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A Quick Note On The Latest Dubya Idiocy
2008-05-15 17:05:00 A recent utterance from President Clueless (from here)?"Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along," the President said to the country's legislative body, "We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is ?- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."The response from Obama (as always, more like this)?"It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 6Oth anniversary of Israel's independence to launch a false political attack. It is time to turn the page on eight years of policies that have strengthened Iran and failed to secure America or our ally Israel. Instead of tough talk and no action, we need to do what Kenne...
Dinosaurs, Man, and Galling?s Hypocrisy of The Bible
2008-05-15 06:17:00 Now look at Peter Galling, one of Ham’s cronies’ playing innocent, engaging in bibliolatry, and being a hypocrite with this new approach to responding to a feedback given by an S.T. from Rockport, Texas and L.B. from a somewhat false location (What false location, Galling?), “We thought we?d try something a little different in this week?s response to feedback. Usually, we select one negative feedback to answer, always looking for an emailer who asks a valid question rather than someone just unloading unsubstantiated claims. Recently, we received two relatively similar emails asking about our contention (or the Bible?s contention, as we argue) that dinosaurs and humans lived at the same time. Both authors write as Christians, so we thought this would be a good opportunity to address the question once again and touch on some of the issues it relates to.” The contention of humans and dinosaurs living at the same time is not of the Bible. It’s all made up b...
Chris Kelly at the Huffington Post Proves that Idiocy is Institutional
2008-05-13 14:47:00 Last week I was reading some of the news stories about Jenna Bush?s wedding and I was appalled by some of the comments written in the response sections. While some people were nice and wished the couple well, many could not resist the opportunity to bring politics into the mix and insult Jenna and her ...
By: Webloggin
On Richie Sexson, Kason Gabbard, And Outright Idiocy
2008-05-09 07:17:00 A few things: ? I try very, very hard to steer clear of personal attacks directed towards anybody associated with the great game of baseball, but I’ll make a special exception in this case. Richie Sexson is a gutless, spineless, piece of trash. Because I am so heated, I’ll allow a (semi)-neutral third party - namely, the ...
Hillary Loans Herself $6.4 Million and Other Campaign Idiocy
2008-05-07 18:06:00 FOX reports that Sen. Hildebeast Clinton loaned herself $6.4 million in the last month to keep her struggling campaign afloat. The pundits are so busy talking about her chances against Obamination that it seems everyone’s missing the most obvious question of all: How in blazes is that bimbo expected to do anything with the ...
By: Euphoric Reality
The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved (Part 10)
2008-05-02 22:26:00 Mirrored here. Ham’s Ideas Solves Not a Dang Thing. Ham says that telling people about the true history of the world and presenting the solution to the world’s problems (his way) is what his book is all about or so he thinks. To tell you the truth, his ideas will solve not a dang thing! Ham’s ideas, ...
Oard?s Frozen Folly
2008-04-30 23:44:00 It’s very easy to think dinosaurs lived only in swamps and in sub-tropical climates as shown in so many illustrations found in popular dinosaur books, posters, and films. But in recent years, since the mid-1980s’, scientists have been making astonishing discoveries of fossil remains of dinosaurs living in areas such as Alaska, Australia, and Antarctica ...
The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved (part 9)
2008-04-30 09:03:00 Mirrored here. More of Ham’s Moral Idiocy Ham then states falsely that the foundations of the gospel is all found in Genesis which is incorrect as stated in part 8 of this article. Ham threatens that if you accept evolution, then you are accepting the concept of millions of years of death, suffering, bloodshed, and disease happening ...
We Told You So?. Another Case of Liberal Idiocy Doing More Harm Than Good
2008-04-27 16:26:00 ?.but you wouldn?t listen. You had to go ahead and do it anyway, and only now, when things are getting serious, are you figuring it out yourself. These are words parents say to teenagers, and conservatives say to liberals. In teenage land, you end up with pregnancies, STDs, and substance abuse. In liberal land, you ...
