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Leaving France this Saturday...off to Accra, Ghana in West Africa
by Utopian Reformist in
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dear family!.

hope all of you are well and doing great.

it's so relieving and comforting to see the names of my friends still posting here!
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working in southern france...aix-en-provence
by Utopian Reformist in
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hi jwd family!.

if anyone is in this area, aix-en-provence, i am in les milles, at la duranne apartments.

i will be here a few more weeks before going back to barcelona, then bogota, colomia.
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Dinner guest- When you bring wine shouldn't they offer you some?
by Witness 007 in
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i've gone to many a witness dinner where i would bring one or two nice wines, hoping we would have some with dinner.

{to numb the boring conversations} only, to find the couple say "thanks" put it in the cabnet....and serve up lemonade..... and it's not an alcohol thing....two different brothers brought out there own "home made" vino instead, which taste like a mixture of fruit punch and vineger!

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2008;END OF WORLD?
by badboy in
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some say this year will be end of world.. what do you think?.
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Why socialism will not work in America...
by zeroday in
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the great experiment is failing.... .

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/11/mncuud91o.dtl.
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New Years Resolutions
by Bumble Bee in
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i haven't made any yet, not sure if i will or not.

i did make some resloutions last year and for the most part did stick with them.. i had this link sent to me on facebook, thought i'd share it here for those of you that did make resloutions and need help sticking with them.. .
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Justification of Violent Films
by inkling in
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the recent post about "the passion of the christ" has gotten me thinkingabout violence in film in general, and i would very much like a fewperspectives on something... last year, after finally shedding the reflexive guilt that was instilledin me (by my wt steeping) towards violent stories, i finally saw a few iconic films, including a few from quentin tarantino.

(including reservoir dogs) now tarantino is know for his unflinching depiction of stylized violence.

(exactly the sort of thing that is specifically condemned by the wt) some film makers have this knack for making cruelty, death, and violence a odd spectacle of dark beauty.
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GREETINGS, WISHES, AND LOVE TO MY JWD FAMILY!
by Utopian Reformist in
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dear family:.

i want to apologize for my long-term absences.

i miss communicating with all of you.
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Your All Time Favorite Song- If You Had to Pick Just One ?
by flipper in
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i decided to do a couple fluff threads tonight as my threads have been way too deadly seroius lately !

so if someone told you to pick one song that was your all-time favorite, what would you pick ?

i'd have to say for me it has not changed since the 1971 hit by led zeppelin, " stairway to heaven ".
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TONYA FULLER-BALLETTA: NOT GUILTY DUE TO INSANITY
by bebu in
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friends,.

treshappy contacted me today and let me know that the providence journal of rhode island reported that tonya fuller-balletta was aquitted because of insanity.

nothing has been reported about sentencing as of yet.. http://www.projo.com/news/content/fuller_balletta_26_05-27-07_1f5pql3.2677286.html.