I was cleaning the house a little while ago and when I sat back down at the computer the first thing on my facebook feed was this:


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From fstdt.com:

On his radio program yesterday, Bryan Fischer quoted Martin Luther King, Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech to argue in favor of discrimination against gays.

Citing King's line that he dreamed that one day his children would "live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their ( Read more... )

OMG, I'm constantly amazed at the idiocy in this country.  From the Free-Range Kids site:

"A community in Florida is prohibiting anyone under age 18 from going outside unchaperoned by an adult. Yep, just like in Taliban-held Afghanistan, except for “women must be accompanied by a male relative” over there, substitute “minors must be accompanied by ( Read more... )

Talk about being fed up with big companies ( Read more... )

My older two girls got their ears pierced on July 12.  It's been almost six weeks so I thought I'd let them put their new earrings in that they got.  My almost 9yo, Brenna, is all excited so I get the first earring out which is a bitch because of the clasp.

The kids are all like, "um, is that normal?"

I look over and the hole is covered in this ( Read more... )

I am so fed up with this station.  A couple years ago I fell upon it and started watching episodes of Enterprise that I missed when it first aired.  Then I got hooked on SGA and SG-1 since they came on right after.  That is when Sci-fi (as it was back then) actually aired them as per the schedule.  I stuck around because they introduced Eureka and ( Read more... )

Sigh.  After all the issues with the cable I thought we had everything sorted out.  The day we got the satellite and Comcast internet installed we went and bought a modem/router.  I was going to get a cheaper, older combo one to try and save money but they didn't have any so my husband said to just get the newest one for $150.  It works great and ( Read more... )

So finally got around to watching Monday's House.  Yet another season finally leaving me with the WTF! feeling.  I mean seriously.

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Just don't do it because the 10yo will say it's wrong for both of them to wear them to school the same day and demand the 8yo take hers off.  Then she'll throw a huge tantrum when the 8yo says she doesn't want to take them off.  Then the 10yo will scream in her face and say they made an agreement to not wear them the same day and SHE wants to ( Read more... )