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January 25th, 2009

mij said :

I didn’t have a choice where my daughter in law came from. My son made that decision.
Visiting a 3rd world country is a great privilege for us we learn so much from the local village people.
They have oats, but don’t like oat porridge, they make the most delicious savoury rice porridge. Remember that rice and fish is the stable diet.
By the way last time I looked I was very much a boy…

January 24th, 2009

mij said :

Regarding your answer:
Thanks big S. Yes to all your suggestions, the village we visit is pretty much 3rd world poor, but with the most happy friendly people who give their all to us visitors. It’s like wev’e never left.
Sorry to disappoint you but I’m not American, can only manage being Scottish. Think about a thich Scottish brogue in an Indonesian speaking village…
We always try to leave a nice impression…

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• February 15th, 2009

  Are you part of the village or one of its children?

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• February 8th, 2009

  Have you heard that some nine of the United States are declaring sovereignty?

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• February 6th, 2009

  What causes the moderators to take questions down?

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• February 6th, 2009

  Is there such a thing as achievement tests anymore?

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• February 6th, 2009

  What is playing in National Trivia Night like?

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Answers

• 1 month ago

  What can you do for a dog who's gone blind?

  Thank you all. A new kitten attached itself to us just after I posed that question, and then it attached itself to the old dog. I am not making this up: he followed and led that dog around, nudged him in the nose to keep him from bumping into things, and just loved him. Khan passed away about a month after he went blind. Remember, though, what I have learned from this: even a stray cat can be a loving, helpful friend to a strange dog.
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• March 2nd, 2009

  Any ideas for a group theme?

  Make white egg-shaped helmets and glue big black-framed glasses on them, and go as Mensa members. Print tons of little bitty dollar bills and glue them all over your clothing, and go as the shrunken dollar. Print out big corporate logos and attach them to your clothing. Get big foam hands and offer to shake with everybody, grinning widely at all times and slapping people on the back. When they try to figure out what you are, tell them you’re politicians, and you’re wearing the new uniform: just like in NASCAR, the logos represent your corporate sponsors.
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• March 2nd, 2009

  How can I create positive disruption to draw attention to "green"?

  Start a Freecycle bulletin board. Paint it green. Post the concept in plain sight. Hand out green waxed-paper lunch bags with your co-workers’ names stenciled on them; bring new ones each Monday and trade them for the old ones — and recycle the old ones. (Or invest in reusable and recyclable plastic sandwich/lunch containers for everyone and stencil their names on those.) Bring a big green paper recycling bin and put it next to the printer. Weigh the bin empty and when it’s full, just before you take it to a paper recycling dumpster, weigh it again and announce somehow how much paper (and or how many trees) the office has recycled and saved. Get a supply of (recycled and recyclable) cloth shopping bags and stencil the company logo on them with Sharpies. (Don’t have them printed; it’s wasteful and the inks can be not great for the environment.) Hand out a bag to anyone who demonstrates “right (green) thought” and publicly bestow a “green award” on the person who collects the most in a week. Have fun and good luck: This is all going to go over big around St. Patrick’s Day!
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• March 2nd, 2009

  How do i get my parents to get off my back about grades?

  Turn around and face them; move your back. They aren’t the enemy, and it’s their duty to guide you toward what they — with 20 or 30 years more experience in the big old “real world” — see as the best course you can follow to success. It’s your duty to follow their guidance, and believe it or not it’s also in your best interest. If you showed any strong interests and/or talents, say in music or math or athletics, they would be pushing you to excel at that. If they’re only pushing you to get better grades, they must think you most need to practice applying your brain, and dedicating your efforts, to whatever mission is at hand. At the moment, apparently, the mission is to achieve passing or even superior grades; succeeding at that is what gives you the confidence to know that you can try and succeed at something besides sitting on a couch waiting for your next welfare check. Don’t be afraid to trust them on this. They’re not on your back, but they’re certainly behind you. They’re doing their best, and that’s all they ask of you.
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• March 1st, 2009

  First book you couldn't put down?

  Probably my first library book, at 6, and it held all the charm of novelty: The print was bigger, I could hold it in my hands while I read it, and it was only an inch and half or two thick: The Bobbsey Twins at Whitesail Harbor. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L’Engle. Age 11 or so. Earth-shattering. Since adulthood: At 12 the bookmobile’s librarian correctly judged my taste and put The Corinthian into my unsuspecting hands. Many of Georgette Heyer’s 50 books I still reread about every year or so; I collect them. They may no longer thrill me as much as they first did, or as the following still do once a decade or so, but I find “an abiding delight,” to quote Dorothy Sayers, and great comfort both in watching Georgette’s wonderfully drawn characters inevitably act out their personalities and in watching her wield the language like a rapier. Shibumi, by Trevanian. I’ve probably lent (given) five copies of it away. Shogun, by James Clavell. (Did any of your friends go through a “Shogunning” period?) Rules of Prey, by John Sandford. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. Ride With Me, Maria Montana, by Ivan Doig. Ask me again in a month or so!
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