January 13, 2006
Yummy!
Oh Yeah!
You Are a Boston Creme Donut
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You have a tough exterior. No one wants to mess with you.
But on the inside, you're a total pushover and completely soft.
You're a traditionalist, and you don't change easily.
You're likely to eat the same doughnut every morning, and pout if it's sold out.
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from another
Boston Creme, near Boston, appropriately enough......
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That's why I love these guys....
If you've been reading this blog long enough, you know there's no love lost between me and the VA Tech (c)Hokeys. They are a dirty football team, and their fans are the single rudest group of people I have ever encountered, and I've been to any number of games in multiple sports. The Trojans on the other hand, well, they couldn't be more classy and sportsmanlike. Especially off the field.
Looks like
I'm not alone in my opinion.
h/t
Kipper
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Boundaries: Online and Off
An open series of questions to any of you with blogs, we'll call this the last audience participation special of
National De-Lurking Week:
Do you blog under your real name?
Do your family/ off-line friends know about the blog?
Is that a reason you don't use your real name?
If you blog anonymously, have your off-line friends who know about the blog ever outed you to someone you'd prefer to keep away from your blog?
Doesn't it piss you off when people cross your personal blog boundaries?
How do you go about handling something like that (which is really an invasion of your privacy)?
I ask this because dear
Helen just experienced a major betrayal of her boundaries at an incredibly bad time, and I had a similar, though not nearly so devastating experience recently, and I know others who have (or are about to) run screaming from their old blogs because of trolls they knew in real life (you know who you are).
Your thoughts? Any advice for Helen? I really am interested to hear what you have to say.
Email me if you don't feel all that comfortable leaving a comment....
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Since I've started keeping my blog, I've used my real-life nickname to sign the posts. So, it doesn't appear on any official records that I'm aware of, but some people outside blogland could probably put things together if they ever stumbled across my blog.
That having been said, I worry sometimes about my professors finding my blog and what I've written about them. But, cest la vie.
I think Helen's in a difficult situation. She really can't -- I mean she doesn't have the ability -- to control what her family does. So, she should probably assume from this point forward that they are going to read her blog regardless of whether they tell her they won't. Therefore, she has to make a decision; either she should continue to blog and expect friction with her family, or she should stop blogging (and probably resent her family for forcing her to stop). Of course, another possibility is to discontinue her current blog, and start a new, anonymous one that she doesn't tell her family about. It's a bad deal, but I think that's it.
Posted by: Cardinal Martini at January 13, 2006 03:27 PM (dAOZx)
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I do not use my real name. I do tell my friends and family about my blog. I tell them not to use my real name. I have a blog for the purpose of letting my family, who is all over the world, know what is going on in my little piece of the world. It is also a scrapbook for my use in the future. That is also why my blog is fairly 'clean'. ;-)
Posted by: vw bug at January 13, 2006 03:56 PM (4oOot)
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Okay, I'm channeling the sober side of my mind right now.
Obviously I use a handle, to protect my family and friends.
My friends and wife/kids know about my blog, but no one else in my family.
No, again I'm protecting my family. I have a relatively common name, it would be hard to hunt me down, with out sorting through the various others that share my name.
My minions, er employees found my blog about 3 months ago. That kinda sucks, no more minion stories.
Depending on what you mean by that. I've had a couple of bloggers try to force more personal information about me through e-mails. But I've never been upset by anyone reading my blog. I've naturally censored myself. That's hard to believe isn't it?
I did something similar to this back in November, I wrote off the people and have decided not to continue my relationship with them.
As for Helen, I'm sorry that happened to her. Betrayel is something that I've never, ever been able to forgive. Hopefully she's a nicer person then I am. If that's the case, I'll wish them to the firey bowels of hell for her.
Posted by: Contagion at January 13, 2006 04:13 PM (e8b4J)
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Drunk brain says:
Get new url.
Posted by: Contagion at January 13, 2006 04:14 PM (e8b4J)
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I'm completely anonymous and it's for this very reason.
