and working for Murphey. His parents pretty much hung him out to dry, and he's doing something for himself. Even if he doesn't ever make a lot of money, he has the purest heart out of the three choices, and the most likely scenario is that Quinn will make a lot of money anyway, and the money Jude makes won't matter.

Happy Birthday Old Goat

I don't know if Rory's mom was 'semi-evil.' She probably had a lot on her mind and wasn't thinking clearly when she arranged for him to go live with Eddie, which turned out to be a pretty good thing, actually. Now Quinns mom is a different story altogether. That heffer had major issues, and was as ignorant as they come. She said it was a choice to be gay, and at that moment, I knew poor Quin was going to have issues with coming out to her (after he finished coming out to himself).

Best mom = Nelson's mom Best dad = Mars Fisher Worst mom = Mary Martin (tramp..she suffered the consequenses) Worst dad= Bill ( he suffered the consequenses too)

I don't think I'd call Aaron's dad bad. I mean, he was pretty much a non-factor in most of the story until the accident, then he seemed like a good dad to me who suffered a tragedy and lashed out at Eddie and Jase (which is understandable since Eddie was in the other car, even if it wasn't his fault. He was grieving). Also, I don't think Aaron had a bad mom either. She didn't like Luke, but that was because him and Aaron were caught creaking into a house and then, he was arrested for stealing that car. Could you possibly blame her? Also, Milo's dad comes off as an arrogant prick in my opinion. One more thing... While Frank's dad is a jerk for abandoning his family, it takes two to destroy a marriage, and I think he at least half way redeemed himself at the end of the story, so he could be in either category. And I think Glomph is definitely right about adding Owens parents and Jude's mom to the villian list. I think Grandma Alice could go there, but seeing how everyone wants to see Luke happy, let's not villify his woman.

UGH!!! All of these choices and I only get to pick one out of each category? Well, the first three were easy. I picked Nelson for my choice of protagonist, Milo for my BF, for supporting character I picked Caleb, maily because if I'd have gone with my other choice, i would have to walk around being known as ASSFACE, and I don't think that's a good fit for me (I hope not). My galpal pick was Bree and my villian choice was Jame, because if I have to be called assface, I might as well be a good looking assface who may or may not have messed around with Milo Trust. BTW, you left a few people out of categories I think they belonged in.... BF: Harrison Polk Gal Pal: Grandma Alice Villian: Luke

SOL's are the lovely tests we get to take here in VA and have to pass or we cant move on. SOL stands for Standard of Learning. I already know that if I have any trouble this year my dad's gonna freak out, since that's what he pretty much does all the time.

If it doesn't and my dad finds out I'm sure I can kiss my car and my job goodbye

Well today was my first day back to school and all I can say is holy crap man. The first thing I found out is that I'm not as good at math as I thought I was. I mean, we did some review problems on the board and we were just randomly calling out the variables to some really easy expressions as the teacher wrote them out, and after about the sixth one, I stopped calling out my answers because they were all wrong Maybe I just need to get back into the motions of school, but I felt so out of it today. I've got a really bad feeling about this year and my grades (not to mention SOL's)

I voted for the choice to accept who you are because once you do that, everything else should fall in line. To me, part of who I am is what I believe, religious and otherwise. If being in a certain place doesn't suit who I am, I'll find a place that suits me. That also goes for who my partner is. Why would I want to be with someone who isn't in love with who I am? idk, just some random thoughts on why I voted the way I did.

You Are Gay In your opinion, there's nothing sexier than your own sex. There's definitely nothing straight about you! What's Your Sexual Orientation? http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyoursexualorientationquiz/

I believe that this was the original recipe thread someone started for CJ back in the day. The Domoholic's Cooking Corner

Ok, so I know it's 7 in the morning on Sundat, and I have no idea what the hell possesed me to wake up, but I am, so let's do this. I read the entire thread that Jack Scribe started about the article written about Senator Craig, and it makes for good reading. But I think the writer missed one important point: No one outed Senator Craig. That's right. He wasn't outed, he was arrested for soliciting sex in a public restroom. I won't even get into my thoughts on whether the police should have been there, legislating morality, because that's a different blog entry altogether. But the fact remains that he wasn't outed by anyone. He (is) (was) an elected official. A member of the Senate of The United States Of America. He was in a public toilet, trying to get laid. I don't care whether or not he's gay or bi or curious. He made his own bed, and now he needs to sleep in it. He railed against gays, lesbians, bi-sexuals and transgendered people in the worst way while living a double life. But he doesn't owe me an apology, as far as I'm concerned. He might owe you an apology, based on how you feel about his actions as a Senator. I hope he apologizes to his family. Not for being gay, or whatever he is. He should man up and tell them the truth because they deserve to know. They've loved him and stood by him and were proud of him for everything he was, even if we don't understand where all of that comes from. He definitely decieved them, and has a lot of explaining to do. Beyond that, I have nothing relevant to add to the discussion in the lounge, so I'll just post my thoughts here and stay out of the way.

Man, CJ, they're calling you out!!! lol. I might have to join this club and send in recipes. What better way for them to conquer the past then to consume it(literally) before it consumes them??