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Being somewhat familiar with that location,
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
July 18, 2008 Views: 8 Replies: 1
Topic:
Some Mean-Spirited Spam
Rating:
+2
Last response by
Woolley
on
July 18, 2008
So glad you asked.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
July 18, 2008 Views: 4 Replies: 0
Topic:
Some Mean-Spirited Spam
Rating:
+2
Last response by
Woolley
on
July 18, 2008
Re: Since we're almost done with communion posts
Posted to
Faith-Based
by
bright_virago
on
July 8, 2008 Views: 14 Replies: 0
Topic:
Since we're almost done with communion posts
Last response by
SoreLoser
on
July 9, 2008
Wait a minute.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
July 1, 2008 Views: 23 Replies: 0
Topic:
3 questions
Last response by
NickD
on
July 7, 2008
Home sounds.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 16, 2008 Views: 68 Replies: 0
Topic:
Listen.
Rating:
+10
Last response by
Dawn Coyote
on
July 7, 2008
Well, to be fair,
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
July 1, 2008 Views: 22 Replies: 1
Topic:
Good Company List
Rating:
+1
Last response by
ColonelMcPhee
on
July 2, 2008
Thanks.
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
June 12, 2008 Views: 61 Replies: 0
Topic:
Dear idiots
Last response by
Archaeopteryx
on
June 28, 2008
Re: Isolutions
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
bright_virago
on
June 20, 2008 Views: 47 Replies: 1
Topic:
Isolutions
Rating:
+15
Last response by
MaddLibby
on
June 25, 2008
Dear Prudence: Look on the bright side ed.
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
bright_virago
on
June 20, 2008 Views: 834 Replies: 3
Topic:
Dear Prudence: Look on the bright side ed.
Rating:
+8
Last response by
ElleBlue
on
June 23, 2008
Gotta love the TSC.
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
bright_virago
on
June 20, 2008 Views: 44 Replies: 0
Topic:
Dear Prudence: Look on the bright side ed.
Rating:
+8
Last response by
ElleBlue
on
June 23, 2008
Re: A Pointless Annoyance Added To The Fray?
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 22, 2008 Views: 52 Replies: 0
Topic:
A Pointless Annoyance Added To The Fray?
Last response by
theNairobiTrio
on
June 22, 2008
Or, in keeping with the farm animal theme:
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
bright_virago
on
June 20, 2008 Views: 63 Replies: 0
Topic:
Table Manners or Social issues?
Rating:
+1
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 20, 2008
Dear Prudence: Look on the bright side ed.
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
bright_virago
on
June 12, 2008 Views: 858 Replies: 2
Topic:
Dear Prudence: Look on the bright side ed.
Rating:
+4
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 19, 2008
Thanks, Elle.
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
bright_virago
on
June 12, 2008 Views: 44 Replies: 1
Topic:
Dear Prudence: Look on the bright side ed.
Rating:
+4
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 19, 2008
Ah, the open bar!
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
bright_virago
on
June 12, 2008 Views: 59 Replies: 0
Topic:
Dear Prudence: Look on the bright side ed.
Rating:
+4
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 19, 2008
Thanks much!
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
bright_virago
on
June 19, 2008 Views: 69 Replies: 0
Topic:
Dear Prudence: Look on the bright side ed.
Rating:
+4
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 19, 2008
"Come on, Marge.
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
bright_virago
on
June 12, 2008 Views: 67 Replies: 1
Topic:
He wants a baby
Last response by
RonB52
on
June 16, 2008
Why don't you do something
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
June 7, 2008 Views: 21 Replies: 1
Topic:
Many women have heard the message
Rating:
+2/-2
Last response by
Adrasteia
on
June 14, 2008
You've come a long way
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
June 9, 2008 Views: 90 Replies: 2
Topic:
Many women have heard the message
Rating:
+2/-2
Last response by
Adrasteia
on
June 14, 2008
No.
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
June 9, 2008 Views: 71 Replies: 2
Topic:
Many women have heard the message
Rating:
+2/-2
Last response by
Adrasteia
on
June 14, 2008
Wouldn't it be more green
Posted to
Television
by
bright_virago
on
June 12, 2008 Views: 427 Replies: 2
Topic:
Wouldn't it be more green
Rating:
+2/-1
Last response by
Mark the HSer
on
June 14, 2008
I like that one!
Posted to
Television
by
bright_virago
on
June 13, 2008 Views: 34 Replies: 0
Topic:
Wouldn't it be more green
Rating:
+2/-1
Last response by
Mark the HSer
on
June 14, 2008
Excellent article.