Not that there is anything on my blog (at least, this latest incarnation) that I would be
upset about if my family found it, nor is there anything that would upset them.
I think. *knocks on wood*
But it would definitely change the way I blog and the freedom I feel when I want to vent or whatever on my blog.
I feel really bad for Helen. If I were her, I would have changed digs the first time I realized my family was reading me and then send out emails to all my bloggin' buds about my new address.
Because let's face it; nobody can stop reading someone they know. If anything, once they realize they *know* you in real life, the more they'll read your blog. They can't help it. Humans are far too curious.
I know of a husband and wife who were blogging on the same blog about their marriage and they went through some tough times. So he started his own blog to vent about the way their marriage was going, asked her not to go there and, incredibly, *believed* her when she promised she was not going to read it.
Well, guess what? She DID go over there and read it, of course, and then all hell broke loose.
Their shrink told them to take the blogs down altogether and rightfully so.
I don't know; I know nobody likes switching blog addresses. You always lose some readers and it's just a huge hassle, but if her family is going to haunt her...dunno. :-( It's just a damn shame.
Posted by: Amber at January 13, 2006 04:37 PM (zQE5D)
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New blog for sure. It's not that big of an undertaking, annoying as it may be. Heck, leave the old one there and write sanitary stuff it matters not who sees, and say what you really want elsewhere.
I have always used a real name based pseudonym/pen name that predates blogging and is close enough not to be hard to figure out. Eventually I have even stated my real surname, increasingly less circuitously, on my blog. Over the course of time family has come to read it, if they are online, if they care to bother, and that has been weird at times but overall not unwanted. None of them would have sought it out had I not flagged it, though having to explain about marrying another blogger made it harder to hide.
Anyway, blogging is cheap and anonymity is easy if you really want it.
Posted by: Jay at January 13, 2006 06:03 PM (ip0hZ)
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1. No - but my nick-name is known by a lot of other people so I'm not real anonymous, and once you add in the signature line...vague but probably not real hard for a determined idiot to ferret out. I avoid my last name since it's uncommon and an immediate trackback - some anonymity is better than naked floundering IMO.
2. Some - My wife knows, it bores her. My family is grown up and don't give a shit, friends who might know don't care either and aren't into reading people's computer crap, spewed out onto the 'Net.
3. No - But I'm definitely not into exposing my inner soul -- or believe it's particularly interesting to anybody anyhow. I just do what I feel like and it doesn't happen to involve much internal turbidity revealed.
4. No - nobody really cares, and I don't have an intense emotional investment in it either, but if you need to keep *certain* people away it's probably better if you weren't bound up in the blog-thing and found other means of expression.
5. No - Not yet anyhow - What the hell are personal blog-boundaries? Any troll can post if you let them. IMO there's nothing confidential about a blog on the Internet - it's just everybody's warts and moles, or it's paint drying and what they had for lunch - or not, or worse.
6. Privacy? Keep a towel handy and shut the drapes. It's always a bad time for somebody somewhere, there's a relative in the Hospital dying every day - that's one reason why they park their cars so badly and drop garbage on the sidewalk.
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1) Yes I do. Mostly, because I have little to hide, and partly to let people who've known me from way back when get in touch with me again. It's happened 4 times off the top of my head, when someone from my past found my site, and said hello. Usually it's good to reconnect.
2) My brother knows my blog exists, and my mom, at least one aunt, and several cousins read it on occasion. It's a little disconcerting, and since my mom found my blog, my entries have been a little bit more... restrained. Not that there was ever anything unseemly, but I'm less inclined to post about a rash wave of emotion (usually disgust or unpleasantness) than I was in the past.
3) N/A
4) Only if you count a cousin to her mom, to my mother.
5) (this question is a bit leading....could it be rephrased?) It's come very close to on a few occasions, but I can't think of any time in the past year and a half it's come close. Which probably means I'm lucky. Closest I came was someone leaching a picture of mine.
