it's my experience in a similar situation that 1) all you can do is stick to what you believe is best for the child when in your custody 2) that this was probably a problem when the kid was still living with the parents ... if it wasn't resolvable when they were together, it won't be resolvable now
huronbob, unless this situation starts showing serious consequences, i believe that your advice could lead to a never ending battle over things that would be much worse for the child than what's going on now ... conflicts in this kind of situation tend to snowball ...
i don't think every phrase one uses in a poem has to be original or non-cliche'd ... sometimes, something like "shadows lengthen" will work because it sounds right in the sentence you're using ... especially if you can relate that phrase to something that comes later that isn't so ordinary, by using lengthen in a much different context
"shadows lengthen in my heart" would be a cliche
"shadows lengthen in my heart like grass" takes a cliche and turns it into something unexpected
it's important not to overuse cliches of course ... but it's just as important to not allow the idea of original phrases and imagery to overtake your writing to the point when you aren't willing to use a cliche when it's the natural thing to say ...
hmmm ... more incongruous than wonderful ... but it was interesting to hear, nonetheless ... i'm a little burned out on that song anyway, being a deadhead for 30 years ... it's just one of those things we have to put up with
well, i'm just not that into manipulative women ... i guarantee anyone who takes that book seriously isn't going to have me around for long ... i need to know that she's interested and not into manipulation ...
security guard ... most positions don't require being armed ... the pay's pretty low ... but you'll get to be on the inside of some places you wouldn't otherwise be ... and generally, depending on what site you go to, it's pretty easy ... in fact, i spent a great deal of my days reading and writing at some sites because there just wasn't anything else to do
and unlike the other suggestions you've gotten, as long as you can pass a drug test, don't have a criminal record and present yourself conservatively, this is a fairly easy job to get and keep
I admit to a real morbid curiousity about the John Bult album.
Some gossip.
"If you think the John Bult cover is scary looking today. You should have been around when it came out. I was close enough to the man to know his thoughts, and I can say with all honesty that some of yours are right on target."
I'm seeing a general slow decline overall in the older sites and Usenet. It's my guess that there's a lot more outlets for people to talk then there were a couple of years ago and many of them reinforce a certain point of view and/or crack down harder on "trolls". People gravitate to those places and the more open ones lose membership.
I also think that a lot of energy has gone out of the old, old arguments - piracy, Iraq, etc. We've all heard what people are going to say about it and worse, we've all learned that there isn't going to be much meeting of the minds on such things. People talk past each other or at each other and there's not much communication going on.
Add to that a membership list that isn't growing because the web owner has decided to cut it off and it's inevitable that there's going to be a decline. The old hands are played out and there's no one to replace them.
I haven't been hearing that subbass sound as much as I used to - it's becoming passe, I think.
However, no apartment dweller should be without a loud stereo and the two following Ultimate Weapons against bass heavy hip-hop, guaranteed to cut through them like a laser through butter ...
1. Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" - effective against 90% of transgressors.
2. Wagner - "Flight of the Valkyries" - guaranteed to wreck ANY hip hop track and leave it whimpering for mercy.
In my previous apartment, prompt application of these increased neighborly consideration very quickly and permanently.
For revenge after loud parties, the WMDs of the music world, "The Shaggs" and "The Legendary Stardust Cowboy - Paralyzed" will do the trick - if they're not hungover the morning after, they soon WILL be.
Oh, boy. As a Yankee, I can tell you straight out there's NASCAR fans up here and some of them could easily express these kinds of opinions. It's NOT just Southerners.
my dinner with andre ... come to think of it, it's void of any kind of interest ...
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "Completing the circle"
i think i need to post a diary to kuro5hin about this ...
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "Parental George"
it's my experience in a similar situation that 1) all you can do is stick to what you believe is best for the child when in your custody 2) that this was probably a problem when the kid was still living with the parents ... if it wasn't resolvable when they were together, it won't be resolvable now huronbob, unless this situation starts showing serious consequences, i believe that your advice could lead to a never ending battle over things that would be much worse for the child than what's going on now ... conflicts in this kind of situation tend to snowball ...
