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Troot, mistress cat'nach, he called aloud at her little sitting ( Read more... ) -
This just in: Music CAN'T change the world!
Music cannot change the world, says Neil YoungCanadian folk rock legend Neil Young said he has lost all hope that music can change the world, as he presented a documentary about his 2006 anti-war concert tour at the Berlin film festival on Friday.
"I know that the time when music could change the world is past. I really doubt that a ( Read more... ) -
tobogganist (gotten this one twice now)
And unable to pay, and still find credit for the lincoln ( Read more... ) -
amazonite
Walters and excuse me from dining with him tonight. Is with ( Read more... ) -
Gotta love it when NM makes the national news...
... it always makes our state sound so progressive and civilized:
US state wants to tax TVs, video games to fight fat, fund education
A Democratic lawmaker in New Mexico wants to tax televisions and video games to raise funds to fight childhood obesity and improve education in the state, officials said Friday.
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Not to toot my own horn, but...
... this is exactly what I've been saying for years:
Saddam was bluffing
Saddam Hussein initially didn't think the U.S. would invade Iraq to destroy weapons of mass destruction, so he kept the fact that he had none a secret to prevent an Iranian invasion he believed could happen. The Iraqi dictator revealed this thinking to George Piro, the FBI agent ( Read more... ) -
Today's Spam-Delivered Verse, Entitled: slopwork
Contrary doctrines condemned. Unto what has been sorrow ( Read more... ) -
An Outrage!
Sorry to post three times in a row in the middle of the night, effectively spamming your friends page, but this is an offense that cannot go unreported. I stopped off at the Frontier™ on my way home from work tonight for some delicious Western Style Hash Browns. Posted everywhere was a sign proclaiming: "NEW HOURS: Starting Thursday, January 17 ( Read more... ) -
Real-life Superheroes
No, I'm not kidding.
BY MOST OBSERVERS' RECKONING, between 150 and 200 real-life superheroes, or "Reals" as some call themselves, operate in the United States, with another 50 or so donning the cowl internationally. These crusaders range in age from 15 to 50 and patrol cities from Indianapolis to Cambridgeshire, England. They create heroic ( Read more... ) -
ROUSes: they exist(ed)!
Fossil remains of 2,000-pound rodent found
For those afraid of rodents, forget hopping on a chair. Its huge skull, more than 20 inches (50 centimeters) long, suggested a beast more than 8 feet (2.4 meters) long and weighing between 1,700 and 3,000 pounds (750 and 1,350 kilograms).
Awesome.