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I love astronomy. I'm always watching series like The Universe on TV. I actually have the first 3 seasons on DVD. Netflix is a gold mine for astronomy documentaries. Aliens are fun to see on occasion, but I'm talking about interplanetary and intergalactic studies. I love seeing nebulae. My favorite is The Pillars Of Creation. But neutron stars, quasars, and black holes fascinate me also. I almost went nuts when we finally got an actual pic of a black hole recently. I absolutely studying everything in the unknown. I had thought at one time about going into astronomy, but I've never been a good student. I don't have the self discipline to devote myself to my studies to earn…

It's a fairly simple game. You post 3 claims about yourself. 2 of which are true, 1 is a lie. The next poster has to guess which one is the lie. There ae obviously no prizes, but it's fun to see how creative people can get, and it's also a fun way to get to know each other better. I'll start. 1) I collect skulls 2) I'm scared to death of my wife's macaw. 3) I wear a $200 watch. Can you guess which one is the lie? What will your claims be? Lets have some fun!!!

Just venting, I have been vaping for quite a few years, and have just discovered it is the culprit in my increased blood pressure. Switched to zero nic e-juice and for the last few days I feel like i'm dopey in the head, like a hangover, and agitated as hell. Not really related to anything here, just venting!

I'm gonna try to get another game going here. For this one you post 3-4 lines from a famous work that you enjoy. Nothing super obvious, and the next person has to guess what it is. Fairly simple right? It can be poetry, short stories, plays, novels, or whatever as long as it is the written word. No quotes from movies and TV that are only in the cinematic medium. Ready? GO! In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes for they in thee a thousand errors note but tis my heart that loves what they despise who in despite of view is pleased to dote

For the past two years , I have struggled as to my leaving Chester Virginia , near Richmond for a possible return to Dallas . With Dan Patrick doing his level best to make Trans women illegal and ole Pat McCory in N Carolina trying to out do anything Bill Brownback in Kansas and Mike Pence in Indiana , I began to make a slow but diligent look to my former home of Cave Junction Oregon . Ms Diane Kelly whom who may know here as Greenshade has been my editor now for the past year and a half . She has launched the book , The Sky Turned Green and the Grass turned Blue . What I learned in reading this phenomenal story made me look at what Portland Oregon had to offer . There , …

I'm looking to compile as many stories of encounters with La Llorona as I can. Actual encounters with her. Not movies or TV shows. So, I'm asking has anyone here seen or heard her? Do you know someone who has? If so get in touch with me.

I've been trying to keep up with what's going on, as I'm sure many of you are as well. It's unimaginable to me that a man, who was welcomed at the door, would walk in and kill 49 innocent people who were simply praying. He was an admitted white supremacist, which is sickening. He chose Christchurch for some reason, that I still don't get. I've tried finding his manifesto, so that maybe I could figure out why, but I'm guessing it's been removed from the net. But what kind of sick monster would do this? Did the church attack him and he was taking revenge? No. He was and is a twisted loser. There's even a YouTuber telling people to shut up when they say "prayers and thoughts…

I've talked a lot about my babies. You guys know how much I love all of them. But we have a problem. The problem is Rollie, the bulldog. Her pic is below. I don't know if the problem is just the puppy in her, or if she's actually a mean dog. With people she is sweet as sugar. But she attacks other dogs. She went after my pitbull tonight. It was next to impossible to get her off of Lady. Lady's ok. No real injuries of any kind, just a lot of slobber. She has done the same thing with our 3 Chihuahua. She even got the macaw once and ripped a lot of his tail feathers out. We're at our wits end. We can't get a straight answer from any of the supposed "dog trainers" arou…

https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/01/otherkins-trans-species-people-dont-identify-human-8787845/ something very new i guess. is this a future path?

