Favorite kind of cookie?
For home made cookies my fav are oatmeal raisin. They have to be moist and chewy rather than hard and crunchy.
Of commercial cookies Pepperidge Farm Brussels are my fav
McCain/Powell
McCain walks a fine line. If he picks a moderate VP than he will alienate the conservative wing of the Republican party who already distrusts him. If he picks a conservative than more moderate voters may cross over to Obama.
What if McCain choose ...
Ice cold water and calories
In physics we learn that it takes 1 calorie to heat 1 ml or cc of water 1 degree C.
Ice water is 0C. Our core body temperature is 37C. Bringing 1 liter of water to body temperature would require 37,000 calories. WOW!
The problem is what a pysi...
Tips to living to 100?
A lot of how long you will live depends on genetics. If you are predisposed to heart dissease, cancer, etc. than you have the odds against your living to a tripple digit age.
Of course we can all try to reach our genetic potential by mainaining a h...
If you order Pizza do you like Hungry Howies or Jets?(100.00%)
I don't think much of any of the pizza chains listed here. The only decent pizza chain I go to is California Pizza Kitchen. I used to like Pizzeria Uno but unfortunately the only one in the area closed years ago. Other than that I like local pizza s...
Am I a loser?
I was a social pariah in high school. Even most of the unpopular kids wouldn't hang with me. I didn't have much in the way of social skills. I used to say that the only reason I ever opened my mouth was to change feet.
Some people are just late ...
Are you agree if a Priest have wife?(100.00%)
Perhaps if priests had a healthy normal sex life there wouldn' be so many cases of them sexually abusing children. Also, I know of preists who quit their preisthood so they could marry. Seems like an unreasonable job requirement to me.
Is there a legal way to get high?
Sometimes there is a short period of time when a new designer drug comes on the scene until the DEA makes it illegal. Because of the problems with Esctasy and designer drugs the DEA has the power to schedule new drugs quickly (the drug later knows as ...
Are dual OS or Multi-boot OS safe?
Safety is relative. Assuming you install Vista and XP on different partitions there is still some danger in one operating system clobering the other. A malfunctioning operating system can easily wipe out the entire disk (seen it happen though I've se...
Which type of water do you all like, pure or tap?(100.00%)
Bottled water is not necessarily any purer than your tap water.
If the water you get from your tap isn't good there are filters to remove off tastes and smells. At the last place I lived the unfiltered tap water was pretty horid but where I moved t...
Real redistributution in wealth.
Governments provide services to everyone. We all enjoy roads and bridges. We all benefit from police and fire departments. The government works to make our food and water safe etc. Rich people benefit from government programs as well as the poor.
...
What kind of equiptment is needed?(100.00%)
Recording them with a DVD recorder is the easiest way.
You can get more professional looking results if you digitize them onto your computer then use mastering software to create nice menus and edit your videos.
Can someone disprove God for me?
randallgingerichf: Can you prove that Invisible Pink Unicorns do not exist? In fact I just thought up a whole religion based on IPUs. Invisible Pink Unicorns watch your every move and if you refuse to believe in them when you die you will spend etern...
How long have you gone without showering?
3 days. One time when I was sick I had a rash that precluded showering. In 1999 there were a few times that I was at work 3 days straight doing Y2K remediation where the only rest I got was a few hours sleep on a sofa between shifts and there was no ...
Can I get a job? First CV's?
A CV is your life story. Short of work experience you can put where you go to school, any awards, achievements, and official recognition you have received. Any civic or volunteer work you have done (though avoid putting anything in that will reveal y...
Sore throat, how to make it better?
If your sore throat is from post-nasal drip try salt water sinus irrigation. You can use a Neti pot, a bulb syringe, or special syringes sold for this purpose. Otherwise gargle with salt water.
If it doesn't clear up in a few days go to your doctor.
Vegetarian: to be or not to be?(100.00%)
I've been a vegetarian for 28 years. I believe it has been good for my health. The main reason I became a vegetarian was for health reasons. I think you can have a healthy diet without being a vegetarian but most people would be better off if they c...
Vegetarian food(100.00%)
All of the imitation crab meat I know of is made from mild fish that is ground, flavored, and molded to make it look and taste like crab. There may be vegetarian versions available but in general immitation crab is still fish.
