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The topic is Cravings/Addictions/Obsessions  

kzoopair 73M/71F
8610 posts
5/31/2016 11:47 am
The topic is Cravings/Addictions/Obsessions

CravingsAddictionsObsessions Is The Topic For The Twentieth Virtual Symposium
“Cravings/Addictions/Obsessions” Is The Topic For The Twentieth Virtual Symposium

The Twentieth Virtual Symposium is approaching off the port bow, and the topic is Cravings/Addictions/Obsessions. At the stroke of midnight on 5 June entries are due, weather permitting. The Invasion of Normandy was all set for 5 June 1944 but Eisenhower had to postpone that event due to stormy weather. I figure this one will come off as planned. The site has had flareups which could be compared to stormy weather and they’ve thoughtfully managed to stage those flareups so as to interfere with past Symposia, but unlike the Allied Armies in 1944, we forged ahead and stormed the beaches anyway. If it helps, think of us as the Western Allies and think of the site as the Third Reich. Festung Europa. The U.S Army Rangers scaled the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc and seized the fortifications there at great odds. Let us follow their lead and take inspiration from them. Not to mix metaphors from different wars and different administrations, but…bring it on! Currahee and all that!

The Symposia are about us, both the individual and the collective us. We select a single topic by vote and then attack that topic from all directions in the hope of enveloping it like a blogtown Cannae or Tannenberg. You can post on that topic in prose, verse or pictorially, and let your imagination run with it. The result will always be that we meet new blogging members, listen to different views and get to know one another better. It’s both an individual and a collective act that effectively makes as stronger allies. And, you never know- you might just meet one blogger in particular with whom you will form that ultimate alliance of body and spirit. There IS a fraternization rule here- you are encouraged to do so, as often as you can manage.

Visit humorlife’s post CravingsAddictionsObsessions Is The Topic For The Twentieth Virtual Symposium (“Cravings/Addictions/Obsessions” Is The Topic For The Twentieth Virtual Symposium) for details, and do submit a post. This is a hell of a lot of fun and brings us closer as a community.



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KItkat1415 61F  
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5/31/2016 12:15 pm

Hi KZoo,
I don't know what I will be writing on... maybe cravings, since I know very little about addictions from a personal point-of-view, and obsessions come and go for me, defying the definition of a real obsession for me. LOL

I crave chocolate chip cookies... does that count?
LOL
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NaughtyInSO 113F
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5/31/2016 12:29 pm

Hmm.. Confession time ....
Although it was my humble suggestion and I certainly have at least one addiction, a couple of come-n-go obsessions and various cravings... my mind is blank.
And now one of my addictions is calling ....

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VenusRising11 71F
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5/31/2016 1:20 pm

Kzoo, what a fantastic fun post!!! I LOVE IT! I didn't know half what you were talking about, but I LOVED IT ANYWAY! You always brighten my day. I'll be posting for the symposium...can't wait.



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lindoboy100 61M
23969 posts
5/31/2016 2:10 pm

I kinda fancy havin a go at this McPair, but I'm no' sure I'll have the time, and even if I do, whether I'd be able to get it in on the 5th. Is there a timescale within which ye need tae post? And does the post need tae be serious, or can I blether ma usual shite wi' it?

Any and all advice welcome and appreciated. I like the aims of this and the fact that it has managed not to become embroiled in controversy and drama.


sexysixties2 106F
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5/31/2016 2:15 pm

A good topic...and I have loads of ideas....hopefully I will find a little time to write!!!

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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5/31/2016 2:34 pm

    Quoting KItkat1415:
    Hi KZoo,
    I don't know what I will be writing on... maybe cravings, since I know very little about addictions from a personal point-of-view, and obsessions come and go for me, defying the definition of a real obsession for me. LOL

    I crave chocolate chip cookies... does that count?
    LOL
    Kitkat
Well, in everyday language they're sort of used interchangeably. When I think of cravings my brain goes right to food. But then there's Ten Years After at Woodstock...."Baby....I got a cravin' for you...." I know what he meant.

I don't know what I'm going to write either, but I've had plenty of addictions and I don't think I've covered all of them yet. PD says obsession is the only way I ever get anything done. I prefer to think of it as focus, but, whatever. I should probably get obsessed more often.

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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5/31/2016 2:38 pm

    Quoting joisygirl:
    I'm sure you'll have something interesting to put forth and I'll have a read when you do.
Thank you sweetheart. I knew I could count on you. Are you going to write a post?

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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5/31/2016 2:41 pm

    Quoting NaughtyInSO:
    Hmm.. Confession time ....
    Although it was my humble suggestion and I certainly have at least one addiction, a couple of come-n-go obsessions and various cravings... my mind is blank.
    And now one of my addictions is calling ....
There have been a few times I didn't have a clue what to write so I just sat down and started babbling. The post about sapiosexuals was like that. i knew I didn't care for the term and I knew I wanted to mock it. Three rum and cokes later, I had a post.

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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5/31/2016 2:50 pm

    Quoting VenusRising11:
    Kzoo, what a fantastic fun post!!! I LOVE IT! I didn't know half what you were talking about, but I LOVED IT ANYWAY! You always brighten my day. I'll be posting for the symposium...can't wait.
Sorry! The Invasion was a big deal in my family. My elders dated events that way: "It was before the Invasion, because..." or "after the Invasion when Bill wrote home..." The whole war served that way. Uncle Bob got shot just before the Battle of the Bulge- and was later very pleased about that, because he missed it! My mom's dad and all her brothers saw combat in the war and my Uncle Bill skippered a landing craft at Utah Beach. My dad's older brother was in Patton's Third Army in France. I tend to forget that not everyone is obsessed with it. Maybe that's a post...it IS kind of an obsession.