Posted to
Television
by
bright_virago
on
June 13, 2008 Views: 41 Replies: 1
Topic:
Wouldn't it be more green
Rating:
+2/-1
Last response by
Mark the HSer
on
June 14, 2008
Question.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 12, 2008 Views: 56 Replies: 1
Topic:
Divine secrets of the nyah-nyah sisterhood
Rating:
+8/-2
Last response by
rundeep
on
June 13, 2008
I'm writing in
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 10, 2008 Views: 58 Replies: 0
Topic:
Let's settle something about Hillary in advance, 'kay?
Last response by
magic32
on
June 13, 2008
Command posts.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 13, 2008 Views: 45 Replies: 0
Topic:
Cedar Rapids Conspiracy
Rating:
+1
Last response by
zuko
on
June 13, 2008
Views.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 12, 2008 Views: 58 Replies: 2
Topic:
We don't matter at all.
Rating:
+1
Last response by
yastfort
on
June 13, 2008
That is correct, my dear.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 13, 2008 Views: 43 Replies: 0
Topic:
We don't matter at all.
Rating:
+1
Last response by
yastfort
on
June 13, 2008
Hi Laurie.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 11, 2008 Views: 50 Replies: 1
Topic:
Oh,The Irony!HuffPost:Hagee"MCain threw me under the bus!"
Rating:
+1/-1
Last response by
RonB52
on
June 12, 2008
My mother, the author.
Posted to
Family
by
bright_virago
on
June 5, 2008 Views: 462 Replies: 1
Topic:
My mother, the author.
Rating:
+1
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 9, 2008
5-Way Test
Posted to
Family
by
bright_virago
on
June 6, 2008 Views: 70 Replies: 1
Topic:
My mother, the author.
Rating:
+1
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 9, 2008
True, kind, necessary.
Posted to
Family
by
bright_virago
on
June 9, 2008 Views: 48 Replies: 0
Topic:
My mother, the author.
Rating:
+1
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 9, 2008
Still?
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 5, 2008 Views: 68 Replies: 1
Topic:
I will never vote for a man again
Last response by
biteoftheweek
on
June 8, 2008
Interesting.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 5, 2008 Views: 68 Replies: 0
Topic:
I will never vote for a man again
Last response by
biteoftheweek
on
June 8, 2008
I am opposed
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 6, 2008 Views: 83 Replies: 0
Topic:
I will never vote for a man again
Last response by
biteoftheweek
on
June 8, 2008
When are the archives coming back?
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 6, 2008 Views: 106 Replies: 1
Topic:
Peace in Our Time!
Rating:
+8/-1
Last response by
JackDallas
on
June 6, 2008
To the pain!
Posted to
Faith-Based
by
bright_virago
on
June 6, 2008 Views: 43 Replies: 1
Topic:
Christ as Inigo Montoya?
Last response by
Fritz Gerlich
on
June 6, 2008
Capitalize the e
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 20, 2008 Views: 85 Replies: 1
Topic:
Homophobia Persists at the American Psychiatric Association
Rating:
+7/-1
Last response by
NannyMcPhee
on
June 6, 2008
Me? I'm always happy!
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 20, 2008 Views: 77 Replies: 1
Topic:
Homophobia Persists at the American Psychiatric Association
Rating:
+7/-1
Last response by
NannyMcPhee
on
June 6, 2008
Would insurance pay for that?
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 21, 2008 Views: 58 Replies: 0
Topic:
Homophobia Persists at the American Psychiatric Association
Rating:
+7/-1
Last response by
NannyMcPhee
on
June 6, 2008
No.
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
June 3, 2008 Views: 596 Replies: 2
Topic:
No.
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 6, 2008
You're welcome Moira.
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
June 4, 2008 Views: 43 Replies: 2
Topic:
No.
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 6, 2008
Thanks much!
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
June 4, 2008 Views: 56 Replies: 0
Topic:
No.
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 6, 2008
Oh, you.
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
June 6, 2008 Views: 81 Replies: 0
Topic:
No.
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 6, 2008
Happy first birthday New Fray.
Posted to
Fix the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 4, 2008 Views: 162 Replies: 1
Topic:
Happy first birthday New Fray.
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 5, 2008
Apparently,
Posted to
Fix the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
June 5, 2008 Views: 128 Replies: 0
Topic:
Happy first birthday New Fray.
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 5, 2008
Great Idea!
Posted to
Philanthropy
by
bright_virago
on
June 3, 2008 Views: 142 Replies: 0
Topic:
Great Idea!
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 3, 2008
Remember
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 28, 2008 Views: 104 Replies: 1
Topic:
“I am never again voting for a male candidate.”
Rating:
+3/-3
Last response by
DragonTat2
on
June 3, 2008
Close to you.
Posted to
Family
by
bright_virago
on
June 3, 2008 Views: 256 Replies: 0
Topic:
Close to you.
