owatagoosiam

@owatagoosiam (751)

United States • Age 54

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The joys of too much chocolate.

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 20 Mar 08

My sister has started to make some candies and share them with my family. They are very good treats and we enjoy them very much. We now have a lot more of these candies in our house than we would normally keep on hand and I'm...

chocoholic

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To train a dog, or let a dog be?

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 20 Mar 08

I have a roommate who seems to have strict ideas about how dogs should be. I am more relaxed. I like my dog eagerly greeting me when I come home. Sure, I don't like the dog jumping up on me (or jumping up on me in the morning when...

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Tatterhood and the Hobgoblins

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 20 Mar 08

I read this story to my daughter yesterday and I thought I'd recommend it. I don't think many people have head of it. It is taken from a Norwegian folktale. Two princesses, one beautiful and the other .. odd. It details their...

folklore

moral

tatterhood

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Rental Income

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 20 Mar 08

The housing market is poor. Homes are sitting for sale. Interest rates are not at all time lows, but still low. It seems to me, if I have a good credit score that I might still be able to get a loan to cover a second house and...

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Hornton Hears a Who

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 20 Mar 08

I took my daughter to see this movie as a spring break treat. Although it was a kids movie, I rather kind of liked it. I guess it was the line "A person's a person no matter how small." This seems like a very inclusive message,...

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Dancing child... does your child get fixated on songs?

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 20 Mar 08

My daughter develops 'favorite' songs which she wants to hear again and again. First, I remember "Underneath the Mango Tree" which was followed by "Bring me to Life." Then, she liked a song from "Coyote Ugly" for a while. Lately,...

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Children and Art.

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 11 Mar 08

Some of us can post pictures. I hadn't seen a thread devoted to posting some of your child's art -- an online virtual refrigerator, as it were. I thought I'd start a thread with this in mind. My daughter has been drawing on an...

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A child's small discoveries.

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 11 Mar 08

The other day, at the kitchen table, my daughter was sitting down and drawing. She had a pencil-like device which held a crayon like tip. The rest of the pen's length was clear and hollow inside, containing plastic and crayon tips...

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Tattoo removal on the rise

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 11 Mar 08

Apparently, tattoo removal has been on the rise recently. Or, at least, they are publishing articles about removing tattoos again. Some people get quiet extensively tattooed. Such that I don't think they can ever remove them...

regret

removal

tattoo

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About the St. Stanislaus situation

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 6 Mar 08

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stanislaus_Kostka_Church_%28Saint_Louis%29 St. Stanislaus Kostka Church is a former Roman Catholic church, established as a Catholic Parish in 1880 to serve the Polish community. The church is...

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40,000 affected by scandal over needles

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 6 Mar 08

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/E1B2D1392C803CD3862574040013736F?OpenDocument 40,000 affected by scandal over needles By Kathleen Hennessey THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 03/06/2008 LAS VEGAS — Nearly...

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Vaccine may have led to autism-like symptoms.

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 6 Mar 08

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-05-autism-vaccines_N.htm MILWAUKEE (AP) — Government health officials have conceded that childhood vaccines worsened a rare, underlying disorder that ultimately led to autism-like...

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When do you take a dog back to the vet?

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 1 Mar 08

My wife commented that our dog tends to shake her head and scratch at her ear a lot. She's said this in the past and I've had our pet looked at by the vet. That was a few months ago now. They didn't find anything wrong. My wife...

dogs

vet

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Adults reading children's books.

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 1 Mar 08

There are some books, apparently written for children, which adults can read and still enjoy. One example would have been "The Hobbit" which I believe was intended to be read by a younger audience. Another, more recent, example...

reading

to children

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Changing standards for enjoying a movie.

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 1 Mar 08

When I was a bit younger, I would look at a movie and criticize it. This is impossible, that is unreasonable, why didn't they think to do this. In fact, I would drive my now-wife then-girlfriend crazy. In particular, the lousy...

dragons

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Music and memory.

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 1 Mar 08

They tell me that scent can be a powerful evoker of memory. That a smell, like apple pie, can bring back a flood of memories of grandma's kitchen. That the lingering scent of a loved one on old clothes can make you feel as if that...

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A most endearing toy

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 1 Mar 08

My daughter has many toys, including an entire playpen of stuffed animals. Each toy, I'm sure, serves its own purpose when she plays. Her mother would know more than I do which toys captivate her the most. However, some seem to...

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What do you like about your job?

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 29 Feb 08

There aren't many people who list nuclear medicine technician as one of their interests. Not on mylot. But this is my job. And, most of the time, I enjoy it. I'm a rather insular sort of person. I can spend a lot of time just...

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What is one of the most interesting discussion threads you've participated in?

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 29 Feb 08

http://www.mylot.com/w/newsarticle/663925.aspx A news article spawned a flurry of posting from me. The politics of the piece are not important. What's important is that I could 'get into' the meat behind this article and this...

interesting

stimulating discussion

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Stimulating discussion, actually having fun with a post.

owatagoosiam @owatagoosiam (751) • United States 29 Feb 08

politics

stimulating discussions