I watch Make Me a Supermodel too! I adore Ronnie! Although truthfully, I thought Holly was the best consistently throughout the season. But it is up to the viewers now. I didn't vote...cause I use the digital recorder and watch later. The voting seems to be closed by the time I get to see the show.

Yeah, I saw a video of Christian trying to get a male model to walk "not like a zombie" and the guy couldn't walk, but he got a little better in between goofing off with joke poses. I don't know if the vid was on Bravo or Utube, but it was enough for me not to be curious enough to want to watch the whole thing last night.

I still think you are with some kind of saint, cause if my guy spent his time with me staring at models and hours voting for them, pooshrooms and soggy salad would be the least of his worries.

Well, I put up with him ogling the wrestlers on those shows. He says he watches so Denny will have someone to watch with, but I know better. I've seen that "look" before, if you know what I mean.

What can I say? We're guys, and that's how we roll.

LOL,that was great! And they had the nerve to dog Casey and her knife skills?

TCF,youre a sweetheart but what podunk town do you live in? Do they still pipe in daylight? How the heck are you getting internet service?



Google,it does a body good.

Sorry if this has already been answered,Im just now catching up,but here is what we used to do. We would use a mixture of deer,pork and beef in a recipe to kill any gamey taste.

"pipe in daylight" , that's good!

Nobody made moonshine like my grandpa. People came in from all over,drove 100s of miles for it. We lived in a dry county and business was booming.

I see you are liking this OT thread JME,knew ya would.



I miss LM too,

Im not trying to pick a fight but I just wanted to say I find mocking a religious holiday like you just did to be very tacky. I have no problem with you or anyone else not believing in God or choosing to worship another,its your business,but I dont see anyone mocking any other religion or religious holiday.


Some people take their faith very seriously and to have such an important day,for them at least,mocked is not cool.

Hey guys! My grandmother's knaidlach (matzohball) recipe is now in the cookbook (see Kristy's posts for the logon). It was tough to write as the preparation is more instinctual than scientific, so if you want to use it, feel free to ask questions or improvise on your own.

I find it best to not talk about religion, or politics, unless you know the opinions of everyone in the room. I, therefore, am not touching this one with a ten foot pole.

Thank you so much. I was in need of a god recipe for this. You wouldn't happen to have a good one for latkes, would you? Some of the time they turn out great, some of the time they're bland, and then there are times when they are just plain greasy. Help!

Folks.

Drew and I are going to a regional production of "Kiss of the Spiderwoman' tomorrow night at the Signature theater. I'm familiar with the songwriter's other work (Cabaret, Chicago) and I loved the book and film, but I didn't catch the show on Broadway.

Has anyone here seen it, and, if so, what should I expect? It's part of Arena Stage's theater group, so I know the production will be first rate.

I just don't know, besides that it won the Tony for best musical, what it's merits, or detriments, are. Give me a clue, if you can, These are the times when I miss KSBear. He would know this stuff, but he's out of town, and I haven't talked to him.

I'm still working to master those. Unfortunately, latkes were one of two dishes my grandmother didn't do well. The latkes mostly suffered from her German habit of doing everything in advance, and the latke mix always turned a lovely grey before she fried it. I could never bring myself to eat them because they looked so bad, although I'm sure they tasted fine. I'm still experimenting to develop my own recipe, but I'm not there yet.

Just an FYI: My matzohballs are of the chewier variety, not the light, fluffy, flakey type. I grew up on these and prefer that they have some body and don't fall apart in the soup. If you want them lighter, you can separate the eggs and beat the whites stiff and add a little water to the batter.

But I'm not giving up my "sinkers"!

There's a review in today's Post.

Thanks. When I was at work I was either busy, or gabbing about silly stuff here, so I haven't seen today's Post.

I didn't even know, until I got home, and Denny told me, that The Nationals had cut John Patterson, who everyone thought would be the opening night pitcher at new Nationals Park.

I have to grab the paper before it ends up as cage liner for our noisy arse bird.

As long as they're good I can adjust. I just need a guideline,

Some of the time I don't know if I'm a good parental figure, or not. I read the posts by Texas Family and I know that I would never dream of doing things they way they do, but just because we're different does that make us bad?

When Denny came to us he was a damaged child. He had been abandoned by his mother, and his father, my son, basically dumped him on our doorstep. Drew had told me that he didn't want children, and all of a sudden, we had this 10 year old in our household.

Dennis was in and out of rehab, so we decided to make Denny our son. It was a calculated risk because we did not know what would happen, but he thrived, made friends, made a bond with my HusBear and I, and has thrived in school. He seems to be a genuinely happy young man.