6) I redirected the picture link to lemonparty (I'm cruel that way, don't go to that site). He leached for 3 more days, then his background went white. Which is very funny, cause he was on myspace, which has a no nudity or offensive clause.
I have no advice for Helen that would do any good, and probably only make things worse. i try to avoid that, so I decline that invitation.
Posted by: Bill at January 13, 2006 08:43 PM (ujJj1)
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1. I blog under my real first name.
2. Yes, but I told them about it. I had a blog to help family keep up with my girls, but I got tired of maintaining two blogs. So I combined them.
3. NA
4. No one has crossed by personal blog boundaries, but I think they are very low to begin with.
5. I am struggling with answering this question and would have to say it depends on the situation. I do consider my blog MY space. It is for ME and I can do what I want with it, unlike so many other aspects of my life.
I feel for Helen. But I think her sister outing her is a symptom of bigger issues.
Sometimes I do regret making my blog known to my family. What I can't blog I would not blog anyway. I have less sexual inuendos, but I don't need a blog for that kind of outlet!
Posted by: Amy at January 13, 2006 09:01 PM (JFN4H)
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1. I blog under my real last name, after having started out using my full name. I've been owning up to my opinions in public since junior-high school, why stop now?
2. Most of my friends who know about my blog found it by way of my website, a few others because I told them about it. One, I think a mutual acquaintance found it and told him, at a time when he and I weren't friends -- but something I posted helped patch it up.
3 & 4: N/A
5 & 6: I have a stated policy that I'll refer people to if I think they need to know what they'll be going up against, and it boils down to, "Your only shelter here is my goodwill -- squander it at your peril." My boundaries are rarely transgressed.
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As for Helen's predicament, the blogging platform I use has some really cool tools that can block people from even viewing my site, if I have the necessary information about how they're getting there.
Posted by: McGehee at January 14, 2006 05:51 AM (lAOTn)
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I blog under one of my middle names. My husband knows about my blog,and no-one else.
I never understood why Helen didn't change her address the first time this issue came up. I realize she has issues about 'moving house' but I would rather move the blog than worry about trusting this person not to look again. Human nature being what it is.
Posted by: Jocelyn at January 14, 2006 10:59 AM (jkRb/)
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1) Nope. Further, Owlish was never a nickname. I think someone in the real world, who knew that I blogged, could probably find my blog, but it would be difficult.
2) No family knows. Some friends know, but not ones I'm closest too.
3) Partially. My name is common enough that hunting me down through Googling my name is difficult, and my family probably wouldn't make the effort.
The other part is, being gay. It might or might not make my profession more difficult. I suspect it would make my parents' life more difficult, if people in their small town knew.
4) Nope. And, yeah, it would suck.
Posted by: owlish at January 14, 2006 05:58 PM (uPnzE)
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1. No, I don't. I used to, until I had problems similar to Helen's. I also moved my blog, but the asshats found me anyway, by reading other's links.
2. My immediate family knows, and some cousins; they don't care, much. Don't read terribly often, either. They aren't much for the computer.
3. Nope. I do it mostly for professional reasons now (work for DoD). And because of a stalker (a BAD one) from my distant past.
4. The Asshat Clan crossed my personal boundaries, but I never told them about my blog. They just found it. Pissed me off. Twice, heh.
5. I honestly think that curiosity being what it is, and human nature being what it is, that some folks will go to pretty great lengths to find you, even if you do move your blog. They can look at some of the blogrolls of Helen's best blog friends, and figure it out from there. I mean, unless she totally changes how she writes, and that's pretty difficult. Again, I say this from direct experience.
My suggestion is that she track her visitors carefully, block IPs like there's no tomorrow, or password-protect her site. Or she can harrass the hell out of the offenders. Which I did, and while I don't know if that's what eventually got them to stop, I do know it brought me great satisfaction.
Posted by: liv at January 14, 2006 08:43 PM (alGQE)
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Howinhell did I miss this???
