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I’ll forgive Mark... for the kids’ sake - The Sun

Mark has been a complete idiot - which he openly admits - but it doesn't stop him being a brilliant dad ... This will be the biggest test their marriage may ever have to endure. Emma wants so much to believe this could never happen again - she just ...

Aussie coach backs his 'idiot' cricketers - Stuff

IDIOT?: Australian cricketer Mitchell ... though the game is on the line, you'll see some emotion and you don't want to take that out of the game." Nielsen conceded New Zealand's 81-year-old former Test all-rounder was entitled to his opinion. "

Nielsen backs 'idiot' Aussie cricketers - WA today

... and a bit fired up because they feel as though the game is on the line, you'll see some emotion and you don't want to take that out of the game." Nielsen conceded New Zealand's 81-year-old former Test all-rounder was entitled to his opinion. "

The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Governing - Common Dreams

Here, for your reading pleasure and educational benefit is The Complete Idiot's Guide ... other hand, if being a crash-test dummy is more to your liking, there's a formula for that too. What you do is pick the wrong issue, take some mealy-mouthed ...

Happiness test - AsiaOne

However, both the idiot and fool, who had fallen behind at the starting point, turned out as the final winners. The controversial Bahsa Malaysia and Mathematics test programme may have better intentions but I take a constant stand: listen to their ...

Nielsen defends his ‘idiot’ Australian players - The Gaea Times

... take ... idiot: Swann February 17th, 2010 DUBAI - England off-spinner Graeme Swann says any cricketer who tries to fix matches is a complete idiot. "There are anti-corruption guys that travel all year round with us. North will play in Hobart ...

Roach wants Pacquiao to fight Mayweather, but still ... - BoxingNews24.com

the 10 million dollars was needed to stop floyed from doing what he did to marquez and add the blood test which manny says weakens him .floyed trying to take advantage. PLEASE ... something and need to be test…YOU ARE AN IDIOT.

Poor Test Score Does Not Embody Tebow - FanHouse

Tebow scored a 22 on the Wonderlic test, which qualifies ... board headline, "Tim Tebow's an Idiot!" Then readers tore into Tebow. If only half of them hadn't spelled it "Wunderlich," their criticism would have been easier to take seriously.

On the Wonderlic, Tebow, Clausen nearly scored in the ... - NBC Sports

The NFL has kept a fairly tight lid on Wonderlic scores since Vince Young managed a six (or, possibly, a seven) on the 50-question intelligence test four years ago ... Mooch, you are an idiot. Does a QB who doesn't take his job seriously play in the ...

Angtime: An Airborne Buffet of Humor and Fun - Seattle Post Intelligencer

I would take a dance class ... of sheetrock dust from the screws ripping back through the wall and launching themselves at me like a swarm of "idiot seeker" missiles. I ended up in a fetal position in the sink, covered in paperbacks, centerfolds ...

Open Question: How to deal with this?

I'm a freshman in college. I live in the dorms, about an hour's drive from home. I got a test back on Wednesday in my calc class that was marked as a 50%. I was surprised because I had thought I did really well on it, so I went to talk to my professor about it. It turned out that he had made a mistake when he was calculating my score - he hadn't factored in the calculator section - and I actually got a 95%. He apologized, he fixed it, and that was that. I called home later to talk to my parents and mentioned the test and how I had gotten it fixed. My mom got really upset about how that could have ruined my grade and I should report the professor to the dean. I said I didn't want to because it was a mistake and he fixed it right away, but she keeps saying that it's his job not to make mistakes and how if I don't report him, she will. It would really suck if she reported him. He's a nice guy and a good teacher, and if the dean DOES take her seriously, I don't want him to lose his job because of me. I don't think he'd take her seriously, but (and I know this is kind of trivial)...it's still embarrassing. She was like this for my entire childhood - if I scraped a knee while I was playing at a friend's house, she'd yell at the parents for not watching us better. When I didn't make varsity basketball when I was a freshman, she called the coach and yelled at him. I love her, and I'm grateful for her, and I know she loves me, but she can be such a mother hen. I don't like being treated like a child or an idiot who can't take care of things himself, I just want her to back off a little. How can I convince her that she doesn't need to coddle me and, in the process, NOT report my professor?by the way, if it makes a difference, I'm on a full scholarship so my parents aren't paying for anything.Jamie: yeah I considered that..but that would just fix THIS problem, you know? What about when I get rejected for a job and my mom calls them up? If I propose to my girlfriend and she says no, is my mom going to rag on her until she gives in? I mean, I could lie to her/keep her in the dark...but I'd like to be able to tell my parents about what's going on. more

Open Question: pregnant or just freaking out?

im 20. im not really that responsible with my birth control...dumb i know. at about two weeks into my birth control pack..i started spotting, the first day it was reallly dark, then the next day it was brown, then the next it was regular blood (just a little) then the same day turned back to brown then stopped...i think this could be implantation bleeding? but like i said im not that responsible with my birth control so it could be breakthrough bleeding but this has never happened before ive been on this bc since nov of 08 and im always an idiot about taking the pill. the night before i started spotting i had a dream i was pregnant (started spotting when i woke up) oooh and i started spotting 6 days after i had sex....i dont remember when the time was before that but probably not that long like a week? yesterday i was in rehersal (im a trumpet player) all of a sudden i got realllly hot i was sweating like crazy then i started getting dizzy and thought i was going to faint or throw up and had to sit down...then when i got home i still felt icky and dizzy but i was freeeeezing cold i couldnt warm up to save my life this lasted for at least an hour or two then i was fine i woke up this morning not feeling to hot. my bf was playing with my nipples (sorry tmi) and they are really tender not my boob just the nipple..weird huh my urine was super dark yesterday and i didnt look today :/ i have cramps like im going to start my period so maybe im just being stupid but i dont know im kind of freaking out and its too early to take a test im supposed to start between friday and sunday and my back hurts like behind where my ovaries are so after i spotted i kept taking my birthcontrol so last monday i started the white pills now its thursday and i spotted again....when i get my period....i get my period!! it was just a spot of brown grossness last night and another today...i dont think this is my period but would i be bleeding if i was preggers? what do you think?? are there other signs i should be looking out for? how did you know you were pregnant before your missed period one more thing...i have reallly high anxiety not too sure if this has anything to do with it have you ever experienced this?too early to take a pregnancy test more

Resolved Question: What counts as a major fault in a driving test?

Hi, I'm taking my second driving test next week - the first test I only got 2 minors but then messed up by going through a red light! Idiot! Anyway, I was wondering what happens if you mess up your maneuvers on the test? I realise dangerous lack of observations would probably go down as a major/serious fault, but what if you mess up on technicalities? EG, parallel parking, you observe fine, start fine but finish up a bit wonky. Will you fail? ThanksUm, actually I have had lots of lessons. My next lesson isn't until the day before the test hence why I'm asking first on here. Yeesh, seriously, why bother to answer with that? :) more

Voting Question: 2 Positive HPTs, then negative blood test, then another positive HPT?

Hi everyone, I am now three weeks overdue AF. When I realised I was overdue a couple of weeks ago, I took 2 home tests - both came back very faintly positive. I assumed I was probably pregnant, because the last time I was pregnant they were also that faint. So I went to the Dr for a blood test, more to confirm than anything else. However, the blood test came back negative. So, I waited to get my period. I have pretty bad endometriosis, so I usually know well in advance when I'm gonna get my AF because it's fairly painful and long. Two weeks later, still no AF. My body is also giving me some signs I remember from my first pregnancy. So, last night I did another HPT, and again it came up positive. But then the weirdest thing - I did one again this morning and it was much more negative - you can only see the 2nd line if you hold it up to the light. What do I do? Should I just wait and see? I'd feel like a total idiot if I went back to my Dr and insisted on another blood test, only for it to come back negative again - but three weeks late AND at least 3 faint positives?? Have any of you been through something similar, and what was your outcome? Thanks guys, everyone's always so helpful :)I should add that I have been TTc for more than two years, and have had one miscarriage at 7 weeks, which resulted in my having a D&C, so I do know what to expect should I miscarry. But I feel fantastic, no cramping or pain, and not a single sign of spotting, even though negative blood test came back 2 weeks ago. Cheers :) more

Resolved Question: pregnant or freaking myself out? how did you know u were pregnant before missed period?

