December 15th 2007
I’ve been a member of The Quilting Bee for a few months, but this is my second time joining. I used to participate a long time ago on another site. The community is great. It’s such a fun club where people who love cute things and pixels can get together. We trade patches on our quilts. There are also activities, about one a month. There’s an ongoing event at the moment where we decorate ornaments for a Christmas tree. There’s also an advent even going on where we can get a different patch each day.
The QBee is the original pixel-trading club and has been around for ages, but has recently been revamped by Jem and Bubs. The site got a facelift and some great new features. We have member profiles and an integrated bbs, which are both really neat features. The web has lost a lot of the cuteness it had a few years ago, but The Quilting Bee is still a great community for anyone who loves pixels.
December 5th 2007
I’m ready for the holidays…I have one final next week, just political science and then I’m done. I can’t wait to go home, but it looks like I won’t be able to until January. Don has to work throughout December and he’ll take off a week or so at the beginning of January so we can go home. I’m excited.
December 5th 2007
I’m usually skeptical of free online gaming websites, but recently I found a free backgammon game that I’ve been enjoying. It’s not just for advancer players, if you’re not really good at it, you can learn. They offer a free software you can play backgammon online. This website is not just about making money. The website is very user-friendly. I haven’t had any problems figuring out what I need.
There’s a lot of articles to help you learn and become a better player. They offer tutorials and tips that you normally don’t see on these type of websites. There’s a list of different moves so that if you’re a novice, you can learn how to do more complicated things so you can win. I used to play backgammon with my mom, but our games weren’t complicated. When I started using this website, I actually learned a lot. I learned what cooked dice are and I learned about the Crawford rule, which is one of my favorite’s. I also learned that there are many different types of backgammon, Turkish, Spanish etc. The rules are basically similar, but there’s little differences. If you’re looking for a great way to play free backgammon online, check out 1on1backgammon.com
November 26th 2007
After using my Mac for almost a year, I’ve gotten spoiled. Not only with software, etc., but with colors. Right now I’m on a school computer, with is a Dell desktop with a flat screen monitor, it’s actually a pretty decent computer for a school. So anyway, I’m browsing my favorite sites and I realize that the colors on this thing are actually really horrible compared to my Mac. I’ve gotten used to beautiful colors, and being able to see small differences, no matter how subtle.
I love my Mac.
November 24th 2007
My boyfriend just got an email forward from his Catholic family saying to refuse the new dollar coins because they took off “In God We Trust”. Christians are the majority of America and that’s fine. Atheists, agnostics and whoever else doesn’t believe in “God” want to actually enforce separation of church and state. That’s their prerogative. So what do I have to say about all of this?
In God We Trust wasn’t an original part of the United States. It became the national motto in 1956. That’s 51 years ago. Do you know what was going on 51 years ago? We were scared of communists. That’s right. We adopted God to protect us from communism. Like that is really what kept us from being overrun by them. In 2001, Florida added the motto to their state flag (and seal) and in 2003 Georgia followed. The phrase was added to different coins in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s and was on all of them by 1938, even though people, including Teddy Roosevelt protested.
I think anyone who wants that motto to be taken off our currency and off anywhere else it is has a good stand. It goes against the Constitution to have any government organization supporting any deity, regardless of whether or not the majority of this country believe in it. It’s just ridiculous to think about how most Christians are so narrow-minded. They preach about openness and acceptance, but when you try to express a belief that disagrees with theirs, it all goes out the window.
Think I’m an atheistic moron? Think I have no basis for my claim? Beside recounting every personal example of this hypocritical behavior, here’s some proof you can watch for yourself. Morgan Spurlock, the guy who ate McDonald’s for 30 days created a tv show, ironically called 30 Days and in one of the episodes, an atheist spends a month in a Christian household. You can watch the entire show on You Tube. It’s broken up into 5 different parts. Here’s part one. Anyone who thinks I’m wrong, go watch that. It’ll blow your mind.
Disclaimer: I know all Christians aren’t bad, blah blah. Stereotypes are bad, blah blah. Stereotypes are that way for a reason. Most blonds are dumb, there are more black people in prison and most Mexicans are illegal. The fact is, most Christians don’t even know that much about the crap they preach. They haven’t read the whole Bible (it’s not that long, maybe you can’t memorize the whole thing, but you can certainly read it, especially if you’ve read the Harry Potter series), they don’t know what they’re arguing about. Hell, most of them don’t even realize Protestantism was formed because King Henry wanted to get a divorce and the Pope wouldn’t let him. Anyone want to argue? I’m up for it.
