shalako

@shalako (19)

United States • Age 57

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Top 3 writers

atenibuboy @atenibuboy (71) • Philippines 22 Apr 07

who are you top 3 favorite writers and why?

books

writers

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shalako Louis L'Amour Clive Cussler Stephen King In that order...Love the way L'Amour can make a setting come to life... Cussler hit a home run with Dirk Pitt...He is the perfect hero for any book :) The Stand is a good enough reason for him being 3rd...

7 May 07

What made you decide to have (or not to have) a tattoo?

mylesnarvaez @mylesnarvaez (5451) • Philippines 7 May 07

Do you have a tattoo? Which part/s of your body has/have a tattoo? Who/What influenced you to have a tattoo? I know that several discussions on tattoos have appeared in mylot already. But I'll ask this one anyway coz i just dug...

butterfly image on henna

henna

tattoos

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shalako I have a bulldog on my left arm and USMC above it..(in the corps for 8 years) and I have a dragon on my right arm... I've always had a thing for dragons so I had to do it :)

7 May 07

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Everyone deserves a second, third, and even a fourth chance??

Augustta @Augustta (1850) • Poland 7 May 07

"Many peoples that after they are released from jail are forever the scourge of society, it is hard for them to find jobs and other thing. But it is right to judge peoples just because they have spend some time in jail? All...

second chance

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shalako Well I have a little experience with this..My brother in laws are both ex-convicts...They spent a good deal of time locked up and have become "instituionalized". That's not just a word that people like to throw around..It's something that happens to people...

7 May 07

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do you prefer to read a book at the library or just buy one?

jahvo6 @jahvo6 (623) • Peru 2 May 07

Are you the type of person that goes to your local library and grab a book that you like and spend the whole afternoon there or you just skip all this process and just go to a booksoreand buy a recent best seller, I think that at...

books

libraries

reading

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shalako Sadly I have replaced my library with the coffee house (not starbucks :P )... I used to enjoy some time in the library it was quiet and comfortable and I could pick just about any subject and there it was...But now I would much rather prefer to buy a buy a...

3 May 07

guild wars 4th chapter and guild wars 2

gancel @gancel (14) • Philippines 23 Mar 07

are you going to buy them? in chapter 4 there are no new characters only skills and armors and a new map in guildwars 2, you cant bring your guildwars1 in GW2 GW2 has better graphics and engines and it also has 4 races...

guild wars

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shalako Eye of the North I will most definitely buy...It's the first expansion they have made for guild wars and I'm excited about playing without having to level a new character in the game to reap all the benefits..GW2 will give you some of the benefits from all...

2 May 07

These kids are horrible...what could you have done?

earth2jacq @earth2jacq (1502) • Philippines 2 May 07

Last night as I was giving myself a pedicure, I heard laughing and screaming noises outside our house. Intrigued, I decided to go and see what the fuss is all about. To my horror and dismay I saw six kids age ranging from 5-7...

horrible kids

kitten

pedicure

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shalako I would have definitely gone out and taken the cat..and cell phone in hand would have made sure that a polic car was in route...Those kids would have gotten a scare from a police officer that they wouldn't soon forget...It starts with cruelty to animals and...

2 May 07

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what would you do... doubting things

hannahjomommy @hannahjomommy (373) • United States 2 May 07

I have been thinking all is ok but last nightI got a call on my husbands cell.. It aws some girl. She was a bit taken aback when she heard a female voice and said is pat there? I was like huh and then let it go and i called her...

cheating

problems

relationships

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shalako I think that you should confront him not her...That is who your problem should be handled with...Find out if it's a real problem or a misunderstanding before you get too worked up over it. I don't know what kind of history you and your husband have, so I don't...

2 May 07

Little league is driving me to the poor house!

ladyljs @ladyljs (1303) • United States 2 May 07

My twins (boy and girl) are in little league and it seems as though they always need money for something!First it was the the registration at $25 each. THen came the gear:$80 bats for each of them $46 helmets for each of...

costly

little league

sports

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shalako Well, I understand where you are coming from..I have 3 sons...they all bowl in a league..One plays little league and one is in t-ball... Saturdays are shot, because they have bowling and my little one has t-ball..and bowling is paid weekly ($21.00) You got a...

2 May 07

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Do you think your parents did a pretty good job of raising you??

Augustta @Augustta (1850) • Poland 1 May 07

...or you blame them for something? ...or maybe they didn't do so well--maybe they weren't always there for you, or they said and did everything wrong, or they just forgot to be, well, parents. My parents was doing their best...

parents family good job

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shalako I think that my parents took care of too many things for me... That being said, I am 39 years old and I speak to them daily, I have a great relationship with my Sister and Brother (only siblings) and have developed a good sense of right and wrong and...

2 May 07

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Do you Allow your Children to play with Plastic Guns, Army Men, etc?

gypsylady28 @gypsylady28 (945) • United States 1 May 07

My son is army man crazy. My mom thinks we shouldn't let him have so much of the army stuff, but it is kind of hard to do that. My husband, his brothers, his sisters, and most of his neices and nephews are ex-military or currently...

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shalako Lol..I hope not... I grew up playing with army men in the back yard..digging fox holes, and pretending to be the good guy and the bad guy and getting shot...And my kids do the same thing... I served in the Marine Corps for 8 years and I am pretty sure that...

2 May 07

Moment of Fear

PunkyMcPunk @PunkyMcPunk (1477) • Canada 1 May 07

I had a moment of utter fear on Friday. It was a nice day out, I was outside puttering around enjoying the springtime. The birds were chirping, the sun was out, my son was playing on his play structure. Nothing was going wrong. In...

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shalako I too was raised catholic and was just fine with it, till I went through a divorce, and basically felt the scorn of the diocese..lol... Religion is such a personal thing that, All I can do is offer my take on it. I am the sort of person that doesn't ask...

2 May 07

Do you really think Good and Evil are synonymous with Right and Wrong?

samrat16 @samrat16 (2442) • India 1 May 07

I was shocked last day when my 7 years nephew made a mistake. My mom was shouting at him and asking him to clean the mess. Suddenly my nephew came to me and asked , " Uncle, Am I devil now as I have done a wrong thing." I was very...

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shalako I agree that not all wrong things are evil.. It's wrong to put galic in chocolate cake, but ti's not evil unless you did it on purpose..I think the key is to let your child know that just because they made a mistake it's not the end of the world...We learn...

2 May 07

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Have you ever met the following people. Honesty is the name of the game!

Annie @Anniedup (3651) • Richards Bay, South Africa 1 May 07

The saying it always happens to someone else. I wonder how true it is. Have you ever met the following people, not necessarily your friends, but have you actually met them. For instance at a party, your next door neighbor, work...

people

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shalako Murderer: a former good friend of mine..graduated high school moved away and a couple years later killed his girlfried..on death row now:( Spouse Cheater...about half the people I work with Someone in Jail..My brother in law's have been in and out of...

2 May 07

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