Yikes! Vampires Exist! (or, Dealing with Adult Bullies.)

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Thursday April 01, 2010 · 10:05 PM PDT

2010/04/01 · 22:05

RenaRFs great diary prompted me to write about my own experiences with bullying. I don’t mean to steal Rena’s thunder, coat-tail on her Rec List fame, or diminish from her experiences in any way. High school can be a minefield for a lot of us, but poor Rena and her family withstood a frontal assault, and I’m very glad that she survived.

I’d like to talk about what can become of childhood bullies once they mature. While many leave bullying behind as they enter adulthood, others never grow out of it and remain stuck in a perpetual state of childhood. Knowing that their behavior would not be tolerated in the adult world and would cause them to be shunned, they seek to disguise their deviance underneath layers of legitimacy, becoming more sophisticated, more devious, and, sometimes, just as dangerous as the bullies that tormented us as children.

Arnie

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 5:03 PM PDT

2008/09/02 · 17:03

A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the person you are "mourning" is still alive ("pre-grief" can be a very lonely and confusing time) you can come to this diary and process your grieving in whatever way works for you. Share whatever you need to share. We can't solve each other's problems, but we can be a sounding board and a place of connection.

Arnie

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Wednesday April 02, 2008 · 5:39 PM PDT

2008/04/02 · 17:39

We live in uncertain times. War, recession, inflation, and the upcoming elections, among other things, all weigh heavily upon us. Why don't we forget about those things for a while?

Let's go back to your childhood, when you went happily about your life, blissfully unaware of most of the things adults had to face.

Let's go back to a time when, besides gym class or the bully stealing your lunch money, your greatest fear was the scary movie shown on late night TV.

Poll

100 votes Show Results

Scariest Classic Movie Creature:

100 votes Vote Now!

Scariest Classic Movie Creature:

Creature from the Black Lagoon

6 votes

Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde

2 votes

Dracula

10 votes

Frankenstein's monster

2 votes

The Mummy

8 votes

The Phantom of the Opera

3 votes

Ronald Reagan

38 votes

The Wolf Man

0 votes

Other (see comments)

31 votes

What's your favorite breakfast cereal (w/ poll)?

Arnie

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Sunday March 30, 2008 · 6:56 PM PDT

2008/03/30 · 18:56

As a diversion from the heated Democratic primary race and other political/social topics, I'd like to talk about what I consider to be one of our society's greatest developments: breakfast cereal.

Poll

223 votes Show Results

My favorite cereal type is:

223 votes Vote Now!

My favorite cereal type is:

Hot (Cream of Wheat, Malt-O-Meal, oatmeal, etc.)

55 votes

Healthy (All-Bran, Shredded Wheat, Total, etc.)

43 votes

Classsic (Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies, Wheaties, etc.)

48 votes

Kiddie (Apple Jacks, Cap'n Crunch, Lucky Charms, etc.)

28 votes

Exotic (muesli, granola, etc.)

29 votes

I don't like cereal

10 votes

Pie!

10 votes

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