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In Praise of Seriousness. Upbeat is overrated.
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In Praise of SeriousnesUpbeat is overrated. Posted Nov 24, 2015sSHARETWEETEMAILMORE Source: Adhibat, CC 2.0America likes upbeat people. Whether political candidates, workplace norms, or in social gatherings, cheery is rewarded, serious is denigrated: "Debbie Downer."Mu...
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Two sets of twins this morning. Lloyda had two red boys, Goober had a big bouncy boy and a stillborn girl. This is on top of Zukra and Babette yesterday, and Libra the day before that. The pen is a little crowded right now!
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As a child you are very much at the mercy of your parents whether they love and nurture you or they don’t. They dictate how you view and interact with the world, what your expectations are and how you behave towards yourself. An “unparented” child does not necessary refer to a child without parents; man...
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Q. Odd Mentorship Situation
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Q. Odd Mentorship Situation: I am 22 years old, just about to finish college and make the next step. I am thinking about law school. There is a gentleman (62 years old) that I have developed a relationship with through work—I am a server and bartender at a nice restaurant. We text, get drinks every now an...
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Dear Prudie: Heteronormative, blah, blah.
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Q. Ideals vs. Gut-Level Discomfort in a Monogam-ish Marriage:
We’re a late-20s, super happily married couple, both bisexual to varying degrees, who keep things monogam-ish (we have threesomes with friends and acquaintances but we don’t keep partners on the side). We recently realized we’re bo...
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Mockingjay/Hunger Games
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Are you going to see this? For some reason, Jennifer Lawrence decided to shoot her mouth off about Repos and Christians. These stars get a bit of success and money and suddenly they think they are the great commentators of our time.
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We've seen it over and over...
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Family: Dad Shoots Twin Babies to Death in Mom's Arms, Critically Injures Her, Kills Her FatherBy Deborah Hastings November 19, 2015 7:51 PM Content preferences Done A mother lies hospitalized in critical condition after the father of her twin baby girls shot them to death in her arms, and t...
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Happy Birthday, FNW!!!
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Man, 25, fatally crushed baby girl with his foot because he felt 'used' by neighbor who asked him to babysit while she b
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Man, 25, fatally crushed baby girl with his foot because he felt 'used' by neighbor who asked him to babysit while she bought milk Daniel Ruiz, 25, was convicted of murder on Thursday and faces up to 25 years behind bars Ruiz said he crushed one-year-old Scarlett with his foot because he felt 'taken adv...
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ABC Celebrates Dead Babies: ‘Scandal’ Plays ‘Silent Night’ as Main Character Has Abortion
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http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/11/20/abc-celebrates-dead-babies-scandal-plays-silent-night-main-character-abortion/
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Anti-Refugee Polish Nationalists Hate Jews
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Anti-Refugee Polish Nationalists Didn’t Get the Message That They’re Not Supposed to Hate Jews Anymore 778 350 By Joshua Keating Supporters of the National-Radical Camp (ONR) and the All-Polish Youth demonstrate against refugees in Wroclaw, Poland, Nov. 18, 2015.Photo by Wojciech Nekanda T...
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GLENN'S NOT DEAD!!
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Dear Miss Manners: Holiday Meal Mediation
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am caught between two people in a question of holiday meal etiquette. When my mother, the host, asks my longtime boyfriend whether/how he'd like a certain food, and he responds that he doesn't like something, she reacts with shock.She drags out her exclamations of surprise, eve...
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Bad Houseguests
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Alrighty! Let's hear some good stories! This seems to be a theme lately, lol.
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Think the mid-life crisis is a myth? Happiness DOES go downhill in adulthood and is lowest for people in their early 40s
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Think the mid-life crisis is a myth? Happiness DOES go downhill in adulthood and is lowest for people in their early 40s weighed down by the 'burdens of life'New research shows that human happiness follows a U-shapeSatisfaction declines in adulthood and hits a low point between 40 and 42But it then s...
