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Return of the dharma bum in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

My friend Jim is returning to the area this weekend. He's the closest thing to a dharma bum i've ever had the fortune to meet. We have had some really cool times together, talking about philosophy, religions, music, people...anything. he's very well read and very intelligent...but not showy about it, if you know what i mean. Jim has had a few careers, from being enlisted in the army to being a certified massage therapist, to wroking at an express lube changing the oil in people'

Reply to A good rimless eyeglasses in Humor JoeUser Forums

I like rims on my glasses too. I tried to disguise the fact that I wore glasses once by wearing rimless ones. Didn't work for me. Now I wear my glasses with pride...little oval tortoishell frames; they make me look way more intelligent than i actually am!

I must be getting old... in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

I took my 11 year old daughter shopping this evening. We had a wonderfully 'girly' time looking at make-up and clothes and shoes, etc. We had stopped to sniff some scented candles when Shea said "Mom, that guy's looking at you" I looked up to see the back of a tall, dark young man disappearing around the end of an aisle. (I have to sideline a bit here. When I say young, I mean young, like late teens to early 20's. I'm 34...so anything under 21 is young to me!) <B

Reply to Avoiding people in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

I'm somewhat ashamed to admit it, but i do it too. There's a girl who works at a store here on the base I live at, who has an absolute heart of gold and from what I've seen is a very nice person...but I avoid her like the plague. If I see her but she doesn't see me I try my best to be inconspicuous so she won't notice me and head in the opposite direction at the earliest opportunity. She's just so......annoyingly simple (intellectually) and naive, and I find myself becoming incredibly f

Reply to Pass the KY.. in Misc JoeUser Forums

Oh, I know. We've been doing this for 12 years now, and I can count the number of times we've been screwed on one hand. The benefits far outweigh the downfalls, always have and probably always will. It's like anything else in life - there are aspects of it you love, and then there are those that you don't care for much. As I said though, we're really very fortunate to be able to live the way we do.

Pass the KY.. in Misc JoeUser Forums

Well, I went to talk to someone 'in the know' at the base Finance Office about the recent travel fiasco Dave endured. Bottom line is this: the reg. says what the reg. says, and that's that. Doesn't make it right, but that's what it says and there's nothing we can do about it. We're out a couple of hundred, and have the proverbial snowball's chance of recovering it. Sometimes I really dislike the Air Force. I mean really, really dislike the Air Force. <BR

Reply to Photo Album in Family Photos JoeUser Forums

Very cute family! How do I post pics on my blog?

Reply to I forgot to mention.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

I feel fucking wonderful, thanks Muggaz....! Now if I could just get the pain in my side to bugger off, I'd be fantastic! Karen. P.S. I don;t know how to post pics on my blogs either. Will someone please tell me how?

I forgot to mention.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

In my rage over the AF's sodomizing us earlier I forgot to tell you: I fell down the stairs and re-fractured my ribs! Hahahahaha!!!!(I'd do that in reality if it didn't hurt quite so bad) I spent the morning in the ER! Hahahahaha!!!! I'm on percocet! Hahahahahaha!!!! (all laughter is genuine and in no way cynical or sarcastic. I don't know why, but I find the whole situation quite hilarious - perhaps it's the drugs)

Reply to Global Warming Leading To Thin Skin in Welcome JoeUser Forums

We're turning into a country run by minorites...all it takes is for one person to be offended and the fun has to stop. Get a fucking thicker skin, people. I'm sick of political correctness gone awry - for example, I'm 5'1". I'm short. I have no problem being called 'short'. It doesn't bother me. I don't want to be labelled 'vertically challenged' - i'm not challenged, vertically or horizontally. I look forward to reading your rants...keep 'em coming! Karen

Reply to Westies High School Test in Humor JoeUser Forums

Muggaz, you're fucking awesome. This made me laugh out loud..... Thank-you. Karen

Reply to Things You'd Love to say out Loud at Work in Humor JoeUser Forums

I have a T shirt with #20 on it, and used #27 just last week. Then there's the classic (although overused) 'I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day, and tomorrow don't look too good either'

Bend over and spread 'em, please. in Misc JoeUser Forums

I'm pissed. Furious is a better description, really. As you all know, Dave went back to his duty station last week after he took 3 weeks' leave. His current duty station is a 'remote' assignment in the Arctic Circle, and there is one, count 'em, one military flight in and out of there a week. No civilian flights at all, just military....here's a thought...since i got married the military has drummed into me at every opportunity they've been given the importance of having

Reply to No more 'Woe is me' in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

darn - or should i say yarn! someone beat me to it!!!!! i did giggle at the pic tho...