im 20. im not really that responsible with my birth control...dumb i know. at about two weeks into my birth control pack..i started spotting, the first day it was reallly dark, then the next day it was brown, then the next it was regular blood (just a little) then the same day turned back to brown then stopped...i think this could be implantation bleeding? but like i said im not that responsible with my birth control so it could be that but this has never happened before and im always an idiot about taking the pill. the night before i started spotting i had a dream i was pregnant (started spotting when i woke up) oooh and i started spotting 6 days after i had sex....i dont remember when the time was before that but probably not that long like a week? yesterday i was in rehersal (im a trumpet player) all of a sudden i got realllly hot i was sweating like crazy then i started getting dizzy and thought i was going to faint or throw up and had to sit down...then when i got home i still felt icky and dizzy but i was freeeeezing cold i couldnt warm up to save my life this lasted for at least an hour or two then i was fine i woke up this morning not feeling to hot. my bf was playing with my nipples (sorry tmi) and they are really tender not my boob just the nipple..weird huh my urine was super dark yesterday and i didnt look today :/ i have cramps like im going to start my period so maybe im just being stupid but i dont know im kind of freaking out and its too early to take a test im supposed to start between friday and sunday and my back hurts like behind where my ovaries are? what do you think?? are there other signs i should be looking out for? how did you know you were pregnant before your missed period more

Resolved Question: could i be pregnant or am i just freaking out?

im 20. im not really that responsible with my birth control...dumb i know. at about two weeks into my birth control pack..i started spotting, the first day it was reallly dark, then the next day it was brown, then the next it was regular blood (just a little) then the same day turned back to brown then stopped...i think this could be implantation bleeding? but like i said im not that responsible with my birth control so it could be that but this has never happened before and im always an idiot about taking the pill. the night before i started spotting i had a dream i was pregnant (started spotting when i woke up) oooh and i started spotting 6 days after i had sex....i dont remember when the time was before that but probably not that long like a week? yesterday i was in rehersal (im a trumpet player) all of a sudden i got realllly hot i was sweating like crazy then i started getting dizzy and thought i was going to faint or throw up and had to sit down...then when i got home i still felt icky and dizzy but i was freeeeezing cold i couldnt warm up to save my life this lasted for at least an hour or two then i was fine i woke up this morning not feeling to hot. my bf was playing with my nipples (sorry tmi) and they are really tender not my boob just the nipple..weird huh my urine was super dark yesterday and i didnt look today :/ i have cramps like im going to start my period so maybe im just being stupid but i dont know im kind of freaking out and its too early to take a test im supposed to start between friday and sunday and my back hurts like behind where my ovaries are? what do you think?? are there other signs i should be looking out for? more

Resolved Question: pregnant? or in my head?

im 20. im not really that responsible with my birth control...dumb i know. at about two weeks into my birth control pack..i started spotting, the first day it was reallly dark, then the next day it was brown, then the next it was regular blood (just a little) then the same day turned back to brown then stopped...i think this could be implantation bleeding? but like i said im not that responsible with my birth control so it could be that but this has never happened before and im always an idiot about taking the pill. the night before i started spotting i had a dream i was pregnant (started spotting when i woke up) oooh and i started spotting 6 days after i had sex....i dont remember when the time was before that but probably not that long like a week? yesterday i was in rehersal (im a trumpet player) all of a sudden i got realllly hot i was sweating like crazy then i started getting dizzy and thought i was going to faint or throw up and had to sit down...then when i got home i still felt icky and dizzy but i was freeeeezing cold i couldnt warm up to save my life this lasted for at least an hour or two then i was fine i woke up this morning not feeling to hot. my bf was playing with my nipples (sorry tmi) and they are really tender not my boob just the nipple..weird huh my urine was super dark yesterday and i didnt look today :/ i have cramps like im going to start my period so maybe im just being stupid but i dont know im kind of freaking out and its too early to take a test im supposed to start between friday and sunday and my back hurts like behind where my ovaries are? what do you think?? more

Resolved Question: 2 year old daughter is having explosive pale diarrhea, what should I do?

Okay I know a lot of you are going to tell me to see the doc but I live in China and I've already done that. They tested her poo for parasites and sent us home. Here's the situation Female 2 year old 22 lbs Explosive diarrhea for more than 24 hours- Light yellow/ almost white in color- no solids- yogurt smell (I'm not sure why but it's got a STRONG yogurt smell!) No fever, I'm not sure about the chills (it's cold here anyway and she's all bundled up- plus she can't talk), and she seems to want to eat regular foods but her diarrhea seems to get worse. She's pretty active still but gets occasional cramps We've restricted her diet to rice soup and formula She has been refusing to drink (until about an hour ago when I gave her some watered down grape juice) She seems to be tired but that seems to be the only side effect. Went to the doctor and the idiot tried to tell us that they couldn't take the stool sample from a diaper...we went directly to the lab and they said no problem, but the doctor only tested for blood, white cells, parasites and color! I need to know if I should suck it up and take her to a western doctor or not...it's about $700 USD to even be seen (no tests included) and since I've been working in China for 8 years it's just about half a month's salary. Any suggestions...oh and I'm battling my Chinese mother-in-law to try to get her to use the BRAT diet, but she won't let me. more

Voting Question: Bacterial infection, yeast infection, or UTI? My doctors are idiots, HELP!?

A few months ago I went to my "down there" doctor with symptoms of a bacterial infection. White, pasty discharge with a meaty odor. She confirmed it and gave me pills to take. 3 weeks later I noticed it still had a smell that wasn't my normal smell but also wasn't the meaty smell from the bacterial infection. the discharge was thick and white. I made an appointment and my doctor confirmed it to be a yeast infection and gave me a prescription. A month later I went back with the SAME symptoms as last time. Weird smell, bitter is the only way I can describe it, and thick white discharge. It's not that it came back, it's that it never went away, the medication didn't help! Although this time I had another symptom.. it itched. This time she confirmed it to be a bacterial infection again. and gave me medication. That too did not help. I called a different gynecologist. When I saw this new doctor she diagnosed it as a urinary tract infection and gave me medication. I thought it weird because it doesn't burn when I pee and the smell of my urine isn't stronger than usual. But for once this medication seemed to help. All the symptoms went away except the weird smell and thickness of the discharge. Can a UTI really cause the smell and texture of vaginal dischage to change? I plan to make an appointment with this doctor again but I'm afraid she won't be able to figure it out either so I'm trying to figure it out myself. STD's & STI's are completely ruled out, I'm completely monogamous but was tested to rule out it coming from my partner. And I follow a careful cleansing regime... I keep it clean and I use unscented soap without dyes.Can someone give me ideas of what they think it might be or why the medication hasn't been working? more

Open Question: What might cause lower back pain when lying down?

For as long as I can remember I've had ridiculous pain when lying down. It starts in my lower back, then spreads to my hips and down my legs. Cracking my back and popping my hip helps for a few minutes, but then it's back. It doesn't hurt when I lie on my back or am walking, but it does also hurt when I'm sitting up. Painkillers don't really help. The leg pain is more like muscle cramping, but in my back and hip it's a different kind of ache (don't know how to describe it), both are constant. Walking gets rid of the pain while I'm actually walking, but as soon as I lie down again it's back. Weirdly, it disappeared for a few months once, following a hospital stay where I was basically locked into one position (on my back but with a raised upper body) for 12 hours. But then it came back one night and never left. I suppose I could try to assume a similar position and not move for most of a day, but that's not hugely practical. What in the heck could be causing this? My doctor says I just need to exercise more, which is true in general, but then why would being in one position for an extended period of time fix it for months?! Otherwise there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with me. I had a CT scan when I was in the hospital to make sure I didn't have some kind of infection there (as opposed to the bladder/kidney infection any idiot and their dog could see I had...but I had insurance so they insisted on running every test in the book...and of course it was on Good Friday so I couldn't see my doctor for days and just couldn't take the pain any longer) and it didn't show anything weird. Even if exercising more does cure it (so far it hasn't, but I've let it go in the past few months anyway), I'd still like to have some idea of what the heck is CAUSING it. Anyone have any idea? It's very aggravating, as I seem unable to sleep on my back, but obviously can't sleep with searing pain either! more

Resolved Question: I have a question about a first-offense dwi?

