Or why bathing the dogs is more trouble than it's worth.  4 little dogs (one blind) vs one woman and a bottle of wine....

Complete with funny illustrations!

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The date being 6/6/6, which is of course the "biblical number of the Beast", The Pirate brings you some lesser known numbers relating to "The Beast"... well, you'll see.

Drink warning for some of them....

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I'm not a parent, but I don't think that means I've given up the right to complain about how other people's kids behave in public.

After all, I was a kid once, and certain things were expected of me.  I needed to be quiet, not silent, mind you, but quiet.  I was required to keep my food on the table, refrain from spilling if at all possible, and I had to say "Please" and "Thank You" to the wait staff.  Even to the person behind the counter at McDonald's

So it irks the holy crap out of me when people these days refuse to discipline their children for acting out in a restaurant.

It's pretty simple:
--If you can't trust your young child to behave acceptably in public, don't take them out.  Even a normally well-behaved child who is tired. 
--If your child gets loud, take them out.  The waitstaff will be more than happy to watch your belongings while you're outside if you have to leave the table altogether for a few minutes.  There's a big difference between a 30 second outburst and a 10 minute screaming jag.
--Make sure your kids know what is expected of them and be willing to give them consequences.  I knew I sure as hell was gonna sit in the car if I acted out.
--Manners start at home.  Use your everyday dining experience to teach "please" and "thank you" and how to use utensils properly.

In this op-ed piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, mother of 2 Wendy Heath takes the manager of a "family" restaurant to task for asking them to leave after her 2 year old pitched a fit.

The response has been huge.  And nearly all of it siding with the manager.  This prompted another column in the AJ-C, defending Ms. Heath's outrage.  Read the column, and the responses to it.

Some people will just never understand.
h/t McGehee

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You Are a Chocolate Chip Cookie

Traditional and conservative, most people find you comforting. You're friendly and easy to get to know. This makes you very popular - without even trying!

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1 Damn! That's what I wanted to be!!!

Posted by: Marie at June 05, 2006 07:23 AM (dswo0)

2 I'm a jam cookie. My favorite.

Posted by: Margi at June 05, 2006 09:48 AM (BRtaN)

3 Trying to send you a Trackback Ping but keep getting this message when I try to retrieve the Trackback URL for this post: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@blog.mu.nu and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache/1.3.36 Server at www.blog.mu.nu Port 80

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Christina finishes up the blog novella with a bang.  Literally.  And more twists than a pretzel.

If you haven't been keeping up with this project, and you're a fan of thriller/spy/suspense fiction, take a few minutes and read through the whole thing.  Each chapter is just 1,000 words, so it takes just a few minutes to get through the whole story.  Perfect for a coffee break!

Chapter 1:  The Reluctant Assassin
Chapter 2:  The Cleaner
Chapter 3:  House of Cards
Chapter 4:  Beautiful Death
Chapter 5:  Deal Killer

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They've gone and spawned again!

Courtesy of Adopted Blog-Mom Bou, we have a new blog-sis, Mrs. Who of House of Zathras.

And true to the formula that the Bad Example family tree is often more of a stick than a tree, adopted blog-sis VW contributes a new blog sis/niece, her real life sister Tink of Tink's Tribulations.

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The other 5s meme:
5 things in my fridge:
-Trader Joe's Milk.  It keeps up to 2 months past its expiration date.  No, we don't drink a lot of milk, why do you ask?
-Costco tamales.  Mexican food is ALWAYS on the menu here.  Tamales are my favorite.
-Kraft Italian 4 cheese lo-fat shredded cheese blend.  It's not that much more expensive, and I don't have to shred it.  And what's better than Asiago, Parmesan, Romano, and Mozzarella mixed together?
-Leftovers.  When you cook for two or you eat smart when you eat out, there's always a container of something or other in the fridge.
-cold French Fries.  Also known as "FF's" in our house since someone knows what "French Fries" means.  Yes, they are for her.

5 items in my closet:
-My academic regalia.  It came yesterday and I am sooooo excited.  I get to dress up like a real professor for the first time on Saturday at graduation!
-My computer bag.  It was a graduation present and it has wheels and a handle so I don't have to carry it.  A very thoughtful gift.
-Favors from my friend's wedding last summer.  They came out of my purse and got put on the shelf, and there they have been sitting.
-My friend A's birthday and Christmas presents.  Her birthday was in January.  I am SUCH a good friend.
-My bathroom.  You have to walk through the closet to get to the master bath.

5 items in my car:
-my cell phone charger. The damn thing dies at the drop of a hat anymore, so I keep it "hooked up" in the car.
-water bottles.  We drove to Fresno last weekend and I haven't cleaned out all of the debris
-dog leash.  You'd be surprised how often I realized we had left the house without the leash until I started leaving one in the car...
-Mini hockey player.  There's a Carolina Hurricanes mini doll keychain hanging from my rearview mirror.
-Shoes.  There's at least one pair of my shoes in the back.  I like to keep comfy shoes around in case my feet reject the heels.  I think my Dansko clogs are in there...

