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  Arachnaphobia - I hate spiders

  by ballistic in

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  anyone who does not the like killing any of god's creatures, please do not read this.. i just laid in bed for over an hour trying to sleep until i heard a faint noise which sounded like lots of feet scrabbling around.

  for a minute i thought there were rats somewhere.

  i laid there for a minute my eyes darting around in the dark and i could feel my pulse going.

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  *scoops up spider in a jar and releases it outside for ballistic*
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  Today is my daughter's birthday

  by mrsjones5 in

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  here's my girl jocelyn, the only girl i will ever have.

  she's turning 8 today and i'm baking her a cake.

  my sister is sending her the complete set of the chronicles of narnia and my mother is sending her a box of mrs field's cookies (mom is such a good jw .

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  and ice cream!
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  I had my baby!

  by tnangel73 in

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  Congrats!
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  WAS YOUR KH HIT BY CRIME?

  by badboy in

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  i read on one thread that a kh was robbed.

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  Vandalism. It was an inside job.
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  You Can't Get It Back

  by Big Dog in

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  the higher education thread got me thinking about the thing i loathe, despise, hate with the intensity of a thousand suns about the wbts, namely, the loss of my childhood.

  i remember when engaging in blistering arguements with my parents about being able to play sports or take up an instrument or dream of being an astronaut, or whatever thing the society frowned on that i wasn't allowed to do at the end i would always get the same final reply, "when you are 18 and out of the house you can do whatever you want.

  i can go back and play pop warner football, or little league baseball, or play in the school band, etc?

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  Every so often we get people saying the classic, "It's in the past, now it's up to you to take action, get over it..."

  *nods* Yes, I think that these are unnecessary words also. Once you've found a trustworthy person(s) to be witness to the pain of childhood (in whatever degree that was) and they have the ability to suspend judgment while you go through the memories and tell your story -- having a listener -- I think *that* is one of the great catalysts for change -- to simply tell a person to "get over it" -- means nothing & does nothing for them. The question of "ok, I was hurt -- so NOW what?" will present itself eventually.
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  Another Anti-Aging Triumph: Teeth in an Hour

  by metatron in

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  the latest forbes magazine ( sept 5, 2005, pg 103) reports on a new technique that has gained fda approval - "teeth in an hour".. it's a product of nobel biocare and uses computerized tomography of the mouth, together with new software to generate a precise.

  stencil for implantation of titanium based teeth.

  the article reports that, yes, it can be completed in less than an hour and dentists.

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  Even though my chompers are in good shape, I think this is good news -- reconstructive surgery for victims of crime. (I've often thought about the women I met who had some of their teeth knocked out by an abusive partner)

  Also a nice alternative to dentures for the overzealous hockey player!
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  Paging Dr. Freud

  by SixofNine in

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  Six, why do you hate America?
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  Why Can't We Be Friends

  by joelbear in

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  i had plenty of friends when i was a kid.

  great memories of kick ball, dirt bomb wars, hot wheels, etc.. i had plenty of friends when i was a teenager.

  great memories of cruising ashley street in valdosta, listening to the radio, playing board games.. i had plenty of friends when i was in my 20's.

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  (Well, I've been trying to convince myself that the statute of limitations is just about up for the childhood schtuff -- but so far it ain't working, LoL...)

  Cool, Confusedjw!. I'll have a Mike's Hard Lemonade, thanks
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  What song reminds you of your first crush/lover?

  by JH in

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  probably you'll have to go way back in time... .

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  First crush: Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper and Cum On Feel The Noize by Quiet Riot

  First lover: I Alone by Live, All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow, and Supernova by Liz Phair
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  Dear mom,

  by SeymourButts in

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  for years i have wanted--no, yearned and longed for-- your approval.

  just a small pat on the back, a quiet smile, or some tiny gesture from you that i'd "done good.

  " but i wonder if i'm not wasting my years in frustration and in endless hoping for what probably is never going to be.

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  Ah, I see.

  But it is still "true" -- and that people were moved by your writing says something about your skill as a writer, hey? Well done.