When Dennis burgled our house Drew made a deal with him, If he gave up his parental rights, so we could adopt Denny, we would make sure he got all the help we could give him, He's played fair, and we are in the last steps of adopting Denny, but is he going to continue to thrive? Tomorrow holds no guarentees, and, sometimes, I wonder would he be better off with a traditional family?

These people don't help, but Drew and I both love Denny. We do everything we can to make his life a whole, and there is always somewhere there for him, from his *uncles Phil and Jim* and his aunt *Denise*, to his two fathers, daddy Drew and papi Tom. It is not a traditional family, but it's working.

When the Texas Family writes that nonsense I know it's just that, but there will always be someone there to try to tear us apart. Maybe this is one of the reasons that I'm so outraged by those posts. There is love in my house, and I don't get that in their posts. How can you love anyone when you can hate someone you don't even know?

It's confusing to me, and my reaction to confusion is anger. Am I right? I guess we'll see.

SB, I got choked up reading your post. Don't think for a minute that Denny would be better with a "traditional" family! Besides, these days, what exactly IS traditional? I grew up with a mom, dad, sister, two dogs, a cat and a gerbil. I think I turned out ok, but that doesn't mean that there weren't problems in the house and it certainly doesn't mean that my parents loved me anymore than you and Drew love Denny! He sounds like a very luckly little boy to have someone as intelligent, sensitive, funny, loving, and warm as you and Drew to be his parents. Kudos to you for giving him love and security. That's what he needs more than "traditional".

I believe being a good person and loving Denny is pretty much all you can do. As you said,there are no guarantees. You do your best,learn from your mistakes and always be honest and cross your fingers. I dont know a family that isnt somehow dysfunctional. Anyways,if you sent a "perfect" guy out into the world,whomever he chooses as a mate wont have anything to "fix."



Ive already started saving for Chases therapy.




Plus,I forgot to add that I came from about an as traditional family as it gets,mom and dad still married after 49 years,5 kids,mom was a stay at home parent,dad provided,he did all the man stuff,she the women stuff,we went to church every Sunday(Southern Baptist)etc...and Im as screwed up as the next person.

Hey, we all do the best we can...and your best sounds pretty damn good to me! Don't worry about what some bitter old busy body has to say.

My heart felt thanks go to all of you have shown your support. You folks are the best!

Exactly TT,dont worry what that TexasFamily,I think that was the name,says.




On the other hand,I actually feel sorry for that poster. They are going to be missing out on what seems to be a very good season of TC. Plus,I can only imagine what they are missing out on in their daily lives due to such narrow minded thinking.

Me too Reader...Bear that was beautifully eloquent. Methinks TxFamily needs to watch Rosie's HBO cruise special about gay families and maybe she would see things differently......That was one sterling docu....I cried very much throughout it...I love Rosie so much for what she has done for gay parents and families......The statistics are in.....Being raised by a gay parent or parents does not make you gay......But even if it did.......so what??? This is what religion can do to peeps at it's worst. The Bible is one tainted book in the wrong hands.
Jesus...methinks.. would be ashamed of you Txfamily...Love is never wrong. Straight peeps are some messed up peeps and they pretty much run this
mess of a world.
Whatchya' gonna' do...keep your children in a cage at home and never let them out.
If my son were gay.....I'd be one proud rainbow flag flying momma!!!

I'm in love... ...

On the "Bible" thing...Johnathan, and David,..."And David, exceeded..." Look it up it's an direct quote in the KJV...(Oh did I just open a hornets nest)...

"What did the Easter, egg say to the boiling water?...

"It's going to take me a while to get hard-I just got laid"

...

I opened my refrigerator this morning, and there sat a rabbit on one of the shelves.



"What in the world are you doing in there?" I asked.

The rabbit replied:

"This is a Westinghouse, isn't it?",
To which I replied "Yes."

"Well," the rabbit said ...

"I'm westing."

(Sorry... I just couldn't stop myself.)

Have a Wonderful Easter/Ostara ...

~L~

Quit teasing me you cadabout...You are a bigger flirt than ME!!!!

About your sig tower..YES dear Psh... I think you should nip that baby in the bud(pun intended for our resident green thumbster)

As a matter of fact..methinks you should ONLY have...ummm...... let's say two sigs on there.
Mine would be the best choice

Don't you dare retire it....It's the stuff legends are
made of.......If they don't like they can scroll and scroll and scroll and scroll
and scroll and scroll on by

You are a sweet ......marshmallow peep!

Although, at my age getting "laid" might just put me in hot water.

A WESTING WABBIT . . .

Eggliciously yours you little poachster you. Weird O Matic Eggtravaganza



I really laugh at your yolks!!



