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misheleen73 @misheleen73 (6037) • United States 4 Apr 07

My eldest is 9, going on 10 this month. Some time after Christmas he came to me very seriously and asked "Mommy, is Santa real" I asked why he wanted to know and what he thought. He said all the kids in school say he isn't. He...

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XandraBeast What is the reasoning, exactly, behind that which I "deem 'lies'"?

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misheleen73 @misheleen73 (6037) • United States 4 Apr 07

My eldest is 9, going on 10 this month. Some time after Christmas he came to me very seriously and asked "Mommy, is Santa real" I asked why he wanted to know and what he thought. He said all the kids in school say he isn't. He...

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XandraBeast I don't remember when exactly I found out about Santa, etc. It just sort of sunk in slowly over a period of time. But it made me extremely bitter. I did not like (and still don't, really) the idea that I had been lied to as a child, especially with a tale that...

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Carrie52683 @Carrie52683 (8) • United States 3 Apr 07

Right now it seems like I could clean and clean all day long and it still wouldn't be clean! I do the laundry and turn around and the hamper is full again and do the dishes and the sink is full in an hour, etc. So I've kind of...

housework

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XandraBeast Actually, it's scientifically proven that keeping a baby's and child's environment too sterile makes their immune system weak. Children do need to get sick occasionally to build up their immune system. It's highly likely that there are so many allergies and...

4 Apr 07

XandraBeast @XandraBeast (27) • United States 3 Apr 07

I'm interested in knowing what you all believe. I don't just mean your religion (if you have one), either. I want to know what your whole view of life is. What are your morals or ethics? How do you see the world operating? Do you...

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XandraBeast The way you've phrased the golden rule is interesting - you've taken the negative side ("don't") rather than the positive side: "Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you". Was that a conscious choice on your part, or is that just the way it was taught to...

4 Apr 07

XandraBeast @XandraBeast (27) • United States 3 Apr 07

I'm interested in knowing what you all believe. I don't just mean your religion (if you have one), either. I want to know what your whole view of life is. What are your morals or ethics? How do you see the world operating? Do you...

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XandraBeast Hmmm. I'm not sure if being alive guarantees hope. I'm pretty sure I have at certain points in my life been without hope, but I'm quite alive. Perhaps you could define that more? Perhaps my idea of hope is not the same as yours. It's refreshing to hear that...

4 Apr 07

XandraBeast @XandraBeast (27) • United States 3 Apr 07

I'm interested in knowing what you all believe. I don't just mean your religion (if you have one), either. I want to know what your whole view of life is. What are your morals or ethics? How do you see the world operating? Do you...

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XandraBeast Thanks for the response! It sounds like you have a fairly peaceful point of view. Do you follow a particular idea of God? Is your perception of god joyful? Wrathful? Jealous? If you believe in equality, why is your god male?

4 Apr 07

Stephanie5 @Stephanie5 (2946) • United States 25 Mar 07

My goodness! My children and this house wears me out!!! I know that so many of you probably feel the same way... I just can't keep up with everything. I have to learn to organize better or something because seriously, I just...

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XandraBeast You know, that sounds a lot like my mom's experience. She would grouse after us all the time and we were terribly forgetful and disorganized. The honest truth is that all of us - my mom and my siblings, have ADD/ADHD (it gets passed down). And that is why...

4 Apr 07

Capndon @Capndon (337) • India 3 Apr 07

Wife is the ultimate truth in a man's life. What say you?

family

truth

wife

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XandraBeast I'm not really sure what you mean. Although, in general, I find it hard for a person to be an ultimate truth, or even a relationship. It seems to me like an ultimate truth would stretch beyond all mundane things.

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saraelorama @saraelorama (264) • Philippines 3 Apr 07

would you go for classic pop madonna or the younger version britney?

pop queen

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XandraBeast Madonna, definitely. I find it very hard to like Britney, but I'm not really sure why. The only song I ever really liked by her was "Toxic" which *surprise* had Madonna in it *lol*.

3 Apr 07

gamerchick @gamerchick (33) • United States 28 Mar 07

What song do you relate to the most? Why? I would say that I relate best to "girl" in little earthquakes. Simply because sometimes I do feel like I've been living for everyone else

tori amos

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XandraBeast For the longest time I related most to "Crucify" and "Precious Things". And then, after a while, it was "Cruel" and "Raspberry Swirl" and "Take to the Sky". Now? I'm not sure. I may have to listen to Beekeeper again.