Ok, I was apparently under the influence last Thursday night ( I had one beer and one 40 ounce), then tried going to the bar, with my car, of course. As I was leaving, I apparently hit a cop car ( I was buzzed, but I don't remember seeing one there). I was charged with DWI in a school zone and taken to the police station, although I was on the bar's property and no where near my college!!!! Now, it's my first offense, and I will never, ever do this again (I haven't drank anything since then), and i'm a complete idiot and bonehead, but does anybody know if I can just pay fines w/o losing my license? I really need it, especially for this part-time job I work. I didn't refuse any breathalyzer test, even though I was treated like a common criminal, and not a town citizen :( more

Resolved Question: DREAMING OF A POLAR BEAR-WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

I had a dream last night that i went on some sort of a school trip to this beach type place and i was sat with a college friend enjoying the BEAUTIFUL views of the sea.It was night time and we were just relaxing enjoying ourselves and everynce else were behind us doing the same when all of a sudden i see this white polar bear dragging a fish out of the sea. He was at a safe distance but then my friend decided to test wheather or not the polar bear would get provoked if he threw some stones at it(idiot) I kept saying don't he'll come and alas he did so we started running and my mate climbed on to some cliff and whilst i tried, i just could lift myself up at the the right time so i started yelling asking for help.Some body took me and pulled me up and i was safe but the polar bear was at the bottom and we were all scared especially me that what if the thing that we are on breaks. That's it....what could this dream mean? I tried going on dream moods but the page kept saying something like the link is broken and i have just had enough reloading to see if it works again because it just doesn't work :( So instead i though i would ask in here :) Thanks! :) more

Voting Question: Not feeling right at all. I ended up in the ER and felt better but now I am FEELING almost as bad.?

I will try to explain all my symptoms what they said in the ER. I feel like such an idiot because I do not know what is wrong with me. For the past three weeks I have not felt well. The biggest problem is when I think about it I have a feeling I cannot take a deep breath. I do take one but the feeling is still there. My pulse starts beating fast and then I feel like I am going to have a heart attack. I am tired with no energy. I have also lost weight because I have no appetite. I do not feel sick just do not feel like eating. A week ago I had a swollen gland in my neck and it hurt. Do not have that but I do feel like that side of my neck is strange. Hard to explain the feeling. I had put it off for awhile without telling anyone but then I could not take it anymore and went to the ER. My pulse was 156 and my blood pressure was 143/103. I usually do not have high blood pressure. I was crying and generally felt horrible. They took my blood and found out my potassium was very low and that my white blood cell count was high. Plus I had a fever of 101. They admitted me to the hospital and gave me potassium through the IV plus they gave me stuff to help lower my heart rate. I felt great yesterday and they released me. They did tests on my heart and xrays EKG and showed my heart was fine and had no heart tissue damage so that was good. I am starting to feel bad again and immediately think I am going to have a heart attack and then all those symptoms come back. I am not sure what to do I am suppose to leave tomorrow on a trip. Any body have any issues like this or any suggestions.My potassium levels were fine when I left the hospital yesterday so they can not understand what is causing my potassium to be so low when I came in. They checked my blood sugar and that was fine. Kidneys were fine also. A couple of months ago I had low potassium also but was okay after potassium pills. I am also lightheaded.I am overweight in my mid thirties and I am on no special diet. I take requip for restless legs, vicodin off and on for broken tailbone and prilosec for GERD more

Voting Question: Is it possible for me to be pregnant?

I have been on the depo shot for about six months.. My doctor told me that when the depo starts to leave your body you start your period. I started mine and went and got my second shot. I didn't listen however when she told me to wait a week. Now my chest has stretch marks, my stomach has stretch marks, and my stomach is somewhat hard, but I am a larger girl and I'm not sure how to tell if its just fat or if its something else. I am scared and I know I sound like an idiot. I have also been eating alot more. I was told that the eating would be a part of the depo. And so would the weight gain. But I have gained more weight then I thought, and I don't eat bad. I am just nervouse, I took a pregnancy test this morning, but I think I actually ruined it because I accidently urniated on the little answer spot.. Thank you for reading.. I understand I sound stupid. I'm just very scared. I'm suppose to start college very soon.. more

Resolved Question: Scientific Blueberries?

I want to know the scientic reason why blueberries can darken and stain the hair to a deeper more black color. I tested this out on my "light brown brunette of a sister" by mashing blueberries and aplying them to her hair. She put on a shower cap and rinsed it out the next morning. I made her do this 3x a week for a month and it worked! I don't want to dumb answer like "Because blueberries stain," i'm not an idiot, i think i know what they do. I need to know the "scientic" way with the chemical and all that stuff. This is for the science fair and i have a before and after pic (i only took a picture of the hair though). My question is "Are blueberries a natural hair dye? If so HOW?" Or something close to that :D Thanks! http://s583.photobucket.com/albums/ss274/water208/?action=view&current=Vitaecolorchart_84200821gif.jpg&newest=1 P.S. If you have any questions i will glady add more detail to my question! more

Resolved Question: Scientific blueberries?

I want to know the scientic reason why blueberries can darken and stain the hair to a deeper more black color. I tested this out on my "light brown brunette of a sister" by mashing blueberries and aplying them to her hair. She put on a shower cap and rinsed it out the next morning. I made her do this 3x a week for a month and it worked! I don't want to dumb answer like "Because blueberries stain," i'm not an idiot, i think i know what they do. I need to know the "scientic" way with the chemical and all that stuff. This is for the science fair and i have a before and after pic (i only took a picture of the hair though). My question is "Are blueberries a natural hair dye? If so HOW?" Or something close to that :D Thanks! http://s583.photobucket.com/albums/ss274/water208/?action=view&current=Vitaecolorchart_84200821gif.jpg P.S. If you have any questions about this, i will gladly add more detail to my answer. more

Resolved Question: Difference between ovulation cramps & implantation cramps?

I don't remember to much of my first pregnancy and my periods are irregular so I am not sure when I ovulate. But my period is not due for another 2 weeks and I NEVER get cramps this early its always the same day I get it. But for the last 3 days I have had cramps in my lower abdomen like a period and have had more mucus than usual. Its thick and gross (sry tmi) So basically what I am asking is what am I feeling? And whats the difference. Its to early to take a pregnancy test and my doctor is on vacation and on call docs are idiot.btw I had a positive ovulation test on feb 18-21 Has sex through out those days. My period started feb 8th lasted 3 days I had implantation bleeding with my first babyI took ovulation tests the last 3 days and it said I wasnt ovulation and it was the clearblue smiley face ones. easy predict more

Voting Question: Is it normal for a girl who has had regular periods to suddenly stop having them?

I am 17 years old and since some idiot is going to ask yes I'm sexually active. I got my period when I was 10 so things have regulated themselves out. I used to have problems with my period being too heavy, so I was put on birth control so they wouldn't be so heavy. After awhile I stopped taking them due to doctor's orders and my mother. I have had two ovarian cysts one in my left and one in my right. The one on my right had to be surgically removed because it was slightly growing and it was pulling down on my ovary. As a result it was removed along with half of my ovary. Everything went alright after the surgery and I had no problems. In November of 09, I had two periods one on the first and the second on the 29th. Since then I have not had a period. I spotted once in January but that was it. I took two at home pregnancy tests and they both came out negative. I went to Plan Parenthood to get a FULL check up to see if anything was wrong or maybe I had caught something. Everything came out negative. Any reasons for me to stop having periods? more

Resolved Question: Should I worry about my son? Urine tests in reception?

My son just left for Basic Training last week. He's still in Reception, and said he will be there until Friday. The last few months, he's been very secretive and gained a ton weight over night. I suspected he was smoking weed, since one night he smelt like it. But after he left, I went to put some of his clothes away and found weed in his drawer. He called me the other night at Reception, and I brought up the subject. I asked if he was going to be tested, because I've read he will be. He told me that they told the new recruits they wouldn't be.. but why wouldn't they? Does anyone know if he would be? He only has a few more days left until he ends Reception and starts his Basic Training in the Army. I'm very disappointed because this was a great opportunity for him, and he's an idiot for doing this. If they test him, and he is tested positive, what will happen? Discharge? Someone told me he would be forced to take a Drug Rehab class, then sent home? I've also read and heard they don't always test at Reception, or even BT. Should I be expecting my son home soon? Thank you for your information. more

Resolved Question: I am I unintelligent, because it seems that way sometimes?

