In the news...

Here's a problem: Colorado Geography Teacher Jay Bennish uses the classroom to promote his views on politics.

Here's why it's a problem: Young minds can indeed be affected by such rubbish. "About 150 high school students walked out of class earlier Thursday to protest Bennish's suspension". Most held signs championing Mr. Bennish's right to free speech. Ok, we can't expect them to understand the real issue, but at least they know something about our constitution!

However, an alternative, and perhaps more believable, explanation for their outrage is that they may actually have to do some Geography work now...

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Kids say the darndest things!

"If you chop it off then ALL the blood will come out. And you don't wanna see that."

- C 3/3/6

Tastefully Yummy! (but slightly naughty)

This is probably one of the most interesting sites I've seen in the area of erotica. There is absolutely no nudity but its not for the kiddies.

Facettes De La Petite Mort means "Faces of the small death". It is a site dedicated to the beauty of human orgasm. Check it out!

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IT's downside?

"Workers completed two-thirds of their work in an average day last year, down from about three-quarters in a 1994 study, according to research conducted for Day-Timers Inc., an East Texas, Pennsylvania-based maker of organizational products.

The biggest culprit is the technology that was supposed to make work quicker and easier, experts say."

Americans work more, seem to accomplish less - Yahoo! News

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Those crazy Floridians!

Man's shirt erupts in flames after he is shot with Taser: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Do No Harm...

Wow. Doctors taking life?

Court Documents: Hospital Gave Lethal Injections to Patients During Hurricane Katrina

Wait a minute...Happens every day!
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"The least of these"

We have called it "justice" when the most defenseless among us have had the least protection from the whims of others.

At last there is some hope for change.

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In the news...

Ya know, ordinarily I'd be defending President Bush when the press has a hayday with something like this, but when he bugs our citizens on the basis of their ties with certain countries and then offers to give the management of key U.S. ports to companies owned by these same countries, I just have to ask...what the fuck is going on???

This is either the most subtle stroke of genius ever conceived, the true aim of which remains hidden for the moment behind a well-crafted smoke screen, or it is the most crass, unbelievable act of arrogance ever perpetrated by a person in public office.

Honestly, I'm afraid to guess.

- Xan Shui
Philosophic Philanthropist
Honest Man

Kids say the darndest things!

"I have a lot of beautiful hair...and you have a little beautiful hair!"

- C to daddy 2/16/2006

Kids say the darndest things!

"It's ok, Daddy, you're just confused."

- C 2/15/2006

Willie's Pooch

In the news, Willie Nelson attempts to capitalize on all the hubbub being raised around Brokeback Mountain with his new song about gay cowboys. He and his label are careful to point out at the song was written back in the 80's - "long before Brokeback Mountain". For his blatant publicity stunt, which is working it would seem, he is being given credit in many circles as releasing the "first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist".

Well, first, even if the song was written a long time ago, which I sincerely doubt, it wasn't released until after Brokeback Mountain got all the hype. Second, it was admittedly recorded last year, when Willie would have been fully aware that one of his songs was going to be included in the Brokeback Mountain sound track. And finally, Willie Nelson is NOT the first major recording artist to release a song about gay cowboys. The Reverend Horton Heat released their thoughtful tune entitled Interracial Cowboy Homo Kinda Love several years back. This was a much more ambitious song which, obviously, took on several serious social issues at the same time. Now THAT is a song about gay cowboys!

:-)
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Hippo Of The Year

"We would like to send the message to those who claim Iran is searching for nuclear weapons that there is no such policy and this [policy] is illegal and against our religion."

- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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In the news...

If you think we should allow Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to go ahead and build a nuclear weapon for his theocratic government to wield against his neighbors, then ask yourself.

Would you want a nuclear weapon in the hands of Jerry Falwell?

Xan Shui
Philosophic Philanthropist, Honest Man

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Kids say the darndest things!

"Martin Luthor King was a very great teacher because he equalled us."

- C 2/11/2006

Episode One: Part Two

One day, a little dog named Sindie was trotting along the Jersey shore looking for something yummy when a kindly old man hobbling along reached down and offered her a treat. The dog, being young and full of juice, took the treat and then ran around the old man three times in energetic and sincere gratitude before sitting down to enjoy the morsel. The man, who had followed the dog with his age-dimmed eyes, got dizzy and fell down, unfortunately breaking his hip.

