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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    evil?  I use this word too much and need new ones.

    For exampled: "Marcus lifts his free hand to his cheek and wipes away blood, his eyes watching as the demon dances from foot to foot and laughing ____."

    I was thinking of once again putting in evilly but I want a new fresh word.

    Any Suggestions?

    1. tobey100 profile image61
      tobey100posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      wickedly, malevolently, or how about "in anticipation"

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      cosetteposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      "Marcus lifts his free hand to his cheek and wipes away blood, his eyes watching as the demon dances from foot to foot and laughing eerily."

      (sorry a little late...meh neutral

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        Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        I did not think of that one...nice cosette!

    3. Harry Watson profile image59
      Harry Watsonposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      sadistically
      Harry, new hubber, and will be needing this sort of help soon.

  2. Flightkeeper profile image66
    Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

    satanically?
    maniacally?
    chillingly?

    I don't know...

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      mtsi1098posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I was thinking along these lines...cynically (sp?)

  3. Flightkeeper profile image66
    Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

    Hi Crazd!

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    Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

    You're doing so good on your novel. Yay!

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks I am trying to get it done before the 25th so then I can submit it and not worry about it Thanksgiving weekend...ooo I hate to worry baout things and since i"ll be in Poway, I wouldn't be able to submit it

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    Hey Flightkeeper hows it going?

  6. Flightkeeper profile image66
    Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

    Nudge.

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    prettydarkhorseposted 14 years ago

    diabolically? haha

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo me likie

  8. Flightkeeper profile image66
    Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

    I be good smile

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    Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

    Oooh I like diabolically.

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    I love asking my fellow hubbers for advice. YOu guys always have great stuff for me. You all rock!

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      prettydarkhorseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      with the help of flight and everybody here,  hope you will finished that b4 Thanks....ving, YAY

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        Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        I hope I finish too big_smile Now the pressure is really on and I'm only on a word count of 47,367 I need to get my booty in gear and get writting lol

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    I'm writing down all of these words and when I go back through and see my use of evil too much I will switch in these words. hehe thanks guys!

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    Justine76posted 14 years ago

    menacing
    dark
    demonic
    foreboding?
    cruel
    maybe you could say...laughs like a.....then put in a description...
    how are you?

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      ooo wait wait let me get my notebook and pen lol

      Doing good how are you doing Justine?

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        Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

        my computer is being stupid so i cant publish my hub, its a little annoying, but not a big deal. good luck with your book, i love new words. try a thesaurus. there are a few online!

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          Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Bad computer bad! I hope you get that issue fixed Justine!
          And thanks I might have to do just that...though I like asking you guys for help more big_smile

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            Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            people are more fun.

  13. TINA V profile image68
    TINA Vposted 14 years ago

    evil may refer to our iniquities
    but try using "laughing 'wickedly'. . . "

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      ooo another good one thanks Tina oh by the way Welcome to Hubpages big_smile

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    lynnechandlerposted 14 years ago

    how about wickedly or viciously?

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      oo written down and ready for use big_smile thanks lynne

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    lynnechandlerposted 14 years ago

    You might want to try this site http://www.synonym.com/ when you get stuck on a word. Just typing in evilly didn't do much but type in evil and you get all kinds of stuff.

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      ooo thanks for the website...does that mean I can't ask you guys for help anymore? sad

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        lynnechandlerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        lol no, you can still ask just a handy tool to have is all

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          Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          PHEW! was thinking you guys wanted to get rid of me asking questions for help

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    yep people are definietly more fun big_smile

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    tantrumposted 14 years ago

    Luciferian

    lol

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      lol tantrum I don't know if that would work right in my sentence but I do like the word big_smile

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    lynnechandlerposted 14 years ago

    Nah, I am procrastinating so just fiddling in the forums. I should be either writing, posting a hub, or crafting for my sale this coming weekend. None of which I feel like doing.

    Bomb shell news last night and my motivation is out the window.

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Bomb shell news? uh oh...what happened?

