i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

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diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

Tags: crafts, diygifts, do it yourself

cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

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Petulance over having to endure the inconveniences of living in an urban area while enjoying its amenities.

Self-titled "music critic" declares an awful song is "The Greatest Song of 2009, the decade, the century, and possibly ever."

Current Music: Soulja Boy - Gucci Bandana (ft. Gucci Mane & Shawty Lo) | Powered by Last.fm

Commentary on the lamentable state of sex education in pubic schools.

My daughter has sewing class for two hours every Saturday morning. I make use of the time by going to the nearest Safeway and doing at least part of the weekly grocery shopping. Today, soda was on sale, so I filled my cart with that and a few other things we needed and checked out. There was a guy bagging the groceries, so the checker handed my reusable shopping bags to him. We proceeded with the checkout, me staring blankly at the tabloid headlines while she scanned and then telling her how many of each kind of soda I had. Then I was busy paying. The soda went in the cart. Then the bags went in the cart, with all the groceries in disposable plastic bags inside the reusable bags.

Me: Why did you put the stuff in plastic bags? That's why I gave you reusable bags.

Bag boy: So your bags won't get dirty.

Me: That's stupid! There's nothing here that could get the bags dirty. Besides, they're washable. Why did you waste the plastic bags?

Bag boy: It's an extra service!

Me: It's stupid! The whole point of reusable bags is not to waste plastic bags!

Bag boy: (Duh expression)

I felt like punching the idiot in the mouth, but that would have upset the perfect ratio he had going between IQ points and teeth. The manager was busy actually checking out groceries, so I asked the clerk to pass on to him what had happened and how angry I was at the waste. I doubt it will do any good; this bag boy has obviously overreached the limit of his capabilities.

http://www.ktvb.com/community/blogs/maggie-omara/Boise-boy-who-stuck-his-tongue-to-the-pole-makes-national-news-78873887.html

'[Reporter] met up with 10-year-old Sam Nicholson after he was rescued by Boise firefighters. He was stuck for several minutes before the firefighters used a glass of water to free him from the pole. Fortunately, his tongue is A-OKAY. No damage to report!

'Amazingly, the same thing happened to a girl in Spokane yesterday!'

News is always so much better with exclamation marks.

My sister Beth is a 23 year old walking ball of WTF. I love her dearly, but even she can't deny some of the insanely stupid things that come out of her mouth.

( I give you Beth, in three acts: )

I emailed a file to a customer. They need to print 50 copies of it for an upcoming event.
I got a reply asking me to fax it to them because their company is currently trying to cut down on the amount of printing they do... It's for the environment. I can't help but wonder if they have a fax/printer/scanner so they can print out the fax, scan it, and then print 50 copies all with the same machine.

It's not the only stupid 'Green' excuse I get at work. I have a customer who has me print and FedEx them materials as their company is trying to cut down on printing as part of their 'Green Initiative'. So this person thinks transporting them by truck and jet plane halfway across the US, is better for the environment then me sending an email.