Wacky Funster

cutters have been parallelled to severe nail biters who tear off their skin and continue inflicting life threatening pain and consequences to themselves... same problems, just another addiction manifestion of the bottom line...

...and what way would that be coolchef? I go up to the Common ground fair in the September and try and connect with Onioneater. Would you like to meet with us this fall? :)-->

I saw the Moody Blues here last summer under a tent for $35...I wouldn't pay more... THEY WERE AWESOME!!!!! Have fun. KA is awesome too ;)--> Well, at least you know Elton John gives part of his proceeds to AIDS, so consider it part tithe ;)--> Have a blast :)-->

Thank you LindaZ...altho that has crossed my mind, I haven't quite thought it through. I like old people...(just not driving behind them on the windy roads ;)-->)...that is a consideration...I would have to ponder that. Krysilis...thanks for the reminder...someone mentioned Plymouth Plantation had a spinning wheel sitting there with no one at it...I actually thought of applying there for that and teaching natural dyes...(my garden this summer is stuffed with indigo, woad, weld, tansy, dyers knotweed and the like!!! can't wait for the fall to harvest and dye!!!)...thanks for the reminder for me to apply there. I would LOVE to do that!!!! Today I brainstormed with my speech therapist friend that I should put an ad in the paper in the fall for...get this...: "The Weekend Nanny"!!!! From Friday, 6pm til Sunday 6pm...live in...fully competent, creative and educated to take care of the kids while folks go for a getaway...I think $250 would suffice...and use that money as IRA money...if I did 2 of those a month...it would be grand!!!! Just a thought...still no bennies, but the IRA would get moving again... Someone gave my name to a B 'n B in Chatham who was looking for a spinner/dyer do workshops for their visitors (visitor (definition)- the nicer more politically correct term for TOURIST)!!!!! I could see me dressed in 17th century garb sitting in front of a fireplace spinning away and dyeing as onlookers asked questions...I can speak british, a tad ;)--> Thanx you guys... Congratulations herbal :)-->

LindaZ...good luck and have a blast. I go there every year. I hear they're looking for teachers... ;)--> I play the penny slots alot...some of those new video ones are fun and addicting, because they're so complicated and many ways to win... Make sure you see a show. My favorite is the Cirque de Soleil one called Ka...it's new...and phenomenal!!! All of them are good tho. It's worth the money, methinks. Safe travels! -->

Thanks you 3 !!!!! LindaZ...you seem to be on the same page as I am. I can't complain about my living situation. I own my little house...rent my office space...yes, Galen, I am in a very very very high cost of living area BUT, not for me. My expenses are about nil. I am very fortunate that way... I think what has happened is my business has plummeted since 9/11...every year it gets worse and worse...my clients are moving because of the high cost of living here...my friends have all moved... ...there are now zillions of mediocre (if that) schools pumpin' out zillions of massage therapists (many incompetent) flooding the market...that paired with "spas" with mega money for advertisement...it's really pushing me out of the business!!! That with my fingers becoming numb and my wrists sore...oy vey... --> I figure for me to move would actually cost more than to stay... Again I am pondering this today with another single woman I know -we're going to the beach-altho, she is a speech therapist in a school system and is hanging in to get her pension. I really love my life. I love what I do. I love having free time to spin, dye and weave-do my art... I feel stuck and torn...I can hardly imagine being in a classroom unless I was an art teacher with a little cart moving room to room getting kids to express themselves. However, LindaZ, I am not qualified to do that...art teachers need yet another degree... I just got off the phone with my aunt...and she thinks I have it made. She thinks I should just stay put...do what I love...86 the health insurance (I am very healthy)...pay off the credit cards and put away what I can...get free health care from the free clinic down the street... Another day of pondering...thank you for your suggestions and comments...it really helps me get things josslin' in the ole' noggin :)--> .

