iris lily
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National Review. It's basically about simplicity. Simple government (as in lack of laws and Federal overreach) and simple living free from government...

This is so funny! yep, I did NOT like the RUthie Lemming book and barely got through 30 pages. I thought his writing was flat and uninteresting. I...

Gone Girl! Loved it!

I love that book, too! The parts about the academic world seem so real to me.

Dang, that pig has always been facile with the ladies!

catherine, I'm sure that you will do fine. I didn't really expect you to sell your house and move to a one bedroom apartment. My approach to...

Maybe you covered it below but I didn't follow what you said. She's got mortgage liability of $273,000 for the house she lives in and pays a mortgage...

--Wait--how much are you getting from the sale that closes in 4 weeks? Will that pay off your debts? You husband's "job" should be to get his...

I think that you live in expensive real estate land. Certainly you live in expensive real estate tax land, NJ is crazed in their taxation. What...

Why can't I work at a job I like and still have $2 million? Like dmc, I agree that $1 million isn't that much, I'm shooting for multi. I also...

I heard that was pretty good, so it's on my "B" list. When I finish "A" list productions I'll try B list series.

Well, I held my own personal Scandinavian film festival last year. That theme is a little broader than what you are talking about. I don't watch...

You know them, it's just not obvious. The Millionaire Next Door lays out what they look like.

Now here's confession: we eat dinner in front of the tv. How uncivilzed is that! So I watch network tv between 6:30 and 7:30 many nights.

Hell to the no. If you don't share basic values with your SO there's no point in having anything other than a casual relationship. Someone deep in...

.... It does have a good public library... Jane, I overwrote your post above in error, so sorry!

If the argument is exactly as you stated, well, then sure: I am not in favor of the Feds passing legislation that the states can't do something. Does...

Recently I saw an actress peel off her top and I wasn't even surprised and frankly can't remember which cable show on dvd I was watching. It seem...

Trees and liberals I can deal with if I've got the other stuff I need! haha.. But really, I'm over that Portland obsession. I interviewed in Corvalis...

Ok, here's the skinny about leek greens from DH who has a master's degree in vegetable production: He says that our leeks from the garden are...

I live in ST. Louis because that's were I got a job, but I fell for this city and for nearly 25 years refused to consider moving anywhere else. ...

While I waste a lot of time (a lot!) on tv, it is mostly dvds which I watch on my schedule. I grew bored with watching anything on THEIR schedule...

So great! There has been oodles of good news on this site in the past few days, way to go!

That is SO GREAT, at last at last!!!!

Good topic. For one thing, we in the U.S. have tiered medical care for pets. (Of course you know this.) So some pets will be euthanized due to...

Surely that loft isn't the only bedroom. One of my tiny houses is about 650 sq feet and from that I know there is no need to put the single...

That is very nice!

I have to say, SQ, your self-analysis seems reasonable and objective. It doesn't sound as though you are fooling yourself. I really like the fact...