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The Associated Press' official style guide states that 'insure' and 'ensure' may be used interchangeably except for when referring to the insurance or financial industries. While, technically, 'insure' is in reference to financial matters, it is acceptable to use it with regards to other things. 'Ensure' should never be used to refer to matters of the insurance industry. Therefore, Spence is correct; if he wants to be. Or he can be incorrect if that is the key to Spence boat-floating at this point in time. AND WHO YOU CALLIN' A NAZI YOU ASSHOLE?!? I OUTTA START A THREAD ABOUT THAT!!! If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

Honestly, it sounds like the behavior of someone jealous and not trusting. If he was fully aware that you are not his girlfirend, what need would he have to dig through your private things? And, yes, even if you were in a relationship, he should have no need to dig through your private things - it's still unacceptable. I've been married for ten years and I don't open any mail with his name on it, I don't open his wallet to get anything out of it without his express consent. Not that he would care, but I do. But this guy? What he did is completely and utterly unacceptable. Get your shit back from him, change passwords, pins and whatever else and get rid of him. Some behavior can never be changed. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

I'm going to assume that you are a he and the person in question is a she. I make this assumption because that's absolutely something a girl would do - snoop and then pitch a complete fit when called out on it. You seem to infer that this 'friend' you are in a 'friendly relationship' with is NOT your girlfriend. Correct? This leads to the question that will answer your question: Is she aware of the fact that she is not your girlfriend? If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

That guy doesn't give a rat's ass about anything but himself. Hopefully he has changed - though I doubt it. Never before and, thanks to him, never since has someone had everything they ever dreamed of in Hollywood handed to them on a silver platter. Duffy essentially took a shit on the platter. The one lasting impact he had is that everyone in Hollywood keeps his story in the back of their minds when it's time to finance. From what I can deduce from IMDb is that he's self financing - there are no producers listed and no production companies. I couldn't be less shocked. The really sad thing to me is the bar - that was a great bar to hang out in and now it's gone. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

Mmm bop bop bop mmm bop doo-be-dop-dop mmm bob yeah, yeah... If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

The documentary Overnight is WAY more entertaining than the movie. I wonder if they'll have to do an Overnight II when Troy Duffy manages to blow this one up in his own face like he did the last one... If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

I have not seen the movie. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE (just wanted to say it louder so no one made any mistakes about it) I can't tell you if the movie is religious or not since - what? yeah - I haven't seen the movie. I can tell you that the movie was made by very religious people who make religious movies and whose production companies are financed through churches. One of the producers has her official email address listed as hername@her church.net This film stars Kirk Cameron. Kirk Cameron who went from teen heart throb to host of a children's show on The Bible Network called "Way of the Master". Even though I haven't seen this movie, I think it's a safe bet to say that, yes, it's gonna be a religious movie. That doesn't mean it's a bad movie. That doesn't mean that no one should ever see it. It just means that I have an IMDb Pro account and nothing to do this morning. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

Make sure you never - EVER - use canned answers. If it sounds good on paper, it usually sounds like crap in an interview. Interact with your interviewer. Ask questions. Interview him or her. "How long have you been with the company?" "What do you like best about working here?" "How/why did you get into this particular field?" etc. It really helps to show that you are interested in the company and the team as well as the job. Whenever I had to interview people (back when I had a 'real' job) I absolutely hated, hated, hated when I would ask the person if he or she had any questions for me and they said "no". I wanted to scream "LIAR!!!!" But I never did. Ohhhh how I wanted to. Even if there are no burning questions, ask something. Seriously. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

I sit corrected. Thanks for clearing that up. It does make more sense now... Well... It doesn't make sense what happened but regarding where it happened... you know what I mean. I hope. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

Okay. See, I've never been to a gun show that had a firing range connected to it in any way so I don't know the set-up. Public perception. That's the point. It doesn't make it any safer, it doesn't prevent any gun crimes or accidental deaths due to guns. It changes public perception. It is seen as a compromise between those that want gun shows and those that want them banned. There are a ton of people out there that thinks that gun shows are full of miscreants running around with loaded weapons when it is not the case. If you have a firing range in connection to a gun show then the public knows that there are loaded guns there. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

No, not *that* middle ground. The other one. The one that thinks that the right guns in the right hands is fine but that no one in the world needs a garage full of enough equipment to arm a small nation. The one that thinks that the average guy doesn't really need a fully automatic weapon. He may want one but he doesn't really need one. That middle ground. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