By: Webloggin
1970's Movie Goer
2008-04-25 14:30:00 Catherine is it again with the Friday Flashback writing prompts.Today's theme is... well... let's just say that Catherine is really pregnant at this point and the theme is something about movies of your youth, the first movie you remember seeing or a movie that moved you as a young person.Something like that anyway.The first movie that came to mind for me was Pete's Dragon.What I remember is the AWESOME soundtrack (heh) and that I had a massive crush on Pete, a dirty faced, red head with masses of freckles.[What was I thinking?]See for yourself.The next film I vividly remember loving was Escape to Witch Mountain.My first thriller![I feel compelled to link to Michael Jackson.][And now, because that is the only youtube version of "Thriller" that I could find, I feel even more compelled to wonder about the racial politics of what I just linked to... the video has running commentary about the song's pop cultural influence provided entirely by white people. Um... hello? How about ...
By: Oh, The Joys
Montreal fans getting bad rap for idiocy of few
2008-04-23 15:37:00 So a few drunken idiots decide to stagger out of Chez Paree, or wherever they were pounding back more than their share of pints Monday night, go on an alcohol-induced vandalism spree and all of a sudden all Montreal supporters are idiots. Wow, you'd think we'd never seen over-zealous, liquored-up celebrations before.As my colleague Rick Couchman pointed out in his own space yesterday, most of the idiots using police cars as firewood after the elimination of the Boston Bruins weren't your prototypical Montreal Canadiens fans rather than drunken jackasses who were just looking for something to do burn. Hardly grounds for labeling an entire city, or at the very least a fanbase, as a bunch of thugs. Then you get a writer from Alberta denouncing the faithful of the bleu, blanc and rouge, throwing them off the moral platform while singing the praises of Calgary's infamous Red Mile.Go figure, the guy isn't even from Calgary.Having someone from Calgary Red Deer give victory celebr...
By: Hockey.com
Getting Organized
2008-04-23 14:18:00 Confused about our upcoming joint-family trip, I called our friend to confirm the dates."What nights are we going to the beach again?" I asked him.He told me, then asked,"Why? What's going on? You guys can still go, right?" "Yes, yes, we can still go, of course. K and I are just sitting here at our desks with our blackberries and our calendars doing a little family planning... you know, getting ready to HAVE SEX." Encapsulated in a split second, I saw the complete performance of a one act play on K's face.First, I saw his total shock, then his mortified embarrassment and, finally, a shrug of acceptance and resignation.He married a shameless clown with no boundaries.What can he do?Meanwhile our friend, knowing the two of us and our propensity to be overly organized, control freaks roared with laughter."That WOULD be foreplay in YOUR house!" he laughed.Oh... oh... oh... you. are. so. ORGANIZED, BAY-BEEEEEEEEEEE! YES!
By: Oh, The Joys
Bambi Jungle Queen
2008-04-22 15:06:00 Reciprocating their hospitality, we invited The Wife Who Snorted (and the rest of the family) to dinner over the weekend.I'm starting to think that snorting might be a theme in our relationship with this couple.During dinner, The Mayor decided to discuss the finer points of the film Bambi with the couple's nine year old son."We have the movie Bambi," he said. "Have you seen it?"The nine year old had not."It's about deer," The Mayor told him."Oh," the nine year old brightened. "Is that like, Bambi, Jungle Queen?"There was a pregnant pause before the snorting started.The Wife Who Snorts somehow managed to say,"Uh, no. Bambi Jungle Queen is a different movie ENTIRELY."Which was followed by uncontrollable grown up snorting and laughter."Why is that so funny?" the children demanded.We couldn't answer them.We were too busy imagining how Thumper might be portrayed in this alternate version of the enduring classic.Bow chicka BAMBI!
