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Baron Von Munchausen, move over

I'm 6,668 behind, not counting today. And I have no idea what I'm going to write, but I'm going to go get started write now. Pepper is in good spirits and wants to spend the day (as soon as she wakes up) playing around in the studio together with the clay. Hope she is up to it. Now...

This thread reminds me of something my mother used to say, "Marry in haste, repent at leisure." She also used to tell me, "Choosing a mate is like choosing a pair of shoes. First you try them on, walk around the store. If at an point they bind, pinch, squeak, or rub -- Don't buy them. They will...

Absolutely NOT! A: In a free country people have the right to disagree, even disparage an opinion, so long as they are respectful of the person holding the opinion. In fact, disagreement is healthy. B: Being a Christian in and of itself in no way implies that the person disagrees with...

Day four -- Not a word written. Yay! Wife is out of the hospital. Thank you, dogmom. Thank you, Alex. She is still sweet. But something to think about has happened. Pepper has always been an intelligent, quick witted, woman. But right now she has just been through a debilitating...

So it is day two of NaNoWriMo.... My wife is in the hospital, she tried to slip into a coma because here Ammonia levels are too high. She is doing well. Just got us all upset. So far not a word written. She is supposed to come home tomorrow. I will try to make up the difference...

Given the choice I would prefer the person who knows the subject and knows how to communicate their knowledge -- Certification or Non Certification be damned.

Suggestion from a straight hearing guy. Come out as yourself. This is who I love. I love this person more than anybody else I've been with. To me I'm just me. What does that make me to you? What should I do? Now or in the future? The future is an open book. Every day each of us creates...

Go for it. I'm listed in there somewhere as "The Boompa" and/or Michael Berryman. I just signed up the other day.

Right. If you have never done it before the idea of 50,000 words is intimidating. It is a hump to get over. You could write two or three novellas of 10,000 to 30,000 words each and you would still have done it.

I do not trust tests. Period. All any test can do is determine if the test taker is giving the answers the test maker is looking for. Tests are excellent teaching tools. They provide a conscientious teacher with a yardstick to determine what needs to emphasized and what does not. The...

We have to start somewhere. Very true. The questions are "What standard curriculum?" and "For how long?" Lets go back to the basics. The 3 R's. Reading, writing, and arithmetic. The first question is, "What exactly are the 3 R's?" First off arithmetic is not mathematics...

By Emily Dickenson This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me -- The simple News that Nature told -- With tender Majesty Her Message is committed To Hands I cannot see -- For love of Her -- Sweet -- countrymen -- Judge tenderly -- of Me

Keith Wann is a hearing CODA whose wife interprets his ASL into English.

My experience with Deaf Communities in the past is that, like many other groups, each community has different standards. Some of those standards may include criteria that have nothing to do with hearing -- Such as belonging to a certain church or ethnic group or supporting a specific football...

A precursor to Columbine. Have you noticed most highschool stories center around the kid who is picked on? The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. In Grease the danger is that the coolest dude in school is suddenly at risk of being perceived as "Not THAT cool." And his fight to become himself...

In my reading about writing (and I've been reading about writing since I could read about anything) I have learned that a good story is a good story is a good story. Some writers, like some musicians, will not read or listen too, the genre they are active in because they fear it may...

If you are bored your reader will be bored. Answer? Put somebody in serious danger -- NOW!

I'm just going to let my words fall where they may.

Some people who went NaNo have become decent selling authors -- You could write a best seller. But if you do or you don't -- The point is to have fun.