Eh, I'm not too worried about the under-21 crowd.

To all our beloved Lepers, just wanted to let you know that we are leaving Mingle. It's been a good run but for various reasons, we're out. Most of you have our personal information but if you don't and want it, shoot me an e-mail, I'm going to keep my profile active for a little while.

Love you all

Yeah. What Lilith said

To quote one of my favorite movies "what you don't know about women is a lot"

cried publicly

Yeah, I know

It's easier to make new technology then it is to predict the individual metabolic responses of each individual and every person's metabolic responses will be different at different ages and different weights. It takes time and scientific study. It's difficult to make medicines that make the least amount of damage to the complicated human body.


I still can't quite figure out how we can compare the workings of the human body and electronics? It's like comparing apples to pigs.

Here's a cookie recipe that doesn't need the oven.

3/4 cups peanut butter
one bag of chocolate chips
5 cups of rice krispies

Put the peanut butter and chocolate chips in a microwavable bowl, heat for 30 seconds, stir, heat for another 30 seconds stir, keep going until everything is melted completely (usually takes about 2 minutes). Be careful to stir every 30 seconds or so so that the peanut butter doesn't burn (which smells DISGUSTING)!

Measure the rice krispies in a large bowl. Put foil or wax paper covering a cookie sheet.

When the chocolate and peanut butter are melted, pour about 2/3 of it into the cereal. Mix with a spatula until mixed up. Pour onto the cookie sheet and spread (you'll probably want to use your hands, it's messier but easier). It might or might not cover the whole cookie sheet, depending on how big your cookie sheet is. Just make sure that you can't see the cookie sheet through the cereal mixture.

When that's done, drizzle the rest of the chocolate mixture over the pressed cereal. You can spread it around like frosting if you like. Put in the freezer for about 15-20 minutes. Once it's frozen, use a butter knife to break into cookie size pieces. Keep them either in the fridge or the freezer, as they do melt easily.

This is my son's favorite recipe, enjoy!

Pretty much. He very obviously failed both history and english and therefore, it's my fault because, and I quote, I'm a liberal.

Oh, I'm not saying the divide isn't huge (needlessly, but that's another topic). I'm simply saying that the divide has existed to varying degrees since John Adams. It cycles, too. This is certainly not the biggest we've had (i.e., the Civil War years). It has been growing incrementally, IMO, since probably Kennedy. I don't think there's been a presidency since him (and since I wasn't alive then, I'm going by hearsay) where people of both parties were more united.

It's a pity that we as a people allow this to happen. I think that probably 10% are extremists at each end of the political spectrum. Then there's the 80% of us in the middle who are just trying to muddle our way through the best way we know how. But we cannot blame the politicians, really. We have to blame ourselves. We still keep voting the professional politicians in. We *****, moan and complain, yet we still do it. We allow them to manipulate us. I think it's high time we took the power back. But, I don't believe that will happen, short of another civil war.

Thanks Dragoness. I actually find the insults rather amusing. It proves a point that when someone doesn't have anything intelligent to say and cannot back up what they are saying, they resort to bullying, name-calling and in some cases (in the real world), physical violence. It stems from ignorance, fear, and insecurity. We should feel sorry for this person, to be so continually wrapped up in all that hate and negativity.

I've just been called simple-minded

hmmm, simple minded? Never been called THAT before, lots of other names but never that.

I think you are jumping to very broad conclusions, I never said I voted for him, nor did I ever say he was "my" man. You know what they say about people making assumptions, right?

You might want to consider English 101 along with that history class.

He created the divide? No, sorry, you need to go back to History 101. There's been a divide in political parties since our 2nd president. And why shouldn't Bush be blamed for the things he had direct control over and failed miserably at doing? Obama's certainly not perfect but it will take a considerable amount of time to regain the control that Bush (and others) are to blame for losing. I think you meant that Obama is responsible for what is going on now. He is taking and shouldering that responsibility. But blame? That would be like me blaming you for your friends' decision to join the military. Pointless and makes absolutely no sense.

Somewhere Actually, they're everywhere, it just takes time to get to know someone for who they really are before you really jump in.

We have some at work, I'll see if I can remember to bring one home.

Hiya ((Jenn)))

How you been?

I'll let you know when I hear from him. I did hear from his English teacher though. Preaching to the choir about his organizational skills (or lack thereof). Yada yada yada, like I can do anything about it. Been trying for years. But I do need to pick him up a 2" binder over the weekend. I bought him one but I don't know what he's using it for so might need another.