5 items in my purse:
-my iPod.  The headphones live there too.  Gotta have it at work.
-my digital camera.  You never know when you're gonna want it.
-my card case.  DH gave me a lovely gold filigree card case to carry my business cards in for Christmas, and you'd be surprised how often I hand them out.
-lip gloss.  Tutti Dolci by Bath and Body Works, Apple Tart or Cinnamon Frosting
-My pain pills.  S'posed to take them with food and  I eat in the office.

5 people to tag:
Randomly choosing....
Oddybobo
Rachel
Richmond
Rave
Amy

from Marie

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1 French Fries!! That is so funny! We have to talk in code at our house too. OK, I need a new digital camera that will fit in my purse, because you're right! You never know...

Posted by: Marie at May 31, 2006 05:44 PM (dswo0)

2 yay! I got tagged... I'll get right on that

Posted by: wRitErsbLock at May 31, 2006 06:12 PM (0Pi1o)

3 I'm just really really excited for you that you get to wear your academic regalia for the first time! How Cool!

Posted by: Bou at May 31, 2006 06:13 PM (iHxT3)

4 ::hits button on timer:: Done!

Posted by: wRitErsbLock at May 31, 2006 06:38 PM (0Pi1o)

5 yeah, so, i guess i missed one of the 5, so now it's updated. meme of 5 makes much more sense with 5 topics!

Posted by: wRitErsbLock at June 01, 2006 10:24 AM (yHahS)

6 Holy cow, I'm *it* again! And I agree with Bou - too cool that you get to wear your acedemic regalia for the first time. Any chance we'll see a picture??

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Unless your extra little sack works like a camel hump....

I don't know how Bou gets through her days without crashing the car!

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Coming back to life, that is. Been glued to a keyboard for 3 weeks now, trying to get the grants out. One is off my plate, in more capable hands than my own, and the other needs all the TLC I can give it between now and tomorrow afternoon.

It will go out then. Oh yes, it will go out.

Spent the weekend in Fresberg, helping my mother pick paint colors and playing with the kiddies when I wasn't stuck in front of yet another computer. A much needed break, let me tell you.

Two things made me laugh: Christina muses the future, and puts me (ME!?!!?!?!?!??) in charge on an intergalactic women's retreat and fat farm. Although the working with Bou thing is about right. I suspect the two of us would work together pretty well....

Also, sarahk finally posts her 24 finale recap. Involuntary snorting ensued. You have been warned.

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You Are Dublin Mudslide Ice Cream

You won't remember any of this in the morning

h/t brownie batter beth

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First, there's a new Milblog in town. New Blog, Old Bloggers! Check out Milblogs a group blog featuring the contributions of some of the most amazing people you'd ever wish to know.

Second, for those of you who are interested, Polipundit suffered a major malfunction yesterday and autocratically cut off the group blog...
Lorie Byrd says:

"The fact is that I believe this is the last time I will be blogging at Polipundit.

I received a lengthy email from Polipundit tonight alerting us to an editorial policy change that included the following: "From now on, every blogger at PoliPundit.com will either agree with me completely on the immigration issue, or not blog at PoliPundit.com." I would provide additional context, but Polipundit has asked that the contents of our emails not be disclosed publicly and I think that is a fair request. There has been plenty written in the posts over the past week alone to let readers figure out what happened. Polipundit ended a later email with this: "It's over. The group-blogging experiment was nice while it lasted, but we have different priorities now. It's time to go our own separate ways."...

It would have been nice to have been able to tell friends and family before publicly saying goodbye, but things just didn't work out that way."

Beth of MVRWC has some choice words for PP, and The Anchoress has some very thoughtful words on blogging, dissent, and immigration. There are many more TB's at Lorie's site too, for other people's takes on the issue.

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Aaron has a gift for the bastards that hacked his site....

and if it's down there, you can see it here!

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1 when life gives you jihad, make jihad dance

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With a linkfest dedicated to United 93. Reviews, thoughts, and why some of us (including yours truly) aren't going to see it.

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My "stoner" name is: Finger Lickin' THC

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I don't need a movie to remind me how I felt on 9/11. 
I don't need to see it on a screen to feel the pain and the horror of that morning again. 
I don't need actor portrayals to remember the bravery of the men and women who scrificed themselves to crash a plane into a field in Pennsylvania, rather than allow it to be crashed into the Capitol Dome or the White House.

I don't need their sacrifice shoved in my face for the bargain price of $8.50.

It's in my heart.  And I will never forget.

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You Can Hang With the Guys and the Girls

You've struck a good balance between girly and laid back.  You can keep it casual but when you dress up, you are as girly as the next girl.

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The self-titled "Bubba of Bombast" sums up yesterday's bullshit demonstrations more succinctly than anyone else I've seen:

"I don't believe that you further your cause if you fling shit in the faces of those that you need on your side. Americans really are a pretty tolerant bunch, but they tend to become angry when somebody tries to push them around. Ask Osama bin Laden if you don't believe me.

