My patient died, I held his hand as he went to sleep and told him we'd look after him.

birdingnut comments on May 1, 2018:

OMG..I'm sorry that happened. Nope. Not a job I'd like.

I have been dating a Christian woman for about a month.

birdingnut comments on May 1, 2018:

I would never date a religious man, even back when I was still in the church. I usually found them to be poorly educated, have low intelligence, patriarchal, no hobbies, no interests, and zero sense of humor.

Seeking more adjunct or teacher advice- I’ve said before that I’m a teacher at a prison, and ...

birdingnut comments on May 1, 2018:

Adjuncts are paid less per hour than fast food workers, and most have to have side jobs and live with parents to survive. They get zero respect, are expected to give high grades to everyone, and it's a total scam. Find another job, with less stress and more respect, like a garbage collector. By the way, I don't even believe in grades..it's all nonsense. Many Adjunct Professors Make Little More Than Minimum Wage https://aflcio.org/2016/5/4/many-adjunct-professors-make-little-more-minimum-wage

Hello! Nice community here!

birdingnut comments on May 1, 2018:

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It is amazing how even on this site some believe their opinions are the only ones that count ?

birdingnut comments on May 1, 2018:

That's just human nature, LOL!

Hi there, I'm brand new to the site so please bare with me while I get a photo and what not sorted ...

birdingnut comments on May 1, 2018:

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Blame it on the moon, no? [earthsky.org]

birdingnut comments on May 1, 2018:

When I lived on my Kentucky farm in the US, I used to camp in a screen tent out by the horse pasture every night year around so I could keep an eye on meteor showers and keep track of night birds and animals. During full moon, it was sometimes hard to sleep because of the bright light. I even slept outdoors in a hammock when I moved to Thailand in 2010 until I moved to this last apartment in Songkhla, where my hammock stand wouldn't fit on my balcony. The trouble with sleeping in a hammock is that you can't stay awake for more than 15 seconds, so it was mostly sky watching time wasted.

Of course I do not believe in god (s).

birdingnut comments on May 1, 2018:

This is an agnostic website, so skepticism about deities and religion is a given. Yet so many continue to discuss it, which puzzles me. Why discuss fiction, unless it has entertainment value, which I don't find in religion.

Hi everyone, I'm new here and was wondering if any of you listen to the podcast "The Skeptics Guide ...

birdingnut comments on Apr 30, 2018:

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I honestly can't figure this app out.

birdingnut comments on Apr 30, 2018:

Hi, Sean! You're doing fine..you wrote an intriguing profile and answered many of the profile questions, which earned you points. Then you make comments on other posts and write your own posts to earn more points. When you reach level two you can private message people. You can also locate members who live near you, and preset the search to find people within age and distance preferences.

Anyone else hate what they do for a living?

birdingnut comments on Apr 30, 2018:

I can't do work that I hate. I teach because it's one of the few things I like to do, but there's little money in it in the US, unless you teach foreign students online, or teach ESL in a country with a low cost of living.

I have liked both types of zombie movies / stories.

birdingnut comments on Apr 30, 2018:

I enjoy light-hearted zombie movies but ones that take themselves seriously only annoy me.

Empty Temples

birdingnut comments on Apr 30, 2018:

Good to see!

Hmmm.

birdingnut comments on Apr 30, 2018:

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Anybody know anything about Atrial Fibrillation?

birdingnut comments on Apr 30, 2018:

Use google to find out medical terms. As for trusting the US medical society you are obviously naive. Always find out as much as you can about your heath conditions and natural cures and treatments before turning yourself over to people who get kick-backs from the synthetic, toxic drug pharmacy industry for keeping people patients for life. A new study by patient-safety researchers published in the BMJ on Tuesday, shows that “medical errors” in hospitals and other health-care facilities are incredibly common and may now be the third-leading cause of death in the United States — claiming 251,000 lives every year, more than respiratory disease, accidents, stroke and Alzheimer’s. Researchers: Medical errors now third leading cause of death in United States https://wapo.st/1SKx7Ee?tid=ss_tw=.6402e680b75f

Does anyone suffer from tinnitus? If so have you found any help for it?

birdingnut comments on Apr 30, 2018:

Something I changed in my diet or supplements cleared it up years ago. I think maybe adding magnesium to my pills? I also eat very little processed food, and only eat fish and eggs, with the rest vegetables and nuts

If you are atheist now and used to be religious what was your past religion?

birdingnut comments on Apr 30, 2018:

My parents were United Methodist missionaries to Haiti. I accepted it as default, but became increasingly disenchanted with their illogical doctrine..i.e. "god controls everything and everything that happens is his will," and "god will punish you for sin, or not doing enough good deeds."

