DU3 Reintroduce yourself thread

Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 04:08 PM

Scuba (14,893 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

1. My name is Scuba, and apparently I'm the last living liberal Democrat. n/t

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 12:11 AM

freshwest (7,968 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

29. You'd be wrong there, my friend.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 05:21 AM

Scuba (14,893 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

33. I sure hope so! Thanks for the backup! n/t

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 04:32 PM

gratuitous (47,557 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

2. LynneSin, LynneSin, hmmmm

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Response to gratuitous (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 04:34 PM

LynneSin (83,851 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

4. Yeah I posted my naked ass on DU because of a bet

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Response to LynneSin (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 04:47 PM

gratuitous (47,557 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

5. See? That's the sort of vital information needed in a bio post!

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Response to LynneSin (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 07:57 PM

Doc Holliday (346 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

225. "...a photo of Bush looking like an asshole"

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Response to Doc Holliday (Reply #225)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 11:17 PM

LynneSin (83,851 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

229. The freepers got ahold of the photo of my naked ass

and posted it over on FR So I swapped my naked ass out for a photo of bush looking like an idiot

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 04:33 PM

madinmaryland (46,920 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

3. I'm madinmaryland, and (no shit), I live in Maryland.

Last edited Mon Dec 12, 2011, 04:34 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Grew up in Ohio, lived in CT for 20 years and now live in Maryland. The "mad" comes from 2004 when the swift boat liars attacked John Kerry's service record. Life long Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Pirates fan, and I drive through Delaware without any stops, except to stop at their rest area to take a ****. There is also a great joke that I am known for around here... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed." "OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!" His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands. Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

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Response to madinmaryland (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 11:29 PM

ScreamingMeemie (57,587 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

147. Hi, again, Mad!

Last edited Fri Dec 16, 2011, 11:31 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) It's good to be allowed to see your face again.

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Response to ScreamingMeemie (Reply #147)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 01:07 AM

madinmaryland (46,920 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

151. Hey!

How you doing? It's been a while!

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 05:29 PM

Taverner (48,027 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

6. My name is Taverner. I do not own a tavern, nor would I want to.

Last edited Mon Dec 12, 2011, 05:29 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) However, I do like Phillip K Dick, especially his book Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said. In it, there is a deeply flawed character who, by the end of the book, hasn't changed much at all or learned anything. The book is also interesting in that the main character changes half-way through the book from Jason Taverner to the Policeman. Great book. But yeah, I live in California, have kids, work, and am either a Socialist Democrat with Anarchist Sympathies, or some other adjective filled description.

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 06:03 PM

cyberswede (1,991 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

7. Hi everybody

I mostly lurk, but I post every once in a while, so here goes. I live in Iowa, so I've met pretty much every democratic presidential candidate since Mondale. I got my photo in the newspaper talking to the libertarian candidate during his visit to my high school (I was asking him about legalization of drugs, of course). I used to be on my county central committee until real life activities took over my free time. Our 11 y.o boy and 9 y.o. girl keep us busy with football, basketball, volleyball, dance, tumbling, piano...it never stops. I love almost all music (including Rush!), and I'm currently on a kick where I fluctuate between playing Scandinavian death metal and 20s-30s jazz & swing while I'm at work. We have 2 black cats - one fuzzy and one smooth & shiny. We had golden retrievers for years, and we're planning to get a puppy this summer, though the break from dog hair has been kind of nice. I kinda like DU3, but I've only been on jury duty once, darn it.

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 06:10 PM

Bucky (37,349 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

8. My name is Bucky Rea. "Bucky" is short for "Buckminster Fulleryourself"

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Response to Bucky (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 10:59 PM

Martin Eden (3,760 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

19. I had the pleaser of seeing Bucky Fuller ...

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 06:26 PM

OriginalGeek (1,313 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

9. Howdy!

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 06:36 PM

HopeHoops (27,486 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

10. Hello. My name is HopeHoops and I'm a DU-a-holic.

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 09:17 PM

cyberpj (9,068 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

15. Hi HopeHoops!

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 06:45 PM

hedgehog (26,180 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

11. Hedgehog here - living with my husband in Upstate New York in the Lake Ontario Snow Belt

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 07:22 PM

liberaltrucker (7,197 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

12. Hello Everybody!

My real name is Ron, as some of you know. I was born and raised in a small town in Walker County, Alabama, and I currently live in Butler, PA. I worked as a long haul truck driver for 24 years, hence the username. I first joined DU around April, 2004 as trucker4kerry but on Nov 12, 2004 was able to change to my current username. I've been a diehard liberal since 1968, having been raised by FDR Democrats and having a progressive 9th grade civics teacher (yes, they had civics in high school in 1960's Alabama!). I admit, I haven't been as active in politics as I might have been, but I have never failed to vote (I was first eligible in 1972) nor have I failed to contribute money to the candidate of my choice, all the way from McGovern to Obama. One last thing: James Carville once said that Pennsylvania is Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with Alabama in between. How right he is! Butler County and Walker County went for McCain in almost exactly the same proportion. Pretty much Alabama with snow!

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Response to liberaltrucker (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 09:30 PM

LynneSin (83,851 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

16. As someone who was born & raised in Perry County, PA - can say 'Amen to that!'

Seriously! BTW, you folks from Butler County are liberals compared to Perry County

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Response to LynneSin (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 02:19 AM

liberaltrucker (7,197 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

25. Not sure how that's possible

Last edited Tue Dec 13, 2011, 02:28 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) But I'll take your word for it.