Amid many horrific news articles about genders lives this article comes in on lighter note. Only six countries have equal rights for men and women, World Bank finds By Rob Picheta and Kieron Mirchandani, CNN Posted at 1610 GMT (0010 HKT) March 2, 2019 london (CNN) — The world is moving towards legal gender equality -- but it's moving very, very slowly. Only six countries currently give women and men equal rights, a major report from the World Bank has found. That's an increase -- from zero -- compared to a decade ago, when the organization started measuring countries by how effectively they guarantee …

Back again Its been 3 or so looooong years but i'm finally back (no I didnt get run over by a certain mod's motorcycle 😛) and I don't intend to take off like that again (without leaving a note) Chat has seemed to change quite a bit but i'm still seeing some old friends 😄

Ok, I can have my days and do I have them.. yes I do. I deal mine in micro bursts of screaming out. It helps a bit until the cap needs to be released again, yes lately, I have had more on my plate then I care to, my usual release is not letting off enough to subdue the need to just whamp the bejeasus out of some one or something, I'm usually quite level and centered because I let the crap of reality go, I can only fix or control the next two minutes so stressing over anything is really quite useless. I was born into this world filled with anger, before my mother passed away she would agree, but I never released it upon the world, well the brunt of it anyway, li…

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 …

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.

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

I thought it would be interesting to see how wide the map here is. I'm American. Central America to be exact. I'm just curious what countries we have members from. If you want to give a little more info like I did, then go for it. Zip codes should probably be avoided though.😋 Also I'm curious for those that are from one country but not living there. Say you're British, but you live in Italy. That kind of thing. So where are we all at? Let's get the ball rolling! I'm looking for over 1 billion replies to this topic, so lets get the ball rolling! (For those flabbergasted, that was a joke.)

Non-sequitor? I say nay, these are some Heavy Metal or other metal songs I found to make me feel better when gender dysphoria is striking out at me. Whether you are having a rough day, doubting yourself, feeling depressed, or whatever I hope these songs will uplift your spirit and remind you to be free and happy. 1. Want to be a heavy metal queen? Sorry Doro has that spot already taken, but it doesn't mean this song won't feel somewhat relatable. 2. Sometimes we all need a refuge of our own, someplace that makes us feel at home, sometimes that place is music. 3. This song maybe a little intense for some, but I feel the song has a dark an…

This is an absolutely beautiful song with a powerful message. I just wanted to share it with everyone, since I have grown to care for the people here at this forum.

There's a lot of really goofy songs out there. All over. Some crazier than others. One of my all time favorites is Da Turdy Point Buck. The band name is even funny. Bananas At Large. Another one about banana's is Banana Phone . And the last one involving bananas: It's starting to seem that I have a rather unhealthy preoccupation with bananas...

Anyone else here a writer? I love to write. As it sits I've finished 2 full length novels, a few short stories, and a lot of unconventional poetry. I have my books and shorts uploaded on my website. Well one is taken down at the moment because I'm rewriting a big part of it. I've never liked that part of the story since the day I wrote it. Why I kept it, I don't have a clue. The two books are wildly different. The one that's taken down is called Crimson Tears. If you're familiar with S.E. Hinton's works you'll know the style of the story. The other book is called Satans Infernal Nation. It's about a Devil worshiping cult. The protagonist of the story is recruited into the…

If you check out my profile you'll see that I have uploaded 3 or 4 albums of memes and cartoons. Just stuff for a laugh. But I also have a lot on my computer that I'm sure would cause me a lot of trouble, possibly even a ban if I uploaded them here. So my question is this: If I upload them to my website would anyone be interested? I would give you the link through a PM, and that would keep it off this site, but still be accessible to members. I'm asking the staff because I don't know if that is something they would be ok with doing. Obviously I can do what I want with my own site, but giving a link to possibly controversial or even offensive material could be a problem. …

There's a channel I subscribed to this past week, that I think everyone needs to start watching. It's not a transgender channel. The channel is Mr Nightmare. He's not a creepypasta channel or anything like that. The videos he makes are creepy but they're different. They are true stories of things people have experienced in all different situations. Things from delivering pizzas, to Instagram, to road trips, to staying in and watching Netflix. The reason I think people need to see his channel is to use it as a warning of what could happen in what you do in your everyday life. Things you take for granted could turn deadly in an instant. Things that don't even enter our mind…

I want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all my beautiful sisters and brothers out there. May your holidays be wonderful and glorious.

I haven't even made it thru the video yet myself, but had to post it. If you need a laugh you're gonna love it. And to the lawyers here, have a sense of humor. As the tag says there is the occasional word and risque comment, but it's clean for the other 97%, so I thought it would be acceptable to post. If not, I would like to ask the Admins to just remove the link instead of the post, and for people to PM me for the link. But I'm still pretty sure it's ok to link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwcfRM96oS0