Any one in my area want to help me. may be long shot, get my puppy now about 8 months old back?

birdingnut comments on Apr 30, 2018:

Someone stole your dog? Dogs from animal shelters are chipped, so it might turn up. Otherwise, walk or drive around the neighborhood, looking into backyards.

"When the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York recently released a list of priests credibly accused...

birdingnut comments on Apr 30, 2018:

Who else but pedophiles would be attracted to an institution that gives unmarried men access to children, a position of trust with parents, and guaranteed prosecution protection from bosses?

Welcome me! I’m new.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

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A former 'MythBusters' extra thanks Adam Savage for crushing a harmful myth about gender.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

I need to save this link for this agnostic forum. I can almost count on being trolled any time I post something about gender issues, the same as when I mention anything about reincarnation, UFOs or teleportation. I've blocked so many trolls by now that there are now fewer of them to attack me, and I usually add a threat to block trolls each time I mention gender. It shocks me when even women here leap in to attack me, declaring that THEY are women, so what I'm saying is a lie because they "know" they aren't that way, so nobody can be. They behave exactly like the alt-right I used to fight on Facebook...everything they don't personally experience is "fake news!"

Forced marriage is not just a foreign problem.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

That is sickening. I always cringe with horror when my naive American Caucasian friends date Middle Eastern Muslim, or Indian men because they are "so cute." I try to only date Caucasian men of similar education levels and backgrounds, as I've found that even blue collar white American men usually have strong patriarchal tendencies.

Hey! I just found this group! Cool! Here's how I roll: queer; ace (asexual); aro (aromantic); FtN ...

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

HI!

What's your opinion of assisted suicide?

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

I'm all for it, but of course greedy people could pressure vulnerable relatives to ask for suicide, just to get rid of them and inherit their money. If there were reliable safeguards, then maybe.

What's your favorite spicy food?

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Thai and Mexican food. I lived in Mexico one semester plus my mom cooked Mexican food for my dad, who grew up in west TX, and of course I eat Thai food here in Thailand. I can't eat the actual spicy Thai food, but a toned down version, that's still hot, but doesn't make me choke.

Explain levels

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

You get an agnostic T-shirt at level eight, and are also made a moderator around level four, I think.

Any women north of Houston? Looking to meet someone around Spring,Conroe or Huntsville.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

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Trying to start over.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

The book The Rules has great advice that I've found to work perfectly. To prevent men just using you for sex, only accept dates for three days ahead, forcing them to plan ahead and stop taking you for granted. If they ask you to meet them that afternoon to "hang out," just say you would love to, but already have plans. This implies you have a busy dating life, not some loser hoping for crumbs, and makes you seem more valuable than a "quickie" pal. When men do ask you on an actual date three days ahead, then accept, but take your own car and meet in a public place. End the date first, and go home alone. Don't have sex until you're exclusive. That forces the horn dogs to either move on to an easier lay, or to start seeing you as an actual person, missing you, and working to get your attention. But if you are dating a woman, she is more likely to care about your actual personality and hobbies. When I'm in male mode, and have a crush on a woman I would walk on water to be with her, so I know cis men can do it, if properly motivated.

What makes life worthwhile for you?

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Chocolate. Thai food. Horses. Birds. Nature. Good books. Someone wonderful to be with.

I'll never forget when my dad told me I was adopted. I said, "Really?

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

LOL!

I'm in El Paso Tx. Looking for friends and actual dating.... Not just a booty call.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Well, at least you have one friend living near you! It must be challenging to live in such a conservative state, but El Paso seems to have a thriving LGBTQ community. Several of my dad's relatives live there, and one elderly lady relative in her 80s is married to a young gay man. They seem to make it work well, in fact, we kids were jealous. She had a young, hot, green-eyed guy who remodeled and interior decorated her entire house, so it now looks like it belongs in a magazine, is a top chef, a tech nerd who does all her media stuff, and an art photographer who gives her amazing wall art, including many photos of her. They travel together and do stuff, but she also lets him keep young male friends in the guest bedroom at times. My parents, being liberal United Methodists, made no comment and accepted them like they do LGBTQ relatives and anyone else.

