The movie crazy/beautiful features several close up-shots of a General Motors EV1 plug-in electric vehicle as the vehicle of Dunst's character's father. This is interesting since all EV1s were recovered from customers by General Motors (and most were destroyed by crushing) about a year prior to the release of the movie. [see: Who Killed The ( Read more... )

Found on Wikipedia: Scientific racism
Drapetomania was a psychiatric diagnosis proposed in 1851 by physician Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright, of the Louisiania Medical Association, to explain the tendency of black slaves to flee captivity ( Read more... )

Mocking Madeleine, Part One, in which our heroine has an attempt made on her life

This is actually one of those stories that took a few days to become funny. It was too raw to journal about until now.

Last week, while my Kirby pals were over cleaning my house, Max called. She was freaking out because she had almost died. Apparently, she had ( Read more... )

Does anyone have a story that their friends tease them about telling again and again? Yes, I know I act like an old lady, and my reputation is only solidified by the fact that I tell stories repeatedly, forgetting I've told them once ( Read more... )