dark_phoenix

I'm going to start home brewing my own beer, and I want to start with a kit for my first try. Which is the best kit to use for a first-timer? I'm looking for something that will be easy and give me a strong chance of getting a good result. Also I want something that tastes good. Ideas? Suggestions?

This is my first year having a real Christmas tree. I took a long time decorating it and I think it looks very nice. But my two cats think it looks like a fun toy. There are pine needles everywhere. They keep trying to knock down the ornaments. They are going to destroy it. has this happened to anyone else?

My 5/6 month old kitten keeps trying to suck on my eyes, especially at night. I know that it's a variation on wool sucking and she's doing it for comfort. But it's driving me crazy! She wakes me up repeatedly by licking my eye sockets.

I posed this question before and someone suggested wearing a mask over my eyes at night. Well, I tried it, and the kitten ripped the mask off me. I'm not kidding. She grabbed it in her teeth and pulled it off until the eye was revealed so she could suck away. But not before waking me up every hour to suck on my chin, nose, earlobe, or anything else she could get her mouth on.

Will she grow out of this? Has anyone else had this problem? I'm desperate for ideas.

I have scrubbed and scrubbed, but they are still there. I want the tub to look sparkling clean like it did when I first moved in.

This question is for people who support George W. Bush. Less than 35% of America agrees with you. That makes you an extremist fringe. Do you think that the vast majority of Americans are just stupid for not supporting Bush?

I mean, he's done nothing but betray conservatives so far. He's increased federal spending and created an enormous deficit. He got America bogged down in foreign "nation building," when he promised he would never do anything of the sort.

He also betrayed social conservatives. He hasn't done anything to stop abortion or gay marriage. Absolutely nothing. It's like he just keeps stringing conservatives along, and they keep supporting him, even though he does nothing in their interest.

How long until they start catching on???

I'm sure this sounds weird, but has anybody else had this problem? It usually happens when the kitten is feeling cuddly. She shows affection by licking my eye - the eyelid obviously, I don't keep the eye open. I think it's a suckling instict, like she's looking for her mama's nipple. I've had kittens try to suck on my earlobe before, but never the eye. And it's like she has lazer focus; she is totally intent on that eye. I can't tolerate her doing that, but I do want her to cuddle with me. I don't want to push her away every time she wants affection. She's about 4 months old now. Will this behavior go away as she gets older? Is there anything I can do to prevent it? It's kind of driving me crazy. I get woken in the middle of the night with a cat tonguing my eyeball. Any suggestions???

I'm having a Halloween party next weekend, and I'm looking for ideas for decorating the apartment. Of course I'm going to use lots of fake cobwebs, and I'm going to make some jack-o-lanterns, and have lots of candles burning.

So I'm looking for more decorating ideas. I'm concerned because the walls of my apartment are white, and there is nothing - absolutely nothing - hanging on them. I don't want to spend much (or any) money. I'm looking for DIY type stuff. Anything from table decorations to wall decorations. Something to create atmosphere and create a really creepy mood. The colors will be black and purple and a little bit of orange.

This is NOT a party for kids.

Any ideas?

I'm trying to find a story that I read several years ago and I can't remember the title or author. It's a short story, maybe 30 or so pages long - not a novel. It's for young adults - maybe a 4th or 5th grade reading level. My memory of it is very fuzzy... it's about a boy who lives with his parents in a house in the woods. At night, they hear a noise outside. Then I think they see big empty boots on the front doorstep? This happens three times. I think maybe the kid puts on the boots, and the boots take him somewhere. And maybe there's a giant in the story? But I could be confusing two stories. Do these details ring any bells? I remember that the story is narrated by the boy, looking back at the memory as an adult. Sorry that my recollection is so vague...

It's a young adult fiction story, about a boy who lives in the woods. I think there is a noise at night, a stomping or a knocking. And something about boots. Maybe an empty pair of boots on the doorstep? Aaargh, I can't remember. But it happens three times. Does this ring a bell with anyone? I know I'm being very vague.

In Genesis, Adam and Eve had three sons: Cain, Abel and Seth. Then it says that Cain got married and had children. Where did his wife come from???

Concealer, foundation, blush, lipstick, eyeshadow, mascara, pressed powder, lip-liner, eyeliner, shimmer powder, something else? If you had to go to work/school wearing only ONE, which would it be? Make sure you explain why.

I am teaching 6th grade English for the first time next year. I'm looking for suggestions for novels to read aloud to the class - something which will keep them engaged and interested, but that also has some "literary" value.

If you have taught 6th or 7th grade, or if you can remember something a teacher read to you that really captured your imagination, I would really appreciate your input.

Please, please, do not just pick a winner. You must explain how your pick would get the better of his opponent.

Honest answers please. IF you believe that one must accept Christ in order to enter Heaven, do you believe that Mahatma Gandhi is in Hell? If not, how do you reconcile that?

Please don't say that only God knows. I want to know what you think.