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[quote=Rich Toscano][quote=paramount][quote=Rich Toscano][quote=paramount]
Caution: The following video could be disturbing to those with a conscious/morals.
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Yeah, good thing you’re not homophobic.[/quote]

It just goes to show how far down the rat hole society is when you can’t take a position that:

No form of gender relationship issues of any type should be discussed or even suggested to elementary school children.

Again: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN!!

Without being labeled a homophobe.

Sick. Really Sick.[/quote]

Nice attempt at misdirection.

You said:

“The following video could be disturbing to those with a conscious/morals.”

…and thus, you equated being gay with lacking morals or “a conscious.”

This was after the histrionics about a radical gay agenda, and saying that you were “sickened,” because a reading assignment mentioned that two women adopted a child.

So yeah, you sure come across as homophobic to me.[/quote]

No probably he meant having kids be aware of homosexuality is immoral.

But that can’t be right because we must teach our children Torah, and so they will learn of homosexualitys existence there…

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[quote=SK in CV][quote=paramount][quote=SK in CV][quote=paramount]
So you don’t think mommy and daddy should ever be discussed either?

Parent(s) or Guardian(s) works just fine.[/quote]

Unless parents happen to both be men or both be women. Hence, you’re homophobic. I’m not sure why you won’t just acknowledge it. Your words make it pretty clear.[/quote]

What? You’re making no sense at all.

Let me say it again: Regardless of the home arrangement, parent(s) or guardian(s) at all times.

Gay Marriage (or any marriage for that matter): It’s none of my business who marries who – but don’t talk to my elementary school age kid about it in any official public capacity.

BTW, I really don’t care what you label me at all.

Seriously, I don’t.[/quote]

I’m making no sense? You say it’s ok to mention parents. Or Guardians. Guess what? Your kids know that people have a sex. Male or female. But you want to hide that from them so they aren’t damaged? Pretty much the very definition of “political correctness” that you so hate.

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i dont know. i guess i was still pretty old and knew about sex but didn’t really beleive that people were doing it, at least not in large numbers. i doubt i would have even beleived my parents. it just seemed so weird

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[quote=flu][quote=6packscaredy]i have been called faggot and sissy, way back in the dayearly 70sand im not gay. those dudes got it wrong. i was just kind of weird. there should be education on that in school. just because the kid is kind of weak and odd and dweeby, and way overly intellectual even back then, doesn’t mean he does not want to have sex with girls….[/quote]

You didn’t use the “I can do your homework for you so you don’t fail, Ms. Hotty”, did you?[/quote]

no. too shy.

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the stuff from other kids is going to be way worse than whatever comes from school.

i still vividly remember an afternoon looking at Playboy magazines with Dario, the much older Super’s son in a hidden cove in our apt building, with other boys, and some very raunchy talk. it was so thrilling. i twas perhaps one of th emsot intense moments of my life. i think i was 7? maybe 9?

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i have been called faggot and sissy, way back in the dayearly 70sand im not gay. those dudes got it wrong. i was just kind of weird. there should be education on that in school. just because the kid is kind of weak and odd and dweeby, and way overly intellectual even back then, doesn’t mean he does not want to have sex with girls….

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i wonder how one would break the news about gay people to kids after so much time, assuming they hadn’t heard the news. it’s difficult to imagine the speech…

it’s difficult to imagine the kid not laughing at the parent if it were held back for so long too…

i guess, unless they lived ina bubble. and never accidentally caught an epidode or ad for Modern Family…

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[quote=CA renter]Contentment is the key to happiness . Keeping expectations low = happiness. Best to have a bucket list of things you’ve already done, or already have, IMO.[/quote]

so i was on yelp looking at reviews of the Blackbird Tavern which is great by the way) and i came across this review which made me laugh and weep. it’s kind of long, and im not saying it’s necessarily worth reading…but, it made me want to find the girl who wrote it, and yell at her. not sure what i’d yell, but something about life, and living it, soemthing I might very well yell at myself… the review…

