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AMEN!!

favorite thing about fall? finally getting to wear all the clothes I bought on end of season clearance the previous fall. Actually, that's my favorite thing about any change of season, since I RARELY buy clothes that aren't on super cheap clearance... I would say another good thing about fall is less humidity, but down here on the coast the humidity never goes away

salad roast beef, homemade gravy, and cornbread. all together. pretty much an open faced roast beef sandwich, but with cornbread. for dessert, there's candy hidden around here somewhere, I just have to find it

A friend had a Sh**head, pronounced Shatheed. He called her Miss Jones. and I forgot about the 2 girls I went to high school with - Lois Lane and Ann Bolyn.

Oddly enough, even though only my birth certificate and driver's license are Ashley, and everything else (even my social security card) are Ashlea, I had no trouble at all with my passport. When I bought my house, I didn't even have to do a name affidavit or put Ashlea AKA Ashley on any of the paperwork. So far I've been lucky. Good thing, because I don't like the idea of spending the money on a legal name change just for one letter.

no kidding...and for some reason having the A on the end really confuses people when they try to say it aloud. I've gotten Alisha, Allison, Ansley, Agatha (I am not kidding). I pretty much answer to anything that starts with an A now.

Saw some interesting ones while teaching. Aquanetta, Chinesegirl, and Sir are the ones that really stand out. My cousin had a student named Female (pronounced like tamale). If you don't like your name, you can always just pick another one. That's what my uncle did. His name was Edmund Shealy Morgan. He didn't like his first or middle, so he re-named himself Billy. Never bothered with the whole legal name change thing, but that's all anyone knew him as. His tombstone even says Billy S. Morgan. Ironically, he had one of the better names among his siblings (11 of them). He had a sister named

which son?? one of her sons lives on the same creek I do, about 1/2 mile down. his house is bigger, but my lot is bigger, and I have a MUCH better view

Darius Rucker asked me out ages ago when I was at the University of South Carolina. The band used to come into the restaurant I worked in all the time, ran into him one night when out after work & ended up kicking his butt in air hockey (I had a boyfriend at the time, so I told him no ) Gerald McRath (plays for the Tennessee Titans) was one of my students in high school. Paula Deen & I shop at the same Publix on Wilmington Island in Savannah. And the woman who cuts my hair is the mother of Paula's personal hair guy. Have met lots of Irish politicians who come to Savann

Honey Nut Cheerios are great to carry in your purse in a plastic baggy for when you want a quick snack. Just sweet enough to satisfy a sweet tooth, and plenty of fiber. The Chocolate Cheerios work too. Apples with peanut butter is easy to eat in the car too. Don't have to worry about spilling the peanut butter when you're driving.

Travelling in England by train rocks (I have heard horror stories from some people, but I've never had a problem in 3 extended trips there). When I spent 3 weeks studying at Oxford (10 years ago) I took the trains everywhere. It was only an hour to London, with incredible scenery along the way. There were several people on the morning trains who lived in Oxford or Reading who took the train to work in London every day. That's a commute I could definitely handle. You can get a Britrail pass that allows unlimited use of the train system, they seem expensive until you compare them to the cos

Have had them so bad it actually leaves a huge bruise across the back of my leg. I look like someone whacked me across the back of the leg with a baseball bat, and I am limping for days. None recently thank goodness, let me go find some wood to knock on, though...

Interesting to see Waterford on the list. Not the first place that comes to mind when thinking of places to study art. Not one of the more glamorous locales, so it seems there would be a good chance of you not being just another student among hundreds (or even thousands in places like Paris). No matter where you pick, you can always grab a flight on one of the regional European airlines for trips to the other places while you are over there. Air travel within Europe can be REALLY inexpensive, especially when compared to flights within the U.S. Ryanair & Easy Jet are 2 of the biggest l

- learn to play drums - learn to play the piano (my Granny's neighbor gave me her Chickering redwood piano 30 years ago, but we couldn't afford lessons ) - windsurfing - quilting / sewing / making my own clothes (I can't even sew a button though) - making wreaths my bucket list is actually pretty long, but I know it's never too late to try something new. My uncle started taking piano lessons when he turned 60!

The age varied from state to state. In some states it was 21, but I heard a couple of states set the age all the way at 30. I had to come off my mom's when I was 24, that was in the mid-90s. If I'm not mistaken the way it works now is that no matter where you are they have to keep you on your parent's policy until you are 26, but individual states can require insurers who operate there to cover you longer

Dominican is awesome. Temps in February were low to mid 80's during the day, low to mid 70s at night. Beautiful beaches, perfect breezes. Part of the reason we had such a good time is that we DIDN'T stay in a resort. Stayed in a little hotel in Cabarete, lots of neat shops, restaurants with the tables in the sand on the beach. Even took a day and went inland, that was an experience. Just don't do that near the end of the month, all the police are broke right before pay day. They were looking for tourists to shake down, we were with some Germans who live there year round who spoke Spanish &am

I got a job. It's only through the holidays, but for now, I'll take it

Kort was on NCIS:LA's finale, very much out in the open, so doubt it's him Ziva's dad is talking about. Don't know why, but I'm thinking it has something to do with the time Ziva was being held in Somalia. Is it just me or is McGee WAY too skinny??

Vividly remember watching the last episode of MASH. I think I was 11 at the time. Had to babysit my next door neighbor's bratty kid that night. Amazingly, he actually left me alone the entire time it was on. It wasn't a final episode, but I clearly remember sitting down to watch DALLAS to see who shot J.R. TO the poster who mentioned having to watch the last episodes of your soap operas, I used to watch ATWT & Guiding Light religiously. Haven't watched either in years, but was still upset to find out they were being cancelled. Couldn't bring myself to watch GL's last episode, same for

I figure that except for the few folks I've met in person, most of whom are on my facebook now as well, people on here know me as Clio. Figured that was best when I was teaching. Now that public education & I have parted ways, I don't care so much if people know who I am. I figure the folks who don't like what I post have their own special names for me At our last garage sale, one lady told me she was on pcom, I introduced myself by my real name, she introduced herself by her screen name. that was kind of wierd, since the other people around us had no clue what pcom is. <-----

Honestly they are all correct, sort of. It's Arabic, which has a different alphabet than ours. When you translate from one alphabet to another, you end up with different spellings, because translators are very fond of saying "no, that's not right, it's so & so". But there's no person or organization that is the final arbiter of what is right / what is wrong.

Because some radical/extremist/whatever you want to call him isn't finished using this as an excuse to stir up the poor & uneducated & impressionable, play on their emotions, and generally use the situation for personal or political gain. If they can't get enough people riled up for a respectable sized protest, they will pay people to protest, or bus in their diehard minions. Happens all the time in Iran.

never gave the pipeline or the tanks in West Cobb much thought when I lived up there. The 5 LNG tanks that are just across the river from me now are a different story. Of course, I can't do a whole lot about either, so I just say my prayers & go about my business...

and the point of putting my name in the blank is?? and I'm feeling just fine, thanks

So something happens in an obscure spot on the other side of the world THIS MORNING, a site publishes a story about it at 10 am, and within an hour of the story being posted you are on here indignant that he has not dropped whatever he is doing to comment on it? Im going to go out on a limb here & guess that the President of the United States is a little busier than you are. If he (or any other President) commented on every shameful event that occurs anywhere in the world, people would complain that he's not doing his job & needs to be concentrating on _________ (enter urgent nationa