I feel like a broken record sometimes... As I age this topic is bothering me more and more...and really would like to know what some of you are doing for retirement... Especially you singles or divorcees or widowers. I know it's hard for 2 incomes to survive let alone save, but imagine 1!!!!!!! I had to stop adding to my miniscule IRA 2 years ago as my health insurance (I am self employed) rose too high. This year my health insurance and slow employment has forced me to let go of my health insurance. I not only can't afford it now, but I can't make the IRA payments either... My mom called yesterday and really laid it on me. SHE NEVER DOES THAT!!! She begged me to relocate and get a teaching job. I spent all day yesterday pondering and worrying and finagling my financial situation. What are you guys all doing? as we are approaching "retirement"... (I still feel stuck in age 21, so this is always a hard topic to tackle) -->

"Damn Tourists"!!!!!!

I have no clue who Pink Floyd is. :(--> Another BLACK HOLE in the mind of an ex-wayfer... Holy Geez... I guess I still haven't gotten caught up on my music from that era... -->

Chaz....is that "small business" of yours making the soap? or making the website...? Either way...I love them both...would love to get some of that soap!!! congratulations!!!

That's right, LindaZ...Quakers are pacifists...very into anti war sediments and I think, are exempt from the military. There are quite a few Quaker churches here on Cape Cod...they are very simple buildings...very old...antique glass that reflects trees rippling in them. Probably the oldest churches in the country as the pilgrims were mostly quakers. They are not communal as the Shakers. They live amongst us. There is no preacher...perhaps elders, tho. Everyone goes in and just sits in the simple pews. No one talks...people are reflecting, introspective or praying. Then, all of a sudden, perhaps, not always, one will stand up and say something profound in a sentence or 2 and then sit down. The congregation may reflect on what they say or not. Sometimes nothing is said the whole hour. Afterwards people shake hands and introduce themselves. Quakers seem to be milling in all aspects of political and social life. It's a great place to go and reflect when leaving a cult. No one bugs you. No one witnesses or pushes any beliefs on you. It helped me tremendously when I was lost after twi...it gave me time and space to sift through the attic of my mind.

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OE...funny thing is, relooking my top 5...those are the 5 that I checked out and resonated with after leaving twi. I sat at the Quaker Meeting House here for over 3 years silently s.i.t. asking god for guidance. After that I spent another 3 years meditating with the buddhists....more like 5 years...I went to the UU church for a while...and my whole life seems to revolve around pantheism and new age stuff, even tho my beliefs seem a little more conservative to me than it seems they are. See you in September!!! :)-->

WW...I'm not a wiccan...not even close....Just because I tend to see beauty in the earth and tend to honor it...hey? what's wrong with that? Seems to me it's more "christian" than alot of "christians" I know!!!!! Live and Let Live.

Thanx, Bramble!!!! That was very very helpful. Before I got into the way I considered myself a "pantheist"...I guess it's the same thing as neo-pagan...which includes druids, in which goes along with my lifestyle and a keeper of a labyrinth. I guess we always seem to go back in circles to who we really are..."to thine own self be true"... Thank god for diversity...to each his/her own.

Wordwolf...I didn't understand a word you wrote....and I read it twice!!! Perhaps you could pear it down to my simple mind......to words I can understand...thanks :)-->

What the heck is neo pagan?

Here I am :)--> 1. Neo-Pagan (100%) 2. New Age (95%) 3. Mahayana Buddhism (92%) 4. Liberal Quakers (82%) 5. Unitarian Universalism (82%) 6. Jainism (75%) 7. Scientology (75%) 8. New Thought (72%) 9. Theravada Buddhism (70%) 10. Taoism (70%) 11. Reform Judaism (68%) 12. Hinduism (65%) 13. Sikhism (60%) 14. Orthodox Quaker (58%) 15. Bahá'í Faith (57%) 16. Secular Humanism (55%) 17. Orthodox Judaism (54%) 18. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (52%) 19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%) 20. Islam (45%) 21. Nontheist (29%) 22. Seventh Day Adventist (27%) 23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%) 24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%) 25. Jehovah's Witness (22%) 26. Eastern Orthodox (15%) 27. Roman Catholic (15%)

140 degrees?....like in heat????

YIPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

God Bless You, medic :)-->

Is Miles of Smiles on a CD???? If so, I'll take one of those. I have the old record...and a copy of it on tape somewhere...I still listen to it sometimes...I love that music...

Happy Happy birthday dovelet... :)-->

Happy Birthday Donner!!!!

Nope...not me... :)-->