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Have any of you heard about this? It's a reality show that begins on UPN tonight which puts five young Amish people on their traditional year out in regular society with six "English" people the same age in a house in the big city. I don't get UPN so I probably won't be able to watch it, but...

My cousin David was in the army during the Gulf War and just missed being shipped to Kuwait by a couple weeks. He finished his term of service several years ago and returned to civilian life, but a couple months ago he decided to enlist in the reserves, and he was just informed that he may be...

Yay! I'm now an officially published author! Don't get too excited; I self-published. Still, I'm getting kinda psyched about it, now that I see my book is up on the site and ready for people to buy. I published with iuniverse.com, and they thought it was good enough to put an "Editor's Choice"...

I just heard tonight that Mattie Stepanek died. He was this really neat kid with muscular dystrophy who published several books of poetry and dedicated his life to the pursuit of peace. His hero was Jimmy Carter, and he got to meet him a few years ago. I saw him on GMA a few times and the MDA...

Anybody here a fan of Jeopardy? I enjoy watching it now and then, and right now there's a guy who just won I think his 13th game in a row. :eek: He's racked up about $440,000. Every night he's gets more than twice as much as the next person down, so it's no contest by the time it gets to Final...

Is anybody a fan of "Joan of Arcadia?" I was really sad to see "Touched By An Angel" go last year, but "Joan" has sort of made up for it, even though they're completely different shows. The premise is really intriguing, and I think the characters, particularly the teenagers, are very well...

So now that Friends is over, who's excited about Frasier? I have to admit I never could really get into Friends, though I did think Joey was a fun character. But I watched Frasier all the time in syndication before they replaced it with local news :grouchy:. No M*A*S*H and no Frasier makes...

I was reading "Ask Marilyn" yesterday, and I was a bit disgruntled by the following exchange: "I'm 7 years old. I watch the History Channel show about UFOs sometimes. Are there such things as aliens? No, Dear. TV shows and movies are filled with such silly stuff. Some people like to...

Happy birfday, Byron! A very many happy returns of the day to everybody’s favorite hard-working, Janice-and-Mokey-loving, cheese-grits-casserole-eating, Mary-Costa-befriending, Greek-mythology-studying, giraffe-visiting, Lorrie-Morgan-listening, Mama’s-Family-watching, Narnia-defending...

I just got the new issue of "Reader's Digest," which features the magazine's picks for the best of America in all sorts of categories: best gadget, best public restroom, best fair food, all kinds of stuff. Well, Erie, PA made it on the list for the best headline (which also made it onto Leno...

Three cheers for one of the giants of Word and Celebrity Association, and possessor of Numerous Groovtacular Avatars, especially this most recent swoonworthy Pippin. ;) Hope you have a terrific birthday!!!! :) erin

This is just a note for all you Irish folks and all you folks who become Irish once a year. Let's hear it for the wearin' o' the green! :) Erin

I don't know why I happened to think of this now, but when I was over in England in 2001 I discovered Schweppes Blackcurrant, and it replaced Dr. Pepper as my favorite beverage while I was over there. But you can't seem to get it anywhere in the US! :( I suppose it would probably be too...

We've already had a lot of discussion on The Lord of the Rings on other threads, but as per Matt's suggestion I'm starting one up so we can discuss the films and/or books without overtaking another thread. :p (I'm feeling extremely hobbitish these days, even more so than usual, and have a habit...

I just heard that Keiko, the orca who played Willy in "Free Willy," died. I thought that was sad. :( I wonder how long killer whales normally live. They said they kept trying to release him and he kept coming back. I always thought "Free Willy" was a great movie. Ah, well. I'm a sucker for...

Happy Santa Lucia Day! :) My mom's side of the family's Swedish, but I never heard of the holiday until I read about it in "Kirsten's Surprise," a book in the American Girl series. That was in fifth grade, I think, and every year since I've dressed up in a white dress with red ribbons and a...

Well, with Christmas fast approaching, I thought I'd put up a festive thread here. What are everybody's favorite Christmas songs or albums? I am a total sucker for Christmas music. I'm not sure I've ever met a Christmas song I didn't like. One nice thing about working at the mall this year is...

My brother happened upon this website a couple days ago, and I thought it was pretty funny. It's a list this guy came up with of things he would and wouldn't do if he became an evil overlord. It reminded me of Austin Powers, with Scott Evil always pointing out to his father how impractical his...

I just noticed that today is Emmy's birthday, and even though she hasn't had the chance to be on much lately I wanted to wish her a very happy 21st birthday! Hope it's a great one! :) Erin

Inspired by one of Byron's pet peeves, I've decided to create a thread for all us single folks, especially those of us who don't mind too much! That's not to say I have anything against having a boyfriend at some point, but I'm certainly not miserable without one. I've done all right for 22...