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Solo, The Leper King

Solo, The Leper King

City born. Pureblood. Gemini. Impulsive card player. Terrible speller. Devoted listener to screamo. Tea drinker. Actress. Teenager. Writer. Vegetarian. Friends, not food. Attention Defecit-hey look! theres a cat! Musicals. Poetry. The color purple. Rain at night. Lousy job at a restaurant. Loyal to a fault. Book lover.JFGI. I dont know who you... more »
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  • TinFoilHeart (Kage)

    TinFoilHeart (Kage) says

    Just like to say I'm sorry about our group...I've done crappy job on it lately. But I'm completly out of ideas. So I was thinking if you got a third Admin it imioght help bring fres ideas for the group.
    It's up to you though.

    posted 5 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Emily B

    Emily B says

    haha, nothin much...so you're into RPG, too? That's awesome! Yeah, my friends and I used to get together and do it, everyone called us weird.

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    Some books by Bill Moyers might be good: "A World of Ideas"(2 volumes); "Moyers On America" and "Moyers On Democracy." A book I have not read but would very much like to is called "Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism" by Susan Jacoby. I saw an interview with her and she seemed really reasonable and thoughtful. If you want to read something really far to the left I'd say Bill Maher, whom I don't agree with on a lot and his personality irritates me or Noam Chomsky, who I generally agree with but he's a little dense and certainly pretty radical.

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    I think people should be able to talk about every subject as long as they can approach it from the correct perspective and try not to get too emotional about it. You should try reading something that's less...bombastic. I was going to recommend reading a liberal/progressive political writer, but usually the what happens is that both sides want to make themselves look patriotic and like they have the facts on their side, regardless of which side your coming from. So you could read something that is more interested in shades of grey than black and white, if you know what I mean. That's just my suggestion, though, if you want to see more sides of the spectrum.

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Emily B

    Emily B says

    Hey, what's up? :)

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Mysterious Lady

    Mysterious Lady says

    Feh. Now you know how I felt when you were grounded! Mom says that Shelfari is interfering with my schoolwork. The last time I checked, I still had striaght-A's! I don't know what viewpoint you're coming from, Mother, but it makes no sense to me!

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    Wow, yeah I guess that wouldn't lend itself to a very broad selection of views unless you very intentionally sought alternative opinions, outside of your immediate circle. How does that one person get treated/treat the rest of your family? My extended family is largely republican but we have some more moderate and liberal/progressive cousins also. Keeps things interesting.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Blu (Jamie)

    Blu (Jamie) says

    I updated the Gypsie thread, tried to explain. It can still go the way you wanted it to.. sorry we ran away with it a bit. We wished you were there!

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Clarence W

    Clarence W says

    I actually kind of hated Almost, Maine. I've seen bits of it performed, and I tried to read the whole thing, but I found it schmalzy, unfunny, and uninteresting. Just not to my taste, I guess.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Hope

    Hope says

    oh and gyspy....you are sort of standing with your sword to the kings throat....

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Hope

    Hope says

    Hey Solo could you post on Anastasia and Holocaust Love Story?

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    I sort of see what you mean, but I generally think that's the case if one is over-explaining or repeating themselves rather than just expanding upon a point...I hope that at least I was able to clarify what I'd said earlier. You have very few progessive/liberal friends I take it?

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    Hope I didn't scare you off. I can be a bit opinionated but I try to be reasonable.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Mysterious Lady

    Mysterious Lady says

    *grumble* Yes I feel your pain.......and no, I'm not back on, I'm simply going behind mother's back. I'm such a good daughter........*sigh*

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Ski,Read,Peace(The new Warrren Miller movie Dynasty was so cool!!)

    Ski,Read,Peace(The new Warrren Miller movie Dynasty was so cool!!) says

    Solo please come and post on the atlatis rpg

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Mysterious Lady

    Mysterious Lady says

    .............................grounded......................

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Aly Doom

    Aly Doom says

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  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    Let me rephrase that. An example of Glenn Beck influencing the administration: Glenn Beck starts railing against Van Jones for being a "self-avowed communist"--which, by the way, is only controversial if you think that being a communist or a socialist is inherintly evil--and after a few weeks of this, Van Jones resigns. I was actually just talking about conservative media personalities and republican congresspeople in general and how, despite the fact that they are in the minority and most of their allegations are false, democrats react to them as though they were representing the majority opinion. Glenn Beck is an example of that, though he does have some ludicrous conspiracy theories. The most recent one was where he thought that this week of promoting volunteerism and service was akin to "living in Mao's China." The idea was that Obama, the first lady, the major television networks and the organization "Entertainment Industry Foundation" are all in collusion to create some sort of crisis that doesn't exist and then all these brain-washed volunteers will take over the country.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    The thing is, many of her views are so extreme and virulent I have to question whether she really believes what she's saying or is just very adept at figuring out what to say to get on TV and sell books. There are plenty of people on youtube who like Ann Coulter, and other conservative pundits. Being reasonable isn't about saying things to appease people or being dishonest to appear PC, it's about being able to see outside of your own worldview. You can disagree with someone without belittlling or demonizing them. And again, both sides are guilty of this.
    Glen Beck is a very dangerous ideologue; I'm irritated that the democrats and the Obama administration are caving to some of his ludicrous conspiracy theories. The fact that he belongs to the LDS church makes me all kinds of embarrassed.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Hope

    Hope says

    Weird.....for the past like half hour I have been tempted to use the word, "Yo!" ....what is weird is that isn't a part of my vocabulary, I have never used that word out loud before in my life(well actually take that back I used it once, but that was a special case and the only person who heard me was my sister) anyway....WHY AREN'T YOU POSTING?????????????????????????
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    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )