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I know, honestly it's gotten so that we're just voting for the lesser of two evils whenever an election rolls around. I mean, I eagerly filled out a voter registration form on my 18th birthday, but I still approach elections and politics with a marked degree of cynicism (and having to report on...

It sounds like I'd be able to identify with Telly. I have this bad habit of fretting about even small things, to the point that Mom says if worrying were an Olympic sport, I'd win the gold medal. :eek: And it is for that reason that I'm glad there is a Muppet fan site for everyone to come and...

Erin: (painting a mock 19th century London street sign) So what's it going to be, Nora? Chamber of Secrets, Department of Mysteries or Shrieking Shack? Nora: (in room, hanging up tattered tapestries and hangings) Shrieking Shack. Beige: (rigging up a Telltale Heart on the inside of the hallway...

I do. I've been a Catholic since birth, I go to Mass once a week like a good girl (more than once if there's a holy day of obligation involved), I'm often asked to be an altar server during my visits home, and I occasionally help do the music.

Aw, thanks...you know, the thing is, when Mom and I made that huge green and orange AIDS quilt panel for...well, that man we're always going on about ;) ...we discovered that we rather liked quilting. So that's kind of what I've been up to lately - I've been making (when I have time) kid-sized...

I know, that's the state of the journalism industry almost everywhere in the world. If it's grim, gory or generally eyebrow-raising, it'll make the front page or the top story on the six o'clock news (or be rotated endlessly on CNN and the net). I know - the place I visited puts a lot of...

I know; it's the old newsroom maxim, "If it bleeds, it leads." I'll bet that for every bad person in the world, there's at least a hundred good people...and yet it's usually the bad person who gets the most attention. I've visited only one hospice, a children's hospice. It functions...

Thanks, guys. Under other circumstances, I'd be tempted to ask them if anyone brought the marshmallows, but seeing how bad this fire is, that'd probably be a joke in poor taste. And heralde - it might be a series of natural wildfires, but I hear they arrested some guy who tried to start a...

I've been near St. John the Divine, but I've not actually gone inside. But it's something I've been meaning to do for a little bit. Yes - it's important to eat your fruits and vegetables, drink lots of water, get plenty of exercise and get a good night's sleep. And if you modify your looks to...

Beige: So let's put the pendulum and the blade in the bathroom, and... Scooter: No, Erin said no references to Psycho, because they'd make too much of a mess. (looks at plans) Now, how are we going to rig up that coffin we're putting in the hallway closet... Erin: (typing away at computer) No...

I have; finished the book the morning after we brought it home. And I didn't realize that I was holding my breath while reading the last few chapters. Incredible ending. I prefer the books, of course, but the movies are special as well.

Erin: But I think we should put the tombstones over here by the sofa... Scooter: And that castle could use a few more battlements... Beige: Can we bring in a mockup of the holding cage we used to use in Fraggle Cave? Nora: We'd better not put that guillotine where someone will trip over it...

Thanks - the students on our part of campus have been after the school to extend the program for years. But it's been denied because of the admin's concerns with other forms of green (money). And since I come from a family where recycling, composting, water saving and other eco-friendly...

Nora: An F? Ouch...that is serious, indeed. Erin: That's true...but an F is not a moral failing, just an academic one. (closes book) Hey, Claudia, I'll be glad to help...just as long as it isn't math. If it's math, I'll have to refer you to the Count. Beige: In Fraggle Cave, if we got Fs on a...

Very true - and you know, I've had "Bein' Green" in my head for part of the day. It's because a group of us are working to get the school to extend its recycling program to all parts of campus, not just the main part of campus. Same here on the makeup issue - for one thing, for me it feels...

Skye: to be honest, if your friend said that, she's the one who needs plastic surgery - for a heart. She was kind of out of line in saying that. Yes - being physically beautiful does not guarantee you're happy. I mean, look at all the celebs who keep making headlines with their run-ins with...

You've got a good point with your signature, heralde. As a society, we're inundated by images of unnaturally slender, coiffed and manicured "women," and the message is, "We're perfect, and if you don't look like us, the heck with you." And they often hint that a woman is supposed to do nothing...

(group is having cocoa in the common room) Nora: Ed says he's choosing only the Muppets' costumes - the humans get to choose their own. Beige: I don't care what I have to go as - as long as it's cool. Storyteller: But I still think the clown costumes would be nice...(pause) oh, stop making...

At the moment, it's quilting - I took it up a year ago, when Mom and I did the AIDS quilt panel for Richard Hunt. Liked it so much that we decided to take up quilting seriously. Lately, I've been doing a bunch of small quilts to send to children's hospitals and hospices, that sort of thing.

(laughs) Muppets and Cher. Now there's an interesting combination. Just came back from a friend's wedding - the bride was one of my classmates. It was kind of low-key and prim, but still fun. I had another Muppet dream a few nights ago. It was on the set of some show that appeared to be a...