I think all those questions are fascinating. Each of them, when answered on a distant, logical level are simple to answer. Yes, they're all appropriate things to do. Assuming the people involved were logical, and you are logical, really, it's almost silly to even ask. But of course, people are not r...

Well, I finished Wicked the other day, and I'm not entirely sure if I liked the book or not, which is a funny situation. I'll try and take care not to spoil things, but I already seem one thing here that I believe was addressed, at least partially, in the very end of the novel (Elphaba being a punis...

I read it in the exact same circumstance as you, Irish. About 11 years ago, in high school. I always found I enjoyed books less that I was forced to read, and I wouldn't really say Heart of Darkness was an exception. I found it to be quite a slow and dense novel, and like you, I think I began to ski...

I didn't see the stage version. The reason I am certain they named their shop after the musical, and the reason I knew it was a musical, is because they had a large poster from the musical in their waiting area. Just to inform the uninformed (like me!). They've since replaced it with a poster for th...

Well we're pretty different from Niall... so who can say!

#1 Unity Church #2 Liberal Quakerism #3 Unitarian Universalism #4 Seventh-Day Adventist #5 Orthodox Quakerism #6 Jehovah's Witness #7 Episcopal/Anglican Church #8 Mennonite Brethren #9 Methodist/Wesleyan Church #10 Assemblies of God I *think* my mother was raised Lutheran (not at all sure) and that ...

I see what you're saying. I guess what I would say is, while TV can make kids more prone to ADD, I don't think it's fair to blame television in of itself. It's just a tool. I don't blame cigarette companies for lung cancer either (barring the whole not telling people they cause cancer business). I b...

Hmm! Personally I quite enjoyed Sweeney Todd . I felt obligated to go, not only because I like Burton and Depp, but also because that is the name of the hairdressing place I frequent. I knew the name of my hairdressers was from a musical, so I did deduce that the movie was likely to be one as well. ...

Okay, let me say right out that I'm not one of the Youtube legion. I just hate watching movies and videos on my computer. But my boyfriend showed me this one and I was just in hysterics! I think it's a hilarious spoof on rap music.

I recently read Letting Go of God in the compilation The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 . I found this to be a very nice, simple story of the rather earth-shaking event of losing religion. Perhaps reading that essay/story may help? My situation was a bit odd, in that I was raised by a friend...