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Banjocat's avatar

Congrats Celia! Is it just me or did the first segment with Kermit and Fozzie discussing what they really are strike a perfect chord to how we should be talking about trans identity?

[Kermit] Well, Fozzie, the thing of it is though, you're not a real bear, not a real natural bear. Now those cows, those are real cows. But a real bear, he's got sharp teeth... Do you hibernate? You're not a real bear. [Fozzie] Well, look, I feel it in my very bones. [Kermit] Wait a minute, you don't even have bones. Anyway, that's what my brain put together... LOL

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James A Thorp MD's avatar

Congratulations Celia! I’m so proud of you and our combined efforts in this book. Trust me from my perspective…. It was well worth the wait. This is more than just another book. It’s a barn burner; it’s an expose. It tells the story from the perspective of an accomplished and acclaimed writer/journalist combined with my 44+ years of clinical experience and medical research. God put us together in a Divine Appointment for a time such as this to proclaim TRUTH and LIGHT in this dark and deceptive time. God spoke through his prophet Hosea 4:6 about 2800 years ago declaring that His People DIE for lack of knowledge. Has this prophecy EVER been more powerfully fulfilled than in the last 4 years? I think not….

James A Thorp MD

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Dale Peterson's avatar

Well I, for one, can’t wait to read it! Congratulations!

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Bibi Farber's avatar

Congratulations Celia! You should be SO proud of yourself! What an accomplishment. Celebrate and ENJOY! Happy New Year indeed!

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cjonsson1's avatar

Congrats Celia! what an accomplishment. You were far from negligent to your base.

Please absolve yourself from guilt. Your book will make you whole and more to us.

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Steve Nieman's avatar

Congrats Celia, Book project huge accomplishment. Languages, writing––stalwart in the material world. Probably defines the physical more than anything else. It'll be weird crossing over leaving that behind... But for now enjoy it while we can.

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Dave's avatar

Congrats, I will be a buyer. Your writing style places the reader there. I recently told my nephew taking sophomore English Literature/creative writing classes to read you & learn.

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John Sutton's avatar

Congratulations! if you lost friends because you were most focused on your book then good riddance to bad rubbish. To heck with them.

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alwayscurious's avatar

Congratulations!

Let's celebrate who we are, lovers of truth and repelled by lies and psychopaths that hate humanity.

Wish we could go back to the warm and funny, simple joys of the muppets.

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Audrey's avatar

Congrats Celia! A great way to begin 2024. I hope you’re going to treat yourself to all your creature comforts and get some rest. As for friends, you have many here who appreciate and love you!

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Hillary Han's avatar

This is my favorite Muppets for many years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Qaf5YZ5iU

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James Greene's avatar

Friendship can be like an opportunity that has yet to present itself, for reasons I think are explored in a post/youtube at rwer wordpress, December 7, "Positivism & the loss of meaning," by Asad Zaman at Akhuwat university in Pakistan, where he intends to teach his students to dissociate from an invented market economy that produces commodities and 'human resources,' in favor of the idea of hiking the Appalachian trail for indefinite periods of time in groups with backpacks, which he said he witnessed while living nearby..

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Lisa Sarenduc's avatar

No forgiveness required, just reaching out because now you can and happily reconnecting. You wrote a book, for heaven's sake, your friends must know of your work and your commitment, and it's done when it's done, not as if you personally rejected THEM. Congrats, and loved the muppets clip!

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Eileen Schrader's avatar

Great job, Celia!

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Ann Tomoko Rosen's avatar

Yay! Congratulations! You need to celebrate!

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Dale Peterson's avatar

That is very welcome news indeed!! So happy to hear that!

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shaktideva's avatar

A capital accomplishment dear Celia. I adore your writing and can’t wait to read your book. You are - and have been the whole time - on the right side of history. Your parents are smiling on you.

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