A slogan such as "I'm Black and I'm PROUD" resonated during the civil rights movement, even among whites, because blacks WERE American citizens asking only for equal treatment under the law. They had a legitimate bitch about the way they were being treated and their cause was just. Even Joe Sixpack could sympathize with their plight.

But we rebel against "I'm illegal-- so what?" That's a lot like jumping up and screaming "Fuck YOU!" to every law-abiding citizen in this country. That kind of slogan resonates, all right, but the wrong way. It pisses a lot of people off. And that AIN'T the way to win friends and influence people.
...

Bejus! Government hassles the hell out of it's legitimate citizens at airports in the name of Homeland Security, while it blithely allows illegals to stream unmolested across our borders. Something is really fucked up in THAT picture. "

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Are you a Conservative blogger?
Support the War on Terror?
Support the Troops but are unable to serve in the Armed Forces?
Tired of being called a Chickenhawk?

Embrace your talons, and join the 101st Fighting Keyboardists!


The Chickenhawks are here, and we're ready to chew up all the Liberal Chickens!

For more information see IMAO, Captain's Quarters, and Freedom Dogs

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1 I was just reading through that comments thread and saw your name.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 30, 2006 02:35 AM (QddTL)

2 Very cool!

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1. Were you named after anyone?
Yes. For My father and my mother's friend who died

2. Do you wish on stars?
Absolutely.  When I see them.

3. Do you like your hand writing?
Hell yeah.  I'm the only one who can read it.  That's cool.

4. What is your favorite meat?
Pig: barbecue (Eastern NC, please) or roasted or carnitas

5. What is the most embarrassing CD on your shelf?
Hmmm, I don't know about the CDs, but I do have Backstreet Boys and N*Sync on my iPod

6. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you?
Yep.  I give nice presents

7. Are you a daredevil?
As if.

8. When was the last time you cried?
This morning, reading this.

9. Did you ever tell a secret you weren't supposed to?
Yeah, but only good secrets, like if somebody is pregnant or has a great new job.

10. How do you release anger?
Turning up the volume, flinging inanimate objects.

11. Where is your second home?
At my Mommy's house

12. Do you trust others easily?
Yes. Unless I feel creepy about people.  I generally have a pretty good radar for assholes and thugs.

13. What class in college do you think is totally useless?
Useless for me:  Game Theory.  UGH.   Useless in general?  PE.  Christ, if you aren't physically active by the time you graduate HS, why bother?

14. Have you ever been in a mosh pit?
Not in a "real" one

15. What do you look for in a guy?
Consideration, Good sense of humor, loyalty, cute ass

16. Would you do a bungee jump?
HAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.  No.  or parachute either.  But I would go parasailing or hang-gliding....

17. What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
Peppermint or Cookies and Cream.  Both together is even better.

18. What is your least favorite thing?
Snakes.

19. How many people do you have a crush on right now?
Just one.  He knows who he is.

20. What do you miss most right now?
Free time.

21. What are you listening to right now?
The lab tech running some experiments in the main lab

22. What is the weather like right now?
Cloudy and 65.  Probably gonna rain

23. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Our business manager

24. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Eyes and Smile

25.Favorite drink non-alcoholic?
Dr. Pepper

26.Favorite alcoholic drink?
Cosmopolitan.  I'm a big cranberry fan

27. Haircolor?
Brown, tending to Auburn

28. Eyecolor?
Brown/Green Hazel

29. Wear contacts?
Yep.  24/7/365

30. Last movie you watched?
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

31. Favorite day of the year?
Christmas!

32. How many people have a crush on you right now?
At least one.  At least he better

33. Scary movies or happy endings?
Happy endings.   I don't have time to waste on downers.  I have been known to throw a novel across a room when I dislike the ending or the character I like best gets killed off.

34. Summer or winter?
Fall.  But I love winter.  Bring  on the cold.

35. What book/magazine are you reading at the moment?
Trying to start Freakonomics

36. What's on your mouse pad?
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger

37. What did you watch on TV last night?
Dog the Bounty Hunter, TAR, Top Chef

37.Favorite Smell?
Baby powder, Chanel 22, roses, orange blossoms, freash baked bread

38. Do you regret ever breaking up with someone?
Maybe a little.  Only because I should have done it sooner.

39.Favorite actor/actress?
Hmmm.... I don't have one where I go "I must see X because so-and-so is in it"...

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1 Thanks for sharing what made you cry. I cried as well.

Posted by: Brad Bass at April 27, 2006 02:32 PM (O3JzM)

2 I've been robbed!! But seriously, I clicked over to what made you cry and wow. I can see why. I got teared up too... Men of that caliber amaze me.

Posted by: Richmond at April 27, 2006 02:48 PM (e8QFP)

3 Wow, I could pretty much just copy this exactly and post it on my site except for just a couple of quesitons. Very funny!

Posted by: Sissy at April 27, 2006 07:04 PM (gCk3+)

4 I was doing okay until I read "Thank you God for letting us have a lifetime of memories and a new day every day to remember him". Aw.../sniffle What do you mean you like winter? You don't get any cold weather in CA!! ;-) tee-hee.

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from the Displaced Southerner..

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