Senator wants disclosure on outsourced callsLovely, novel idea as a means of giving America some jobs back, improving customer service experiences and keeping corporate greed somewhat in check by not letting them keep giving jobs to the lowest bidder ( Read more... )

am_i_pregnant...seriously, people? You know, they make these magic things called PREGNANCY TESTS which range anywhere from $1-$20 at just about ANY non-specialty retailer and can tell you within about THREE DAMN MINUTES of PEEING ON THE STICK if you have a uterine parasite or not. Which, yanno, is going to be a hell of a lot more accurate than ASKING ONE (1) ( Read more... )

The game Clue ( Read more... )

Shelter or store? Most Americans say no question

Lovely article, really, about the validity of getting a pet from a shelter vs. a breeder or pet store. Only thing that irks me about it?

John Knight, 45, of Dallas, got his 3-year-old mutt named Liesl (rhymes with diesel) from an animal shelter that was holding a weekend adoption day at Petsmart ( Read more... )

Happy thoughts for the day - Ann Coulter is nearly 50 (48, specifically).

The average age of menopause in the Western world is around 51.

Barring any intervention by medical science (oh please dear God no) or interest in adoption, she will probably not be breeding/raising children.

We can only hope.

(also, any transgendered jokes will ( Read more... )

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THAT PETER STEELE'S DEATH IS ANOTHER JOKE LIKE THEY DID BACK IN 2005. PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS ONE HORRIBLE HEART-WRENCHING JOKE. OH MY FUCKING GOD. I CANNOT LIVE ON A PLANET WITHOUT PETER STEELE.

Scene - me careening through the city on my favorite stretch of highway at top speed in my little red death trap, music blaring, etc ( Read more... )

[while discussing my car's ability to pick up radio stations in cities about an hour and a half away]

guy friend: Awesome
guy friend: I've gotten 89X at cedar point
me: where's that now?
me: I've never been to Cedar Point.
guy friend: alternative
me: no, I know the station.
me: Where's Cedar Point? :P
guy friend: park completely jam packed ( Read more... )

Now that I'm free of my IUD, I'm thinking of getting a menstrual cup. Do any of you use one, and if so, got any tips/tricks/advice? Also, I'm thinking of going for the DivaCup specifically as I don't care to keep rubber in my vagina O_o

So I have a handful of abandoned body jewelry, about half never worn (for piercings I wanted but never got & probably won't now; I took a lot of jewelry when my mom's store closed down), that I really just want to go to a good home. Isn't there an LJ community for that ( Read more... )