Convincing my mom
Probably the best books on vegetarian nutrition are from Dean Ornish. He is one of the few doctors who have been successful reversing heart disease though diet. Knowledge is your best bet to convince your mom.
To me someone who eats fish is not a ...
Will walking 5 miles every day help weight loss?
Certainly walking 5 miles is good for you and will help you loose weight. For many years I took a 1 hour walk every evening.
I've found that building muscle helps a lot for weight loss. If you do some strength training I think you will find that y...
How to make customers buy?(100.00%)
Hate to say it but you will sell more if you push products. When I first started to work in retail I assumed that intelligent people would decide if they wanted something or not and my job was just finding what they were looking for and letting them d...
Is my mom going to hate me?(100.00%)
I've been a vegetarian for 28 years but to tell the truth I never tried to make my daughter one. I think a vegetarian diet is better for you, better for animals, and better for the environment so I'd certainly be supportive of her being one but I thin...
Irreconilable differences
One article I read suggested there really are two Americas that indeed can never reconcile. It went on to suggest that liberal New England, West coast, and Great Lake states should succeed from the US and become part of Canada because Canada is more...
Osama bin Laden should be allowed to appeal his case?
For a country that prides itself on living by the word of law everyone should be able to have their day in court. Of course he isn't a US citizen so I'm not sure what his constitutional rights are but even he should be allowed to make his case.
Any ideas on how I can get over myself and be a focused person?
My ex- was one of the smartest people I ever met. She started college with no idea what she wanted to do. She picked psychiatry but dropped out after the first few classes didn't do much for her. She did manage to get a pretty good state job that di...
Anybody have any good jokes?(100.00%)
A young sailor was excited to meet the oldest sailor in the marina to hear some of his stories. When he met the old sailor he didn't disappoint because he certainly looked the part. He had a peg leg, a hook for one hand and a patch over one eye. The...
Do you have the same name as me??
As far as how common your name is I found this site:
http://www.babynames1000.com/skylar/
The year you were born 0.0279% of boys were named Skylar and 0.0356% of girls.
This election holding true or ignoring ?
There is a certain percentage of voters who would never vote for Obama because he is black and there is a certain percentage of voters who will vote for him because he is black. Personally I don't care what a candidate's skin color is, I'm only intere...
What do you think of libertarianism?
I do know that Rand rejected the term Libertarianism but I'm not aware of her rejecting its core principals. She chose to represent her ideology as Objectivism because she thought libertarianism sounded made up and didn't have a good ring to it. Even...
George W Bush(100.00%)
Of course he will be remembered. We know every president we have had since George Washington.
It will come down to how he will be remembered. Geroge W. Bush will continue to be a polarizing figure 100 years from now. I believe that by objective m...
I'm going vegetarian is it healthy?(100.00%)
Going vegetarian does not guaranty a healthy diet. After all, potato chips and soda are vegan.
As long as you eat a variety of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits you need not worry about protein. There is protein in nearly all plant foods. Mos...
Does Cell Phone radiation cause brain cancer?(100.00%)
Unlikely. In theory non-ionizing radation is not energetic enough to change the structure of molecules unless it is powerful enough to cause heating (like a microwave oven works). Cell phone transmitters are low power and to extend battery life furth...
How can I stop from shoplifting? (100.00%)
My brother had a friend who joined the Navy. This friend's family didn't have much money but he saved his Navy pay for a long time and got a nice MG Midget. He loved that car and was heartbroken when someone stole the luggage rack off of it. After t...
What do you think of libertarianism?(0.00%)
flossheal, Ayn Rand wrote a book, "The Virtue of Selfishness" To tell the truth I never read it though I started it a few times. While Ms. Rand's fiction isn't bad I never thought much of her philosophical works. She argues that the ultimate moral v...
Vacation Fast Food
My favorite fast food chain is Chipotle Mexican Grill. Good healthy food with no additives, hormones, etc. The thing to remember is that their monster burritos can top 1,000 kcal so if you ware watching your calories you might need to make it into 2 ...
Amino Acids for vegetarians
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and are in all living things, plant and animal.
