Other - Society & Culture - 22 December 2007

I'm a Senior Warden in my home Blue Lodge in the States, but in February I'll be visiting a Lodge in Ukraine that does its work in Ukrainian. This is the first time I'll be visiting a Lodge outside my own Grand Lodge and I will have a letter of introduction from my Grand Secretary. Master Masons, what suggestions do you have for me to get the most out of the experience?

2007-12-22 13:58:46 · 2 answers · asked by Taivo 7

Where are all the black models, it's always the same stick thin ghostly looking bag of bones. What is wrong with the industry?

2007-12-22 13:43:59 · 13 answers · asked by Sara_Splendor 2

Be honest. Details. (intentional or unintentional)

2007-12-22 13:40:18 · 5 answers · asked by keshequa87 6

I like the holiday commercials for JC Penny, Gap, and Macy's. Does that mean I'm destined to become a poor person?

2007-12-22 13:16:41 · 1 answers · asked by cowboydanimal 4

Pretty/Handsome?

2007-12-22 13:08:25 · 9 answers · asked by Mary 4

2007-12-22 13:05:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

hey! i want to know where everyone's from, all around the world. please try not to say brooklyn. i want to meet people from all over the world. im from brooklyn, so please lets stray away from it. and if your from ou tof the world, tell me about yourself and your tradition. introduce your self i like reading about people from england, australia, or names i've never heard off.

2007-12-22 12:48:15 · 3 answers · asked by dudee 2

2007-12-22 12:41:22 · 7 answers · asked by pete the pirate 5

So what's your opinion? What are the most significant problems our world faces?

2007-12-22 12:18:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous 1

.."what have I done for others, not thinking of what is in it for me?"

tell me what do you think in these video teaching, for whatever which encourages people to help each other, to care for others, and to respect nature...those teachings should be encouraged and supported.

http://tv.muxlim.com/video/65BGiQ08Q85

With only half the world's people able to get clean drinking water each day, with half the world's people burning wood to cook their daily meals (contributing to deforestation/desertification, green house emissions, soil erosion and loss of arable land), with some societies discounting/ignoring half the brain power of their nation based on gender or ethnicity, when avarice and greed assign monetary value to decide to take action or not, when 5% of the world's population consumes 25% of the world's resources, and when so many societies voice nice sounding ideas that few of their members put into practice....it is time for all people of the world to step back, reflect on what they say and do each day and ask...."what have I done for others to help make this world a better place?"...."what have I done for others, not thinking of what is in it for me?"

We all live on planet Earth...the only place in our solar system we can call home. The only place that can support this precious gift we call life. There is no emergency escape when the natural systems crash and fail. We are all in this together.

2007-12-22 12:03:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-22 11:34:51 · 8 answers · asked by Martin Evilmind 4

The hair over the face, those hideous tight jeans that narrow down to the ankles, the stupid gangster white shirt+ low jeans combo, boxers showing, Abercombie/Hollister gear, and wearing clothes that make them walking billboards...


Don't teenagers have their own mind anymore? Why do they conform to these irritating trends?

Oh... and don't get me started on those uggs.

2007-12-22 11:18:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hello I really need help. Please have a nice answer. Ok well I always woory about like everything. For example if we leave the house I am like "crap did I shut that light off" or I worry because we have a woodburner and I am always afriad it is gonna catch fire when we are not home. I worry about stupid stuff too. Like I always use my sleeve to shut light switches off because I am afriad I might have something on my hand like water that might go into the light switch and catch it on fire. And I always ask my mom or dad a million times if we leave the house stuff like "did u turn the oven off" because I odnt want it to catch on fire. I know I sound completely dumb but I cant help it. I have been like this for like 4 years now and I cant stop it. Oh and theres more. I go around almost every night when I go to bed and makes sure all the lights are off. ANd theres more but its to stupid to explain. Just please help me out. I dont want to worry my whole life. I am only in 7th grade. Please

2007-12-22 11:06:29 · 14 answers · asked by Spencer 3

Is it good or bad that I seem to be falling "out" of the Christmas spirit. Don't get me wrong, still put Jesus first, and I have no problem doing the Christmas stuff. And it's nothing bad. I'm just not getting excited or worked up about it lately. I figure I'm happy to spend time with people and stuff anytime, and worship/celebrate Jesus all of the time, so when Christmas day gets here it's not a big deal. It is nice to have off work, and I don' tmind the extra work. I'm just not stressed like everyone else around me. I'm not worried about presents, or whose doing what, or anything. I'm just at peace. It's different. Is that good, bad, wierd, understandable, etc.?