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    lynnechandlerposted 14 years ago

    I knew it was coming just not when. DD and boyfriend have set a date for their move to AZ. And I am NOT dealing with it real well.

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    aaaa Lynne I'm sorry hun.

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    lynnechandlerposted 14 years ago

    Thanks CW. Last one to leave the nest and all that jazz. When they first mentioned it I cried for two weeks. Now, that I have the official date I haven't stopped crying again.

    Anyhow, I know it is an exciting opportunity and all that jazz and trying to be positive when I am around them. All the crying has been in seclusion so as to not make her or him feel bad.

    Thanks for letting me vent in your thread. LOL, I like tantrum's word. Not sure it will fit but maybe you can fit it in somewhere else.

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      tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Lynn !
      Daughters have to leave, someday
      She'll be fine!
      My daughter, at 22 went to the UK  for 3 years, all by herself.
      and I was very happy for her. Went to visit once a year
      Let the birds fly !! big_smile

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      My mom was the same way when I moved...of course when I moved out my brother who had moved back home from SF had just moved out and I was moving to an island far away, Hawaii. So yes she was in tears a lot and truthfully so was i because I didn't want to leave my parents But I knew it was time for me to go.

      Do your best to stay strong for them but just remember that you get to visit them and get to help them make their house theirs! well that is if they are moving into a house. And if they are moving to another state VACATION TIME FOR YU AND THE HUBBY WITH LOTS MORE ADVENTURES IN THE NEW STATE! that is how my parents look at it now since I am married to the military and have to move around more. they did that when I moved to Hawaii. they came out in Sept, 2007, I got married and then they spent an extra week just having fun.

      and hey you can vent in my forums anytime. I do it sometimes lol

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    Oh yea and the funny part Lynne, only a few weeks AFTER I moved out I called and got the answering machine. Mom had already changed it so it didn't include me or my brother anymore lol I was like DANG THAT WAS FAST! lol

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    lynnechandlerposted 14 years ago

    lol yeah, I'm trying to look at the bright side. I get the room with the largest closet now after I repaint and clean the carpet that is, and yeah I can visit them in AZ so that would be fun. Just gonna miss her tons, she's my buddy as well as my baby girl.

    At least she is leaving Prissy with me. When she moved back in I had just found my cat mauled to death by a coyote and well Prissy came with her and I've grown quite attached to the little girl.

    Tantrum: I've let her fly three other times and never a reaction like this cause I knew she would be back, this time she won't be. While they haven't made an official commitment with rings and paper they have made a verbal life commitment to each other. So, this one is the keeper and all.

    I'll get ok with it and get through the holidays and then mid-jan I'll be back to fall apart some more on you guys cause that is when they are departing.

    Thanks again.

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    My parents took over my room and made it into their gym while my brother's room is the guest room lol

    And the missing part will always be there. I miss my parents and when I stay with them it's like old times except I sleep in my brother's old room and there is a guy sleeping next to me...my husband lol


    And hey you need to fall apart girl I'll be ready to catch ya!

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    lyricsingrayposted 14 years ago

    Nasty sad

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      hmmm....that would work for another sentence thanks!

  26. torimari profile image69
    torimariposted 14 years ago

    I always liked malign and sinister. big_smile

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      oooo malign that is a new one for me big_smile thanks!

  27. cally2 profile image59
    cally2posted 14 years ago

    Just a thought but Stephen King told me to avoid adverbs like the plague unless I am JK Rowling. (In his book 'On Writing'). I'm not his biggest fan but he can sure sell a book. Maybe try changing your sentences to include similes or metaphors instead.

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I have that book! And I read ti too even though like you I'm not the biggest fan in the way he writes. lol
      I'll have to think about that idea. thanks!

  28. h.a.borcich profile image59
    h.a.borcichposted 14 years ago

    Steven King's book "On Writing" is a great read for every writer. My fiction pieces have improved and I may give birth to a book yet.

    As for another word for evil...

    I have no clue, sorry.

