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  • No Death Penalty for Child Rapists Child rapists can't be executed, Supreme Court rules:The ruling stemmed from the case of Patrick Kennedy, who appealed the 2003 death sentence he received in Louisiana after being &hell…
  • Lonely hearts... Dating can be tedious. Admitedly it can also be quite tedious to be so desperately lonely that you call emergency services at 1am for assurance that your not a figment of your own… danteCARAX
  • FISA - I'm not giving up MY civil liberties I'm sure most of us have heard about the FISA-abuse controversy and Bush allowing illegal wiretaps. What is FISA? It is the secret court set up for national security - if someo…
  • How to Be a Good Wife by Mr. MacchiatoThere's a famous chapter on "How to Be a Good Wife" from a 1950s home economics textbook (Snopes says it may be real, but they're not sure).Here are a few of the… datingish…
  • Obama...Yo' Momma I don't quite understand others' reasoning behind their pledge to Obama, but I respect it. Everyone has their own right to vote, and their own opinion. My friends' political views… CrazyXBeautif…
  • Wedding Invitation From a Xangan I got a wedding invitation from a fellow Xangan. I used to talk to her quite often over Xanga a few years ago. She is one of very few Xangans I've met in person and the only one &hellip…
  • Spam Email/Bulletins Are So Much Fun. (After sifting through a deluge of spam bulletins on MySpace, I decided to try my hand in spam-email writing...and I gotta say, I think I have a bright future in it. This was actua&h…
  • Xanga Meet! It looks like everyone is discussing a Xanga Meeting of some sort. Secret_agent_nelle and Chinkzilla both mentioned this. Chinkzilla summed it up best, I couldn't help but laugh… Dare2BDiferentt
  • It must be my day for God. Now don't get all excited over the title, I'm not finally seeing any light other than what my two computer screens are giving off! No, the title was going to be "I've had enough of… Tigs…
  • Shyness by Mama Giraffe[Image Source]My kids are shy, especially my 4 year-old daughter. In new situations, she likes to take a while to observe things before jumping in to talk to someon… momaroo
  • Voting For Obama I am planning on voting for Obama. I have been thinking about it for the last few months. I have never voted for a Democrat for president before. I tend to vote based on a social… TheTheologians…
  • The Reality of Eating Disorders I've been stumbling across FAR too many food journals, posts about wanting to have eating disorders, or posts discriminating against people with eating disorders on Xanga. It's tim……
  • A Warning to Xangalebrities A lot of people have been posting blogs on how to become a Xangalebrity, but they don't tell you what to do after you've become one. When you have the Xanga world by its tail, do… wh…
  • Incredibly Sexist Tips for asking a girl out to Dinner NotSoLittleGravy had an interesting comment on my last post:I think men have this odd need to feel... "manly." There are all these ideas of what a man is supposed to…
  • Wanted: Pretend-Boyfriend™ My family has never pressedthe marriage issue, as they want me to pursue all of my degrees and besettled career-wise before taking that big leap of faith. Basically,they want me t… Akik…
  • Any golf fans out there? You could win this replica signed photograph of Tiger Woods valued at $295.00 if you'll send me your funniest wedding photo. I'll pick the winner after one week of entries.Send to … Borelf…
  • Have you ever been a victim of fraud? If you have been reading my blog awhile, then you may remember that once upon a time I was a victim of bank fraud: approximately $5,000 was taken from our checking accounts; some a&h…
  • Would you trade lives with me? The last five years of my life have been in some ways the best, and the worst I've ever had. They've been the best because I have probably experienced more, pushed harder, and tra……
  • How I lost my faith We realize that not everyone currently has God in their lives. Some people believed once and have lost their faith, while others have yet to find God at all. A Revelife user shared… revelife
  • Loving Day and multiraciality Today is a day of celebration! It marks the anniversary of the national legalization of interracial marriage in the U.S.Conveniently, the court case was Loving vs. Virginia (1967)… l…
  • The Los Angeles Lakers mispelled their name. That L in Lakers should really be an F.Oddly enough, I was almost right in my pre-NBA finals prediction, except I got the outcome all reversed. If you remember from a previous…
  • CONSERVATIVISM, RACISM AND BARACK OBAMA Since the time I was young, I have believed that the color of someone’s skin is irrelevant to their humanity. SwordAndSacrifice
