solteronita

@solteronita (8)

United States • Age 44

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Kid Speak

solteronita @solteronita (8) • United States 21 Mar 07

What's a word that you had trouble with or misunderstood as a kid? When I was little, I somehow that that "hissing" was called "hanking". To this day, my mom will call me up every now and then and say, "Hey, the cat just hanked...

Vegan Food Blogs and Recipe Sites

solteronita @solteronita (8) • United States 20 Mar 07

Are there any other vegans here? What are your favorite vegan food blogs or recipe sites? My favorites lately are theppk.com and fatfreevegan.com

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Newspapers- are they our last source of unbiased news?

mckenziemom @mckenziemom (522) • United States 19 Mar 07

I heard a statistic last week that the circulation of daily newpapers around the country is down to something like 25%. With the advent of news available on the internet,cable television, news magazines and news programs there are...

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solteronita Newspapers are just as biased as any other news source. Especially smaller, local newspapers get information wrong all the time. I get most of my news from various internet sites, but I try to read several different sources in order to get information reported...

19 Mar 07

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How much do you pay for chores at your house?

blueskies @blueskies (1186) • United States 19 Mar 07

I have a list printed out that details how much each job pays in my house. I give the more labor-intensive or disgusting jobs a higher pay rate as incentive for the kids to volunteer to take them on. Sometimes, however, I get...

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solteronita When I was growing up, we had a list of chores we had to do every day/week, and if we did all of them, we got an allowance at the end of the week. There's wasn't different rates on different jobs, and it was all or nothing, because chores were considered just...

19 Mar 07

What's the biggest regret in your life?

kiddygurl @kiddygurl (803) • Singapore 19 Mar 07

Mine is my college life.. I just feel like I could've done better with my grade.. I should've made friends with more people.. My ex-boyfriend was a jealous and control freak at the time, so he would be jealous if I hung out with...

college

life

regret

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solteronita I don't really regret much in my life so far, but if I were to live my college years over again, I'd apply to more schools (I'm the only person in all of my family to have gone to college, and I didn't really know all my options) and then actually be more into...

19 Mar 07

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Why didn't Norah Jones use her connection to THE Ravi Shankar?

alexandrie @alexandrie (37) • Philippines 10 Mar 07

Norah Jones was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar. She is the daughter of Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, of the Beatles fame. I'm curious why, even when she was starting out, she never made use of what could have been an...

norah jones

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solteronita Maybe to prove that she's a great musician herself and not use someone else's name to talk people into liking her.

16 Mar 07

Females as Friends

solteronita @solteronita (8) • United States 16 Mar 07

I've been thinking a lot about situations I've been in where I meet a new potential female friend through a mutual male friend. Without really trying, both of the women tend to be in a struggle to maintain queen of the mountain...

friendship

relationships

women

Cohabitation

thecaitycat @thecaitycat (267) • United States 9 Mar 07

Who here is an advocate of cohabitation? I am a prononent of it because I think that marriage is unnecessary for many of us. I also think that if two people live together before getting married, they have a better idea of...

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solteronita I don't understand why society is still so focused on marriage, which seems to have started out as a religious rite. What is it now? Proof of your relationship for financial benefits?

16 Mar 07