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One of the other employees told you that you'd probably be fired. This is not official and really does not have any weight behind it at all - at this point, it's merely coworker gossip.However, it could be true. If I were you, I would prepare for the worst but expect the best. Go ahead and work on updating your resume. Start looking at other jobs even though you might still have this one.But then again: if you're being blamed for something that you didn't do, by your boss, then is this really the place you want to work? Even if nobody's going to fire you, will you be content to stay at this job any longer than is absolutely necessary? If your boss isn't willing to listen to your side of the story this time, then what will happen if something serious/illegal happens and you just happen to be around at the time? (Let's say that the cash register comes up fifty bucks short one day because somebody's pilfering...even if you don't steal so much as a piece of chewing gum, will you be blamed for it if you happen to be in the area?)

Your rights stop at the end of my nose, and vice versa. Any laws that do anything BUT protect one member of society from another are, IMO, stupid and pointless.I don't believe that adults should be ticketed for not wearing seat belts in cars. I wear mine not because I don't want to pay the fine (it can be somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 bucks around here), but because I don't want to be thrown through the windshield if I'm in a wreck. Not being fined is a nice bonus. :PBut: laws against running stop signs are good in my book. I don't care WHY another driver stops at the stop sign. It tends to keep that person from creaming me. Not every time, of course, but it's better than never.

I can't speak for countries outside of the U.S., but I *can* say that the U.S. can't even get its own educational standards straight.Two school districts that are right next to each other cannot figure out how to align the curriculum. The kids at School A are learning fractions in the third grade, while the kids at School B don't learn that until the fourth grade. So, if a kid from School B moves to School A at the beginning of his fourth-grade year, he's got some serious makeup learning to do if he wants to be in the "right" grade.And let's not even talk about trying to standardize education across the board (as in, from one state to the next). It's never going to happen. There are too many schools, too many students and way too many adults who all want to have the final say in what kids learn.Personally, I'm a big fan of un-schooling. The kid who doesn't give a rip about learning calculus will rarely, if ever, use calculus in his profession of choice. He'll end up being an English teacher or a mechanic...or something else that doesn't require him to use calculus. Why try to shove it up his nose if he won't need it? And if he DOES need calculus later in life, he'll be motivated to pick it up and learn it. I say: teach kids how to read, write and solve basic math problems. After that, let each kid explore what he or she is interested in learning. You'll end up with kids who grow up to be some of the best in their chosen careers because they had so much time to devote to learning about the things that make up those careers.

Cash is just a tangible expression of my trading power.If I have a five-dollar bill, then my trading power is lower than if I had a ten-dollar bill. I can get fewer items...I can choose from fewer things...etc.With more modern transactions - writing checks, using debit/credit cards, paying via PayPal - it's not tangible. I never see the cash. I see a bank statement that tells me how much I've earned and spent. I don't actually hand over cash.But either way - tangible or intangible - the money is standardized. Five dollars in my bank account is the same as five dollars cash in my pocket. So...at least we can say that much

I like a lot of different channels. I can't really name one favorite because my tastes in TV are so diverse. I love all sorts of things.TLC has "Little People, Big World" which is one of my very favorite shows. I normally hate reality TV, but this one's pretty cool. Cartoon Network has the "Adult Swim" block on weeknights. I love "Futurama," "Family Guy" and "Aqua Teen Hunger Force." Sometimes I like "Robot Chicken" too.CNN is a horrible news network, but I tune in when something major is happening in the Middle East. (I like to keep track of what's going on in and near Israel.) CNN's coverage stinks, but it gives me a starting point so that I can get online and check out the Jerusalem Post or some other news source.FOX is really only good for "House," "The Simpsons" and "King of the Hill."I also like NBC for the various "Law & Order" programs. Oh, wow. It sounds like I watch a lot of TV, but I really don't. I might catch half of the season's episodes of any given show. I miss the rest because I'm busy doing something else. The TV in my bedroom might be on for a grand total of two hours a day - usually at night when I'm trying to go to sleep.

