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I'm pretty sure that there are answers out there that can knock the socks of the person who asked the question that the answers were for, but weren't recognized by that person because of his or her personal opinion regarding the issue/question/answer. Instead, answers that were in sync with the asker's point-of-view were chosen. Can it be said, then, that not all Best Answers are in fact the best answers? What is "the best"? (What is an answer?) How can the decision be left to the person asking? And if people vote for the Best Answer, what happened to the opinion of the person who asked the question?

My father gives my mom lectures about it 'cause he believes she's being unfaithful to him by watching her favorite TV soaps or going out of the house alone to do errands.

What do you think it means? Put in all the details.

Father

“See the man sitting next to the column?

He’s the brother-in-law of the second cousin of my friend,” he says,

“And the lady in the corner is the mistress of the neighbor of my sister.”

His eyes see off into the distance as we sit in the small café, having brunch.

He gets up to talk to acquaintances about

The business,

The farm,

The dog.

He sits down and ask me if

I’ve got money left in my bank account,

I eat enough,

I sleep enough.

I reply, “Yes,” to everything.

After all, that’s love,

Knowing everything you need is there,

Just sitting there,

Just there.

Friendship isn’t love because there is no need for telephone wires,

And so friends are despicable,

But not the phone.

I chuckle to myself,

At the wisdom the age of legality brings,

At the world,

At him,

Staring blankly at the rim of my cup of coffee,

Not knowing what else to do.

From what I've heard, the pope doesn't think it's good. What's up with that?

They've got to be on the Net, free and easy to use.

What would be some strong arguments I could use if I were to support this statement in an argumentative research paper? I'll need to back it up with facts (which is actually the part I'm having trouble with, 'cause I can't help but look at the topic and think "Essay!" instead of "Research paper!").

I read a modernist poem about getting rid of the stench of dog poop and it really struck me that the latter was a plausible reason as to why some people own pets. I personally know someone who's like that.

I think I know the answer to this question, but I'll ask it anyway.

When it comes to art, do you think what you are trying to say is more important that how you communicate that message? Would a kid's drawing about society's pressure on him to conform have more value to you than, say, a Rembrandt self-portrait? Why, or why not? Remember, I am asking for entirely personal answer.

I've always wanted a dog ever since I was a small boy, but I was never allowed to own one because everyone in my family has asthma. I resorted to unofficially adopting my aunt's dog. After almost ten years, when I moved out of the house to go to college, my dad bought a Belgian Malinoise, the very breed of dog that Yahoo! Pets told me was the breed for me. He has bought so many books on dog training that if he gathered all of them in one place he could have a mini-library. He spends more time with "Diva" than he did when I was a kid. My dad made a huge enclosure at the back of the house just for Diva, complete with a roof, electric fan and CD player. A couple of nights ago, when I was at home and it was late at night and Diva was asleep, I got really mad at my dad and I went to the "cage" out the back. I wanted to shout at the dog what I couldn't shout at my dad, but I didn't make a sound. Should I have let it out on the dog? Do I have a right to hate it?

It's one of my first when I started writing poems earlier this year. I was reading a book and drinking grapefruit juice on my dormitory room's balcony when I felt the sudden urge to write a poem about living at home and growing up, even though I never wrote a serious poem before. Anyway, here it is. Let me know if you like it and why, or if you don't like it and why. Thanks!

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I no longer

feel the need

to look over

my shoulder.

The shadows that

dance upon

the windowsill

and the walls

beside me come

from the light

in the bathroom

and also

from the curtains

that cover

the windows when

Sun comes through

them during the

day (not night,

for that's when the

lack of light

illuminates

the garden).

Looking down from

Two floors up,

I jump from the

windowsill

to tie up the

curtains and

to turn off the

bathroom light.

They're all I end up writing, even when I try to write lyric or dramatic ones (well, maybe they were half-and-half). I don't think they're good, though, so I'd appreciate some tips. (I think I have particular problems with pace and subtlety.)

I just recently came across a Erik Satie's Trois Gnossiennes and I think it's pretty cool. I like how minimalist these three short pieces are and the use of different scales. I have a hard time getting the touch right, but I always enjoy playing them, especially the first one. Satie's definitely different from the composers I'm used to (I'm play the piano every now and then).

What do you think of him? What other works from him do you recommend?

The only ones I can think of right now are Spicks and Specks by the Bee Gees, Oh Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying by Belle and Sebastian, and the instrumental piano part of Boston by Augustana.

What changes occur, if any, and how are we affected by them?

For example, what's the proper way of writing the phrase "hook line and sinker?"

A) hook, line and sinker

B) hook, line, and sinker

Would the number of items being enumerated affect the punctuation?