grammabean

@grammabean (74)

United States • Age 72

Joined myLot 18 years ago

"It's better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it."

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How to write a book

inspired_designs @inspired_designs (248) • United States 6 Feb 07

I am wanting to write a book about my sister and child abuse. I'm just not sure where to start! I don't have any money to spend on a publisher or proof reader. Does anyone have any ideas or advise?

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grammabean This is excellent! I once wrote about something that was very personal. The emotions of guilt were so real that I physically broke out in a sweat. So, you must be able to deal with real emotions. And it is putting those emotions down on paper that make your...

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do you keep secrets????

krislouiebaby @krislouiebaby (2346) • Philippines 14 Feb 07

do you ever feel disappointed and cheated but you cannot tell it to the person for some reason? and you find your way to write it in a note and just keep it? is there anything you keep inside you and you do not bother to tell it...

relationships

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grammabean Secrets? There is something that every single person has that they don't want to (or can't) tell anyone. Why do you think that writing is so therapeutic?? You can put on paper what your tongue can't say!

15 Feb 07

Kids in the Military

grammabean @grammabean (74) • United States 13 Feb 07

My son wants to re-inlist in the Marines. While I wholeheartedly support our troops (I believe they should receive the highest commendation for their efforts!) I am totally opposed to the policies putting us in Iraq. How about...

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What do you like best in the Closer?

berta67 @berta67 (176) • Virgin Islands (British) 31 Jan 07

I love to watch the Closer and somtimes I wonder why? There are so many crimeshows on the telly but this one is special for me. Whats your reason The lonley woman in a mans world or her skills in interrigation or?

the closer

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grammabean "Thank you, thank you so very much!" ;)

13 Feb 07

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What do you like best in the Closer?

berta67 @berta67 (176) • Virgin Islands (British) 31 Jan 07

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grammabean For me and my daughter, it's multifaceted: the accent, the unassuming air, the quiet display of intelligence, the artful skill of detection and perception masked by the outward display of absolute disorganization. And the pithy statements that always bring a...

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How do you come up with names for your characters?

smartie1685 @smartie1685 (450) • United States 12 Feb 07

I was wondering if anyone had any specific websites or tips on how to come up with names from your characters. I don't want mine to be too commonly used names. I've been just picking some unique names at random, but I didn't know...

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grammabean Did you ever buy a house or need to get your credit report? There were pages and pages of people with similar names as we have, (which I thought were not too common at all!) Do you have any idea how many people have the same name you want to use for your...

13 Feb 07

Writing on the internet

indywahm @indywahm (808) • United States 12 Feb 07

I was wondering that if we do writing on the internet how do we copywrite it so none copies it and uses it for them selves?? I do some writing on some blogs and websites and was just wondering this.

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grammabean This is probably a "crazy" thought, but it just came to me now. I wonder if you can put some "physical" sign that the work is yours, (and even though this goes against my absolute best judgment!!!) misspell something (on purpose!!) Because a lot of times you...

13 Feb 07

Die in Disease or Die in an Accident?

davaoguy @davaoguy (319) • United States 11 Feb 07

This is a kind of morbid topic but I think it could spark up a veritable discussion among us. Given a choice, would you want to die due to a disease or die due to an accident? For me, I would rather choose to die in an accident...

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grammabean I cannot choose! My parents and two brothers were killed in a car accident in 1967. Sometimes it is as unreal now as it was back then. I have witnessed others of my loved ones linger in pain from disease. And I have witnessed (just this past year) two...

12 Feb 07

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Are your parents elderly .

weemam @weemam (13372) 10 Feb 07

As I look around this site there seems to be mostly young people , I am 64 and I still have my parents who are 88 years old , It will be my Dads 89 birthday tomorrow ( Sunday the 11th )and My husband ,My youngest son and myself...

are they old

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grammabean Yes, enjoy them!!!! I lost my parents and two brothers in an automobile accident when I was 14. So I don't know what it's like to have elderly parents. I am, however, a grandmother, with three grandchildren and many surrogate grandchildren!!! Every child...

