(To explain the first paragraph, I originally posted this to at toddler community that I belong to)

My son is 4, closing in on 4 1/2 at a frightening speed, and as such he's no longer a toddler, and thus may be outside the boundaries of this community (tonight we were out at a store and he wanted to race me around a table because, as he put it, " ( Read more... )

"Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed. Now we are trusting the economy of our country and the banking system to the same nit-wits who couldn't make money running a whorehouse and selling whiskey!"

The man has a point....

Joe Biden, on the swindle-us bill:

"Because of the rules, the president and I can’t stop you from doing some things, but I’ll show up in your city and say, “This was a stupid idea.”

You think I’m kidding? This is the only part the president was right about: Don’t mess with Joe, because I mean it. I’m serious, guys. I’m serious. I’m absolutely ( Read more... )

Old? Out of touch? Do"modern" (and by modern I mean 8 years ago) internet memes put you off? Are you having sudden urges to yell at kids to get off your lawn? (aside-I did that to a group of kids cutting the corner across my lawn a while back. The startled looks and frantic scurrying were fucking PRICELESS! :))Were you frightened by the relentless ( Read more... )

I just got an IRA statement, and for gits and shiggles I figured out what it was worth compared to Jan. 1, 2008. The result? Down 43%. Yippie-ki-yay.

I just spent 40 minutes standing outside the bar arguing passionately with my Catholic friend Ed about same sex marriage, the proper role of government WRT SSM and the difference between orthodox Jewish theology vs Christian theology (a rule based religion vs an actions based one). God! How fun! I could have kept it up all night! If the SDMB was ( Read more... )

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Yesterday, I watched my dad play with my son. He reached out his one time strong but still capable hands to my son, and together the two of them laughed, enjoyed and rejoiced with each other. It was a wonderful family moment, but I noticed that my dad's hands were old. The skin over the bones was slack. They were old man hands. Once again, the ( Read more... )

Sometimes I despair about the youth of today, but whenever I do, something happens to remind me that people are people, and no matter how beaten, bruised and battered the concepts of honor and integrity are, and no matter how antiquated and quaint they are presented in the mainstream media today, these fundamental principals of right are still ( Read more... )

People are finally starting to say what needs to be said. Chicago tea party? I am so there.

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