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Response to liberaltrucker (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 15, 2011, 05:17 PM

TK421 (15,142 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

113. Hey liberaltrucker! I hear you loud and clear! Other than that, how

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Response to liberaltrucker (Reply #12)

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 12:20 PM

Odin2005 (41,405 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

165. Central Pennslyvania = Pennsyltucky!

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 07:32 PM

Ptah (21,493 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

13. I'm Ptah, Creator

I sometimes grow sunflowers. I could tell you sad, sad stories. But prefer to share happier music videos. I'm a fan of ironwork. I have even done some myself. I hate Illinois Nazis.

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 09:06 PM

kaiden (834 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

14. Hi! I'm Kaiden from Conifer, Colorado.

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 09:35 PM

Charlemagne (576 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

17. My name is Bill

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Response to Charlemagne (Reply #17)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 01:12 AM

ellisonz (14,796 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

31. Check out the History Groups:

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 10:56 PM

Martin Eden (3,760 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

18. Martin is my real first name

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 11:49 PM

guitar man (15,514 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

20. Hello

My real name is Les. I've been a musician for almost 40 years now. When I'm not working at my day job in television , I'm either playing with my classic rock/blues cover band or making records for other artists in my studio. I have a wonderful wife of 20 years and a beautiful 5 year old daughter. I came to DU in 2003, outraged over the Iraq war and the Boosh admin. I guess I just got stuck here

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Response to guitar man (Reply #20)

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 09:39 PM

pink-o (3,140 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

141. Okay, we know who you are!

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Response to pink-o (Reply #141)

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 09:56 PM

guitar man (15,514 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

143. Lol

I wish I could play like that

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 12:17 AM

HeiressofBickworth (188 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

21. Long-time reader of DU

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Response to HeiressofBickworth (Reply #21)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 10:19 PM

femmocrat (11,386 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

94. Welcome to DU, HeiressofBickworth!

Nice to meet you.

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Response to femmocrat (Reply #94)

Thu Dec 15, 2011, 10:59 PM

HeiressofBickworth (188 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

122. Nice to meet you, too.

Hope to see you around the forums.

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 12:19 AM

handmade34 (7,491 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

22. me

Handmade is not my real name and I am not 34. I was born and raised in Michigan but I have called Vermont home for 30 years (my house is in the Northeast Kingdom and is rented out to a real nice couple with 2 kids) but work a job now that keeps me “on the road” traveling throughout the United States 50 weeks out of the year with my partner (Norristown, PA presently). Organic farming is my real passion but I haven’t got the money to buy the farm and land (I would be out in the field working instead of here if I had the land). I used to teach (licensed 7-12 social studies) and then studied at seminary where I learned to be an Atheist. I have birthed 5 children (all born at home) but in the past have “taken in” and cared for many more than that. I first voted the year after the 26th Amendment was adopted and haven’t missed a vote since (mostly democrats but a few independents). I used to do it all but my present day job disallows most earnest ventures. I like getting old as I have an excuse for being a “bitchy old lady”. I take photographs, travel with my sewing machine and make clothing and ‘stuff’ from recycled fabric. I believe in equal rights and freedom to assemble. I love slam poetry and old jazz. I hang out in the lounge once in awhile but rarely post. What did I miss?

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 01:10 AM

GReedDiamond (1,366 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

23. I'm using my "executive producer" pseudonym...

...GReedDiamond, which I use when producing indie music CD projects. In extending that pseudonym into the politically mythological (or, "the polithalogical", I have blended GReedDiamond into a (nonexistent) Corporation with access to more (GOD GIVEN + Tax Loopholes Giveaways & Subsidies, and $$$$ >>>> questionably "elected" political hacks = free speech = 1st Amendment Rights) rights than the average living, breathing small-cap "c"itizen, whom I consider, at best, to be profitable commodities, at worst, tax write-offs. You don't wanna hear what "I" ("GReedDiamond" think about everything in-between. GReedDiamond's (not necessarily me, but, The Corporation's) Logo is a pair of disembodied outward reaching hands which are about to grab a palm-sized floating planet earth, whereupon the two hands squeeze the whole planet into a Gigantic Diamond. It's so phony that the artwork for the Logo isn't even done yet. I am working on it, though. The End. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyway, that's the "origins" of the name, not the Reality. DISCLAIMER: I am not necessarily, or in any way otherbudwiser responsible for any of these comments.

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 01:53 AM

bluesbassman (7,165 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

24. Well, as my DU name suggests, I'm a man who plays the blues on a bass.

Been playing for over forty years and still learn something new every time I pick up an instrument. I currently play with a group of old farts like me at sleazy bars around the San Francisco Bay Area. Been a tough year for us trying to get everybody's schedules to mesh and we just lost a guitarist and replaced him with a keyboard player so we haven't been playing out much, but looking forward to the new year to get out some more. My other passion is photography. I focused on sports for a long time as my daughter is a competitive soccer player and that's what really got me into it, but lately I've been stretching into portrait, landscape, and nature. My politics were handed down to me from my Dad. I was a teenager at the end of the Viet Nam war, and vividly remember my sitting with my Dad watching the evening news and listening to him comment on the injustice and stupidity of our involvement there. My sense of humor is decidedly dry, and I can take it equally well as I can dish it out. Have two dogs and two cats. They eat, they sleep, and they shed. Must be nice. Started lurking at DU after the '04 theft, and became a member in May of '05. Seen some ups and downs over the years, but I gotta say that this is a fine group of people contributing here and I'm happy to be a part of the DU community.

