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I use Facebook a lot, Twitter not as much and usually just when there is an event I am following. I also use Instagram, Vine, FourSquare, and a few other programs in that same genre. It helps me to stay relevent to my students.

I just watched a couple videos on youtube which showed the procedure

I am pretty close to deciding on Lasik surgery to correct my nearsightedness. Thoughts? Anyone here have the surgery done? Friends? Family? Right now my biggest worry is after writing the check for four large to still need reading glasses. The surgeon believes I will be free from contacts but I also read stats that 10% of patients still need some form of vision correction.

One of the guys at work asked if it was weird that his girlfriend grabbed her phone right afterwards and checked her messages. He heard a couple text messages come in while they were engaged. Of course we told him it was nothing to worry about, it just meant she was bored and he really sucks in bed. Isn't that what friends are for?

So are we comfortable with all the changes the government made?

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 14, 2013 -> 12:31 PM) I want the fingerprint lock! I have that on my HP laptop, works nice.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Sep 14, 2013 -> 01:16 PM) Your phone?! I don't get it. I need an explanation. You might have received a text or missed a call . . .

I my Galaxy 4

I was hoping for Carl "Jurassic" Everett

I like them, but I'm one of the out of towners. Sadly, I saw this one and thought I think I'll go see a movie or something instead.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 13, 2013 -> 10:46 PM) I remember because we closed the site down for a few days when it happened and had a link up to the red cross website for donations. We should do that when the team gets mathematically eliminated each season.

We know it really didn't start until Mike and I arrived . . .

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 13, 2013 -> 03:26 PM) 9/11 is pre-Soxtalk. The fact that we've been kicking around 10 years is pretty crazy.

That caused me to stop. 9/11 is that distant and Twitter is that new. Wow.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 02:05 PM) "Whose" starting these threads? A teacher? Just for you here's the alternate title. Hoosier Favorite Comedian?

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 02:36 PM) Why aren't you in jail then! And all your contemporaries! Hell, I got whooped too. Not often, but often enough you never wanted it again. Somehow I managed to avoid jail for most of my life. it was just back then, if some adult said you were breaking windows or something, your parents believed THEM, and you got in trouble. Now, you can get caught on video and parents will insist that their kid is an angel and that it never happened. Hardly happens today. Parents "stick up for their kids", etc. There is probably a balance somewhere between the extremes.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 01:47 PM) Sounded like what he is saying is that they are excused way too much when younger that it leads to overkill when older. Exactly, and by "they" I mean everyone, not just blacks.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 01:45 PM) Are you of the opinion that punishment for crime in the African American community is not harsh enough? No, in fact I've seen statistics to the effect that it is harsher than other ethnic groups for the same crime. I believe as a society we are too lax in the formative years (for everyone) and only when things have progressed too far do we begin to enforce any consequences. If we applied correction sooner, it could be lesser.

http://www.imdb.com/list/xqtUYuXCxaM/ Agree? Disagree?

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 11:16 AM) At some point you're going to have to hold someone personally responsible for their actions, not blaming lead content. That is an excellent point. While, Balta does bring up a nice counter, that people are held responsible, I think we would have broad agreement that the point where the individuals are held accountable today is too far down the path. Kids are allowed to slide on stuff, beginning at home, then in school, then in society, before we say enough is enough. Let's forgive this kid for hitting his brother because he's been sucking the lead paint off his crib. It's not his fault.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 04:00 PM) I get that, but if the composition of the group is 50% of one kind, you would think that 50% of all crimes across the board would be committed by that group, across all levels. Yes. But that is a different stat. And if you think about it the stat would be which group gets caught, arrested, prosecuted, or convicted more. We could never truthfully have a stat of who commits the most crimes. Even this stat has flaws. If, for example, one group does not believe anything will happen if they report a crime committed by another group, they may choose not to report that crime. Even worse, if they believe there would be retribution for reporting the crime, they may be intimidated into not reporting. Finally, I'm not certain what conclusion we should draw. I believe it really comes down to nature versus nurture. Does this one group commit more crimes because of environmental factors, poverty, lead poisoning, boredom, etc. or is it just in their nature to commit crimes? I believe we could all agree there are circumstances we would commit a crime. Generally revolving around our children or spouse.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 6, 2013 -> 01:20 PM) Not much of a case there. He assumed the risk of operating that thing. And he was an expert on remote controlled helicopters. Haven't there been cases where later it was determined that there were fundemental safety issues with the product, that the manfuacturer knew aboutn those issues, and ignored them, or hid them from the public? For example, and being hypothtical here, let's say there was a programming flaw where if you try X while depressing Y, in a northwind between 10 and 15 mph, the helicopter will fly due north instead of the expected line. Perhaps the manufacturer caught that, but since the chances of someone doing that were so remote they ignored it. The only way to know that is to sue and request documentation. Cival attorneys, keeping the world safe!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 02:56 PM) IIRC, there are WAY more whites in poverty than blacks in terms of total numbers. Which is something us liberals like to point out when discussing social programs and rejecting the myth that the majority of that money goes to inner city minorities. The biggest group are single white mothers living outside of the major cities.