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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....

  • 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...

  • :yawn:

    19 April 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    One Down: World Awaits Pitt, Jolie's Baby - Yahoo! News On Tuesday, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise — aka TomKat — welcomed into the world their first child together, a daughter named Suri. The name has its origins in Hebrew meaning "princess" or in Persian...

  • Wis. Court Mulls Usage of Victim's Letter

    17 April 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Wis. Court Mulls Usage of Victim's Letter - Yahoo! News MILWAUKEE - About two weeks before her death, Julie C. Jensen went to a neighbor, shaking and crying, and handed over a sealed envelope. If anything happened to her, she said, he should give it to...

  • Another one for the Wishlist!!

    19 April 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    I really need to quit reading testbooks and get back to something a little more FUN! Ah well, another month will find me finished with the semester. :D Kate O'Beirne on To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewives Uncomfortable truths...

  • This guy is so good

    18 March 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    VDH's Private Papers::Teflon Europe When Westerners die in Afghanistan, it is back-page news; but in Iraq, the deaths make the front page. Why? Because the "bad" war in Iraq was supposedly "unilateral," while the "good" war to dethrone the Taliban is...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • But will they make me look like her?

    20 March 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    WarmX Electric Underwear - Gizmodo If you’ve ever tried on electric socks, you know they involve tons of wires, bulk and discomfort. But now WarmX has developed a line of electrically-heated skivvies that solve all those problems, using special conducting...

  • 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...

  • CNN.com - Iran invites cartoons on Holocaust - Feb 8, 2006

    08 February 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    CNN.com - Iran invites cartoons on Holocaust - Feb 8, 2006 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A prominent Iranian newspaper says it is going to hold a competition for cartoons on the Holocaust to test whether the West will apply the principle of freedom of expression...

  • This is the best story

    22 February 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    CNN.com - 'Retired for about four days now' - Feb 22, 2006 and the quote of the day is???? When asked if he still worked at the meatpacking plant, Eric Zornes, 40, a maintenance mechanic, said, "I've been retired for about four days now." Even if it wasn't...

  • east vs. west

    20 March 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Yeah, yeah, I know..first day of spring and I can't seem to shut up. :-P Running my mouth over things which I know nothing about is a good way of avoiding talking about things I'd rather not think about right now. BBC NEWS | Authors wait on Da Vinci ruling...

  • Chavez joins activist Sheehan to bash Bush

    29 January 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Chavez joins activist Sheehan to bash Bush - Yahoo! News "Enough of imperialist aggression. We must tell the world, down with the U.S. empire," Chavez said hugging Sheehan, whose son died in the Iraq war, and the widow of Puerto Rican independence activist...

  • Will you go to work that day?

    05 April 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Boycott to support illegals May 1, 2006: Call to Action! "El Gran Paro Americano 2006" "The Great American Boycott 2006" "Un dia sin immigrante" "A day without an immigrant" Nationwide Immigrant General Strike Immigrants contribute 7 billion in social...

  • Sunday 'sconsin funnies

    08 January 2006 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

    Anybody who lives here has seen these at least a million times, but hey, never hurts to reinforce the stereotype!! If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 38 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will...

  • pretty sure I'll be sleeping by then

    04 April 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    From an email: On Wednesday this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06. That will never happen again. You may now return to your (normal?) life Well. It won't happen for a hundred...

  • Ponder these things

    31 December 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. Now what? All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. If the world were a logical place, men would ride horses sidesaddle. They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them. Teach...

  • Wanted: Married men to hit on Paris, Nicole

    28 November 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Wanted: Married men to hit on Paris, Nicole - Gossip: The Scoop - MSNBC.com Expect the hubbies in the new season of "The Simple Life" to be a bit randy. That’s what the producers are looking for. The concept for the new show has former best friends Paris...

  • I'm liking Roberts

    31 March 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    SHE SAID YES, HE SAID NO, AND HE WON - Yahoo! News Chief Justice Roberts, in his first written dissent since he joined the court last year, had by far the better of the argument. He found Souter's opinion "puzzling." It would work against an innocent...

  • The sinister kind

    22 March 2006 ( #Background )

    What Makes a Lefty: Myths and Mysteries Persist - Yahoo! News An interesting article on left-handedness, and the possible explanations for why we southpaws are the way we are. I learned something new from the article though, when I read this: In a twist...

  • Thoughts for today...

    29 November 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Birds of a feather flock together, ... and crap on your car! When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself. A penny saved is a government oversight. The easiest way to find something...

  • Too early in the morning

    26 January 2006 ( #Background )

    There are times I really hate the night shift--not so much because of being awake (or at least trying to look like I'm awake) at all hours as much as I think too much on that shift. There are hours of quiet except for the rumbling of the machinery, and...

  • More of the Same

    08 January 2006 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

    YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE WISCONSINITE WHEN: 1. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway. 2. "Vacation" means going up north past Hwy 8 for the weekend. 3. You measure distance in hours. 4. You know several people...

  • News of the Day

    29 December 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Men want facts, women seek relations on Web SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Internet users share many common interests, but men are heavier consumers of news, stocks, sports and pornography while more women look for health and religious guidance, a broad survey...