A man kept all his money in the attic and his wife gets curious one day and asks why.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

LOL!

Sharing the same religious view?

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

As long as my partner isn't a fanatic, I could tolerate a nominal, non-practicing Christian or Buddhist.

Does anyone else hang clothes on a line to dry?

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Here in Thailand, I throw my clothes in a big plastic basin in the shower area, fill the basin with water, add a bit of laundry soap, stir with my foot, let it all soak for 20 minutes, then walk on it again, dump out the water and rinse. I then throw the clothes over a rack to drip dry in the big shower area. After about two hours I put the clothes on hangers, inside out, and hang them on the balcony to dry on a horizontal PCV pole suspended near the balcony wall. On a sunny day, the clothes will be dry by late afternoon, but during rainy season I bring them indoors to finish drying overnight, since I use a ceiling fan.

The dog has him sussed!

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

LOL!

When I seventeen working as a VW mechanic, I had an accident.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

That's horrible! Glad you survived!

God is nothing but a brand and religion is a business...

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Yup.

How do you deal with emotional stress. Tried writing, working out, I don't smoke or drink.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

An early morning walk will reset your thyroid thermostat to higher energy and mood. When you walk outside in nature, just let your mind drift, and studies show that works as well as taking a formal Yoga class. Food and herbs that will also raise your mood; fish, a few iodine drops in water, 5-htp, magnesium, cashew nuts, St. John's Wort, and derris scandens. CBD oil is reported to not only make you happy, but treat serious diseases such as diabetes and seizures.

Anyone up for chatting about the 5th Dimension?

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

?? The music group or the fifth dimension energy level?

Uhhhhhhhh I'm new leave msg

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

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I did not know where to post this, they don't have a category for something like this.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

That's so sad. I'm sorry you went through that.

It wasn't easy telling my family that I'm gay.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

OK, so here's another joke: A man suspected his son was skipping school to smoke weed, so he put a lie detector on the dinner table and asked his son if he'd been at school that day. His son claimed that he had, and the lie detector machine beeped. So the man asked again and his son admitted he'd been smoking weed behind the mall all afternoon. The man was indignant and confronted his son; "Why did you do that? I have never done such a thing!" and the machine beeped again. His wife laughed, and told the son, "He's your father, all right!" and the machine beeped again.

DMT & alien connection?

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

People who dropped acid during the 1970s said they saw god, and other beings, but I suspect our soul energies are released by the dmt to communicate freely with the energy of other souls during that time. Since we are all made of energy, which can't be created or destroyed, so have always existed and will always exist in some energy form, and there's the multiverse, no reason we aren't contacting aliens or beings from other dimensions.

I'm trying to advance to level 2

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

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Are there any spiritual atheists out there?

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Yes, I am. I was also born psychic, as was my mom and sister, and we saw more UFOs than I can count, while I was growing up in Haiti, almost always with multiple witnesses, including my husband, when one followed us for 300 miles in 1973. In Haiti, we MKs, missionary kids, didn't have have phones, so we coordinated our beach plans with ESP, and my mom used esp to wake us up in the morning. We'd hear her speaking in our heads,"GET UP" and nearly bang our heads on the bunks above us. I also always ride my horses without bridle or saddle, using my mind to instruct them, so we ride as one. Avatar captured that idea pretty well...it's actually true. My horses did whatever I thought, as I thought it. I have always taken such things for granted and am amused by the way Americans treat anything like that as "crazy," so I just block people on this website who troll me.

Is anyone actually on here for dating?

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Hi! It would help people get to know you and earn you points if you write your profile and answer the profile questions. You can then comment on posts and do your own posts, to gain more points. But when you reach level two, you can send private messages. If your profile spells out your dating preferences it might cut down on gay guys hitting on you, but I suspect they are like most cis hetero guys..mostly reacting to your photo, without reading anything. You're pretty, so many could assume you're gay.

Well. If you're out there and are on this journey with me, I'm here. :)

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Not sure what happened-I thought I made a post here, but now it's gone. I qualify to be partial transmale, androgyne, nonbinary, asexual, demisexual, panromantic, gender fluid, and agender.