  • Creation and Evolution Museum A group is planning on building an Evolution Museum right across the highway from the Creation Museum in Kentucky. Here is the link: Link Imagine you were standing between the tw… T…
  • The NBA Finals The NBA Finals (as always, click on pics for larger images) Welcome to what will be my most picture intensive entry ever. Stick through it and I hope you'll have as much fun as I… djcaptainzowie
  • Welfare Stereotypes by Mama Elephant"Do you know who the father of your baby is? Is he involved in the pregnancy? Has he ever hit, does he hit you or threaten to hit you now?"I was 19 when hubby an… momaroo
  • The Photo Exchange In today's world of digital photography, I've found that I take too many photographs but hardly ever print them. I post them on my Xanga, and every now and then I go back and take… GERKshinobi…
  • The Relationship Rules I wrote a pulse the other day that explained the two things you need to know about relationships.Those two things can be broken down into two itty bitty, bite-sized, 1 calorie sent… theblack…
  • Father's Day So yeah.. yesterday was Flag Day (aka the Army's birthday), and today is Father's Day. But still.. no days off because every day in Iraq is Monday.But, I entitled this entry "Fathe… tj187
  • xanga publishing i have an idea that i think would really benifit xanga. i think that xanga should start a small publishing company and only publish things that their members create. think about. i… fogofconfusion…
  • My Journey: A New Life and How I Met My Wife by mr. oakI wanted to start documenting a big part of my life right now. I'll just let the picture do the talking: No - this is not a scene from Indiana Jones and the Cryst…
  • ub3r pwNag3 So as you've probably realized by now, I'm a little bit of a nerd. And a qualification of being a nerd is playing video games. So the other day I was enjoying life and playing some… driftinggc8
  • Who Would Jesus Bomb? It seems like every day I am inundated with email forwards, usually from church members, extolling the virtues of our nation's leaders and the current war. First it was George W. … tx_christ…
  • Men Threatened by Strong Women?! Women are constantly telling me that "men are threatened by strong women".This is such a crock! All of my guy friends are dating or married to strong women. The idea that men a… treme…
  • Judge Recommended Private Suites! So I was cruising by Theoscafe today and noticed a post by Dan that asked the question, "If you were looking for God, where would you look?" I was surprised to see no shortage of a&helli…
  • Re: e-Crushing I posted the following comment on MuseErato's site regarding e-Crushes. We all have a few.I'm reposting it here since I can only produce a very limited amount of brilliance per day… Chinkzilla
  • 來Xanga工作! 紐約的暑期實習生! 部落格及社交網站 Xanga 招聘現址為紐約地區的雙語 (中文﹐英文) 暑期專欄編輯者。如果您是一位熱心的blogger﹐這將是個學習與獲得傳播媒體﹐社交網&# dan
  • e-Crushing I am too old to be crushing.A girl my age should be experienced enough (or at least mature enough) to approach a guy and start a friendly conversation. I have 23 years of experi… MuseErato
  • Rising Gas Prices by Mama LionI hadn't put gas in my car for a while now since usually hubby puts the gas in for me (I hate putting gas in my car), but last week I was forced to go since my tank was… momaroo
  • The fart of God...You know, as… The fart of God...You know, as much as I want to, I never tend to blog about my opinions on religious issues, because I'm always afraid of offending Christians, being bashed, or no&…
  • You can call me Gook....If you really want to.... I understand that many people find it offensive when they are called certain derogatory names by different ethnicities or sometimes by their same ethnicity.... I'm talki…
  • Romancing the Coolness On the ground floor of my apartment building is a coffeehouse called Romancing the Bean. It’s generally regarded in the community ashaving several advantages over Starbucks, which… manilajo…
  • The Five Types of Commenters You Meet on Featured Posts 1. LOL That's Awesome!Got to love people who say that out loud, and then think "Wow, that was so profound, I need to make that my comment!" Do you not have any othe…
  • Magnetic North photoshoot :. slideshow NYC, New York About five years ago...I was walking by the student union of my college campus when some music catches my ear. We often had random things happening on stage du&…
  • Unequally Yoked from mamma_sez My husband and I will celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary in September. He is not a Christian.How I came to be married to a non-Christian is a whole other blog be… revelife
  • What is your worst dating experience? If memory serves, this is the first time that I've bothered to answer a Featured Question. This one's for you, Legendairy. I will usually tell people that I've never dated before&h…
  • What is your worst dating experience? I have had many odd experiences in my dating life. I guess the one that was the worst was actually not a date.Arogant-butt-head had just found out he has passed the bar exams and w&h…