My Answers (as if you didn't know):
1. Yes, I blog under my real name. Damn stupid idea if you ask me.
2. Yes. Family knows and all of the friends I have know.
3. N/A
4. N/A
5. I think it's very much like Steve said: there is a subset of scummy people who live for drama, controversy and to read things/watch things from people they don't like. I think they're twisted. As for my personal situation? There is one ex-friend of mine whom I wish would quit reading but that's not going to happen. So I just don't think about her. My hubby's ex-wife and demon spawn read my blog. Every day. And that's the one that squicks me out. I usually don't hear from her, though, until she's out of medication.
6. So far, placing them on "ignore" helps. But when it comes to the baby, I'm done. I'm closing margilowry.com for good. I have started an anonymous blog on a free site and maybe I'll use it. There are a few of you that I've met through blogging that I love and with whom I will keep in touch -- if only to send baby pictures -- but I will not post pictures of my baby on a blog. I just can't do it.
I won't give them the satisfaction.
Posted by: Margi at January 15, 2006 01:35 PM (nwEQH)
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I've been trying to avoid the abortion issue, but I had to post this
This post from Wizbang! set me off...
I consider myself a pro-choice conservative. Mostly because I resent like hell the idea that the government can have the authority to tell me what to do with my body. They can't even run the country properly, why in heck would I let them decide what's best for me and my body? Honestly.
However, that being said, did anyone else catch that woman from NARAL testifying at the end of the Alito hearing? About how she never thought (as a married Catholic) that she'd ever want an abortion, let alone "need" one, but that after her husband (also, presumably a devout Catholic) left her and their 3 children and she found out she was pregnant, she was humiliated because in her state in the days before Roe, a married woman needed her husband's permission to get an abortion? Did you catch her sanctimonious bellyaching about having to stand before a panel of doctors to admit the failure of her marriage and her inability to care for a 4th child and then getting to the clinic, only to be told that she needed her Ex to sign off, so she had to chase him down too? And yet she still chose to have a legal abortion, even in the face of all of that humiliation.
Oh please, lady. So you were humiliated. Wasn't that the point? Shouldn't most women be humiliated for being in a situation where they "need" an abortion? I understand that your situation was less of your own making than most, seeing as how your husband walked out on you and 3 small kids, but didn't you have other options? I notice you didn't choose adoption or seek out the vaunted "back alley"....
Your weakness is telling. That you LET YOURSELF be humiliated to the point that changed the entire focus of your life, that 30+ years later you are still cowed by the men that you presumed were in charge of your body makes me sick. Stand up for yourself and take some responsibility. They didn't humiliate you, you let yourself be treated that way.
So I guess this really isn't about abortion after all, it's about the pathetic martyr/victim nature of the left: Poor Me. Look at me. Pity me. Fix me.
Yeah? Well screw you.
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>Shouldn't most women be humiliated for being in a situation where they "need" an abortion?
Brrrrrrrr! She should be humiliated by strangers because... her husband left her and their three babies, pregnant and unable to feed another mouth? Damn, that's cold.
Posted by: Michelle at January 13, 2006 02:46 PM (2mpcT)
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That's not the point. The point is that she felt she "needed" an abortion. That she didn't seriously consider the alternatives should be humiliating enough.
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My position on abortion is kind of strange. So, I wont go into it.
But what does all the background story have to do with the issue?
Posted by: Contagion at January 13, 2006 04:24 PM (e8b4J)
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A bit of levity, but did you read the other day about the woman who was pulled over for driving in the carpool lane? She was claiming her fetus as the passenger. That didn't fly.
Posted by: Toluca Nole at January 13, 2006 06:20 PM (yvtAo)
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Kate Michelman is now an apologist for the multi-million dollar revenue abortion industry. She was head of NARAL Pro-Choice America for almost 20 years.
Her initial circumstances are as pathetic as she is today.
Flap
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Agreed
An Appeal from Center-Right Bloggers
We are bloggers with boatloads of opinions, and none of us come close to agreeing with any other one of us all of the time. But we do agree on this: The new leadership in the House of Representatives needs to be thoroughly and transparently free of the taint of the Jack Abramoff scandals, and beyond that, of undue influence of K Street.
