AliceWonderly

@AliceWonderly (70)

United States • Age 45

Joined myLot 14 years ago

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Sarah Palin's 2008 rallies contributed to death threats.

ladybugmagic @ladybugmagic (3978) • United States 10 Jan 11

She encouraged and created angry mobs and death threats against Obama. She gave fodder for supremacists. Her speeches would include people in the audience saying, "terrorist", and "kill...

violent rhetoric

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AliceWonderly I too think Sarah Palin is an awful person. Not so much because of her politics, but because she used her teenage daughter Bristol as a pawn when the girl was going though some awful stuff. Also Ms Palin strikes me as an exhibitionist, a phony, and someone who...

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Have you ever gone to a fortune teller?

reco13 @reco13 (605) • Philippines 9 Jan 11

I don't believe in fortune telling and palm reading. I know everyone has their own destiny destined by God. No one can ever foresee that. I sometimes think that fortune tellers are taking advantage of people who believe in them....

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AliceWonderly I went to a fortuneteller. It was a guy with a card table and a deck of Tarot cards on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. Every time he said something, he would sort of glance at me to see how near he was getting to the mark. He said I was in love. He must have...

10 Jan 11

If you could recommend me some mystery, detective, horror tales, novels.

ricextreme @ricextreme (964) • Ecuador 8 Jan 11

Hey reader friends of mylot. I like to read mystery, detective, and horror tales from Edgar Allan Poe, and I really like this type of literature. I specially like detective tales and novels, and I've read some books written...

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AliceWonderly If you like Simenon, you might like a book called Brighton Rock by Graham Greene. Like Simenon does in Dirty Snow, Greene really gets into the young criminal's head. One American writer of the same kind is Jim Thompson. He wrote The Grifters, The Killer Inside...

9 Jan 11

I'm tired of hearing people about their new year's resolution

Bebs08 @Bebs08 (10681) • United States 9 Jan 11

That's right, I am tired of hearing them saying, " THIS IS MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION" and then nothing has change. They are the same or what they do is just the same as before they made that resolution. This is the reason why, I...

change

resoultion

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AliceWonderly I always make 'em, and I always break 'em. I hereby resolve not to make New Years Resolutions. Thanks, Bebs, you've shown me the light.

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Millenium Trilogy

tiagootani @tiagootani (7) • Brazil 4 Jan 11

Have you read or heard of the Millenium Trilogy, written by swedish author Stieg Larson? Man, I started to read the first book two days ago, and just can't put the book away. It's a thick book, with more than 500 pages, but I...

millenium trilogy

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AliceWonderly Yes! I love that character Lisbeth. She's so eccentric, in such a good way. I think the author might be saying she is a little bit autistic or something: her social skills are primitive, let's say. Yet she's so good at what she does, and so determined to keep...

9 Jan 11

Demand Studios: In Trouble?

RebeccaScarlett @RebeccaScarlett (2532) • Canada 6 Jan 11

So, after a hiatus from Demand Studios because all the titles seemed to turn to complete gibberish (as opposed to before, when only 85% of the titles were complete gibberish and another 10% were only partial gibberish that I could...

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AliceWonderly I think you are talking about amortization and/or depreciation. Both are perfectly legitimate ways of doing accounting in many cases. I guess Demand Studios must have messed up their books though, from what you say. The idea is that you pay for an asset as you...

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What are your views on the word ni99er?

brycie1717 @brycie1717 (2) • United States 27 Jan 07

Many african-americans have made this word, a fad.Considering were it rooted from, and the meaning of this word.Do you think it is ok for african americans torefer to oneanother as one?

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AliceWonderly If the N-word is a fad, maybe it will pass out of the language like all slang does. No one says neat-o any more. Yet that word is such an evil one, with such an ugly history, I can see why people would try to take the sting out of it, by using it themselves....

6 Jan 11

Re-Writing Classics?-Huckleberry Finn

ErrollLeVant @ErrollLeVant (4353) • United States 6 Jan 11

A new version of Mark Twain's classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is being published that has changed the original words--"N-Word" and "Injun"--to less racially offensive words. How do you react to that development?

political correctness

racial slurs

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AliceWonderly I was horrified when I first heard about this. Mark Twain is one of the world's great writers, and The Adventures of Huck Finn is certainly not racist. But then I heard that this book had long been banned in many schools, because of the N-word. Most normal...

6 Jan 11

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Roadblock Drunk Driving Checks are unethical and unconstitutional

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 5 Jan 11

What is it about our society that makes us put up with whatever crap the government wants to do? Yes, drunk driving is illegal, dangerous and just plain stupid, but that doesn't excuse the police from their responsibilities to...

