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The Seats at the Back of the Bus
Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:08 PM EDT
The New Colossus
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I Hate You!
Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:49 PM EDT
I hate you... because you are not like me... because I want what I want and I don't care what you want... I am just not going to compromise. I don't understand you... but I would like to understand you... I try to talk to you... but you will only tell me how stupid I am.
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An A. Mac Photo Challenge Inspired by eriq samson ~ Depth of Field
Sat Aug 1, 2009 12:14 PM EDT
In my article "A Simple Act of Kindness...Murders but Meadows III", eriq samson made a great suggestion for a PHOTO CHALLENGE!
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Photo Challenge - Photo Essay of Surfers
Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:43 PM EDT
Here is yet another article with pictures from the beach. I took these when I stopped for a couple of hours on the way to a doctor's appointment.
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The Cab, The Car, The Cop and Cooperstown
Sun Jul 26, 2009 5:52 AM EDT
When I was driving taxi in Boston in the mid-1970s I had this neat trick I used to pull. I had a couple of variations, all derived from the same standard procedure.
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The Implosion of American Society
Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:09 AM EDT
President Obama ran his campaign on the ticket of changing the corrupt practices of government, and there is no doubt that he has attempted to do more in 6 months to bring about positive change than any administration has attempted, perhaps since the beginning of the 20th Century.
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Basic Xhtml Cheat Sheet UPDATED
Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:21 PM EDT
I love to read people's comments on Newsvine, but it has become very difficult to understand the posts because many users are not including an indent or any editing when they post in html. I have worked to compile some basic editing tips in the chart to the right.
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Triplet Fawns - A Dear, Deer Gift from Nature
Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:13 AM EDT
Hold it a minute; if you're looking for the two "Gift" articles about the Fawn Triplets, go no further. I've consolidated the two into this one so that VINERS don't need to jump around like the little "deers" do to get the lay of the land.
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Dad's Health Care Reform
Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:49 PM EDT
My cousins and I used to play almost every day at my Nanny's house. We spent a lot of time moving the sand, drawing houses, decorating and playing house in them.
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How to Feel Better When You have the Flu
Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:23 PM EDT
It isn't the flu season right now, but with the reports of the H1N1 epidemic, I want to share the top things I have used to conquer flu symptoms.
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Rated G Shower Story
Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:54 PM EDT
There is a music festival I used to attend in Willmar, Minnesota several years ago that hosts about 20,000 teenagers. The first time I went, I heard that it gets a little crazy on site, so I booked a campsite a few miles from the civic center.
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Squirrel Story
Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:25 AM EDT
I have been thinking about writing this story down for a long time. Even before I turned on the computer, I asked my sister if it was too embarrassing. Of course she said no. So I'll start by telling you that every word of this is true.
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Monsters in my Closet
Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:18 PM EDT
I grew up in a strange environment. My neighborhood was a tall pine tree forest my grandfather bought from the electric company and divided amongst his children. My family chose to build a gray castle-style home with iron bars on some of the windows.
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Simple Ways of Developing Good Interpersonal Skills
Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:30 AM EDT
Developing good interpersonal skills socially and at work begins with looking outwards; being very generous with praise and having a genuine desire to listen and encourage at every opportunity.
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Rape being in a cartoon does NOT make it FUNNY
Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:13 PM EST
Here is a copy of an email I sent out to the FCC, TBS and Comcast. I am truly outraged. Is there anything else I can do, do any of you have any suggestions? (I eventually found the link on the TBS site)
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Pumpkin Patch Politics: Bill of Rights - Why do we have freedom of Speech, anyway?
Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:52 AM EDT
Since Bob B Pumpkin was a small gourd beginning his life in a South Carolina pumpkin patch, he knew that his life had great meaning. He never doubted that his bright orange rind would be used to change the world someday.
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A Satirist Behind Every Bush
Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:21 AM EDT
Well, I am here to ask you what the world is coming to. You may know, I am a former neo-con. When I came to Newsvine, I was naive, even oblivious to the way the world works.
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Why conservatives will vote Republican in 2008
Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:39 AM EDT
As I travel the threads around the vine, I meet some wonderful people who care deeply about unifying America and seeking to heal our land from the damaging agenda of the Bush administration.
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Poem of Meditation by Dottie Kay
Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:05 PM EDT
Time to meditate; time to reflect Too much time feeling regret Focus on sun or the moon so low Forget how small I am below Shut out those replaying voices Berating my unwise choices Look upon the white clouds so high Dancing in the endless blue sky
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Why I am voting for Obama
Wed Oct 8, 2008 3:43 PM EDT
I had planned to post this article to Facebook, but they have blocked my notes application (bug or some ridiculous notion about too many posts). For some of you, nothing I write here is a surprise.
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Free breakfast on menu for Cambodia school kids
Tue Oct 7, 2008 1:56 AM EDT
The U.N. food agency is resuming free breakfasts for hundreds of thousands of poor Cambodian schoolchildren after securing new funds for a program suspended due to high food prices, the agency said Tuesday.
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Vacant Photos
Sun Oct 5, 2008 12:38 AM EDT
I haven't written much poetry, but this just flowed out of my thoughts today. It is written for my two sons in Minnesota. I have also posted the photo that made me think to write it.
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Satyagraha
Thu Aug 7, 2008 11:20 AM EDT
Satyagraha means ending tyranny. It means reclaiming our ability to govern ourselves, stand for ourselves, and trust in each other.
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Powerlessness
Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:55 PM EDT
In the 1980's, the school I attended until graduation in 1986 taught me that segregation is not putting other races lower, but just keeping them separate for health reasons.
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Tear Down This Wall: I Saw "Expelled"
Sat May 3, 2008 12:36 AM EDT
I just returned from seeing the Ben Stein documentary "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" for the first - but not the last - time. It is outstanding, and the theater was crowded. The audience applauded loudly and boisterously at the end of the film.
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Peace+Truth+Kindness (or at least I'll do my best)Very fine words, Monica.
Those are nice things for you to add to "The Vine. ;-o))
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