The poor man lay upon the beach in agonized tears for two hours occasionally feeding Sindie his remaining treats to pass the time and keep a friend, when finally a priest walked by and offered a prayer, "My son, do not despair, for God loves you in your moment of need". The priest then gave the old man a couple dollars and began to walk away, leaving the old man in stunned silence.

Sindie, possessed of a strangely un-canine sense of irony, suddenly and viciously bit the old man in the leg, at which the priest immediately ran back, kicked her away and called for help. To make a long story short, the police, the medics and the city pound all came straight away. The old man was cared for, the dog had to be put to sleep in order to to test for rabies and the priest felt as though he'd done God's will by protecting the helpless old man from the possibly rabid dog.

The moral?

Life just sucks sometimes, goodness isn't always good and loyalty can be a bitch.

- Xan Shui
Philosophic Philanthropist, Honest Man

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Those crazy Germans!

Aryan soccer fans at their finest.

Kids say the darndest things!

"I just can't do that very well with an elephant in my hands."

- C 2/2/2006

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Episode One, Part One

He was a man of fiercely restrained passion. Ever prostrating himself before the will of others, but, within, a confused turmoil of changing, violent emotion. Mindful of the needs of others, his compassion was, rather unfortunately, turned instinctively inwards and reflected by his self-image, rendering his thoughtfulness rather thoughtless indeed.

His words, far from being tools for projecting his thoughts to others, became, over time, the very point of his discourse to the extent that there were those who said of him, "That man loves the sound of his own voice".

But that wasn't really true. What he truly loved was the sound and sight of others. But he could only experience those things through impersonation and reflection, which left him little room for thoughts and passions of his own, which is, in turn, why he restrained them so.

Now the reader may say, "Surely this is unsustainable! Surely it will all fall down!"

Well, funny you should say that...

-Xan Shui
Philosophic Philanthropist, Honest Man

Those crazy Japanese!

A 57-year-old, bald, rotund Japanese man was found living with eleven young women, mainly in their 20's. He claims to have convinced them to live with him through the use of an incantation.

Oh. He also had a stun gun but denies threatening the women with it.

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America's costliest disaster in the making...

The last time the New Madrid Seismic Zone had a major series of earthquakes along it was in the year 1811 and 1812. The biggest, on 12/16/1812 was the largest recorded earthquake in the United States. This estimated magnitude 8.3 earthquake kicked major league butt among the native american and settler populations that inhabited the midwest during that time. If it were to happen today a large number of very large cities that have never experienced an earthquake before would be hit by a monster.

Well, the monster is moving again.
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Kids say the darndest things!

Daddy: "Do you know what you are supposed to remember?"

C: "Yes. Not to pick up the kitty or pull their tails or pull their arms. And not to chase them."

C - 1/24/2006

In the opinions...

Very interesting little op piece from the Christian Science Monitor. Agree or not with the conclusions, the information here is pretty interesting.

Triumph of the Redistributionist Left | csmonitor.com

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Those crazy Indians!

"After five months of hearings and 6,000 public comments, the U.S. Department of Transportation declared on Wednesday what time it is in Indiana.

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Those crazy Bulgarians!

One priest. Sixty-three years old. Living in a village with a total of ten residents. And the police confiscate TEN POUNDS of marijuana from his home...

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Those crazy Germans!

Thick as a whale omelette!

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Those crazy Indians!

Villagers panic when man thought to be dead strides into town.

Kids say the darndest things!

"Daddy, we don't say potty words that rhyme with sucker!"

- C 1/17/2005 no kiddin!

Kids say the darndest things!

"Mommy, sucker rhymes with....quarter!"

- C 1/10/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

Daddy: "C, are you angry about something?"

C: "No. I just got a little disappointed in myself."

Daddy: "Really, why is that?"

C: "Well, Mommy was trying to tell me not to jump around and I was jumping anyway so I got a little disappointed in myself."

Daddy: "Well, then I'm very proud of you."

C: "You are?"

Daddy: "Yes, I am. Because you want to listen even when you don't."

C: "I will keep trying, Daddy."

Daddy: "Tell that to Mommy."

C: "Ok."

- 1/15/2005

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Those crazy Italians!

Seven deadly sins Italian style!

Perspectives...

I've been alive for 38 years and played piano for 28 of those. I've written about 12 songs.

