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6'3" tall caucasion male on the lower side of my 30's. Bald by choice beautiful by design. Sarcastic to a fault. Shoe size is too big to find anything worth wearing that doesn't make me feel bad for some poor cow and his family that had to sacrifice their

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Adolescence Does competition help or hurt young people?: 13 of 65
It will be a sad day for parents when their children, after the brainwashing and mediocrity indoctrination force fed to them in public schools, is satisfied, if not happy, being "okay". The progression of less competition in this country has our children performing dinner theater in the Broadway stage of competence and aptit... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections (Other) Should religion play an important role in choosing presidential candidates?: 3 of 15
The famed Founding Fathers of our great nation recognized the importance of religious freedom. They understood that religion was not just one god for all men but could be many gods for many men. It is apparent they also understood religion's inability to bend or compromise with anything outside of their sacred, outdated, mis... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Adolescence How to parent defiant teens: 2 of 10
At the age of 18, full of pimples, hormones, and an indomitable will to do whatever I wanted to, I defied my parents as quickly as they were able to set some early curfew. Hence the life circle was complete for my parents, they saw their defiance as adolescents come back to bite them like a shark, a shark in the shape of my ... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Tips Internet sites you need to know about and why: 5 of 24
Do you think Al Gore had any idea how enormous and influential the Internet would become when he first sat down at his Texas Instruments keyboard and began laying out the first roads to the information superhighway? With so many sites to choose from you might think one would be best served by "feeling lucky" with Google to f... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Is Heaven a real place or a state of being?: 12 of 56
I tried. Truly, as a child, when I thought like a child, I tried to believe as the clouds parted and the sun rays shone I would have been standing in front of the Heavenly gates. Greeted by an angel or some saint clothed in robes and holding some sort of scepter with a large book with a seemingly endless number of pages with... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms An urgent need for reason, dialogue and compromise: 3 of 14
There are hundreds of issues that need reason, dialogue and compromise. Doesn't mean you'll get it. For time's sake and me developing carpal tunnel syndrome, let's focus in on the middle east for a moment. I know that's a big shocker. What other place in the world can use reason, dialogue and compromise more than the hub of ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Is there a difference between privacy and secrecy?: 5 of 23
The differences between privacy and secrecy are simple. Privacy is what you want when you are at home alone dancing nude in front of your cocker-spaniel on a Saturday night. Secrecy is what you need after you see your best friends girlfriend dancing nude in front of her cocker-spaniel and you're telling your other buddies ab... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Is Hell a real place or a metaphor to deter evil-doers?: 23 of 105
I would think that a majority of our writers and readers eyeballing this topic have enough common sense and Grey matter to come to the realization that "Hell" is nothing more than an ancient attempt to control the mindless masses of the ancient world. It's not enough to tell people they have to subscribe to the invisible man... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Our next generation: Are things getting better or worse?: 45 of 202
We're so quick to point to occurrences like the tragedy in Virginia when posed with this sort of question. What about this? What about that? I want to be a bit more positive with my thinking because this one has to do not with me, but with, potentially, my children. Why wouldn't things be better? Do we live our lives in fear... More..
Relationships & Family > Marriage & Intimacy Tips for revitalizing a boring sex life: 15 of 67
I'm sure you thought that by the time your sex life got boring you would only be having sex with the help of a good power nap and a little blue pill. Alas, boredom has slowly crept its way into your chamber of love. Boredom has wrapped hands around your sex life and has choked away the excitement and only about 35 years ahea... More..