There is a hilarious moment when you are standing in the middle of a fast food restaurant, your eyes closed while you are mentally going through the Olympic lifting exercises that you just trained in. It is the moment for you realize that you are the weirdo standing in the middle of the restaurant muttering to themselves with their eyes closed, ( Read more... )

…but refusing to back down when you are being treated like crap generally ensures that those missiles get aimed at a more passive target in the future.

More on the concept that accepting bad treatment without responce is BS here.

Fav quote, “I once spent an hour in religion class being told that the pain I felt when someone insulted me was actually ( Read more... )

I may be a freak, but am I the only one who thinks that someone needs to use Perfect Circles' "Weak and Powerless" for a modern waltz interpretation on one of these silly dance-shows that are out there?

I mean, think of the possibilities….

Thank you topearl for posting this article.

Some thoughts it brought up:

"Until the invention of the spindle, for which the earliest current evidence is in the Neolithic (Barber 1994), the only way to create twisted fibre string was by rolling on a part of the body, normally the thigh, or twisting between the fingers. MacKenzie (1991) estimated that it ( Read more... )

For those of you how don't read attack_laurel  's journal, and may be flailing for the "Reason for the Season" in the midst of a mall-battered, ninth inning Christmas rush...take some time and read about the turtle...

I'm not a Christian, so trust me when I say I'm not selling any holy snake oil here. If I am anything, I am a follower of the 'sane' and the 'true ( Read more... )

Did you know that Mark Twain wrote books besides “Tom Sawyer” and the “Adventures of Huck Finn”? Well, now you do.

‘Old Man’ from “What is Man: And Other Essays”, pg. 119-120 (this section explains why one shouldn’t fear the collapse of society into chaos at the introduction of the idea that man is not special, unique or extraordinary as a creature ( Read more... )

  So,
( Read more... )

( Read more... )

The guy on the left used to be our handy man.

He *seemed* nice….

I totally stole this from shadowd1: "Score one for the good guys!" is right!: "The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry."

edited to add link to court opinion