Actually, the Bible verse states that THE LOVE OF MONEY is the root of all evil. It does not say that the money itself is evil. Nor do most Christians actually believe that. We make and spend money just like anybody else. The point is just that being a slave to money - say, working eighty hours a week instead of spending more time with your family...or going into major credit-card debt just to keep up with the Joneses - is wrong.As for separation of church and state: the idea is to prevent state-sanctioned religion. The state doesn't get to force people to worship a certain being (or NOT worship any being, for that matter). The "separation of church and state" doesn't really have anything to do with whether kids are allowed to pray in public schools, or if "In God We Trust" is stamped on our money or not. Religion is every individual's decision to make - not the government's. Having a certain national motto stamped on currency does not force anybody to worship anything, so "separation of church and state" doesn't really apply here.I'm a Christian who doesn't believe that what's stamped on our money makes us any more or less of a God-fearing nation. Religion - any religion - is an individual thing. What the government prints on my money does not make me any better or worse in God's eyes...and it doesn't make me a better or worse Christian. So...whatever. People can try to remove God from everything in this nation - money, court houses, public Christmas displays - but they can't take God out of the hearts of those who love and worship Him.And that, I think, is what really matters.

I believe that God created us. Because of this, I also believe that God is the only One who can rightfully decide when we die and how.Hospice care is a great way for many people to manage pain. A lot of hospice patients are lucid and very comfortable the last months, days of their lives. I believe that this is good. The patients who are comfortable and able to think clearly can plan out their final wishes, visit with friends and family, etc. - things that they couldn't do very well, if they could do them at all, if they were still in serious pain.I believe that people should try pain management and hospice care before they make a final decision (as in: death). I'm not for torturing people. No way. But if someone can be comfortable...well, why not?Assisted suicide is a slippery slope that I do not want to try. Mankind naturally progresses from one thing to the next: the next thing is usually worse and eventually what we end up doing is downright evil.Here's what I see happening:Assisted suicide is made legal. There's a ton of paperwork involved, but a person who wants to die can legally have a doctor or family member administer lethal amounts of drugs. At this point, only patients who can speak for themselves - sign the paperwork or clearly indicate that they're ready to die - can request assisted suicide.Next: a family member wants to end a terminally-ill relative's suffering. That relative, however, is in a coma. There is no living will or other directive. If assisted suicide is okay for people who can speak for themselves, then perhaps it should also be okay for terminally-ill, comatose patients who can't make the call. And then: Well, now, this baby has Down's Syndrome. Won't ever lead a normal life. Abortion is already legal, as is assisted suicide, so why not go ahead and pump this kid full of lethal drugs? Mom and Dad won't have to suffer. The kid won't have to suffer. What next? Old people aren't productive anymore. Many of them are sick - they're drains on the social welfare system. Why not kill them too? We already warehouse them in pathetic, horrifying nursing homes run by crooked staff and abusive employees.I'm not saying that these things would DEFINITELY happen if assisted suicide were legal. But it would not take a whole lot to go from one idea to the next.

I'm not much of a gardener - or a cook - but various people in my family love to do one, the other or both.I help out with the parts that I don't mess up. I can chop vegetables, grate cheese, etc. And in the garden: I can mix compost with the best of 'em. Just don't turn me loose on any of the plants or they'll shrivel up and die out of pure spite *smirks*As for organic: I would love to eat more natural, non-messed-with food. It's very expensive, though. A very small jar of organic peanut butter is more than four bucks at the grocery store, for example. I can get a jar of "regular" stuff that's twice as large for half that. And organic chicken? Anywhere from four to seven bucks a pound when I can get the "regular" stuff for 50 cents a pound or less. When the grocery budget is only so large...well, you know.

How lazy can we get? What - we can't be bothered to get up and look for the remote anymore? Buy a little hanging bag to drape over the arm of the couch and always stick the remote control in there: it won't be too far away for lazy people to reach and it won't be lost anymore either.The last thing that a TV addict/couch potato in general needs is another excuse to lie on the couch for several hours at a time.

