midnyte

Your lucky. I need sleep but i cant fall asleep. Im sleepy but i can sleep if that makes any sense.

Hoorah! for the sandman. Sand woman.... sand person?! I guess I want to be equal opportunity, right?

Anywho, Congrats on the sleep. (jeez, we're acting like it's some major award, or something)

Whew!! That sounds like an atrocious weekend!!! Hope the friends are okay & out of the hospital soon.
And good luck with Jr. & sick manners...

Being young and sick is awful. I hope he feels better soon. When I was young I suffered from migraine headaches (well actually I still do), but when I was a young one and I needed to do the puke thing it would happen so fast that I basically had to have a trash can lined with a garbage bag with me until the headache passed.

I've been cleaning carpets and all sorts of things because of the lil 12 week old puppy I have. He's not quite house broken yet

I checked it out, but didn't spend too much time with it, it is definitely cool though. It's almost similar to some hilariously gigantic "Where's Waldo" Picture.

that was really neat, kept me occupied.

dentissts
doctors
lawyers > CROOKS
cops
banks
the prez

glad to see your given em hell. and i paied my dentist 500$ to whiten my teeth with that crazy zoom thing? well let me just tell you that afterwards i went home and used a home whitener and it worked much better, and i didnt have to have some tray of goop in my mouth gagging me. bastards.

how sweet you are to send hommade baked goods to yer mum. how happy and proud she must be to know that she has such an asserive, intelligent, beautiful and bright young woman as her daughter. high five and a big pat on the back for midnyghts mum for makin such an angel.

That officially sucks on the dental stuff. Those discount plans are pretty much a rip anyway.

If you want to put fear into the heart of the dentist's office -- write a letter to the AZ State Board of Dental Examiners (postal address and web link below). Be very professional, calm, polite, and be sure to include the magic words "provided treatment to a minor child in direct contradiction to the orders of the accompanying parent". You can also find out who carries the malpractice insurance on the office and send them the same complaint.

Yes, you will suddenly find Nurse Ratched calling you "ma'am" and you just might see a 100% refund.

Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners
5060 North 19th Avenue, Ste 406
Phoenix, AZ 85015
Tel 602-242-1492

http://www.azdentalboard.org/

It'd be really punk rock in the DIY sense if people could just do their own dental hygienist stuff. I don't mean dental surgery, I mean just the cleaning and flouride and so forth. I hardly think it would be harder or more dangerous than, say, doing your own motorcycle repair or welding metal sculpture, and you don't need a professional license for that stuff. Of course, most people would stick with the Obey the Professional mindset, but it'd be nice to be able to opt out.

That completely sucks, I'm really sorry to hear about it. I haven't been to the dentist for three years because I can't afford the insurance policy either, and I really regret it. I just hate the way our medical system screws over anyone who isn't covered through an employer. Did you know that medical bills are the leading cause of bankruptcy filings in the US? What's wrong with this picture?

projects all over the place. Now, I remember why I havent gone back to school, yet. I havent found a subject of study worth the homework. I guess I'm a little lazy.

Regardless, Good luck. I hope it turns our super-fantastic-mega-okie-dokie. I'm still waiting to see images of the last project.

The best arguement I can muster for gay marriage is the lack of an arguement against it. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that the only reason to ban it is because it offends the religous/moral beliefs of the Christian Right. To introduce laws against it would be a clear show of support to a religious faction (albeit a large one), and if I'm not mistaken, religous biases and reasoning are not considered legitimate grounds to take legislative action according to the constitution. Therefore, the laws are unconstitutional, and are subject to be overturned by the supreme court.

Although this arguement is more about politics than civil liberties, I think it is the best way to approach this issue because its a simple way to achieve the goal. To centre the arguement around morals is to argue a set of beliefs, and it is much more difficult to change people's beliefs rather than simply point out that the laws would be "un-American" and do nothing more than deprive people of the very freedom that the country stereotypically prides itself on reserving for all. Although the issue of civil liberties is important, and in my opinion desperately needs to be addressed, I do not think it is likely to solve the problem all at once. By first eliminating some of the political concerns, the issue can at least achieve some stability and then can be explored with less (dare I say it) hysteria.

This is by no means an air-tight arguement, and since I'm not an American I wouldn't be surprised if some of the assumptions made here are quite incorrect. If anyone has any corrections/rebuttals, feel free to let me know, because I haven't really heard any discourse that looks at the issue from the perspective I do.

[Edited on Nov 15, 2004 4:21PM]

Hmmm...interesting stuff.

I actually disagree with a large percentage of what you said, but I can tell this isn't the forum likely to be open to a emotion-free debate on the topic. For proof of that, note all the "tolerant" people calling their philosophical opposites names suitable for a 3rd grade playground.

just out of curiosity since you asked about what we thought of Gay Marrage... what do you think? I think I know the anwser as your sorta a libritarian type like me.

You sound like a regular Martha Stewart! Only with a gothy twist! Very cool. I'd like to learn to reappholster furniture.

I don't care for the fact that a vote was even placed on the ballot in various states about same-sex marriage. It just flies in the face of everything our country was about: religion out of government! The reason people voted against it (from what I've heard) is that the Church & God determine that only a man & woman be allowed to marry. To make that a voting issue is just wrong. I truly hope that those states will at the least, allow a same-sex couple legal rights that most married people are accostomed to. I also feel that marriage isn't all it's cracked up to be. So for someone like myself, I hope that the laws aren't changed so much that if I were to live with a long-term partner I could still qualify for legal rights with them. Plus, it proves to me that the majority of voters in those states believe they have the right to decide everyone else's moral codes for them. That just ain't right!!!

[Edited on Nov 14, 2004 9:14AM]

ooh nooo sweetie ! i dont know what i would do if my black cat was missing ~ i hope you find him/her sweetie !! i would help if i could

The Ex had a cat that dissappeared for two weeks. It's just a cat thing. They like to go adventure sometimes. It's like going on vacation for a humsn. They just like to get away..

Here's lookin' up.

Pecan Nut Pie now that's a thought.... A trip down to our local healthshop should sort that out

I was reminded of your post on patents when I heard on the radio about Becky Schroeder, the youngest female inventor in U.S. history.

Aged 10, she invented a glow in the dark clip board that allowed people to write on ordinary paper in the dark. Her invention was called the Glo-Sheet

That's perfect for an SG called Midnyte.

You're very welcome and very deserving of it.

You, and what you said, helped to lift me up a little bit today too.

Thank you.

-Josh

Don't feel bad about being freaked out. Did you hear what happend in New Jersey a couple of days ago? Yep, an F16 shot up an elementry school with 25 rounds in the middle of the night. It was the national guard. They were off their target by 3 miles! No shit!

Wasn't it a national guard plane that cliped that gondola in Italy a few years back?

Scary shit man.

Its nice when people are nice

I am compleatly humbled by you, I could not see myself doing those things. I think I am a kind hearted person but I can't listen to the different people talking about religion. I don't care what religion people are, or how they worship that religion as long as it doesn't hurt anyone but when they come to your home to convert you, that is to much for me.

You seem intelligent and have a kind heart, you are a very lovely woman. And they say beauty is only skin deep.