oxymoron--figure of speech that juxtaposes things that are contradictory--such as "a good death"

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 26, 2019:

That would give one pause if you took it literally.

Headed for a short trip to Maine in the morning. Surprising my mother for her birthday!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Happy birthday to Mama!! Have a good trip!

Did you grow up with an avocado kitchen? 🤔

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Thank goodness no. We had some green stuff, but not much. We mostly had white and no particular style. I am not fond of green so I don't have much green ever in any home I've ever lived in. Yes, if you know me, I did 6 years in the Army and another 12 years as a spouse and I really don't like green, especially OD or Avocado green. I do eat lots of avocados though.

I took myself to lunch ! When I was still dating an over-the-top god person, we discovered this...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 25, 2019:

I go into restaurants from time to time with just me. Sometimes as a treat, sometimes as a girl has to eat and eating in the car is not an option for me. I try to take a book/tablet with me, or grab a newspaper. Whether with someone or alone, we still gotta eat.

Ok, I just got this overwhelming feeling of dread. Could this all be a set up?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Like riding a roller coaster.

Me an attitude!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Adorable!

Hmmm... any bet on this?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

And he has a bridge for sale as well. Would you trust him as far as you could throw him?

Federal judge rules an anti-LGBTQ church can legally be called a ‘hate group’ / LGBTQ Nation

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

A federal judge has ruled that an anti-LGBTQ Florida-based church, D. James Kennedy Ministries, can be labelled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a matter of free speech. Although the court didn’t decide on whether the church itself is an actual hate group, the SPLC says the church “maligns the entire LGBT community.” The church and its corporate entity, Coral Ridge Ministries Media Inc., sought to sue the SPLC stating that the group “illegally trafficked in false and misleading descriptions of the services offered by [the group] and committed defamation against DJKM arising from the publication and distribution of false information that libels the ministry’s reputation.” The church also sought to sue the online retailer Amazon because the SPLC’s designation rendered it ineligible for charitable donations through Amazon’s giving programs, as well as GuideStar, an organization that connects donors and grant-makers to non-profit organizations, for dropping the church from its services. Judge Myron Thompson of the U.S. District Court in Montgomery, Alabama tossed out the lawsuit, basically stating that free speech rights allow the SLPC to label the church as a hate group if it wants. In a statement, SPLC President Richard Cohen said: “The fact that Coral Ridge claims its statements about the LGBT community are biblically based doesn’t immunize it from criticism. We have a First Amendment right to express our opinions, just as Coral Ridge has a right to express its opinions.” The Miami Herald reports that the church was named after mega-church pastor D. James Kennedy Ministries, a man who co-founded the Moral Majority, a politically influential lobby that successfully tied conservative politics to evangelical Christianity in the ’70s. Church spokesman John Rabe defended the ministry against the hate group designation, saying, “We believe that marriage is a central institution to society and it was ordained by God. [We] would not advocate any sort of violence or any sort of prejudice. We absolutely affirm equal rights for homosexuals and all other people. We believe in equal rights.” However, the SPLC says that every church on its anti-LGBTQ hate group list spreads anti-LGBTQ messages.

Be best y’all!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Melania doesn't strike me as being aware of much going on around her, must be the prozac.

Ya think tRump is bent out of shape tonight?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I hope he is sweating bullets.

My date with the lady I met on the bus last week went splendidly! We split a pizza at a restaurant,...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

That is exciting! I'm so happy for you!

Trump mocks teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg - CNNPolitics

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I would disagree that Drumpf is leader of the free world, I think that title moved over to Angela Merkel. Whoever it is, it ain't Donaldo cuz the US is no longer part of the free world. Maybe the leader is Justin, I could follow him!

We can but hope!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I love how there is no dissembling with her. You know what she is thinking, and I so agree with her!

Be careful my friends.....

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I don't believe in luck, but I also am thankful for menopause.

Would you buy it????

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

No, I can get it free on the Internet.

Quite often, I really feel like I hate dealing with that big world out there.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Me too. I live to make the world better for my grand babies. But I'm telling you, most days I know I'm fighting a losing battle. But I cannot give up until I absolutely cannot go on any more. They need me, and I need them.

This is getting out of hand unbelieveable

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

OMFG, I cry for America.

