artistmel2000

@artistmel2000 (438)

United States • Age 57

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Do not mess in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup.

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Anita Dunne and Mao Tse-Tung

artistmel2000 @artistmel2000 (438) • United States 19 Oct 09

Am I missing something or is there really someone in the Obama Administration who admires Mao Tse-Tung, the man who is responsible for killing millions of people in China? Glenn Beck showed a video of Anita Dunne admitting she...

scared to be an american

socialism

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artistmel2000 What bothers me is the press is giving these people a free pass except FOX news, and the White House has waged war against this news station because FOX news is asking the hard questions. It would seem to me that when someone is asking the hard questions and...

20 Oct 09

If you don't care about CNN lying about Rush

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 19 Oct 09

don't lie to me about caring about our nation at all. Obama has declared war on anyone who doesn't bow down to him and kiss his feet. CNN has decided to help him in his war effort. If you can support this then NEVER lie to me...

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artistmel2000 I wouldn't say I'm just now reaching this point, but I am a little younger than you and I've not taken much interest in politics until now when things have seemed so corrupt, or more corrupt than the norm. I think my whole life has been a scary time to be an...

20 Oct 09

What are you reading now?

wittywriter @wittywriter (86) • United States 28 May 09

I am curious of what people are reading now. I am currently reading a manuscript that a friend has an intention to publish. However, I found that I am not currently reading any other books. I was wondering what people are reading...

current works

reading

writing

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artistmel2000 I'm starting a book recommended by my daughter entitled "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. It's sci-fi, so I don't know if I'll be able to get into it, but she usually recommends good reads, so I'll give it a shot. I just finished J.R. Ward's "Insider's Guide...

29 May 09

What do you do with your books after you've read them?

vicki2876 @vicki2876 (5636) • Canada 19 Jan 09

Do you have a library like my father. Or are you like me and donate them? Somewhere in between where you give away some and keep the real special ones? Which do you keep and which go? I like to donate mine because I like to...

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artistmel2000 Starting over has been a long road, but I'm getting there. I'm in a good place, I have my dog and I'm rebuilding my life along with my library. I do check out garage sales, goodwill stores, used book stores, and eBay. I'm trying to replace some of my books,...

20 Jan 09

I don't know what else to do to help my sister's kids

artistmel2000 @artistmel2000 (438) • United States 26 Feb 07

I have a step-sister who is in her early 30s. She has two children, one daughter who is 14-years-old and a son who is 5-years-old. She and her son moved from Florida to Kentucky with my parents last November. Prior to the move,...

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artistmel2000 And another thing, Jalisa, I know better than most that people can change. I saw it in my work, and I see it in my own life. I'm not the same person you knew 3 or 4 years ago. There have been a lot things that have happened over the last few years that you may...

16 Jan 09

I don't know what else to do to help my sister's kids

artistmel2000 @artistmel2000 (438) • United States 26 Feb 07

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artistmel2000 Jalisa, I'm sorry you feel like I'm ruining your life with "all this drama" but at the time I wrote this post, I only had part of the information. I'd made attempts to call your father while I was in Chicago and I never got return phone calls, so what was I to...

16 Jan 09

what would you do if you lost your child

easymoney75503 @easymoney75503 (1702) • United States 26 Oct 08

i know a lady that is a great mom sure she has her issues but she takes good care of her son. her house is clean, bills are paid, she doesnt drink, doesnt do drugs, she is on meds for being bipolar but alot of people are. she...

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artistmel2000 Shar, I agree she's made the situation more difficult by starting to drink, but this is not a hopeless situation. This woman can be effectively treated for her illness with medication and therapy and work to get her son back. Most states cannot permanently...

26 Oct 08

What is Wrong With My Feet?

Pigglies @Pigglies (9329) • United States 15 Jun 08

This weird thing has been happening to my feet for the past few years. I was wondering if anyone knows what it is or what causes it. All of the sudden, my foot will hurt and when I look at it, my toes are bent in funny...

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artistmel2000 It certainly sounds like muscle spasms, as I get these same things in my feet. There can be other causes besides sitting with your foot in one position or another, such as low potassium levels which can result from taking diuretics or other medical issues....