We'll have better results if we focus on preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS. We should still research cures, yes - we might actually be able to cure AIDS someday - but keeping the virus in check is the best bet for the people who are alive today.Why is that?Because we can't count on a cure. We cannot reasonably sit here and say, "Well, it's all good because the brilliant scientists and researchers will have a pill or an injection for us in a few years that will cure HIV/AIDS." We can't guarantee that this is going to happen. We've been trying to cure the virus for the last two decades - and we haven't succeeded just yet.So: try to find a cure, yeah, but we really need to stop spreading the virus around. If infected people don't pass it on to other people, then the virus will eventually stop spreading. If we manage to find a cure before that happens, then great. But we need to do everything that we can to stop it today.

Keep pressing the issue and she'll just put more distance between you. Yeah, right now the situation is really confusing. I can see why. Three years together, marriage on the table, relocations have happened...there's a lot of investment in this relationship.But leaving her be is probably the best thing that you can do. If you give her space, she can think about what she really wants and probably even figure out what's bothering her. If you keep pushing things, one thing that will be bothering her will be YOU, and you don't want that.

I use Yahoo! Mail, so...Web browser :PSeveral years ago, back when I actually used the free POP3 e-mail account that came with my ISP service, I used Eudora Mail. Man, that was a long time ago. I don't even remember much about that program at this point :(I've heard awesome things about Mozilla's Thunderbird, though.

Once I got off dial-up, I stopped using download managers. There's really no reason to bother. I don't download all that much stuff anyway - and most of it's so small that, if the download is killed halfway through, starting all over again doesn't really take all that long (a couple of minutes at the most, usually).Back in the day, though, GetRight was a lifesaver. Even though I had a 56k modem, I was fortunate to connect at 28k because of my ancient telephone lines (the ones coming to my house - the ones inside the house are new).

If I found a million bucks, I would try to find the rightful owner. If that didn't work out and I could keep the money, I would spend a lot of it on my family. (After tithing, of course.) A few charities that I respect and appreciate would get some of the money too. I'd have my dental work done...I'd have a nice pickup truck. Nobody in my family would have to worry about paying for college or repaying student loans.Basically, I would spend most of the money on practical things. I'd have a little fun too, sure - I'd love to buy myself a new Pearl drum kit, for example.

As long as you're a student in that school, anything even bordering on an inappropriate relationship is pretty much out of the question. She can get into big trouble, so if you really care about her it's best to keep everything under control at least until you graduate. Then, if you still feel the way that you do now, there's nothing wrong with trying to open up a more social relationship (friends, something more, whatever).That stinks, yeah, but at least you know that soon you can at least let her know how you feel without getting anybody into trouble or making anybody uncomfortable.

I can't think of any other major services off the top of my head, but your list gives people a lot of great places to start.For me, though, inbox space is actually not the most important factor when I'm trying to decide which service to use. My main priority is service uptime. What good is it, I ask, to have ten zillion gigs of inbox space if the servers are down half of the time? Fortunately, many services offer both tons of inbox space and lots of server uptime. Not all, but many.

I don't really play many newer games, so your poll begins about where my interest ends *grins*That's fine, though - to each his/her own, right? :PNES and SNES still rule as far as I'm concerned. I would pick games like Tetris and Klax.However: I make a few exceptions. I love State of Emergency, the Tony Hawk series and the Grand Theft Auto titles.

I'm a freelance writer who works on Saturdays. I'll be on the computer on the twenty-fourth.However: I appreciate what they're trying to do. Even if I don't stay off of my computer for a whole 24 hours, I can still think about how much time I spend on this thing. A lot - several hours a day, actually (total - work and recreation combined).

I don't like Norton anyway. Their anti virus is way too bloated and slow for me. AVG, on the other hand, is fast, effective - and, best of all, free.I feel for anybody who's using Norton, though. I hope that the company shuts down this virus before it does much more damage.