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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5/31/2016 3:00 pm

    Quoting lindoboy100:
    I kinda fancy havin a go at this McPair, but I'm no' sure I'll have the time, and even if I do, whether I'd be able to get it in on the 5th. Is there a timescale within which ye need tae post? And does the post need tae be serious, or can I blether ma usual shite wi' it?

    Any and all advice welcome and appreciated. I like the aims of this and the fact that it has managed not to become embroiled in controversy and drama.
The rules are pretty loose. You can post early or late. I myself have posted VERY late a couple of times, as in weeks late. Just as there are no prizes, there are no punishments either. This is a sort of a Montessori event. Or, if you prefer, Marxist: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. The interpretation is entirely up to you. There ought to be at least a tenuous connection to the topic, but that connection can be a hell of a stretch, and in fact that approach can be a lot of fun. If you have a mind to unleash your considerable imagination, then I'm hoping you'll do so!

I've always liked the aim of this thing too. It sounds trite to keep calling it a community building enterprise, but that's just what it is. There's room for a lot of diversity here. We have the one common interest that drew us all here- other people's genitalia, and the possibility of sniffing them. But aside from that we have a lot of unique qualities, every one of us. By highlighting our differences, we minimize them. It's like magic.

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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5/31/2016 3:18 pm

    Quoting sexysixties2:
    A good topic...and I have loads of ideas....hopefully I will find a little time to write!!!
Yes- this ought to be a good topic. But really, they all have been, even the ones I didn't like. It taught me to be a little more creative writing about something I never would have otherwise. I'm looking forward to your post!

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Furbal1972 51M
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5/31/2016 4:28 pm

I think I can work with this topic.

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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5/31/2016 5:33 pm

    Quoting Furbal1972:
    I think I can work with this topic.
I was hoping so! But still- I've had a lot of fun writing on topics I didn't like one bit.

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nightsoul1962 61F
17828 posts
5/31/2016 9:02 pm

I'm not going to say anything, as apparently I jinx myself every time I do......

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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5/31/2016 9:34 pm

    Quoting nightsoul1962:
    I'm not going to say anything, as apparently I jinx myself every time I do......
Not with me you don't, paisan. This is a place you can be you. Really.

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rachel0718 58F
20470 posts
5/31/2016 10:08 pm

I am soooooo excited for this symposium. The topic is awesome and I can definitely sink my teeth into this one! Hooray!!!! I am one happy blogging girl right now.


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kzoopair 73M/71F
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5/31/2016 10:13 pm

    Quoting rachel0718:
    I am soooooo excited for this symposium. The topic is awesome and I can definitely sink my teeth into this one! Hooray!!!! I am one happy blogging girl right now.
Goddammit, I love your enthusiasm! This is a pretty good place to be, ain't it?

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Annie_34 65T
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6/1/2016 4:00 am

Bonjour Kzoopair
Une pensée ému pour tout ces hommes attendant dans leurs bateaux et qui le lendemain allaient pour beaucoup mourir pour délivrer l'Europe
♥ Bisou ♥ Poton ♥ Annie ♥


Hello Kzoopair
A thought for all those men wait in their boats and the next day were going to die a lot to deliver Europe
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sweet_VM 65F
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6/1/2016 8:33 am

KZ an excellent read here.. It should be an excellent topic for this symposium. hugsssssss V

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/1/2016 10:02 am

    Quoting Annie_34:
    Bonjour Kzoopair
    Une pensée ému pour tout ces hommes attendant dans leurs bateaux et qui le lendemain allaient pour beaucoup mourir pour délivrer l'Europe
    ♥ Bisou ♥ Poton ♥ Annie ♥


    Hello Kzoopair
    A thought for all those men wait in their boats and the next day were going to die a lot to deliver Europe
    ♥ Kiss ♥ Annie ♥

There was a lot of bullshit leading up to and in that war but people's sacrifices for others were real, and heroic.

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/1/2016 10:04 am

    Quoting Annie_34:
    Bonjour Kzoopair
    Une pensée ému pour tout ces hommes attendant dans leurs bateaux et qui le lendemain allaient pour beaucoup mourir pour délivrer l'Europe
    ♥ Bisou ♥ Poton ♥ Annie ♥


    Hello Kzoopair
    A thought for all those men wait in their boats and the next day were going to die a lot to deliver Europe
    ♥ Kiss ♥ Annie ♥

Oops! I forgot this part!

Il y avait beaucoup de connerie amenant et dans à cette guerre mais les sacrifices des personnes pour d'autres étaient vrais, et héroïques.

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/1/2016 10:08 am

    Quoting  :

That doesn't surprise me. There doesn't appear to be any sense of either shame or decency there. Such trolls will always be with us.

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/1/2016 10:12 am

    Quoting sweet_VM:
    KZ an excellent read here.. It should be an excellent topic for this symposium. hugsssssss V
Thanks, V! 5 June leaped out at me, on account of D Day. I mentioned in another comment that I grew up worshipping the men who fought that war. They were all around me- my kin and my friends' fathers and uncles and brothers. I get emotional about it.

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/1/2016 3:17 pm

Yeah, I think so too. This should be a lot of fun!

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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/1/2016 8:17 pm

    Quoting  :

I haven't got a plan yet. I'm a chronic procrastibator.

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