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      that's okay h.a. I had plenty of others throw words at me that I can use smile

  29. tobey100 profile image61
    tobey100posted 14 years ago

    I keep thinking in terms of an evil clown.....
    only three words come to mind

    wickedly
    malevolently
    in anticipation

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      ooo evil clown yucky! lol
      thanks for the good words

  30. chambersgirl21 profile image61
    chambersgirl21posted 14 years ago

    "Marcus lifts his free hand to his cheek and wipes away blood, his eyes watching as the demon dances from foot to foot and laughing ____."

    Sinister is the word that came to my mind as well. you would need to re-structer the sentence to make if fit nicely.

    Marcus lifts his free hand to his cheek and wipes away blood; his eyes watch the demon dance from foot to foot with a sinister laugh.

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      thanks chamers I appreciate that help with it... smile

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    lynnechandlerposted 14 years ago

    Ohh I like that chambers!

    Hey, CW thanks again. I guess I needed to vent cause the waterworks have stopped and I'm half way through making baby wipe cases for my sale.

    You are the bestest of the best!

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hey like I said chica vent away vent away smile

    2. chambersgirl21 profile image61
      chambersgirl21posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks lynne.

      Kids moving out, is that what I understand?

  32. Flightkeeper profile image66
    Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

    Lynne, you never know, you might end up having to use those baby wipe cases for yourself! And be a frequent flyer to AZ.

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      lynnechandlerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      lol we actually have a case in our handbag to wipe down shopping carts etc my daughter has one to match every purse I have made her.

      Chambers: yep, she is the oldest but my baby in every sense of the word. She's been on her own was in a disasterous 8 year relationship and came home 4 times from that, this one well he is a sweetheart and has her right up there on the pedastal where I think she should be and I know it is for keeps. It is just that AZ is so far from GA.

  33. sooner than later profile image59
    sooner than laterposted 14 years ago

    I would agree. In my book I don't try to end in the plural context or with "ly"

    for example;
    "hop along joyfully"
    "joyfully hop along"

    these are somewhat childish in comparison but the english laguage 'usually' tends to compliment what I have stated. example 2;


    "married hapilly"
    "hapilly married"

    normally you would choose the later. Hope this helps.

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    Wow thanks Sooner I'll definitely take this into consideration when writing. thank you! big_smile

    1. sooner than later profile image59
      sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Sure

      smile

      how was that suspension? get some writing done?

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        Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Yep I did but once again it's going slow sad

        1. sooner than later profile image59
          sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Mine too. I was suspended as well. not sure which comment got me but there were 100 to choose from directed at you know who.

          1. Flightkeeper profile image66
            Flightkeeperposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Hey Sooner! Welcome back and very glad you are with us again.

            1. sooner than later profile image59
              sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

              Thankyou my dear. Glad to see the smoke has settled in here.

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            Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            wow didn't know you got suspended too lol we bad Sooner we bad lmao

  35. sooner than later profile image59
    sooner than laterposted 14 years ago

    Yeah, out my way in AZ smile

    gem of the desert nations.

  36. chambersgirl21 profile image61
    chambersgirl21posted 14 years ago

    GA to AZ is a jaunt, I will pray for you.

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    Scott.Lifeposted 14 years ago

    Instead of laughing, you could say cackling like a madman, or maniacally or hysterically or anything. Changing the verb could open up more possibilities and attitudes. Happy people laugh, Witches cackle, and Demons bellow their malevolent rage across the room with a booming cackle that shook the walls.

    You only need about 2300 words and you still have seven days you'll be fine.

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Scott! and no I only have 2 days today and tomorrow. i want it done before Thanksgiving and turned in on the 25th

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        Scott.Lifeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        That's still plenty of time, just like doing a hub a day, you'll make it.

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      poetlorraineposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      cackling conjures up lots of eerie thoughts, especially when like a madman is added...

  38. BEAUTYBABE profile image68
    BEAUTYBABEposted 14 years ago

    Hello Cradzwriter
                                                                 
    I have some words for you as I see you are writing a novel and you are looking for words to substitute for evil:
    you could try these words-  nefarious, insidious, noxious, perfidious, putrid, depraved, heinous and virulent. Maybe one of these words will fit well with your book. Good luck BB

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      thanks BB those are great words!