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 05:31 AM

MiddleFingerMom (15,428 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

26. I'm MiddleFingerMom. I used to have a really nice ass & a really nasty rash, tho not simultaneously.

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Response to MiddleFingerMom (Reply #26)

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 11:28 PM

nadine_mn (1,775 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

146. Your name has always confused me

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Response to nadine_mn (Reply #146)

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 11:57 PM

MiddleFingerMom (15,428 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

149. You wouldn't BELIEVE the PAIN-IN-THE-ASS Kali was harassing me to come check out/sign up for DU,

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 06:51 AM

AsahinaKimi (12,246 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

27. Hajimemashite! Kimiko Desu! Dozo Yoroshiku!

This is me in my latest IMVU form..happy holidays! I am a Dean Democrat. I was born and live in San Francisco. I am of Japanese and Korean decent. My Parents live in New York. They moved there a few years ago, so my father, who is a dentist, could open a practice there with his long time friend, who is Chinese. My mother, who is half Japanese, Half Korean was an English Teacher, thought now she works as a Dental Assistant as well as the Office Manager at the family practice. I have no brothers or sisters. I do have a cat, named Buzzy. Because someone asked, I also have family in Osaka Japan. Uncle Akeno, Aunt Bachiko, and three cousins, Sachiko, Misumi and Mayumi. (Sachiko works as a nurse in one of the major hospitals in Osaka Japan!) I did have a Grandmother who was from Gwangju South Korea, but she recently passed away. She was married to my other Uncle Hideki who was from Miyazaki, Japan. I love all Asian culture; Food, Drama, Movies, Anime, Traditions, History, and especially Music. I am the owner of the Ichiban Jpop Kurabu, (Asian music and Culture club) which has over 7700 members world wide, on IMVU.com. I am (non practicing) Shinto~Buddhist. (Jodo Shinshu) My favorite actor of all time, is Shintaro Katsu, who played Zatoichi, the blind cane swordsman. Of course I was too young to see them when they first came out, however, my father is an avid collector of Japanese Samurai movies. I got to keep his entire Zatoichi series, and loved them!! Katsu is still my favorite actor.. and I love seeing him in other period pieces as well. Zatoitch Jpop, Jrock, Visuel Kei is my real passion. One of my favorite songs is by The GazettE called Zetsu: My favorite Jpop singer is Aiko Kayo who I adore: I love sports believe it or not, as my father used to have season tickets to Candlestick park for the 49ers. I also love the Raiders. Baseball teams..Giants and Angels. Hockey: Vancouver Canucks (from my days of visiting friends in Canada) Basketball: The Lakers. My favorite Japanese Baseball team is the ORIX Buffaloes. (This is the Osaka team.) Politically, I voluntarily worked for Howard Dean in his run for the Presidency. I never got to meet him, but I have admired him for a long, long time. My other passion, while not being here..is IMVU.com. I have my own chat room which is affiliated with my world wide group, the Ichiban Jpop Club. You can see our club room here: I also have a second room, on IMVU.com which is called Asian Buddhist Retreat. A friend of mine, and I worked on a third room which is a recreation of a Shinto shrine. While I love to eat all kinds of Asian food, my favorite is garlic buttered Dungeness crab, and steamed Clams. My favorite soup is Asari Miso soup, followed by New England Clam chowder. Incidentally, I am allergic to Beef, Pork and Lamb, so I have to stick with poultry and seafood. Worked for the Hamster! As for profession, I work at home luckily enough, for a Tokyo based Anime/Manga company, that has a local office in San Francisco. At one time I used to correct translations for sub titles on anime videos (Hamtaro was my favorite), but was later moved to distribution where I keep companies stocked in the US and Europe with both Manga and Anime titles. Kimiko~Yori

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Response to AsahinaKimi (Reply #27)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 04:52 PM

ellisonz (14,796 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

68. AsahinaKimi!

"I am a Dean Democrat." "Politically, I voluntarily worked for Howard Dean in his run for the Presidency. I never got to meet him, but I have admired him for a long, long time." Please consider subscribing to the Democracy for America group if you have not already: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1105 There's some fun stuff going along and I'll be posting all updates from DFA about the 2012 election. It's a revival. Aloha

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Response to AsahinaKimi (Reply #27)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 01:33 AM

GaYellowDawg (2,289 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

187. Annyeonghaseyo!

Well, you did say Japanese and Korean descent! I had some very good S. Korean friends in grad school and learned a few Korean phrases so I could at least speak a little bit in their language.

