Christmas Day has come and gone so fast. It just seemed to have hit me out of nowhere. I still feel like I should live the day all over again to make sure I reveled in it fully. The Eve was spent opening gifts at my grandmother's at midnight. When we got home, my honey and I exchanged gifts. I got him a Steelers mug, some nice polo shirts, some DVDs, and a game called Golden Tee (home edition). When it was time for me to open my gifts, he handed me a silver wrapped box that wasn...

A nice surprise arrived for me earlier this week...I received Tova's Cookie swap package. I received: *A cute Chrismtas card, which I have already put on my Christmas card wall "display". *A very cool Ohio State Conference champions T-shirt. My sweetie is from Ohio, so I love it. Okay, so he's not an Ohio St. fan, but a fan of the enemy (Michigan!)...so I am glad I have this shirt to taunt him with, tova! *And last but not least, THE BEST TASTING fudge ever! Oh my goodness, I ...

Hi, Rose from the public library here. NickyG and Dynamaso have already done this, so I'm gonna follow their lead. I'd really like to extend my Christmas card list to include JUers. Please drop me a line at roseisroseisrose@hotmail.com (if you don't mind typing the painfully long addy) if you are interested. Thanks.

Up until some years ago, I wouldn't be caught dead dancing in front of anyone. If there was a beat worth moving to, the biggest expression you'd get from me was the bobbing head. Most of my dancing and stepping (with the exception of a few times dancing with family at the tender ages of 5 and 6) was relegated to my bedroom, where I could move as freely and crazily as wanted to without fear of what people would think. And that's been my issue for pretty much anything that deals with bei...

*** Congratulations to Dr. Guy for Winning the OCTOBER Trivia Challenge! *** Here is the Top TEN 1.---drguy (344 points, 4 wins) 2.--- DaneelOlivlaw (336 points, 5 wins) 3.---gideon (332 points, 6 wins) 4.---JUGenghisHank (318 points, 3 wins) 5.---ssnmg (316 points, 0 wins) 6.--- fbaggins (312 points, 4 wins) 7. ---uDigItTheMost (268 points, 3 wins) 8. ---locamama (263 points, 0 wins) 9.---rose (256 points, 4 wins) 10. ---MarcieHelen (220 points, 0 wins) November Play is Alre...

Yes, yes, it's silly...but get into the Halloween or Fall spirit, ladies and gents! Here are my results: Your Halloween Costume Should Be A Bumble Bee What Should You Be For Halloween?

I'm not going to write a long review about the Rolling Stones concert we attended last night...seen as some of you might have already had this experience and know this band pretty well. However, I do want to state how impressed I was with their keen sense of pleasing the audience. Every little move (even the weird Mick ones) was geared toward getting the audience into it, getting them in a frenzy, and mesmerizing them to remain standing through 99 percent of the concert. Not once did Ja...

*** Congratulations to Gideon for Winning the SEPTEMBER Trivia Challenge! *** Here is the Top TEN 1. gideon (340 points, 5 wins) 2. fbaggins (328 points, 5 wins) 3. drguy (298 points, 5 wins) 4. uDigItTheMost (285 points, 3 wins) 5. rose (281 points, 3 wins) 6. locamama (219 points, 0 wins) 7. JUGenghisHank (216 points, 0 wins) 8. MarcieHelen (193 points, 1 win) 9. Zoologist03 (165 points, 0 wins) 10. DaneelOlivlaw (163 points, 5 wins) Ready for the October? Click here t...

If I could sum it up in one word: 1. Personality: Goofy 2. Today's Mood: Okay 3. Last Night's Dinner: Brisket 4. The Weather Outside: Fair 5. Wardrobe: Casual 6. Fave pastime: Reading 7. Last purchase: Newspaper 8. Most frequented website: Google 9. Part of the body most attracted to: Eyes 10. Favorite Snack: Cookie 11. Often said "cuss" word: "Crap" 12. Innie or Outie: Innie 13. Color: Blue 14. Strong point: Sensitivity 15. Weak point: S...

I've been trying to get into my blog for over a day now, and it keeps saying, "An error occured while trying to process the page." I can get into the forums fine (which is where I posted this) but not so with my blog. I don't know if it's just my browser or system, but if anyone has any idea what this can be, I would appreciate the help.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but the new forum format seems to have taken the “community” out of Joe User. I don’t like that I just can’t scroll down immediately to see everyone’s latest articles on each category. I don’t like that I can’t instantly check, on one page, if my favorite writers have something new up. Sure, I could link to articles from my blog, but I like to use the forums to feel that sense of belonging to this writing community...and with this new design, I haven't fel...

*********** Congratulations to Gideon for Winning the August Trivia Challenge! ************* Here is the Top Five: 1. gideon 2. locamama 3. drguy 4. rose 5. uDigItTheMost September play is already under way: Click here to Play Today's JU Challenge! Playour Daily Trivia Game! New Questions Daily! ***Reminder: Along with trying to get the right answers, you also need to do this with speed...you are playing against the clock! -----------------------------------------------...

I was cleaning out some stuff in my closet when I came upon an audio cassette that belonged to my sister (even after over a year of both of us having left home, I am still finding some of her stuff in mine). This tape was dedicated to her from a guy she used to go with in high school. It read something along the lines of “I thought of you when I put these songs together. Hope you like it and know how special you are to me.” Even though it sounded corny, I still thought it was sweet. I did...

*********** Congratulations to Dr. Guy for Winning the July Trivia Challenge! : ************* And Rounding out the Top Five: 2)FBaggins 3)Gideon 4)Locomama 5)UDigItTheMost Ready for August Play? Hereee it is! Click here to Play Today's JU Challenge! Play our Daily Trivia Game! New Questions Daily! ***Reminder: Along with trying to get the right answers, you also need to do this with speed...you are playing against the clock! -...

Looks like anonymous poster has struck again tonight...bumping up articles of long ago. I don't know what the purpose of this is, but it's getting pretty annoying... Will pushing our mental "Ignore" button make him/ her go away? Dunno....it hasn't worked so far. Ah well...what a kook.