  • What is your worst dating experience? When I was 16, I worked as a lifeguard at Holiday Spa in the mall. One day, I was asked out by a man in his mid-twenties. I think he was a personal trainer or a manager there. All &h…
  • What is your worst dating experience? For those who read my posts regularly, consider this a re-post and a self-celebration of my submited question getting featured! A special thanks to Mahz for inspiring the question&h…
  • What is your worst dating experience? One of my worst dating experiences was one of my first dating experiences ever. My cousin wanted to go out with a guy and she begged me to be with his friend and we all go out tog&h…
  • What is your worst dating experience? Oh gosh, this is terrible.I took my ex (when she was still with me) out for a real romanitic dinner, we had a great time, good food amazing conversation, plenty of flirting, you kn&h…
  • Bathroom Pics! by Mama GoldfishI worked so hard on Baby Goldfish's bathroom last year.  Here are the pics!Hours and hours of carefully painting circles... Pink hand towel: JCPenney, $3.As you can… momaroo
  • Koi and Gingko Koi and GingkoAcrylic on canvas board8x10I just finished this one a few minutes ago. I'm kind of in love with the fishes at the moment... don't know why... Seems like the thing t… oceanstarr
  • Didn't You Get My Email? I hear this phrase more and more these days, and it's really beginning to annoy me. It has become the replacement phrase to many things like..."Our meeting time changed from next … Nathon…
  • paris an-other plane ride. an-other city. an-other song. some more pictures... louvre venus some water lilies headless angel mona lisa is popular large spider a grass covered car apart… emprise34
  • Wise words from the comic book store owner. The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2…
  • Season of Singleness from ccarothers Lately it seems like every weekend there is something wedding related for me to go to.It makes me depressed, kind of, in an unexplainable way.I've been single for a… revelife
  • The Token Black Guy Syndrome... Behind almost every hit teen television show is a tried and true (and predictable) formula that each show must adhere to. Basically, the key to a hit teen television show is that ……
  • Do all men want to have threesomes? Don't ask me why this topic jumped in my head. Maybe it had something to do with my recent pulse, but that was just because I was bored. This is more formal. Kind of like my "we&hel…
  • Beauty Freeeverse posted a weblog entry this morning about beauty standards. I liked it so much, that it inspired me to do something that's a little uncomfortable...post two pictures of … Amarisa
  • OBAMA WON!!!!! HILLARY CLINTON WILL NOT KILL US ALL! seargent_peppers
  • Post Partum Depression by Mama TurtleI don't know what else to title this than what I simply know it as. I don't know what I could possibly add afterwards other than I have dealt with this after each and… momaroo…
  • Super Heroes: What if they Were Among Us? I do not care how juvenile it may sound: I wonder what society would be like if super heroes existed. As my friends know, I'm something of a comic book and graphic novel junk…
  • Black Girl Pain On Friday, I was called a n*****. By a three-year-old.In McDonalds.So, where is the progress?Well, I've been called a nigger before. It hurt more this time it happened. Someone is … Complex_Simplic…
  • What I have against the military Disclosure: Every so often, I will have one of those posts that sincerely offends many of my readers, and then just like that, they are gone. This is likely to be one of&hellip…
  • Spiritual Friendship from MissyLui I went to the Redeemer Presbyterian Church's afternoon service yesterday. Tim Keller spoke about spiritual friendship. He said we as Christians are obligated to carry… revelife
  • I Support the War in Iraq Yes, I support the Troops, but that isn’t what I mean.I mean I think it’s a good thing we went to Iraq. Not a popular opinion, I know. You may commence with the produce throwing no… empre…
  • What are five things you hate? Hate is a powerful word. I don't usually use that word. I usually substitute it with dislike or disappointing or some such thing. Any way, there are a lot of things that I dislike……
  • Should gay marriage be legalized? Why or why not? I love it when the xanga question deals with real issues! And this one is my favorite, because I have a defined position, and amo to back it up.Gay marriage should be leg…
  • Dating Series: GUY VERSION - Part AWESOME by mr. oak As you probably already saw, newly soon to be hitched miss plumeria came up with 10 things she found about dating. I thought it was a very thoughtful account on dati…

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