If I were Mozart, I would still have seven years of piano experience to go and 614 more songs to write, but I'd already have been dead three years...

- Xan Shui
Philosophic Philantropist, Honest Man

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Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh......

Sweet Victory...

SI.com - College Football - Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Ohio State Buckeyes

Just for fun...

Free online versions of old games like Pac Man, Asteroids, Space Invaders, etc. Faithfully reproduced.

Neave Games

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One free second, courtesy of the moon...

Today will be 24 hours and one second long! What will you do with the extra time?

Slowing Planet Afforts Us an Extra Second

Those crazy Germans!

The criminal genius at work...

Car thieves nabbed.

Quotables...what is stupidity?

"Everybody says, 'I think for myself - nobody tells me what to think'. And then when you interview 50 people who all say the same thing and they all say that nobody tells them what to think, you realize that they're all just stupid."

- Unknown

Fun sites!

This site is a riot. Check it out!

http://www.dumpalink.com/

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Kids say the darndest things!

C: "I have to see Santa again. I forgot to tell him something."

Daddy: "Oh yeah? What did you forget?"

C: "I forgot to tell him, 'Thank you for Merry Christmas'".

- C 12/24/2005

Moms say the darndest things! :-)

"I am the counselor who jumps out of the window."

- M 12/2/2005

In the news: Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist

Total shockage!!! Not.

http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664

And the master said...

"My warmest times I have known your arms,
My coldest and darkest have been here too.
My greatest hope is tomorrow morning but I....

My brightest day was the day I met you,
My greatest trial was to earn your love.
They say those who don't fear loss love nothing
So I...

I live for it."

- My Alter (Ego)

Kids say the darndest things!

"The pond is all frozen! So the ducks can't swim anymore - they can only ice skate."

- C 12/17/2005

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Kids say the darndest things!

"No Daddy, I'm playing doctor and you're playing the sick person."

"You have an ear refraction."

- Dr. C 12/10/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

"I have another advice...we don't trash good food."

-C 12/5/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

"I have advice...we don't eat flowers."

- C 12/5/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

"Mommy, are neighbors nocturnal?"

- C 12/5/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

"You play poker and I play poke him!"

- C 12/2/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

"...and my other nickname is Mrs. Sippi Moon!"

- C 12/02/05

Kids say the darndest things!

"It snowed on my nose."

- C 11/30/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

"Oh. You're distracting me."

- C 11/26/2005

Concert report - King's X - 11/12/2005

King's X played the Al Rosa Villa in Columbus Ohio on 11/12. The show ROCKED as expected. C couldn't come because Al Rosa is a little tough for a four-year-old, although dUg still told the story of meeting her (which I later used to console her because she couldn't come). dUg, she thought this smile was for her. So do I actually.

The guys played basically the same set as Pomeroy but they did play Dogman instead of Cigarettes. M cried when they played Mr. Wilson because that's the song dUg dedicated to C in Pomeroy. Hey, whaddaya gonna do?

King's X - You Rock!

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Thots

Every day you dig. Every day. Your way.

It doesn't matter - right or wrong. It doesn't matter why. You just dig.

Your hole is your own. "It's mine." You say. "I'm free!" You yell. "You cannot tell me how big, or how deep or what implement I should use to construct it! Is it not my own hole of my own design, built of my own sweat and my own tears?"

Well, yes. It is.

Enjoy.

- Xan Shui
Philosophic Philanthropist, Honest Man

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Kids say the darndest things!

"dUg Pinnick says, 'Don't be mean...be beautiful.' "

- C 11/15/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

"Ok. You be the king and I'll be the princess. So you are 'Your Highness' and I am 'My Highness'! "

- C 11/13/2005

Concert Report - King's X - 11/11/2005

We took our four-year-old girl (the indubitable "C"), who is just nuts about King's X, to a concert last night! Don't worry - she had excellent earplugs!

King's X played a sold-out show at the Court Street Grill in Pomeroy, Ohio last night! This is an awesome little spot that the guys played last year. I called early in the day and asked the owner if a four year old would be welcome and he said, "absolutely". So, I bought three of the last six tickets and we got in the car for the two and a half hour drive from Columbus!

As we waited in line, dUg Pinnick showed up in front of the place and stopped to say hi when he saw her. He asked her name and I think dUg was just a little shocked to find that Chloe knew exactly who he was!