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So have I done the right thing?

jasmine0728 @jasmine0728 (677) • United States 19 Jun 08

My daughter told me when she was four that he daddy had hurt her.She wasn't allowed to watch television that would have taught her the things she told me that day.I through him out,though he denied it.I have been in limited...

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artistmel2000 Unfortunately, most teenagers think in terms of dollars and cents, and other children/teens can be judgmental when it comes to the haves and have nots. It's understandable that she would blame him for your lots in life, i.e., living on the poor side. I, too,...

22 Jun 08

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Just What Is It About A Man (or Women) In Uniform? Come on Ladies Please Share.

ellie333 @ellie333 (21016) 21 Jun 08

I have a perfect excuse to get fireman to wave at me as my son the minute he sees a fire engine frantically waves and of course as he is little they wave back. I personally love a man in uniform and I know of lot of others do to,...

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artistmel2000 LOL Drooling may not be the most attractive thing to do in front of men in uniform, but when the hormones take over, what can you do? Yesterday afternoon, I went out with my step-mother to do some shopping. Quite a few cars were pulled over because of car...

22 Jun 08

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When was the last time you experienced true silence?

youdontsay @youdontsay (3497) • United States 20 Jun 08

How long did it last? It occurs to me that I can't even remember the most recent time I've experienced true silence. I live in the city where there is always traffic noise at some level, day and night. And I'm seldom alone...

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artistmel2000 It warms my heart when someone tells me that they find some emotional response from my writing, whether it is a quieting of the mind, a belly laugh, or a loud, raging anger. Mark's death was the first time I'd had to deal with anyone's passing in a very long...

20 Jun 08

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Man Arrested in Rape of Mother and Daughter

worldwise1 @worldwise1 (14885) • United States 20 Jun 08

This article appeared in my local news and I have not heard anything quite so disgusting for a long time. It seems that a woman was accosted by a man on her way home, savagely beaten and raped, then forced to accompany him to...

rape of mother and daughter

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artistmel2000 As a repeat offender, I pray they throw the book at this man!

20 Jun 08

Homeless by choice?

relundad @relundad (2310) • United States 17 Jun 08

I once met a homeless man, many years ago. He hung out at a gas station that I worked at. He was educated and at one point in his life lived a very nice life. Unfortunately he lost all of the members of his immediate family and...

family

homeless

possessions

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artistmel2000 I guess if his only thing in life was to see others smile, then he was doing with his life what he thought was best. Believe me, I do not sit in judgment of people who make the choices they make, especially if I don't agree with those choices or would make...

17 Jun 08

Stupid comment by Tom Cruise about people suffering from depression?

feralwoman @feralwoman (2199) • Australia 16 Jun 08

How many of you out there in mylot land agree with what Mr Cruise said about people suffering from depression not needing antidepressants? Here's another one I heard, but not from Mr Cruise. "People that suffer from depression...

depression

medication

religious beliefs

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artistmel2000 Kind of like homophobia, people who are homophobic are actually afraid of being homosexuals as well. It's hard to diagnose someone who is in the limelight so much of the time, but I find Mr. Cruise hardly credible as he does not have a medical degree. As for...

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Why can't people be polite

lovenluck @lovenluck (1068) • India 17 Jun 08

why do people have to be rude when they want to express something. They can explain in a better way instead of being rude. Being polite is a virtue and we should use it often.

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artistmel2000 Linda, I agree with your assessment of this particular situation. I just came out of an environment where you have 200+ people in one building, couped up because of 50+ inches of snow on the ground, and people just speak what is on their minds using the excuse...

17 Jun 08

Like I would hurt one of his dogs to get back at him... Get real, please!

artistmel2000 @artistmel2000 (438) • United States 30 Sep 07

My boyfriend and I have not been getting along at all recently. Well, we haven't gotten along well since I moved in with him. Earlier this month, I had to be admitted to the hospital with Right Ventricular Congestive Heart...

companions

congestive heart failure

dogs

friends

pets

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artistmel2000 Actually, I said nothing to give him reason to think I would harm his dogs. In fact, I was so hurt that I began to cry and told him that if he was really that worried about his dogs, then I wouldn't go anywhere near his dogs when I came to collect the rest of...

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