Let’s face it, I have no friggin’ clue who reads this stuff, or if I have readers at this here point. I have a stats page, which I check now and then and note that “readership” seems to be going up. But when I dig into said stats, it appears that many of my readership seem to stop by for a few seconds to attempt to leave spam in the comments before leaving. Or, they’re using an image from here as an avatar at MyDumbass or PrincessMarySueFanfic.com There are at least one or two of you, because you comment, and…
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Officials criticize ‘Hooters for Neuters’ – Yahoo! News LOS ANGELES – Several city officials on Tuesday sharply criticized a planned bikini contest to raise money for spaying pets, saying the “Hooters for Neuters” event was degrading to women. Unacceptable! Incredibly offensive! And completely degrading to OWLS, too!
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All in all, it was a perfect day here in Suburbia Nervosa. I had friends who were going to be at the Pirate Fest in Port Washington, WI, so my husband David and I had decided to drive up for a few hours. Since getting an early start wasn’t all that necessary, we lolled around drinking coffee, listening to the Saturday lineup on WBEZ (naturally, we listened to WWDTM) and eventually gathered a few odds and ends that included cameras, hats, sunscreen… and books. One of my friends is a writer and would be signing copies of his latest book…
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I rarely, rarely listen to the radio of an evening anymore, but for reasons that’ll become evident in the next post, I’m listening to WBEZ tonight. At the moment, the show that’s on is called Sound Opinions. The two hosts discuss rock music and pop and usually have guests on where they talk about music, play a few songs, and give a lot of in depth background on today’s best new and veteran artists. Tonight’s program is about the genre of “Rock En Espanol,” and the guest was mentioning various bands, including one from Argentina that he thought was one…
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I know that the gen on Bad Wolf is out there on the web – we’re hooked on the new incarnation of Doctor Who these days, and we’ve been managing to avoid spoilage up til now. There are some things I do know, and so I’m not happy to see the end of Series One, but then on the other hand, the previews for the 2nd part of the series final. Oh, and I loves me some old-school Evil Adversaries. All the hints throughout this season seem to be about to bear fruit. Shiny, menacing, electrically charged fruit.
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I can’t decide if this is a crazy idea, or yet another Kirk Maneuver; just crazy enough to work: The Seattle Times: Horses can help disabled kids JERUSALEM — The captain who dared to “boldly go where no man has gone before” has targeted a new destination: William Shatner believes he can contribute to Middle East peace by helping disabled children through horseback riding. The former “Star Trek” actor was in Israel on Monday to promote “therapeutic riding.” He hopes to raise $10 million for nearly 30 riding programs in the country. Shatner said that placing injured people on horseback…
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From One Utah � Blog Archive � Police Aren’t Perfect Police aren’t perfect, but this cop comes close to winning the ingenuity award. A driver did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman behind him went ballistic, pounding on her horn and screaming in frustration as she missed her chance to drive through the intersection with him. Still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her…
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NPR : Verdi’s Requiem Revived as WWII Tribute I heard my friend Debbie singing on the radio the other morning… she’s one of the musicians that performed this piece! When she told me about the project I was so thrilled for her, because she’s had some amazing performance opportunities with the Washington Chorus, and this one just gave me chills when she told me about it. According to the NPR story we heard Monday morning, they performed Verdi’s Requiem (AKA, the Defiant Requiem) on Sunday in the Terezin concentration camp (she tells me the performance space had been an old…
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Dog has his day despite tragedy | Chicago Tribune HONOLULU — Duane “Dog” Chapman, star of A&E’s reality show “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” has married his longtime sidekick, Beth Smith. The sunset ceremony on the Big Island took place Saturday, a day after the death of Chapman’s daughter. Barbara Katy Chapman, 23, was killed in a car accident near her home of Fairbanks, Alaska. Okay, first of all, that’s pretty sad. Trainwreck though their lives may be, losing a child on is bad enough, I have to confess that I occasionally watch “Dog The Bounty Hunter.” I know all about…
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