I got the following selection from TV5. It runs through quite a few headlines of Europes largest papers and whether they're left, center, right, liberal, or conservative, their cry is unanimous and eerily familiar:

How come the richest, most powerful country in the world can succeed in toppling dicators, but fail miserably in establishing ( Read more... )

Mr. Hastert ( Read more... )

On Jackson Square, two massive oak trees outside the 278-year-old St. Louis Cathedral came out by the roots, ripping out a 30-foot section of ornamental iron fence and straddling a marble statue of Jesus Christ, snapping off the thumb and forefinger of his outstretched hand.

Oh! the symbolism!

LSU is being generous.

The University will be closed Monday AND Tuesday ( Read more... )

So I have a paper due tomorrow morning and the spreadsheet on which I was tracking themes, tropes, et al. fucking disappeared from this computer. Just up and disappeared.

Am I amused?

I think not.

Ruiz and I just watched D.E.B.S. It was cheezy, but entertaining ( Read more... )

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Denied.

OH! You naughty people!!

You scored as Existentialism. Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.”

“It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”

--Jean-Paul Sartre

“It is man's natural sickness to believe ( Read more... )