balaspa

@balaspa (24)

United States • Age 52

Joined myLot 18 years ago

Writer from Chicago

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Looking at Weather

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 28 Dec 06

I am continually amazed at Midwesterners and how they react to the weather in winter. This is the Midwest. Every year the weather gets cold and we have snow. In fact, this year has been surprisingly mild so far. Still, people...

Those Who Are Holiday People and Those Who are Not

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 27 Dec 06

I don't understand some holidays. New Years Eve is one of them. It just seems like the type of holiday where people stand around and get drunk. I am not the type who enjoys doing that. I also hate Valentines Day, which I think...

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Attack of the Big Giant Head

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 23 Dec 06

Despite the whole incident with Miss USA having both a ridiculous beauty pageant and Donald Trump involved, in my opinion the villain in this story is Rosie O'Donnell. Rosie with her big fat flapping annoying giant head and her...

Maintaining Neutrality

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 21 Dec 06

Being a cynic and, therefore, a natural skeptic is tough at times. Essentially you are stuck in a perpetual Catch-22 scenario. This is especially true when it comes to conspiracy theories. Sometimes you hear one and say to...

Man’s Greatest Invention

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 19 Dec 06

In all of the history of the world mankind has developed some truly fantastic inventions. Of course many people will talk about the wheel. Others will talk about the internal combustion engine. Arguments can be made that the...

Mother gets jail time for having kids snap nude photos of her

Rumble @Rumble (523) • United States 17 Dec 06

A woman who admitted that she ordered her 12-year old son and 13-year-old daughter to take pictures of her in seductive nude poses showed up in court wearing jeans with "Booty" emblazoned on the left rear pocket and "Licious" on...

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balaspa Only nine months? That's far too little time for something like that. She should also have her kids taken away, if they haven't been already.

18 Dec 06

Picking up Dog Poop..is that that big of a Deal?

Jshean20 @Jshean20 (14349) • Canada 17 Dec 06

I know how annoying and disgusting it is to step into dog poop, but do you really think that people should be charged just for not picking up dog poop? I think there are worse "crimes to commit". Have you ever actually heard of...

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balaspa I think you should be charged, fined and imprisoned. Nothing worse than walking through a park and finding nothing but piles of poop everywhere. I have a dog and I always walk her with a plastic bag in my pocket and always pick up after her. It's just...

18 Dec 06

Curious about something, what is Minimum Wage where you live?

killailla @killailla (1301) • Canada 17 Dec 06

I am quite shocked as min wage here is apparantly $8/hour (canada) but they can pay $6.00 for people who have not had 500 hours work experience in their lives until they have reached 500 hours, this is so ridiculous, the...

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balaspa I believe it is $5.15 an hour (US). Not very much.

18 Dec 06

Athletes Behaving Badly

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 18 Dec 06

Right now the city of Chicago is caught up in Bears-fever. People are somehow convinced that they will be playing in the Super Bowl in February. Of course, given the most-recent performance they will be lucky to be in the lead...

Closer than We Thought

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 16 Dec 06

I was watching television not very long ago and I happened to stumble across the show “Primetime Live.” It’s tough to keep the news magazine shows separate, and I will acknowledge that. They all seem to tell the same stories...

How many tattoos do you have

jennichad217 @jennichad217 (275) • United States 6 Oct 06

Of what and where, what is the story behind them!

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balaspa None. I never saw an image and thought, "yes I need to have that permanently etched on my skin." My brother has several, however and they are rather interesting. However, he should probably tell his own tales.

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Are you single?

Leonora @Leonora (1633) • Portugal 23 Nov 06

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balaspa Yes, and I would say depressingly so. It's hard to meet people these days and, especially if you have a job where you get to work from home.

15 Dec 06

Neobux - do you ever get the urge to just jump right in and

Sergeantrom @sergeantrom (5721) • United States 30 Jul 10

put up a full investment into Neobux? So you can see for yourself how quickly you can earn your money back and get those $1000+ dollars we keep hearing about? The most I can risk without getting sick to my stomach is about $3. I...

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balaspa put up a full investment into Neobux? So you can see for yourself how quickly you can earn your money back and get those $1000+ dollars we keep hearing about? The most I can risk without getting sick to my stomach is about $3. I think about investing all the...

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Do you or have you ever smoked Marijauna ?

cclay34 @cclay34 (486) • United States 14 Dec 06

Do you or have you ever smoked Marijauna ? Do you see anything wrong with smoking marijauna ? I personaly dont see anything wrong with it and think it should be legalized. A lot of countries have discovered that after legalizing...

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balaspa I never have. Never looked appealing to me and I never even tried it. However, if people want to do it, I say let them.

15 Dec 06

Christmas is soo near! Can you feel it? What does CHRISTMAS means to you?

Katie247 @Katie247 (64) • Philippines 15 Dec 06

Christmas is soo near! Can you feel it? What does CHRISTMAS means to you? At this generation, Christmas would only mean new clothes, shoes or bags, compulsary gift giving and spending a lot of money on nonsense...

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balaspa To me the holidays are about family, really. That is why I have started to get happier about Thanksgiving rather than Christmas. Thanksgiving is just about eating and being with your family and not about running around and getting presents and worrying about...

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Will u b happy to see X-Mas over?..I know I will!

canadabis1 @canadabis1 (1953) • Canada 14 Dec 06

Every yr...one headache after another...shopping malls...having to put up with family u dont bother with the rest of the year...spending way to much time and money on a meal thats gone in minutes...having to buy gifts for people...

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balaspa Dear God, yes. I am not even ready for Christmas to BE here yet! Of course, I always like getting presents, and there is always a bit of a post-holiday "ok, now what?" but generally, I am glad for all of the chaos to be over with.

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Holiday versus Christmas

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 15 Dec 06

Some of you may remember the historic battle that took place this time last year. Well, if you believed the wackos out there like Billy-boy O’Reilly and other whack-a-moles who were trying to convince the world there was this...

political correctness

The Good Ol’ Days of Horror

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 14 Dec 06

I have been a fan of horror and horror movies for almost as long as I can remember. I have been through the various phases of horror. When I was a kid it was common to find those black and white movies that probably instilled...

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Being a Sports Fan Instead of a Sports Idiot

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 13 Dec 06

I have never understood some of the insane things that go on in various sporting events. The things fans do have never made much sense to me. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am all for having fun at a sporting event. I am a huge fan...

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What does this mean??

Ambur25 @Ambur25 (1006) • United States 12 Dec 06

I know there are alot of people out there that know what dreams mean.... I've been having "sort of" the same dream week after week! But, it's so graphic, and so.... ew! That I can't even describe it. But, it deals with...

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balaspa I have always wondered what some of my recurring dreams meant. I often dream that my teeth have come loose or are falling out. Also, I dream a lot about tornadoes and storms. I am thinking the storms have to do with times when I feel my life is in upheaval...

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