Since my friends list is not a subset of hers, this deserves a re-post ( Read more... )

I was about to say that the event went off without a hitch, but yeah, except for the obvious one. The day was absolutely perfect. I can't wait to see pictures. We're back home now, and looking at an eight-day work week until our next day(s) off. Maybe a longer post later, but for right now, thanks to all of you. I feel so blessed to have such ( Read more... )

Headline: Virgin Shark Makes Babies!Sharks are now proven to be among those of God's creatures that don't need to mate to produce viable offspring -- appended to the list immediately after "lesbians ( Read more... )

Spiderman 3
See it / Skip it
See it in the theater / Rent it later
Pay full price if you have to / See a matinée
See it multiple times / See it once
Best reason to see it: The birth of the SandMan. It's a beautiful showoff graphics sequence. Best on a big screen.
Best reason to skip it: The last fifteen to twenty minutes blow GOATS. If you leave ( Read more... )

Hot Fuzz
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Pay full price if you have to / See a matinée
See it multiple times / See it once
Best reason to see it: So ... good ... can't ... choose ... must ... see ... again!
Best reason to skip it: There are some over-the-top gore moments, which are graphic (though not realistic in that they ( Read more... )

Despite evidence to the contrary, I don't have fully formed opinions about everything. I am honestly undecided about several major political issues, including capital punishment, immigration (illegal and legal), and minimum wage hikes. The news has gotten me thinking about one other such issue: gun control.

As Eddie Izzard says, ( They say 'guns don't kill people, people do'. But you know, I think the gun helps. )

Next time your larder's looted or your jewel case is rifled, check for the culprit on the bus.

So. The Senate just narrowly passed the "supplementary funding for the iraq war" bill. It passed in the House earlier with a narrow margin as well. This authorizes the spending of $122 billiion more dollars-we-don't-have to exit as gracefully as possible from Iraq. It also funds other things (like rebuilding of Afghanistan, peripheral programs ( Read more... )

Ghostrider
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Pay full price if you have to / See a matinée
See it multiple times / See it once
Best reason to see it: Come on! Ozzie, motorcycles, leather, fire, chains, Nicholas Cage's eight pack, know-it-all old guy, and chicks with guns ... and cleavage. Hard to pick among these for the " ( Read more... )

The other day, my coworker asked me who my hero is. So I replied:

My hero is brilliant
she is kind
she is forgiving
she is generous
and she is brave.

She is all of these things much more than I am
and I struggle to be more like her every day.

My hero is nine years old.
She is my step daughter.