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In light of the recent goings on within JU, it seems rather appropriate I would stumble across this article from CNN.com/Living titled, Your blog can be group therapy.

The first blogger in the story stated she would commit suicide after 90 days of writing about her life. What would you do if one morning while sipping your coffee and reading what's new on JU you were to come across such an article?


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I haven't had an opportunity to write my article about being a military spouse yet...well, more like the brain space required that is currently full of final exam material.  This article just popped up on my Navy Reserve news listserv and I wanted to share it with y'all.

This is for all us military spouses. 

Mark May 9th on your calendar and remember to let the ones left at home know you're thinking of them...that their sacrifice is not forgotten.

 

 

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So it seems that a JU poster hascommitted libel against another poster.  I have linked the article foryour reference.  Erathoniel wrote:I know some of you hate me(Ock, talkin' to you here)According to the legal definitionsfound on nolo.com, libel is defined as the following:  

libel

An untruthful statementabout a person, published in writing or through broadcast media, that injuresthe person's reputation or standing in the community. Because libel is a tort (a civi...

 

There's been a bit of talk about weight loss, lamenting the state of our collective pudginess, and suggestions of ways to combat our cusion of a comfortable life.  Well, I am getting down to the wire with needing to achieve my weight goals.  Officer Development School looms ever closer in my future and keeping up with the kiddies just out of school is going to be a challenge.

I'm really good with losing weight.  Heck, I've losta couple hunderd pounds or more over the ...

I'm headed to Bankok, Thailand Baybee!  Yep.  Courtesy of the U.S. Navy, I will be tasked with playing with data away from civilization as I have become cushy and comfortable with.  I won't be in Bangkok for long but that's where the major airport is located so we have to land somewhere.

This wasn't planned and the timing couldn't be worse with Steve having just received orders to the School of Music this summer.  We will be starting our moving hell to leave the Naples t...

I came across this article posted on FoxNews and had to share.  Even in the midst of war there is love, compassion and friendship.  May Nubs abd MAJ Dennis have many happy times that come only from sharing your life with "man's best friend."

Read on...

I was reading Pantherchic's blog http://forums.joeuser.com/?forumid=184&aid=68560 about WoW and I started thinking about guy and girl gamers.

So, I wonder...  Is the proportion of MMORPGers starting to equalize between male and female players?  Do you guys tend to play female or male toons?  What about you girls?

I came to gaming late.  My little-bro is the gamer in the family.  Back in the day he used to set up Quake LAN parties.  When Ock and I started gamin...

Rant incoming. Just a friendly warning. Leave now if you want to keep your fantasies about Carnivale in Italy intact.

Fat Tuesday... Carnivale... The last day to get completely wrecked before embarking upon the 40 days of Lent where giving up something of "value" is the thing to do. Well, I live in the country where the Pope reins supreme. Italy, where everyone is Catholic...especially on holy days. Never mind the rest of the year...for on the holy day they are Catholic as a nation.

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Blog title courtesy of Little Whip.

I started to post a response to Little Whip's blog, If Our Nation is 80% Christian...Link in reading one of her responses, quoted below. Instead of hijacking her blog, I've created one of my own to talk about my continued disappointment when responses I read to many blogs and replies are nothing more than a direct quote out of the bible. People, do you think? What does that quote mean to you in YOUR OWN words? If you CANNOT or DO NOT choose to use your...

This is not open to debate for me. If you want to bash our military and the people who serve voluntarily, please go someplace else. This is not the forum for it. Create your own bashing blog. with that said...

Veteran's Day... A time to remember the dear sacrifice given by the men and women who have served, continue to serve and will serve in the future to protect our freedoms. My family spans service from WWII to the present. My father enlisted into the Navy at 16 in 1943. He was st...

OK... First the Chinese ban reincarnation for Buddhist Monks without prior authorization by the government...and no reincarnation will occur outside of China. Now I stumble across the following article, Vatican Flights Offer Heavenly Prices for Pilgrims. The Vatican is getting into the religious tour business!

Times Online: Vatican Flights Offer Heavenly Prices for Pilgrims

I can't take credit for the title of my blog, though it is dang clever. That gem of a title came from Nicky Bu...

Several years ago a friend told me, "When you have one foot in the past and one foot in the future, you pee on today." I've been thinking about this quite a bit as I complete one final exam with another but one week away. Fall semester marks the start of my final year as a graduate student. Come May, if I can manage to stop peeing on today, I will walk with my peers to accept my degree, robed, hooded and capped. Graduating doesn't elicit any real pangs of anxiety. The "after graduation" has...

I have listened to Ockham's blogs and responses over the past few years and never dreamed I would brave the blog world. What do I have to say that would be of any interest to anyone other than me, my cats, my dogs, and (sometimes) my husband? The realization that is does not matter came to me as Ockham was discussing how some bloggers are wound up about the points system on JU. I don't need an "e-peen." I am competitive but mainly with myself. It is OK if no one reads my blogs or ever comme...