I use Notepad and The Gimp (free graphics software). The only real limitations that I have are my HTML skills. They stink! *grins*But honestly? I would rather create a very basic, simple Web site and know that I understand the coding and whatnot behind it...than use a WYSIWYG editor and be clueless about how the thing puts my elements together. I'm not saying that nobody should use these editors...I'm just saying that I prefer to do things the hard way

The Harry Potter books are much better than the movies, IMO. I prefer reading over watching movies anyway, though, so I suppose that I'm a little biased here "Fried Green Tomatoes" is a fantastic movie. It's one of my favorites, in fact. The novel is awesome too. I honestly can't decide which version I prefer. The movie basically follows Fannie Flagg's novel, but there are some differences in the subplot. But at least in this case the screenplay wasn't a mashed up, mangled version of the book.I saw "Field of Dreams" a bunch of times before I read the book ("Shoeless Joe"). I have to say that, in this case, the movie is a lot better than the novel. Kinsella (author) doesn't do well with dialogue. The story itself is fine, though - as long as nobody talks :(Most of the older Stephen King movies are utter garbage. I enjoyed the movie versions of "Misery" (with Kathy Bates), "The Green Mile" and "The Shawshank Redemption," though. There are a bunch that I haven't watched, but I'm in no hurry to get around to them.Alfred Hitchcock's film version of "Psycho" was even better than Robert Bloch's novel. Really. I rarely say that, but in this case it's true. Hitchcock did amazing, fantastic things with that story. The novel rocks, yeah, as do the sequels that Bloch wrote, but man...that black-and-white movie...wow. (The newer version stinks, though.)

Just be yourself. Say "Hey, what's up?" or whatever equivalent you would normally use with other people to whom you'd like to introduce yourself. Ask her what's on her MP3/CD player right now. Ask if she's seen any good movies lately. The conversation might be awkward at first, but hey...at least you'll be talking with her.And remember: she might be shy too, so don't be too worried if she doesn't have much to say. Pay attention to her body language. If she's sitting there looking at you and smiling (even that shy smile that a lot of we girl types give to you guy types), it's probably a good sign

You didn't really give a lot of information in your question. We need to know a couple more things, really, before we can make any good suggestions.-What do you really like doing? Do you write well? Can you design Web sites with the best of them? Do you like keeping a blog or online journal?-What are you equipped to do? Do you have a lightning-fast, high-speed computer with plenty of memory for high-end movie editing? (If your system can't handle high-end things, you need to go ahead and cross those jobs off of your list.)What sort of things have you already thought about doing? Have you done any research to see what types of online jobs exist? What have you eliminated? What's interesting to you?Even if you just answer a few of those questions, we'll be able to make better suggestions.

We were cheated out of about half the 1994 season because the players, unions, managers, etc. couldn't agree on the salary cap issue. That was more than a decade ago, but there are still people who refuse to support Major League Baseball in any way because of the strike.I FINALLY came back to MLB a few seasons ago...after eight or nine years of being wholly disgusted with the alleged adults. The steroid scandals and such are really making me wonder why I bothered coming back in the first place.I don't care if MLB adopts a salary cap or not. I do, however, care about the games actually being played - by people who aren't pumping garbage into their bodies every chance they get.

Some people have a mind for computers. I've noticed that a lot of people are good at specific computer-related things. My Mom, for example, is in her late 40s. Back when she was in high school, girls in her area weren't allowed to take computer courses. Instead, she was stuck in "consumer math" (i.e. learn how to comparison shop at the grocery store - big whoop). Even so, my Mom can do all sorts of crazy things with hardware. If the device has a circuit board - cell phone, the DVD player, computer, whatever - she can figure out the hardware problems and get the thing going again in just a few minutes. Mom's never had any training. She's never worked with any electronics for a living. She just knows what she's doing. God gave her that sort of a brain and she uses it when something needs to be fixed. Your Dad sounds like he intuitively knows what to do. The system makes sense to him. That's all.