Concept Blog

Every single time I come to this site i see “do black men like me” “why do black men” “Is it true about black men” “where can i get a black man” “I saw some black men at work today” “how do black men” “question for black men only” “abOuT BlAcK mEn?!?!”

why do you people have obsessive compulsive with black people, did a black person turn you down or do you just secretly wish you were black. there are 290,000 questions about black men, you people need to seriously calm down. Why all the poorly disguised admiration?

By: Fowl Language

“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.” Albert Einstein
“It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life, perpetuating itself through all eternity; to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the Universe; and to try humbly to comprehend even an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature.” Albert Einstein

By: Kris, life goes on,…

If so what does it all mean? She is fleeing Sodom, and she turn’s back. does this mean that instead of turning a blind eye to societie’s evil, she faced them, and ‘rocked the boat’ so to speak? or is it merely as many have suggested, she looked back in admiration for her past life (meaning she really wasn’t ready to give up the wicked things in her life the city was destroyed for)….. and most importantly, what the heck does being turned into a pillar of salt symbolize? a pillar i might be able to understand in a certain context… (she sees the wickedness of the people, confronts them and tries to change their ways…. she thereby becomes a pillar to history)… also she is part of the earth… as opposed to the spiritual world… maybe god is telling us with this story that to achieve salvation in the afterlife, during this life we must not only live by god’s word, but utelize good judgement and rid our live’s from all temptations……. ok but why Salt?

By: aretwo_d2

We’re reading Pride and Predjudice in my literature class, and today we examined Jane Austen’s implied conception of love. She seems to give it a working definition - it’s a mix of respect, admiration, esteem, a bit of passion, and attraction…. Does love absolutely require passion? What the heck IS love, anyways. If you’re going to answer vaguely and without thought, don’t answer at all!

By: Cristy

I used to get butterflies if I saw her and when she got real close I’d catch my breath. Now, I just think about her every once in a while; what I’ll say to her next time and about instances where I thought she was into me too(I’m most likely seeing what I want to see though lol). I’m jealous of her husband. :0/ I don’t feel anything physical for her anymore though. Do I just have friendly feelings, or admiration for her now?

By: Victoria

why cant love be a strong word? people mention the word ‘hate’ and others go a-wall and say “well hate is such a strong word”. war is a strong word. divorce is a strong word. admiration is a strong word….