The show was terrific! The best band in the world was truly generous, playing an awesome set of mostly new material with a few old gems thrown in for those of us over 30. Chloe watched the show from the far end of the bar and dUg kept winking & smiling at her, which made her giggle like, well, a four-year-old! After the show the band hung out with the fans for a long time and Chloe, who has been asking to meet dUg, Ty and Jerry by name for a year now, finally got her wish! And a prized pair of autographed Jerry Gaskill drum sticks is tap-tap-tapping out the beat to "Alone" all over our home.

THANKS King's X !

You Truly Rock.

Kids say the darndest things!

"I'm not the queen, but I'm not nothing. I'm just a girl named Chloe."

- C 11/7/2005

Now this is funny...reprise

OOPS!

Looks like the Indian astrologer was wrong.

Surprised?

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Now this is funny...

In India, an astrologer famous for his correct predictions of the future, predicted his own death - today. My Way News

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Things not to do...

"Never puree an onion and inject it into your vein with a hypodermic needle."

- Xan Shui
Philosophic Philanthropist, Honest Man

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And the master said...

"I got to know your name.
I must know who you are."

- King's X - Goldilox

Things not to do...

"Don't play poker with a sense of urgency."

Xan Shui
Philosophical Philanthropist, Honest Man.

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Things you shouldn't do...

Never buy a used pair of underwear.

Xan Shui
Philosophical Philanthropist, Honest Man.

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Kids say the darndest things!

"This", says C holding up an orange rubber ball. "Is my best friend's sun."

- C 10/12/2005

In the news: Madonna doesn't get Kabbalah...DUH?!?!

Jewis mystics to Madonna: Lay off our sage!

What did you expect people? She obviously didn't understand Catholicism...what makes anyone think she can understand another religion?

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Those crazy Germans!

Germans invent coaster that detects when you're out of beer.

Kids say the darndest things!

C: "What does it mean if I die?"

Mommy: "Well, it's when you stop breathing and your heart stops and your blood stops and you go up to Heaven and you have to wait for Mommy and Daddy to come join you there."

C: "...or until they make me again."

10/4/2005

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In the news: Right to die.

The Supreme Court hears arguments in a Right to Die case, in which an individual state's right to determine whether people have a right to assisted suicide hangs in the balance.

Again we are faced with a question of law that really turns on your own personal epistemology. If you believed that God created you, if you really believed you had a purpose, if you really believed it was a sin to murder yourself and that a suicide victim's soul would suffer far more than whatever suffering caused their desire to die... If you really believed all this, then HOW COULD YOU support suicide in any form?

On the other hand, if you believe that we are all a wonderful chemical accident - that life is here for a short time to be lived and loved and lost forever - totally free, undeserved but also un-judged - that you go nowhere when you die except back to the elements from which you came...if you believe that consciousness is a chemical reaction in a noodle soup called The Brain...then HOW COULD YOU DENY a person's right to end their life however they choose whenever they choose?

My observation: Our views of the world are rooted in our fundamental belief about the truth of our origins. Our divisions are natural products of those beliefs.

My opinion: Our society cannot stand on one side or the other, but must promote the freedom of each to choose his or her own destiny, so far as it does not impact the life and rights of another. However, it does not follow that any government (state or federal) has the right to enact any law to actually help someone follow their respective choice or to allow another citizen to do so.

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Those crazy Germans!

6 million litres of beer.
6.1 million visitors.
17 days.
248 assaults.
1,304 criminal acts.
22 incidents of sexual coercion.
3 rapes.
95 cows slaughtered.
4,000 items left behind in beer tents.

Munich's Oktoberfest 2005

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YES!!!!! If you like army babes...

An entire blog dedicated to pics of military women...now THAT is cool.

Fishbowl's Favorites

"I'm in a fishbowl. I'm a fishbowl man."
- King's X

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In the news: Santa wins lawsuit!!!

The Danish air force ordered to pay $5000 to Santa after one of its fighter jets inadvertently frightened a reindeer to death.

- My Way News

In the news...and on the more frightening side.

Officers searching for contraband at Bogota airport in Columbia found the bodies of three human foetuses hidden inside Christian icons. Speculation is that they were intended for Satanic rituals. The shipment was destined for Miami.

(CAUTION - vague but still distrubing images - that is, if you think killing a foetus is a bad thing...)

- Foetuses found at Bogota airport

Kids say the darndest things!