2007-12-22 10:39:54 · 3 answers · asked by Consuming Fire 7

Not everyone's life is crap by any means, but why in general is life such a drab place where things are so harsh and cynical and not at all like you see in what the movies, music, etc want you to see? Is this some sort of a hell-satanic controlled realm or something? I mean all the believers aside, we have absolutely 0 proof that a higher power exists here, none whatsoever, we also have MANY physical limitations and diseases that could develop. We have BILLIONS of other people to put up with, a life full of sham/hardships/keeping up with the joneses, which the marketing/media industries are trying to get through our heads, and work work work,everything being about money, planning for retirement etc.

Life is a whole PLAN, only so you get old and die anyways.

If you're beautiful you MAY get lucky and get a great boyfriend/girlfriend and have a better sex life, otherwise you have sex with prostitutes and porn.

Why must life be so.....I don't even have the word. Disappointing?

2007-12-22 09:44:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

but u were on a stranded island!no cops.then suddenly dead peps r evrywhere!u get attack by a 1056 year old woman.........now wat?

2007-12-22 09:30:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are some things that lazy people do?

2007-12-22 08:50:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thought poor people are always hungry and in need of more government help, yet they are the ones who are the fattest slobs around!!
Isn't it time that we take away some, if not most, of their food so that they can at least be thin and presentable if a burden to society?

2007-12-22 08:44:52 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have you noticed that all you need to do to learn more about a person here at Epinions is to look at their profile and then glance at the questions they have asked? The questions we ask here tell the world a whole lot more about us than our Myspace profiles -- which can be faked and tweaked.

I don't mean to sound paranoid but when we read the novel 1984 we are appalled by the invasions of privacy -- and yet in real life we are simply willing to post all of our inner most thoughts here and literally have zero privacy.

Example: Someone mentions an interesting political perspective here. I'm curious about them and click their profile. I click their questions asked link. I find out that one question might have been interesting but the rest of their account is interested in cosmetics or tamagatchi or erectile dysfunction. Stupid stuff or stuff that is far too personal.

Even in this question I can be profiled as a paranoid curmudgeon, do-gooder. How much privacy will we sacrifice?

2007-12-22 08:37:37 · 4 answers · asked by snowexam 2

also do you know how long the mail is gonna be held for before it's returned to the sender???
Thanks for answering!

2007-12-22 08:33:09 · 3 answers · asked by Dr.Meow 4

Do you think morality comes from religion? Do you think it comes from a social need? Or maybe both?

If it doesn't come from religion, then why is "sleeping around" something immoral? Then why is arguing with your parents something immoral? Or is it not?

I am not a religious person, I am just trying to define this word as more accurate as I can and understand what really is moral and what isn't

2007-12-22 08:12:59 · 2 answers · asked by larissa 6

2007-12-22 08:06:34 · 14 answers · asked by Jimmy 6

2007-12-22 07:58:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

because she gets abuse about her weight from strangers in the street. I can't imagine doing that..but obviously some people think it's justified. Do you make comments about people whose appearance you don't like,so that they can hear? I don't just mean just overweight people, I mean anyone whose appearance doesn't fit in with what you think is 'right' I'm just interested

2007-12-22 07:48:00 · 12 answers · asked by rachel 2

My brother is obsessed!!! he get married with an avatar he's crazy!!!

2007-12-22 07:45:28 · 4 answers · asked by Maximiliano G 1

2007-12-22 07:44:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Whether you are or aren't, I'd just like to know how you've come to feel that way and how you treat other people.

2007-12-22 07:40:44 · 6 answers · asked by Love and Happiness 2

Across the the U.S. today there are many gangs of many races and drive by shootings. There is also that Gangstas and Thugs DVD released in Florida about gangs and what they do in Palm beach county. There are so many drive by shootings and gang rape and robberies each day. I believe these thugs and gangsters should be in the war fighting since they want to shoot and killl so bad. Does anyone else agree with me.

2007-12-22 06:59:36 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdMvQTNLaUE&feature=related

Its very clear for you to see....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU5YyolUHAw&feature=related

Or is it because you come from the US and will like to defend your country even though you know that what happened was wrong and you dont want the world to know about it?

Do you think that because a country is so developed there arent people there who will not do what's right?

I am not trying to be offensive. I am just trying to prove to you some evidence of something which has been claimed has been done but wasn't done the way it should be done and why a lot of people pretend about it and even ignore the evidence right infront of their eyes.

2007-12-22 06:58:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

First, this is to see how much interest is in the prospect.
Second, If you could live down there, post comments about how you would live and earn money, and how much you would be willing to invest in the idea.
I may follow up this question if there is enough interest.

2007-12-22 06:49:56 · 2 answers · asked by iirick 2