By: Sweet Dreams

I met this guy about three months ago. He’s 24 and I’m 22. He approached me while I was at a bar. I didn’t really like him that much at first but once we started talking we had loads in common and got on better than I felt I had ever gotten on with anyone before. Even the most obscure references we made, we both understood straight away. We talked on the phone every day (he would call me) and he chose to spend most of his free time with me. Things were going really well but even I was starting to feel panicked at how fast it seemed to be going. He spent a lot of the time with me with a kind of amazed (and a little bit frightened) look on his face and told me a couple times (with a proud looking smile on his face while putting his arm around my shoulder) about how one of his exes was really good looking but she wasn’t very smart, sociable, didn’t get his humor/lifestyle, couldn’t deal with his family etc. and I was SO smart, sociable, etc. I could also tell he was used to being the center of attention when we were out and was taken aback, half proud/half threatened (he would always then do something to “mark his territory”) by how much I get stared at, approached, etc. He has told me I am scary but not in a bad way. I’ve met his family and really like them and they like me. He invited me to his youngest brother’s First Communion and we had a really nice time. When I told him I had a good time when he took me home he looked almost painfully shy and said it wasn’t that good while looking up at me with his head down and then I gave him a goodbye hug and kiss. His parents have been together since they were both 16 when his mom got pregnant with him. They split up for three weeks when he was about 12 because his dad moved in with someone else but after they (dad and new gf) split up dad came back crying and the mom took him straight back. I get the feeling his dad, at least, plays around outside of the relationship. They are very unhappy together so obviously this will color his idea of what a relationship is. He has had a couple of serious relationships before and all of them have ended with his girlfriend telling him they have cheated on him a number of times behind his back. Obviously this would be devastating. He told me he has never cheated apart from maybe a kiss at a party if they haven’t seen each other for a while (six months). I told him I wouldn’t be happy with that if I was in a relationship and he kind of looked at me with admiration and came and sat next to me from across the room. I have been engaged once and married once. Both of the relationships ended because my partner was excruciatingly abusive and I am in counseling for it and the guy I like knows that. A couple of weeks ago he called saying he would come over to my house to hang out after his work (Wednesday). When he didn’t turn up I called and he told me he was just in from work and had to babysit his little brothers for his mom and had forgot he had agreed to do it. I told him I was disappointed but that I was proud of him for doing so much for his family and working so hard at his job. He said he would come over the next day (Thursday). When he didn’t turn up the next day I called again and he said he had actually meant Friday but had just got confused because he was working backshift that week (2-10pm) and it had really messed with his head. When he didn’t turn up on Friday I tried to call and his dad (he stays with his parents) told me he wasn’t sure but thought he had gone to his (male) friends to stay the night. (He has told me his friends give him a lot of “verbal abuse” (his words) if he doesn’t spend “enough” time with them.) I tried to call for the next couple days but his parents kept telling me he wasn’t in. About two weeks later I got my computer and checked out bebo because he had shown me his page before and I knew he was really proud of it. I added him to my friends and sent him a private message saying hi but he never got back to me. I left a message on his public board and he got back to me. When he has gotten back to me he is totally different than when he talks to everyone else, more shy and more polite. From looking at his profile I have seen he has went out with A LOT of girls and I don’t think he has formally broke up with any of them. Mostly very insecure and unintelligent but quite attractive women. Most of them seem like they still really like him but he just kind of strings them along. A couple of the girls really cling to him and message him all the time saying how much they miss him, how wonderful, amazing, etc. he is and he often jokes about his “stalkers”. I can totally identify with this as I am generally very similar and often have a couple of guys on the go at the same time. I am struggling right now though because I feel really differently about him than anyone else I have met. I am going to go see his band play soon and he has told me I better not forget and I better be there. I know he has also invited some of the other girls, too. He has challenged me a lot on my character, integrity, etc. (as I have him) and I have a sinking feeling this is another test to see how I react to having to be around the other girls and how they react to me. I really am struggling because I know that he is a total player and a lot of the girls on his profile mention the same things he has said to me. I think the player aspect of him is just a knee-jerk reaction to how his previous romances turned out though, not that he is actually heartless. There is a picture of him on his profile with a girlfriend (2003) and he looks so content in his eyes. I think he just wants to be able to love someone fully and be able to trust them not to screw him over, which I can totally empathize with. We both have very similar backgrounds and I think growing up in an unhappy and abusive household (physical beating and being told you are worthless, a spaz, etc. all the time) does things to you that are hard to understand without experiencing them from a child’s viewpoint. He has also told me he is really upset that he was born infertile and how it freaks him out that he can never have kids. I have two young kids (under 4) and he really likes them and leaves comments on my photos of my kids on my profile saying how cute they are, how blue their eye’s are, etc. I just don’t know if, as he has said, “we have met our matches in each other” and he really does like me as much as I like him and feels really bad about standing me up and scared and that’s why he is not calling me or if he sees me as just the same as the other women he has on the go. I think he does like me but is scared because I am much more challenging than the other girls and by falling for someone you lose some of your control and I feel like if we spend a lot of time together we definitely will fall. How can I find out for sure? If he does just see me the same as the other girls I will be friends with him but that’s it. If he does like me as an actual potential life partner how can I deal with his previous disrespectful behavior in a way that acknowledges it and makes it clear it won’t be tolerated again without giving him a big guilt trip? The last time I spoke to him about “us” I told him I definitely didn’t want a relationship and just wanted to play the field but now I think I might feel differently. All the other guys I was with just made me miss him, even if I hadn’t been already thinking about him. Should I tell him that? What should I do?!