Curious.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Not only would I cringe, but I'd avoid him like the plague. His choice of accessories tells me he has a mindset incompatible with mine.

The 10 year old girl, form Texas, who contracted brain eating amoeba, has died.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Seriously, I want to slap people when they say they will pray. Kiss My Ass, I know what that means. It means I'm going to fall asleep. I know cuz I used to do it!

It's nipply..

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Well, she has to show off the goods. With all the enhancement she has had, do you suppose she has any feeling in them? Show everyone where they money was spent, best boobs money can buy. I can't imagine her nursing a baby, that would be too human. That outfit just does not say professional, and in fact I think she looks dowdy. Dowdy and sluttish all at the same time, she is so talented.

Christians Who Support Trump Are Morally and Spiritually Superior Than Other Devotees, Pastor Robert...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Jeebus these morons... my equality is better than your equality and mom loved me more than you! Freaking punk ass babies.

🤯😱😄🤪😳🙃 Hahahahahahahaha! Donald Trump at UN: President said he deserves Nobel ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

WE need an eyeroll emoji, he should not even have those words in his filthy pie hole.

[twitter.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting this. That was amazing! What wise council she receive and the outpouring of love makes me so happy!

Might as well be trump!!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

I really blame Fox News for the demise of my marriage, or for turning my ex into the ultra conservative non thinking (cough) individual he is. Damn, I should have blocked that channel. If I knew then, but then again, maybe it just reinforced his conservatism. When we first met I was amazed at this critical thinking skills. Now I'm amazed at his BS. He admitted picking and choosing what he follows in the buybull. Oy.

My family cannot seem to accept that I no longer believe in god.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

Educate them, ask them to watch Zeitgeist with you, and a few hundred other documentaries. Ask them to read "Atheists for Dummies." Truly a good guide. Yeah, I used to believe also, I taught buybull studies and was very active in my church. I came fully out of the closet after my divorce, and my kids grew up as skeptics if not outright atheists. Their dad is still a devout uber conservative xian. The kids and dad all live within 20 miles of me. The kids like to do "family" celebrations, so on holidays and birthdays, and sometimes more often dad and I are together, we're amicable. Occasionally it get heated.... He always falls back on the "I'll pray for you" canned answer. Our middle daughter (age 31) just came out and plans to start dating women, he dad is not happy, but praying for her. (Eye roll) Give the family time, it is an adjustment, and just keep loving them. Always, always be willing to listen. Stress the parts that you agree with them, and urge them to explore the differences.

NARRISCHKEIT. - Noun...foolishness, nonsense. Yiddish, from the German narrische (foolish).

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

It is early and I'm not fully functioning yet. I think that can be twisted some way as to allow narcissistic, and given the reference to Don I think appropriate. It's still damn dark out, remind me why I'm up... Ah, the ultimate foolishness, gotta go to work.

Help please, can somebody tell me what this is and what it's used for?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

It looks painful!!

Here's the thing: All IMAGINARY things are the same.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Yeah, but keep in mind money is imaginary too. We assign a value to small pieces of essentially paper and we trust the other person to have the same value for the paper. According to Yuval Noah Harari that is what helped humans/Homo Sapiens evolve further than other of the homo species. We have shared stories and imagination.

Just in case you have not seen Midnight during the day.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

First she is adorable. Second, you're a damn good dad, and now a good dog dad as well. Thanks for posting!

If all religion ended tomorrow, what do you think would happen to all the churches,etc.?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Some would make good community centers, schools, or homeless shelters. Or food kitchens. Or theaters. I'd rather not see them torn down for the most part, but repurposed.

I have a question -- I recently met a nice, middle-aged woman close to my age (I'm 65) on the bus.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Ya know, my own experience is that so many people have episodes of depression it is practically pandemic. I think there are some angry people out there who have underlying depression. I'd say depression is like toenail fungus. You have it, you treat it as needed, you go on with life. If someone chooses not to get to know you because of it, it is their loss. BUT make sure you're not letting it stop you.

I don't think that I am asking too much.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Yes, that is what I want. I am not sure it exists.

I'm in mourning for an almost perfect man that I just blocked online.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

I think about joining POF or one of those sites again, and then I read something like this and ... Nah, I'm good as I am.