Serious eggstrordinary stuff

My all time favorite dorky egg yolk

What did the baby chick say to the other baby chick whenst they saw their mother hen sitting on an orange in the cooped up???

Look at that orangemomalaid

FORGET THE EVILS
OF
EASTER CANDY

Nowt problem Bearish.

When I am told I am going to hell in an Easter basket because I think gays should be allowed to marry..then I say...make of ye archaic ancient asinine laws and beliefs. Make fun of them A LOT!!

Plus methinks God has a great sense of humor..as does Kevin Smith with Dogma which caused great controversy and many other movies and books
such as The Holy Grail and even Madonna.

IF God exists...... then God is laughing at those who twist his words and theisms methinks.....Laughing at them not with them.
Of course he is..... as this is how I like to think of God!!

And they protested George too........ Oy!

exactly!!

You have answered your own question of being a good parent with this statement alone! The most important thing for anyone is to know that he/she is loved. With that comes the peace and strength that allow for stability, growth and compassion. If your son is loved and taught to show love he will be a far better person than many.

Keep up the excellent work. I'll be pulling for you and your family!

That's it! You're MINE!

Why ......YES... boys..... Please DO fight over me!!!



I think some Hedwig is in order.
Lest some peeps forget where it all began for ALL!!

Origin Of Love

Sob....... I wanna gooooooo!
Soon I will be back on Broadway.
NO I won't put the song here

It's a Hewdwig day.....all day.....I had Hedwig months!!!

That's too cool! Sounds like we could swap some 'shine stories. Dad used to run it for grandad. Great uncle was the only legit one. He had a license to sell. Dad sells it for 80 bucks a gallon and has WV state troopers on the sell to list. Made his still out of stainless steel and has it in the garage. He's a happy redneck!

What is a "traditional family"?
Is it one like my parents who staid together until I was 16 and then out of the blue divorced claiming they couldn't stand each other?
Is it my little family with 2 children in Baltimore with their dad and me here in NJ with my youngest child being raised by my husband and I?
Is it that a$$hole in TX who probably spits on "different" people as he/she walks down the street and more than likely teaches his/her children the same?
F'ed up children have come from "traditional" folks just as easily from "non-traditional" families.
One day at a time, Bear. If you start to panic about the future you're gonna miss out on the now.
The best advice my father gave me is this: "You give your children all the tools they need; love, compassion, tolerance, understanding, and common sense. At some point you have to let go, let them try, let them fail, pick them up without hindering their ability to learn from their mistake. No matter how much you want to hold onto them forever, some day you must let them grow with out you."
If you have noticed a good and positive change in Denny then I would guess you're doing it right.
Parents and family aren't people... it's love... pure and simple.
It's scary sometimes to be a parent... you know that.
And to hell with the bigots.
They will always be there, but they don't live in your house.

I need to air a little frustration. It's so OT I don't think there's a board for it. My boss decided to do a mass e-mail to anyone that at any point in time ever sent an e-mail to the hotel. Being a born again (nothing wrong with that) he wanted to share his love of Jesus with everyone so he created this e-mail:HAPPY EASTER ![/color] Lorry's Island End Motel wishes you and your family a Happy Easter. Jesus Gave Us Eternal Life By Laying Down His Life For Us ! [color="#0000ff"]No Greater Love Was Ever Shown.

The phone at the hotel hasn't stopped ringing. Got a bunch of angry people and he's not even here to field the calls. He didn't hide the recipients addresses from each other displaying them for everyone to see. I pointed out to him that people who do not celebrate Easter might take offense. He asked who would take offense. I told him that Jewish people, for one, might. His response... they don't mind "Merry Christmas". WTHF??? I'm done. I'm tired. I resign. To anyone on theses boards that receive this discourteous e-mail I apologize that my boss is a freaking idiot. I am embarrassed to work for this man. Sorry for the rant. I am not anti-anyone/anything... I just can't condone his conduct.

It's amazing to me in this day and age of mass media and diversity how many clueless folks remain in this country. When my daughter was in the Army, stationed at Fort Bliss, they were decorating the office for Christmas, and being Jewish, she begged off, saying it made her uncomfortable. Her superior's reply was: "I don't know what your problem is. After all, we all believe in Jesus."

It's funny in hindsight but a little scary, too. And I, for one, don't think your boss sees that the problem is not in the greeting itself but in the theological statement that followed it. (Not to mention revealing the entire mailing list to the entire mailing list.)

And feel free to rant anytime you like. We'll be listening.

I only remember hearing about Burma Shave, so sadly, I think that just sailed right the eff over my head.