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Response to GaYellowDawg (Reply #187)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 06:45 PM

AsahinaKimi (12,246 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

195. Thats awesome!!

Sugoi!!! Kimiko~yori

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Response to AsahinaKimi (Reply #195)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 09:00 PM

GaYellowDawg (2,289 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

196. What they really got a kick out of...

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Response to AsahinaKimi (Reply #27)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 06:45 PM

kimi (2,380 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

205. Very cool info! Our names are somewhat similar

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 12:04 AM

mvd (59,430 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

28. Hi again

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 12:34 AM

clyrc (2,186 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

30. Hi I'm Crystal

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 01:54 AM

frogmarch (5,441 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

32. Hi. I’m Ellie,

and I live in western Nebraska with my husband of 46 years. We have three grown children, three grown granddaughters, and two grandsons ages 8 and 1 1/2. In January, we’ll be great-grandparents. Times flies. Just the other day, we were young. I play a variety of musical instruments – Celtic harp, Irish whistles, bodhran, violin, cello, ukulele (a little), bowed psaltery (fun with two bows!) and hammer dulcimer. I have a didgeridoo, but I’ve never gotten the hang of how to make those cool boing-oing-oing sounds with it. I write short stories sometimes, and several of my stories were published by the now closed-to-submissions online horror/dark fantasy magazine The Harrow. The biggest thrill of my writing “career” was when my website containing all the stories I’d written was selected as an editor’s choice by the now-defunct website called Bookwave. My oldest obsession is paleontology, and my newest is genealogy. My husband and I love animals, and we always spoil our pets because we adore them. Here’s a picture of our poodle son Ty (he found us 3 years ago, as a poor, scared, hungry, cold, sick little guy) and his cousin Abigail L. Parsons, who was my late sister’s dog. Abby is now our little doggy daughter. Pardon my blue underpants in the doorway. Sometimes Ty and Abby raid the bathroom clothes hamper because they have no toys. .

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Response to LynneSin (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 07:03 AM

sohndrsmith (2,058 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

34. Hey LynneSin! Thank you for this post!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 07:39 AM

teach1st (3,938 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

35. I'm Fred. I'm a teacher.

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Response to teach1st (Reply #35)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 05:05 PM

ellisonz (14,796 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

69. Aloha Fred:

Given your previous experience in Hawai'i serving in the hippies, please consider checking out and subscribing to the Hawai'i Group - "DU3 Hawai'i People and Friends- Check-In!" : http://www.democraticunderground.com/104718 Mahalo for your service!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 05:27 PM

teach1st (3,938 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

71. Thanks!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 09:42 AM

suninvited (4,533 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

36. Well, let's see what exciting facts I can think of about me

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 01:50 PM

Tikki (8,232 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

37. I am Robbie AKA Tikki...Tikki is, also, the...

name of my doggie. I love living in SoCal. I am a Liberal with a bold and capital l. I am married to Mr. Tikki. We met in HS...I guess we were destined to be together because we were the only two kids in the mid-60's in our small E. Washington State town that knew Richard Berry wrote and first recorded the NW Classic 'Louie, Louie'. Like a very many here...I adore music..When I have no responsibilities (a very rare day) I will spend the whole day playing my vinyl and reading Sci-Fi. I found DU early in 2002 when someone on a generic BB posted that all the Liberals should leave him alone and go to DemocraticUnderground...YAY I did. Tikki

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:01 PM

geardaddy (10,666 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

38. Hello.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:06 PM

AmandaRuth (2,540 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

39. AmandaRuth

long time lurker, occasional poster. Grew up in the 70's, always have been liberal, try to live by the motto "love is the assignment, not the answer" MLK, somedays are easier than others. Mid 50's but trying to still grow. Being a 70's rocker chick at heart, I love music, and my user name was taken from this song one of my all time favorite bands that never quite got the love and attention they deserved. Musically, am IN LOVE with the new folk and roots rock music now, and it's been a while for me with new music, so thats a good thing. Married with one daughter, who used to post here many moons ago under the name mini manda. I think the lessons she learned here have served her well, now, at 20, she is very involved with the occupy movement. Love to garden and sew. And the NFL and MLB. DU has always felt like a home to me.

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Response to AmandaRuth (Reply #39)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:21 PM

mvd (59,430 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

47. Welcome to DU!

I could go on and on about music with artists I like as much as those listed, but figured my post was long enough. Hope to see you posting more.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:09 PM

CreekDog (30,464 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

40. I am new here

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:17 PM

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42. Welcome to DU, CreekDog!!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:18 PM

CreekDog (30,464 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

44. same to you maidinmaryland!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:20 PM

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46. I thought it was madeinmaryland

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:30 PM

CreekDog (30,464 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

49. well, we have a long history

even though i'm new here.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:09 PM

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41. my name is Jitterbug

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 05:07 PM

ellisonz (14,796 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

70. Welcome Jitterbug!

I too have been addicted to DU.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:18 PM

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43. I chose my name because I live in Milwaukee and - gasp! - ride a Suzuki.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:20 PM