We are not naive about lobbying, and we know it can and has in fact advanced crucial issues and has often served to inform rather than simply influence Members.
But we are certain that the public is disgusted with excess and with privilege. We hope the Hastert-Dreier effort leads to sweeping reforms including the end of subsidized travel and other obvious influence operations. Just as importantly, we call for major changes to increase openness, transparency and accountability in Congressional operations and in the appropriations process.
As for the Republican leadership elections, we hope to see more candidates who will support these goals, and we therefore welcome the entry of Congressman John Shadegg to the race for Majority Leader. We hope every Congressman who is committed to ethical and transparent conduct supports a reform agenda and a reform candidate. And we hope all would-be members of the leadership make themselves available to new media to answer questions now and on a regular basis in the future.
Signed,
N.Z. Bear, The Truth Laid Bear
Hugh Hewitt, HughHewitt.com
Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit.com
Kevin Aylward, Wizbang!
La Shawn Barber, La Shawn Barber's Corner
Lorie Byrd, Polipundit
Beth Cleaver, MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
Jeff Goldstein, Protein Wisdom
Stephen Green, Vodkapundit
John Hawkins, Right Wing News
John Hinderaker, Power Line
Jon Henke / McQ / Dale Franks, QandO
James Joyner, Outside The Beltway
Mike Krempasky, Redstate.org
Michelle Malkin, MichelleMalkin.com
Ed Morrissey, Captain's Quarters
Scott Ott, Scrappleface
John Donovan / Bill Tuttle, Castle Argghhh!!!
and Me, Caltechgirl, Not Exactly Rocket Science
And many many others!
Won't you join too?
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I'm more of a center-left blogger myself. But I don't expect a mass petition to keep the Demoratic leadership from acting like the bunch of moonbats they are. Good luk wresting the Right leadership back into service for the people who elect them.
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January 12, 2006
That's just a Bad Movie
"'Tristan' [and Isolde] like a Monty Python Movie wthout jokes"-- Headline seen on
Yahoo! News tonight.
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BAH! I was looking forward to it too
I love that story.
Posted by: Ith at January 12, 2006 09:07 PM (sCBe0)
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I don't listen to critics, I'll probably still go see it. I mean it is an old celtic tale, possibly event he insperation for Romeo and Juliet.
Posted by: Contagion at January 13, 2006 05:24 AM (Q5WxB)
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OH DAGNABBIT I was so looking forward to that movie, too. I was SO in love with Tristan in high school. I was going to grow up and marry a guy named Tristan. Or MR. Darcy, and then name my son Tristan. One of those....
*sigh*
Yes, I am a book freak. But more imprtantly, they have to stop messing with my favorite stories. Either make it good or not all. Please refer to the A&E version fo Prde and PRejudice for research.
*more sighing*
Posted by: Elizabeth at January 13, 2006 07:51 AM (ceeh7)
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Yeah, and I always had a soft spot for Tristan in All Creatures Great and Small.
I was a little leery of the movie when I saw it was getting the full teeny bopper ad campaign treatment during the WB ad breaks, complete with behind the scenes footage and modern music.
Posted by: Ith at January 13, 2006 12:50 PM (sCBe0)
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New Toy!
Check the sidebar for Su Doku of the Day! Clicky
here to get your own! Comes in 2 sizes and lots of cool colors!
h/t Jon and Angie
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Oh no! You are an evil one...
I got my Dad a book on these for Christmas. We did them all vacation. Awful. Completely awful!
Posted by: Bou at January 12, 2006 06:51 PM (iHxT3)
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Evil Woman. Just what I need on my web site - NOT... I'd never leave. ;-)
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and I repeat myself... why?
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Storm Warning officially canceled for Los Angeles Area
"`Thunder' and `Lightning' are gone from USC."
