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I use this page a lot when I'm typing in other languages, mainly Spanish, to some family. She is helping me learn Spanish, and I want my grammar and punctuation to be correct. I don't know if it would be of any use to anyone else here, but I figured I would post the link anyway. https://tools.oratory.com/altcodes.html

Anti-gay German mayor loses seat to gay candidate Sven Gerich, of the pro-same-sex marriage party Social Democratic Party, won with a small majority of 50.8% 11 March 2013 | By Joe Morgan " An anti-gay German mayor has lost his seat to openly gay candidate Sven Gerich, of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)." "Some German political experts are saying this win is symbolic of the public becoming tired with the [Christian Democratic Union]." --gaystarnews.com

Hey everyone. I just wanted to say that next week I am fighting in a big judo competition. It should be a lot of fun. Wish me luck. ^_^

I finally got back to electrolysis today. It's been a couple years since I was able to do it due to money. But I'm finally back in the swing. One thing I apparently forgot, however, was that it wears you OUT. I was completely drained. I'm getting back to doing hour sessions, but jeez. The pain part was non-existent for me due to my pain tolerance. But feeling completely drained of my life force, was a bit of a, shall we say, "surprise"? I'm happy to have the hair killed, but I don't really like the side effect of needing a year long nap afterward. Give me a swift kick in the whatever it takes to put some energy in me for after the session. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…

Cops often get a bad rap - especially from a lot of baby boomers like myself, and even more by those who were of prime age during the "hippy" era. It's not that baby boomers are criminals...it just wasn't cool to like the cops. And of course, we here at TGG, often condemn some police for their mistreatment of GLBT people. But every once in a great while, ya gotta give credit where credit is due. Being that we are (at least in the U.S.) officially into the holiday season...when I ran across this story, I thought it was one worth sharing. -dml Dylan Stableford, 11.29.2012 "It was freezing out, and you could see the blisters on the man's feet," DePrimo, a three…

Cartoon by John Cole, The Times-Tribune editorial cartoonist

Sometimes it's all too easy to be cynical. We see the "Top 1%" raking in obscene amounts of money, our politicians snubbing the laws for their own benefit, corporations raping the ecosystem and employees for the benefit of senior management and, let's face it, the Top 1%. So, when I see something very positive I am overjoyed and want to share it. "Net Neutrality" is something I understand at a gut level: it treats the Internet as a freeway system where all traffic has equal priority to reach end users without pay-for-special-service "lanes" that would enable (or hinder) selected traffic reaching its destinations faster or slower. It's absolutely critical and fundamen…

One more reason to be wary of social networking - Mike What you 'like' on Facebook can reveal more about you than you might like, including your race, religion, and sexuality 12 March 2013 | By Joe Morgan " Using the algorithms, published in the journal PNAS, proved 88% accurate for determining if a man was gay or not." --gaystarnews.com Facebook 'likes' can out you as gay

So I have a lot of vacation time coming to me. I am hoping to take that time in November. Just keeping my fingers crossed that my old dinosaur passes inspection. No big output of cash. If that happens, I can take a week, have my long distance girlfriend (who is mtf), come down, and show her a good time. I am remaining hopeful. I do believe she is my soul mate. It would be great to spend time with her. Finger crossing time!

I'm in the emergency room at the moment trying to figure something out. About a day ago the entire left side of my face swelled up. I haven't slept for more than a couple hours over the last few days, and I've been sicker than a dog. We don't know if it's mumps or related to my teeth or what. I never got vaccinated for mumps so that's not out of the realm of possibility.

P- Ming Calista, we've been dicussing English mining history as well as mining history here in Pennsyvania . While it's not a strong point for me , I at least have a working knowlege of some of the mining here in the States . Actually, I have several interests , including Early Ford history, ( 1932-1953 ). I write technical articles for the National Ford Club magazine . Oh finding a buried story on the Ford family itself is always fun too. I'll start with another one of my interests , building models of American Kitsch archecture : Now it's months away from being completed . Generally, it takes me almost a year to do one of these large dioramas . It's in 1…

Check out http://myvfcover.com/ which you can see the results below, not perfect but we are talking about a little bit of fun. I did not worry about the fact my head is partly lost in the title either.

Well, dealing with my old dog that has been sick for 3 days, and I don't have the money for vet bills, my dad who is getting worse, my vehicle that isn't working right and now, going to physical therapy for a pinched nerve in my back...and still having to work. Other than that, life is great.