motely36 (6,296 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

45. How do I reply to this thread?

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:27 PM

hifiguy (5,411 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

48. Hello, DU peeps!

Last edited Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:13 PM USA/ET - Edit history (3) I am hifiguy, an allusion to my principal hobby, High End home audio, which I have written about in print magazines and now on the intertubes for the last 15 years. I am an atheist, dx'd Aspergers, and a Social Democrat with Structural Marxist leanings. I was born and raised in the Minneapolis area. I am a graduate of the same law school as the POTUS and FLOTUS, the latter of whom was a classmate of mine. I've bombed out at most jobs I've had because I am basically asocial and, like most Aspies, can't read people for sour owl crap, which is a serious disadvantage in a highly social profession. I have never had a date, much less a relationship - I've never had a lot of stability in my life, and venturing into that pool seems like a disastrous recipe for catastrophic instability. And I'm old enough now that I have pretty much lost interest. Music - classical from pre-Bach to Vaughan Williams, 1950s and 1960s jazz, and classic rock (especially English prog) - is my obsession and first love. I have played bass guitar for nearly 40 years; my favorite players and biggest influences are Jaco Pastorius, Phil Lesh, Chris Squire, Jack Bruce and Jack Casady. I serve as staff to one large (18-20 lb) Turkish Van rescue kitty called Butch - because he reminded me of a feline version of one of those cartoon bulldogs that were always called Butch or Spike. My previous cat, Max, passed at 16 from kidney failure in August, 2010 and I cried every day for weeks. I have loved these cats more than any human being I have ever known. I was unemployed for three and a half years at one point, losing my car and getting foreclosed out of my home. I have suffered from major depressive episodes but am on the right meds and feel better than I have in years; I am gainfully employed at the present time. My first hero who wasn't a baseball player was Robert F. Kennedy. I love to read history, current events, politics, biography and philosophy. I have read all 20 of Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin books twice and am gearing up for another re-reading. My intellectual heroes include Carl Sagan, Reinhold Niebuhr, Richard Dawkins, Ronald Dworkin and Laurence Tribe, with whom I studied in law school. I devoutly wish that I had the gift for math that so many on the autistic spectrum have. I would have become a cosmologist, a theoretical physicist or an astronomer. Alternately, I'd love to blow things up on MythBusters for a living. I am a (long-suffering) Vikings fan and also a Twins fan; I became a Celtics fan while living in the Boston area for three years. Can't stand hockey - OK in person but utterly unintelligible on the tube. I was once known as MN_ChimpH8r and FKA_MNChimpH8r back in 2005-09 and spent a year posting at HuffPo before getting tired of the trollz and returning to DU, the best online community I have ever found. There's lots more, too.

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 12:27 PM

Odin2005 (41,405 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

166. Hi, fellow MN Aspie!!!

I'm not a Christian, but Niebur's serenity prayer holds a special place in my thinking!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:38 PM

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50. Thanks Lynnesin!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:50 PM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

51. Hello I'm Sibelian

Last edited Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:51 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) And I live in Scotland, work for the NHS, am gay, have a boyfriend and 2 cats and am very interested in American politics because whatever happens over your side eventually also happens here. Also I like to make pictures like the ones below: And one day, I hope, if I'm lucky, to be able to do it professionally.... I'm writing a story to go with the pictures but I don't want to show it to anyone because I'm embarassed. Um, that's it, really...

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:34 PM

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57. Amazing artwork! nt

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:46 PM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

58. thank you!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 04:37 PM

OriginalGeek (1,313 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

66. If the story is even a tenth as awesome as the pics

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:14 PM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

77. Thank you so much, what lovely compliments!

I hope you're right... bagpipes are even better when accompanied by a military marching snare! Perhaps your wife would appreciate the muscial depth of an ensemble?

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 10:07 PM

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93. lol!

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Fri Dec 16, 2011, 06:17 PM

hifiguy (5,411 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

136. Well, OG, do you know the definition of a gentleman?

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Sun Dec 25, 2011, 01:53 AM

OriginalGeek (1,313 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

199. lol I just saw this

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:12 PM

Tuesday Afternoon (34,213 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

75. love these! really. gorgeous --

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:15 PM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

78. Ahhh thank you!

It is so nice for ones efforts to be appreciated.

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Thu Dec 15, 2011, 09:45 PM

annabanana (41,873 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

117. Beautiful, hypnotic stuff you have there..

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Fri Dec 16, 2011, 09:16 AM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

130. Well, thank you!

No-one has said such things before. Thank you.

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Thu Dec 15, 2011, 10:09 PM

femmocrat (11,386 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

120. What beautiful work!

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Sat Dec 17, 2011, 06:31 AM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

152. thank you femmocrat!

These posted are vector graphics - all done completely on a computer. I do occasionally attempt paint or water colour but I;m not very good at at it!

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Fri Dec 16, 2011, 06:15 PM

hifiguy (5,411 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

135. Holy cow! Those are beautiful pieces, Sibelian!

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Sat Dec 17, 2011, 07:44 AM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

153. Why, thank you

you are most kind.

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Fri Dec 16, 2011, 09:47 PM

pink-o (3,140 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

142. OMG those are beautiful!

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Sat Dec 17, 2011, 08:07 AM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

154. Thank you so much.... but....

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Tue Dec 20, 2011, 09:43 PM

pink-o (3,140 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

179. LOL. I don't mean "push" in a sexual way....

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Fri Dec 23, 2011, 12:44 PM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

180. Oh, I see! thank you!

We aim to please

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Sat Dec 24, 2011, 12:02 AM

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185. They are beautiful.sibelian!

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Sat Dec 24, 2011, 06:31 AM

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192. Thank you!

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Sat Dec 31, 2011, 06:54 PM

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207. I really like these!

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Sun Jan 1, 2012, 09:20 AM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

217. Thank you very much, kimi!

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Sun Jan 1, 2012, 07:51 PM

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222. Sure!

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Sun Jan 1, 2012, 04:54 PM

LeftishBrit (24,843 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

220. Amazing pictures! I really hope you can get to do this professionally!

from a fellow UK-er and NHS fan.

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Mon Jan 2, 2012, 07:40 AM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

223. Thank you leftishbrit!

Maybe this year, eh, who knows...

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Mon Jan 2, 2012, 10:19 PM

Little Star (7,638 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

227. Holy Crap! Beautiful work, you've got great talent...

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Mon Jan 2, 2012, 10:33 PM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

228. thank you very much!

I didn't really expect this many responses...

