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I don't think you've gotten cynical advice here; I think you've gotten realistic advice. From a female point of view, I wholeheartedly agree: Make your opinion known to your friend, and then don't say anything else about it. No one likes a friend who's constantly harping on you about your...

There's a woman at work who is starting to become the poster child for my pet peeves. She's constantly saying "Cool beans." Never mind the fact that this phrase is a little dated, it's pretty darn annoying to hear it over and over again all day long. She'll call someone and ask a question...

It's rather funny, actually. My friend has been told for years of schooling (she's gone part-time to an internet school) that her writing is "fine," "great," and even "outstanding," when in reality it's pretty bad, by English major standards (which I was). She would send me papers to edit; I'd...

I just don't see scratch-off tickets as that big of a deal. I think that gambling, along with any other activity that, if abused, could cause a lot of trouble for a person (such as smoking, drinking, etc), is something that parents should be discussing with their children. My parents never...

So here's my question: is it now ok to use the semicolon followed by a "however" ? As in the following sentence: I used to be quite good at grammar; however, it's been a while. In college, I learned never to do this; the semicolon is meant to separate two complete sentences, and if you're...

I'm the opposite. I only like them raw, I don't like cooked tomatoes. In fact, that goes for just about any vegetaible. Raw, yummy! Cooked, bleh.

I would disagree (yes, yes, I know it's tongue-in-cheek), not just on the basis of being female but on the basis of being a 30-year-old female who's never married. I've had to take care of myself, work 2 jobs to put myself through college part time, and am just now on my feet and able to...

I was hopeful at the sight of a new series that I hadn't watched before. So, when they were showing the previous season again, I tried to watch it so I could pick up with the new season. Unfortunately, it's way too much (for me) like Steven Spielberg's "Taken." Drags on and on and bloody on...

I don't think I agree that the Internet and chat forums such as this are contributing overall to the rudeness in society. As an example of my opinion, I find that more often than not, the men that do not hold the door for me (and I don't expect men to hold the door for me because I'm a woman...

It's the mob mentality. The larger the group of people a person is in, the more likely he/she is throw out his/her own morals and go along with the group. So, kids living in a larger city would meet more kids behaving badly than would kids in a more rural setting, and so the urban kids learn...

I occasionally play Guild Wars but don't know anyone there, so it's not as much fun to play without companionship. I created a newbie necromancer in EverQuest, used all the plat I had sitting on my 66 cleric to hook her up with some decent gear, so I could have a character that I could solo...

About 2 weeks ago, I got home from work and decided to get some exercise by walking the couple of miles or so to the gas station to fill a gas can for my lawnmower. I fully expected a kind stranger (or more than one) to stop and ask me, a woman walking alone with a gas can, whether I needed a...

I used to work for an online MMORPG as volunteer customer service, for 3 1/2 years; I was a trainer for 2 years and a supervisor for a year. I put that on my resume and it's always at least something to talk about during the interview. I just applied for a training job and I hope that the...

Carrie Fisher sure had a sharp tongue on her, though :P

I heard a movie critic on the Today show this morning talking about how the Cruise-Holmes real-life saga currently going on is the only thing boosting sales of tickets for this film. The critic was bemoaning the fact that now actors/actresses will have to create real-life drama to encourage big...

*shrug* I like it. There's no way everyone in the world is going to like every film made by one actor. And he's done a lot of independent film work, but the man's gotta feed his family; RoF made some decent money, if I remember correctly.

I've adored Christian Bale for years, ever since he played an adorable newspaper boy in Disney's "Newsies." He's a very underrated actor. He's got a heckuva lotta talent. I think he's the only actor who's played Batman who has actually read the comics and graphic novels. Heard a sound byte on...

Unfortunately, all of her handlers keep telling her how great she looks every time she loses more weight. She's said this in various print interviews: "what, did I look so bad before?" They've got her thinking she was a cow before (in the Mean Girls era), and looks slim and svelte now. F...

Not true. She also said she was a cheerleader, or at least, to paraphrase, "I look more like a cheerleader than a gamer so the gamers don't take me seriously." Which was called, and rightly so, as a pathetic pay-attention-to-me gesture.

http://movies.channel.aol.com/franchise/exclusives/chronicles_of_narnia_movie The trailer for the new "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" due out December 9th. Looks GREAT!! Just realized it's been out for a while, I just saw it though. If it's already been posted, apologies :)