paulerland123

@paulerland123 (27)

United States • Age 74

Joined myLot 14 years ago

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Most boring sport?

paulerland123 @paulerland123 (27) • United States 6 Dec 10

Is football the most boring of all sports? About 6 seconds of action followed by a few minutes of huddling up while the announcers (are THEY on steroids?) tell you what you've just seen and predict what you are about to see.

boring football

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Happy Birthday, Moby D--k

paulerland123 @paulerland123 (27) • United States 14 Nov 10

The novel Moby-D--k (MyLot won't let me spell out the word!)was published on this day in 1851. "A classic," said Mark Twain, "is something that everyone wants to have read but no one wants to read." For years no one read...

books

classics

melville

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A bird in the Bush

paulerland123 @paulerland123 (27) • United States 14 Nov 10

Listened to George W. Bush on Sunday Morning today. He said he thinks he left the world a better place when he left office. Has he taken up drinking again?

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Atheists crusade against Christmas

paulerland123 @paulerland123 (27) • United States 14 Nov 10

An atheist group has put up billboards showing a Nativity scene with the message: "You know it's a myth. This season use your reason." I think this makes atheists look as pathetic as the believers they're trying to slam. How about...

atheists

atheists against christmas

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In the Beginning...

paulerland123 @paulerland123 (27) • United States 8 Nov 10

If something always had to have existed, why God, instead of the universe itself? Why bring God into it? If something arose out of nothing, why not the universe?

god

origins

universe

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The Rich Will Always Be With Us

paulerland123 @paulerland123 (27) • United States 8 Nov 10

People have always been envious of the rich, but seldom protective of them. The democratic impulse is to see the rich humbled, brought to earth -- not to coddle them. The current mania to conserve the riches of the wealthy...

rich

taxing the wealthy

wealthy

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Dead Men Walking

paulerland123 @paulerland123 (27) • United States 8 Nov 10

I'm watching the new series on AMC, The Walking Dead. Why our ghoulish fascination with zombies? When someone dies, we can't wait to bury him -- and we expect him to stay dead. He's given up his claims on us. The real horror is...

walking dead

zombies

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A smile, but no service

paulerland123 @paulerland123 (27) • United States 8 Nov 10

In the bank the other day I was greeted by a manager as I walked in. "Good morning, sir!" she chirped. Had they been expecting me? Another manager called out to me from his office. "How we doing today, sir?" I didn't know about...

customer service

fake friendliness

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Pets in church

paulerland123 @paulerland123 (27) • United States 7 Nov 10

A church in California has instituted a service for pets. It sounded like animal abuse to me, but then I read that the four-legged friends get treats and beds and don't even have to sit through a sermon. (Wonder if some of the...

pets

pets in church

pets in restaurants

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