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Chit-Chat » I'm so mad at Walmart. Beware, rant... » Please don't buy the bedding at Walmart!!!!
gill846 18 yrs ago | 5 replies
If a store (particularly a chain known for its poor commerce practices) does this, DON'T give them ANY of your money. The bedding might be perfect, but chances are, if it comes from Walmart, it'll probably start falling …
Book Talk » I finished reading "The Poisonwood Bible" yesterday. » Hmmmm.... I just read this one recently too
gill846 18 yrs ago | 1 replies
I found the book as a whole very intense and thought provoking. However, while I was reading it, I got very annoyed with her style. It felt very forced. I really didn't feel that telling it in four different voices made …
Chit-Chat » Please please help... (on best friends) » Re: Best Friends vs. Romantic Partners
gill846 18 yrs ago
> What stops me is > this. If I do decide to discuss this with > him, and he sees and always has seen our > relationship as nothing more than > platonic, he might get freaked out. > Everytime we cuddle he might…
Chit-Chat » Children in adult places.....(rant) » Coffeeshops are adult places??? GET over it!
gill846 18 yrs ago
If you want total and utter, synthetic peace and quiet, stay at home. Coffeeshops are social places, where people meet, have coffee, talk, and get a chance to take a break in the middle of their busy day. If these pe…
Chit-Chat » [moderately adult topic] Study: Genes Play Role in Women's Orgasms » Couldn't let only men comment on this one, could we?
gill846 18 yrs ago | 3 replies
So I'll throw in my two cents: >21 percent said they hardly, if ever, achieve climax during masturbation Whoa, talk about an exercise in futility!
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » ISO Mitford Cookbook & Kitchen Reader for my PC--will trade two TBR/AVLs!
gill846 18 yrs ago
Just finished reading the whole Mitford series and borrowed the cookbook from the library and I really, really want one for my own kitchen. If someone has one that they are willing to trade and don't mind if I hang onto …
Chit-Chat » (opinion) after reading this article: Are you pro or contra breast-feeding » I can understand some people might feel uncomfortable about it...
gill846 18 yrs ago
There are a lot of people with a lot of hangups out there (like what are they worried about? That they might get turned on seeing a woman breastfeed and consequently feel dirty about it????). It's their right to feel unc…
Chit-Chat » Is my child a freak of the 21st centary ? » I think a lot of it has to do with what they're given
gill846 18 yrs ago
If we fed my daughter chips, cookies, pizza pops, pop, McDonalds etc, I am sure that she would never eat salad, steak, brocolli, etc. But because that's what's for supper, and there IS no junk food in the house, and we d…
Chit-Chat » Have you seen Cinderella Man? Do you agree with this review?
gill846 18 yrs ago | 13 replies
Makes me not want to see it at all.... not to mention what they have to say about A Beautiful Mind! http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/cinderellaman.html
Chit-Chat » People with young children: what is/are your kids' favourite songs?
gill846 18 yrs ago | 9 replies
I've never been one to drive around listening to The Itsy Bitsy Spider or The Wheels on the Bus over and over again, so basically our five year old daughter gets to listen to whatever we're listening to. What's interesti…
Chit-Chat » popular culture avoidance thread » Among my many pop culture gripes.....
gill846 18 yrs ago
I can't stand TV at all, but I particularly despiseTelevision news (perpetuating the culture of fear!) Reality/competition shows like Fear Factor and the Amazing Race (what is WITH people's desire to watch someone throw…
Chit-Chat » Basil. What to do with it?! » Making your pesto lower fat (and less oily)
gill846 18 yrs ago
Pesto uses a lot of olive oil. Some is required for flavour, but if you'd rather use less, just throw a nice ripe tomato in the blender! Tastes virtually indistinguishable. Add a little cream or half and half to your …
Chit-Chat » Just saw the Got Milk? PMS commercial, not amused. How about you? » Re: Well, I haven't seen the commercial...
gill846 18 yrs ago
> But I agree about how people(generally > men) tend to blame PMS for whatever > emotional outburst we have. If he makes > you cry, it's not his fault, it's because > you have PMS. If you snap at him for > some…
Book Talk » what would you read next after these two books? » From your TBR, Memoirs of a Geisha
gill846 18 yrs ago
Not from your TBR: Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
Book Talk » The Heart of Darkness » I disliked this book very much
gill846 18 yrs ago | 5 replies
All the heavy-handed foreboding and symbolism, floating plotless through a book that, despite its short length you have to slog through, wondering WHAT is the point of this whole thing, only to be finally meet this antic…
Chit-Chat » Take that Stephen Harper! » Re: This whole mess reminds me...
gill846 18 yrs ago
> how much I miss Svend Robinson... :( And while we're on a sentimental bent.... I've never (snif) gotten over Brian Tobin's decision to leave federal politics...
Chit-Chat » Canadians: Patriotic Principle or Naked Ambition? » Mostly Naked ambition with a pinch of political inexperience
gill846 18 yrs ago
When she first jumped in the fray, much was made about her inexperience (or cluelessness, depending on which side of the fence you were on). Is she seeing things a little differently now that she's been doing this for aw…
Chit-Chat » Worst Song ever released.. » That HORRIBLE song,The Reason, that they WON'T stop playing on the radio....
gill846 18 yrs ago | 3 replies
let me sing it for you: '... and the reason is yeeeeeeee-oooooooooooo'. Absolutely the worst lyrics ever, and on top of that the guy can't even sing. My co-workers know how much I hate it and turn it way up every time it…
Chit-Chat » Am I the only one that is outraged? » TV news is probably the absolute worst thing you could do to your brain!
gill846 18 yrs ago
It is sensationalist, fear-mongering and is generally devoid of any content that truly matters to us. Put on some music while you prepare dinner instead.
Book Talk » journal notes for a book not registered? » I was going to create a "fake" book on my bookshelf with the title
gill846 18 yrs ago | 3 replies
'gill846's Reading Journal'. Whenever I read a library book, or a non-BC book that I felt I wanted to journal, I would just use a new journal entry within this one book. I just haven't gotten around to it. That way I can…
Book Talk » What shall I read next? » I am just finishing up At Home In Mitford
gill846 18 yrs ago
and I can't think for a more light, enjoyable, uplifting book! I was worried that it would be really preachy but it isn't at all and it's been so much fun to read!!! I haven't checked your TBR shelf but if you can get yo…

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