We've moved to a state with pretty lax gun laws. I mean, they're strict, but a cakewalk compared to NY gun laws. So now Shane owns two guns. He wanted me to learn to shoot. My parents were anti-gun hippies, really, and I've always grown up with the idea that guns are bad and dangerous ( Read more... )

I've been gone a really long time. I was going through something intense, and I needed to get my head straight. It was just easier to avoid being here ( Read more... )

I have soooo much to say that I must break it down into reasonable chunks ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post this for a few weeks, and a conversation I had with Ed yesterday just reminded me ( Read more... )

I am so stressed out right now, I don't want to do anything ( Read more... )

Shane will be home in hours...possibly minutes, I don't even know where he is really ( Read more... )

I have done something so mortifying ( Read more... )

I went out to eat tonight with friends and we are having a great time. I am telling them how excited I am about the concert I'm going to, and we're all laughing ( Read more... )

I got this from a message board I belong to. Unfortunately, I have been subjected to some of these in the past...Glad I'm out of that!

http://www.cassiopaea.com/cassiopaea/emotional_manipulation.htm

I was listening to song in which a racial slur was part of the title. I started thinking that as far as I knew, there were no racial slurs for Native Americans and I felt a little left out. So I asked my daughter, she suggested 'Injuns'. Yeah, I don't personally find that too offensive. So she asked Josh...who came up with 'Savages'. I had ( Read more... )