The Searcher - I think that is a refreshing point of view! And held by more folks than one might think. My grt-grandfather told me, and I always remembered: "Make-up is like frosting on a cake. A little makes it better, but too much is sickening."
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J.W. Women Should Stop Wearing Mascara!
by The Searcher inthe wtbts/ org dictates to its subservient followers what constitutes a bible truth/principle and what does not.
example: it-1 p. 319 birthday - ".....there is no indication in the scriptures that faithful worshipers of jehovah ever indulged in the pagan practice of annually celebrating birthdays.
the bible makes direct reference to only two birthday celebrations, those of pharaoh of egypt and herod antipas.
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talesin
hahaha! Nice. :D
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About my avatar
by slimboyfat inquestions from readers .
say, who is that in your avatar slimboyfat?
from brother i. m. curious, usa.. that's archibald belaney aka grey owl.
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talesin
I'm sure SBF won't mind, and me neither! I'm gonna see what the library has; now my interest is piqued.
The flick is late 90s, called Grey Owl, well done and worth watching. And interested. It's fascinating to hear Slim's family history and indeed, who knows?
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Adult Coloring Books
by littlerockguy inanybody take up coloring?
i got lost ocean by johanna basford and i got another coloring book mandalas and more.
i just use crayola colored pencils and some gel pens and thin tipped markers.
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talesin
Tks to the OP, it's great to see so many people doing art, and with friends and family.
they are needlessly over priced.
Check my comment on page one; there's a link to free printable -- also, google free printable adult coloring (your choice of subject), and you'll get thousands to print off.
phaedra - I have a site with mandelas bookmarked for my library trip on Wednesday; that and some dragons. That's for my Xmas entertainment. : D
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Why do animals suffer?
by nicolaou inbonnie is fourteen years old now and she's still fit and active, but she sleeps (and farts) a lot more and is definitely slowing down.. she loves us in her own dumb way and always comes to the door to greet me when i get home from work.
she doesn't 'sin' but yeah, she'll steal biscuits and feel shame afterwards.
she's loyal and intelligent and i dread the day when .
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talesin
usually that death is quick, it's only when people get involved that real suffering happens.
LisaRose
Agreed. : (
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Brave New W0rld of Education - The Regressive Left
by cofty ini found this to be a thought-provoking film on the trend in higher education.. oubliette drew my attention to a brilliant article recently called "the coddling of the american mind".
please have a look at the film, click the link and check out the links in the article.
i would love to hear your thoughts.. ...
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talesin
To the OP, haven't read the thread.
The article was both thought-provoking and alarming. At one point, I stopped and thought "Brandeis?!", so I looked up its history, and sure enough, things have radically changed. The universities in the article, are not places I would expect to be using censorship.
I think this quote from the article sums things up:
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There’s a saying common in education circles: Don’t teach students what to think; teach them how to think. The idea goes back at least as far as Socrates. Today, what we call the Socratic method is a way of teaching that fosters critical thinking, in part by encouraging students to question their own unexamined beliefs, as well as the received wisdom of those around them. Such questioning sometimes leads to discomfort, and even to anger, on the way to understanding.
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But vindictive protectiveness teaches students to think in a very different way. It prepares them poorly for professional life, which often demands intellectual engagement with people and ideas one might find uncongenial or wrong. The harm may be more immediate, too. A campus culture devoted to policing speech and punishing speakers is likely to engender patterns of thought that are surprisingly similar to those long identified by cognitive behavioral therapists as causes of depression and anxiety. The new protectiveness may be teaching students to think pathologically.As for the term, regressive left (which I did not see in the article, but have researched already, and know from whence it came, I don't see that referenced in the OP, but it was coined to partly define the people who express anti-Muslim sentiment, which I find rather odd; it's not just the 'left' that embraces it, but I digress), I could see there being a fringe (reminds me of the "Tea Party") element that embraces these dangerous ways of thinking (or should I say, NOT thinking). I feel it is important to realize that some of the (briefly heard, in relative terms) loudest nutjobs, are bloggers, authors (often opportunistic columnists) who are cashing in, or religious people, who get exposure because their message is founded in some logic, then embellished and twisted, and at first, it seems to "have a point". People get sucked in. Time goes by, and the crazy really starts to show ... that's when the mainstream wakes up and says yikes, there are more of these people than we realized.
Prominent mainstream liberal thinkers like Naomi Wolf, for example, would never endorse this school of thought.
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Adult Coloring Books
by littlerockguy inanybody take up coloring?
i got lost ocean by johanna basford and i got another coloring book mandalas and more.
i just use crayola colored pencils and some gel pens and thin tipped markers.
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talesin
Lots offered as free downloads online.... the library is about $0.10/page if you don't have printer access. : ))
** click the link at the bottom for a place with lots of free stuff, including skulls, fractals (I think) ..... there's all kinds if you google. I just love the 'net!
LOL -----> oppostate mwah hahaha! we know what you're thinkin'. hehe
http://www.jdl-florida.org/free-coloring-pages-to-print-for-adults/
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Why do animals suffer?
by nicolaou inbonnie is fourteen years old now and she's still fit and active, but she sleeps (and farts) a lot more and is definitely slowing down.. she loves us in her own dumb way and always comes to the door to greet me when i get home from work.
she doesn't 'sin' but yeah, she'll steal biscuits and feel shame afterwards.
she's loyal and intelligent and i dread the day when .
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talesin
Oh, look at those soulful eyes. GOOD dog! I can hear her tail thumping, all happy. xx
D-D ahahaha! Yes, we must not treat animals as family members. It's [a waste of possible contributions] against nature! The animals are created for man's use, not to be pets. Read the Creation account!
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About my avatar
by slimboyfat inquestions from readers .
say, who is that in your avatar slimboyfat?
from brother i. m. curious, usa.. that's archibald belaney aka grey owl.
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talesin
Hey, Paul, I have a friend in Defiance,,,,, you are practically neighbours! :P
SBF,
Have you seen the biopic about Grey Owl, and if so, do you think it's historically accurate?
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About my avatar
by slimboyfat inquestions from readers .
say, who is that in your avatar slimboyfat?
from brother i. m. curious, usa.. that's archibald belaney aka grey owl.
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talesin
paul, well said. I posted the above comment a day or so ago, and it is just showing now, darn. It wasn't meant to stir things up. American is the natural to identify people from the USA. I love my cousins to the south (both my blood cousins and in the figurative way), and have had many travels there. I once counted, and have visited 28 States, met nice, down to earth folk in all my travels.
Even so, I am Canadian. That's all. In my region, we identify more with Mainers and Bostonians, than we do the rest of Canada, to tell the truth. Ayup!
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