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Old 07-15-2007, 12:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Smile Hi, I'm new.
Hello, all!

I'm Cynthia, but my friends call me Cyn.

I spend a lot of time online with my work, and I've made a number of good online friends. A few from another message board invited me to check this board out, so here I am.

A little about myself. I live in the Chicago burbs with my wife, Jen. (If you dont like me using that term, hey, it's 2007 already, get over it!) We've been a couple since 1998, and had our commitment ceremony on a Maui beach in 2002.

That same year, we adopted a little girl who had been carelessly thrown around (abused, if you prefer) in the foster care system for years, her whole life to that point. I knew we were rescuing her her, but it turns out she rescued us as well. Bringing her into my life was the best thing I have ever done... possibly the best thing I will ever do.

I'm a professional writer, instructional designer, and classroom trainer. Until recently, I was self-employed, but then a client made me a job offer I couldn't refuse. Paid vacations, regular paychecks, and domestic partner benefits... I could get used to this.

I consider myself a political activist, and as you might guess, I lean pretty far left. My elected representatives at all levels are quite aware of who I am, where I stand, and, no doubt, quite tired of hearing from me. I am heavily with the gay rights movement, but also very outspoken on poverty, hunger, the environment, and of course, the evils (gosh, there are so many) of the Bush administration.

Well, that seems like enough for now. I look forward to some intelligent, spirited, and respecful debate on these boards, and to making some new online friends here.

Take care, all!
-F814

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Old 07-15-2007, 12:48 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi, welcome to the site. I hope to see you on the boards. I liKE BACON!!
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Old 07-15-2007, 12:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
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FORESTER!!! Glad you found your way here beautiful!!!

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Hello, all!

I'm Cynthia, but my friends call me Cyn.

I spend a lot of time online with my work, and I've made a number of good online friends. A few from another message board invited me to check this board out, so here I am.

A little about myself. I live in the Chicago burbs with my wife, Jen. (If you dont like me using that term, hey, it's 2007 already, get over it!) We've been a couple since 1998, and had our commitment ceremony on a Maui beach in 2002.

That same year, we adopted a little girl who had been carelessly thrown around (abused, if you prefer) in the foster care system for years, her whole life to that point. I knew we were rescuing her her, but it turns out she rescued us as well. Bringing her into my life was the best thing I have ever done... possibly the best thing I will ever do.

I'm a professional writer, instructional designer, and classroom trainer. Until recently, I was self-employed, but then a client made me a job offer I couldn't refuse. Paid vacations, regular paychecks, and domestic partner benefits... I could get used to this.

I consider myself a political activist, and as you might guess, I lean pretty far left. My elected representatives at all levels are quite aware of who I am, where I stand, and, no doubt, quite tired of hearing from me. I am heavily with the gay rights movement, but also very outspoken on poverty, hunger, the environment, and of course, the evils (gosh, there are so many) of the Bush administration.

Well, that seems like enough for now. I look forward to some intelligent, spirited, and respecful debate on these boards, and to making some new online friends here.

Take care, all!
-F814

Thank goodness you've come! I was the one who referred you.
Old 07-15-2007, 01:40 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Hey Lady! Good to see you!
Right now America spends $700 billion every year on foreign oil. That's our money going overseas when it could be staying here. We have to stop this.
That's why I support the Pickens Plan. Check out the website at www.pickensplan.com. If you like what you see, please join me as a Pickens Plan supporter.

Old 07-15-2007, 02:26 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I take it she already know some people here?
"The Cavaliers are my hero's!!"
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Old 07-15-2007, 02:27 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Hey there forester good to see ya around
Old 07-15-2007, 02:29 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I think everyone here knows who she is but me.
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Old 07-15-2007, 02:36 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Welcome aboard!
Obama is a Socialist, racist Muslim who will tax us to death and McCain is a senile warmonger who will start WW3- Failtards.

"Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it."-Sen. John McCain, February 2000.

I miss the old McCain...
Old 07-15-2007, 02:38 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I think everyone here knows who she is but me.
Probably not. Just those of us who have hung out on Yahoo for a while.
Right now America spends $700 billion every year on foreign oil. That's our money going overseas when it could be staying here. We have to stop this.
That's why I support the Pickens Plan. Check out the website at www.pickensplan.com. If you like what you see, please join me as a Pickens Plan supporter.

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