[Since I don't know if you actually are a member of my neighborhood, I'm sending this message out to all the Groups I belong to.  You are around here somewhere.....and you NEED to read this!]

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TO THE TORMENTING, UGLY GOSSIPER: 

I don't know who you are, but you had absolutely no right whatsoever to send those photos and postings to my PARENTS (who are in their 70's, and my mum JUST lost her brother!!!!). 

This is a safe site.  We have Usernames.  We don't tell who we really are unless we become friendly in private.  This was the most unethical way to respond to someone's postings!  Why didn't you just private message me in the Blog mailbox?  You don't sneak around behind my back and tell something like that incident (photos and all!!!!!!!!!!) to MY aging parents!  Who do you think you are?  My guardian angel??  My dad has high blood pressure, my mum is having tests done.  Years ago, mum had a very slight heart attack when my sister was in a car accident and they were told that she probably wouldn't make it through the night.  Now these people are in their SEVENTIES!!!!! 

These are MY parents.  This is MY safe place to come to and usually just post stupid stuff, but sometimes I open up and write about personal events.  YOU HAD NO RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  This was NOT your place to jump in and get in touch with MY parents. 

WHO ARE YOU??????????

If you like my Blog, I can change the settings so that you can read everything EXCEPT personal postings.  If you don't send me a message through the Blog mail, I will have to make this a PRIVATE Blog.....meaning that the only ones who see it are the ones I invite.  I don't like doing that.  And I absolutely HATE that my privacy was invaded in such a *stab-in-the-back* manner!!!!!!!!!!!!!  What I write is NOT for people to tattle to my parents.  If I had wanted them to know....I WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO TELL THEM!!!!!!!  Were you looking for a thrill by showing them?  Are you one of those gossipy jerks who just HAS to get involved......in something that has NOTHING to do with you??  Like I said, if I wanted to tell my elderly parents what had happened.....maybe I would have once that event was long past and a part of ancient history.....because by THAT time, they wouldn't be so upset. 

YOU ARE A COMPLETE AND UTTER JERK AND I WANT YOU OFF MY BLOG!!!!!  WHY would ANYONE show an elderly couple who love me those photos??????  YOU have NO ethics!  Guess I should have taken photos when I lived with my husband....boy....look at these, mum.  Look how pretty my husband made me look today.  But I've barely told them anything, and you darn well had better NOT be relating anything I've said about HIM to my parents!!!!!!!!!

I'll give you a day to respond to this.  I won't answer you back.  I will just change the settings so that you can see the funny, the amusing, the nice photos, watch the videos.  I mean.....that's why you joined my Blog, RIGHT??  Not to get a thrill out of the few postings I've made that were completely OFF LIMITS to a busy-body like yourself!  Take your little spying eyes and tattling mouth and GET OUT OF HERE.  And if I don't hear from you in a day, my Blog goes Private.  I don't want to do that because it means that new people who cross through my Blog, decide to check it out, and find that they like it (except for the past few months, where I haven't been doing much of anything funny because of DEATH and now this incident)....well, they can't see anything and join my neighborhood OR just check out my Blog from time to time....because it will be in Private setting.  That takes away the whole purpose of my posting at all.....to entertain people.  And I'm mad as [bleep] at YOU for interfering where you had NO right.....regardless of what happened to me.  You are NOT my parents' own little personal spy!!!! 

So send me a message or I go Private, which defeats the whole purpose of my Blog in the first place!!!!!!!  Can you tell that I'm MAD at you???  You have NO common sense to have done what you did...nada, nil, none.  It was an extremely selfish and unethical motive to send ANYTHING to my parents.....my gosh, especially those photos!!!!!!  THEY ARE ELDERLY!!!!  And if my dad strokes out or something happens to my mum, it rests on YOUR head!!!!  I am 43-years old.  I don't need a babysitter who wants to live vicariously through MY life.  GET AWAY FROM ME. 

1.  Send me a private Blog message with name and Username

2.  I will change the settings so you can still see everything that is non-personal (because that is the reason you look at my Blog, correct?  It couldn't possibly be that you're NOSEY!!!!!!!!!

3. If I don't hear from you in one day, then I HAVE to go Private.  It also means I have to dump a lot of people from my neighborhood, who are perfectly innocent, but I don't know who the "spy" is.  In fact, you may not even be in my neighborhood....you might just watch my Blog.  That means I'd be deleting people who are so undeserving of that.  But, at least by being Private, I can entertain my own neighborhood and even talk about personal issues.  Jeepers....did you send those photos to my parents where I was wearing the slinky red outfit with the high black boots??  You are NOT my internet moniter!!!!!!! 

4.  ONE DAY.  Then things will have to change because of YOU.  Thanks for violating my private space and showing parts of my Blog to my parents!!!  I can't believe anyone would do such a thing!!!!  What, exactly, were you hoping to achieve??  WHAT??????  Do you think those photos really, truly made my parents feel good?  Are you out of your mind??  I wouldn't even show them to my parents.....and who the heck are YOU to do it????????  Stop hiding, and tell me who you are.

... without falling, you do not know how pain it is to climb up from it and with the experience, you'll become stronger and braver to face whatever obstacles you have.

So dear friends, don't be afraid to fall and cry cause I can be the one who dry your tears. :)

-- "I've the Sweetest Sweet in This Earth" by Deechan

What is your favorite style of food? Bonus: Share a recipe that compliments that style.

Chinese and Thai!

Peking Duck

Peking Duck Recipe

• One 5 to 6 pound duck
• 8 cups water
• 1 slice ginger
• 1 scallion, cut into halves
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sherry
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in 3 tablespoons water
• Scallions for garnish
  

1. Clean duck. Wipe dry and tie string around neck.
2. Hang duck in cool, windy place 4 hours.
3. Fill large wok with water. Bring to boil. Add ginger, scallion, honey, vinegar, and sherry. Bring to boil. Pour in dissolved cornstarch. Stir constantly.
4. Place duck in large strainer above larger bowl. Scoop boiling mixture all over duck for about 10 minutes.
5. Hang duck again in cool, windy place for 6 hours until thoroughly dry.
6. Place duck breast side up on a greased rack in oven preheated to 350 degrees. Set a pan filled with 2 inches of water in bottom of oven. (This is for drippings). Roast 30 minutes.
7. Turn duck and roast 30 minutes more. Turn breast side up again. Roast 10 minutes more.
8. Use sharp knife to cut off crispy skin. Serve meat and skin immediately on a prewarmed dish.
9. The duck is eaten hot with hoisin sauce rolled in Mandarin Crepes. Garnish with scallion flowerets. Serves 4 to 6.
   

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What summer movie has the best soundtrack this year?

I believe it would be "Mama Mia!". I haven't watched that movie and I am not one of ABBA's greatest fans, but I like some of their songs. And I love Meryl Streep, too :)