I get good grades in school (made straight A's last semester) but I seem to pick up things a lot more slowly than other people. I have to work to understand things sometimes, other times I grasp them easily. If you give me a task and tell me what to do, I will study it at my own pace and will probably pass any test you give me with an A or high B....but most likely an A because that is what I usually get on all my tests. Herein lies my problem.....I feel like I'm slower than other students who can grasp difficult subjects like Philosophy and Science easily. I also don't think that I could ever come up with a brilliant idea on my own. I don't feel like I'm much of a creative thinker. Does this mean I'm an idiot? I'm also attending a community college and they say that the students there are "less smart" than those at universities. One of my professors once confessed to me that the school trained her to "not expect so much" from her students because its a community college. That doesn't exactly help my confidence. Do these things mean that I am not smart? Especially about not being able to think creatively. That really bugs me. I think anyone who studies hard enough can get As, but it takes a creative thinker like heroes of the past like Aristotle, Newton and Einstein to be intelligent. Am I wrong? more

Resolved Question: Why does my stepdad think "the end is near"?

OMG well I am going to say that I don't believe in the 2012 thing, so don't say anything about it being real, because I will report your answer. hehehe thanks XD BUT ANWAY**** I overheard him talking to my mom about how he thinks (and I quote) "The end times are near" because he thinks the earthquakes and the famous people that kept dying were signs! He was saying how the Maya people have an exact date of when it will end, which is (I quote again)"I think December... er... 21 i think, 2012". and my mom believed it! We are all God believeing people and I STRONGLY hate that theory of 2012!! I think the earthquakes and the people dying is just God testing us to see if we will help the people in need. really, that is what i believe. but this isn't supposted to be about 2012, I just want to know why the hell he thinks that! I mean what kind of an IDIOT does it take to say that crap?! my mom freaken believed him! and she is like "oh, well I better live it up if I only have 2 years to live". what should I do?! it pisses me off, and I am so tired of people believing that, I mean I even convinced a few and said that if they believe in God then they shouldnt worry about "2012". lawl but anyway, yeah, what to do, what to do?!?! ***THANKS more

Resolved Question: urgent, please help me!!?

Ok... so today, I went to the DMV to get my permit. Inside, my mom saw one of her friends, and they greeted each other and whatnot. She said her daughter is taking the test inside, and whatever, I went inside, and I saw a beautiful girl there. I didn't know it was my mom's friends daughter at the time, but I instantly fell in love, not only because she looked nice, I'm not that shallow, but she was just my type. Anyways, I sat down, and she was about to sit down, so I made a seat available right next to me. She sat down in the front, didn't see me. whatever. Anyways, I failed the test, and I walked out and saw my mom, her friend and the daughter and was shocked for a second. I didn't expect the daughter to be my mom's friends daughter, but anyways, my mom's friend asked if I passed and I was so embarrassed, I kind of shook my head and said "no", and she's like "really??" and I'm like "yeah". I asked the mom if her daughter passed, and she said yeah. I feel like such an idiot and a loser, I completely embarrassed myself in front of her. She's perfect for me, she's 16, I'm 18, we're both Israeli, I really want to get to know her, but I don't want to ask my mom because she'll know I have a crush. I don't want her to know, but I definitely want to get to know the girl... How do I get to know her? I'm thinking maybe I should get her name and Facebook her, but how do I get her first or at least last name from my mom, without my mom having any suspicion? She'll definitely know if I randomly bring her up. more

Resolved Question: CLICK HERE, URGENT PLEASE HELP!?

Ok... so today, I went to the DMV to get my permit. Inside, my mom saw one of her friends, and they greeted each other and whatnot. She said her daughter is taking the test inside, and whatever, I went inside, and I saw a beautiful girl there. I didn't know it was my mom's friends daughter at the time, but I instantly fell in love, not only because she looked nice, I'm not that shallow, but she was just my type. Anyways, I sat down, and she was about to sit down, so I made a seat available right next to me. She sat down in the front, didn't see me. whatever. Anyways, I failed the test, and I walked out and saw my mom, her friend and the daughter and was shocked for a second. I didn't expect the daughter to be my mom's friends daughter, but anyways, my mom's friend asked if I passed and I was so embarrassed, I kind of shook my head and said "no", and she's like "really??" and I'm like "yeah". I asked the mom if her daughter passed, and she said yeah. I feel like such an idiot and a loser, I completely embarrassed myself in front of her. She's perfect for me, she's 16, I'm 18, we're both Israeli, I really want to get to know her, but I don't want to ask my mom because she'll know I have a crush. I don't want her to know, but I definitely want to get to know the girl... How do I get to know her? Keep in mind that my mom and this friend aren't close, they just know each other, but they never hang out or anything. I was thinking of asking she can introduce me so she can help me study, but it's a very easy test with not a lot of studying required, I just flunked it for some reason... what do I do? :( more

Resolved Question: Can somebody please help me, URGENT!!?

Ok... so today, I went to the DMV to get my permit. Inside, my mom saw one of her friends, and they greeted each other and whatnot. She said her daughter is taking the test inside, and whatever, I went inside, and I saw a beautiful girl there. I didn't know it was my mom's friends daughter at the time, but I instantly fell in love, not only because she looked nice, I'm not that shallow, but she was just my type. Anyways, I sat down, and she was about to sit down, so I made a seat available right next to me. She sat down in the front, didn't see me. whatever. Anyways, I failed the test, and I walked out and saw my mom, her friend and the daughter and was shocked for a second. I didn't expect the daughter to be my mom's friends daughter, but anyways, my mom's friend asked if I passed and I was so embarrassed, I kind of shook my head and said "no", and she's like "really??" and I'm like "yeah". I asked the mom if her daughter passed, and she said yeah. I feel like such an idiot and a loser, I completely embarrassed myself in front of her. She's perfect for me, she's 16, I'm 18, we're both Israeli, I really want to get to know her, but I don't want to ask my mom because she'll know I have a crush. I don't want her to know, but I definitely want to get to know the girl... How do I get to know her? Keep in mind that my mom and this friend aren't close, they just know each other, but they never hang out or anything. also, if I do get her info, how do I contact her? It'll be creepy to just randomly call, IM, or request on Facebook, no? She doesn't know me, the daughter. more

Resolved Question: MacBook Pro keeps "crashing"?

I purchased a MacBook Pro back in September 2007, and the running system was Tiger, X, or 10.4 os. As far as I can correctly recall it was the last quarter of that model before they switched over to the new ones and the Leopard os. Right now it's a version 10.4.11, the most up to date right now for that os. It has a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. I have not personally made any modifications to the processor or the ram/other memory. However, at one point my "logic board" needed replaced in May 2009 and it was done by some contractor through my school. This was the first time I ever had problems. I haven't had much on it, Adobe CS3, a couple games, iTunes (but a lot of music), and I have a habit of saving every neat image I find. I also have a Wacom and an external installed. Also, one time my brother was being an idiot and somehow broke my optical drive. So, it reads cds and dvds when it wants to and makes a sound while trying to upload it. That still needs fixed. However... Shortly before Thanksgiving all of a sudden my iTunes library was damaged and then I couldn't open it. I tried deleting the broken library files and totally reinstalling iTunes to no avail. Then it happened, my computer would acknowledge my hard drive or what I had installed and saved on my computer, was there, but I couldn't access my computer. I was staring at a blank, blue screen. I tried reinstalling the system, and archiving my current hard drive. It started to work until it restarted and I got some weird symbol on my screen. I went to erase and reinstall, but when it got to the part to restart for the second disc, it just wouldn't turn back on until some time later. I had to erase and reinstall, losing quite a bit. It was okay for while, but I never stopped fearing it would happen again. Eventually, it did shortly before Christmas. My iTunes crashed again and Safari dropped all of my log in information and crashed as well. Programs had a hard time installing if they could at all. Some of my music was also corrupt. I had to erase and install AGAIN. After that my CS3 would unexpectedly crash or something and what I was working on would be corrupted until I reinstalled from the hard copy again. Last night (February 28) I got back from work to file scholarship information and I got the blue screen of death. Archiving and installing did not fix opening programs, and all of a sudden my external is not being detected, though I know it works. I had to erase and install, FOR THE THIRD TIME, and potentially lost a lot of data. I do not make a lot of money, and everyone just keeps telling me to take it to an Apple store and they might know what's wrong with it. I do not have the time to take out of my busy schedule to do this, either. I tried running the hardware test, and the basic one comes up with an error, but nothing after a repeat or the more thorough one. I have come to the assumption it's something having to do with the hardware pieces and parts of my computer. Can someone give me the least expensive solution to my problem or should I just start looking into another laptop? more

Resolved Question: Stupid question, please help?

I'm an idiot. I missed the College Board's closing time by five minutes and didn't get a list of AP coordinators. There website says you must contact no later than March 1 (today). This is the last year I can take AP exams. Is there any way I will be able to take the tests this year or am I screwed? more

Resolved Question: Missed 2 periods after coming off the pill? (Kind of t.m.i.)?

My husband had a vasectomy the first of October. I was on ortho tricyclen lo for about 7 or 8 months. I came off it the end of December. I was so mean and miserable bc I can't take hormone b.c at all. It make me crazy. I was also under the assumption (I know Im a idiot) it would take a while to get out of my system. And my husband would have time off to get his sperm checked, to make sure the vasectomy worked. He's been working steady so no check, and no period for me the since the end of December. My nipples hurt like they do before your period starts. Lots of ewcm so I thought it was gonna stop and my period would start. But nope its still quite alot. I took a test last week it was negative, but I dont think I held in the urine long enough. I dont care that much if I am pregnant. I would rather not be bc We wanted to stop at two. But if this crazy and stupid amount of circumstances end in a baby then it was meant to be. Any one have this after stopping b.c? I stopped it before and missed once but never twice. Oh I had my daughter 11 months ago. Not sure if that has anything to do with me being all messed up. :)I was thinking the same thing. I have missed periods in the past due to stress. But never 2 in a row. Thats what weirds me out. And Joe if any woman gets pissy about you helping out. Its their loss. We need more enlightned men in this world. :) more

Resolved Question: Removed Asbestos Containing Floor Tile - Scared?

An aunt passed, an offer was made that would allow us to live in her house and take over ownership so we began renovations. We are currently not in the best financial situation so we decided to do the brunt of the work ourselves. We removed old (25+ years) deteriorating carpet and found beneath it many broken floor tiles and green soft rotted wood below. We decided we needed to replace the rotted board, but there was tile on top. What to do? What to do? "REMOVE IT!" We thought. So we pried up all the tile with putty knives. After wards we decided to look online for directions on removing the adhesive from the floorboards and lo and behold on one website there's a picture of our EXACT tile. Contains asbestos it says. So I was struck near panic and even though that was a month ago it still wells up now and then. We weren't living in the house, still have our apartment, and just went on the weekends to work on it but I think all and all we have had about 17-20 hours exposure to whatever we kicked up in the air with the tile. Whatever dust there was I cleaned up almost immediately because I have allergies. We wore no face masks, no protective clothing, nothing - as I was completely unaware that asbestos floor tile even existed (yes I'm an idiot). I've found a few similar posts of people freaking out about unintended asbestos exposure via removing old tile, and my one and only friend in the world apparently did the same damn thing so I'm not the only idiot in the world that may have set myself on the path to mesothelioma, but like the title says, I'm frightened. We had the tile tested and it came back 93% Vinyl, 7% asbestos and the adhesive somehow has no asbestos at all. I know what's done is done and there's nothing I can do now, but how worried would you be? more

Voting Question: School makes me hate life?

I hate school. It makes me hate life. Whenever I'm there I want to burst out crying. It's such a waste of time. I've spent such a high percentage of my life there. It's completely pointless. I'm not learning anything. I'm just temporarily cramming all of these facts that I don't care about into my brain, and then the second after the test they're gone. I just don't give a blank about all of this stupid information that I'm forced to learn. I love to learn about things that I'm actually interested in, not things that I'm forced to study. I hate homework. It's completely pointless. I never want to do it. I hate how I'm forced to do it. Never in life should anybody ever be forced to do something that they don't want to do. That's called slavery. People deserve the right of choice. And that includes me. I may be a minor, but I'm not stupid. I'm 17, and I'm just as smart as any adult. And I should be treated like one, not like a little kid who you can order around. I'm so sick of always being so tired because of school. Everyone in the world deserves to have a good night's sleep. A good night's sleep should never be compromised for anything. There is no legitimate excuse to intentionally deprive a person of sleep, and homework is not one of them. I also hate most of the kids at my school. They're all so immature and annoying. I wish I didn't have to be in contact with them. I have a group of friends, but most of the kids at my school make me cringe. They make extremely stupid and annoying noises. Sometimes I just shout, "REALLY?" when people are acting stupid. I hate girls that think they're so cute and adorable. Well guess what. You're not! So quit acting like you are! You're not cute. You're an idiot. I also hate all of these stupid teachers, acting like they're the supreme rulers over me. I'm so sick of them always ordering me around. They're not my bosses and I'm not a slave. I don't even get paid to do all of this stupid work. All teachers are evil. I hate them. They're not in charge of me. I can't wait till I graduate next year. Then I can actually like life. I think I hate English class most of all. I already SPEAK English. I don't need to take a class to learn it. I hate my English teacher. He is so annoying. And I hate writing essays. It's completely pointless. And I hate being forced to read stupid boring books. You can't force someone to read a book. People read books for enjoyment because they picked them out themselves and are interested in them. I'm not learning anything. The only good thing about school is Spanish class, because I actually like Spanish. But even that class has all of these stupid annoying kids in it. I can't wait to have all of the stupid kids at my school out of my life forever after I graduate. I'm not mean. I'm just usually really quiet. I don't say mean things to all of the people that I don't like. Usually I say nothing to them. But I talk to my friends a lot. more

Resolved Question: Who has the right of way?

Tomorrow I'm taking a knowledge test to acquire my driver's permit and there's one question that keeps stumping me on all the practice quizzes -- if two cars arrive at an uncontrolled, four-way intersection at the same time, how do you determine who has the right of way? All the answers keep saying "the driver to the left," but how do you determine where left is? (I'm sure I'm sounding like a complete idiot right now.) And on this topic, what if four cars arrive at an intersection at the same time? How do you determine which is right? Thanks! more

Resolved Question: Why does community college suck so bad?

I really got screwed here, I went to high school in the UK. When I moved back over to america and applied at real universities they said they wouldn't take me since they prioritize american high school students. They said, "go to a community college and transfer over". Well I followed that advice, and now I feel completely out of place. 1. Most of the people here seem to not care at all about their classes. Every math class we get a 5 minute break in the middle and literally half of the class packs up and leaves early. What are these people paying for? 2. I am getting an A in every class without even trying, its all so freaking easy, but I can't just join the higher classes yet because I don't have a piece of paper from an american high school saying I already know the stuff. 3. The amount of "special" people is shocking. Not only that but also complete idiots. I was sitting in the cafeteria breezing through my trivial algebra homework (that I learned years ago) and some ghetto kid came up to me and was like, "aww man dat shit looks real hard, wut class are you in?" Basically I am just having a really hard time relating to anyone here. I would join a club or something, but the only ones we have are for ethnic minorities or people in very specific AA programs... like "Diesel Technology Club" lol The only good thing is that since the semester is a month in, half the students have already dropped out and I can find parking spaces again. Do you think I could like pass a test to get my GED and apply to a real college somewhere? It would be worth it to me.I am american, my step dad is northern irish and I lived over there for 8 years. Universities here will not accept me because I don't have a high school diploma... period. They only accept foreign students on exceptional conditions... and there is a long wait list. Most require 4 A-levels with a B or higher. I only obtained 3 A-Levels (which is normal for over there) more

Resolved Question: Stopped Birth Control, Withdraw bleed, but pregnant?

So.. here's my little sisters current dilemma, & any help would be great! She took ONE month of Ortho Lo in January. Her normal period came January 28th. On February 10th she stopped the pills because they made her sick & emotional. This being her first time on birth control, she figured the pills stayed in your system for a few days (idiot I know) so she had unprotected sex everyday from the 10th-14th. Since she's regular that would be right around her ovulation time, correct?! On the 15th she bleed for about 5 days, normal period status, however Im assuming it was a withdraw bleed from stopping the pills. She has been feeling different, nauseous at night, tired, moody, & yesterday she fainted!! She's a healthy 19 year old woman, & has never fainted before. I had her take a pregnancy test yesterday, & it was negative. I also had her go to a clinic for a blood test, but that was negative too. Many say it could to too early for a blood test to show positive, especially if it is not the type that counts her beta number. ANY opinions would be great & TY so much for reading!! more

Voting Question: Can I get her back and win her over? Ladies, please help ASAP!?

Sorry if this is a little long. I've been friends with this girl for 3 years and just recently started dating her. Things were going good, but I am extremely self conscience and felt like I needed a label. I confronted her about it in a text conversation and it went really bad. She asked why I was pushing too fast and eventually said that dating me was a bad idea and a mistake. I said a bunch of things I shouldn't and pretty much said it was either a relationship or nothing. I know things were going good and we were taking it slow. I don't know why I decided to act like an idiot, but I can't change that now. She finally called me back and we talked for like 20 minutes. She was mad, but I think the conversation went pretty well. She told me that the timing was bad, but not that we didn't have a future or anything. I asked her if I could take her out to dinner for Valentine's Day and she said yes. We ended up talking about us for a long time, good and bad reasons to be together, and I opened up and told her how I felt about her. We ended up making out and she told me that I could not expect an answer tonight and I told her I had no expectations. So, we hung out again a few days later. We had dinner and she came over to my house and we watched a movie. Then, we started fooling around, and she told me that she was impressed and that I passed the test. Then, she suddenly stopped and said that was enough and told me that she need to go. I was very confused and don't understand what that was all about. I just want to know what is the best move now, and If I do actually have a chance of being w/ her. I really love her and think shes the one. Ladies help! more

Resolved Question: Just got rejected by a girl?

I've been friends with this girl for a while, and a couple of months ago, we started sitting at the same lunch table. We began to talk quite a bit. I was starting to like her a lot. She always laughed at my jokes, looked at me, and flirted quite a bit. I was planning on asking her out, but the day before I was going to, I learned she just started dating another guy. Fortunately, this didn't last long. I waited a couple weeks to make sure I wouldn't seem like a rebound. So, we had tests for high school honors tests, and she asked me to take a walk alone with her during the break. It was the perfect chance to ask her out. But I didn't, and I felt like an idiot. So I've been trying to get her alone so I could ask for the past week or two, but she's always with her friends when I see her (we don't sit at the same lunch table anymore). So I decided I've waited long enough and I'd ask her over a text, but she rejected me. She apologized and said she'd stay friends, but this is really bugging me. She really seemed to like me. Why did she say no? more

Resolved Question: Why can't I just take a test and get a GED?

Hi, I am approximately 18 years old. Two weeks ago, I woke up in an alley with absolutely no memory whatsoever of the past. Just knowledge. I found a note signed by myself with my fingerprint in my handwriting that said "You do not want to know your past.". I searched anyway, but once I found that my father was an escaped mass murderer, I stopped looking. These people at this strange foster home and even this strange and stupid state of Kansas are threatening to send me back through High School even though I clearly have the knowledge required to take the G.E.D. I ask them. They don't let me. I need it to get into the college I want to get into. A college far away from this idiot-filled place. How do I get a damn GED without going back through high-school? more

Voting Question: Dyspnea :( What should i do?

Im currently a 20 year old college pre-med student in Ontario. Ive recently begun having difficulty getting a full a breath when at rest. This is something that is occuring all the time and i dont know why. I used to smoke marijuana frequently but when i noticed these problems i stopped. Ive been to the hospital because it has been so bad once and ive been to the doctors twice. Ive had spirometry exams, x-rays, blood tests for pulmonary embolism and a lung function test. In all of them I have been above average so i think its safe to say my lungs are healthy. This used to be an issue when i was 18 and my doctor threw me out of his office because he thought i was a hypochondriac and it did eventually go away after about a year... until about a month ago. Doctors have me on a turbohalor and ventolin but neither seems to help and theres many symptoms of asthma that i do not posses. Im tired of going to the doctors and getting no answers and im starting to feel like i should give up but at the same time the problem is taking over many aspects of my life and the feeling is passed the point of unbearable and i fear it will get worse. Should i go to the doctor and discuss remedies for anxiety and possible tests for a heart condition and risk looking like an idiot.. or should i just suffer and do my best to cope while i hope it goes away? more

Resolved Question: My 2150 SAT score is ruining my life-How do I redeem myself?

I did horrible on the SAT and I'm extremely embarassed about my score. I go to a really competitive high school where everyone scores 2200+. All the hot girls have 2200+ scores so I feel like an idiot when I talk to them. I'm a senior so I can't retake, but I know in college you can take GRE, LSAT, etc. I want to get perfect scores on some of those test so I can get my life back on track. How should I do that and how can I fix my life cause it sucks right now. BTW, I'm white and most of my school is asian...so not to be racist but that doesn't help either.I apologize about the somewhat racist ending. I was just trying to put my HS in context and I inadvertently stereotyped a group of people. My sincere apologies. more

Resolved Question: What is this profound feeling telling me to travel? Should I listen to it?

Well to start of, ave kinda had a rough year there losing my apprenticeship due to the recession. A had done 3 and a half years of it then couldn't find a job still plagued by me ex boss lack of faith in me. When I worked for him a use to hear things like are you ******* STUPID! JESUS ******* CHRIST! WHAT AN IDIOT YOU ARE! Although I have really turned things around this year, a got into uni studying languages. I really don't mean to blow my own horn but ave done extremely well. A guess its to do with the fact that every since turning 21 ave just let everything go all the memory's of peoples comments ave really just forgot them and its a lot to try and forget. Ave just dropped the emotional baggage that has plauged me for so long.When a was in school a guess you could say a was a late learner it got to the point a was so late they wanted to put me in a "special school" outside of the curriculum, but now look at me passed everything in my apprenticeship apart from the skills test where a had to wait to get on site experience but was made redundant before a was called up to take the test. Ok a realize am going on a bit a just want you to know a bit about me before you answer. So my question is ave had this desire to travel a lot of my life and recently its got really strong a just can't seem to control it. .A kinda want to be somewhere between a vagabond and a backpacker but a don't know why? Its quite a profound feeling also hard to explain it in detail, although its just like a look out my window at night and feel there is something great out there a can't tell you what, cause a don't know but a just feel it. Furthermore if a was to travel a would have to take a gap year from uni as ave nearly finsihed my first year. So what do you think should a just go for it? Can anyone explain this feeling to me? have you felt it before? Please no answer telling me its God as a don't belive in him Hope you all answer as a would like as many answers as possible, Thanks. Also a have very little money so it wouldn't be long before a became a vagabond/backpacker but a know a could do it as ave had friends do it. A love it get by on people's generosity there is so many good people in this world no one realise it. more

Resolved Question: $10,000 Bar Challenge joke?

A man walks into a bar, notices a very large jar on the counter, and sees that it's filled to the brim with $10 bills. He guesses there must be at least ten thousand dollars in it. He approaches the bartender and asks, "What's with the money in the jar?" "Well..., you pay $10, and if you pass three tests, you get all the money in the jar and the keys to a brand new Ferrari." The man certainly isn't going to pass this up, so he asks, "What are the three tests?" "You gotta pay first," says the bartender, "those are the rules." So, after thinking it over a while, the man gives the bartender $10which he stuffs into the jar. "Okay," says the bartender, "here's what you need to do: First - You have to drink a whole quart of tequila, in 60 seconds or less, and you can't make a face while doing it." "Second - There's a pit bull chained in the back with a bad tooth. You have to remove that tooth with your bare hands." "Third - There's a 90-year old lady upstairs who's never had sex. You have to take care of that problem." The man is stunned! "I know I paid my $10 - but I'm not an idiot! I won't do it! You'd have to be nuts to drink a quart of tequila and then do all those other things!" "Your call," says the bartender, "but, your money stays where it is.." As time goes on, the man has a few more drinks and finally says, "Where's the damn tequila?!" He grabs the bottle with both hands and drinks it as fast as he can.. Tears stream down both cheeks -- but he doesn't make a face -- and he drinks it in 58 seconds! Next, he staggers out the back door where he sees the pit bull chained to a pole. Soon, the people inside the bar hear loud growling, screaming, and sounds of a terrible fight -- then nothing but silence! Just when they think that the man surely must be dead, he staggers back into the bar. His clothes are ripped to shreds and he's bleeding from bites and gashes all over his body. He drunkenly says, "Now..., where's that old woman with the bad tooth?" more

Resolved Question: What is it inside of me that's telling me to travel? should I listen to it? It feels so profound!?

Well to start of, ave kinda had a rough year there losing my apprenticeship due to the recession. A had done 3 and a half years of it then couldn't find a job still plagued by me ex boss lack of faith in me. When I worked for him a use to hear things like are you ******* STUPID! JESUS ******* CHRIST! WHAT AN IDIOT YOU ARE! Although I have really turned things around this year, a got into uni studying languages. I really don't mean to blow my own horn but ave done extremely well. A guess its to do with the fact that every since turning 21 ave just let everything go all the memory's of peoples comments ave really just forgot them and its a lot to try and forget. Ave just dropped the emotional baggage that has plauged me for so long.When a was in school a guess you could say a was a late learner it got to the point a was so late they wanted to put me in a "special school" outside of the curriculum, but now look at me passed everything in my apprenticeship apart from the skills test where a had to wait to get on site experience but was made redundant before a was called up to take the test. Ok a realize am going on a bit a just want you to know a bit about me before you answer. So my question is ave had this desire to travel a lot of my life and recently its got really strong a just can't seem to control it. .A kinda want to be somewhere between a vagabond and a backpacker but a don't know why? Its quite a profound feeling also hard to explain it in detail, although its just like a look out my window at night and feel there is something great out there a can't tell you what, cause a don't know but a just feel it. Furthermore if a was to travel a would have to take a gap year from uni as ave nearly finsihed my first year. So what do you think should a just go for it? Can anyone explain this feeling to me? have you felt it before? Please no answer telling me its God as a don't belive in him Hope you all answer as a would like as many answers as possible, Thanks.Also a have very little money so it wouldn't be long before a became a vagabond/backpacker but a know a could do it as ave had friends do it. A love it get by on people's generosity there is so many good people in this world no one realise it. more

Resolved Question: Should I listen to my gut and go traveling whats making me want to drop everything to traveling?

Well to start of, ave kinda had a rough year there losing my apprenticeship due to the recession. A had done 3 and a half years of it then couldn't find a job still plagued by me ex boss lack of faith in me. When I worked for him a use to hear things like are you ******* STUPID! JESUS ******* CHRIST! WHAT AN IDIOT YOU ARE! Although I have really turned things around this year, a got into uni studying languages. I really don't mean to blow my own horn but ave done extremely well. A guess its to do with the fact that every since turning 21 ave just let everything go all the memory's of peoples comments ave really just forgot them and its a lot to try and forget. Ave just dropped the emotional baggage that has plauged me for so long.When a was in school a guess you could say a was a late learner it got to the point a was so late they wanted to put me in a "special school" outside of the curriculum, but now look at me passed everything in my apprenticeship apart from the skills test where a had to wait to get on site experience but was made redundant before a was called up to take the test. Ok a realize am going on a bit a just want you to know a bit about me before you answer. So my question is ave had this desire to travel a lot of my life and recently its got really strong a just can't seem to control it. .A kinda want to be somewhere between a vagabond and a backpacker but a don't know why? Its quite a profound feeling also hard to explain it in detail, although its just like a look out my window at night and feel there is something great out there a can't tell you what, cause a don't know but a just feel it. Furthermore if a was to travel a would have to take a gap year from uni as ave nearly finsihed my first year. So what do you think should a just go for it? Can anyone explain this feeling to me? have you felt it before? Please no answer telling me its God as a don't belive in him Hope you all answer as a would like as many answers as possible, Thanks.Also a have very little money so it wouldn't be long before a became a vagabond/backpacker but a know a could do it as ave had friends do it. A love it get by on people's generosity there is so many good people in this world no one realise it. more

Resolved Question: What is it inside of me that's telling me to go traveling? should I listen to it?

Well to start of, ave kinda had a rough year there losing my apprenticeship due to the recession. A had done 3 and a half years of it then couldn't find a job still plagued by me ex boss lack of faith in me. When I worked for him a use to hear things like are you ******* STUPID! JESUS ******* CHRIST! WHAT AN IDIOT YOU ARE! Although I have really turned things around this year, a got into uni studying languages. I really don't mean to blow my own horn but ave done extremely well. A guess its to do with the fact that every since turning 21 ave just let everything go all the memory's of peoples comments ave really just forgot them and its a lot to try and forget. Ave just dropped the emotional baggage that has plauged me for so long.When a was in school a guess you could say a was a late learner it got to the point a was so late they wanted to put me in a "special school" outside of the curriculum, but now look at me passed everything in my apprenticeship apart from the skills test where a had to wait to get on site experience but was made redundant before a was called up to take the test. Ok a realize am going on a bit a just want you to know a bit about me before you answer. So my question is ave had this desire to travel a lot of my life and recently its got really strong a just can't seem to control it. .A kinda want to be somewhere between a vagabond and a backpacker but a don't know why? Its quite a profound feeling also hard to explain it in detail, although its just like a look out my window at night and feel there is something great out there a can't tell you what, cause a don't know but a just feel it. Furthermore if a was to travel a would have to take a gap year from uni as ave nearly finsihed my first year. So what do you think should a just go for it? Can anyone explain this feeling to me? have you felt it before? Please no answer telling me its God as a don't belive in him Hope you all answer as a would like as many answers as possible, Thanks.Also a have very little money so it wouldn't be long before a became a vagabond/backpacker but a know a could do it as ave had friends do it. A love it get by on people's generosity there is so many good people in this world no one realise it. more

Resolved Question: What is it inside me that's saying go traveling? Should I listen to it?

Well to start of, ave kinda had a rough year there losing my apprenticeship due to the recession. A had done 3 and a half years of it then couldn't find a job still plagued by me ex boss lack of faith in me. When I worked for him a use to hear things like are you FUCKING STUPID! JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! WHAT AN IDIOT YOU ARE! Although I have really turned things around this year, a got into uni studying languages. I really don't mean to blow my own horn but ave done extremely well. A guess its to do with the fact that every since turning 21 ave just let everything go all the memory's of peoples comments ave really just forgot them and its a lot to try and forget. Ave just dropped the emotional baggage that has plauged me for so long.When a was in school a guess you could say a was a late learner it got to the point a was so late they wanted to put me in a "special school" outside of the curriculum, but now look at me passed everything in my apprenticeship apart from the skills test where a had to wait to get on site experience but was made redundant before a was called up to take the test. Ok a realize am going on a bit a just want you to know a bit about me before you answer. So my question is ave had this desire to travel a lot of my life and recently its got really strong a just can't seem to control it. .A kinda want to be somewhere between a vagabond and a backpacker but a don't know why? Its quite a profound feeling also hard to explain it in detail, although its just like a look out my window at night and feel there is something great out there a can't tell you what, cause a don't know but a just feel it. Furthermore if a was to travel a would have to take a gap year from uni as ave nearly finsihed my first year. So what do you think should a just go for it? Can anyone explain this feeling to me? have you felt it before? Please no answer telling me its God as a don't belive in him Hope you all answer as a would like as many answers as possible, Thanks.Also a have very little money so it wouldn't be long before a became a vagabond/backpacker but a know a could do it as ave had friends do it. A love it get by on people's generosity there is so many good people in this world no one realise it. more

Resolved Question: Some funny statements?

Found some jokes online which i find some of them are true, tell me what you think. *These are not mine* More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong. Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk. That's enough, Nickelback. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger. The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again. Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option. There is a great need for sarcasm font. Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what was going on when I first saw it. I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet? I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text. A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it. Was learning cursive really necessary? Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say". I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger. Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying. Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart". How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said? I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers! Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies" What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other? While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died. I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever. I would like to officially coin the phrase 'catching the swine flu' to be used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with an overweight woman. Example: "Dave caught the swine flu last night." I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired. Bad decisions make good stories If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible. Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem.... You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything productive for the rest more

Resolved Question: My 4.5 month old is has refused to eat for WEEKS now. Why?