  39. aware profile image67
    awareposted 14 years ago

    live. evil spelled backwards

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      not an option in my story sorry

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    poetlorraineposted 14 years ago

    maliscious probably spelt very wrong, but it is a kinda evil word with a nice ring to it

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      yes a very nice ring to it. big_smile thanks

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    awareposted 14 years ago

    good commits the most evil deeds . thinking it wields righteousness.

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ummm Aware you do realize that this for my fiction story right?

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    sooner than laterposted 14 years ago

    "wow didn't know you got suspended too lol we bad Sooner we bad lmao"

    oh yeah- I went down in flames, just after the instagating culprit went down. Then someone emailed me and said he had a new identity. Guess the first time around wasn't fun enough.

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      lmao eh we talkde and we're okay now so no more going after him okay, Sooner? smile

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        sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        to each their own. I shall avoid 'it'(subject and person) like the black plague.

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          Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Yes no more time out for us lol thanks sooner

          1. Luciendasky profile image61
            Luciendaskyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            what!! You guys got suspended!! I must have been gone... I guess I assume that I can pop in anytime and see you all, but apparently not sad

  43. aware profile image67
    awareposted 14 years ago

    whats this suspended biz?

  44. sooner than later profile image59
    sooner than laterposted 14 years ago

    some of us were put in time out. smile

  45. sooner than later profile image59
    sooner than laterposted 14 years ago

    smile

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    Yep Lucie! me, sonner, and mistywild all got suspended for being bad bad and saying bad things lol

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      sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      well I would say more 'callin it as we saw it'. but it had  a price never the less.

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        Scott.Lifeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        That's where you all made your mistake, people don't want to hear how it is, they want to be lied to, have it sugarcoated and be able to blame it on anyone but themselves. We are not allowed to report what we see or describe people's behaviors on here that is called judging (When its NOT) Instead we have to blindly stand by and allow ourselves to be blasted by lunacy from all sides and keep a smile on at the same time...seriously didn't you all get the memo?

        1. sooner than later profile image59
          sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I just saw myself as collateral damage. smile

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            Scott.Lifeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Probably true, I have decided to take a different tact in this battle of wills, and that's to let everyone kill each other there by inheriting the spoils without firing a shot. Let them all scream at each other all day, I have a life to take care of and move forward in.

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              sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

              a good tactic. that was my tactic at the end(last day) but I think when he went down- I had to go too.

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                Scott.Lifeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                yeah can't be accused of favoritism I guess or common sense that would be crazy.....Well I gotta go again you guys have a good night, I'll check you out on your hubs later.

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              Stimpposted 14 years agoin reply to this

              Where ya been dude....I miss dissin' ya :lol"

    2. Luciendasky profile image61
      Luciendaskyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Whoa... that doesn't sound like you guys!

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        Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        I don't do good when ppl lie to me and I speak my mind when that happens

  47. habee profile image93
    habeeposted 14 years ago

    I was gonna say diabolically.

  48. sooner than later profile image59
    sooner than laterposted 14 years ago

    whats going on today scott?

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      Scott.Lifeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Just stopped by for a bit between studying. How are you all today, I've been careful about the forums and not posting except for a few threads from people I know.

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        Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        good idea Scott I think I'll do that from now on too
        good luck in your studying

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          Scott.Lifeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          It is significantly more quiet this way and less infuriating. That and I'm done with the religion forums. Just take a few days and read through them without commenting, its the same thing over and over again, nothing changes, except some names and nouns. What is solved?

          I am sorry to hear about your loved one Crazd, I've been reading your hubs but holding on the comments for now. There's just alot going on and alot to deal with. But I feel for you.

  49. sooner than later profile image59
    sooner than laterposted 14 years ago

    but no, I didn't get the memo. haha.

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    thanks Scott I am actually doing fine but my mom on the other hand is the one who needs the most prayers as well as positive thoughts and strength sent to her.

 
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