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  • nyahh, nyahh, nyahh....

    20 March 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Demagogue CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday lobbed a litany of insults at U.S. President George W. Bush ranging from "donkey" to "drunkard" in response to a White House report branding the left-wing leader a demagogue....

  • it's alllll about memememememe!

    25 April 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Accent: Yah, remember that movie "Fargo"? That's me. Without the chipper. Or the goofy earflap hat. Booze: When I want to fall down--Black Russians. When I want the ability to get out of bed the next morning--a nice Merlot. Chore I hate: Cleaning the...

  • And I thought the Witnesses were pesky?

    20 April 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Phony doctor gives free breast exams - Yahoo! News MIAMI (Reuters) - A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free breast exams, and was charged with sexually assaulting two women who accepted the...

  • Judge gets final word

    04 May 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Moussaoui Offers Final Diatribe in Court - Yahoo! News Brinkema firmly refused to be interrupted by the 37-year-old defendant as she disputed his claim that his life sentence meant America had lost and he had won. She went on: "You will spend the rest...

  • I'm quitting my job today

    03 May 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Top News Article | Reuters.com NEW YORK (Reuters) - A full-time stay-at-home mother would earn $134,121 a year if paid for all her work, an amount similar to a top U.S. ad executive, a marketing director or a judge, according to a study released Wednesday....

  • weekly horrorscope

    08 May 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    It's good to know the cosmos is still on my side going into finals!! This week May 8 through May 14 Libra Life has returned to your career zone as you are busy taking stock of all that you have achieved and all that is to come. Right now you are putting...

  • Yeah, it was a "surprise" to a lot of us, too

    08 May 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    CNN.com - Moussaoui moves to withdraw guilty plea - May 8, 2006 ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (AP) -- Convicted September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui says he lied on the witness stand about being involved in the terrorist plot and wants to withdraw his guilty...

  • Here we go....

    28 April 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Top News Article | Reuters.com VIENNA (Reuters) - The world's nuclear watchdog said in a report circulated on Friday that Iran has ignored a U.N. Security Council call to suspend all nuclear fuel enrichment and has accelerated the program, diplomats said....

  • AMERICAN DIGEST on "Flight 93"

    02 May 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Of a Fire in a Field @ AMERICAN DIGEST In a film of brief but telling moments, there's one moment towards the end where you see one man reach down and remove his seatbelt. In that moment you can sense that he goes from being a passive victim to a man...

  • something to appeal to all you men out there...

    09 May 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Guys. Let's dispense with delicacy here. You know how there are certain times of the month when the little lady is, shall we say, slightly grumpier and puffier than usual? Do you remember the last time she threw a (full) coffee cup at you when you commented...

  • i am *so* easily amused

    11 May 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Here I am, parked at the dining room table, working on Toni Morrison. I took a break to refill the coffee cup, and looked at a couple of favorite sites. One of them contained a link to the Eagle Cam, which is a webcam focused on an eagle's nest in British...

  • The 'cluster states' and 2008

    12 May 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    I agree with his conclusions on the effect of this years' mid-terms, but I still don't think Hillary could take Minnewisowa. Love that name, by the way! The 'cluster states' and 2008 - Editorials/Op-Ed - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper The 2008...

  • Gag....

    22 May 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    The Blog | Jean Rohe: Why I Spoke Up | The Huffington Post ....Unfortunately, a certain not-so-dynamic duo of "centrist" politicians foiled my standard graduation speech and forced me to act. Until just the day before commencement I really hadn't understood...

  • New Product Alert!!

    17 May 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Flatulence filter chair pad cushion Don't even ask me how I find these links. But I loved this comment on the product: Comment on the Chair Pad: I simply love it. It makes me feel comfortable in the fact that I can make all the noise I want when no one...

  • Happy Birthday, Sir Paul!!

    16 June 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now, Will you still be sending me a Valentine, birthday greetings, bottle of wine? If I'd been out 'till quarter to three, would you lock the door? Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When...

  • Top Ten Polite Ways to Say "Your Zipper Is Down"

    25 May 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    10. The cucumber has left the salad. 9. Quasimodo needs to go back in the tower and tend to his bells. 8. You need to bring your tray table to the upright and locked position. 7. Paging Mr. Johnson... Paging Mr. Johnson.. 6. Elvis is leaving the building....

  • Stairways to Heaven, Stairways to Hell

    10 June 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Stairways to Heaven, Stairways to Hell (MP3s) Who would have thought it? ONE HUNDRED (and one) versions of the song that I really *did* love once--until about the 410 thousandth time I heard it. I never knew it could be interpreted...

  • Sick

    20 June 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Top News Article | Reuters.com Caldwell said a joint U.S.-Iraqi force found the bodies of Privates Thomas Lowell Tucker, 25, and Kristian Menchaca, 23, on Monday night dumped at an electrical plant. The recovery of the bodies was delayed by having to...

  • Benchmark of love

    25 June 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    What an absolutely sweet, romantic story! Article: News - Benchmark of love "If you're not gonna propose in Paris, you've got to do it in style," Robichaux said. He jotted down a few lines to mark his elaborate engagement scheme: A bench will be stolen,...

  • Rant of the Day

    28 June 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Terry in Chicago, who I've been reading since he was just a wee weekly email list on Topica.com (wasn't that the name of it? Topica?), has a Particularly Good Rant up on the Flag-burning amendment, which missed by one vote being sent to the states for...

  • Please don't let this be why...

    02 July 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    GIs probed in 'premeditated' killings - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com BEIJI, Iraq - Investigators believe a group of U.S. soldiers suspected of raping an Iraqi woman, then killing her and three members of her family plotted the attack for nearly a week,...

  • Bye, Cindy.....call us when you get there

    08 July 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Read transcripts of previous shows - MSNBC Transcripts - MSNBC.com July 5: Activist Cindy Sheehan, who is leading a hunger strike against the war in Iraq, tells Norah O’Donnell she would rather live under Hugo Chavez than George W. Bush. O‘DONNELL: You...

  • Weekly Horrorscope

    03 July 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    This week July 3 through July 9 Libra Mars continues to stir up your social zone, bringing you together with friends and acquaintances - both old and new. You may find yourself meeting up with folks you have not seen in a while - quite out of the blue....

  • All three of my readers...go here now

    23 July 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    2,996 » 2,996 2,996 is a tribute to the victims of 9/11. On September 11, 2006, 2,996 volunteer bloggers will join together for a tribute to the victims of 9/11. Each person will pay tribute to a single victim. We will honor them by remembering their...

  • Mouthing off on the Yates verdict

    28 July 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Rusty Yates: 'Case was built on lies' Yates, an engineer at NASA's Johnson Space Center, said he plans to visit his ex-wife regularly, but his role in her life will diminish as he moves on with his own. He remarried in March and now has two stepsons....