trinacriabob

Never made it up there when I lived in Atlanta. How far is it? I always went the other direction -- to Florida! Really, I though the South was conservative. They have earthy-crunchy granolas living in Asheville NC? I thought they were limited to Berkeley, Eugene, Olympia and Bellingham...oh yeah, and Boulder.Is Andie McDowell granola too? She looks like she could be earthed up to go that way. I have a cousin in Italy who is virtually her double...no lie. Lauren, did you just join up on the site?

Is that PV or Hollywood Riviera (Redondo Beach)? Nice.

Hey, Chargerino - that's a neat piece of Romanesque architecture one sees in the West...often in mining and Gold Rush towns, stretching all the way to Northern California. And those trees behind it, it looks very scenic. Evidently, you live in a very picturesque area.

Mary Jane

teetotaler

NASCAR

It's the latter. It's about the hypocrisy of "grandstanding" by some of these people who do the "look at me, look at me...I'm a model Christian" act and then don't uphold the values. I'd rather they not talk about it at all and do what they are supposed to do. I'd have more respect for them and would have an easier time identifying them as a Christian.

And it isn't even Halloween. Just before midnight PST and I come home to this. At any rate, I can think of two: 1) The Tate-LaBianca murders in L.A. perpetrated by the Manson clan. If you pick up that paperback and flip to the middle section where they have the B&W crime pictures, it really gives you a shudder or two or three or four. How those sickos (Manson et. al.) are still allowed to live is beyond me. The weird thing is that those houses (prime real estate) have sold and sold again. I don't think I could live there, no matter how nice. In fact, I know I couldn't live there. 2) This one is really weird. I was a little kid. I didn't see it but there was a lot of fuss in the neighborhood we lived in on one fine L.A. morning. Could you imagine going out to get your morning L.A. Times and finding a body slumped up against the tree in the lawn strip between the sidewalk and the curb? Well, that was the case for one of our neighbors. Our street was heavily treed and was fairly dark at night. Apparently, a bludgeoning victim was "done in" elsewhere and "dropped off" in our neighborhood. Walking by that tree gave me the creeps. Mustang, too much work in studio that you think of these topics? Cheer up, Spring Break is just around the corner!

I don't! I hope it didn't come off that way. Only when I'm on line and I read your details of how these things put you through some "gut wrenching"! I have so many friends who go through situations like this (dissimilar and similar contexts... and everything in between) and I seem to be "the listener" they unload on. For better or worse, it's a role I am accustomed to. Yikes. Never once used the word "drama queen"...just INTENSE. It's just that the solution is more obvious than you make it to be. Move on, sever contact...and be happy. Capisce? Buona notte. BTW, do rent that flick though....it's goofy, at best.

illegal alien

I look at everything from EVERY point of view..and EVERY angle...and analyze it over and over and over... This one chick I knew in college used to call me "Mr. Detail" because I nitpicked everything for the 3rd degree. However, I think that most people on the site of the 3rd degree variety or they wouldn't be here, right?

lunch special

P- Do you think you do this on purpose? I know men and women who seek things/people in life that they can't have just to drive themselves nuts. I wonder, because it has vestiges of it...the way you talk about your infatuation. Someone/something you can have too easily is "eh, so what." Someone/something you can't have fuels the fire of desire, anger, or any other emotion you care to insert that keeps you juiced. Is this what this is about? You were critical about a person you could have (and you could be TOTALLY right...a total dweeb...I could hear the obnoxious accent you described already) Yet, you rave about this person you can't have. And, your last quote, why can't you have access to "them"?... sounds so definitive. Given that you love movies about Italian issues, have you seen "Mambo Italiano?" Is your life anything like that? A little different than what I expected (though I knew the general plot) and ALL of the characters were a little too much, too cliche and melodramatic as hell. (The only one I understood, in "context," was Yolanda - she was his live-for-the-moment, no bullshit aunt who sold out and did all the right things you are supposed to do, on the traditional Italian track, only to find she was miserable and then took a "drastic" step. I only understand her because there are so many people from that background who buy into the program because it's what's expected). At any rate, back to you, is this the deal, because you agonize way too much? You remind me of so many high-drama Italians I know! :AH-HA_wink: :lol: "Guido 3,000 miles away."

lunch pail

Yahoo! When I make reservations for a trip way in advance, I always keep checking and re-checking in case a better deal comes along in the interim. So, that's what I did over the weekend. For my Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Atlanta trip in late May/early June, I was able to snag a Lucerne for 3 days at $ 6 more (total) than the Stratus I had originally reserved from Dollar. Looks like I will be piloting a Lucerne around So. Fla. if one is in the premium fleet when I happen to show up at the counter. I hope so.

Somehow I don't think C&G has the critical mass for a get together, given the snippets I've read on mere handfuls at best getting together for an auto show. I'd go to one, but I don't know about most of the others...as private as they are.

Am Italian. Speak Italian. But so happy NOT to have an Italian car. A reliable, inexpensive $ 25,000 GM car works just fine for me. As an art form, though, I appreciate what it is. Let some conspicuous consumer who has oodles of disposable income pop for it.

This site will take ANY topic and take it down the path of homosexuality. Leave it to Let's talk about Catholicism and Christians who won't include us. That was more interesting...

Masochism has an h, Olds.I agree with you. I think the apostles were married, and if they could marry, then so should the parish priest. He might be better adjusted for it and have his intimacy needs met, thus serving his congregation better. On the other hand, he may not be into it and can remain single. They certainly need that option. I don't agree with everything the Catholic church says and does - like the celibate priest issue and that of telling someone how many kids they can/can't have.

I was just pulling your leg!

co-workers

Flybry, you skipped over me. What's with that? :AH-HA_wink:

Standing my ground for the 70's (primarily late) to early 80's. It's when I transitioned from lyricized music to that without lyrics - namely jazz. Driving fast is a definite possibility with the former while driving mellow is the way to go with the latter. People at work know that, if they need some trashy disco or any black vocalist (except rap crap), mine is the office to pop your head into.

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Who is it that rejects the Bible? Specifc sects of Christianity? You need to ENUMERATE them (via a list) if you choose to make such a broad sweeping assertion. Is it the Episcopals, the Catholics, the Lutherans, the Greek Orthodox? A list is in order. I am at least confident enough to assert that EVERY single Christian (Catholic, Lutheran, Foursquare, AOG, Pentecostal, Baptist, Greek Orthodox, etc. etc....every last God-damn :AH-HA_wink: one of them-God has a sense of humor) is a candidate for salvation. I will not opine on Mormons and Jehovah's Witness since they have another book I know nothing about in addition to/in lieu of the Bible and the Comparative Religions course at my kick-ass Catholic undergraduate university (where Protestants, Jews and Muslims were in attendance without the least amount of discomfort) was one of the first to fill up. Hence, I took "Moral Teachings of the New Testament" where we went through the Gospels and the letters of the Apostles. We ARE keeping it civil. It's just that we are just standing our ground. I also detect more tolerance and inclusiveness among some members of the C&G community than I do of others. This is actually funny. I haven't had a religious debate in a very long time. It's because I try to embody Christian values in how I do my job, how I interact with others, etc. etc. It doesn't need to be discussed. It is internalized...much like a tea bag that has had ample time to steep in a cup of hot water.