3 Apr 07

jamie622 @jamie622 (508) • India 3 Apr 07

Be honest . Can you really overlook the lack of physical beauty in your partner if he or she has a beautiful mind ? What if : a. your partner has average looks . b. is really ugly .

a beautiful mind

beautiful mind over beautiful body

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XandraBeast I believe that I could reach a state in which all is beautiful simply because it exists. In such a state, the question you've posed would become moot. The idea of beauty is one of many constructs that humans created to categorize the world, making it easier to...

3 Apr 07

jamie622 @jamie622 (508) • India 3 Apr 07

If you are a writer or love to write , what is your motivation to write . Is it that you have an uncoscious motivation that you have never thought of but exists ? Do we really need some motivation .Can't we just write for...

motivation for writing

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XandraBeast That's a really tough question! I'm not sure where my motivation comes from or what it is really. I think it might have something to do with just the basic urge to communicate. Humans are essentially social creatures, and as such have a need to communicate. So...

3 Apr 07

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craftyone77 @craftyone77 (5) • United States 26 Feb 07

so, i know i'm about a month and a half late on this one, but i'm still super exicted for ani difranco and her new little girl petah. i've done several searches and can't seem to find a picture of this beautiful new family...

ani difranco

baby difranco

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XandraBeast I suspect that the lack of pictures may in fact be intentional an Ani's part. I'm only speculating, but she seems like the type that would protect her child from popular culture at all costs. It is well known that people often suffer from growing up in the...

3 Apr 07

XandraBeast @XandraBeast (27) • United States 3 Apr 07

I'm interested in knowing what you all believe. I don't just mean your religion (if you have one), either. I want to know what your whole view of life is. What are your morals or ethics? How do you see the world operating? Do you...

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chennaiblore @chennaiblore (196) • India 14 Dec 06

which is your favourite drink?

drink

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XandraBeast Chai tea, or Lady Grey tea made with soy and honey and Innocent's Juicy Waters. ;)

3 Apr 07

layney @layney (1053) • Italy 19 Mar 07

What is your favourite Marilyn Manson album? Mine is Mechanical Animals, I like every single song in it, Great big white world, Dope Show, Coma white, etc..

coma white

dope show

great big white world

marilyn manson

mechanical animals

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XandraBeast You mean I have to pick? *lol* Well, let's see here ... On Golden Age, I'd say my favorite songs are "Ka-boom Ka-boom", "Use Your First and Not Your Mouth", "(s)AINT", and "Para-noir". On Holy Wood, my favorites are "The Love Song", "Disposable Teens",...

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pramod_farhan @pramod_farhan (2) 26 Feb 07

Have anybody been able to find similarities between biblical principle of life and Buddhism?? I could find a lot of them...even though Buddhism is basically atheistic!!!!

jesus christ

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XandraBeast I suspect that it's all just xenophobia. Or perhaps neophobia. Fear of the new. The way that someone has been their whole lives is more comfortable (to most) than learning to adapt...so they don't. Instead they stand on "their" side of the line and claim that...

3 Apr 07

pramod_farhan @pramod_farhan (2) 26 Feb 07

Have anybody been able to find similarities between biblical principle of life and Buddhism?? I could find a lot of them...even though Buddhism is basically atheistic!!!!

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XandraBeast Actually if you study much mythology, anthropology, and comparative religion, you'll find parallels in most belief systems and cultures. Some of it is just common sense and wisdom, some of it is just common prejudice and xenophobia. I would also have to agree...

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madmax2crazy @madmax2crazy (1569) • United States 20 Nov 06

The concepts of Yin and Yang originate in ancient Chinese philosophy and metaphysics, which describes two primal opposing but complementary forces found in all things in the universe. Yin (Chinese: ?/?; pinyin: yin; literally...

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XandraBeast I think it may be misleading to say that one or the other is male or female. When I was reading a translation of the Tao Te Ching, the translator said that in the Chinese there was no mention of male or female, that the idea of ascribing masculine and feminine...

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