By: Oh, The Joys
Oh, My Largess
2008-04-20 02:00:00 I strode through the airport wearing my iPod and listening to my favorite songs on my way to a business meeting in St. Louis last week. I felt an overwhelming benevolence for my fellow humankind. I opened my eyes to the unique, heart-breaking complexity of everyone around me. I found the intrinsic, sometimes hidden, beauty in every face. Then, when my colleague met me at the gate, I took the iPod off and we boarded the plane. A mother and her three year old boy were seated across the aisle from me. Knowing from experience what the mom was going through traveling with him, I thought about helping her out by interacting with the boy. But I realized then that I'm not all that benevolent after all. [I should really keep my iPod ON.]
By: Oh, The Joys
The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved Part 7
2008-04-19 05:37:00 Mirrored here. Alan Feduccia Alan Feduccia is among a very tad few evolutionists out there who do mean well, but they object the notion of birds being descendants of dinosaurs and would rather stick with the orthodox view of birds being descendants of a certain common ancestral reptile, thinking the idea of dinosaurs evolving into birds as ...
Absolut Idiocy
2008-04-15 16:35:00 I'm not so thin-skinned that I don't get the irony here--that I don't understand the appeal that Absolut is trying to bring to Mexican consumers. After all, most Mexicans drink Tequila right? I mean, since Trotsky there haven't been too many other Vodka drinkers down there. But this is still a pretty insulting image to me. The first thing I think of when I see it is not a "perfect world" as the ad men at Absolut were intending. I see California, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and some other US land all suddenly cast into Mexican poverty, under the corrupt reigns of a corrupt quasi-Republic State. The Mexican government has done more to harm its people than anyone here in the States. It's time the protesters stopped protesting U.S. policy (which I'm not a fan of) and started marching in the streets against the Mexican government. Real reform could bring prosperity to Mexico. It is rich in re...
By: Blendwire
Oh, the Geriatric Pele
2008-04-15 14:30:00 This weekend we arranged a play date at the park for The Rooster and one of her friends from daycare.I played soccer with the nine year old brother of Rooster's friend while the other parent watched the girls on the playground.I used to play competitive soccer when I was in elementary and middle school, but I?m pretty sure my last season was when I was in sixth grade.Nevertheless, I was impressed with my speed and agility.[Look at me go!]I kicked the ball with amazing force and precision![I am an Olympic Soccer Super Star!!!]I played so hard and ran so fast that I wore the nine year old out. He got winded and had to quit first.[Ha!]I was feeling really proud of my self and, because I am not very mature, I taunted my nine year old friend.?I a-am faster. I a-am stronger.? I sang while shaking my butt in little victory shimmies.He grinned, rolled his eyes and told me to shut up.However, I am a serious idiot.Oh, my aching HUBRIS!!I am in desperate need of some sort of butt massaging de...
By: Oh, The Joys
The Science of Idiocy
2008-04-15 11:15:00 © %FIRST - get over to the plooptionary for more graphical humour based on the worldwide idiocy pandemic ...
By: plooptionary
Shower Gifts
2008-04-14 16:00:00 When The Mayor was less than a week old, my mom noticed that his inner thighs were completely black and blue. We called the pediatrician and they asked us to bring him in. The intake nurse was pretty disconcerted when she saw his legs. One after another, the pediatricians filed in to have a look. The Mayor seemed fine, didn?t appear to be in any pain and didn?t wince or cry when the black and blue spots were touched. The doctors couldn?t figure out what was wrong with him. This weekend, I went to my friend Tomi?s baby shower. Seeing all the tiny newborn clothes reminded me of The Mayor?s shower, being close to the end of my first pregnancy and being a new mom. I thought about his tiny, little diapers. At the baby shower that my friend Michele threw for me, the guests were given a marker and a stack of newborn diapers. Each guest wrote messages and drew pictures on the diapers so that K and I would be amused during 3:00 a.m. feedings. The diapers were hilarious. They...
