MikeL

Happy Birthday, Aditus!

Very well done...a clear, simple message.

I don't pay much attention to advertising. In any event, I'd rather shop at Wal-Mart than K-mart. Have you seen the people that shop at K-mart?

It's easy to understand why ten and twevle year olds would pick on an eight year old. For them, an eight year old is easy pickings. I think you know the truth, Joann. They were taught to be ugly to other people. Or, at least, one of them was and idea has spread to others in the bully group.

I have a question. If all gays refused to have sex with anyone who claimed to be bisexual, would it force bisexuals to make a choice?

After you ship your pants at Kmart you can enjoy other big gas savings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1yir-p68xM

Have fun, John.

Expensive crackers. Canada must be trying to outstupid the US.

It's hard to understand the controversy as long as they don't expose their clappers.

Happy Birthday, Mikie!

You left out an important early step. Buy the turkey early enough for it to thaw out thoroughly in the refrigerator before Thanksgiving day.

I think a boycott/protest might do some good. You could suggest that the school give early retirement at full pay just to get rid of him. The problem with that is that it might give the wrong incentive to all the other professors. GPA's not the most important thing in life, but it's not unimportant.

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Margaret Mead described "culture" as "an abstraction of the body of learned behavior which a group of people who share the same tradition transmit entire to their children, and, in part, to adult immigrants who become members of the society." See Wikiversity article. This emphasis on culture being a learned behavior works well for those who believe that homosexuality is a choice or that gays who become parents are training their children to be gay or that all gays are pedophiles. The term "gay culture" often serves as a pejorative when used by members of the homophobic culture. James Savick has described the homophobic culture quite succinctly in his comments. I remember the hippie culture being disparaged in the 1950s and 1960s as long-haired, unwashed nonconformists. The homophobe sees gays as something worse than nonconformist. Being considered a culture is a compliment for gays compared with other terms homphobes frequently use. I agree with earlier comments about the multiple cultures to which we all belong and the term "gay culture" being a totally incomplete description of who we are. But then I wonder about my own cultural assignment. I am a straight, southern, Christian father and grandfather who has many gay friends and who speaks up in forums such as this. Am I a member of the gay culture? If I am, how does that affect the definition of "gay culture"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DVZaFXxPcq4

Today is November 12, 2013. That's 11/12/13 (American notation). That will happen again in 13 months and one day...12/13/14. After that it will not happen again for nearly a century. That will be 01/02/03...January 2, 2103. Enjoy it now.

Or, watch some old Rumpole of the Bailey films.

One of our sons has an antenna in his attic on which he picks up 30+ local area stations including HDTV channels. They also subscribe to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. They are more than satisfied with the choices they have and probably save over $100 per month.

The Globe Theatre is an amazing place and a Shakespeare play performed there is a real treat. We have been there several times when in London. I heartily recommend it to everyone.

Getting rid of cable is becoming a popular move. Hulu Plus and other services allow you to watch network TV programs over the internet and through a smart TV. I enjoyed following the Boston Red Sox this past season through MLB.TV on both my home TVs and my tablet. Amazon has a neat little book you may want to read:

OLL RAIGTH! American English sometimes sounds like Gene's video to me. Is this the point where I should remind everyone that English is a Germanic language?

According to an article in today's New York Times, Major League Baseball and Alex Rodriguez are playing hardball and have called in the heavy hitters (attorneys and investigators) in the current arbitration over the punishment Rodriguez may receive for using banned substances. Ambushing and threatening witnesses, offering bribes, buying stolen medical files - even sexual relations - are part of the game. It stinks. Baseball will be better off when both Alex Rodriguez and Bud Selig are no longer part of the game.

Schmetterling? I wonder how "The buttterfly fluttered by" would sound.

I'm with you, Mickey. If you value your privacy at all, stay away from the social networks. Communicate the important things to your real friends. Let the rest of the world guess.