As per Wonkette: Affleck and Bush Go Head to Head. She calls photos of pols and wonks holding up young sproggen “baby-eating contests.” Makes sense. However, we childfree types have been eating babies for years. And trading recipes. Ah, the good old days, I remember reading that when it was fresh and new.
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BARTLETT — A Bartlett couple were charged with felony forgery after their daughter was caught Sunday trying to use fake tickets for rides at a carnival, authorities said. In a generous move, they had distributed free tickets to 20 needy children. Yes, charity begins at home – with a color printer and some card stock.
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You have to read the whole thing to get the full-bore comedy gold: Selling Son’s Beloved Play Station 2 For Punishment! The funny part to me is not that the kid broke something they had up for auction on eBay or that he drank some beer and wine, but that the parent is more upset about the cost of the stuff he broke/consumed more than the fact that he swilled as much booze as he could get his 13-year old, 6’3″ mitts on. And I see the problem with that, don’t you? It’s good to be childfree.
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We went with Steve to the big new Meijer store near us, because he thought it would be neat and cool and would have a difficult to find product he’d been looking for. I told him I thought it was more of a cross between a really big Target and Sears with a grocery store on one side. And that when I’d been there before, it seemed like a lot of tacky people and their badly behaved kids seemed to congregate there. Well, for once, I was right. I am so rarely right where Steve is concerned. He called later…
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A long-planned hike to Starved Rock today nearly came to naught because I, unlike Ronnie, am not the Great Communicator. However, we made it to the park and hiked, which consisted mostly of walking up and down stairs and along boardwalks. There are normal trails also, but the area is underlain by a layer of soft sandstone that erodes VERY easily, so the high-traffic areas are boarded. We met up with Steve and drove down to Starved Rock to join Jill and her friend Gina. I screwed up by not checking directly with Steve to be clear on a change…
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cow orker n. [Usenet] n. fortuitous typo for co-worker, widely used in Usenet, with perhaps a hint that orking cows is illegal. This term was popularized by Scott Adams (the creator of Dilbert) but already appears in the January 1996 version of the scary devil monastery FAQ. There are plausible reports that it was in use on talk.bizarre as early as 1992. Compare hing, grilf, filk, newsfroup. There are co-workers and cow-orkers. I work with both types. Many of the latter are parents and think that everything that their child produces is interesting. I beg to differ. It’s difficult to…
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But the woman’s family are insisting that the militiamen will continue to occupy the hospital until they are compensated for the removal of her womb. The family is demanding 50 camels, which is the traditional Somali compensation offered for the death of a woman. The woman’s family say she is as good as dead because she can no longer bear children. This has been bothering me all day. I realize that this woman comes from a traditional culture, in a place where survival is everything. She would have died had a doctor at a free clinic in Mogadishu not removed…
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You know, for a hotel/motel that seems to cater to the outdoorsy/mountainbike/cool dude demographic, there sure seem to be a lot of screaming kids and barking dogs. There’s a big deposit for pets in the room, which someone seems to have paid, and I’m not sure but I think the screaming kids and barking dog are all in the room next to us, which adjoins ours and thus has no soundproofing to speak of owing to the connecting door. All I’m saying is there’s a whole lot of squabbling, screaming, and barking going on. David says they’re in one of…
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And finally, because I was fooling around with Elements just now, here’s the diaper cake that my niece and sister took to a baby shower a few weeks ago when we were visiting in March. I’m sorry, I’m just really glad to be childfree when I consider that people actually spend time and creativity and thinking up gifts like this… and giving them. I mean, really. Ewww. On one level, it’s really cute and quite pretty, and and a clever way to give a practical gift. On another, let’s all dress up the poop and pretend it doesn’t stink. It’s…
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Or, Don’t Mess With Texas: Yahoo! News – Jury Acquits Texas Mother Who Killed Sons What is it about Texas, religious mania, and murderous moms, anyway? Sheesh, glad I’m right out of the running.