And yet again, lawmakers show that they have no clue how the Internet really works ( Read more... )

http://www.shrovetuesdayobserved.com/future.html

Heard on the radio this morning -

"I've told all my friends and relatives, if you speak at my funeral and talk about politics, I'm hauntin' ya. Every minute until you die. And then I'll be up at God's throne putting in a bad word for you. Trying to get you a room on another floor if you get my drift."

A rash of billboards have sprung up around town advertising an assortment of law firms. They all look alike in that they have one of the attorneys looking straight out from the billboard, leaning slightly forward. As I drive down the highway, a line from a comedian I saw years ago keeps coming to mind. Granted, he was talking about trying to ( Read more... )

While I was home for Christmas, my mom recommended a book to me. I found it today (hooray for gift certificates) and had to buy it. It is proving every bit as funny as she said.

It is Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral. While it is more of a cookbook, it was in the Humor section of the ( Read more... )

As a bit of holiday cheer, snopes has a page on calls that turkey help lines have received over the years. Enjoy!

http://www.snopes.com/holidays/thanksgiving/turkey.asp

Sometimes you miss silly little things. Things that have been around for years, that seem a normal part of life, and then they are gone ( Read more... )

I thought I'd post some info about Eberron, since that is the world that will be used for DDO. I had to dig into the setting last year when I was writing up my entry for the Eberron novel open call.

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I just saw a wonderful demonstration on iwank of why e.e. cummings wannabes are not 'using proper grammar even if we don't bother to capitalize'.

I helped my Uncle Jack off the horse.

I helped my uncle jack off the horse.

Hubbie thought I had lost my mind when he heard me cackle.

Hubbie was at a con this past weekend, and he came back with an .avi of the first episode of the Eccleston Doctor Who season. I decided that I liked his Doctor when he flipped through a London tabloid and said, "That'll never last, he's gay and she's an alien."