So said Reggie Bush this afternoon, referring to himself and rushing partner LenDale White during the press conference to announce his departure from USC for the NFL.
Good Luck, Reg. You're a good guy and I wish you the best. LenDale, Matt, and the rest, too.
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I still think he would have been better off spending another year in college, actually getting a degree.
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So wrong I had to post it
Not surprisingly, lifted from a
couple of llamas.....
Knight Rider Hasselhoff
You are Knight Rider Hasselhoff. You kick ass, you're dead sexy, AND you are the proud owner (or perhaps life partner) of a talking black Trans-Am. What else could one ask for?
Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com |
Well, duh. KITT is my friend!
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Better than I thought (Updated!)
Wow, the trip we took this summer really filled in my map.....If we had taken I-94 instead of I-90, we would have driven through ND too....
Interestingly, I've been within 5 miles of two of the states I have not visited (MS and NH), and really, the only time I was in AL was in the Birmingham airport on the way home from New Orleans once.
create your own personalized map of the USASweeet. Planning on going to MI for a conference in May, and I guess I'll have to do a tour of the Northeast sometime soon....
h/t
Gay Patriot
In case you're interested how most of the map gets filled out, various major trips are included below the fold...
more...
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I'll have to get me a map. I think you may have me beat. I'll have to see.
Posted by: Tige at January 12, 2006 03:59 PM (QgCnE)
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"You totally have to come visit us" and we'll make sure you hit the missing New England states. That can be covered in a matter of a few hours, easy.
Posted by: Jay at January 12, 2006 07:16 PM (ip0hZ)
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I've been to every state except Alaska and Hawaii... I only want to go to Alaska, if I never make it to Hawaii, I'd be okay with it.
Posted by: Contagion at January 13, 2006 05:31 AM (Q5WxB)
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Not to be redundant
But Teddy Kennedy is a hypocritical pig bastard.
The man and his self-serving egotistical posturing has made me physically sick. Who the fuck told him that he has the right to set him self up as the Grand Poobah High Inquisitor of Ethics?
Was it Mary Jo Kopechne?
The little fucking toad acts as if he doesn't fart. Which we all know leads to Spontaneous Human Combustion. Can I watch?
I don't recall ANYONE accusing Judge Alito of drowning a woman, or drunk driving (multiple times), or lying about anything. You Senator, on the other hand, have not only been accused of all of the above, but HAVE ADMITTED IT.
Lemme ask you... What's worse: Getting drunk and driving your car off a bridge and leaving a poor defenseless young lady to drown or recusing yourself after the fact from a case involving your mutual funds? What's worse: Lying to the cops during a drunk driving arrest or joining a group that at the time was merely protesting the removal of ROTC at Princeton?
Furthermore, if this wasn't enough evidence that Teddy needs better advice, his ill-informed tirade yesterday on the Rusher documents from CAP proved that a fat drunk bully is always a fat drunk bully, no matter how you dress him up. I about crapped myself when Spector shut him up and then when they came back from recess and Spector announced the documents were freely available without need of a subpoena, and if TK had gone about it properly, he could have had the documents himself already.... and then the killer "No recollection of Mr. Alito, and his name does not appear" HAH.
Even trying to portray Alito as a racist and a bigot failed when he made Mrs. Alito cry.
I am so glad these unbelievably long hearings are almost over. [/rant]
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Well, speaking as a Joe Lieberman-loving Democrat, I haven't taken Teddy boy seriously since, ...umm forever. His position is like someone in the UK's House of Lords: he's in the Senate because Mass. wants to continue the Kennedy legacy and because of percieved accomplishments from decades ago.
Increasingly, I find myself listening to a narrower and narrower band of public figures. People like TK, Tom DeLay, Howard Dean, and Pat Robertson get at best a weak chuckle from me when they open their big fat mouths.
Maybe 2006 and 2008 will see the return of the calm, sensible grownups to power. It doesn't hurt to hope.