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:55 PM

PRETZEL (2,161 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

52. Hey lynne thanks for the opportunity to reintroduce ourselves.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:58 PM

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53. Hi, PRETZEL - I also live in Montgomery County, PA

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:21 PM

PRETZEL (2,161 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

55. It was

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:34 PM

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56. I hope they don't hold the line on taxes too much

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:48 PM

PRETZEL (2,161 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

59. Well, they stated that they're not going to interfere with the budget process that has to be signed

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:52 PM

mvd (59,430 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

60. It will be inevitable, as you said

Last edited Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:53 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) There would be library/zoo closures, layoffs, cuts in benefits, and more that we don't need. One positive is they want to increase transportation funding. The roads around here aren't so good. Nice talking with you and happy holidays!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:58 PM

PRETZEL (2,161 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

62. right now the budget is still in flux

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:17 PM

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54. I use to live pretty close to the Montgomery County border.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:53 PM

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61. I am PVnRT and I am a sentient gas cloud located 20,000 light years away

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 04:03 PM

Burma Jones (11,374 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

63. Pictures being worth a thousand words.......

Last edited Wed Dec 14, 2011, 04:09 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) This is me: This is me from a long time ago: These are my offspring: These are some of my Ancestors: My Name is Jeff. My DU name was new beawr until I changed it to one of the characters from the great book, A Confederacy of Dunces. I pay tolls on the Delaware Turnpike at least once a month as I have brothers in NYC, in-laws in Westchester and beloved family friends in New Jersey and visit them often. I live in Montgomery County, Maryland and have done so most of my life. I have been married for 16 years. I went to Knox College for my BA, Central Michigan University for my MS and Pace University for my PhD. I am a Defense Contractor. I was born in Gary, Indiana. I am a Washington Nationals Fan. I used to be a 'Skins Fan, but am now a Ravens Fan. I've been a DU'er since 2004.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 04:27 PM

sibelian (976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

65. Wow!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:13 PM

Tuesday Afternoon (34,213 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

76. some great pictures! cute kids, too. thanks for sharing them.

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Thu Dec 15, 2011, 12:18 PM

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107. Weird. For some reason I can't see any of your pictures.

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Thu Dec 15, 2011, 02:53 PM

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109. I can, and I'm on Firefox......

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Thu Dec 15, 2011, 03:17 PM

PassingFair (19,574 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

110. I know this happens some times...

I just don't know why it happens. I can see your captions... This is me at..... But no pictures. I can see the picture of NCLiberal in the post under us. Can you see this?:

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Fri Dec 16, 2011, 01:22 AM

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125. Confederacy is my favorite novel of all time and Burma is my third favorite character-just behind

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 04:20 PM

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64. ...a little about me....

Last edited Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:00 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2) NRaleighLiberal here - Craig in real life....live with my wife (of 31 years), one of our two daughters (yes, a returnee to the nest), our two chocolate labs and two cats in North Raleigh (duh) NC...got here in a rather roundabout way (RI born, NH grad school, WA post doc, PA 1st job, NC after 1st layoff!). Here for 18 years, but still don't do the "y'all" thing (however, we've learned to pronounce our "r's". Into a bit of everything - music (played guitar in a ghastly band long ago)..all sorts of rock, classical, jazz...movies, kayaking, photography, food/wine/beer, and esp. gardening (if you've grown the tomato Cherokee Purple, you've grown a tomato I named back in 1990!). I am a bit insane about my heirloom tomato hobby! Die hard Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics, Patriots fan - and took Duke basketball under my wing since moving here. Pretty extroverted - though with age and life's bumps and bruises much less so these days. Kind of retired - am an independent consultant, but things are dry right now - so working on my first book. Very liberal/left - social as well as fiscal (always end up around Gandhi in those various tests...Bernie Sanders is my current political hero). Joined DU in desperation after the second Bush election theft. Didn't become very politically active until later in life - volunteered a bit for Obama in the first election (we turned NC blue!). There are so many keen political brains here at DU was hesitant at first to post much - I tend to lead with the heart more than the brain. Modding was just an incredible experience here, so that helped my confidence considerably - now enjoying a more civilian role here, so am having fun in all sorts of groups! Still my mod pals will always be special to me - just great folks. this is me giving one of the keynote talks at the Seed Savers Exchange Convention in Iowa this summer. Talking tomatoes, of course And this is my garden blog. http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/index.html

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 07:54 PM

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80. You named the Cherokee Purple?

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 08:22 PM

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84. Yep. Just was lucky that J D Green sent it to me...

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 01:36 AM

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159. I might be paranoid....

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 09:54 AM

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163. not paranoia but reality. The Irish Potato Famine and a corn crop wipe out in the US were both

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Sat Dec 31, 2011, 07:00 PM

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208. Wow, you named that tomato?! Very cool!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 04:51 PM

