yes/no/not yet don’t tell the tale. I voted no but that’s not bad. It’s no — I became so much more than I could ever have dreamed when I was younger. I’m still on the journey. I’m glad I didn’t let my expectations from when I was younger hold me back.

I am shocked by how many quick responses are to kick him out. If she really loves him, she will find a quiet time, put her arms around him, tell him her worries and see if they can talk. From the description of what she was doing, it sounds like they had drifted apart with separate interests. What can they do to recapture that, instead of heading straight to divorce court? Is it a real thing or imagined. Is it a fling or love. Does he still have feelings for her or not. It’s easy to be the sideline quarterback but I will tell you that no one can make the judgement of what to do from outside a relationship. You have to know what’s in the hearts of the two people in the relationship. Acqusations, screams, throwing people out…that will subvert the process before it starts.

when my daughter was 5 she started having a rash on her face. we went to several dermatologists. the last one said she just had excema and I should just get over thinking this was anything special. then she started having some other vague symptoms like falling a lot. I had progressed to talking to allergists. I finally talked to one who really listened. I told him all the little things that were going on. Said it didn’t seem logical that they were connected but it just felt to me that they were. I’ll never forget his response. He said mother’s instincts are almost always right. If I thought the symptoms were connected, he was sure they were. He sent me back to my pediatrician with some suggestions for how to start over. My pediatrician also listened carefully, did a huge battery of blood tests. We found out that she has a very rare autoimmune disease. One of the classic symptoms is the facial rash she had. The other is loss of muscle function. We’re on track with medication and she’s doing well but if I had followed the conventional wisdom of those non-listening to the gut doctors she would be far sicker. We caught it in time so that she didn’t totally lose her muscle functions. Moral is: Listen to that gut feeling. You are right.

I use a blackberry so I type much more than I talk. I absolutely abhor people who walk around everywhere talking on their phones. What on earth can they be talking about and who is on the other end listening??

The race isn’t slipping away from Senator Clinton, it is being actively shoved away by her actions. She comes across as arrogant, deceitful, willing to do anything for her personal gain. It is a real shame. I very much want to vote for a woman, but I will not vote for this woman. I have to vote more for the person I feel can best fill the role. I am undecided between Obama and McCain. I am adamantly opposed to McCain’s stance on the war but I like his position on several other things. I very much appreciate Obama’s intelligent, thoughtful approach to issues.

We’ve already colored eggs. Even though my son is 23 and my daughter 16, they still like the tradition. I blow out the eggs (and make cookies or cake with them) and we go crazy dying them crazy colors, drawing on them with markers. One year I dyed a lot of them pale colors and painted faces so I had a bowl of egg faces smiling out at us. Another year they were all stripes of different colors. I always have a huge centerpiece of Ukranian easter eggs from my grandmother that I carefully pack away each year. We’ll have Easter baskets filled with really good chocolate (dark) and books and other fun things. A great family meal, probably leg of lamb with lots of vegetables and a beautiful lemon cake. We don’t do much church but we do a lot of get the family together and enjoy the day. First year without my dad so that will be sad but it will be great for my son to come home and spend the day. He still looks forward to that basket.

I was fired, once, in college from a part time job. I thought I was doing a good job but I was also having a great time. I was called in and asked didn’t I want to spend more time studying? (I was oblivious…I said no, was getting a 4.0), then was just told I wasn’t needed any more. No chance to tell my side of what I was getting accomplished. To this day (30 years later) I don’t think it was fair. In my long career I’ve fired several for non performance and done several downsizings. Very hard, even the firings for cause. But at the end of the day it is easier to be the one doing the firing than to be the one let go. It’s the question of who is in control.

McCain: 62 Mustang, Clinton: a chauffeur driven limo, Obama: a Jaguar but the 4 door version so his kids can ride in the back

hot flash — I get one (just one) every night around 4 am. What keeps me awake is then thinking about work…how am I ever going to…(fill in the blank for the current worry spot). I always say work isn’t fun unless you’re living on the edge and get up every morning thinking how am I ever going to do that, it’s way beyond me. But then I figure it out and get through it and fly on to the next impossible task. But they do keep me from going back to sleep. I often get my inspirations from those 4am worries.

Should Silda leave Eliot? Only she can decide that. It’s a lot more complicated decision than it looks on the surface and no one else can presume to know what the deciding factors are. Should she have had to stand next to him in her demure powder blue jacket and pearls looking like the supportive wife after it’s been published that he paid for a prostitute who would not insist on a condom? No! What a bizarre political rodeo we have created when all of these randy males get caught and insist on having their wives stand next to them for the requisite press conference. You asked for the sex by yourself, take the punishment by yourself.