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by Arakun the twisted raccoon

Rated: 18+ · Book · Writing · #1253251

dreams, thoughts, and wanderings

Dreams, thoughts, and wonderings of a strange mind

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Jul 16, 2024 at 6:25pm
In response to "GRRRR!!!"

Hmm...

Kaya: I went to KU. Lived north of Tahlequah, hung out in Tulsa. One had to be careful. I stayed out of Broken Arrow and Jenks.

GodfearingAtheist: YTA! Which is what's being pointed out. My friend lost her job in a small Southern Baptist town because she befriended me. Does that offend you? It sure hurt me. In ND I suspect it's the German Lutherans (Missouri Synod) leading the outrage along with other Christians... In the USA it's mostly Christians spewing hate.

GEOFFREY ROBSON: Anything to add?

CaptainMidnightSingforPhoebe : Every small town has their beloved idiot, drunk, and ab-fab drag queen. People know... or make it up if they don't. The basic glue in a small town is gossip... unless they kick you out (as happened to my friend Donna).

Arakun the twisted raccoon: Has anything changed for the better? Am I overstating Christian opposition? I ask because Amethyst Angel 🍁🙏 brought this old blog entry ... 15 years old! ... to my attention today.

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CaptainMidnightSingforPhoebe

Jun 3, 2015 at 1:28am
In response to "Nobody is immune to negative reviews"

Well, what has worked for me for years - is that I review what I like.
Sort of like the rules of making friends.
And even brand-new writers (and young ones) can often write something that grabs me.
I guess I just prefer to be positive.

But then - the rule of thumb I've always used:
I'm not a professional writer (except of songs/lyrics)
and I'm certainly not a teacher.
So how can I expect myself to speak from a position of authority?

To me - feedback is intuitive. Gut response.
(How does it feel?)........as Dylan once sang.

This is all a whole lotta social noise.
If we didn't make it - it sure would be quiet around here.

CaptainMidnightSingforPhoebe

Jun 3, 2015 at 1:22am
In response to "???"

Not a bad friend to find on a bookshelf.
(Stars tend to hang out on mine)
I never knew a well-read raccoon - but I'm sure one must exist, somewhere.
Book-worms, on the other hand, are known to proliferate all over the place.

When I was a kid, I used to hang out on the bank of Chippewa Creek, and spy on the raccoons that would catch tasty crayfish there. Many a time I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing out loud (and giving away my hiding spot) at just this:

The washing of the snack.

Slosh slosh slosh.
Inspection.
Splash swish splosh.
Inspection.
Swirl twirl whirl.
Inspection.
Swoosh whoosh sploosh.
Inspection.

and then.......

Crunch munch smack
(and various other sounds for which no linguistic modifier exists)

The only thing that comes close to it is a sea otter with an abalone shell.

[Visit the entry for more...]

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CaptainMidnightSingforPhoebe

Jun 3, 2015 at 1:14am
In response to "GRRRR!!!"

I live in a very large and very cosmopolitan city.
In which I have close friends who swing all kinds of ways.
I agree with your opening commentary.

When I was 23 (4 decades ago) I figured out something I've held onto ever since.
That sexual orientation is what happens in the bedroom.
Outside of that particular room - a life is lived (publically) in any manner so chosen, that fits the package.
One's public (and socially known) persona can be admired, praised, counted on, respected in all manner of ways.....without having a clue about what remains private.
I think there's a good clue in there somewhere, as to the codes of conduct and social tolerance and acceptance that govern the decisions of good people anywhere.

Or so it works in my little town.

Arakun the twisted raccoon

Jul 12, 2014 at 11:09pm
In response to "You know who I really hate?"

It is behind the counter, but only in pharmacies, and those aren't open 24 hours around here. And in some states you need a prescription for the darn stuff, which means paying for a doctor visit!

Remembering

Jul 12, 2014 at 5:27pm
In response to "You know who I really hate?"

Isn't the cold medicine just behind the counter and you have to ask for it, just like it was an x-rated magazine except you have to sign for the medicine. You just get dirty looks for the magazine.

AnotherDreamer

Jun 3, 2014 at 9:48pm
In response to "Tips for Entering Contests"

Yes I agree with Acme. But I WANT to win lol

AnotherDreamer

Jun 3, 2014 at 9:45pm
In response to "Trivia question"

Lassy and Rin-Tin-Tin

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GodfearingAtheist

Jan 8, 2012 at 10:10am
In response to "GRRRR!!!"

Well "througt" out Mr. Robinson?

Lets continue shall we?
I think we should allow multiple couples to marry, same sex communes with as many partners as you want. Five wives would be nice I think. Maybe I'll marry a young hairless man for when I'm feeling extra special.

It seems we are too caught up in the age of girls and having sex. The muslims are right; they should be able to marry after their first period and can have kids......

I can't continue this. it's too digusting. No more disgusting than a 36 year old male oogling your 17 year old son and visualizing him wriggling in pain as he pins him to the bed and pounds him from behind until he bleeds while saying,

"Relax, just go with it. It's supposed to hurt." I know.

Back in the late 70s, there wasn't a gay man in San Fransisco that didn't wonder if aids was a punishment from God for all the shit I saw in those bath houses. As an atheist, I don't believe it but I heard it said plenty of times

Kaya - "All of the upstanding bible thumpers would be burning crosses in the street." Shame on you for saying that - doll.

Just because you agree with gay rights doesn't give you the right to say something that outlandish that no one here will back up honestly.

Is there no common sense anymore? Is there no responsibility for the things we write?

GEOFFREY ROBSON

Mar 11, 2011 at 4:27pm
In response to "Flooding?"

I reckon so...

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