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67. Hi All

Last edited Wed Dec 14, 2011, 04:53 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) I am 1gobluedem in reference to my love for my alma mater, the University of Michigan, and all things blue...as in states, etc. I've been a member of DU since 2004. I post in the Lounge now and then but am not really very noticed. I post most often in the Sports Forum. Although many DUers have seen and commented upon my posts regarding my dear friend, Paige Renkoski, who was kidnapped of the side of a Michigan expressway in 1990 and has never been seen again. Thank you for that. My sister, LisaM, is one of the very first DUers and she got me to join. She mostly only posts in the Sports Forum too. I live in Ann Arbor, MI, and am the general manager of an NPR affiliate public radio station which has gotten me a good deal of grief in GD on several occasions as has my championing of the domestic automobile industry. My favorite teams are any team from the University of Michigan, especially football, basketball, and hockey, and all Detroit pro sports teams (which meant taking a lot of ridicule from fellow Sports Forum-ites for the Lions until recently). My second favorite teams are the Boston teams because I love Boston and New England best after Michigan. I am an unapologetic cheerleader for the State of Michigan and encourage anyone who hasn't visited to do so. Too many people base their entire impression of the state on the more unfortunate aspects of cities like Detroit and Flint. So much more here and a great deal of natural beauty as well as our magnificent Great Lakes. With luck our slickster governer won't have time to sell their water rights before he's booted out of office. My liberal roots grow deep; I was knocking on doors and licking envelopes for Eugene McCarthy when I was eight years old. I have no pets which might be why nobody pays attention to me here.... I have a long term boyfriend who has three teenagers, two of whom are 14 year old twins. Luckily for me, none of them remember a time that they didn't know me so I don't get any of that "you're not my mom" lip. Just regular 14 year old lip. I'm a picky eater, hate the song 'Horse With No Name' so much that it makes me physically ill, and have never seen a Star Wars or Harry Potter movie. My degree is in history, my sense of humor is snarky, I can't stand phonies, and I'm a 21 year brain tumor survivor as of last Monday. Sinking back into oblivion now... 1gobluedem

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 05:41 PM

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72. Hello again DU!

Last edited Wed Dec 14, 2011, 05:49 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2) Thanks for the thread Lynn! My name is Xithras, and my nickname is taken from an old Babylon 5 joke about Zathrus' illiterate cousin. I actually want to change the name after all these years, and am planning on retiring the moniker when the next name change opportunity arises. I was born and raised in the California Central Valley, moving between several small towns in the northern San Joaquin Valley before settling in the Modesto area as a child. When I was 17, while attending a party, a half drunk me met a beautiful half-drunk young woman, we hit it off that night, and I was a teen parent by the next morning (though I obviously didn't know this at the time). Refusing to let that stop me, I later attended UC Berkeley, where I obtained my first computer science degree, and went to work at various startups as the 1990's dotcom boom started to hit its stride. Those were exciting times, and during those years I lived in various parts of the SF Bay area, spent a brief stint living in Los Angeles, and did a bit of travelling for some consulting gigs. As I matured a bit, I began to realize that I'd done something terrible to my daughter. I really didn't know her mother when she became pregnant, and I went away to college soon after she was born, so I'd never really had much of a relationship with her. I sent her mother child support checks, and saw her every few months, but that was about it. I decided to change that. I'd already decided to flee the rat race and start a consulting company to go to work for myself, and chose to move back to the Central Valley to do it because that would put me closer to my daughter. As I developed that relationship, something unexpected and amazing happened. Her mother and I hit it off, fell in love, and were eventually married. Financially, I quickly discovered that I made a LOT less money in the Valley than I did in the Bay Area, so I began to augment my income by teaching computer science classes as an adjunct at several different educational institutions in the northern valley. I've now taught at private colleges, at public community colleges, and even as an emergency fill-in at a local university (I don't have a PhD, so no perm university positions). Over the near-decade that I've been teaching, I've found it to be far more fulfilling than any other job I've had. That's a good thing too, as the crashed economy forced me to shutter my software consulting company a few years ago, and I now rely on my teaching income for my entire livelihood! The nature of my work does mean that I never personally identify myself by name on DU, and that I occasionally fudge details when discussing things that could be linked to me personally. People have identified these a few times and got the wrong impression, but the intent of these "detail alterations" has never been dishonesty. I work as an adjunct, so my job is only guaranteed on a semester-by-semester basis. As I live in one of the most conservative parts of the state, I do have to worry about a student stumbling across my postings and raising a stink about my liberal positions on this or that. I've also discussed things on DU (including childhood abuse I experienced), that I simply don't want my students or others to know about. Because of that, I prefer to keep my identity as anonymous as possible. The rest of personal life is all about downscaling nowadays. The money was good at the beginning of the decade, which allowed me to buy a lot of "things". I'm realizing (or rather, a declining income has helped me to realize) that "things" are unimportant. People are important. I've sold most of the things I once considered valuable, and am actually in the process of moving from my beautiful riverside home into a much smaller place in Modesto, as a way to cut our expenses even further. While I will miss country living, I simply can't justify the expense any longer. With my oldest daughter preparing to enter the UC system this fall with plans on becoming a med student, and two other children who will be doing the same, it's time to be practical. As for politics and the rest... Politically, I am a green-first activist. Environmentalism has always been my primary political motivator, and I'm quite proud of the fact that I've been protesting since I was a teenager, even taking part in Redwood Summer once upon a time. Yes, I did actually chain myself across a road while some VERY angry loggers threatened to cut us up with their chainsaws and hide our bodies in the forest. I occasionally took my activism a bit too far when I was young and stupid, but am a bit more grounded nowadays. Honestly, most of my modern perspective on protesting stems from those days. I learned that all protesting makes you feel good, but that there's a difference between protesting to make noise, and protesting to actually accomplish something. There's a difference between goal-based civil disobedience, and civil disobedience that is simply done to gain attention. I am highly supportive of protesting, when there is a clear goal and a path by which protesting can achieve it, but generally eschew protesting for protesting’s sake. I'm also a strong civil libertarian, believe that the United States needs to GTFO of the world’s business, and believe that we haven't fought a legitimate war since 1945. One thing that's got me into a bit of trouble at DU over the years is my sexuality. Though I'm married, I am very much a bisexual man, and have had periods in my life where I have been exclusively sexual with other men. One of the interesting aspects of bisexuality, of course, is that we can be attracted to both sexes, and in my case this eventually led me to fall in love with a woman. She and I frequently joke that our relationship was kismet, and was preordained by the universe, because she is ALSO bisexual. Our combined bisexual relationship has led to us leading a rather unconventional lifestyle, which includes everything from nudism to permissive openness (though, to be clear, we're not swingers or anything). Some people have been offended by this, while others have a problem with the fact that we're married at all, and one or two people have accused me of making the whole thing up (I'm not). To them I simply say: Live and let live. We're not recruiting, and she's all out of toasters anyway. One last subject that I should mention, that I rarely discuss here on DU, is the fact that I have been diagnosed with a mild form of Aspergers. My wife had seen signs of it for years and had been unrelenting in her push to get me tested, so it wasn't much of a surprise when the doctors finally confirmed it for us. My form is relatively mild and I don't suffer from the social anxiety problems that many Aspergers patients experience, but I do have speech issues and my interests can often be intensely focused. These problems tend to surface on DU occasionally, and are most recognizable when the speech in my posts gets overly formal, pedantic, or even incoherent. Or overly VERBOSE, like this post. Sometimes I just don't know when to stop typing! It can also cause me to get hyper-focused on a subject when I'm debating it with someone, to the point where I've literally spent DAYS doing back-research on a post I disagreed with so that I could come back and refute its poster. It's silly, but it's something I can't help, and I rarely realize it's happening while I'm doing it. Unfortunately, I know for a fact that some of my more memorable aspergers-inspired postings have permanently earned me a position on more than one Ignore list. I also have a bit of a reputation as a know-it-all, because when faced with a subject I'm unfamiliar with, my first instinct is to go read the hell out of it, instead of simply moving on to the next thread. That's one of my fixations, and it's something I do both on DU and in the physical world. Trust me, it drives my wife insane too. Not much I can do about that but apologize, and ask people to try and be tolerant when I get wierd So, to wrap this massive missive up: I've been a member of DU since early 2001, and though I can sometimes be bizarre, grumpy, hyper-opinionated, and standoffish, I too love meeting new DU'ers

