OK, here’s what I want. Instead of the categories "News," "Politics," "Entertainment," and so forth…..  But each sub-topic should never appear in more than one main category. I hate redundancy.

National News [Human Interest]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-gm-bonds31-2009may31,0,2964195.story

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1901486,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1900959,00.html

Politics

http://www.newsweek.com/id/38584

International

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/wealthofnations/default.aspx

Science/Tech

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/car_shopping/green_machines/2010_lexus_hs250h_hybrid_short_take_road_test

Health

http://www.medscape.com/allergy-immunology

Pets

http://www.petplace.com/

The Arts

http://movies.nytimes.com/pages/movies/index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html

"Anything Goes" [ a free-for-all]

Oh, and it’s nostalgia that’s going on in my neck of the woods:

http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2009/05/30/topstory/dpt-goodolddays053109.txt

This is slightly old news

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/grazer-woman-botox-2322383-looks-savells

But the good news is that the caught the "Implant Bandit"

I agree with another poster about having a Gardening section.  I am an avid gardener and have been for years but I have lots of questions….like now I want to know how to make a pathway to another place in my huge yard starting at my rock garden…..I want it so we can mow over it with a huge garden tractor. 

I guess I need to know if I can just use week killer to kill the grass and weeds on the pathway (about 3 feet wide) and then put whatever (no rock please)?????  Mulch??  Potash??  I am stumped!  Or can I used lime to kill the grass and weeds??? 

This is why I need somewhere to go and ask lots of people for lots of ideas. (I have two acres of yard)  ~~~~>)

My news issue is President Obama. I try my best to stay informed on everything decision and action made by his administration. I disliked George W, and because of this, ignored anything and everything he and his administration did. That was a huge mistake on my part.

Although I respect Barack Obama, I am learning I don’t agree with all of his decisions. It’s important to me to know what is happening and why.

Breaking news…Susan Boyle was just admitted to the hospital for a break-down.  This is so very sad….I wish her well.

This is a cool thread.

I find myself remembering the longest:

- interviews with notable women

- the questions asking about personal experiences and opinions (lighter type of questions), because the atmosphere is very supportive and the personal histories of posters often make me think or touch me. I tend to learn the most useful insights in these "light" places, paradoxically.

Things I’d like to see more of:

- nature/science/tech topics

- animal/pet topics

Things I seldom click into:

- fashion topics

- TV topics

Possible new things:

- the ability to delete your own discussion post. I’ve occasionally regretted a heated response in a political thread and wished to quickly remove it before it added fuel to a fire. The addition of a function to self-remove only your own posts would be nice. (Or an edit button at least, which would also let people fix their spelling mistakes instead of having to post again to correct themselves.)

- The addition of a forum for regional discussion. This could be a place where members in the same geographic area could initiate their own discussions of local news items or even plan real-life meet-ups. Could do good for the positivity of the site. (The website for National Novel Writing Month does this, and it has led to a lot of real-life friendships and an excellent website morale.)

 Thanks very much for opening the floor like this!