Last response by
bright_virago
on
June 3, 2008
May I throw in ageism?
Posted to
XX Factor
by
bright_virago
on
May 28, 2008 Views: 89 Replies: 1
Topic:
“I am never again voting for a male candidate.”
Rating:
+1/-2
Last response by
nyecop
on
June 1, 2008
If I may
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 29, 2008 Views: 76 Replies: 1
Topic:
Do you oppose referendums on abortion or gay marriage?
Rating:
+2/-2
Last response by
Archaeopteryx
on
May 30, 2008
Yes.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 29, 2008 Views: 48 Replies: 0
Topic:
Do you oppose referendums on abortion or gay marriage?
Rating:
+2/-2
Last response by
Archaeopteryx
on
May 30, 2008
David's help
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 29, 2008 Views: 81 Replies: 0
Topic:
please god
Rating:
+4/-1
Last response by
bright_virago
on
May 29, 2008
He sat down and ate
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 29, 2008 Views: 55 Replies: 1
Topic:
Band of Bruthas
Rating:
+3/-4
Last response by
Schmutzie
on
May 29, 2008
Lovely post, Fitz.
Posted to
XX Factor
by
bright_virago
on
May 23, 2008 Views: 29 Replies: 0
Topic:
The real counterpoint to Weiss
Rating:
+1
Last response by
TJA
on
May 28, 2008
Any minute now,
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 23, 2008 Views: 26 Replies: 1
Topic:
Top Ten Reasons Why She Should Stay in Race
Rating:
+3/-4
Last response by
Lono
on
May 28, 2008
Nope.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 23, 2008 Views: 75 Replies: 1
Topic:
Top Ten Reasons Why She Should Stay in Race
Rating:
+3/-4
Last response by
Lono
on
May 28, 2008
He was on the old fray.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 23, 2008 Views: 98 Replies: 1
Topic:
Top Ten Reasons Why She Should Stay in Race
Rating:
+3/-4
Last response by
Lono
on
May 28, 2008
Sorry.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 23, 2008 Views: 43 Replies: 0
Topic:
Top Ten Reasons Why She Should Stay in Race
Rating:
+3/-4
Last response by
Lono
on
May 28, 2008
If you please,
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 27, 2008 Views: 54 Replies: 1
Topic:
Requesting a moratorium on posts re: RFK comment
Rating:
+5/-2
Last response by
Th Paine
on
May 27, 2008
Re: rubbernecking
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 27, 2008 Views: 73 Replies: 1
Topic:
rubbernecking
Rating:
+1
Last response by
RainMan
on
May 27, 2008
Well, you want to be careful
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 19, 2008 Views: 86 Replies: 1
Topic:
Paging Joseph Campbell
Rating:
+4/-1
Last response by
shematwater
on
May 26, 2008
Not just discipline.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 24, 2008 Views: 78 Replies: 2
Topic:
Paging Joseph Campbell
Rating:
+4/-1
Last response by
shematwater
on
May 26, 2008
You know what's odd.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 23, 2008 Views: 78 Replies: 4
Topic:
A Rush to Posting
Rating:
+2/-1
Last response by
LaurieAnnM
on
May 24, 2008
Doubtful in this particular case.
Posted to
Family
by
bright_virago
on
May 19, 2008 Views: 25 Replies: 1
Topic:
Sounds like Asperger's Syndrome
Rating:
-1
Last response by
bright_virago
on
May 23, 2008
With all due respect,
Posted to
Family
by
bright_virago
on
May 19, 2008 Views: 48 Replies: 1
Topic:
Sounds like Asperger's Syndrome
Rating:
-1
Last response by
bright_virago
on
May 23, 2008
I read that article very differently.
Posted to
Family
by
bright_virago
on
May 23, 2008 Views: 57 Replies: 0
Topic:
Sounds like Asperger's Syndrome
Rating:
-1
Last response by
bright_virago
on
May 23, 2008
Nicely done.
Posted to
Family
by
bright_virago
on
May 19, 2008 Views: 53 Replies: 2
Topic:
If you love him, you'll stop calling them panic attacks.
Rating:
+2
Last response by
tonto_goldberg
on
May 21, 2008
Some possibilities
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
bright_virago
on
July 6, 2007 Views: 197 Replies: 1
Topic:
Why My Husband Doesn't Like Sex.....
Last response by
blackcrowe
on
May 21, 2008
Nine days, no response.
Posted to
Technical Support
by
bright_virago
on
May 21, 2008 Views: 123 Replies: 0
Topic:
password
Last response by
bright_virago
on
May 21, 2008
No way.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 20, 2008 Views: 82 Replies: 1
Topic:
Should the President and his wife be Patriots?
Rating:
+6/-4
Last response by
gmat
on
May 20, 2008
Have to say -
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
May 15, 2008 Views: 61 Replies: 0
Topic:
Waiting for Godot
Last response by
Th Paine
on
May 17, 2008
Re: I collected comic books as a kid.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 16, 2008 Views: 73 Replies: 1
Topic:
I collected comic books as a kid.
Rating:
+6/-2
Last response by
justoffal
on
May 17, 2008
Ah, the Montessori Myth.
Posted to
Family
by
bright_virago
on
May 16, 2008 Views: 639 Replies: 1
Topic:
Ah, the Montessori Myth.
Rating:
+2
Last response by
bright_virago
on
May 17, 2008
Thanks Mammacita.
Posted to
Family
by
bright_virago
on
May 17, 2008 Views: 41 Replies: 0
Topic:
Ah, the Montessori Myth.
Rating:
+2
Last response by
bright_virago
on
May 17, 2008
What do women want?
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 16, 2008 Views: 72 Replies: 1
Topic:
Predict voter behaviour:
Rating:
+4/-1
Last response by
biteoftheweek
on
May 16, 2008
Addendum:
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 16, 2008 Views: 74 Replies: 1
Topic:
Predict voter behaviour:
Rating:
+4/-1
Last response by
biteoftheweek
on
May 16, 2008
That isn't interesting.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 15, 2008 Views: 76 Replies: 1
Topic:
Interesting all of my local congresspeople are for Hillary
Rating:
+1/-4
Last response by
Woolley
on
May 16, 2008
Re: Do we get energy from the earth's core and magma?
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 15, 2008 Views: 74 Replies: 1
Topic:
Do we get energy from the earth's core and magma?
Rating:
+1/-5
Last response by
OneEyedJasper
on
May 16, 2008
I can answer one of those questions.
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
May 15, 2008 Views: 69 Replies: 0
Topic:
Is there no such thing as "rules of the road" any more?
Last response by
bright_virago
on
May 15, 2008
Well, sometimes they do.
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
May 12, 2008 Views: 35 Replies: 1
Topic:
just a thought
Last response by
Lunesta
on
May 15, 2008
Then,
Posted to
Fraywatch
by
bright_virago
on
May 12, 2008 Views: 46 Replies: 0
Topic:
just a thought
Last response by
Lunesta
on
May 15, 2008
What do you think about
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 13, 2008 Views: 68 Replies: 0
Topic:
Racism, Dream Teams, and Questions
Rating:
+2
Last response by
Sawbones
on
May 15, 2008
Cincinnati is The South.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 13, 2008 Views: 42 Replies: 3
Topic:
Racism, Dream Teams, and Questions
Rating:
+2
Last response by
Sawbones
on
May 15, 2008
You'll have to get Bell to explain that one.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 13, 2008 Views: 35 Replies: 1
Topic:
Racism, Dream Teams, and Questions
Rating:
+2
Last response by
Sawbones
on
May 15, 2008
Yes, but did you
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 13, 2008 Views: 44 Replies: 0
Topic:
Racism, Dream Teams, and Questions
Rating:
+2
Last response by
Sawbones
on
May 15, 2008
Fluffy mackerel pudding!
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 14, 2008 Views: 58 Replies: 0
Topic:
Racism, Dream Teams, and Questions
Rating:
+2
Last response by
Sawbones
on
May 15, 2008
Re: re: I wish you had 10 IQ points to spare.
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 12, 2008 Views: 30 Replies: 1
Topic:
Corrupt a Wish (Game)
Rating:
+2
Last response by
biteoftheweek
on
May 14, 2008
Re: I wish
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 12, 2008 Views: 77 Replies: 1
Topic:
Corrupt a Wish (Game)
Rating:
+2
Last response by
biteoftheweek
on
May 14, 2008
Granted ...
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 12, 2008 Views: 52 Replies: 1
Topic:
Corrupt a Wish (Game)
Rating:
+2
Last response by
biteoftheweek
on
May 14, 2008
Re: Best Fray Editor So Far
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 8, 2008 Views: 76 Replies: 2
Topic:
Best Fray Editor So Far
Rating:
+1/-1
Last response by
H_Keller
on
May 13, 2008
Re: Pat's
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 8, 2008 Views: 56 Replies: 0
Topic:
Best Fray Editor So Far
Rating:
+1/-1
Last response by
H_Keller
on
May 13, 2008
Earworms!
Posted to
Best of the Fray
by
bright_virago
on
May 9, 2008 Views: 108 Replies: 1
Topic:
What's On Your iPod?
Rating:
+3
Last response by
rundeep
on
May 12, 2008