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AliceWonderly Actually, the Supreme court has reviewed this matter, and it is not illegal for the police to stop you at a sobriety checkpoint. That's provided they are not only stopping you, but are stopping everyone, or stopping every nth driver. You do not have infinite...

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how to write a nice article

lianqiz @lianqiz (14) 2 Jan 11

I want to write , but what I donot know to write :-(

write

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AliceWonderly To write a nice article, write a nice paragraph. Make it three to five sentences long, with each sentence growing out of the one before it. The last sentence should summarize your whole paragraph. Then, go back and make each sentence the subject of its own...

3 Jan 11

The Good News and the BAD News For Fox News

anniepa @anniepa (27955) • United States 2 Jan 11

I've been hearing and reading, here and elsewhere, about how Fox News is once again the top rated cable news outlet, how they have all of the top rated shows in prime time on cable news. What they haven't been saying is that their...

fox news losing viewers

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AliceWonderly Maybe their viewership is declining because what they present is more like entertainment than news. "Anchormen" crying on TV (yes I mean Glen Beck). Name-calling, character assassination, slanted programming every time. It's unfair, and unbalanced.Whatever it...

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Writing a compare/contrast essay!

sanjanaraman @sanjanaraman (237) • United Arab Emirates 31 Dec 10

My daughter needs to write a compare/contrast essay about two different countries for school. I'm having a little difficulty helping her because writing about two different countries that she has been to doesn't give her the...

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AliceWonderly She can still state and support her own viewpoint within the framework of compare and contrast. For example, she could say, "I was lucky enough to visit both Thailand and Singapore this summer. While I enjoyed the gorgeous beach towns of Thailand, I sometimes...

1 Jan 11

quit smoking????

j_cena_90 @j_cena_90 (58) • India 8 Apr 10

Does any one quit smoking without any reason .? smoking is injurious thats not the reason to quit.. someone in ur live for whom u might quit smoking ... i quit smoking just for my friends so that they dont follow me with...

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AliceWonderly I was finally able to quit smoking when my mother was dying from a smoking-related disease. She had COPD, and she slowly suffocated. She couldn't move from her chair without gasping, and she weighed almost nothing when she finally passed on. Introduce your...

16 Apr 10

favorite thing to write?

caydensmom @caydensmom (149) • United States 15 Apr 10

do you like to write short stories? poems? songs? love letters? what do you like to write the most? and why? and does this allow you to express your emotions?

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AliceWonderly I like to write fiction of all sorts, but especially fantasy. Elves, dragons, mermaids, that sort of thing appeals to me. Unfortunately, I have made almost no money writing fiction in my three year online career. As you know, what the web wants is dull serious...

16 Apr 10

I have become a birther

Opalina143 @opalina143 (1240) • Morristown, New Jersey 15 Apr 10

yes, that's right. I have become a birther. I no longer believe that Obama is a U.S. citizen. Therefore, since Obama is not a U.S. citizen, I do not have to accept his authority. I do not have to pay taxes. I have decided...

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AliceWonderly I certainly support you in your quest for truth, justice, and the American way, but I cannot send any money right now. Do you have a webpage or blog where I can send you some virtual tea bags? I'm just trying to help.

16 Apr 10

Do you look at keyboard when you type?

yoursjannat @yoursjannat (839) • India 15 Apr 10

Hi MyLotters, It's very simple to answer.I personally look at the keyboard when I type.But I've seen many computer users who hardly look at the keyboard while they type like they know the exact location of all the keys of the...

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AliceWonderly I don't usually look at the keyboard, but I used to, because I didn't learn in school. however, as many people have pointed out, there are many free learn to type lessons online. The best ones have silly little games as well as exercises, because, believe me,...

16 Apr 10

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What's Wrong?

Abhijit Bangal @abhi_bangal (5533) • Ahmednagar, India 14 Apr 10

I am a budding writer and trying to find my feet in this industry. I write blog posts, which are totally a personal thing. But my problem is rather different. I am earning through MyLot. I also write for Microworkers as the jobs...

writing errors

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AliceWonderly It's hard to tell what you mean. If you mean that all girls dislike being harassed, but some girls dislike it extremely, you might write: All girls dislike being harassed by boys, but some girls especially dislike it. As far as controlling the behavior of...

15 Apr 10

Experiment

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85146) • Shingle Springs, California 19 Mar 10

Let's just say you go to an art museum. The art museum has decided to post tags that show the approximate current market value of each item. Would this distract you from looking at the art? Do you think it would influence your...

art

commercialization

dawn

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AliceWonderly Good thought experiment, mixing up the prices. I do think there are many people who think more expensive equals better. Look how people rushed to buy houses when they were overpriced, and now hesitate to buy them now that they are underpriced (maybe). The gold...

14 Apr 10

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