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Tenant catches her super on video entering her empty apartment to SNIFF and steal her dirty underwear
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Manhattan financial analyst, 26, 'catches her super on video entering her empty apartment to SNIFF and steal her dirty underwear’Ashley Chase has made a secret video recording inside her apartment, which led to the arrest of her super, 32-year-old Jose CedilloCedillo allegedly admitted to snea...
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Pier 1 pillow
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Who has a Pier 1 near them? I found the perfect pillow today for my red chairs on clearance for $10 and alas....they only had one. I need another one! And they are not available online. Front of pillow - Back of pillow - -- Edited by Lawyerlady on Friday 20th of November 2015 08:44:21 PM
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Former babysitter, 21, charged with abducting two-year-old girl from her bed in the middle of the night before dumping h
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Former babysitter, 21, charged with abducting two-year-old girl from her bed in the middle of the night before dumping her on the roadside naked and covered in cigarette burns with a shaved head Lyndon Albers, two, was last seen by her parents around 3am at home in Hamilton, Massachusetts, and repor...
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Crazy cat man
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DEAR ABBY: My calico cat, Rosie, seems to be fixated on my next-door neighbor Ron. Every morning Rosie grooms herself for an hour, then jumps in the window to watch for Ron to go for his morning run. She sits there until Ron comes out of his house. He exercises a lot and has kept himself in shape, while I adm...
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War against terrorists must be relentless
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Today's teen language
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A Dad Discovers the Teen Meaning of the Phrase ‘Netflix and Chill’ 4 hours ago By Stephen Hurley Stephen Hurley discovered what kids mean by “Netflix and chilling” and he was not amused. OK. He was a little amused. Now he has started to question everything he hears, how...
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Dear Prudence: Lying to My Parents
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Dear Prudence, Recently I decided to get a job teaching English abroad. I felt fortunate to get hired exactly where I wanted to go and am now happily living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The problem is my parents. I knew they would be appalled at the idea of their young daughter going to live in the Midd...
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Kids, sex and technology
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Was cleaning out my car yesterday. I remember tripping over a tree root. Twice. Ankle felt fine and I went about a busy day with my company. After I got home last night the pain set in. It hurt so bad I wanted to scream. Still hurts today. I can barely walk. We are going to church and then I have a Thanksgivin...
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Canadian University Yoga Class Shut Down over 'cultural appropriation' fears from 'social justice warriors"
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University's free yoga class is shut down over 'cultural appropriation' fears after complaints from 'social justice warriors'Jennifer Scharf said she was notified in September that the yoga program at University of Ottawa would be suspendedScharf has been offering the weekly yoga class free...
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7 yr old girl who was reported missing during high school football game and was found dead 20 minutes later
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Gabriella Doolin was at high school on Saturday watching a football game when she disappeared and was reported missing by her mother Police said they discovered her body in a creek in Scottsville, KY located in a wooded area behind the high school Her death is being investigated as homicide and autop...
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Millennials More Likely to Support Censorship of Offensive Speech Than Older Americans
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While two-thirds of Americans correctly believe the U.S. government should not prohibit speech that offends minorities, a shockingly high number of millennials—40 percent—support such censorship. Young people, it turns out, are more likely to favor suppression of offensive speech than olde...
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Sickly Saturday
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I'm still up because Corgi isn't feeling well. He drank a bunch of water when I got home, then puked it up. About half an hour later, he drank a bunch of water and puked it back up again. So now I'm sitting here watching him sleep hope everyone else has a better Saturday :-/
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Dear Prudie: Don't to Pay For MIL's New Pet
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Dear Prudie, Recently, my soon-to-be mother-in-law’s elderly dog passed away. Shortly after his death, she mentioned her desire to get another puppy of the same breed. My fiancé and his sisters decided to surprise her with a dog for Christmas. My fiancé and I are both strong supporters of rescue org...
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Bill Maher on Terror Attacks: Wouldn’t Being Armed at Least Give Citizens a Chance
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http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/11/21/bill-maher-terror-attacks-wouldnt-armed-least-give-citizens-chance/
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