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Good times amongst the younger-than-I
Normally I don't hold with drunk motherfuckers making excessive noise outside, but it's still comparatively early for a weekend so I'll give them a pass. And it was one of those pedal pubs from downtown - rather inexplicably some 15 blocks from their normal route - totally fucking with a motorist who was trying (unsuccessfully) to pass them on our ( Read more... ) -
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Douchebags with fireworks constitute a very compelling argument in favor of reviving the pillory. -
My response to the Nicollet Mall street preachers
So it's National Night Out, and evidently that applies to the loonies, too. Because the Street Preachers were out on Nicollet Mall. One was preaching, and the other was handing out fliers whilst wearing a sandwich board bearing condemnations against sorcery, sodomy and I don't know what all else; probably sorbetti as well.
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Kidding on the Square
I've started watching a collection of PBS documentary series, called Empires, on Hulu. Last night I watched four hours on the Roman Empire from Augustus through Vespasian, narrated by Sigourney Weaver (quite informative and entertaining, but she sounded like she was reading), and tonight I watched the first of four hours about the Israelites, ( Read more... ) -
What in the hell was THAT?! (In a good way)
I just awoke from a dream where I was at a party - it might have been a work event, because it was in an empty office suite downtown - and when one guy stepped out we decided to mess with him and all dressed up as condoms in these sort of full-body colored latex deals with a cutout for the face and matching skullcap. Recepticle tip, even, but ( Read more... ) -
But global climate change is a myth
That's tongue-in-cheek. I'm well aware we have to develop a trend of Amazonian dewpoints before it can be put down to climate change. That having been said...
Really...?!
I've found the limit of good old-fashioned plaster-and-lath-lined-brick construction with high ceilings, and it's when the heat index starts to look more like São Paulo than Saint ( Read more... ) -
On Really Good Arguments in Favor of Tax Hikes
Jon Kyl, in yesterday's news: "Unless the President gets off of his absolute obsession with raising taxes, Republicans are not going to agree to do anything that will harm our economy."
I ask facetiously if this is a slip, or the conspiracy's slip showing...
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Mmm... Kool-Aid...
Today was the first in a series of what I will call "attitude training" seminars. Later, as I was outside sucking on burning leaves, the Kid bought me a can of pop and told me he was interested in what I thought.
Here's what I thought:
The lecturer wasn't wrong. Our emotional stance does affect our thinking, which does affect our responses. I ( Read more... )
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