Just a little something for Star Wars Day.
-- Dee

(nearly forgot about this)

Yesterday was Ground Hog Day and here's the run-down. First, the Canadian ground hogs.

Wiarton Willie of Wiarton, ON predicted an early spring.

Balzac Billy of Balzac, AB predicted six more weeks of winter.

Snewsie the Gopher of Moosejaw, SK predicted an early spring.

Manitoba Merv of Winnipeg, MB predicted an early spring.*

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I've been thinking. I spent some effort last year trying to help fellow Furry fans who've been down on their luck. I've passed the word, (since I've had no bucks to pass), about sick dogs and cats, broken transmissions, sudden rises in rent and so on. I've mentioned emergency commissions, sales, loans and outright begging. I hope I've done some ( Read more... )

All over the world cities and universities are declaring they've had enough of the protest. They're passing legislation to put limits on what you're allowed to do in public parks and sending in the police to evict the protesters. So far, most of the evictions have been non-violent; I'm actually shocked at the restraint which most police departments ( Read more... )

This is two or three puns in one, all of them worth squee-ing over. -- http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/11/12/funny-pictures-cute-kittens-fur-pile/

Here are some of my favourites from YouTube.

Riverside, CA, -- Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO, ft Lauren Bennett, Goonrock
I swear, this house speaks cuttlefish!

Riverside, CA, -- This Is Halloween, Danny Elfman

Riverside, CA -- This Is Halloween, cover by Marilyn Manson
...for those who don't like the original version.

Odessa, TX -- Thriller, Michael Jackson
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Holy Mackinaw, just look at this thing, it's incredible! When I say it speaks in cuttlefish, check it at about 1:10 and again at 2:27 and 3:26 and you'll see what I mean. Here's a cuttlefish hunting for comparison.

WARNING: Party Rock Anthem -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htYlycJEZvY

Originally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Follow up post to address common questions/concerns is here.

Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media.

Mississippi is voting on November 8th on whether to pass Amendment 26, the "Personhood ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a long day working a polling location in the Ontario Provincial elections. I got maybe four hours of sleep the night before. I was up at six to walk to work by eight. I spent the day fueled by bologna and cheese sandwiches, cherry-pomegranate NutriGrain bars, apples and only four cans Coke Zero. We finally finished reporting results ( Read more... )

The Canadian Federal government announced an initiative after winning their majority last May. They wanted to force Canadian citizens to pay their Internet Service Providers to set up equipment to record their every online transaction. Any police officer would be able to stroll into any ISP of an afternoon and demand to see this data, without a ( Read more... )