A survey of around 750 or so ppl found that it's the church-goers who are most likely to support torture.

http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=8163

Is anyone here really suprised? 

Today, I noticed so many stupid little things going on that I decided to tell the Heretic that today must be Idiot's Day. I dunno if it's the time change that causes people to lose their minds, or what, but today was definitely Idiot's Day ( Read more... )

Thinking about what to write and actually starting to write, without demanding overly much from myself or forcing myself to continue writing when I'm burnt out seems to be having the desired effect.

This week I was able to:
- Come up with a few ideas for the writing prompt, though no story formed around the idea for that character
- Dream a story ( Read more... )

 People lie about what books they've read

Most people lie about the following:

1. 1984 - George Orwell

2. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

3. Ulysses - James Joyce

4. The Bible

5. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

6. A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking

7. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie

8. In Remembrance of Things Past - Marcel Proust

9. Dreams ( Read more... )

I considered going with a writing prompt that would basically call for one scene describing a certain thing, but I'll save that for later. This is a prompt for a full story, or perhaps just a few scenes.

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( Prompt )

So, the dudes who love to be comedians played a prank on their own fan base.

They said they were going out of business. Not selling the business. Giving it up because of so many dumbasses who hated them because of their horribly, horribly bad jokes... racist, sexist, and any other -ist you can think of, they got it. They make fun of all sexual ( Read more... )

Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Knocked Up.
Somebody & Somebody Make a Porno (Zach & who?)

What do these movies have in common? They're chick flicks... but for guys.

Chick flicks for girls at least have mildly attractive males in them. Say, Freddie Prinze Jr.
Chick flicks for guys seem to have incredibly unattractive males. And super hot chicks.

I'm ( Read more... )

Quote from Google Chrome browser, which allows you to "go incognito" to avoid pages being shown in your history (*cough* porn *cough*):

( Quote from Incognito Mode )

Everyone whose handwriting looked like it hadn't improved since 3rd grade would be automatically denied. Why bother trying to read your app if you can't even write? 

... Was BAMF. Seriously. A work of art. Especially when compared to that horrid, horrid poem that the lady read afterwards. What was that crap?

And I was happy to hear Obama even recognized nonbelievers in regards to inclusiveness in his speech. He's going to destroy the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in the military as well. Makes sense... if you' ( Read more... )