Topic Grammar
Posted 19 Jun 2012 13:09
Where are the Grammar Nazis?
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They are the mods verifying stories here on Lush.
Topic Which improvements or features would you like to see added?
Posted 18 Jun 2012 17:49
Now that we have the ability to sort messages into folders, it would be helpful to do so several at once as with deletions rather than having to do them one by one. I am certain that we all have a lot of them to file.
Topic Interest in You v. Your Writing
Posted 18 Jun 2012 11:47
I think that writing is an avenue for creative expression. My poetry comes from real emotions, but they may be remembered rather than current ones. The prose that I have written with Alphamagus comes from experience, imagination and fantasy and is therefore different than the poetry. The restaurant story is set in one that I like very much, for example.
I think in general writing must have some piece of you in it to be authentic, but it need not be autobiographical. It can tell in a story some insight that you have come to about the human condition with characters other than yourself.
I cherish my privacy (and anonymity on Lush) and do not share my intimate self or emotions with the world. For me that is unseemly and indiscreet, but we must each do what is comfortable for us.
I know that the poems have helped expiate some emotions for me and that has been very healthy. The stories are fun to write, perhaps because my writing partner makes it such a pleasure and they are intended to be playful as well as sexy and romantic.
The whole real me will never be on view on Lush.
Topic What says Summer to you?
Posted 18 Jun 2012 07:40
PIMMS, strawberries and cream, smoked salmon, the sound of leather on willow, cut grass, thunder storms and rain, the mad dash for cover, the sweet smell after the rain
I love these.
Topic What says Summer to you?
Posted 17 Jun 2012 14:58
Bare legs, breezy linen clothing, wild curly summer hair (no point straightening it in the humidity), and long summer evenings eating and drinking at outdoor patios. Invitations on friends' cruiser out on the lake. Somehow summer is the sexiest season of the year.
Topic How do I make a story banner?
Posted 17 Jun 2012 08:39
Thank you, DD.
Once created and saved as a download, how do you get it into your signature line? Should it be in .jpg form?
Topic OOOH! Message Folders!
Posted 16 Jun 2012 07:35
Great feature finally here.
I'd like to see a "move selected to folder" next to the "delete selected" button
Please, pretty please, Gav. So we do not have to move every message individually.
Topic Should creationism be taught in schools?
Posted 15 Jun 2012 10:24
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I agree. Parents who want their children to get a religious education should send them to religious schools, whatever the creed or denomination. The US is not a Christian country any more than most other countries in the developed world. They are all diverse and becoming more so. Church and state are separated constitutionally in most places for a good reason. Freedom is not to have religious instruction imposed in school or as the default mechanism in a society. Freedom of religion includes freedom from religion, if that is your choice.
If you want an example of how a theocracy works, look at Iran and how it adheres to democratic principles.
Topic Offspring of Lushites
Posted 14 Jun 2012 17:17
NakedChef + ChefKathleen = ChefChef or NakedKathleen
Topic Like/dislike button on comments/forum posts/pictures
Posted 14 Jun 2012 11:11
Only site I've seen it on is facebook, and then they only have a like button and it's for lazy people. I don't think many people would want this place turning into a facebook like place. *Shivers at the thought*
"The New York Times" has a "recommend" button with a thumbs up symbol in its comments sections attached to articles. I don't think we need it here. If you have an opiinon about a subject, it is not difficult to write a line or two.
Topic What did you have for lunch?
Posted 11 Jun 2012 12:48
Caprese sandwich: fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basil and arugula on ciabatta bread. Delicious.
Topic The Rage Cage
Posted 11 Jun 2012 09:54
Why do some people imagine themselves to be endlessly interesting - as if we are fascinated by their every thought and feeling? Is there no thought that can remain unexpressed? Is there no situation, no matter it impacts those involved, where its effect on them must not be announced and commiserated with? You are really not that important or interesting. Not funny or intelligent. Just narcissistic and attention-seeking.
Topic What Is Your Favourite Dessert?
Posted 10 Jun 2012 10:11
I do not have much of a sweet tooth, but these always tempt me:
Creme brule and really good chocolate cake
Topic The Rage Cage
Posted 07 Jun 2012 11:39
This degree did not come out of a Corn Flakes box. That is why you came to me for advice and I charge for it. So, please listen to the opinion you have paid for.