Swashbuckle

@Swashbuckle (305)

United States • Age 39

Joined myLot 15 years ago

When things get Weird, the Weird turn pro - Hunter S. Thompson

Swashbuckle's Responses

Effective Study Techniques

latexbeings @latexbeings (44) • United States 15 Jul 09

Starting end of August, I will be entering college. This means I will have to take more time to study the material that is covered in class if I want to pass. In the past, I have had trouble studying the information, as I'm the...

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Swashbuckle I've been homeschooled all my life and high school was all up to me. I took three college classes and I have a couple of clep classes to test out of when I get the money. For me, I have to take notes, if I don't take notes I never remember. And if something...

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Grammar: To Teach or Not to Teach?

kevchua @kevchua (1004) • Malaysia 15 Jul 09

There are two schools of thoughts: Grammar is important part of a language, so it must be taught as a single subject; it's the fundamentals. Grammar is not important, it should be taught in context, not as a subject on its own in...

grammar

teaching

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Swashbuckle I grew up with 'English' which is basically grammar/spelling/other writing being taught as I whole. I learned how to look words up in a dictionary, how to write letters to a business and where to put an apostraphe, though I must admit that part is still a bit...

16 Jul 09

To the people who made unkind remarks about Michael Jackson's daughter.....

mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 12 Jul 09

I don't understand why people were making nasty comments in the comment feed at youtube. Paris is only 11 years old and that was her DADDY. I hope to God that people who frequent youtube and other social type sites online were not...

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Swashbuckle This is just disgusting! attacking kids is the worst thing anyone could do, verbally or physically. These people should be dragged out into the street and shot! Okay, so I profess to not be a fan of Michael Jackson. I get that he was a huge pop star and...

12 Jul 09

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United States of.....AFRICA????!!

revellanotvanella @revellanotvanella (4033) • United States 12 Jul 09

1. http://www.africawithin.com/nkrumah/snd-bite01.swf 2. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-to-the-Ghanaian-Parliament/ [b] What is this a case of If You Cant Beat 'em join Them?? European...

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Swashbuckle Wow. That's...ah....wow. I can only say that Africa has to decide that for itself, its the leaders that they gotta be careful of. From what I know, African leaders haven't always been truthful. But, that's the same no matter what government you have. Do...

12 Jul 09

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let's give Obama a grade on his performance thus far as president....

AithneFireStorm @AithneFireStorm (212) • United States 12 Jul 09

I was curious as to what people think of the president.. if you were going to grade him like he were in school how would you rate his performance thus far.... Personally I would give him a D-. My reason for this is 1.) I don't...

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Swashbuckle I give him EF! Epic Fail - because he keeps thinking that throwing money at the problem is going to fix it. Well, no, its not going to fix it. We've been there, rode the rollercoaster and didn't even get a dinky t-shirt! *lol*

12 Jul 09

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Upgrade the ratings system to identify the attackers........

dloveli @dloveli (4366) • United States 11 Jul 09

There is alot of talk about people joining myLot just to antagonize the MyLotters who are here for real. People have begun to report that they are being attacked or that their discussions are being used to promote or advertise. I...

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Swashbuckle ugh. That makes me sick. I love mylot, I am entertained here for ages! These trolls are also terrible when it comes to creative insults! bah!

11 Jul 09

My friend stopped being my friend because another lied about what I said

littlefranciscan @littlefranciscan (18327) • United States 11 Jul 09

What would you do.? I had a friend. .I thought she was...She was on facebook and a coworker. .All of sudden she removed me from her friend.. She sent me an email with things that were not even true.. I think I was set...

broken heart

sad

sorrow

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Swashbuckle Well, if she is willing to believe total tripe about you, than she wasn't your friend in the first place. She's obviously a very shallow person if she didn't ask you about it first and gave you an even chance to explain. She lost out on something special,...

11 Jul 09

Can JOHNNY DEPP be the next JOKER of the batman series??????

sagnik42 @sagnik42 (3592) • India 15 Mar 09

Heath Ledger set a new standard of Joker which was very different from the one set by jack nicholson many years ago.He even won the oscar for the best supporting actor for his role of joker.I absolutely loved this new joker.But...