Yes folks , I;m FINALLY settling into a VERY OLD trailer in Christmas Valley Oregon . I actually did move out here and if anyone wants my office phone or address, let me know ..Thanks to Jessica an Monica for sharing what they could as to my where a bouts .

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. “In English,” he said, “a double negative forms a positive. In some languages though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative.” . “However,” he pointed out, “there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.” . A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah. Right.”

I have a challenge; Let's see who can find the funniest commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-9EYFJ4Clo This one is pretty good!!..LOL reminds me of me LOL!!!

This is why I can't get to sleep right away at nite... crap like this comes to mind Smad. A combining of "sad" and "mad." When you're not sure of one's state of mind. Ex: When I came in the room, it looked like she might have been smad. Smangle. A combining of "smother" and "strangle." Under the right conditions, facial contortions and body language can look rather similar in either situation. Ex: The way she was flailing about, you'd have thought she was smangling. Cōllergy. A combining of "cold" and "allergy." With the fear of H1N1, a simple allergic sneeze can get a person a dirty look nowadays. But you don't want to just heartlessly accuse someone of sprea…

St John's Anglican Church, Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada. Church Sign has Amazing Message for Christian Homophobes

I start anew job next week,I work as a paralegal.The lawyer I work for is too cheap and cuts corners.I was not too happy and finally sent out my 2 weeks notice to him 4 weeks ago.I went in for an interview last week Friday and I nailed it good.Called me yesterday during my lunch break and said I was hired.It is another lawyer,pays me much better and treats his employees like family.I start on Monday and told my current boss this morning my last day is Friday.Gave me a raise offer and I said no,raised it by a dollar.My husband Alex saw I was stressed out and behind me for support.I told him the news and told me good job.

OH my turtles I need the clock to move faster and Nikki to get home. I really really need hugs. So on top of the passing yesterday I'm dealing with, I get to work already kinda shaky and stomach ill, and I say good morning to big boss every day as I pass him and he looks up at me and says in a weirdly sympathetic voice "I understand you had an interesting evening last night". And I'm comletely freaked out. My brain is going "HOw did he know he died? Wait, did he find out about Nikki? Or is he talking about me sticking my head in my wreath on door and nearly getting suck? HOW THE HELL WOULD HE KNOW ANY OF HTIS? What is this?" Apparently my mom had an emergency appen…

Was it just for laughs? Did John Basedow make more out of it with his comments? What did Basedow mean by his opening comment, "ooooo, dude looks like a lady!" And halfway throught the vid, "granted, some sex-swappers came out a little more attractive than others." And then his closing comment, "after seeing the results of bending genders, one thing's clear to me - maybe we shouldn't mess with Mother Nature." Were there some personal biases slyly intertwined with what was intended as just fun? Gender-bender Photo Competition

Just went to the library and picked up the autobiography of Dick Proenneke. Wow, to have his knowledge and philosophy about life. To live the life he had. Yea, I guess I am a mountain man at heart. Hey, I still remember the theme song from Grizzley Adams. What can I say? I am an old fart.

Hi everyone, I'm working on relocating back to Portland, OR from Salt Lake City, UT. I'm currently looking for roommate(s) in the Portland area, if you or anyone you know is looking for a roommate please contact me. Thank you!

Something popped into my head. This is just a semi-goofy question but I'm gonna ask it anyway. If there's someone you don't get along with on a forum somewhere, the best course of action is to block them, right? You won't be in each others faces and the fights usually stop. But what if there's a person you don't get along with at a forum that is a staff member? Like a moderator or administrator? You're fine with all the rest of the staff, but that one just rubs you the wrong way. Do you block them? Can you block them? Can they override your block? I don't have any problems with any of the staff myself, but I have blocked one person who's just a regular member the same as …

By Beth Greenfield, Shine Staff | Parenting – 03.15.2013 "“It’s actually sad so many people are excited about it,” Mongtomery said. “And what I think that says is, one, it’s rare, and that’s really bad. And two, people are really craving this kind of reaction.” The website founder, a 39-year-old gay man who has a strained relationship with his Christian fundamentalist parents—especially since he drove around the country in a “Legalize Love” campaign in support of Obama last fall—was personally touched by the note’s simple, powerful message." --shine.yahoo.com Dad's Love Letter to Gay Teenage Son Goes Viral