Apparently there are those who reject the spirit of the Olympics and  take offense at teh visa "Go World" commercials, which I quite like.(and in fact make me cry the easy tears of an old man.  http://thenewtj105.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/whats-up-with-the-visa-olympic-commercials/
You people are mean-spirited, shallow, and just simply small.
OTOH, I ( Read more... )

Frick.  Now this seems like a perfectly practical way to deal with a situation in a time when divorce was illegal or extremely onerous.

The "wife sales" made famous in Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge were, in reality, English rural-folk divorces in which the participants knew one another, and the wife being "sold" was often already ( Read more... )

 First off, it is apparent that someone is coming into my bedroom at night and beating me soundly while I sleep.(also soundly)  Whatever the deal is, I apologize.  Give it a miss, alright?

A woodchuck has invaded my garden.  Between the deer and the drought, I essentially didn't have a garden last year.  This year I still have problems, but was at ( Read more... )

 I went downtown to First Friday on Friday (who'd have thunk?) and walked the galleries.  It's probably been 2 years since I've done that (Fridays are awkward) but it didn't seem like much had changed, at least not at Artspace.  Fun enough, mind, but just enough to whet my appetite.  So herself and I went out to the NCMA Sunday, where we were both ( Read more... )

Derby of the Damned

From the left we have the wicked and powerful Harley Quinn, the brash and sexy Abby Cuss, your zombie master Tally-Ho, the way way gone Cliff-Notes,  and the confused and oblivious E.Z. Score.  In other words, the core crew.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2277298/President-George-Bush-'Goodbye-from-the-world's-biggest-polluter'.html?funny=not

 for evil to triumph, is that good men and women do nothing. (Edmund Burke)

When good men do nothing, they get nothing good done. To be good, one must do good. The Lord commands his people to do good (Luke 6:35)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/10/race.humanrights

fingerprints of all Roma, including children, was needed to "prevent ( Read more... )

 It's a joke, right?  Tell me it's a joke.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/aviation-security/2008/Jul/01/want-some-torture-with-your-peanuts/

 Hey lookee, I got me a home computer!  Welcome to the 20th century ( Read more... )

No, not guns, divorce.  And 2 years, yet.
 http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/07/02/0702divorce.html
Can we count the number of things wrong with this?  North carolina is 1 year.  Believe me, that's plenty.  In fact, the X and I got tired of having it hanging over our heads and went in after 6 months or so and just lied ( Read more... )