By: Oh, The Joys
The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved! (part 5)
2008-04-11 19:48:00 Mirrored here. Ham’s Lie about Dinosaur Diet Page 47 asks, “What did dinosaurs eat, and how did they behave?” Answer: Most dinosaurs were plant-eaters. Others ate meat. The rest ate both. It all depends on the fossil clues left behind by the dinosaurs based on their behavior. This just comes to show just how creationists like Ham go ...
More on the idiocy that is JCAHO (with a little Press-Gainey thrown in)
2008-04-11 04:12:00 A couple of great anti-JCAHO rants today.The first is found at MDOD, 911 Doc you are my hero.Then for a little bit more check out this post at Respiratory Therapy 101.As much as I hate the idiocy that is JCAHO, what really is frightening me is the talk that reimbursements are going to be tied to patient satisfaction scores. I can see how that is going to be..."I want a prescription for Vicodin." says the patient that was in two days ago for the same bullshit complaint. "OK" says the poor doctor who has been threatened with his job if he doesn't keep patient satisfaction scores up.Doctors and nurses will be leaving the profession in droves. Perfect.
By: ERnursey
The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved! (part 4)
2008-04-10 23:16:00 Mirrored here. The Great Dragon Lie The nest question asks, “Is there another word for dinosaurs?” Answer: Except birds, No. No other word for dinosaur has ever existed, except for birds. But Ham, the liar, thinks there is and it’s not “birds” according to him, but dragons. Ham brings on the fabrication about dinosaurs being dragons, not ...
The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved! (part 3)
2008-04-09 07:27:00 Mirrored here. Original Sin Pages 17 and 18, reveals an emotional plea from Ham, where as he invoke Genesis 3:21 in the Bible to justify his drivel, he claims both animal and people death are the result of Adam’s sin and that dinosaurs fossils (let alone other fossils) were not millions of years old because death, disease, ...
Spring Is Worse Than Tequilla
2008-04-09 02:00:00 Driving home from the market tonight, I noticed the scores of spring blossoms flagrantly waving themselves at the passing traffic.Sluts!!All the cars and even the streets themselves were dusted in bright yellow pollen.Oh, what a whorish season!I came to a stop at a red light and looked over at the car next to me.The passenger had these giant, chocolate brown eyes.[Oh, swoon!]He was staring at me in this intense, way. His look seemed so innocent, so full of pure love.I found myself grinning dreamily at him. I might have imagined it, but I think I saw his ears perk up at my smile.The driver, a man who had eyes that matched the passenger's, turned to look into my car.He totally busted me...flirting... with his dog.Oh, saucy season of Spring! What have you done to me?I was left with no choice but to rush home, burst through the door and shout..."Bark like a dog, sweet husband!"[Bow chicka bow wow!]
By: Oh, The Joys
More Idiocy from the Governator
2008-04-05 04:20:00 Oh yeah, and medi-cal reimbursements are going to be delayed, half a month in July and the whole month of August.Since over half of our income comes from Medi-cal payments imagine what that is going to do to our hospital.
By: ERnursey
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2008-04-04 22:00:00 The Rooster has a doll named Baby Stella.She meant to bring it with her to school today, but she forgot.Because I wouldn't go back and get it for her, I had to suffer Tennessee Williams all the way to daycare.Oh. Mah. Got.
By: Oh, The Joys
Oh, The Bovine
2008-04-03 16:30:00 For the last three days I've been facilitating an out of town meeting for work.The participants were bowled over by my facil-ee-tay-shun skillz and could barely contain their enthusiasm for every topic I introduced.They were rapt, rapt I tell you!!The only down side to the beautiful meeting location were the swarms of biting "no see 'ums."I don't know why they're called no see 'ums, I mean, I could TOTALLY SEE 'EM!Anyway, the bugs bit me incessantly.One of the meeting participants (that I had just met) said,"Well there's one in every herd.""Excuse me?" I said."In every herd there's one cow genetically predisposed to attract biting bugs, you know, to keep them away from the other cows. You must be the cow that protects the herd."Um... is it me, or did she just call me a cow?