I know which I belong in ❤🐶🐕❤

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

No outfit is complete with cat or dog hair, or any beloved pet.

I know which group I belong in ❤🐶🐕❤

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

No outfit is complete without cat or dog hair.

Families Go Deep in Debt to Stay in the Middle Class - WSJ

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

The American middle class is falling deeper into debt to maintain a middle-class lifestyle. Cars, college, houses and medical care have become steadily more costly, but incomes have been largely stagnant for two decades, despite a recent uptick. Filling the gap between earning and spending is an explosion of finance into nearly every corner of the consumer economy. Consumer debt, not counting mortgages, has climbed to $4 trillion—higher than it has ever been even after adjusting for inflation. Mortgage debt slid after the financial crisis a decade ago but is rebounding. Student debt totaled about $1.5 trillion last year, exceeding all other forms of consumer debt except mortgages. Auto debt is up nearly 40% adjusting for inflation in the last decade to $1.3 trillion. And the average loan for new cars is up an inflation-adjusted 11% in a decade, to $32,187, according to an analysis of data from credit-reporting firm Experian. Unsecured personal loans are back in vogue, the result of competition between technology-savvy lenders and big banks for borrowers and loan volume. The debt surge is partly by design, a byproduct of low borrowing costs the Federal Reserve engineered after the financial crisis to get the economy moving. It has reshaped both borrowers and lenders. Consumers increasingly need it, companies increasingly can’t sell their goods without it, and the economy, which counts on consumer spending for more than two-thirds of GDP, would struggle without a plentiful supply of credit. Changing Portfolio Mortgage balances have accounted for more than two-thirds of U.S. household debt since 2003 but other balances such as auto loans have been growing quickly in recent years. Nonhousing consumer debt surged by $1 trillion in real terms between 2013 and 2019 while housing debt increased by just half that. Sources: Wall Street Journal analysis of New York Federal Reserve's Consumer Credit Panel data; U.S. Federal Reserve's consumer credit data (credit cards) In one sense, the growing consumer debt is a vote of confidence in the future. People borrowing money today expect to have the income tomorrow to pay it back. Consumer debt tends to rise when borrowers feel secure in their jobs. But the debt pile is also an accumulated ledger of economic risk. It should be manageable so long as unemployment remains low. If job losses begin to rise, it would become unsustainable for some share of borrowers, raising chances of an increase in missed payments and lenders writing off unpaid balances. The Fed lowered interest rates on Wednesday because it sees rising risks of a slowdown that could boost unemployment. Average income and expenses, percentagechange over three decades Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (income); the ...

Unique Events

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

Aksarben Rodeo. Now spell Aksarben backwards and you have Nebraska. They were really intellectual out here, still are. We have Arbor Lodge, former home of J. Sterling Morton founder of Arbor day just a bit south of where I live. Omaha has an Oracle, also known as Warren Buffet.

I do not always make the most interesting posts but I have to say this is a great community.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

Thanks!!! I love this community too. It is my sanity and my sounding board.

My mother used to have these, she let us have a piece once, it was nasty. 😬

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

My dad used that stuff, I used to grab some when I got a chance. It was candy but not candy.

What are you?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

I am a tree hugging, recycling, repurposing, reusing, peace loving, earth mother, Hippie Chick Goddess.

Need I say more....

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

Thank you for your service.

Mayhem!!!!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

OMG, so who put the cameras in my house? Like you're reading my diary.

Those who dispute global warming are either grossly stupid or, even worse, like the poster child for...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Currently my book club is reading The Uninhabitable Earth - Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells. I'm not confident of the world we're leaving my grand children. It makes me very sad for them.

Oh FFS!!! That asshole is so desperate that he's pandering to the delusional, again.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Freaking moron our orange ignoramus.

I just read an article about how evangelicals are doing a wonderful job of creating atheists.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

I am an atheist because I read their book. Several times. And taught it.

Remember when girls used to iron their hair?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

I tried it once, that was enough.

Some people and events are difficult to deal with, but they can only stress us if we let them.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Disagree, some shit is just going to be stressful, and ya gotta endure it. Air pollution is stressful, noise is stressful. I don't choose to be in noisy environments, but that ambulance didn't ask my permission before it blew down my block.