These are strange days indeed.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

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This is just a little rant, so you can skip it if you want.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

A liberal Facebook friend recently told a story about that happening to her when she and her friends attended the funeral of an atheist friend who'd committed suicide. They were all trying to celebrate his life, but the preacher ruined it all by preaching hellfire and brimstone.

I totally freaked out my UPS driver today when I came to the door completely naked.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

(snort!)

I'm asking a question posed to me by my 12 year old as I am interested to read the responses, "why ...

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

People who need the threat of punishment to do the right thing aren't really good anyway.

My four-year-old nephew thinks Spider-Man is real (and lives in Queens) and has no idea who Jesus ...

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Well, he's probably as real as Jesus is, anyway.

What is a god and how can you claim to know about it?

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

According to the Sumerian texts, the gods were aliens who genetically engineered humans from mixing their DNA with that of human apes, to make slaves to work in the gold mines on earth. The Sumerian leader, "Anu" seems to be what the Hebrew god was modeled on, when the Bible was written 2000 years afterward. Like the Hebrew god, Anu demanded blood sacrifices, because Sumerians drink blood. They said their advanced technology, flying craft, and the ability to fry people with rays made them "gods" over the humans, and when they left earth for good, they left human ruler-gods with the highest percentage of Sumerian DNA, to rule over the human city/states.

It wasn't easy telling my family that I'm gay.

birdingnut comments on Apr 29, 2018:

LOL!

Christian radio station asks for prayers after one of their DJs is arrested for repeatedly raping a ...

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

That is so GROSS. I wonder about religious people's brain functions sometimes.

These are strange days indeed.

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

LOL! I'm so old I've long learned that things go in cycles. Women's dress hems go up and down, popular hair styles change, people protest new wars, new chemical poisons in the environment are revealed, etc. But if you mean is there a worldwide shift in public perceptions for the better, I don't know.

Hey now! I have been single for a long time and really miss having a man in my life.

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

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I tried to be polite and open the door for this lady, but she just kept yelling, "Occupied!"

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

LOL!

Hi. Has anyone else finding it hard to find someone who is real?

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

Are people ever really themselves on a dating website, where they are trying to impress potential partners? People like me, who have little expectation of finding anyone compatible here, don't bother to put on pretenses.

As a single person, would you pick up and move half way across the country if you found someone on ...

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

If you have the time and the money, and the person you like happens to live in a bucket list country, no reason why you couldn't visit that country for fun and throw in a visit with someone from this forum just to see if they will be compatible with you.

A farmer wonders how many sheep he has and he asks his sheep dog to count them.

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

BOOO

Picture this; you're waiting for someone in their car while they take care of some business.

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

LOL! Hilarious! Pack of bobcats attacking CATTLE, in the WEST. I hope that book was meant as a joke. But even back when I was going along with Christianity, by default, I refused to read Christian books, turned down religious books offered me, gave away any given to me as gifts. I said, even then, that religious books are typically of inferior quality; no editing, clumsy writing, simplistic, full of cliches and ridiculous premises, while obviously trying to proselytize, condemn, or frighten people.

Pronouns are hard ... ;)

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

Good one! I copy/pasted this meme to my Facebook page.

Do you want a good laugh?

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

Wow. Why do you engage with these people? You must really be bored.

Awesome Bill Maher Clip re.

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

I hope she listens to him...

Just rewatched "summer of 42" almost forgot how good that was, and is.

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

Isn't that now considered statutory rape? I suppose with most boys, it's their wet dream to be seduced by an older woman.

Ex- church goer.

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

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Tread Lightly So how do you respond when the Jehovah Witnesses or other religious groups knock on ...

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

No religious strangers ever knocked on my door in the US. I lived on a remote farm in Kentucky redneck country where everyone from the seven year old boy to the 80 year old gramma is armed, plus we had plenty of dogs who wouldn't have let strangers out of their car in the driveway.

How many people have you blocked? I have blocked 2!

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

Is there an icon or way to find out how many people I've blocked? I sometimes post about controversial subjects; UFOs, psychic, and gender issue issues, which enrages some people, plus some men have been sexually crude. But since I've blocked so many people, it's happening less often.

Does this shirt make me look smug?? idontcare

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

LOL! Yup.

