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Joy in the Morning in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

This video was made in the Antwerp, Belgium Central (Train) Station on 23 rd March, 2009, with no warning to the passengers passing through the station. At 8:00am a recordin

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Balancing Act in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

There is a Hindu system of planning called vastu. It originated thousands of years ago and started as the way places were laid out--first the center, geographically and functionally, was determined based on its principles and then the layout of the town, each building on its land, and each building in itself followed. In some ways it is similar to the Chinese sytem of feng shui. The placement of things in vastu is based on nature and the 5 elements (air, fire, water, earth

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Reply to It's All Over Now, Baby Blue in Misc Stardock Forums

My favorite car ever was my Sunfire sport coupe. And JLO is still driving the GrandAm we bought her as a university graduation present. Neither were 'muscle cars' but both are/were dearly loved. (In fact I would have bought another Sunfire when we came back from India but they weren't making them anymore.) I agree--sad news.

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End of Days in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I am taking a break from crawling around on my hands and knees (no easy feat at my age!), washing floors by hand and toothbrush. I don't think we've ever lived in a house that was so good a making dust bunnies and I find that unless I periodically get down there and scrub corners and edges and baseboards, it ends up not looking clean. And as much as I hate housework, I hate even more the idea of doing all the work just to push dirt around. So hands and knees and toothbrush i

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Reply to PC or Mac? in Life Journals Stardock Forums

Thanks for the input??? I guess I'm used to PCs--that's all I've had--but everyone who has a Mac really loves it. I am definitely computer literate enough to go either way, and I have to say that at this point I'm leaning towards Apple, but not for any arguable or rational reason...

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PC or Mac? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

As I mentioned yesterday, we're thinking about a new laptop for me. My current one has a 12in screen and while I don't want something much larger, a little bit bigger might be nice. We had just automatically assumed that we'd get another PC, but after doing a bit of research, I'm really hesitant to get invovled with Vista. So now we're thinking of a Mac, but the price is a bit startling--for about a thousand bucks I'd end up with a laptop that's a whopping one inch bigger!&n

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The Simple Things in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Today the perfect grandson is 7 weeks old. He was 6lb, 6oz at birth; 6,4 at 2 weeks; 6,14 at 3 weeks; and today he is...wait for it...11lb, 5 oz. JLO has taken to calling him her Chunky Monkey and reports that he has grown into all of his wrinkles. Good thing I am working out so regularly--otherwise I'd never be able to lift that baby up when I see him!!! They had some family photos taken last weekend and I am anxious to see them. KT has been offered an im

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Reply to Three Is A Charm? in Home & Family Stardock Forums

Congratulations from the brand new (okay--6 weeks now) gramma! I have a closet full of girl things, just waiting for a girl grandbaby. Of course Jace may be the one and only, in which case we have a huge garage sale in our future! Names: Kalyani (it sounds like poetry to me); I also like things like Zoey, Emma--kind of old-fashioned stuff...as opposed to the rather strange things my kids were throwing around before the baby arrived!

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Rainy Days in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

It has rained for 2 days now, managing to drown the majority of the day but clear up for lovely (but humid)evenings. However, being cooped up has led to my feeling stir crazy. I have played endless computer games, read, watched tv, cooked, done some laundry--still feel kind of like my skin doesn't fit right. Yesterday we rearranged the bedroom furniture. Not only do I like this set up better, but it has allowed us to move a bunch of things into the room that make me

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Reply to Never Saw A Ghost Before in Blogging Stardock Forums

It was such a great story before harsh reality intruded! Sometimes it's more fun when the rational explanation isn't so apparent... Safe travels.

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30 Years Ago Today... in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Today JLO, my baby, turns 30. Where does the time go? I have tried to warn her, new mother that she is, that time will fly for her too and before she knows it, that tiny little baby will be turning 30. I don't think she completely believes me, but the fact that he is already outgrowing clothes is making it real for her! I have been having a difficult time recently, feeling very unconnected to this whole grandparent thing. I had hoped that there would be

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Reply to Language, thought, reality and identity in Everything Else Stardock Forums

Language is just a system of agreed upon symbols we use to try to convey our meaning to others. What I mean by any specific word may be close to how my listener interprets it, but it will probably never exactly convey my exact meaning. We may all know what 'red' looks like, but the particular shade I'm referring to may not be the one you call to mind when I use the word. And the word is not the thing it represents. There is no way to perceive 'reality' except through

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Reply to What do you think he meant by it? in Blogging Stardock Forums

Words are simply symbols we have agreed upon to represent things. As Silver and Jade Tears said, they, in themselves, are neutral. We assign value to them depending upon our past experiences, frame of reference, value system, etc. So, using her example, murder may be bad to me, but to a person who views life as nothing but dispair, it may be good. Of course there are certain 'trigger' words which are used to get a specific reaction. They are

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Reply to Telephone Tangles in Misc Stardock Forums

But better to be able to say it than not. I understand what you mean, but it would be awful for both of you to leave it unsaid. So take it as an 'I love you' rather than a goodbye... It always takes me aback to think that there's any possibility that my kids view me in their lives with the kind of annoyance/frustration/impatience/irritation/pick your word that the husband and I have felt at various times towards our parents. That just isn't possible, is it?!!! </

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Reply to It's Better Than Nothing in Blogging Stardock Forums

I have been reading/lurking since I joined JU. Will start to leave comments, even if it's just a hello, so that you know someone is out here on a regular basis! Safe travels.

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Thursday morning in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

This has been a messed up week. Just about everything that had been scheduled to happen got rescheduled, leaving me with cancelled plans and what should have been 'bonus' time, but instead proved to be frustrating. I like knowing what's going on and planning ahead; I'm not so good with utilizing unexpected free time wisely. So it's been a lot of wasted time, more unmet intentions and some stupidity along the way. When my trainer forgot to show up on Monday, I went through the machines

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Reply to Are you willing to admit your ignorance? in Blogging Stardock Forums

I admit it--I'm a word snob. I would never say I was scared if I were apprehensive, nervous if I were jittery, afraid if I were fearful, worried if I were fretting--you get the idea. Words have always been my passion and often when people talk, I see the words stream above their heads like in a cartoon! Hearing someone use the wrong word for me is like fingernails on a blackboard is for others--I have a jangling physical reaction. Do I use words incorrectly? Of c

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