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Can't spank kids under the age of 3

lifeiseasy @lifeiseasy (2292) • United States 20 Jan 07

California wants pass a law that parents can not spank their kids unles they are older than 3. Who decides that you can't spank your own kids the government or you ?? How do you feel about this law??

cant spank kids

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grammabean I can't even imagine that you have children! How in the world can you not realize that children at the age of 2 have no concept of right or wrong????!!!! A spanking is not a beating! And a beating is inhumane!!! There is as much difference between spanking...

29 Jan 07

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where do you stand?

epenner @epenner (162) • United States 28 Jan 07

The state of California has proposed to ban spanking. Anyone caught spanking their child will risk facing fines and even jail time. Do you think this is right? Or is this just another way for the government to take away...

children

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grammabean I am now a grandmother. When my three children were little, they were spanked. They were not beat. And I NEVER disciplined them when I was angry. I sat down next to them and explained why they were getting a spanking. Then they got the spanking. And then...

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Can't spank kids under the age of 3

lifeiseasy @lifeiseasy (2292) • United States 20 Jan 07

California wants pass a law that parents can not spank their kids unles they are older than 3. Who decides that you can't spank your own kids the government or you ?? How do you feel about this law??

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grammabean "A firm hand attached to a loving heart" - And I promise you, the kids won't get a beating! My sister asked a wise old gentleman, "When should I begin spanking my son?" "How old is your son," he asked. "Nine months old," she replied. "Then you're...

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Want to start my own business

jewel76 @jewel76 (2305) • Canada 28 Jan 07

I've been thinking about this for some time now. I want to start my own business, but don't know where to start exactly. I had gift baskets in mind, where i'd make the gift baskets (something i love to do) and then sell them for...

gift baskets

make extra money

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grammabean This is a great idea and my daughter is also starting a gift basket business. Here's a couple of ideas (which were hinted at earlier). Make gift baskets for the real estate business. Agents often give new home owners, renters, etc. a gift. Create...

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is going to school really important?.

Mylot member @patrice7 (1191) • United States 19 Jan 07

i just wonder. this bothers me a lot since i have heard of people excelling and successful who havent gone to school. so i wonder, is it really important?. i want to stop going to school and work. what do you think?.

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grammabean This is a great question! Why not ask some of us 50-year-old's if going to school is important! I'd be almost willing to bet that -most- of us, if we had the chance to do it all over again, would stay in school to learn as much as possible! As a matter...

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Cain & Abel?

nw1911guy @nw1911guy (1131) • United States 23 Jan 07

Ok so I have a question about the bible that noone has yet answered to my satisfaction(in other words pointed out in the book) one question I have. Here we go: From the Book of Genesis: Adam and Eve bore Cain and Abel. Cain...

reading

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grammabean Did you ever notice? Everytime there is a question, such as this, and the scholars can't find an answer, they can always rely on the old faithful..."Well, it was lost in the translation." That's funny, how come what they --can-- answer, wasn't "lost in...

23 Jan 07

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What u feel....Does` money matters?

072006 @072006 (1276) • India 23 Jan 07

When one says money is not everyting....at other side finds money matters everywhere?..wht u think?

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grammabean Money is not everything. Without money, there is nothing! Money does not buy happiness, but it sure helps!

23 Jan 07

Your Weirdest Teacher

blogyourself @blogyourself (1577) • United States 22 Jan 07

I will never forget my home ec teacher in 7th grade. From the time I was in 5th grade I heard rumors that at one point she had a nervous break down. Whether or not the rumors were true, this lady was loopy! She was constantly...

homework

teachers

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grammabean I responded to your worst/best teacher questions. My post to this one is the same teacher as the worst. He was very weird, and the littlest thing would set him off. One day a student asked a question. The teacher didn't know the answer. They stood...

23 Jan 07

Your Favorite Teacher

blogyourself @blogyourself (1577) • United States 22 Jan 07

My favorite teacher in school was my 10th grade English teacher. It was kind of funny because pretty much the rest of the school hated her. She made us work really hard and had previously been a college teacher. She started...

favorite teacher

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grammabean I will always remember my sixth grade teacher. As was her name, so was she. Mrs. Kindness. A well balanced sense of learning and fun. You knew when each of those times was! She was my favorite teacher of all time.

23 Jan 07