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If you get raped at Marriott, it's your own fault
Sometimes I really hate the world. Well, not the whole world. Just certain people/entities. Today it's the Marriott Corporation.
Three years ago, a woman was raped at gunpoint, in the presence of her two small children (ages 3 and 5), in a Marriott-owned parking garage. Marriott has decided that *she* was negligent in this matter. See USAToday story ( Read more... ) -
Has this been the weirdest week ever or what?
Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson? And today Billy Mays, although I absolutely do not consider him a celebrity. An annoying pain in my eardrums - yes. An inspiration for me to NOT purchase the stuff he hawked - yes. (My Rule of Acquisition: If you annoy me, offend me or piss me off, I will not buy.) The reason I have hair-trigger ( Read more... ) -
Public Service Announcement
Those of you in the Greensboro area will be happy to know that the Quiznos' Hire-a-Stoner Program is a smashing success.
We stopped at Quiznos on Saturday for a late lunch - and because we had coupons for a couple bucks off sandwiches. I love Quiznos' sandwiches, especially the Turkey, Ranch & Swiss (or, at least, I did love them until this ( Read more... ) -
Techno-rants
I HATE HEWLETT PACKARD PRINTERS.
During the past week, I have lost about 12 hours of productivity because of the HP (Heinous Pieceofshit) Deskjet F2120. I had this thing about three weeks before it started acting out, and it has simply got worse and worse. Trying to get help from HP's allegedly "award winning" customer service is a joke. Over the ( Read more... ) -
What Julie Newmar taught my buddy David about homosexuality
So my buddy David called last night. I love it when he calls. As I've mentioned before on this blog, although we should be diametrically opposed (him being a short, black Christian man and me being a tall, white Pagan woman), he is one of my dearest, oldest, and most like-minded friends. We can - and do - talk about anything from cartoon, film and ( Read more... ) -
Is it just me?
So the Golden Globes aired tonight. I didn't watch. Knew that Wall-E would have to win for Best Animated Film, didn't care to see the cast of 30 Rock (I would sooner gouge out my eyes with knitting needles than watch that show), and I really haven't seen any of the other films/shows that were nominated. I knew that Heath Ledger would have to win ( Read more... ) -
A request
I stumbled across this on Snopes, and for once the 'please send a card' plea is not some weird hoax. There's a beautiful little 4-year-old named Hannah Garman who is dying of a rare brain tumor. She lost her mom to cancer not long ago. Her cousin's story is here on this blog. Hannah's CaringBridge page can be found here. Snopes.com has confirmation ( Read more... )