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 05:58 PM

abbeyco (1,091 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

73. Great thread, LynneSin - now watch me sink it!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:08 PM

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74. My name is Applegrove. I have two cats and am a reader. I work by taking care of my ageing parents.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 07:48 PM

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79. I am Newton, not to be confused with the Rethuglican sporting a similar moniker.

I was born in Louisiana 70 years ago. I currently live on 20 gorgeous acres in the Arkansas Ozarks. I have a picturesque, rock-strewn seasonal creek that runs the length of my land. I have worked at the FBI in Washington, DC (file clerk), at the Pentagon, at a university in Louisiana (media center specialist) from which I retired after 17 years. I earned a BS in Art and Graphic Arts. I have lived in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. I am among other things, an amateur naturalist, a photographer and a crafts person. I have had a life-long fascination wth Henry David Thoreau and have made three "pilgrimages" to Walden Pond. I collect numerous items, among which are diecast metal model airplanes, both old and modern projectile points (stone arrowheads), CDs, DVDs, Zuni fetishes and miniature kachina dolls. I have interests in art, archaeology, nature, cooking, the Internet, knives, firearms. I take no interest in anything religious. I was briefly a member of Mensa, but never tried to do badly as a contestant on Jeopardy like many Mensans. I have a dog named Rascal that I adopted as a stray in Louisiana.

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 12:43 PM

Odin2005 (41,405 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

167. Hey, I think DUer Bvar lives near you!

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Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:31 AM

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178. Yes, he does. We have exchanged messages previously.

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Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:49 PM

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182. What a lovely creek!

Thanks for sharing a pic.

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Sun Jan 1, 2012, 08:01 AM

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215. It is just this lovely anyplace in the Ozarks.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 07:55 PM

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81. Mwdem, now living in Texas.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 07:58 PM

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82. My real name is Lyn and I born in Lynn, Lynn the City of Sin.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 08:17 PM

Amerigo Vespucci (27,759 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

83. Lynn Massachusetts?

I'm originally from South Hamilton (about 13 miles north). My sisters (from my mom's first marriage) grew up in Lynn. One of the last things I did before coming to California as a teenager was go for Chinese food in Lynn with my sister Donna. BEST beef fried rice I've ever had in my life.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 08:33 PM

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85. No way! Yeah, Lynn, MA!

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 08:40 PM

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87. We used to go to "The White Cap" in Ipswich every Saturday night

Best fried fish/clams/scallops/onion rings in Massachusetts. It has since been sold and is now some kind of Italian restaurant. Small world indeed.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 08:56 PM

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88. Now it's the Clam Box in Ipswich.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 09:08 PM

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89. Went there too but not as much

Biggest memory of that was that my brother-in-law was out of work and while he was supposed to be out looking for a job he always seemed to end up at The Clam Box. Pissed off my parents big-time. "He's supposed to be out looking for a job and he's stuffing his face at the Clam Box!" He and my sister had come back from California and were living with us at the time. And in all fairness, this wasn't a hard-working guy who took a lunch break. He pretty much headed over there and hung out all day.

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 09:13 PM

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