Here is photo of a flyer we saw in NOLA. You don't really see anything this dripping with sex associated with belly dance in california. Why is that?

( Read more... )

On this day when pagan folks debate the merits of celebrating a famous Saint, I thought I would post about my favorite Saint and my namesake.

My middle name is Francis after Saint Francis.
( Read more... )

I organize a Community Involvement Committee at work and our latest effort was warm coats for the homeless. Here was the final tally email that went out today (I did not write it):

What a HUGE SUCCESS!

Our partnership with "M" has resulted in collecting a total of 127 coats for the One Warm Coat drive.  Over 100 coats came from "C" employees alone!

( Read more... )

There is an Eddie Izzard routine about how absurd the old practice of having women take on their husband’s last name is, especially the bit where they are being referred to as Mrs. John Smith. The woman is dissolved into the man. To point out the absurdity he suggests that when the woman is the more powerful public figure, then the man ( Read more... )

I am in the mood for this crazy Bollywood video again. Don't know why it makes me happy everytime I see it.

At work yesterday I was joking with coworkers that since Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Darwin, and Abe Lincoln are having their 200th birthdays within a few weeks of each other (more aquarians) that there must be a joke there. So they challenged me to write one. Here it is:

Darwin, Poe, and Lincoln walk into a bar.

The bartender says "Happy 200th ( Read more... )

Saw this preview at Coraline tonight. Looks even better than Coraline, although Coraline was a feast for the eyes.

Just heard the sad news from feri_hearted  that Lux of the Cramps died.
I love that guy, I love that band, and I am fucked now because they were one of the last bands that I would go out to see live (Boingo's gone, Wall of Voodoo's gone, Idiot Flesh is gone, Morphine's dead, now the Cramps. That leaves X (or Knitters). Stay healthy John Doe, Exene, Billy Zoom ( Read more... )

WHAT PETS WRITE IN THEIR DIARIES

Excerpts from a Dog's Diary......

( Be sure to read the cat's diary )

One can only hope this will end the debate and those foolish misguided parents that refuse to vaccinate their kids will take heed:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_he_me/med_vaccine_safety