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Happy new year!

"[T]he first thing seen is a freshly detached human head being bounced down the long steps of a towering pyramid toward a frenzied crowd below. Only then does it dawn on the shackled prisoners what's in store for them. At the summit preside dissolute royals as well as a high priest who, time and again, plunges a knife into a man's belly and, while ( Read more... )

Do you own a baby carrier (sling/backpack, whatever)? Got a favorite?

Bonus points if you'll tell me why you love it/hate it.

Happy Birthday, theoumotel!!!

In four years as governor, Richards championed what she called the "New Texas," appointing more women and more minorities to state posts than any of her predecessors ( Read more... )

The documented truths of the last fifteen years are replaced by bald-faced lies; the talking points of the current regime parroted; the whole sorry story blurred, by spin, to make the party out of office seem vacillating and impotent, and the party in office, seem like the only option ( Read more... )

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The carrot-apple muffins (code name: cupcakes) were a moderate success. All the kids at least tried them. Baldo gleefully devoured his, as did Dexter, but my little man was decidedly anti-cupcake-muffin. Ah well, ya win some, ya lose some ( Read more... )

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