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Finally, a Short One
Does anyone else ever worry that people they work with may have developed telepathy and can tell all the fantasies you have about them?
Since no one really comments on this journal, I don't expect an answer, so I may repost this question if people start responding some time in the future.
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Crap Brownies
I have mentioned before how consistently I read Snopes.com, which for those of you who don’t know is one of many websites out there dedicated to debunking rumors and urban legends that fly around the internet. Because there’s a presidential election on the way, I expect to contend with a lot of infuriation as people send out email lies and ( Read more... ) -
Superheroes Are So Misunderstood
I actually wrote the lion’s share of this post a couple weeks ago, just on the Sex and the City part below. Then I forgot to post it until it wasn’t current anymore, but now I have a similar complaint with regards to The Incredible Hulk, so I’m bringing it back
A couple weeks ago, it looked like Sex and the City was either generating a great deal ( Read more... ) -
Political Cartoons and Compromise
Something I like to do from time to time is read political cartoons; there is a website on MSNBC that collects them from around the country. There are many reasons I do this, the biggest being that I simply like cartoons, and you will occasionally (rare, but it happens) find some wit that is clever, insightful, or even just plain funny. It helps ( Read more... ) -
The Issue Continues
I suppose that since California’s Supreme Court handed down its same-sex marriage opinion right after I posted my last rant regarding same-sex marriage, I should probably say something about it. I thought I didn’t have much to say about it, but it turns out I have two major points. One has to do with “legislating from the bench” and “activist ( Read more... ) -
Congratulations Michigan!
Michigan has made it official: getting a two-for-one deal on insurance is the same thing as marriage.
Isn’t that wonderful!? The “defense of marriage” folks should be so proud! They’ve “defended” marriage to the point of getting the Michigan Supreme Court to declare in an opinion that marriage is nothing more than a financial arrangement where ( Read more... ) -
Fresh Air
I know that fecal aroma is nothing pleasant, but we’ve all had to deal with it, and we’re all capable of dealing with it. Why is it that certain people have decided that it is far preferable to be choked to death by a chemical imitation of flowers? I noticed it the first time at a friend’s house (call him Greene) where another friend (call her ( Read more... ) -
eBay (nothing about the Pope this time... or is that who's outbidding me on that action figure?)
So I’ve started buying things on eBay again. I do this in bursts; there’s something I’m looking for that I don’t need high quality for, that I suddenly remember I can find on eBay. Then, when I’m there, I remember 6 or 7 other things I could use (“Yeah, why don’t I have a humidor that clips to my golf bag?”). Ooh, and this time, I discovered the ( Read more... ) -
Catholics (and other Christians) and Life (second marathon in a row, sorry)
So Catholics are big on life. Well, they like to point that out themselves, presumably to distinguish themselves from every other religion that also says that human life is the most important thing. Of course, most of those religions, including the Catholics, change their tune when there’s a war that you can call just or any of multiple other ( Read more... ) -
"Good" Catholics and Secularism -- get comfy, it's a long one
So the Pope made a big speech recently that the Catholics who have driven me out of the Church are going to be just giddy over for decades.
Yes, I know that (a) this “issue” is a little out of date - I wrote this like a week or two ago and am only posting it now - and that (2) I haven’t posted in a hundred years or so. I’ll deal with that another ( Read more... )