Our bodies can manufacture most amino acids. The few amino acids we can not manufacture ourselves are called essential amino acids since we must get them...
Ever wonder what' s going on with nature these days?
jimahl: Zealots have been saying the rapture is just around the corner for years and years.
It has been longer than that. Jesus' deciples expected his return during their lifetime.
There was such a frenzy of end-of-time predictions around 1000...
Ever wonder why there isnt a Division sign on a keyboard
The division sign of a dash with dots above and below "÷" is generally not used outside of elementary mathematics so for most computer users it isn't needed. There are a limited number of keys on the keyboard so infrequently used symbols have to be le...
Anyone like coffee?
Caffeine is a drug. It peps you up and it also elevates your mood. When I got my first desk job part of the year I worked on textbook orders. I had an in stack of textbook requests from professors on the left corner of my desk and I had of completed...
Tried hard to come out of lying(100.00%)
A lot of people find them self is a similar situation. It is oh so easy to borrow money that borrowers can be over their head before they know it. People lie about their finances because most people are ashamed to admit that they have not managed the...
How to put songs on an ipod
The easiest way to go is to download iTunes. You can download it for free though a disc should have come with your iPod.
If you have mp3s iTunes can import them and put them on your iPod when you sync it. You can also rip songs from any CDs you ow...
Anyone like coffee?
I love coffee also. I've been trying to cut down though because I don't think it is healthy to drink too much of it. Occasionally I have to work all night and when I do coffee gets me through the night. I used to drink it all day but now I reserve it...
Nothing seems to be healthy
Generally everyone agrees that refined sugar of any kind is not good for you. Refined sugar reflects empty calories, calories with no fiber, vitamins, or minerals. Many in the nutrition field believe that High Fructose Corn Syrup is especially bad be...
What do you think of libertarianism?(0.00%)
An interesting branch of Libertarianism is Objectivism. I never found Ayn Rand a compelling philosopher. Her best ideas were warmed over Neitzsche. I'm still suprised by how many otherwise reasonable people consider themselves Objectivists.
Would you rather?...
I already am pretty much bald so that wouldn't be so bad. Being a former art model being naked in front of strangers doesn't really bother but to tell the truth I'm such an awful singer I *WOULD* be embarassed about other people hearing me sing so I g...
Bad role models
I don't think roll model is in their job description.
I don't think the problem is so much their bad behavior but rather that everyone expects them to be roll models. They are human beings with their own flaws. The fact that that they have money a...
What do you think of libertarianism?(66.67%)
I went through a Libertarian phase in my early 20's. In my evolution from a conservative to a liberal I made a small detour to libertarianism but while it is interesting as an ideology I don't see it being useful as a practical way of doing things. I...
Pros And Cons To Smoking
The only pro to it is that smokers enjoy smoking.
Cigarettes are expensive, smokers spend many $thousands over the years on cigarettes.
Cigarettes also make you sickly. Smokers miss twice as many days of work as non-smokers.
If you smoke ciga...
filletofspam's Advice page 5
For home made cookies my fav are oatmeal raisin. They have to be moist and chewy rather than hard and crunchy. Of commercial cookies Pepperidge Farm Brussels are my fav
McCain walks a fine line. If he picks a moderate VP than he will alienate the conservative wing of the Republican party who already distrusts him. If he picks a conservative than more moderate voters may cross over to Obama. What if McCain choose ...
I would wish for an infinite number of wishes.
In physics we learn that it takes 1 calorie to heat 1 ml or cc of water 1 degree C. Ice water is 0C. Our core body temperature is 37C. Bringing 1 liter of water to body temperature would require 37,000 calories. WOW! The problem is what a pysi...
A lot of how long you will live depends on genetics. If you are predisposed to heart dissease, cancer, etc. than you have the odds against your living to a tripple digit age. Of course we can all try to reach our genetic potential by mainaining a h...
I don't think much of any of the pizza chains listed here. The only decent pizza chain I go to is California Pizza Kitchen. I used to like Pizzeria Uno but unfortunately the only one in the area closed years ago. Other than that I like local pizza s...
I was a social pariah in high school. Even most of the unpopular kids wouldn't hang with me. I didn't have much in the way of social skills. I used to say that the only reason I ever opened my mouth was to change feet. Some people are just late ...