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "CuriousGeorge/Clichés?"
i don't think every phrase one uses in a poem has to be original or non-cliche'd ... sometimes, something like "shadows lengthen" will work because it sounds right in the sentence you're using ... especially if you can relate that phrase to something that comes later that isn't so ordinary, by using lengthen in a much different context "shadows lengthen in my heart" would be a cliche "shadows lengthen in my heart like grass" takes a cliche and turns it into something unexpected it's important not to overuse cliches of course ... but it's just as important to not allow the idea of original phrases and imagery to overtake your writing to the point when you aren't willing to use a cliche when it's the natural thing to say ...
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "Grateful Dead vs Joni Mitchell"
hmmm ... more incongruous than wonderful ... but it was interesting to hear, nonetheless ... i'm a little burned out on that song anyway, being a deadhead for 30 years ... it's just one of those things we have to put up with
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "He's Just Not That Into You: eviscerated"
goetter ... that's a scary list
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
well, i'm just not that into manipulative women ... i guarantee anyone who takes that book seriously isn't going to have me around for long ... i need to know that she's interested and not into manipulation ...
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "Curious George: What was your favorite job?"
security guard ... most positions don't require being armed ... the pay's pretty low ... but you'll get to be on the inside of some places you wouldn't otherwise be ... and generally, depending on what site you go to, it's pretty easy ... in fact, i spent a great deal of my days reading and writing at some sites because there just wasn't anything else to do and unlike the other suggestions you've gotten, as long as you can pass a drug test, don't have a criminal record and present yourself conservatively, this is a fairly easy job to get and keep
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "Eddie van Halen saw this and started spinning"
hmmm ... i hear a lot of robert fripp in her playing ... she's got good technique but the songs themselves don't do a lot for me
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "50 Greatest Movie Deaths"
bette davis in dark victory ... unbearably sad
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Posting to Usenet."
i like xnews for a newsreader ... and usenet is NOT dead ... meow
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "Doctor Discovers the 'Orgasmatron'"
well ... i guess we're useless now, guys
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "What is killing Arafat?"
trichinosis?
posted by pyramid termite 19 years ago
In "How Grammatically Sound Are You?"
I'm a grammer god, too - I ain't got no bad English whatever!!
posted by pyramid termite 20 years ago
In "10 Worst album covers of all time. "
I admit to a real morbid curiousity about the John Bult album. Some gossip. "If you think the John Bult cover is scary looking today. You should have been around when it came out. I was close enough to the man to know his thoughts, and I can say with all honesty that some of yours are right on target."
posted by pyramid termite 20 years ago
In ""
"But honey, I've REALLY got to go."
"ARGH! And I just set this up ..."
posted by pyramid termite 20 years ago
In ""
I'm seeing a general slow decline overall in the older sites and Usenet. It's my guess that there's a lot more outlets for people to talk then there were a couple of years ago and many of them reinforce a certain point of view and/or crack down harder on "trolls". People gravitate to those places and the more open ones lose membership. I also think that a lot of energy has gone out of the old, old arguments - piracy, Iraq, etc. We've all heard what people are going to say about it and worse, we've all learned that there isn't going to be much meeting of the minds on such things. People talk past each other or at each other and there's not much communication going on. Add to that a membership list that isn't growing because the web owner has decided to cut it off and it's inevitable that there's going to be a decline. The old hands are played out and there's no one to replace them.
posted by pyramid termite 20 years ago
In ""I am with you always"."
Interesting how all the guys do guy things and the girls do girl things, isn't it?
posted by pyramid termite 20 years ago
In "Curious, George: Noise."
I haven't been hearing that subbass sound as much as I used to - it's becoming passe, I think. However, no apartment dweller should be without a loud stereo and the two following Ultimate Weapons against bass heavy hip-hop, guaranteed to cut through them like a laser through butter ... 1. Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" - effective against 90% of transgressors. 2. Wagner - "Flight of the Valkyries" - guaranteed to wreck ANY hip hop track and leave it whimpering for mercy. In my previous apartment, prompt application of these increased neighborly consideration very quickly and permanently. For revenge after loud parties, the WMDs of the music world, "The Shaggs" and "The Legendary Stardust Cowboy - Paralyzed" will do the trick - if they're not hungover the morning after, they soon WILL be.
posted by pyramid termite 20 years ago
In "I normally HATE prank calls and "wacky" radio DJ's and easy potshots at racist idiots but THIS is just TOO good."
Oh, boy. As a Yankee, I can tell you straight out there's NASCAR fans up here and some of them could easily express these kinds of opinions. It's NOT just Southerners.
posted by pyramid termite 20 years ago
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