No girlz allowed ….

With Superbowl Sunday coming up, I’m bracing myself for indecency again. No, not Janet’s breast (proving once and for all that she and Michael are not the same person) or Nelly’s itchy penis (hmm … is Tinactin his sponsor?), but the erectile dysfunction commercials. All those “subtle” messages from the aging quarterback who can’t get [...]

Shameless

Main Entry: shame·less Pronunciation: ‘shAm-l&s Function: adjective 1 : having no shame : insensible to disgrace 2 : showing lack of shame : DISGRACEFUL See also: Catholic Diocese of Spokane Facing $76 million in claims for sexual abuse by its priests, the Catholic Diocese of Spokane met its moral responsibility last month by filing bankruptcy [...]

Ain’t that a shame

Main Entry: shame Pronunciation: ‘shAm Function: noun 1 a : a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety b : the susceptibility to such emotion 2 : a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute : IGNOMINY 3 a : something that brings censure or reproach; also : something to be regretted Shame [...]

Author Intrusion

I started reading Michael Connelly’s The Narrows this weekend. I’ve been a Connelly fan since The Concrete Blonde and Black Ice, so I opened this one with much anticipation, knowing that it would be in intersecting sequel to both The Poet and Blood Work. You may be aware that Blood Work was made into a [...]

Book-a-minute ….

Link of the day: Book-a-minute An excerpt: A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens Ultra-Condensed by Samuel Stoddard and David J. Parker ——————————————————————————– Ebenezer Scrooge Bah, humbug. You’ll work thirty-eight hours on Christmas Day, keep the heat at five degrees, and like it. Ghost of Jacob Marley Ebenezer Scrooge, three ghosts of Christmas will come and [...]

The other side of the story ….

There’s been a lot of yakking lately about Wal-Mart’s attempt to clean up its image with a positive public relations site. I can’t say I blame them. What began as a home-grown discount store has become the modern Monster In The Closet invoked to frighten small town businesses and the at-large liberal citizenry across the [...]

They start young ….

My almost-15-year-old son informs he has a new “hook.” Did you know Tony spelled backwards is Y NOT?

Just for fun ….

As a web designer, I love to surf and browse the Net like as if it were an art gallery. Every one in awhile I run across something so unusual that I have to tell somebody about it. That happened this morning, while cruising BlogSisters‘ links list. Check out Annezca. Visually, it’s a treasure. I’m [...]

Spring Cleaning ….

It’s that time of year again. Let’s start with your monitors. Click here.

Yes, we have priorities ….

With the national debt spiraling out of control, the Bush Administration has finally come up with some fiscal restraint measures. To keep costs down, the Veterans Administration is putting an end to “double dipping” by wounded war vets by charging them for meals while patients at Walter Reed Medical Center. Salon Magazine writer Mark Benjamin [...]

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