By: Caroline E

and loved by the Republican party, surely they will appreciate Obama’s phenomonal oratoracle style and his admiration of Reagan’s similar abilities?

By: Kelly P

Suppose you know a guy, we’ll call him John Doe. This man is a good man, he cares for others, he helps the needy, he gives to charity, and he is always willing to listen to your problems and give good advice. Mr. Doe is an all around good guy. One beautiful sunday morning you notice that while most people on your block are heading to church, Mr. Doe is nowhere to be seen.
After church you catch up with Mr. Doe and ask him why does he not attend church? Mr. Doe answers that he does not believe in god and then walks away.
After many days of pondering and confusion the admiration for Mr. Doe now turns to pity. Does Mr. Doe deserve hell? Luckily that choice is not yours to make. Later that night you are paid a visit from an angel. The angel tells you that god has left Mr. Doe’s afterlife destination in your hands. It is up to you whether he goes to heaven or hell.
Do you send the kind, gentle, selfless Mr. Doe to hell?
Or do you look past his personal beliefs and into his heart?

By: Chef

Guides know about enough English to tangle everything up so that a man can make neither head nor tail of it. They know their story by heart—the history of every statue, painting, cathedral, or other wonder they show you. They know it and tell it as a parrot would—and if you interrupt, and throw them off the track they have to go back and begin over again. All their lives long, they are employed in showing strange things to foreigners, and listening to their bursts of admiration. It is human nature to take delight in exciting admiration. It is what prompts children to say “smart” things, and do absurd ones, and in other ways “show off” when company is present. It is what makes gossips turn out in rain and storm to go and be the first to tell a startling bit of news. Think, then what a passion it becomes with a guide, whose privilege it is, everyday, to show to strangers wonders that throw them into perfect ecstasies of admiration! He gets so that he could not by any possibility live in a soberer atmosphere. After we discovered this, we never went into ecstasies any more—we never admired anything—we never showed any but impassible faces and stupid indifference in the presence of the sublimest wonders a guide had to display.

from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

1. How might a reader challenge the author’s text in this selection?
A:Evaluate Twain’s choice of words in the selection.
B:Compare Twain’s opinion with that of others who have employed guides.
C:Compare this selection with other works by Twain.
D:Determine the author’s purpose for writing the selection.

2. Which of these is an effective way to challenge the following assertion from the selection?

“Guides know about enough English to tangle everything up so that a man can make neither head nor tail of it.”

A:Identify and evaluate the theme of the selection.
B:Analyze other literary works on similar subjects.
C:Use your own words to paraphrase the statement.
D:Evaluate Twain’s evidence for the assertion.

3. What is one aspect of the author’s style in this selection?
A:He uses a somber tone.
B:He varies the point of view.
C:He uses mostly short sentences.
D:He uses exaggeration to add humor.

4. What detail does the author use to support his philosophy that humans “take delight in exciting admiration”?
A:Children like to show off.
B:Guides memorize their stories.
C:Guides show strange things to others.
B:People admire what guides show them.

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry’s cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I’ll put a trinket on.
5. What do the nuts, berry, rose, maple, and field symbolize in this poem?
A:change
B:youth
C:nature
D:autumn
6. Which of these best describes the poet’s style in this poem?
A:formal
B:concise
C:wordy
D:flowery
7. Which of the these is an example of slant rhyme from the poem?
A:meeker, cheek
B:gown, on
C:brown, town
D:were, plumper
8. Which of these best describes the concept conveyed by the images in the poem?
A:the need to conform
B:the inevitability of change
C:the beauty of the natural world
D:the pleasures of decoration
9. Which of these best describes the poet’s attitude toward her subject in the poem?
A:admiration
B:sadness
C:surprise
D:disappointment

By: lilj3829@yahoo.com