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this has always been the difficulty for me as well. i think you are right, that is an important distinction to make.

hmmmm....it's a thought. let me ask you a question....do you think, honestly, that women are respected in the military? do you think that they are tolerated, but that they cannot gain the same respect or status that men are able to achieve? i am not being difficult, but i am just curious about your opinion.

overall i have never been all that impressed with the functionality of s&ws....what do you like about them?

sound advice, thank you. why would you recommend that particular calibur?

granted, but your spottlessly clean house was lifted away by a twister in the dead of night and carried to novosibirsk. i wish they would paint the whitehouse magenta....

....it's great to know that there are two of us....

granted, but due to a technicality, they sent you a my little pony instead. i want a package of oreos....

do you own either? lolz....good name.... you wouldn't dare!! (are you making fun of all the .... that i always use??)

ok....yes, i'm buddhist....and yes, buddhists do not believe in violence....but i have a HUGE fascination with guns and knives. (do NOT tell my parents, LOL, they seriously would not be pleased.) for my birthday, i am thinking about getting myself a handgun. i am pretty much settled on a .9mm, although i am not at all settled on which maker. i am fond of glocks, but i don't know if i want to spend quite that much. recently i read about another gun....the cz 75 d compact .9mm. it is a czech-made gun, and seems to get great reviews (at about half the cost of a glock). does anyone have any experience with either? is it better to spend the extra money? do you have any recommendations? (p.s. calleigh duquesne is my hero....)

end, don't end. noodles, don't noodles. it is all the same.

ruts can be so lovely this time of year....the glistening of moisture on the sides, the smell of clean earth, the worms wriggling around showing us that the miracle of life is ever present....

my favorite line would have to be.... Alice: Oh, no, no. I was just wondering if you could help me find my way. Cheshire Cat: Well that depends on where you want to get to. Alice: Oh, it really doesn't matter, as long as... Cheshire Cat: Then it really doesn't matter which way you go. which disney character would you say i am?

aww...i love alice! she's so beautiful!

you have three more seconds.... LOL you are right, it would be easier to pick personality traits that resemble some of the characters, but physical is what i'm after.... :)

pam inspired this thread (indirectly).... if your best friends or family were to pick a disney character that you most resembled physically, who would they say?

i was thinking it!! but i wasn't going to put it into your head....too late, i suppose.... actually, being ill has caused me to focus on all the things that i have and that i have been very lucky in life. i want for nothing but truth. of course, that put another disney song into my head.... "look at this stuff, isn't it neat, wouldn't you think my collection's complete...."

it's like a whole new world! :)

i have been sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ill. i very seldom get sick, but when i do, i suffer greatly! viruses love me! they love me so much, in fact, that they store up all their hatred and wait until they have a vast army gathered and attack me without mercy. for the past week i have looked like this: it has been maddening. i have missed all of you. i am sure that your lives have continued as normal, but i have found it vexing to be without your company. my sister thinks it is so funny when get sick. i am a crazy freaky person when it comes to eating healthy, and she thinks it is all for naught. she shared a quote with me.... "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing." hahahaha....i'm so glad that she thinks she is jerry seinfeld or someone. ok, i'm finished....the soapbox is all yours.

you mean you are not perfect?!?! ok, the buddhist will butt out of the christian conversation now....

it has been told to me by an lds friend that joseph smith once said i love this quote. i love that he taught all to stretch to the heavens and search the darkest abyss. this is wisdom.

i believe that we are all connected in a very intrinsic way....from rocks to insects to humans to whales....there cannot be one without the other. do i believe that there are different levels of intelligence and sentience? yes, absolutely. i have always enjoyed the words of chief seattle....

OM, perhaps?

do you have to remove your shoes or wear special clothing to go to the temple (either for the open house or in general)? i mean, would i have to purchase some special temple clothes to go?

thank you both of you for your thoughtful responses. i would like to share with you some thoughts by the dalai lama on this topic.... what do you make of his teachings?

please see my comments in the "ask a buddhist" thread....