"Batman saves the day because he has a cape. That's why Superman does that too."

"Spiderman doesn't have a cape. Does Spiderman save the day? Or does he kill everybody?"

- C 9/29/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

"I wish I could ice skate but I sometimes fall down on my shorts."

- C 9/29/2005

She's got a million of 'em today, folks!

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Kids say the darndest things!

"Water drops are made out of wet rain."

- C 9/29/2005

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Kids say the darndest things!

"dUg Pinnick has little twisties in his hair and I have big ones. That's because I have big hair."

- C 9/29/2005

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And the master said...

No one should be made to feel rejected
and to feel the pain.
No one should be made to feel unwanted
and to feel the hate.
Sticks and stones breaking bones,
Names and words they hurt you,
Affecting everything.

No one should be made to feel alone.

No one should be made to feel their heart break
and to feel unloved.
No one should be made to feel they're ugly
and to feel ashamed.
Sticks and stones breaking bones,
Names and words they hurt you,
Affecting everything.

No one should be made to feel alone.
No one.

- King's X - Ogre Tones - Alone

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Kids say the darndest things!

Today there was a cute little email quiz going around the office that purported to determine whether you were "worthy to be called a 'professional' in the world of information technology". Successful participants are able to think simply and clearly. The test noted that most grade school children fare better than most adult professionals on this test. Sooooo, I thought I'd experiment on C, aged 4!

Here are her answers:

Q) How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
Expected Answer: "Open the door. Put in the giraffe. Close the door."

C’s Answer: "First you have to hold his legs and then you have to put his body on his face and then you have to put his body in the refrigerator. Then you leave out the giraffe out because he doesn't belong there."

Q) How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Expected Answer: "Open the door. Take out the giraffe. Put in the elephant. Close the door."

C’s Answer: "First you have to hold his neck and then you have to hold his trunk and pinch his nose and then you don't have to put his body in the refrigerator - just his nose. And then he doesn't belong in there."

Q) The Lion King is holding a big meeting. All the animals of the kingdom but one show up. Which one didn’t?
Expected Answer: "The elephant. He’s in the refrigerator."

C’s Answer: "Simba."

Q) You have to cross a crocodile-infested river. How do you do it?
Expected Answer: "You just swim across. All the crocodiles are at the meeting."

C’s Answer: "You have to swim faster and faster to get faster than the crocodiles because they're going to bite Simba’s tail."

Ahhh, methinks she gonna work for....IBM! :-)

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Kids say the darndest things!

"Gammaw, I'm going to keep you prisoner. Not forever...just five more minutes."

- C 9/26/05

Blogcritics.org: King's - OGRE TONES

A "critic" takes a shot at King's X new album. The discussion over his review got interesting in a couple of places. Specifically check out comments #23 and #24 by "Jim". That guy's funny!

Blogcritics.org: King's X - OGRE TONES

The most amazing rock band in the world.

Quick time required: King's X - Alone

Official web site.

Coming 9/27/2005 - Ogre Tones

Those crazy Germans!

Flasher shocked to discover his victim doesn't scream.

Sounds like a page right out of The Onion, but it's real life!

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Ladies and gentlemen...

These people are obviously completely nuts...North Korea says more freaky things - My Way News

Now THIS is interesting...

Study shows that psychopaths could be the best financial traders. Know anyone who qualifies?

Wonder if they'd be as good at poker? ;-)

The resemblance grows stronger every day...

These two are starting to look more and more alike with age...

Kids say the darndest things!

"Do you put milk in your coffee, Dad? I'm gonna put orange juice in my coffee when I grow up. And then I'm gonna stir it all up until it makes chocolate ice cream!"

- C 9/19/2005

Great capitalists of our time...

"Celebrity anti-war protester [Cindy Sheehan], fresh off inking a lucrative deal with Speaker's Bureau, has demanded at the HUFFINGTON POST and MICHAEL MOORE'S website that the United States military must immediately leave 'occupied' New Orleans. " - Drudge Report 9/12/05

It seems that many more are taking up Michael Moore's ingenious four-step money making scheme:

1) Say ridiculous and hateful things very loudly.
2) Get press for it.
3) Sell your speaking and writing for big bucks.
4) Keep it all and laugh at everyone for being so stupid.

I'll look forward to learning how much of her speaking fees Cindy decides to donate to the poor she cares so much about.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday dear M!
Happy birthday to you!

