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  • maybe the IRS could try this?

    09 November 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    PATNA, India (AP) -- One cash-strapped Indian city has launched a unique collection service to dislodge payment from tax deadbeats: Door-to-door eunuchs. Eunuchs, or men who lack external genitalia, are regarded as powerless in India and traditionally...

  • sorry, Shawny, I couldn't resist, lol

    08 November 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    ....I know how fascinated you are with Britney! ;-) Filing hints at Federline-Spears divorce battle A day after Britney Spears asked for a divorce, Kevin Federline filed court papers seeking sole custody of the couple's two children. The former backup...

  • the pictures in my mind....stop, please stop

    07 November 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Naked man arrested for concealed weapon EL CERRITO, Calif. - A man was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon after police found him outdoors — naked — and he told them he had a tool in his rectum, authorities said. The man was lying on...

  • New Whittle!!

    06 November 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Eject! Eject! Eject!: SEEING THE UNSEEN Part 1 Today, it seems that legions of people – growing legions – are falling victims to ideas and beliefs that on the face of it are patently false…things that are so clearly and obviously nuts that you really...

  • weekly horrorscope

    06 November 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    This week November 6 through November 12 Libra Money might be the cause of quarrels between you and your partner. Wednesday you might be in the public eye, possibly through your job, and you could be asked to head up a committee. Friday you may decide...

  • morning news...well, the 1 am news

    05 November 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging Is anybody surprised by the verdict? They broke in on the local radio station to announce this one. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi High Tribunal on Sunday sentenced a combative Saddam Hussein and two other...

  • Shaking my Head

    19 October 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    What happened to my party? What the hell happened to them? FrontPage magazine.com :: The Coming Impeachment by Rocco DiPippo The ploy of leveling serious, unfounded charges against one's political opponents has served the Democratic Party well in the...

  • Bachelet wimps out

    16 October 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Chávez's U.N. Moment - washingtonpost.com In other words, as Chile's president sees it, it's better to support a budding autocrat who promises to defend Iran's nuclear program on the Security Council, and may threaten her own country's security, than...

  • weekly horrorscope

    15 October 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    This week October 16 through October 22 Libra You are still working hard, but after the events of last week you may be just as confused as ever. This week you seem determined to sort it all out and to create a definite plan. The Sun sextiles Saturn on...

  • Would somebody pay attention to us, puh---leeeze?

    03 October 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    North Korea says it will stage nuke test - Yahoo! News By BO-MI LIM, Associated Press Writer Tue Oct 3, 11:20 AM ET North Korea said Tuesday it will conduct a nuclear test in the face of what it claimed was "the U.S. extreme threat of a nuclear war,"...

  • The Blotter on Foley

    02 October 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    The Blotter In addition to explicit sexual language, former Congressman Mark Foley's Internet messages also include repeated efforts to get the underage recipient to rendezvous with him at night. "I would drive a few miles for a hot stud like you," Foley...

  • They're going *where* for their convention?

    27 September 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Twin Cities to host 2008 GOP convention WASHINGTON - Republicans will hold their 2008 presidential convention in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, choosing a location in the politically pivotal Midwest. Party and state officials announced the selection...

  • Ye Gods....could we STOP the fingerpointing already?!?!?!

    26 September 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Clinton TV interview energizes GOP, Dems In the exchange with Wallace, the former president contended that, unlike him, the newly installed Bush administration ignored bin Laden until the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. "They ridiculed me for trying....

  • uh huh

    21 September 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    CNN.com - Pakistani clerics, scholars want pope removed - Sep 21, 2006 LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- About 1,000 clerics and religious scholars at a meeting in eastern Pakistan demanded the removal of the pope for making "insulting remarks" against Islam,...

  • Sooooo...

    10 September 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    .....What's everybody watching on TV tonight?? This is what's on here And in discussing all the controversy and the blaming and "whose fault was it's" going on about this movie; as usual, Lilecks says it better than I ever could.... Just so you know:...

  • Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat

    31 August 2006 ( #Commonplace )

    September 12th should be "tunes day" around here--not only is this a purchase on my list, so also will be the new Carbon Leaf album, samples of which can be heard at the link below. Carbon Leaf played in a nearby town a few weeks back, and I would have...

  • GO GET THIS PROGRAM NOW

    12 August 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    This may be the greatest program ever written for a computer. AM-DeadLink detects dead links and duplicates in your Browser Bookmarks. If a Bookmark has become unavailable you can verify it in the internal preview and delete it from your Browser. Additionally...

  • back... announcement day

    11 August 2006 ( #Family&038;Friends )

    Whew!! I haven't even logged in over here for a few days. I signed on to find a MESS of spams--all of which were caught in moderation or the blacklist. Pretty Good!! Well, the reason for the quiet is going to come out shortly to all of my faithful readers...

  • Quiet time

    04 August 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Things may/will be a little quiet around here for awhile. Not that any of my three readers is going to miss me, but just in case you peek in and wonder where everyone went. I have some things going on here in the real world that need to be taken care...

  • 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....

  • 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....

  • 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,...

  • 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,...

  • 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...

  • 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...