When my baby turned 3 months old, suddenly he appeared very sick. Breathing fast, eating less, miserable. We took him to the doctor and they insisted it was RSV/Bronchiolitis without ever testing. Weeks went by and he didn't get any better other than his mood- he was always in a fantastic mood and always slept through the night. On our 3rd follow up they tested him for RSV, negative. Less than a week later he was even worse. Not eating hardly ANYTHING, coughing and hacking and had raspy breathing. Another RSV test came back positive. It's been over 3 weeks since he tested positive for RSV, and he isn't coughing anymore, isn't wheezing and has ZERO congestion in his breathing. The only thing wrong with him is that he WON'T EAT. Every day we have to force feed him just to make sure he stays hydrated (which is a horrifying experience for everyone). You would think if he just needs to "recover" because his stomach shrunk that each day he'd eat more- but that's not the case. There is zero improvement. Today being one of the worst days yet. Went almost 4 hours without eating and would only get down an ounce before he started screaming and refusing. He does have reflux, and is medicated for it (highest dosage of prilosec possible for his age) but he has no symptoms of this being a reflux issue. Doesn't cry when he spits up, doesn't arch, sleeps just fine and is happy all day long. I don't understand WHAT could be wrong with him and because he's hydrated the doctors just don't care. We've seen 7 now and none will take us seriously. Not even the fact that he weighs less than he did 2 months go rings alarm bells in their heads. His spit up is VERY stringy (maybe mucus). His stools are normal. Just doesn't make sense to me. We were sent to a pulmonologist who was an idiot and wouldn't listen to us and now wants to put him through testing that doesn't match ANY of his symptoms instead of paying attention to his weight loss and bottle refusal. WHAT on earth could this be?? And what do I do if NO doctor will take him seriously? (not even the children's hospital emergency room. BTDT)@ Maria: are you serious? We've taken him to appointment after appointment (lots of them follow ups because he didn't improve), and the children's hospital ER- they will not admit a baby and don't care unless the child is dehydrated- which he isn't because we force feed him. The only reason we've seen so many doctors is because WE pushed it, not them- so no, they aren't taking it seriously. He was perfectly healthy and happy and ate ABOVE average amounts until he got sick. And now he appears to no longer be sick, but still won't eat. We've tried every kind of feeding possible (spoon, dropper, etc), he won't take it in any form. Every now and then he'll get down a 4oz bottle but it's rare. more

Resolved Question: What would cause a mentally retarded child with Autism turn into a man with Aspergers that has an IQ of 150?

As a child one of my best friends was told he was going to be mentally retarded (Can't be bothered listing what exactly what was diagnosed, but it was either autism or something else) for the rest of his life, after taking an IQ test whilst in his youth he had a shockingly low IQ. As expected his IQ was around 45. Later on as he progressed and matured through life something caused him to randomly turn (Literally just one day he was so much smarter.. like this just makes me sound like an idiot but, the contrast in persona's in simply amazing) into a high functioning person who suffers from aspergers, that somehow attains the ability to interact almost perfectly with people around him but at the same time stand our as someone who suffers from a severe case of aspergers. He is now 20 years old and has an IQ of 150, his IQ had been tested around a year ago using two different methods; one of the tests was specifically for people who suffer from certain mental disabilities (This is what our doctor said to me and him. Me and him both share the same doctors, due to family relations etc, and allegedly he took two tests and he did show us two examples of a legitimate IQ test), and he also took the test for people who do not suffer from disabilities which require someone to take that other test - both methods of testing are APPRENTLY recognised by Mensa Australia. Both him and I are currently having a discussion/debate/argument whatever you want to call it, on what could have caused him to have such a drastic change in neurological behaviour, so much so that it would cloak his old self in a metaphorical veil of mendacity (I think that is the wrong word to use, but oh well) and we are both wondering if anyone on here would be able to enlighten either of us on to how such a miracle could occur. This in particular is the tangent I keep running off, I think as an infant he may have subconsciously changed who he was, and when he grew and matured at an older age he just suddenly changed, but due to said actions being made by his subconscious he would have no memory of it? This is just one of many ideas, even in my eyes this doesn’t seem like an overly simplistic explanation, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't take a genius to be able to understand where I was going with this. For anyone that doesn't actually have an account for this website if you have an answer please email me at Valiant_David@hotmail.com and I will read the email ASAP and respond to you just as fast :) Thank you to everyone who has either taken their time to respond to my question or to even read my question.Also sorry for the level of detail I've attempted to put in, I dislike asking things from people without at least giving most of the information that is required to come to a conclusion. People keep telling me it's a bad thing to do, but I disagree. more

Voting Question: How does one work out gravity by swinging a pendulum?

O.k. I've been working on this homework for 8 hours straight, filling in graphs. Had to go outside and cry. Not kidding. I can't keep up in class and its all very upsetting, he keeps wiping the notes I'm trying to write down off the board and assuming I understand what "squaring both sides" means. I didn't know there was 2 sides to the equation. We had to let a pendulum swing 5 times, make a graph and collect the data by timing how long it takes to swing there and back. You start with a meter and shorten it it by 100cm and then add up all 5 results and find a mean for accuracy. We then had a curved graph like a fishing rod as length increased so did time. Time is in seconds....obviously. We then did a graph of time squared and it was a straight line. It was therefore a linear graph, its proportional though is it directly proportional I know that if you did the test accurately in a vacuum with no air resistance and measured the time with a laser and let go of the ball or bob at exactly the same place then collected the time and squared it no doupt you'd have a straight line, but mine doesn't and so I when I drew my line of best fit to get all the x's just so on each side of the line evenly it didn't go to 0 seconds but began at 250cm.... so thats off even though I know that if there is 0 lenth it can't swing and my teacher uses the word "origin" does it go through or to the origin? Well It starts at 0 seconds.... so is the answer black and white there? does it matter? BUT!! there's a question that wants to know what the intercept is? Wasn't sure what to put so I answered 0.250m. Is there an intercept I have a linear equation anyway derived from how I did the test, because I know how steep the gradient is. I choose 2 points on the graph .Easy then to work out the gradient, the rise divided by the run. The gradient was 5.33 so I called gradient f as this other frickin equation that relates has g for gravity and I don't know how to do that yet. T is Time L is Length so...... t squared = Length x F. I ignored the intercept if it is an intercept and maybe my teacher won't like that but I'm all confused with that still. It works it just means my diagonal line is pushed back 250cm to 0 according to the equation... do we always call 0 the origin on both axis? Ooooh don't I just put on the end of that linear equation + 0.25L...I think so. To be exact. From your equation work out what gravity equals and we then move to this equation that the rain-man or that violent Australian has done for us. I'm rusty on maths and algebra so maybe that's why I can't do it but it says t= 2 x pi and then I think what is called a vehicular follows it and inside it (cause its a tick shaped one) is L over G and here I get confused because I was daydreaming but I think my math teacher says thats the same as L divided by G. Because of my current limitations I read that as time = 2 x whatever pi is and I forget..... something L over G. Now what I understand is we have utilize the linear equation for this so we then need to square time (this has been done and displayed on the graph to make it linear) and then for some reason there's a note here saying to make the above violent australian aka rainman equation easier to interpret square both sides!! Then I went outside and cried and some mosquito's bit the crap out of me...then I watched Seinfeld. That George is an IDIOT!! funny stuff. Its not just finding out what gravity equals its its defined as "gravitational field strength" or "acceleration of an object under gravity" Not important I don't think but I need to know what G is. Please help!! Thanks very much.But I also need to know how to understand it and do the maths. And the answer for g has to be from the graph I did. more

Resolved Question: Will my brother be alright?

Ok so my brother shrunk himself to an inch tall using some potion he found. I know it sounds crazy but it happened. Moving on. This sounds crazier. He built a system that he says is indestructable. Me and him argued over it for like two hours so I finally decided to let him test his indestructable machine. First i sat on it. It didn't break. Stepped on it didn't break. Squished it between my boobs. Didn't break. SO being the idiot I am I put him inside the machine again, put it in a soda and drank him and the machine. The machine is air tight and equipped to resist corrotion from acid so I'd thought he'd be ok but I saw that the material that makes his machine resistant to acid may not work after exposed to caffiene. The soda was full of caffiene. So I need to know will my brother come out of me alright or is he a goner. If he does die, will he feel it, will it take long, and will it hurt him a lot? Please answer. I need help. more

Resolved Question: Will I get my second chance at being a nerd in college?

I'm sort of a nerd (because of all the idiots) at my school, but I don't really get into my studies much...I rarely study at all, but I make A's on my tests (though this may have affected my long-term memorization). I really should have taken Honors English last year, but I was a bit lazy in my early high school years, only really getting serious about A's in my 11th and current 12th grade year. My GPA so far is 3.2. I haven't ever taken any AP or Honors classes. So I guess my question is can I show the world what I really have to offer in college and do employers look more at your high school career or your college career? more

Voting Question: Do you think it should be mandatory to take an IQ test before being allowed to reproduce?

At least there wouldn't be as many idiots out there. Of course with the exception of the mentally challenged, or the un-educated. Have fun :-) more