Actually, what I'm saying is that an irresponsible parent had an irresponsible 'instructor' place an automatic weapon in a child's hands. The child shot himself with that gun because he couldn't handle it properly or safely. This accident could have happened somewhere other than at a gun show. The statement that I made was that, first of all, I have never heard of a gun show allowing loaded weapons on site (and I have been to literally hundreds of gun shows) and, secondly, that a gun show is not a gun range. Not that because this particular gunshow had a gun range, a child shot himself. I never made the connection between the accident and the existence of the gun range. I don't want to see gun shows banned out of existence. In order for that to not happen, the operators of these gun shows need to look at what the general public that has never seen the inside of a gun show thinks they're all about. I don't for a second think that the accident happened because there was a gun range there. I think it happened because adults were stupid. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

I knew it would somewhere. Every single arguement can be met with a but. Don't let your children handle automatic weapons "But little Billy is great with an Uzi." Instructors shouldn't instruct small children on big guns "But then how will they ever learn" or "But if the parents say it's okay" Gun shows shouldn't be gun ranges "But then how will I know if the gun is the right one for me" Gun shows shouldn't exist "But where will I ever be able to find an 1865 Dickson and Nelson musket in pristine condition" Guns shouldn't exist "But what about all the responsible gun owners" It can go on forever. The people who want total gun bans and the people who want little to no regulation on guns and gun ownership are the loudest two voices people hear. The middle ground needs to get a bit louder. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

How about "A gun show is not a gun range"? That seems really simple to me. Maybe it's too simple and that's why no one has bothered to make that little rule. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

So I was talking to a friend of mine this weekend. He was telling me about a horror story that he was an unwitting participant in at work. Keep in mind he works at "the world's largest (and most often sued) software company". This is a company where the pay is good, the benefits rock and you can pretty much come and go as you please - set your own hours kind of thing. They also could care less if you show up in your pajamas and fuzzy slippers as long as you get the job done. Anyway... So my friend goes into the men's room on Thursday to spend some time on the crapper. He goes in and does what he needs to do noticing that someone who has come in after him is spending a lot of time at the sink. My friend finally exits the stall to see a guy at the sink washing the butt of his pants and underwear. The guy sharted and was doing his laundry in the sink. What the fuck?!? GO HOME!! Seriously. Is there anything in the world that would prevent you from GOING HOME?!? Do you really think that your presence at the company is that valuable that you have to stand at the bathroom sink naked from the waist down and wash your pants in the sink? If you were that valuable, you'd probably have your own bathroom. Sad thing about it all is that my friend works with this guy and now has to see him every day. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

I couldn't agree with you more. This gun show should have not allowed this to happen. This PARTICULAR gun show should never be allowed to operate again. Ten bucks says the parents of this kid sue the gun show operators... If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

No. That wasn't my arguement at all. My argument was that there should not be a broad and sweeping law enacted because of this one incident. A child has no business WHATSOEVER shooting an automatic weapon. Ever. In any setting. It was always my understanding that loaded weapons were not allowed at gun shows. Granted I haven't been to one in years so this may have changed. I remember my dad's response when people were horrified that he and my mom would dare to take their two little girls to gun shows - "They are much safer there with regards to guns than they are anywhere else in the country." If anyone trolled gun shows in the South in the late 70's they may have seen two little blonde girls playing with Barbie dolls under a dealer's table. That was us. We were also the two little brats who liked to get balloons and pop them just so we could hear the entire room go totally silent for a moment. Brats. Kids shoot themselves all the time and that is a completely preventable tragedy. Preventable by the parents of those children. With regards to this particular kid, (at least) two adults let him down and now he's dead. His parent(s) who allowed him to handle the weapon and the 'instructor' who agreed. Like I said - I was under the assumption that loaded weapons were not allowed at gun shows. If this were the case, there would be no discussion here. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