Wow!! have you ever used one of these? 😏

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Nope, we never had that stuff.

One of my Evangelical classmates calls himself "a justified sinner" to excuse his homophobia, self ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

He's an asshole, pure and simple. He "thinks" he is a justified sinner, but that is just saying he KNOWS he is an asshole.. We can only hope that future employers will see his BS and he will be unemployed.

Yes, it really did exist!❤

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 19, 2019:

You can have anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.

About 1 a week.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 18, 2019:

I don't know how many times I've been blocked and I don't care. I am not to everyone's taste, nor is everyone to mine. I've figured out that not everyone has to like me, and if what I say disturbs someone's peace they need to do what they need to do. And I also do what I need to do to preserve my own peace. The only reason I might need to know if someone has blocked me is I have several groups and I need to see what is posted in my group. However most folks who block me don't wanna be in my groups either, so it is all cool. I try to live and let live.

Mmmmm Beto!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 17, 2019:

Do you think he can still get it up for Mother?

Check this idiot out! I don't even know what to say

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 17, 2019:

Men have finally discovered a form of birth control that is 100% effective. No woman wants that close to her.

Love it...Made me laugh!!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 17, 2019:

But the dogs can run the lab tests.

Has anyone ever had this kind of mayonnaise?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 17, 2019:

EWWWW!

I’ll be at the New York City event, because if we don’t address climate change, finding our ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 17, 2019:

I am currently reading The Uninhabitable Earth - David Wallace-Wells. Oy veh! I'm not feeling good about the world the grandbabies will have.

grawlix 1.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 16, 2019:

I never knew that before!

Manhattan district attorney subpoenas 8 years of Trump tax returns [cnn.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 16, 2019:

Woot!! I hope they get an eyeful!

Joe Biden Is a Phony, Plain and Simple Norman Solomon • 4/24/2019 "Let’s be blunt: As a ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 16, 2019:

I like Joe, but I think it is time to give it up and retire. Old white Christian men don't get to run the show any longer.

So painfully delightful I just had to share - enjoy: [buzzfeed.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 16, 2019:

Wow! Maybe I should have written that novel after all. My HS English teacher said first write the smuttiest novel that you can, it will sell and you can live off the proceeds while you write your masterpiece. Damn, should have listened to him.

Kellyanne Conway suggests Trump is better because he doesn’t “study” situations before making ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 16, 2019:

Oh dear GAWD, that makes so much nonsense. But it explains soooo much!

I do not go on FaceBook very often I rarely read post there anymore.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 16, 2019:

Apparently you have to opt in and it is an app. Since I generally only use FB at home on my laptop this isn't going to be convenient for me. https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/09/facebook-dating/

I do not go on FaceBook very often I rarely read post there anymore.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 16, 2019:

I have been on FB for 12 years. I joined as a college student when FB was just beginning and limited to just college email address. Yes I was a very non-traditional college student. I have not noticed any new messages from anyone not on my friends list. Should I feel neglected?

peccadillo--a small, rather unimportant offense or sin

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2019:

Good word!

I planted 3 or 4 new daylilies this past Spring, all selected for having an "eye" and for being a ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2019:

Beautiful!!

So what are some peoples strategy to keep things organized?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2019:

Get rid of the junk!! If you haven't used it in more than a year get rid of it.

I have stripped my thai pepper and pequine pepper plants several times and kept putting them in ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2019:

Do you have the time and energy to recan? If so do, If not, take your chances or have some parties!

I asked a good while ago, in a different group, what it means when a cat raises it's head and closes...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2019:

I am told that the cat is sending you good vibes. My cats do it when they're being affectionate. It is a sign the cat thinks you're safe and they feel good with you.

How many times have I said that?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2019:

But remember.... No matter where you go, there you are.

Yesterday afternoon I was at a Mediterranean fete.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2019:

I love "ethnic" foods of all types. It sounds like a fun time.

I find it amazing that there is a small segment of women that fall hard for guys like that.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2019:

I total don't get it. Why do you fall for a proven track record of mayhem. Leopard don't change their spots. I used to have an acquaintance in an online divorce group. She was upset that her soon to be ex was treating her just like he was treating his other "crazy" exes. Yeah, go figure.