Posted by: Ben at January 12, 2006 02:31 PM (qwgbA)
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Getting Geological on his ass
I wanna see the rest of the
Alito Hearings in Frank J's world:
A large gray thing hit Biden in the face and knocked him to the ground.
"We agreed that Alito was not allowed to bring any rocks to these hearings!" Schumer exclaimed.
"That was a chunk of concrete!" Alito said defensively.
"It's the same thing!"
"Oh yeah?" Alito scoffed. "If a chunk of concrete is a rock, tell me whether it's igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic?"
"He's getting geological on your ass!" Bush laughed. "No wonder people call him and his friends 'wiseguys.'"
Go
see what Ted Kennedy had to say....
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Concrete is sediment. Concrete is poured, like sand and rock flowing down a river. It's mixed with water, and then settles out.
Pretty easy, right?
Asphalt on the other hand is metamorphic, as it is laid down flat in layers, then compressed into final form.
Posted by: Bill at January 12, 2006 09:57 AM (bpbQx)
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I laughed when I read it there and I laughed when I read it here, but mostly cause I could so enjoy actually watching someone chuck hards substances at TK.
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Agreed!
Of course the not so obvious funniness is that Concrete is a big joke in our house, DH being a geologist. Concrete is not a rock. It would be sedimentary, but it's just not a rock.
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We shall pass a law proclaiming it to be a rock. Anyone who says different goes to jail.
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January 11, 2006
Good News and Bad....
First the good news:
My
migraine is much better. My usual remedy: a long VERY HOT shower, Tylenol Flu (which they evidently no longer make due to Psudoephedrine issues.... but Walgreens does. Yay!), and a nap. Somedays it just takes a while. I don't have BAD headaches very often, but when I do.... well, that's probably better left unsaid....
Looks like Baby Xrlq is about to have a brother or sister. Of the human kind, this time, rather than the canine and feline ones he has now.
CPT Z seems to have come through the latest round of surgery with flying colors and is resting up at Walter Reed for hopefully the last time for a while.
Kevin K likewise is doing well after his surgery and is back home.
And now the bad:
Helen had a rotten day, and she could sure use a hug and some words of encouragement, especially from anyone who's been on the IVF Merry-Go-Round (which is, of course, far from Merry by all accounts)
Vicky is still not making much progress. While she has a diagnosis, the doctors are still pretty concerned with everything that's going on and are talking about sending her to a bigger hospital with more resources. Drop by Matt's blog or Vicky's to see how to send her a note directly or leave a tuppence in the tip jar, as there's about to be a big hotel bill to go along with the hospital ones. I wish Dr. House was real so I could send him down to take care of Matt and Vicky.
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Two Words
Mi. Graine.
Excuse me if I seem not so chatty today....
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2 excedrin migraine, a tall glass of water, and a bit of R&R will do the trick. feel better!!
Posted by: Amanda at January 11, 2006 01:08 PM (ay+rD)
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Nin gets those. I'm blessed, cus my mum used to get debilitating ones, and I've never had one. Feel better!
Posted by: Ith at January 11, 2006 03:12 PM (+T0G3)
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{{{hugs}}} Feel better!
Posted by: Kate at January 11, 2006 04:49 PM (XargM)
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Oh, crap.
Hope you feel better NOW!
Posted by: Christina at January 11, 2006 05:04 PM (zJsUT)
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Ouch! Hope you feel better soonest.
Posted by: Deb at January 11, 2006 09:06 PM (ip0hZ)
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I'm a firm believer of washing ibuprofin down with jack daniels.
Posted by: Contagion at January 12, 2006 05:20 AM (Q5WxB)
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Who Knew?
I'm #1 on Google for
this.
Let that be a warning to you lurkers.... I'll search you out!
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Happy Birthday!
To my wonderful Mother and my dear friend A.
And to adorable Brandon, too.
Here's to a better year than the last and many many more.
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Happy Birthday Caltechgirl's Mom (and thanks for the humor!). Happy Birthday A.
Posted by: vw bug at January 11, 2006 11:14 AM (4oOot)
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Happy Birthday to CTG's mom and A!
