20/20Hindsight

I am missing the color references. What significance do colors hold in the series?

FWIW, I am the "My bad" girl. Oh...and the girl who thinks my game would be a heckuva lot better if we had just used a girls' basketball. :-)

Voted that I never tried it, never will. Over 30.

This is why I find this story so troubling as well. If the news media continues to report on stories before there is actually something newsworthy to report on, anyone who works within a school setting is at risk of having something similar happen. All it takes is one kid who has it out for his or her teacher to get some rumors snowballing. Then, all that's needed is one quick call to a news station and it's all downhill from there...regardless of whether there is any truth to the allegations or not. Scary stuff...

Seems to be some people are having a hard time understanding why the initial story made up of "might bes", "maybes", and "could haves" is troublesome. Let's pretend, just for a second, that your sister, or daughter, or mom, or brother, dad, whatever...was on the receiving end of such a story. Would you feel a little bit differently then? Would you be upset that your family's name has been put through the mud due to unconfirmed allegations? Would you be upset that your loved one's career has been, for all intents and purposes, destroyed by those same unconfirmed allegations? Honest questions. Just want to hear your perspective.

To be fair, I resigned from a small NKY high school within the past couple years and I can assure you my name and picture weren't plastered on the evening news. Obviously, the implication that an illegal relationship took place was clear. The story may have been within legal guidelines, but, IMO, the stories I read about this situation were prime examples of irresponsible, unethical journalism.

Fixed that for you. :-) I don't understand why this became a new story before it has been confirmed that a law was even broken. Obviously, all of the aforementioned are at stake when throwing around such allegations. Why lead with a story before facts are available confirming an inappropriate relationship? On a related note, as someone with a background in education, this situation scares me. Clearly, this story shows that all it takes these days is some unconfirmed accusations to get front page news status and have a career and reputation ruined. Similarly, it also only takes one student who has it in for his or her teacher to start spreading a few unfounded rumors to get a story like this snowballing. It's a slippery slope when the media starts sensationalizing stories that haven't quite reached "newsworthy" status and I wish they'd be a little more cautious before putting people's livelihoods at risk.

Just started my Netflix account a couple weeks ago and the first series I flew through was Breaking Bad. Forty-six episodes in roughly two weeks time. I was actually looking for a new series to begin and I think this thread is my sign that it should be 24. Not sure I really have the time to invest in it though and quite honestly, I have a feeling once I get started, I won't be able to stop. And well...that's a bad thing since, like I already said, I really don't have the time to invest. That said, the question is: To start the series, or not start the series?? Hmmm....such a dilemma. :idunno:

Oh...and I agree with Clyde above. There is nothing practical about that house. It is a showpiece, not something I would ever consider home sweet home.

I know one of the interior designers who worked on the project. She, too, is sworn to secrecy, but she gave me a few snippets of info. It does not belong to Joey Votto. The wife went to Dixie High School, which explains the odd choice of location. The owners plan on housing international clients there.

I'm having the same problem. Will try these tricks next time I'm at the range.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who goes bonkers when seeing such blatant, elementary misuse of the language. It's not rocket science!! All it takes is the reading a couple decently written pieces of work to cement into one's mind the differences between you're/your, their/there/they're, to/two/too, etc. And forgive me, but I can't help but be a bit judgmental the moment I hear or see some of these things. I mean seriously...turn off the tv and read a book. Gosh, even a decent children's book will get you going in the right direction. For me, it is the obvious lack of personal pride that is most discouraging. I can't help but think that same lack of pride carries through with on the rest of their activities as well. Oh...and count me in the group that refuses to use abbreviations when texting and quickly corrects any typos. I have no idea why I feel so compelled to do so. Actually, for me, it causes a small amount of anxiety if I realize an error slipped through on a text or e-mail without me being able to fix it. It's a strange, annoying obsession, to say the least.

I have a feeling Frazier will have that sucker framed and have it prominently displayed somewhere in his home.

Based on some I'd your posts, I feel as if I have a general idea as to your reasoning on the topic. However, I may have missed a few posts or misinterpreted a few posts along the way. That said, would you care to definitively state the reasons you think it is wrong? Or, in other words, are your feelings Biblically based? Does the idea of two men together just give you the creeps? Or do your feelings stem from something altogether entirely different?

Since I don't know any of your co-workers, you're right in assessing that I would be in no better a position to ascertain if they are "faking" it by being straight and living a gay lifestyle any more than I can ascertain whether you or any other person I run into is "faking" it by being gay, living a straight lifestyle. I can, however, speak to the personal experiences I have had with my younger brother, who just so happens to be gay. Since he "came out" a little over a year ago, he and I have had multiple, very candid conversations about the confusion and torment he felt growing up. He knew at a very young age that the feelings and attractions he experienced were different than the societal norms. Having been raised in a devoutly Catholic family, he also felt the extreme religious pressure to keep "faking" it and do his best to preserve the image of your typical heterosexual guy. It wasn't until he started doing a little research that he began to normalize his feelings. You see, my brother is actually a twin. And, it turns out that there is a high incidence of homosexuality in males who have a twin sister. The reasoning has something to do with estrogen levels of the mother during gestation. My brother is also the the third of three boys in our family. There has also been some research that suggests that the greater number of biological brothers a male has, the greater chance the male will be homosexual. Again, this has to do with environment factors present in in-utero. Between being a twin and being the last born male, I guess my brother was just destined for gaydom. So, to your point about the various "nurture" factors you listed, I can tell you none of those listed played a role in my brother's development. Furthermore, if you'd like links to any of the studies I referenced, let me know. I'll gladly share them with you. Gay, straight or otherwise, I, and the rest of my family love my brother unconditionally. I imagine should you never find yourself in a situation where someone close to you--not a co-worker, not a distant cousin, or an acquaintance--but someone close enough to you who you truly love unconditionally and whose well-being you care deeply about, your opinions on the "unnaturalness" of homosexuality will never change. However, should you ever discover a sibling or child or close friend is gay, I'm betting you'll see the light then. Because, should that situation ever arise, I promise you it will be so heartbreaking to hear the stories they'll tell you about the torment, and self-disgust, suicidal thoughts they endured until they made peace with themselves that those conversations alone will make it nearly impossible to continue thinking that being gay is is a choice.