1. I don't know where the "deactivate" button is.

2. Mingle is free.

3. I can't think of any reason I should deactivate.

4. The people here actually put up with me.

5. "IntelligentDesigner" is already taken by some schmuck on all the other dating sites.

The Presidential Cabinet:

Secretary of the Treasury: Dire Straits
Attorney General: The Righteous Brothers
Secretary of Agriculture: The Black Eyed Peas
Food and Drug Administration: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Drug Enforcement Administration The Temptations
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Crowded House
Office of Management and Budget: Cheap Trick
Secretary of Transportation: Journey
Secretary of Energy: AC/DC
Secretary of Education: The Lettermen
Secretary of Defense: Guns n' Roses
Secretary of Labor: Men at Work

No. All you have to do is get whatever kind of internet service you want, then buy a wireless router and set up your laptop (I'm assuming that's what you want to run wireless on) to connect to the router wirelessly.

As for the OP's thread, be careful tapping into your neighbor's connection. For one thing they can see all computers tapped into their network, including yours. They'll more than likely be awfully pi$$ed if they notice their bandwidth to their own computer is reduced, look for what might be causing it, and find out it's you.

Another thing is that if you, your daughter, or any of your guests have any files or folders shareable over a network (any network), then your neighbor can access those files while tapped into the network. This may allow them to really F some S up on your computers and exact their revenge.

Somebody talking about a fail boat sinking?

If online dating and liking someone you've never met is pathetic, then I must be one of the biggest losers in the world. I've met someone on this site, still have yet to meet her in person, and absolutely adore her. I'm going crazy waiting for the chance to meet her in person.

In essence, if you talk to somebody enough, have great conversations, get along fine, and really enjoy the time you spend with that person; whether it be online, phone, or whatever besides actually getting the pleasure of meeting face to face, then there's nothing at all wrong with crushing somebody online.

Your friend seems to have some sort of stigma against it as a lot of people do, is not very open minded to the idea, or is hypocritical. But what I'd wonder about is why she is trying to meet people online then having some sort of aversion to having a crush on someone or someone having a crush on her. Did you meet her on a dating site? Or somehow else?

If you actually didn't meet her on a dating site, then it might not be too odd for her, in her own mind, to think that having a crush on her was weird. But hell, lots of people have crushes on people they're never going to meet, such as a celebrity crush, just because a guy looks alright and plays a guitar. Other than that, they know nothing about the person.

So who's the shallow one here? Someone who looks for looks combined with a single known talent? Or someone who cares nothing about looks and falls for a person based on good conversation? In my humble, ranting, opinion, she showed some true colors by calling you a freak and you're probably better off without her.

Sorry for the rant. The end.

I have almost a dozen scars with the same story - motorcycle crash.

If adjusting the thermostat is the worst thing your roommate does, consider yourself lucky. I would not hate my roommate for that reason alone. I've made roommates out of best friends, complete strangers, and even people I dislike. I hate them all the same by the end of the experience. No, not really. But my last roommate did turn himself into the one person on this planet I genuinely hate. I won't go into detail about all the **** he did throughout the time he was living with me, but when a roommate owes you well over $2000 and decides to rob you and leave the house while you're out shopping or in class and disappear before you get home, THAT makes for a bad roommate. But adjusting the thermostat is just a minor thing. I wish that was the worst thing my roommates ever did to me.

A tool for pulling carrots...hmmm...I'm on it. It's on my list right below the toilet seat foot pedal.

Like this, "Dude! You're trippin! Come back when you've come down."

i DEsign traylers.

niiice t' meet yuh darkoooowwwwwlll

to the future, where holodecks exist

now who exactly is the impressionable person in this thread?

I hate you....nah, not really.

That's kinda what I was figuring, not that you were diggin' on me for some crazy reason, but that is was no more than a general response to each line of, like you said, a generalized poem, not even really entirely about love. And good responses they were. You did not make me feel uncomfortable. I do like the response you provided, just do not wish for it to be misinterpreted. I'm glad we're on the same page here, hope I did not offend you or make myself look stupid, and wish the best for all of us.

Well thank you, Jess. I do appreciate the compliments and thought you put into your reply, but your posting like that could stand to get me into a lot of trouble. I don't really know you outside of your posts and we've never talked in private, so I don't really understand any basis of your reply or expression of love for me, especially considering that on your profile that you are "partnered". I'm pretty sure that you meant nothing serious by your reply, but it still could cause problems for me.

Again, I do appreciate the thought, but it states very clearly in my profile and in some other places that I am happily taken by another woman here that I love dearly. This poem, or any of the statements within, were not directed to, and had nothing to with anyone here or in my real life. And they were not meant to attract that kind of attention. I'm glad that they did envoke these thoughts and responses and I really do appreciate the compliments and replies from everyone. But please understand that I do not want the 'I love you' kind of attention from anyone other than the one who means the world to me.

Wow! This is most excellent!

Thank you all very kindly.