What an absolutely tragic thing to hapen. What an absolutely random thing to happen. What an absolutely stupid and completely preventable thing to happen. Does this need to be legislated away? How? Has anyone here ever heard of an 8 year old accidentally shooting himself in the head with an automatic weapon while shooting at a pumpkin at a gun show? Anyone? One accident does not equal a need for a law to prevent it. If anything there should be a law to prevent stupid people from having children - stupid people who will allow someone - certified instructor or not - to place a weapon in their child's hand that most adults would have trouble firing. This is yet one more black mark on gun shows. I grew up going to gun shows back in the 70's and early 80's. I don't know when things changed but I've never heard of anyone being able to fire a weapon at a gun show. But I guarantee you this: No matter who the instructor was, my dad would have never in a million years placed, or allowed to be placed, an automatic weapon in my or my sister's hands. The gun show will be blamed. That's the easiest way out. That's why there is no more Great Western gun show - which was, truly, the mother of all gun shows. It is gone because a crime was committed. The crime. or crimes rather, were committed by a man who had absolutely nothing to do with The Great Western and, while he did use firearms to commit his crimes, he didn't purchase either one at The Great Western. Hell, he didn't even purchase them in California. Bottom line - large calibre weapons, automatic weapons, unique weapons (flame throwers, grenade launchers, etc.) do not belong in the hands of children. Period. Children do not belong in the hands of adults that disagree with that. Period. Also, I predict that the gun show will be banned. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

Or perhaps an Orkin Man? White hard hat, red paint, white shirt, tie, etc...?? If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

My husband and I are going as two of the four Droogs from A Clockwork Orange. He wants to be Alex (Malcolm McDowell's character) and no one is likely to know the names of any of the other Droogs but I will be Pete. Assuming I finish making the costumes... I'm not looking forward to putting eyelashes on him. He went as Sporty Spice about 8 or 9 years ago and thought I was killing him when I put eyeliner on him. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

I'm not a sci-fi fan so I don't know if this movie falls into the category precisely or not. I just thought of it today - Running Man. Also, does anyone remember that movie called Solar Babies? The one with the kids on roller skates playing some hockey sort of game and trying to escape the evil overlords (or whatevers) across the desert - on roller skates. That's about as bad as it gets, I think... If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

Depending on the type of pneumonia you had and the severity and duration, etc. it can cause scarring that will trigger asthma - or so I'm told. I'm not a doctor. I have asthma that is triggered by two things - seasonal allergies and temperature. What happens to me is this: I go from breathing cold air to breathing warm air or vice versa and *boom* asthma attack. It's worse if I'm out of breath (like from exercise). I haven't needed an inhaler in over a year but went to my doc to get one since I'm new to skydiving. I know that, if I ever get back out there again, breating the cold air during a jump followed by going inside to warm air will cause one. It really isn't a big deal, just one more thing to have to carry with you. Three tips for you - One ask your doctor for a spacer. That's the contraption you put on the end of your inhaler to make sure you get the medication into your lungs properly. Two is that you wait at least a full two or three minutes between your first and second puffs. The first puff will take down the swelling higher up and the second will get deeper down. If you do them back to back, the medication won't get all the way into your lungs. The third tip is that you don't hit the inhaler right before you jump. Albuterol can make you shaky and a bit dizzy and that could have dire consequences. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

The thing I don't understand about people's fear of same sex marriage is this: how in the world does it impact YOU? I am heterosexual and married for almost ten years which seems to be rare these days. I have gay friends who have been together longer than my husband and I have. Ultimately, they feel the same way we did about getting married - no piece of paper and no words repeated after someone during a ceremony made our relationship any stronger or better or more permanent than it was prior to that or would have been without that. I could have cared less if we ever got married or not. It changed nothing about our relationship. It made buying a house easier. It makes benefits through jobs easier (although he works for a company that has same-sex partner benefits). Nothing about our relationship changed. Marriage didn't make us love each other. Not being married didn't make us not love each other. Marriage makes legal paperwork easier. There isn't a gay couple on this planet whose marriage could ruin mine. Gay marriage does nothing to 'devalue' anyone else's marriage. I wish that the following terms would go away: -Date Rape - Rape is rape. It doesn't matter if you know each other. -Reverse Discrimination - Discrimination by any other name... -Gay Marriage - Get married. If you want. To who you love. Or don't. It should be your choice - NOT MINE. Are schools going to teach about gay marriage? Maybe. Schools should teach about the real world and what goes on in it. Even if they don't, are parents going to take their precious little yard apes out of their bubbles, blind fold them, put their ear plugs in and place them directly in the mini van and go directly to their logic-free school. Do not pass Reality. Do not collect Intelligence. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

Somebody should go as that skydiving Bratz doll that was posted here the other day. Assuming that someone here looks like a tranny hooker and has a gold lame jumpsuit and rig... If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.

Thanks so much everyone! My head is just spinning with this. My aunt died a few years ago from ALS and this is the second friend to be diagnosed with this nasty disease this year. I will check out everyone's suggestions. Thank you. If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to do it for you. **************************** Be like the cupcake and suck it up.