What's the one thing you misplace the most?

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

My umbrella, when I'm traveling. Rainy season is starting again, so, like most Thai, I now I keep it handy at all times..if not for rain, then for sun.

What have you always wanted? Did you ever get it?

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

When I was growing up in Haiti, I wanted a doctor husband who was a childhood friend, 2.5 kids, a white farmhouse with rose bushes and a garden, several horses, being a university literature prof, then a teacher in a tropical country, similar to Haiti. Got all of them. Along the way, I changed my mind, though, and ditched the doctor. He's still a friend, though. I also found out I don't do well trying to play the part of a wife. Or being a typical woman at all. In fact, now I don't identify with either gender, and consider myself nonbinary, I don't even know my sexual orientation, being demisexual (only attracted to one person at a time, and only after a protracted relationship of over a year). I think all genders are beautiful..I just don't feel lust. But I can fall in love with anything, being "panromantic." Yeah, until 2014, I didn't even know what a partial transmale, panromantic, demisexual, androgyne, or nonbinary person was, but now I know "I are one." ;)

Nice to meet you all! Im Carla, an atheist and have been for over 20 years, im excited to get to ...

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

Hi, Carla! Glad to see another "other," as I am. Welcome to the website!

Anybody ever feel like an honest human in a crooked world?

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

Sort of and sort of not. Years ago, I gave up being relentlessly honest and started lying with the rest of humankind, to avoid hassles. But recently I returned to being honest, seemingly WANTING to challenge conventional ideas, start some trouble. I suppose that was when I came out as partial transmale and agnostic. I began just telling people whenever it came up, without bothering to hide it. But also refusing to argue about it.

I am more than halfway to an (8.0) but it still reads (7.3). I'm sad.

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

Yeah..the last leg before the "8" seems to take a great deal longer than the others.

Inside looking out or outside looking in?

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

I used to have that, but it was from being androgyne and a partial transmale. Taking derris scandens, a Thai herb, blended my two gender modes so that now I feel like only one person. No more detachment except when I'm meditating, which is a lot.

What are women really attracted to?

birdingnut comments on Apr 28, 2018:

CHOCOLATE. If you want to attract one, just stand around with chocolate.

How many beers get you drunk?

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

I don't drink, so very little. Even a more than a half a martini glass of wine could make me tipsy.

Which Religious Apologist do you dislike the most (William Lane Craig, Ray Comfort, Eric or Kent ...

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

Gracious! Why would I want to read a religious apologist's books? It's all nonsense, so why bother.

Have you ever been catfished on a dating site?

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

If you mean people using other's profiles, that seems almost more common than not on most dating sites, and most friend requests on Facebook are fake also. It's usually some handsome, lonely military guy, who doesn't use articles and has verb tense confusion, as an Asian native speaker would.

Hopefully tomorrow goes well. Going to visit relatives. I hear they are nice people.

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

Good luck. Relatives on my mom's wealthy side of the family are mostly liberals, but the ones on my dad's United Methodist family's side are Conservative and I've already blocked most of my cousins on Facebook for their hate and pro NRA memes.

It's that time: I have to think about buying a new bathing suit.

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

I quickly adapted to the conservative Thai style when I went to the beach here in Thailand..they only swim in the mornings and afternoons, and wear long pants and long-sleeves shirts. I soon found out why, when I tried it..no more sunburns, jellyfish stings, or sand burns when thrown up on the beach by waves. I now wear surfing clothing and prefer it. I now look with horror at the tourists at tourist places who seem to want to show as much skin as possible in the dangerous sun and ocean. It's like they are trying to get sunburns and skin cancer, not to mention horrifying the conservative locals, and often resembling great white beached whales.

CHANGING YOUR OPINION Sometimes it's hard to change your opinion of a performer, celebrity or ...

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

I've found that most of my heroes have unpleasant aspects, and many are sexual perverts/predators of some kind. Think of Michael Jackson, for instance. I still love his music but he was apparently quite a dark character, who probably would have gone to prison if he'd not been able to bribe his way out of pedophile accusations. Talent doesn't necessarily equal goodness.