Reply to They think that's going to make me want to eat at Quizno's? in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Mine have been asking the same questions, and I can't answer either. The marketing strategy is working though, 'cos we're all talking about them (and Quizno's) here.

Reply to No more 'Woe is me' in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Funny you should say that, because i have been knitting...turned out a couple of preemie hats this afternoon. I'm thinking of writing an article about knitting as meditation...'Zen And The Art Of Knitting' or something like that. Thanks for your thoughts.. they're always welcomed, and much appreciated (even if I may not agree)!

Reply to things the attention-span-challenged person should NEVER do in Humor JoeUser Forums

I think i'm kin to you in some way too. I did the classic put-the-cup-of-coffee-on-the-roof-of-the-car and drove out of the street with it still there, merrily waving back at the people who were trying to flag me down..and i thought they were just being friendly! I'm good at putting something i need in a place so obscure that I think I'll remember it's there (like my passport in the silverware drawer) - then promptly forgetting where

Reply to No more 'Woe is me' in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Yes, i do, and it irks me too...especially when it looked like i was in danger of becoming that which irks me! Thanks for reading....and i like reading your blog too. Namaste.

No more 'Woe is me' in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Ok, i just re-read what i have written in the past couple of days, and I don't like what i see. All I seem to have done is complain about my lot in life, how bad my life is, how being me sucks...it's pathetic! I'm really not like this usually....and i think the time has come for me to kick myself in the ass and just get the fuck on with shit instead of complaining. Yes, this is hard, and yes, it hurts...but i need to quit fucking whining. This is what i need to say to myself:

Reply to They think that's going to make me want to eat at Quizno's? in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

No, i don't like the Arby's Ovenmitt...i think he's an annoying jackass too. The Quizno's dudes just freaked me a little at first, with the eyes and teeth and the dead-rodent bodies...but now i'm growing to like them...i've been trying to sing the commercial tunes but have only succeeded in making myself hoarse and freaking out my cats (they run up to me, eyes all wide, tails all brushy and swat at me until i stop - kinda cute, actually).

Reply to Are you there, God? in Religion JoeUser Forums

thanks, jeremy..... :)

Are you there, God? in Religion JoeUser Forums

I'm having a crisis of faith. It's been an on-going crisis for months/possibly years now....and i can't quite seem to find a solution for it. Let me begin by laying a foundation for you. I was raised C of E (Church of England), a protestant faith. When i came to the States oh, 14 or so years ago, i went off on this journey to find a faith that i was comfortable with...and there were many of them! I went through Catholicism, Baptist (Southern and otherwise), Lutheran, Methodi

They think that's going to make me want to eat at Quizno's? in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Will someone who's seen the commercial for Quizno's subs please tell me what those things are? They look like deceased hamsters....and while i'm starting to find them kind of endearing, at first I found them quite disturbing. Not the kind of thing that's going to make me want to run out to the nearest Quizno's and buy food......

Reply to Idiots Like Chicken in Misc JoeUser Forums

I often wonder how some people manage to make it through the day without seriously injuring themselves or someone else.....

Reply to Dont mention the L word in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

I don't know where you got the impression that if you met a girl you'd have to leave her when you go OS...why can't you ask her to go with you? That's what my husband did....so i went. If it's love you're after, and i think that you are, then my best advice to you is this: quit looking. Stop trying. Do what you want to do, and wait for it to find you. The harder you look, the more elusive it is...i think in part because it becomes so obvious that that's what you're looking for. And what's