I don’t candy coat anything so here are true facts about my first and only visit to Blackbird. When reading bad reviews on Yelp, I have learned to take them with a grain of salt because they tend to be littered with biased opinion (which is fair considering that is the point of this forum) so I will do my best to stick to the facts.
I went on October 15th, it was a Tuesday. I know exactly when we were there because it was my birthday. I wish desperately I had checked it out before using my first time visit on what is supposed to be the happiest day of the year. Excuse me for having very high happiness expectations on the anniversary of my birth.
Accompanying me on this dinner were my parents, best friend and her mom. We arrived and were seated immediately, it was about 6:30 in the evening. I don’t need to mention the decor and rustic hipster crap everywhere. It’s cute, we get it. The first thing my dad said was how small the font was on the menu. Yes, he wears glasses and is over 50, but why exclude this demographic from being able to read and order for themselves? Ultimately it just pissed him off and made him feel old and nobody wants that. Mom ordered the steak medium rare, dad ordered the chicken, my friend and I ordered the special “lasagna”, friend’s mom ordered the burger. As a table we ordered the Brown Bag Special and cheese and crackers. Mom and I ordered some drink with rum, lime, and mint per the server’s recommendation. Dad and Tracy ordered beers.
Appetizers were both good, if forced to go back I would stick to ordering those and water. Drinks were fine, nothing to get excited about. Mom’s steak was too rare, I may have heard faint mooing from her plate. Dad’s chicken was cooked fine, but tasted like nothing. The lasagna was two pieces of pasta resembling a napkin, swimming in a meat sauce and accompanied by green tomatoes. This dish may have been dreamed up by a recovering anorexic, because it certainly could not fill up a hungry adult. I was not going to leave hungry, so I had them switch it for the burger. The burger that friend’s mom ordered was undercooked, (mine was cooked well as requested) it comes with bacon and gouda which sounds like a recipe for success but was somehow disappointing. I never thought I would find myself in a situation wherein bacon is not awesome, but I suppose anything is possible.
We told our server all of our woes, and she was apologetic and willing to listen. I hated telling her that we were unhappy, but I also hated that I was not having the greatest dinner ever. She put my mom’s steak back on the grill so it was edible and took my excuse for lasagna off the bill. I believe they also gave us 25% off the total bill. The owner came out to talk to us, and I gave him all of our feedback. I don’t remember a sincere apology from him. He just seemed upset that things weren’t going well (I know the feeling) almost as if this has been happening frequently… I work in customer service, I know it’s not fun to hear negative comments but it’s not our fault we weren’t having a good time.
There are a lot of reviews on how terrible the service is, but this was actually the best feature of the whole experience. I wish I remembered her name but she was cute, curly hair, nice smile, super sweet. If people had bad service here, they did not have our server.
As far as the comments on high prices, that is up to the customer. For what we got, I thought it was too much. If this had been the show-stopping dinner I was expecting, this would not have bothered me.
I get that it is hard to please everyone, but when a restaurant fails to please an entire table…something is wrong. I might consider trying this place for lunch one day to see a different menu, but I will not have very high expectations.
I wanted so badly to like this experience and tried my best to stay positive, but instead I spent an hour writing a less than positive review.

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anyone want to buy a 1998 camry with 200,000 miles that needs a timing belt, is leaking oil about 1 qt per week, needs brakes, new battery, maybe an alternator (but i don’t think so); wife wants new mini cooper….

I’m willing to let it go, maybe….

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[quote=temeculaguy]scaredy, stop scaring CA renter, and stop avoiding the task. No amount of deflection can distract you from yourself, just own it and start admitting your own list. It’s a mirror, now just look in it, no need to be afraid. Don’t try to be deep or clever, just admit there are things on your list, weird things, things normal people think of, and god forbid, things that are shallow and primal. You live in wine country, have you gone up in a balloon? I have, almost landed on your street one time. $100 a head, take the wife, partake in the champagne and then report back. It’s like talking an astronaut into riding a bicycle, trust me, the simple pleasures bring…….pleasure. Try it.[/quote]

A balloon actually landed in our yard a year or two ago. Was loud right near the window. Was that you? I am not really so much scared of heights as I am of the sensation that I will lose control of my sensenses and hurl myself to certain death. So, if I were strapped in to the balloon I’d be fine…

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number two on my bucket list is to get a license plate holder that says I’d Rather Be Here Now.

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august 25 to sept 1 2014. i guess i better start planning.

http://www.burningman.com/

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Gays were funnier when they were outsiders. As they becOme normal they will be way less funny…

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Military rankings?

Why not just call an A grade a kill, a B grade a maim and a c grade a bodily injury.

Could give kids stickers with dead bodies for achievement

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My gay friends got more oral sex in a month in hs than I got in, well, Yeah that environmental agenda is bullshit.

I think the problem is there’s never going to be a value neutral reading assignment.

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I’ve got something for my list!  I want to go to BURNING MAN.  I kind of wish I’d been going all these years, especially when it was smaller…maybe it’s too late…BURNING MAN festival in Nevada… I would kind of like to have attended a giant CRITICAL MASS event, but now I’m old and not as militant as I was…so I don’t think I’d like that. 
 
I have been trying to list  potential pleasures”, and I can’t think of many that aren’t things that are commonplace.  You can’t really put the commonplace pleasures on the bucket list, since they’re too common right?  Is novelty a requirement for a bucket list? Maybe a bucket list should just consist of things you love, but done a lot more?
 
1.        A good poop:  this is definitely no. 1 on the list.  Nothing beat a good poop.  That’s really the highlight (or highlights, often) of my day.  A nice good beautiful clean poop.  I am satisfied 100% currently. 
2.       Toast.  I love toast.  I like making it.  I like jam and butter on it.  I never tire of toast. Also, I’m getting enough.
3.       Flossing.  Man it feels good.  I have one gum pocket where stuck collects.  Just feels great.  Not as good as a poop, but good.
4.       Winding my watch.  I have a nice watch with a distinctive “onion” crown that feels good on the fingers, I get a little jolt of pleasure when I wind my watch.
5.       A long walk.  I like to amble.  A nice 1-2 hour stroll clears the mind.  Want way more.  I rarely walk as much as I’d like.
6.       Clothing.  I have a weakness for very expensive high end clothing.  I don’t possess much of it—barely any.  But I get pleasure from it, even from contemplating owning it.  I would like way more expensive clothing.
7.       Napping. Not enough.
8.       Buying a new book I really want to read.  I have exactly enough of this.
9.       Jazz At the Merc, in old town Temecula. More.
10.   Really good sushi.  Way more.
11.   Good coffee.  Enough.
12.   Playing bocce. More!
13.   Playing table tennis. More!
14.   Not being sick after being sick.  I don’t get sick barely at all but that day after your recover, man it’s awesome.  It would be great to always feel great to just be at normal.  Hopefully, never…
15.   Having a happy wife (or child) rest her/his head on you.  More!

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