Actually, I think that you will find that in order to be a spinster one has to have never been married, and I think that the people you are referring to are in fact married.

Jill....I don't know what to say. It's gotten really nasty and mean spirited.

LW...sorry for furthering it ever so slightly more.

Nick, I miss the encouraging comments but this thread looks pretty good so far   Some mean spirited people look at encouraging comments as just butt kissing.  If that is the case, I say we all put on our industrial strength lip balm!

Smartaz, I knew I should have gone through and baby proofed the place before I took a holiday

LW & Dharma, I am really out of the loop and didn't intentionally fan any flames that were headed your way.  My apologies.  Dharma, so sorry to hear about Bob. 

Muggaz, such kind words!  Everyone sing now, Kum by ya.......... you know how it goes   You are right, all children/relationships go through phases.  I'm not worried.  I'll stay the course with open mind and heart.

Best wishes all.

Actually, Bob got resurrected.  I think we're re-naming him Lazarus.

Whatever war between the regulars is going on I am not quite sure who is involved.

It's been mainly MadPoet, and Peter Maxwell against Little Whip, Poetmom and myself.  I think it all started with the Reagan/AIDS article and has been brewing since then. I've been ranting and trying to not flame and name, and it's pissed people off.  I left a comment about bowing out of a debate earlier on Pete's thread and got slammed by Mad Poet...and of course I foolishly responded, which will only further the argument.  I'm going to go blog about it now.....and this is not a dramatic act, no matter what people may say.

It's called 'The Canaries Are Dying' and Smartaz wrote it.  He was also kind enough to let me respond to the flaming before saying he was going to lock it up.  Previously, SPM had written an article about not letting the morons take over JU, and there was some flaming going on there too.  The JU sisterhood members were referred to as cronies and spinsters.....and we're part of a coven, apparently.

I think I need to get thicker skin.

A good dude in dharma's book is a good dude in mine.  Welcome to the family Gid.  I've read a bit of your stuff here and there and you seem like the kind of person I could hang with.  A good sense of humor is always welcome.  Seems that is lacking as of late around here.

I can't understand why Sir Pete has it out for LW.  Her article's subtitle said it was sarcasm to the extreme.  My experience with MP has lead me to believe he has a good sense of humor and is quite apt at sticking up for himself when he has a beef with something.  I think some people around here have bees in their bonnets for no good reason.  Maybe the Summer heat is getting to them.  Muggaz in going into Winter (am I right?) and seems to be cooler headed than ever.

Mug, I guess I was lucky enough to just see the good stuff you were putting out there.

Drink some hot cocoa on my behalf and don't break any limbs skiing or snow boarding---It had to be said.  I am the Mom after all

So, if Jill is mom, then I, as her sister, woud be Auntie. Hey Muggaz, can I knit you a hat too?  I knitted Phoenixboi one, he should be getting it in the mail any day now......or are you too vain to be seen in a Dharma-Knit?

I'm knitting one for Karma....it looks like this: