That's the best idea I've heard yet. I may actually pursue this. Thanks.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
Maybe do some research and make a list of famous/successful/noble people who started out poor, abused, or in general unfortunate conditions. Money is really not that important anyway, but of course some level of comfort and security are. I find mine in my faith. It makes up for my lack of security and funds. That in particular has been demonstrated to be one of the single greatest motivators in the world be it in poor communities, in prisons, in hospitals, etc., but not everyone has it of course.

I wouldn't say "you can be anything you want to be." I don't think that's really true and I never thought it was true. When I was a kid, I thought adults were just being stupid when they told us that.

"You can have a good life" is a safe statement though. I believed that and I still do. Setting realistic, short term goals can help too.

hahaha, I salute you for finding and sifting this video:

http://animation.videosift.com/video/Michael-Quest-MJ-pwns-all-your-beloved-games

It deserves so many more upvotes than it got !

Please join MC Crosswords and the roasting crew for the official roast of rasch187 now in progress.

THE JESTER

http://parody.videosift.com/talk/ROAST-X-ITS-XTREME

Scroll to the bottom of any page and click "dark" next to "Theme".

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
HAWT! How do I do this now?

Thanks.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
http://www.genengnews.com/microarraychallenge/

http://parody.videosift.com/talk/Roast-List-Refresh

Congratulations on reaching new heights on VideoSift. You have earned yourself 82 stars, earning you status of Gold Star member. You have been awarded 1 Power Point for achieving this level. Thanks for all your contributions.

Hahaha. I'm such a doofus. I'm new here, honestly.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
Thanks. I don't think you can qualitize blog posts, but I appreciate the effort.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
What? did I spell *quality incorrectly?

http://geek.videosift.com/talk/Dupe-Videos-Playlist-dupeof-requested

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
Does that WORK NOW?! Do dupes contribute to the original post's votes?! How the hell did I not hear of this; that is freakin awesome.

In reply to this comment by MrFisk:
I wanted the original to have my votes. I discarded it.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Stephen-King-It

This video is a dupe (for the most part) and was VERY briefly in Sift-talk to discuss it. Kindly kill it for us unless you want to defend it as otherwise. Thanks.

I think so but I'm not certain.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
Does that WORK NOW?! Do dupes contribute to the original post's votes?! How the hell did I not hear of this; that is freakin awesome.

In reply to this comment by MrFisk:
I wanted the original to have my votes. I discarded it.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Stephen-King-It

This video is a dupe (for the most part) and was VERY briefly in Sift-talk to discuss it. Kindly kill it for us unless you want to defend it as otherwise. Thanks.

I wanted the original to have my votes. I discarded it.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Stephen-King-It

This video is a dupe (for the most part) and was VERY briefly in Sift-talk to discuss it. Kindly kill it for us unless you want to defend it as otherwise. Thanks.

You're sweet. Thank you.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. You have my thoughts and prayers.

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Normally, I am a lucid dreamer, but lately, I've been having nightmares that I can't control and can only wake myself up from. And if I go back to sleep, I'm right back in the nightmare. I think it's stress, my cousin died, my rabbit died and I had a miscarriage, all in the space of two days. Eh, thanks subconscious for making my sleeping life hell, too.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
Practice lucid dreaming. I'm a very vivid dreamer and I used to have absolutely terrifying nightmares. Now, I'm able to end them because I recognize they are dreams while I'm dreaming them. It wakes me up, but it ends the nightmare. It takes time to master it, but it's worth it. Read up; practice up. Lucid dreaming can be fun too.

Normally, I am a lucid dreamer, but lately, I've been having nightmares that I can't control and can only wake myself up from. And if I go back to sleep, I'm right back in the nightmare. I think it's stress, my cousin died, my rabbit died and I had a miscarriage, all in the space of two days. Eh, thanks subconscious for making my sleeping life hell, too.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
Practice lucid dreaming. I'm a very vivid dreamer and I used to have absolutely terrifying nightmares. Now, I'm able to end them because I recognize they are dreams while I'm dreaming them. It wakes me up, but it ends the nightmare. It takes time to master it, but it's worth it. Read up; practice up. Lucid dreaming can be fun too.

That was well worth my time. Thanks for thinking of sending me a note about it.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
http://www.videosift.com/video/An-Overview-of-America-by-the-John-Birsch-Society

thanks for showing me this nice playlist, ill check all the vids

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
http://www.videosift.com/playlists/Doc_M/Techno-etc