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Are you gonna be bitter about that forever? I told you it was a joke. You never even had to trial. :king: Snow Dog

Wow, a mention and praise all in the same blog. You had best be careful, my head might swell (SHUT UP Mark, I didn't mean it that way). :king: Snow Dog

Our Wise Prof. Arbour said in my blog recently. Love = tolerance and forgiveness I was lucky not to have had violence and anger connected. I don't get violent when angry, and I have never hit in anger (well I did spank my son once, and I mean once, one slap on the rear, and the little prick deserved it) :king: Snow Dog

I have a totally different take on the whole thing (imagine that). Rather than going the whole squirt gun route, I would have simply and quietly informed them that the whole dog crap in the bag thing was old and lame and that surely they could come up with something better. Perhaps even given a suggestion or two. Of course I grew up in a neighbor hood where the adults (my parents and their friends) did most of the TPing. :king: Snow Dog

Happy birthday Robert Hope you have a good one (or two, or three depending on how spry Dan is feeling) :king: Snow Dog

June 7th is my birthday and it warms my heart to think that it is also your anniversary , shit, I think ben's squishyness has rubbed off. :king: Snow Dog <{POST_SNAPBACK}> lol...who's Ben???? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> BoyNeedsTherapy

June 7th is my birthday and it warms my heart to think that it is also your anniversary , shit, I think ben's squishyness has rubbed off. :king: Snow Dog

It is only very recently that I started making full eye contact with people in public. The flip side is that I will watch people and not avert my eyes when they see me looking (and I don't just mean the cute guys). :king: Snow Dog

for the big pussy :king: Snow Dog

Because we all love and respect you and would be you if we could Snowey

I got a chill down my spine just thinking about it. Cotton balls are EVIL incarnate (just remember that Mark ) :king: Snow Dog

Tob my man, no one (including Vic) is allowed to question your gayness until they have met you face-to-face (or face-to-something else) .

"Circle of Life" (Elton John and Tim Rice) :king: Snow Dog

Actually, Beast, that it Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2), but I'm just picking nits, and you probably already have more than enough nits to worry about right now. :king: Snow Dog Edit, I didn't say it was right, I was merely correcting Beast because I was thrilled to actually find him in error.

Happy Birthday Red <insert uniquely witty and sarcastic commenet herer> Hope you have a great day and a great weekend. Snowey

lol...I was thinking about chopping his head off in the last chapter..lol...sometimes I wouldn't mind doing it in real life...ha ha...j/k now you know how the Bush Administration feels about little twerps making terrorist threats (even if they are just kidding).

Nickolas, You haven't stuck your foot, nose or head in anything regarding the soapbox. You experssed an opinion, and did so in a respectful manner (as far as I can tell, but I probably not the best judge of these things ). I can honestly say I have not read you story , but it is only a matter of time. Maybe you could chop someone's head off in the last chapter as a cliff hanger to make your bf happy. :king: Snow Dog

Somebody thinks he is gonna get some on the first day out of the hospital :king: Snow Dog

The majority of my behavioral control technique is the whole 'top dog' philosophy, which requires wrestling then onto their back and holding them in a submissive position until they relax. I have been known from time to time to also bite them in the neck if i am particularly angry with their behavior(I don't break skin, just wait for the yelp). If only the same would work for kids. :king: Snow Dog Oh. on topic... I hate it when stupid senators want to bring pork to their state at the expense of my dream job.

While water spray in the face is a quite effective method of behavior modification, particularly for barking, when that fails, the next best step is either the throw chain or (my favorite) the rattle can. Basically, a rattle can is a thing that rattles and makes a lot of noise (which dogs generally don't like). The cheapest way to do it is to wash out an empty aluminum can and fill it half full with pennies (old pure copper ones if possible), then duct tape the thing closed. You can shake or throw the thing as a deterent for either the dog or the husband. It is best used when it appears to come from 'God' so that the dog has no idea that you are the source of the correction. It is best to throw the can so as not to actually hit the dog, but in front of or behind. The throw chain is similar in that it is desigend to make a lot of noise with minimal damage. Take about 1ft of that chain that is used to hang lamps, it is light and makes a lot of noise. With a large dog you can fling it at them and not cause damage. Also of the dog changes from simply barking (protective) at outside sources to growling at them (aggressive), seek professional training immediately. :king: Snow Dog

He is older, wiser, more f -ed up, and just too damned cool not to be allowed to have fun as he sees it.

As a general comment, I don't like rap. I was fortunate enough to have grown up without the automatic connection between anger and violence. It took being married with someone who had a very strong anger/violence connection and who went through a lot of counseling over it for me to understand (and experience) that connection. I find that rap in general embraces that connection, thus it does not connect with my heart because of the messenger. That said, I think you will find as you grow older that all (non-psychotic) human beings tend to have the same wants/needs, but that sepcific socialization allows for only specific types of expression. A piece of 2pac's inner self may have come out via his music, much like any good authors puts a piece of their emotional self into the story. In reality this just makes him a good artist. That he was human, that he had feelings, that he had pain is a given; he was human. Whether or not he was a good person, can only be decided based upon his behavior and choices :king: Snow Dog "All this machinery Making modern music Can still be open-hearted Not so coldly charted It

Alright Viv, at 10 (and she is 10 for all practical purposes), consequences should be firm, but not necessarily logical consequences. She is old enough that she is performing an internal risk benefit analysis. The biggest key to any type of punishement (as the kids get older) is to make them as painless on you (the parent) as possible, while providing a huge incentive to behave in a positive manner. Thus, your classic grounding is, in my opinion, one of the worst types of punishment available to parents. In order to be effective, the partent is equally trapped with an obnoxious, moody, and testing child. For things left in common areas where the standard is that it be removed when no linger used, we NEVER allowed a delayed punishment, we would call to whereever they were and interrupt whatever they were doing and require that it be corrected immediately. If you have to appear in public to get them (like they are at a park), fuzzy slippers and anything pink is preferable (particularly if your husband is going). Nothing beyond forcing them to come home to spend 2 minutes putting something away then going back to play is required. In terms of coming home early, that is not really strong enough, having to come home in the middle then left with deciding if it is worth going back has a much stronger mental impact. Either way you have the same involvement (having to call her home early, or having to call her home NOW), so your focus should be on the impact the 'punishment' has on the regular behavior patterns, and how much thought about the situation is required. The ultimate goal is to have the kid THINK about the behavior WITHOUT you making any comment. Any cost/benefit analysis you do for your kids is totally lost. There are certain 'life lessons' that you cannot teach, and if you try, you will be blamed for them (thus losing the point of the lesson). As to the gross issue of the proper interment of a julienned human being, I would have voted for creamation (and probably also made the comment, of course, I might have made a sushi reference also). :king: Snow (sick puppy) Dog

Nicky, I can guarantee you with 100% accuracy that the 'other' activity will not make you go blind (although the soreness and chaffing may make you wish you were_ :king: Snow Dog lol...well, if you're carefull, there no soreness or chafing I was never a big fan of any kind of non-natural lubricant. Also sometimes 'careful' and 'urgent' conflict with each other. lol...Sometimes it's better to be patient Ok...I have to stop now, discussing this type of thing with a 14 y/o definitely crosses the perv line for somebody as old as me. :king: Snow Dog