A very special day indeed...
http://www.brandondufau.com/archives/000201.html
Posted by: Amanda at January 11, 2006 11:39 AM (ay+rD)
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January 10, 2006
Borking Alito
Chuckie "Hillary's Lapdog" Schumer is currently trying to hang Alito with a noose fashioned of Bork's coattails...
Now he's taking him to task for being an honest dissenter. Maybe we should change Chuckie's nickname from "Hillary's Lapdog" to "Stuck on Spin Cycle".
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Schumer, the rat bastard, makes my skin crawl. He's not worth the sweat from Judge Alito's ass.
Posted by: Jim - PRS at January 10, 2006 06:40 PM (njBz/)
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Odds and Ends
Not much going on with me today. Half listening to the Alito confirmation hearing, and he's dancing around the senators quite nicely. Go Sam!
So here's what's up with the rest of the bloggy-web:
AWTM is without blog access as her computers have died. Not to worry, she's got plenty of help (Mwahahahahahahahhha! Look out, Mom!)....
SGT Hook has a story you won't see in the MSM: Iraqi troops on patrol caused some terrorist scumbag kidnappers to flee, and the French hostage they were holding ran to safety at a checkpoint manned by US soldiers.
Trajectory over at TBX reports on some interesting new methods in contraception for deer...
Tammi pays off her bet at last weekend's FritzFest. Check out the dude in the kilt!
Dash has an excellent way to avoid those long Post Office lines this week.
Too bad Anita hasn't seen it.....
Dave has some thoughts on the new Ecosystem system
Lair has an idea for solving Houston's crime problem
Tolkien Geek is almost done. Follow along with ROTK Bk 5, Ch9
Got a problem with Wet Foot/Dry Foot? email Homeland Security and tell them why it's a pile of crap. Babalu already has.
Jay needs your help deciding on a gadget for mobile email etc.
Ith is home from vacation, and Jen and Beau have returned from their honeymoon. Nice pictures!
Gordon has the story of an early entrant in this year's Darwin Awards.
That's enough for now, don'tcha think? Go on. Read.
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Like your banner/background...haven't been around in awhile so I just saw it.
Posted by: Sissy at January 10, 2006 06:38 PM (gCk3+)
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You've been busy. Those are good - I really like the one on deer birth control. It would be nice if we could do something about the overpopulation of left wingers, too. Is sterilization too harsh? I don't think the abortion and condoms are working.
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neither is the poor hygiene
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January 09, 2006
More idiocy - NCAA football edition
Marcus Vick is in the news again. Just hours after being removed from the VA Tech football team for
being an assh*le, he's
turned himself in on weapons charges.
Dumbass. Just 'cause your brother is
Ron Mexico and you were on TV playing football doesn't mean you get to be a d*ckhead. Even if you are a (c)hokey.
By the by, just because you're eligible for the draft doesn't mean you'll catch on in the pros, my man. Remember
this guy?
h/t:
Dan and
Tre
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Great, just what the NFL needs, another head case primadonna.
Posted by: Contagion at January 09, 2006 03:36 PM (Q5WxB)
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Heh heh, "brandishing."
Posted by: Ben at January 09, 2006 04:06 PM (qwgbA)
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He soiled my city with his childish behavior. Of course, it was also at the Gator Bowl that Woody Hayes punched that kid out. Kinda liked that.
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Survivor 12: Panama - Exile Island
CBS released the information on the new crop of Survivors who will return to Panama for the 12th season of the hit reality show (that I am evidently obsessed with...)
Seems as if this time, those voted out will be sent off to "exile island" to fend for themselves during the rest of the run of the show. As a twist (since it worked so well last season, right Gary??) an immunity idol will be hidden on Exile Island, and any of the voted-out players who finds it may return to the game.
That's kinda dumb.
Anyway, click
here for the info and bios of the Season 12 castaways.
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I love that show. That and football is about all I ever watch. Ok maybe NASCAR at times.
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