:-)

ilu

The hole in your life...

When people ask you about your heritage, you talk about places you've never been, languages you barely speak and customs you know only through a certain quaint shadow of old ways known by people quite comfortable without them. And yet you never seem curious about the other half of who you are.

You are as beautiful or more.

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And the master said:

"'We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. We command no worship. We mandate no belief. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave it bereft of belief.

All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief, to apply moral teaching to public questions.

I submit to you that the tolerant society is open to and encouraging of all religions. And this does not weaken us; it strengthens us, it makes us strong. You know, if we look back through history to all those great civilizations, those great nations that rose up to even world dominance and then deteriorated, declined, and fell, we find they all had one thing in common. One of the significant forerunners of their fall was their turning away from their God or gods.

Without God, there is no virtue, because there's no prompting of the conscience. Without God, we're mired in the material, that flat world that tells us only what the senses perceive. Without God, there is a coarsening of the society. And without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under. If I could just make a personal statement of my own -- in these 3 1/2 years I have understood and known better than ever before the words of Lincoln, when he said that he would be the greatest fool on this footstool called Earth if he ever thought that for one moment he could perform the duties of that office without help from One who is stronger than all.

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits on the human capacity for intelligence, imagination and wonder.

-- Ronald Reagan
(from an address to the University of South Carolina, Columbia, September 20, 1983)"

Kids say the darndest things!

"Are you a good bad guy?"

- C 9/16/2005

And the master said...

"Don't forget that you're beautiful...just the way you are.
Change for you and not for me - I like who you are.
That's why I'm reminding you...oh...reminding you...

Don't forget you're beautiful
Don't forget you're beautiful
Don't forget you're beautiful.

You'll never seem you like I do...how bright your light can shine.
All of my mirrors they lied to me...same as the ones in my life.
That's why I'm reminding you...oh...reminding you...

Don't forget you're beautiful
Don't forget you're beautiful
Don't forget you're beautiful.

- dUg Pinnick
Emotional Animal - 2005

Kids say the darndest things!

A paper that C brought home from her day at day care, entitled "What I am Thankful for":

"Riding my bike, suckers, my cube and the letter 'Q'."

- C 9/13/2005

The unknown paradise...

Dubai is a place very few people know anything about. But it's beauty is nearly unparallelled.

Dubai plans city of "wonders of the world" replicas - My Way News
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Go Bucks!!!!

It was a remarkable game last night between the Buckeyes and the Longhorns. Saddened as I am by the Bucks' loss, the game epitomized college football. The spirit, passion and drive of both teams was inspirational. The best part of college football is the college football players themselves. Great game! GO BUCKS!!!

SI.com - NCAA Football - Young, No. 2 'Horns take down No. 4 Ohio State - Sunday September 11, 2005 1:25AM

Those crazy Germans!

Woman lays waste to family home attempting to kill a spider. Well, at least the spiders are gone.

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Kids say the darndest things!

C: "Dad?"

Dad: "Yes, C."

C: "I have some food in my mouth so I can't talk to you right now, ok?"

Dad: "Ok, C."

- 9/4/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

"I ate the tummy ache!"

- C 09/04/2005

Go Bucks!!!!

SI.com - Writers - Stewart Mandel: First impressions from opening weekend - Sunday September 4, 2005 4:51PM: " I know it's just one game, but Ohio State's defense looks like it could be back at its 2002 level. Miami of Ohio returned eight starters from a typically powerful MAC offense, yet the Buckeyes, noticeably more aggressive under new coordinator Jim Heacock, absolutely suffocated the RedHawks, holding them to 76 yards in the first half, sacking QB Josh Betts five times and pitching a shutout for nearly 58 minutes."

"How much fun can I have before I go to hell?"

My Way News: "Johnny White's Sports Bar, which has no doors and, according to locals, never closes, has become a gathering place for some of those who remained downtown when Katrina devastated the city Monday.

'It's very eerie and disturbing,' said Joseph Bellomy, 23, a Cleveland native who moved here in February and has been working as a bartender. His T-shirt's slogan: 'How much fun can I have before I go to hell? - French Quarter.'"

Science predicts the future.

Hat tip to Matt Drudge:

Louisiana's Wetlands @ National Geographic Magazine - October 2004

"The city that care forgot...but nature will not."