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TIFFLS @TT Philadelphia seems to be a bit different from many cities in that even an individual who works as an independent contractor is considered a "business" and required to purchase a license.

8/27/10

libdrone I learned a great deal reporting this story and one of my biggest take aways is that MANY people in Pennsylvania feel their taxation system is REALLY horrible.

8/29/10

Theresa111 Awesome. Our Niece is due Aug 29th.

8/27/10

GreenLady7 Oh, man, a pillow fight. I used to Love pillow fights!

8/27/10

LyndaLehmann most people are not the slightest bit troubled that bees have an aids-like syndrome and are dying out, or that frogs are disappearing. as long as they have their green-grass yards and fancy BBQs, they seem to feel everything is okay. for them, the food chain is a foreign concept. "inter-relatedness"? what's that?

6/13/10

tonyberkman very true

6/13/10

BiggJ You shoulda been there...may not happen again for a long time.

6/11/10

TIFFLS In Chicago we know how to hold on to our victories for..well...decades. We'll always have the Super Bowl Shuffle.

6/11/10

Theresa111 She shouldn't have been fired for speaking her mind. It was only her opinion and her career should be worth more than her comment. I have never hear tell of her saying anything inappropriate before this.

6/08/10

legbamel Yup. Hell, don't TV and radio "personalities" make their living by doing exactly that? Unless her opinions were skewing her reporting they should not be a condition of her employment doing so.

6/08/10

GreenLady7 I loved it. The msg is So positive, and reinforcing it in so many ways really impressed it on my little blonde brain. :-P It's an amazingly intelligent piece, and it makes its point most excellently well.

6/02/10

no1chatterbox Loved it...it's so apt and true.
Thank you for sharing :)

6/03/10

Sebastyne Cool one. I sang along to the Pearl Jam -part. :D Of all the bands I listened to as a teen ager, Pearl Jam songs fitted best with my voice. (Yes, I used to record my singing... :p)
And the Jenga was fun too. :D

6/01/10

LAveryBrown This is such a nifty idea. Maybe the next big thing will be a life sized 'Operation' game!

6/01/10

TheBoo i'll try it out and see... hold on.

5/31/10

legbamel I'll try one, too, in case TheBoo is just special. :D I would love to see life-sized Jenga. I'm picturing dismantling a medium-sized log cabin, which probably isn't quite right.

5/31/10

Theresa111 Ha ha ha ha ha. Good one.

5/31/10

XxJamberxX Zero stands for the meaning of life, zero is a secret society bent on world domination by selling and advertising colorful cereal boxes to television viewers under the age of 7.

5/31/10

Theresa111 Divorce Court and Wedding Parlors.

5/29/10

askcherlock No matter how full my refrigerator was, the kids would open the door and stand in front of it saying, "There's nothing here to eat!" I won't tell you what my answer was. :)

5/29/10

TIFFLS @askcherlock: my daughter does that, too! I'll even list off half a dozen choices for her and she'll say "we don't have anything to eat". Her friends are somewhat less particular, apparently.

6/02/10

Jayme Thank you! How is the synopsis going?

5/24/10

TIFFLS Fortunately, I got some help from a couple of friends who have actually read romance novels and I think it made a big difference. It was still a hellacious process, though. The book seriously only took me about 45 hours to write and edit, so I never anticipated I'd be fighting with a one-page synopsis for days.

6/02/10

Eyewitness I also use Gmail but its working for me.
Hope its just a temporary error.

5/22/10

TIFFLS Yep, it's back...and was a good reminder that it's time to suck it all into outlook again for backup.

5/23/10

TIFFLS You could share--there are lots of theories floating around out there. Unless you have some kind of insider knowledge, it's not really a spoiler.

5/23/10

GreenLady7 Oh no, I just have this, like, fifth sense about stuff like this. :-P I'm not ready to go public with it yet, but I've sent it to a friend, so my timeline will be good. A little over 22 hrs. here on the Left Coast!

5/23/10

TIFFLS And they SHOULD appreciate the fact that you're doing your job, because so many people--even those in "customer service"--just don't care to.

5/23/10

legbamel I've discovered that telling someone you were happy to help comes across as being snarky, as well, even when you mean it.

5/23/10

GreenLady7 Speculation....led to a great economic bubble known as the South Sea Bubble in 1720, which caused financial ruin for many in England. There really is nothing new under the sun.

5/22/10

Theresa111 Wow! Thanks Tiffany. Sounds like what happened to our home. The value went through the roof and then crashed down, all around us. Upside-Down took on a whole new meaning.

5/22/10

TIFFLS Theresa, if you're inclined to elaborate, why do you make that effort? That is, why do you think it matters to buy American-made products?

5/22/10

Jayme I would love to do the best thing for all concerned in situations like this. I dont always have all of the information, and like most people I cant be a detective every time I shop. I would also like to know what is in the foods I eat, air I breath, water I drink....some things just go on the back burner.

5/23/10

infurl @TIFFLS When you go to the supermarket, do you ever wonder at all the "natural" foods and cosmetics that are being sold in plastic bottles?

5/21/10

TIFFLS @infurl: wondered? No. It's a simple fact that companies are interested in making money, and that "natural" and "organic" are just popular marketing terms these days and so plenty of companies are lining up to cash in. In some cases, FDA or USDA regulations dictate what products can and can't be labeled that way, but the packaging isn't addressed, so it's going to be the most cost-effective option possible.

5/24/10

TIFFLS I remember them, too, Jaybetee, from when I was a kid...and I'm pretty sure that Subway didn't exist in those days.

5/17/10

nothingprofound Crazy! I was eating footlong hot dogs thirty years ago, in NY.

5/17/10