Decentcy of chivalry

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

If, by "decent" you mean the conservative type women who actually want to settle down and have families, and like a man to take care of them? You'll have better luck going after cis hetero women, as most of the women on this forum are androgyne (even if they're not aware of it) , thanks to their above average IQs, since most creative, high IQ people are mixed gender (androgyne). I'm a partial transmale who lives as an androgyne woman, and I have enough male traits to feel insulted and outraged when a man tries to protect or help me, but my female side LOVES and prefers men who do this. When I'm in male mode, I can't help myself trying to help women..walking on the outside of the sidewalk, opening doors, paying for stuff, which women quickly sense and start taking advantage of. For this reason, I hide my male side when around women and stick to my female mode side to avoid being manipulated.

Out the door in a jiffy to watch the Pacers and celebrate that the weekend is upon us the way it was...

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

I accidentally found out that cannabis oil cures diabetes, somehow. I'm taking it to treat cancer (and it's working!) but noticed that now I can eat fruit, rice, and things I've not been able to touch for years because of a scary diabetic reaction.

Looney Tunes?

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

I still love Looney Tunes. How could you outgrow that? Besides, if you are watching alone, who cares? Even with a significant other, I still wouldn't care, but then I tend to take the female attitude that I do what I want, and the other person is the one to adjust. If they don't like it, then "Bye." I might be a partial transmale, but there's still 40% female traits there, thankfully. My male side is too obedient to females.

If I was the parent of a child with Autism, I would be outraged.

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

(sigh) At the risk of bringing down a pack of raving troll nut jobs, which I will immediately BLOCK, I will again say that in the 1990s, before people were aware of the power of google search and put up defensive measures, I did research on autism when I was teaching at Morehead university, and was able to access medical journals and research papers from decades ago. The doctors of those early days KNEW that vaccinations caused autism, and most of the papers discussed ways to conceal it from the public, to avoid being sued and/or imprisoned for pushing increasing numbers of vaccinations, to increase profits. They also said that before vaccinations, autism was unknown in this country, and that with each added vaccination, the percentage of autistic kids jumped upward.

Weird comfort foods

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

Hot cornbread crumbled into milk.

I cannot believe I just read this ....talk about 6 shekels and a goat mentality

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

Whaaaa????

The thing that I am finding particularly challenging about my divorce is the finality of it.

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

Now would be a great time to downsize and do one of those "Joy of tidying up" things where you get rid of duplicate stuff, and only keep things from each pile that give a feeling a joy when you pick them up. It's surprising what you don't miss when you unclutter your life. When I moved to Thailand, I left most of my stuff to be donated.

Some text.

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

I dunno; he hasn't bothered me, so I don't bother him.

It's after midnight here, and so it is officially my birthday.

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

Good for you. Eventually, most of us have this epiphany and learn to put up firm boundaries.

What is your silliest or quirkiest romantic first date?

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

Sounds wonderful! My most quirky first date was climbing Lockegee Rock near Cave Run Lake, Rowan CO, KY, and doing some birding with a guy. I wasn't interested in him as much as the wild turkeys and migrating warblers, but it was nice that he was willing to join me. It takes me over a year to be sexually attracted to anyone so he was just an annoying accessory in my eyes, who didn't know anything about birds, but over a year later, things worked out.

Do you feel any kind of self-restriction in this site?

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

I realize this is a dating website and I'm not really in a position to date, so just been using it to amuse myself.

Can you call your life a succesful life till now?

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

My notion of success means staying alive and happy, so yup. So far, at least.

Do you feel any kind of self-restriction in this site?

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

Yes. But I say it anyway, and block the trolls. I've done this so much, fewer of them are showing up when I say something controversial, like mentioning gender issues and teleportation, etc.

Movie Star Crush

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

James Cameron, for Avatar. Mery Streep, for The Devil Wears Prada.

Did you ever meet someone and knew they were the one for you?

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

I was asked out by a man I met at ballroom dance, and when I danced with him on our date, he was so good, I fell in love with him. My knees went weak and my head spun, etc. We were together for a while, and had a wonderful time, but I eventually broke up with him when he said he'd not travel out of the country until his middle school age son was out of college.

How long did it take you to achieve your current level?

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

I joined Jan. 24rth, so three months to pass level eight.

What is your favorite TV-Series ?

birdingnut comments on Apr 27, 2018:

It changes after I've watched the series a few times and moved on. Right now it's Atypical, Grace and Frankie, and the Blacklist.