Perhaps if priests had a healthy normal sex life there wouldn' be so many cases of them sexually abusing children. Also, I know of preists who quit their preisthood so they could marry. Seems like an unreasonable job requirement to me.
Sometimes there is a short period of time when a new designer drug comes on the scene until the DEA makes it illegal. Because of the problems with Esctasy and designer drugs the DEA has the power to schedule new drugs quickly (the drug later knows as ...
Safety is relative. Assuming you install Vista and XP on different partitions there is still some danger in one operating system clobering the other. A malfunctioning operating system can easily wipe out the entire disk (seen it happen though I've se...
Bottled water is not necessarily any purer than your tap water. If the water you get from your tap isn't good there are filters to remove off tastes and smells. At the last place I lived the unfiltered tap water was pretty horid but where I moved t...
Governments provide services to everyone. We all enjoy roads and bridges. We all benefit from police and fire departments. The government works to make our food and water safe etc. Rich people benefit from government programs as well as the poor. ...
Recording them with a DVD recorder is the easiest way. You can get more professional looking results if you digitize them onto your computer then use mastering software to create nice menus and edit your videos.
randallgingerichf: Can you prove that Invisible Pink Unicorns do not exist? In fact I just thought up a whole religion based on IPUs. Invisible Pink Unicorns watch your every move and if you refuse to believe in them when you die you will spend etern...
3 days. One time when I was sick I had a rash that precluded showering. In 1999 there were a few times that I was at work 3 days straight doing Y2K remediation where the only rest I got was a few hours sleep on a sofa between shifts and there was no ...
A CV is your life story. Short of work experience you can put where you go to school, any awards, achievements, and official recognition you have received. Any civic or volunteer work you have done (though avoid putting anything in that will reveal y...
If your sore throat is from post-nasal drip try salt water sinus irrigation. You can use a Neti pot, a bulb syringe, or special syringes sold for this purpose. Otherwise gargle with salt water. If it doesn't clear up in a few days go to your doctor.
I've been a vegetarian for 28 years. I believe it has been good for my health. The main reason I became a vegetarian was for health reasons. I think you can have a healthy diet without being a vegetarian but most people would be better off if they c...
All of the imitation crab meat I know of is made from mild fish that is ground, flavored, and molded to make it look and taste like crab. There may be vegetarian versions available but in general immitation crab is still fish.
Probably the best books on vegetarian nutrition are from Dean Ornish. He is one of the few doctors who have been successful reversing heart disease though diet. Knowledge is your best bet to convince your mom. To me someone who eats fish is not a ...
Certainly walking 5 miles is good for you and will help you loose weight. For many years I took a 1 hour walk every evening. I've found that building muscle helps a lot for weight loss. If you do some strength training I think you will find that y...
Hate to say it but you will sell more if you push products. When I first started to work in retail I assumed that intelligent people would decide if they wanted something or not and my job was just finding what they were looking for and letting them d...
I've been a vegetarian for 28 years but to tell the truth I never tried to make my daughter one. I think a vegetarian diet is better for you, better for animals, and better for the environment so I'd certainly be supportive of her being one but I thin...
One article I read suggested there really are two Americas that indeed can never reconcile. It went on to suggest that liberal New England, West coast, and Great Lake states should succeed from the US and become part of Canada because Canada is more...
Can you give us an example of what you speak?
For a country that prides itself on living by the word of law everyone should be able to have their day in court. Of course he isn't a US citizen so I'm not sure what his constitutional rights are but even he should be allowed to make his case.
My ex- was one of the smartest people I ever met. She started college with no idea what she wanted to do. She picked psychiatry but dropped out after the first few classes didn't do much for her. She did manage to get a pretty good state job that di...
A young sailor was excited to meet the oldest sailor in the marina to hear some of his stories. When he met the old sailor he didn't disappoint because he certainly looked the part. He had a peg leg, a hook for one hand and a patch over one eye. The...
As far as how common your name is I found this site: http://www.babynames1000.com/skylar/ The year you were born 0.0279% of boys were named Skylar and 0.0356% of girls.
