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Should the Catholic Church let Priests marry or have relations...

Yes

Opinion: The Church should allow priests to marry. I'm not certain it would have an immediate effect in reducing abuse, but there has never really been a valid reason...

How Do You React When a Dog Licks You?

With pleasure. The dog likes me.

Opinion: Any dog who is close enough to lick my face is a dog I already love, so it's awesome!

Who Has the Most Influence on Back-to-School Purchases?

Parents

Opinion: Yeepers, people, it's still June! For myself and my kid we shopped for back to school supplies in August. What's the hurry?

Is sodahead on fritzzzzzzz again?

yes

Opinion: Could be that's why I get that "clear your cache" page every four or five posts, even after I've cleared it.

Chocolate Covered Bacon: Gross or Great?

Sounds Disgusting

DO YOU HAVE A; 'CANON' CAMERA?

YES, I like CANON cameras.

Opinion: I have a Canon Power Shot sx20 that takes excellent pictures, compensating for the fact that I am not that good a photographer.

Would you keep a chimpanzee as a pet??...

No...

Opinion: They are wild animals and can become mean and dangerous. They are very strong for their size and have seriously injured humans. I wouldn't want to take that ...

If you were real good friends with someone and one day you stu...

Opinion: However, I can't see how I would ever be friends with this person in the first place, we would have so little in common.

What was your opinion of Mr. Drysdale on "The Beverly Hill...

He was O.K.

Opinion: Every comic needs a straight man and he was it for most of the other characters.

Do you like The Beatles?

YES!

Opinion: Of course, I was a teenager when the Beatles arrived in the USA, so I was an instant fan. But because they are/were all talented musicians and made a tremend...

About Me

AKA Vennie (Jones) (Wiggins) Anderson.Obviously I am not a horse! The picture is my daughter's filly, Penelope. My computer crashed a few months ago and I lost a lot of pictures. :(

Things I like: Godzilla; Japanese classic movies; cats (have five!) reading thrillers, detective stories, some biographies, historical romances (I know, I know); music, especially classical, but lately discovered Peter Hollens. (If you don't know about him, for heaven's sake, check him out. He's amazing!)

Many of you know I have traveled all over the world, including Mexico, Canada, Russia, Europe, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Thailand, China, Antarctica, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, etc. Presently due to health reasons my ability to do international traveling is limited, so I'm mainly going back and forth to Florida to see my daughter.

I'd like to meet

Tom Hanks, Peter Hollens, Jon Schmidt, Steven Sharp Nelson, Neil Patrick Harris, Mark Zuckerberg (to give him a hug and a slap upside the head) , Ricky Gervais

Activities

reading, music (listening and playing piano and recorder, and singing), my family, writing (articles, movie and music reviews for The Godzilla Saga (online), eating out with friends, travel

Interests

books, music, social networking, travel, church (UU), cats, dogs, animals in general, environmentaql concerns, politics in the broad sense, justice and equality for women, GLBTs, all races.

Favorite Music

Christine Bauer | Carbondale, IL, Jarrod Radnich - Mastermind Studios, On The Rocks, Peter Hollens, The Piano Guys, classical piano music (anything from the Russians), 60's oldies, The Who, Queen, Billy Joel, Phil Collins, banjo music

Favorite TV Shows

watch old tv series via netflix, such as Lost, Heroes, Alias; also CNN and The Weather Channel; also love Faulty Towers and Are You Being Served

Favorite Movies

The Princess Bride, Master and Commander, The Usual Suspects, The Wizard of Oz, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump, Blazing Saddles

Favorite Books

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf, Peace Is Every Step, Anything Can Happen, plus too many "favorites" to mention

Favorite Quotes

a long one from Ralph Waldo Emerson on how to live a successful life

Favorite Heroes

the heroines of the Women's Sufferage movement, Thich Nhat Hanh ,

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littlebuffalo55TBA 2012/06/17 19:28:32

Thanks for the add! Simpatico on some things is not all it's cracked up to be so it's all good.

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JCD aka "biz" 2012/06/14 09:40:12

Thank you for adding me as a friend, merci!
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MJ 2012/06/05 23:42:08

Welcome! Nice to meet you!
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kitkat42 2012/06/05 21:54:51

Thanks for the add and welcome to SH!
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jt 2012/05/29 17:13:10

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