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Swashbuckle I don't think that JD would do that, he is very respectful of people he likes and I think that the montage of other film stars doing that roll for the movie was like a...a going away thing...I don't know. I don't even know if they did that. I haven't watched...

11 Jul 09

what does "slience is a virtue" mean?

mastredawn @mastredawn (95) • Trinidad And Tobago 11 Jul 09

i hearing this phrase many years now, i still don't get what it means

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Swashbuckle Are we sure that that isn't just a nice way for someone to tell someone else to be quite? like "Children should be seen and not heard," but since you really can't call and adult a child, if they don't act like one that is, you really can't say that to...

11 Jul 09

Valuebux..........how geninune is this ptc site in terms of payouts

larrynicholas @larrynicholas (404) • India 11 Jul 09

Hi, I am a mamber of valuebux and just yesterday i reached payout on this site. When I tried requesting for payout the option was gone. There was no option for paypal and neither alertpay option to opt for. Now I am beginnig to...

valuebux

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Swashbuckle interesting. How about e-mail whoever runs the site and annoy them till they give you your money. As long as you didn't pay for it in the forst place you have lost nothing but time. *lol*

11 Jul 09

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Did you know that 2009 marks the beginning of the "Ignore a troll" decade?

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 10 Jul 09

I'm amazed that there hasn't been more fanfare about this momentous occasion actually! It's an extremely important decade for humanity because what it means is that we collectively get to report trolls behind the scenes but never,...

decade

idiots

ignore a troll decade

momentous occasion

trolls

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Swashbuckle *lol* a troll hunting we shall go, a troll hungting we shall go! Hi ho, the merry-o a hunting we shall go!

10 Jul 09

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Barak obama snapped staring at brazillian bottom....

harshrosicky @harshrosicky (626) • India 10 Jul 09

US President barak obama and france's nicolas sarkozy were waiting and watching Mayara Tavares, a 16 year old brazillian delegate at the g8 summit, to take her place for the group photo. But Barak's eyes were not watching her...

barak obama

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Swashbuckle Men! She's too young, if anyone tried anything I think someone could prosecute with Statetory Rape or attempt SR.

10 Jul 09

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Your Sweet Soul (by Clutterbug)

clutterbug @clutterbug (1051) • United States 5 Jul 09

I felt your spirit in a July dream, loneliness you need never endure, it's not too late for you to stop by, there are no dogs that guard my door. I never sang sweet songs til now, your precious poems showed me how, forget...

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Swashbuckle A sweet poem. I liked the last line the best!

10 Jul 09

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Fish or Cut Bait (a fiction poem by Clutterbug)

clutterbug @clutterbug (1051) • United States 10 Jul 09

(Thanks in advance for stopping in). Let's go on a fishing trip, but first I'll make a stop at the hardware store to get some rope, a hammer and a tarp. Let's go on a fishing trip, so get your affairs in order, rubber...

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Swashbuckle Holy crap, and here I thought it'd be semi-boring! OMG, this was great. I don't read a lot of poetry but this was good! I like it because of the morbid-ness of it. I love darkness and murder and stuff. *lol* I joined your writing posting board, by the...

10 Jul 09

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Do You Consider Yourself a Non-Conformist?

clutterbug @clutterbug (1051) • United States 10 Jul 09

Someone who doesn't do what Simon says? Or are you the type of person who follows the crowd and jumps when you're told to jump? All kinds of opinions are welcome.

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Swashbuckle I like to march to the drum of mine own flute. I don't let anyone tell me what to write or how to write it though I do like feedback. I'll think about the feedback and I if I think that it's good for the story over all and would make it better, then yeah, I'd...

10 Jul 09

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Having two cellphones, do you think it's necessary or just a style?

maxilimian @maxilimian (3099) • Indonesia 10 Jul 09

That's right, having two cellphones, do you think it's necessary or just one of the living style? Why do you think you must have another cellphones again?nowadays people are even more have than just two, i know a...

cellphones necessary

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Swashbuckle I only have one cell phone - but its shared with my other siblings who aren't allowed to have one unless they buy it themselves. Don't get me wrong I have paid my way for it *lol*

10 Jul 09