There is a certain percentage of voters who would never vote for Obama because he is black and there is a certain percentage of voters who will vote for him because he is black. Personally I don't care what a candidate's skin color is, I'm only intere...
I do know that Rand rejected the term Libertarianism but I'm not aware of her rejecting its core principals. She chose to represent her ideology as Objectivism because she thought libertarianism sounded made up and didn't have a good ring to it. Even...
Of course he will be remembered. We know every president we have had since George Washington. It will come down to how he will be remembered. Geroge W. Bush will continue to be a polarizing figure 100 years from now. I believe that by objective m...
Going vegetarian does not guaranty a healthy diet. After all, potato chips and soda are vegan. As long as you eat a variety of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits you need not worry about protein. There is protein in nearly all plant foods. Mos...
Unlikely. In theory non-ionizing radation is not energetic enough to change the structure of molecules unless it is powerful enough to cause heating (like a microwave oven works). Cell phone transmitters are low power and to extend battery life furth...
My brother had a friend who joined the Navy. This friend's family didn't have much money but he saved his Navy pay for a long time and got a nice MG Midget. He loved that car and was heartbroken when someone stole the luggage rack off of it. After t...
flossheal, Ayn Rand wrote a book, "The Virtue of Selfishness" To tell the truth I never read it though I started it a few times. While Ms. Rand's fiction isn't bad I never thought much of her philosophical works. She argues that the ultimate moral v...
My favorite fast food chain is Chipotle Mexican Grill. Good healthy food with no additives, hormones, etc. The thing to remember is that their monster burritos can top 1,000 kcal so if you ware watching your calories you might need to make it into 2 ...
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and are in all living things, plant and animal. Our bodies can manufacture most amino acids. The few amino acids we can not manufacture ourselves are called essential amino acids since we must get them...
jimahl: Zealots have been saying the rapture is just around the corner for years and years. It has been longer than that. Jesus' deciples expected his return during their lifetime. There was such a frenzy of end-of-time predictions around 1000...
The division sign of a dash with dots above and below "÷" is generally not used outside of elementary mathematics so for most computer users it isn't needed. There are a limited number of keys on the keyboard so infrequently used symbols have to be le...
Caffeine is a drug. It peps you up and it also elevates your mood. When I got my first desk job part of the year I worked on textbook orders. I had an in stack of textbook requests from professors on the left corner of my desk and I had of completed...
A lot of people find them self is a similar situation. It is oh so easy to borrow money that borrowers can be over their head before they know it. People lie about their finances because most people are ashamed to admit that they have not managed the...
The easiest way to go is to download iTunes. You can download it for free though a disc should have come with your iPod. If you have mp3s iTunes can import them and put them on your iPod when you sync it. You can also rip songs from any CDs you ow...
I love coffee also. I've been trying to cut down though because I don't think it is healthy to drink too much of it. Occasionally I have to work all night and when I do coffee gets me through the night. I used to drink it all day but now I reserve it...
Generally everyone agrees that refined sugar of any kind is not good for you. Refined sugar reflects empty calories, calories with no fiber, vitamins, or minerals. Many in the nutrition field believe that High Fructose Corn Syrup is especially bad be...
An interesting branch of Libertarianism is Objectivism. I never found Ayn Rand a compelling philosopher. Her best ideas were warmed over Neitzsche. I'm still suprised by how many otherwise reasonable people consider themselves Objectivists.
I already am pretty much bald so that wouldn't be so bad. Being a former art model being naked in front of strangers doesn't really bother but to tell the truth I'm such an awful singer I *WOULD* be embarassed about other people hearing me sing so I g...
I don't think roll model is in their job description. I don't think the problem is so much their bad behavior but rather that everyone expects them to be roll models. They are human beings with their own flaws. The fact that that they have money a...
I went through a Libertarian phase in my early 20's. In my evolution from a conservative to a liberal I made a small detour to libertarianism but while it is interesting as an ideology I don't see it being useful as a practical way of doing things. I...
The only pro to it is that smokers enjoy smoking. Cigarettes are expensive, smokers spend many $thousands over the years on cigarettes. Cigarettes also make you sickly. Smokers miss twice as many days of work as non-smokers. If you smoke ciga...