(former head of the Humane Society, Michael Fox, once said in a conversation with Caroline:) We humans have far more in common socially with wolves than we do with apes, and that wolves don’t determine leadership based on dominance, but on charisma. And in wolf culture, charisma is measured by who initiates play best. Not just play, initiates “let’ ( Read more... )

The security "expert" who ran amok on the O'Reilly show about lesbian gangs forcing children into the "homosexual lifestyle" was forced to issue a retraction on his site, which is called rod007.com and sounds like a gay porn flick. His response manages to retain the crazy (lesbian gangs? what the...) but weasels out of the extreme crazy. He also of ( Read more... )

Diedrich Coffee gives up fightLocal chain sells 47 retail outlets to Starbucks for $13.5 million to focus on wholesale bean business ( Read more... )

I was just awakened from a lovely nap by lost bro guys. There were two of them, the Shouter and the Mumbler. The Shouter was on his phone and alternately talking to the Mumbler ( Read more... )

http://www.cuddleparty.com/about/faq.cfm#erections

The whole FAQ is great. Cuddle Lifeguard On Duty? What's that?Cuddle Lifeguards are a select group of amazing individuals who are specially trained and certified in how to facilitate Cuddle Parties. They are ( Read more... )

I thank burntcurtis for the phrase "White Identity" to describe Orange County's many fucked-up subcultures: goth, skinhead, mod, swing kid, straightedge, rockabilly greaser, emo, "punk," neo-hippie, club kid, etc. Until he pointed it out I hadn't seen our collection of permanent teenage culture victims as a consequence of overwhelming whiteness, but it sure ( Read more... )

Getting popped for DUI is bad. It's unpleasant and irresponsible to drive drunk. But if you pay the penalty and deal with your shit and don't do it again, that's good ( Read more... )

My health plan has a website on which I may see my information, including claims and how my flexible spending account is going. Yay. Let's go look and see what FSA claims are outstanding and how much cash I might get soon. Click ( Read more... )

There's an interesting dialogue going on in my LJ post about the locally notorious woman-falls-out-of-limo-and-dies story from last year. Someone's claiming to be the boyfriend, and another claiming to be the sister, and there's smack talk.

I have no idea if the guy is who he says he is, but he sure has an asshole's email address!

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