BluesChick

Happy (Chinese) New Year! Let the Fireworks begin!!

my daughter baking a cake

just a note that those of us in the PRC don't get YouTube

Great idea, but participating for me would be difficult between the time change and the internet here

I' ve learned to save, in fact I have yet to spend a penny of what I've earned by being a substitute (supply) teacher! Of course that may be my husband's influence on me

LDN, I'm glad you reverted back to your "old" name!! I agree with manpe: Peace fits him and I like ultra blue better than bad boy... seemed to have a + effect on his attitude LOL No worries Alex, I will be staying with blueschick but you know " BL is amazing" is tempting

I completely agree and can't think of anything to add

My daughter says some of the funniest things... for example last weekend my husband, doug, came home from the shops and asked "Did you know that you can dry a duck" (referring to the dried duck meat (but it was still on the bone) he'd seen at the shops) MacKenzie says, "of course" Doug asks, "you did?" Mackenzie's response, "well duh, I live in China!"

zoyales... I'd pout if you did...

Hell, if I was born in 1931 I'd be older than my dad!!! what made me smile was watching one of my female students smile and get excited when my son walked into my classroom today! I think it made her day!

if I can change careers in my late 30's I think there is hope that we can learn new tricks or maybe "old dogs" must be older than me!

I think that is one we must learn... or maybe age into??

I'll take that as a compliment!! I'm much older than Kez though in fact I am old enough to be her mum

Congratulations Sam!!!

Good sign either you didn't sleep enough or you drank too much!

I don't think Kez has any children

With Chinese New Year just over a week a way, it made me curious if you knew what your Chinese Zodiac is? Here's a link to find out: http://www.chinesezodiac.com/calculator.php 2012 is the year of the Dragon, my daughter was born in 2000 and she is also a dragon. Tradition holds that she gets a gift during the new year. My Chinese zodiac is the dog, my husband is a rooster, and my son is an ox.

Merry Christmas

good luck!! Why are Mondays so darn long???

I can't stand ESPN mainly because I have read so many articles that are not well written and the occasional that is just wrong, of course I am American and I know they don't understand or respect the sport and then there is Alexi Lalas and I can't stand him

good for you! The guy was a jerk!

was the guy kissing him just shirtless or was he streaking??

That is a huge generalization and just the type of generalization that causes arguments. Blanket statements aren't a good thing, I have said that time and time again. Racism/discrimination needs to be fought at every level but the manner in which it is fought needs to be something that doesn't lend itself to interpretation by the enforcers and it has to make sense and should protect everyone not just one group over another. I also think we need to recognize that racism and discrimination is not only "white" people mistreating "black" people, it can go the other direction as well. When I was in college I never understood why we could have a "women in engineering" association, a society of black engineers (actual name), a society of asian engineers, a society of hispanic engineers, an association of African American Students or Hispanic or Asian or Indian or Native American, etc... but it was forbidden to have a group just for "Caucasian" students or a "society of male engineers" or join a group that you don't fit in with/aren't that ethnicity. It just seems bizarre to allow all these groups to segregate themselves and we actually encourage it. It seems odd when we are promoting unity and celebrating diversity that we allow these gaps and cracks in the unity. I hope I made some semblance of sense.

A new pair of jeans, i have been borrowing my husband's since my last pair wore out

To add to what Ron said, I would say that in football when you are supporting your team or country many times that team has players from different races and backgrounds. So that would as Ron pointed out separate it from "racism". I believe that there is a sense of being part of a "tribe" (to borrow Ron's idea) and that sometimes when we are in a crowd that we go with the crowd. One of my favorite quotes/sayings (I believe from a Terry Goodkind book) says basically this (It has been a long time since I read the book), People are stupid. An individual can be intelligent but when part of a group they tend to be stupid. It goes a long with the theory of "mob mentality" in that we will do things as part of a group that we would never do or condone as an individual. I wonder sometimes if people understand the songs and chants they use at games and if they truly understand the meanings behind them. Sometimes we just join in because everyone else is chanting or singing.