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| 5 Ways to be Civil |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 12:55 am |
| Tags: Divorce, Separated, Civility, Talking With Your Ex, Being Civil, Separation, Communication |
| My ex and his ability to spend on his new girlfriend often leave me with no desire to be civil. I could care less that his girlfriend gets a new necklace or studs. I am more interested in sending my kids to a good pre-school or finding the right toy for my autistic son. Differences aside, I need to have some ground for civility because my ex |
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| A Small Exercise in Civility Goes a Long Way |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 12:03 am |
| Tags: Failed Marriage, Divorce Communication, Separated, Talking With Your Ex, Failed Relationship, Being Civil, Separation |
| a bridge to the times when talking is not so |
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| Talking SUV: Tell Your Car What to Play, Read With Ford Sync |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 5:17 am |
| Tags: Bluetooth, Car, Cell, Mp3, Phone, Player, Recognition, Talking Suv, Voice |
| Ford Sync is a new system developed by Ford and Microsoft that aims to fully integrate your MP3 player, cell phone and car computer with a speech recognition system. You will be able to climb into your SUV and say, 'Play artist Cliff Richards', and the annoying old timer will start blaring out of your speakers. It can even read out your text |
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| Sisters; or, Why Language Is Sometimes Overrated |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 12:20 am |
| Tags: Language, Siblings, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Education, Family, Language, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Pool, Sibling, Sisters, Slide, Swimming, Talking |
| pool today to me. She was talking about her younger daughter, who was not quite two, with curls and highly attentive to all around her. Charlie was humming while splashing and kicking his way round the pool. I thought about how long it has been, and very likely will be, that he will understand so much more—everything, even—that is |
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| Golfers Talking Trash: It's A Golfer Fight! |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 10:40 am |
| Tags: Golf, Golfers Talking Trash, Sergio Garcia |
| Via Sports By Brooks, we discover that Golf.com is featuring a regular column by an anonymous current Tour pro. Because he's anonymous, he's not mincing many words. Sergio Garcia, not surprisingly,... |
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| Golfers Talking Trash: It's A Golfer Fight! |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 10:40 am |
| Tags: Golf, Golfers Talking Trash, Sergio Garcia |
| Via Sports By Brooks, we discover that Golf.com is featuring a regular column by an anonymous current Tour pro. Because he's anonymous, he's not mincing many words. Sergio Garcia, not surprisingly, gets it the worst. Sergio Garcia needs a fresh diaper. Did you hear him crying about how he got lousy breaks and had to beat more than simply the |
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| Dept. Of Time Person Of The Year: You: Everything's Just a Lame Online Diversion These Days, Including the 'New Deep Throat' |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 4:42 pm |
| Tags: 9 11, Alberto Gonzales, Blogs, Blogthroat, Cia, Deep Modem, Deep Throat, Dept Of Time Person Of The Year You, Dick Cheney, Doj, Fbi, George W Bush, Impeachment, Nsa, Nsc, Ovp, Plamegate, Rnc, Talking Points Memo, Verizon, Watergate, White House |
| In the Watergate era, “Deep Throat” was supposedly a government insider who met Bob Woodward in a parking garage and moodily smoked cigarettes while wearing a trench coat. The fact that... |
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| Should I Keep in Touch with the Ex's Family? |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 1:13 am |
| Tags: Divorce, Former In Laws, Grandchildren, Everquest, Talking In Laws, In Laws, Separation |
| work out. She was also talking about Jesus and forgiveness. Before my ex became an ex, I was not sure how to take her advice. I knew she was struggling with the idea that her son could cheat when married, but I felt she wanted to bury herself in the Bible and not address the human condition--the emotions and implications of her son's |
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| What to Do When the Ex Plans His New Next Life |
| Published: August 11, 2007, 1:56 am |
| Tags: Divorced, Divorce, Failed Marriage, Talking Your Ex, Cheating, Failed Relationship, Separation, Girlfriend, Relationship |
| with this event simply by talking to friends or family. Other times, it may take talking to a counselor. I have even known some people who took a year off to travel because of the need to use distance as space to heal. Whatever pain you feel will soften over time. To me, the biggest lever to preparing is time. Six months of time to |
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| Kids strip-searched at daycamp |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 6:01 am |
| Tags: Day Camp, Daycamp, Independence, Saying No, Sayingno, Talking To Adults, Talkingtoadults |
| instead of calling parents, talking to police, or doing anything else within the bounds of reason -- decided to strip-search the 8 and 9-year-old campers. Parents were only alerted to search when one little boy ran out of the room to the camp's front desk, and used the phone to call his mother (who of course told him to keep his clothes on and |
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| How to talk so kids will listen |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 4:00 am |
| Tags: Bad Things Parents Say, Badthingsparentssay, Because I Said So, Becauseisaidso, How To Talk So Kids Obey, Howtotalksokidsobey, Talking To Kids, Talkingtokids |
| Filed under: Lifestyle, ParentDish Laughs, Tantrums, SpeechReader Amy sent in a this helpful tip on how to phrase things in a way to achieve maximum co-cooperativeness with children: "Instead of saying 'If you do this, then you can have that' change it to, 'When you do this, then you can have that.' It's not optional, they understand (or will) |
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| Your foresight on Iraq was just dumb luck |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 1:25 am |
| Tags: Wingnut Talking Point Alert |
| YEAH RIGHT! Andrew Sullivan just posted this comment from his readers. Is it true, as you wrote, that “people much further away from the levers of power saw more clearly than we did”? Or is it possible their judgment, given the facts known at the time, was unsound and only redeemed by events and administration decisions they could |
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| What you’re talking about |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 5:27 pm |
| Tags: What You Re Talking About |
| of you know what I’m talking about. I mean my god……don’t they know how to monitor slow golf play anymore? Thats my biggest complaint with DSM courses. …” — Mr.Bad.Example “… Speed of play: the absolute scourge of the game. Any course that proactively manages this problem and markets |
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| What you’re talking about |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 3:59 pm |
| Tags: What You Re Talking About |
| Back-to-school topics: buses, uniforms Interesting comments/conversation developing on Todd Erzen’s story about schoolbus options to Garton Elementary: “‘no student who lives within 2 miles of his or her school will be bused’ — That’s a long toddle for small kids. I guess the colder it gets, the faster |
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| What you’re talking about |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 4:48 pm |
| Tags: What You Re Talking About |
| What’s tat?, Elvis memories, Cyclones uniforms STORY: DM woman wins top tatting competition at fair COMMENT: “I thought this was about tatoo’s.” — The WiZ ************ Asked to share their memories of Elvis Presley, who died 40 years ago this week, here’s what some readers wrote: “I was 12 when |
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