Moved over to Silly, Random Fun.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 14, 2019:

There is no link or anything...

"Maybe You Don’t Know What Love Is" -- on conditional vs.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 14, 2019:

This is a good article. I've been used a time or two, so I'm maybe hyper alert for "conditions." They weren't always bad conditions, but I wasn't willing to accept the conditions. It wasn't building towards a more fulfilling relationship so I ended it. I had a gentleman who only wanted to come over and watch TV, it was Downton Abby. He was going out with friends and visiting family but he only wanted me for Downton Abby. Not much of any conversation or anything, just watch TV. I wanted more, he didn't, I ended it. It comes down to I want to be with someone who wants to be with me just because we like to be with each other. No conditions, no parameters. We just enjoy each other.

We have had a lot of rain this year.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 14, 2019:

Sorry, not even a smidgen of an idea.

He thinks his desire is a powerful magnet. On what planet?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 14, 2019:

Wishful thinking.

Who is America's enemy?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 14, 2019:

I shared that, thanks!

I've not been on Agnostic much this week.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 14, 2019:

Glad you're back and good to hear a good report of the VA.

Fact or fiction😆

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 14, 2019:

It's crazy, the government is a circus of clowns and elephants and bad plumbing.

[agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 13, 2019:

I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, but... she says I identify as a humanist. I'm spiritual but do not believe in any specific belief system BUT in her details she says believes in Gabriel... and 100% certain there is a God.. Sorry, I'm a member of the American Humanist Association and that is not a belief we have. Yeah NO. Nice boobs, she is really putting them out there. The name makes me go hmmmm. Efya, really. F Ya. Or is it just me. Pictures don't pop on tin eye. But I do see a scammer potential here.

zaftig--(of a woman) having a fully rounded figure, plump

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 13, 2019:

I have used that term in dating profiles in the past, and I kept having to explain it. I kept thinking, you're online, google it. Not impressed with those responses.

[agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 13, 2019:

Wow CB!! You do good and FAST work!

TODAY'S QUOTE "Lord God, let us live, I beg You, I want to live! I've experienced so little of ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 13, 2019:

That is very powerful. And yes, we are living in those times again with children in cages. No child should be caged, ever! And here we are again. We are not a compassionate nation, we are not living up to our potential and to what is inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty. We need a huge change, I hope to see it in my lifetime.

Another reason to legalize

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 12, 2019:

Marijuana makes family gatherings safer.

Sapiophile--someone who is attracted to intelligent people

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 12, 2019:

That is me!

I expect that some of you have heard of psychologist Stanley Milgram and his "authority " experiment...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 12, 2019:

Stockholm syndrome

Yup...I need work on this!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 12, 2019:

I recommend regular pedicures.

A message putin's puppet.....

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 12, 2019:

He's totally right!

Open ended question for y'all.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 11, 2019:

I have learned to be content on my own. If I find someone, fine. If I don't, I'm still fine.

They need eye drops!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 11, 2019:

Gotta pray to the porcelain god

I am so in love and want this baby

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 11, 2019:

Too cute! His name should be Dobby

Donald Trump does not like spies, thinks they get in the way of his ‘personal relationships’ ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 11, 2019:

We need an eye roll emoji.

Tennessee lawmaker calls for removal of higher education to cut off ‘liberal breeding ground’ | ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 11, 2019:

A friend was discussing that people with college degrees are having fewer children, and those with less education are breeding like rabbits. Boggles the mind.

The bullying continues.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 11, 2019:

Are we winning yet?

Those people can leave!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 11, 2019:

I don't associate willingly with folks that don't like cats. Cats are the very best of people.

[agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 11, 2019:

Jeebus, that was a short tenure!! Woot!

[agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 10, 2019:

He is no longer available!!

I went through so many changes last year that it was overwhelming.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 10, 2019:

You end up with you no matter how many changes and changing who you are is really hard.

Interesting article [psychologytoday.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 10, 2019:

And women are tired of dealing with BS. Easier to live alone than to take on a full grown adult child.

True for trump and evangelical supporters

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 10, 2019:

That is so spot on!

This Friday the 13th🌕

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 10, 2019:

I don't plan to be here for that next one, I will need to get out to enjoy this one.