If you're here visiting, or a Johnny-come-lately, here's a little about me: I am a relatively liberal paramedic working in a very conservative rural geographic region in Northern California. (Yes, there are Conservatives in California, too.) In general, this experience is positive. In tough news weeks, I might downgrade my impression from 'positive ( Read more... )

From the most recent Newsweek's Perspectives page:

"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area."

-Maj. Mike Shearer, spokesman for the U.K. military in Iraq, on rumors that British forces had released aggressive carnivorous badgers in Basra

I feel like a worthless excuse for a person. If anyone wants to help alleviate my guilt, contact me directly for the schedule of spankings and penance. (It doesn't work crazy good to spank yourself.) For the first time in my adult life, I DIDN'T VOTE!! I was hoping to be one of those geezers who would proudly tell the young folks that I never ( Read more... )