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    How do you interview an artist?

    Matt, Don't get discouraged by some of these posts. Socrates wanted to exclude poetry from his Republic as I recall, and given the way he suffered at the hands of artists like Aristophanes, who technically wasn't a poet but still, it is no surprise that he wasn't too keen on them...
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    How do you interview an artist?

    Matt, As a journalist who does a lot of interviews, I have a few ideas for you. But, it would be easier if we knew the context of your question. Why are you interviewing him? What will the final format be? In general, though, the best idea is to have a few questions going in and then let...
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    Hats and Privacy Vs Public Security

    This old saw about if you aren't doing anything wrong you have nothing to fear always bugs me. It doesn't matter if I am not doing anything wrong, all that matters is that it isn't anybody's business what I am doing. To be fair, in public you do give up some privacy, that's the price you pay...
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    Hats and Privacy Vs Public Security

    The Man in the Hat I had that thoought about being "the guy in the hat' and to me that is another reason to encourage more people to wear them.
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    Hats and Privacy Vs Public Security

    Go with me on this one for a minute...I had this thought and wanted to see what others think, especially some of our overseas members. It seems to me that hads could be a simple way to ensure some modicum of privacy. In a world that is bulging with surveillance camers, a hat can let you move...
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    Activists or just followers?

    One thought about doctors. The best way to find a good doctor is to get a physical when you are healthy. Then you can see how the doctor is and how s/he responds to your concerns without having to also deal with the stress of illness. I like the one I found because he won't even start examining...
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    Movies And Their Profanity

    Yikes! What movie was this? On another note, you might like Pleasantville, which came out not too long ago. There was a scene where the kid punched the bully in the mouth for calling his mother a bad name.
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    Movies And Their Profanity

    Interesting timing on this topic because I just got a DVD in the mail of old training films from the LAPD, FBI, US Military, and British military. The one for the US military from WWII has some salty language in it that surprised me when I heard it because I was thinking that they ddidn't say...
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    19th C weapon found in whale

    I tried to send you this as a PM, but I think you are too new on the lounge to receive them. That said, I wasn't trying to flame. My point is not that you should be limited because some endangered species is lurking out there. My point is that you should not be limited because things...
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    19th C weapon found in whale

    This makes me think that there is no point in responding, but this makes hope spring eternal, so I will try again. What I am asking you, Rooster, and everyone else, to do is to think beyond your farm. I mentioned the buffalo because someone said that they were shot from trains and...
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    19th C weapon found in whale

    If you think animals can't be wiped out, look up the passenger pigeon. Buffalo only survived because the hunting was halted. I think that was done by that hippy environmentalist Teddy Roosevelt. Maybe if buffalo hadn't been hunted so much, we could have more buffalo herds and less beef herds...
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    "The Death of the Grown-up"

    The one caveat to this is that kids should not grow up with unhappily married parents. Children learn about what relationships should be like by seeing their parents. That is why kids of abusers grow up to be abusers. But even short of that, you don't want kids to think that marriage is about...
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    Press cards in hats?

    My guess would be that the ones you see in the comics or movies are just a generic representation of the real thing. I know the Chicago police department issues a pass to certain reporters, and city hall might too. Even so, if you come up with a good generic one, let me know. I am also in...
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    Reviving Forgotten Threads

    If the threads are that dangerous, shouldn't they just be deleted? Aren't the bad ones, i.e. politcal ones, already locked?
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    Chinese poison

    This is a complicated question, but I think that everyone in this thread has mentioned at least part of the problem. The good thing is that most of the people on this board are part of the solution. The solution is searching for quality. Often that means buying American. Both of these...
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    Care To Dance??

    Dancing is great and I do it whenever I get the chance. You can dance holding an old fashioned, it just takes practice. My wife and I took dance lessons for about a year before our wedding and about a year after. We went with Arthur Murray, and while it was expensive, it was worth it...
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    Detroit Race Riots of 1943-HELP!

    Any more news on what happened with these pictures?
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    Let them do their thing!

    I'm not sure what prompted this rant, but I have to say, your Taco Bell must be really special if you are worried about a master not getting his due.
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    Big Business sinks lower and lower

    This has been going on for a while. It took off in the 1980s when the AIDS epidemic was hitting hard. As I understand it, a lot of people who had the disease were selling the beneficiary status on their policies to have money to live it up now or pay for treatment. When the retrovirals came into...
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    Getting fired 101

    Kids these Days A few thoughts: First, Kids these days aren't all bad. As Lizzie pointed out, many of them like and crave structure. But, as Lizzie pointed out, and so did Prairie Dog, it is up to the older generations to teach them. You teach them not only in school but also through...

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