By: Oh, The Joys
The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved!
2008-04-03 08:19:00 (Mirrored here.) Dinosaurs are the most mysterious of all creatures. All that we have of them is their fossils they left behind when they died out 65 million years ago. Even though, we know so much about dinosaurs, there is much, much more to them that we don’t know about. Such as what color the dinosaurs ...
Advertising idiocy
2008-04-02 02:51:00 When watching anything on surfthechannel you can expect, in the bottom right corner, your typical asinine flash ad. I?d usually avoid having to look at ?tickle the fat kid till he laughs to win an i-pod? or ?dunk cupid? or some other gank by either shrinking my browser or going for the full screen option.The problem lies with two other flash ads that randomly reside in the bottom right corner of doom. Said ads make an annoying error noise every few seconds, seemingly to try and draw your attention. This would be fine, well no it wouldn?t, but I could at least understand the peon thinking behind it if it wasn?t overlooking the fatal floor that this is a video site! People come here to watch videos and inherently these include sound, as in people talking, errrrrrr.So with much irritation and a swift refresh, you pray to land on a flash ad that?s slightly less evil on the roulette wheel of shit.
By: I'm not dead
Saving Stuff
2008-03-28 15:30:00 Do you ever think about what you would rescue if you woke up in the middle of the night and the house was on fire?It's morbid, I know, but I think about it sometimes.Hmmm.... what would I save?[This assumes The Mayor, The Rooster and K are all completely safe already, of course.]Would it be a quilt that my Granny made?A vanity cabinet that my grandfather built?My Preppy Handbook diary from High School?[Ugh! No! Come to think of it, I should burn that diary this afternoon!]Just one thing?Ack!There are too many things attached to too many memories.I try remember that it's all "just stuff" but it is hard.Maybe I should ask my brain to go easy on me and, when it wakes me in the middle of the night, ask me something simple like,"What wouldn't you put in your YMCA locker (which you NEVER lock) because you would be totally bummed to lose it?"[Oh, the frivilous questions that are easily answered!!]The Frye boots that I have always been too cheap practical to buy... but found (brand new ...
By: Oh, The Joys
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Blog Post
2008-03-27 14:00:00 Come to the dark side, Luke!" K said, channeling James Earl Jones."Don't listen to him, Luke!" I urged.Organizing his own entertainment for the morning commute, The Mayor assigned the role of Darth Vader to K and the role of Red Darth Vader to me.[You haven't heard of Red Darth Vader? Me neither.]Black Darth Vader urged Luke (a.k.a. The Mayor) to become evil while Red Darth Vader encouraged him to resist and remain true to the Jedi."It's much harder to be good," Red Darth Vader reminded Luke.The Mayor weighed his options and PLAYED the two adult Vaders.[Who were, perhaps, a little too into the game. What's that about?!!]While K and I play-debated the virtues of good vs. evil, The Rooster quietly ate dry breakfast cereal in her car seat.Just as we were dropping K at the commuter rail station she piped up and, in her most sweet and innocent voice, said..."Mommy and Daddy, I am on the dark side."Hearing my baby girl swear allegiance to the dark side sent a chill down my spine.Not...
By: Oh, The Joys
The Morning After "The Fire"
2008-03-14 14:00:00 Catherine and Tracey asked me to take a photo of myself first thing in the morning and publish it here.Ho-kay.Here it is...Oh, dat's right.Firefighters are the new Park Rangers, baby!National Park Rangers are so last year.[Snap!]For more of the hot wimmins in their first-thing-in-the-morning glory, clickity click here:HBMSweetneyBreed 'Em & WeepMissus MamaloguesMrs. FlingerMs. MotherBumperIzzyOTJAnyone can participate in this theme post. All you are asked to do is copy the list of participants and add it to the bottom of your post -- and don't forget to add yourself!
By: Oh, The Joys
Beady Eyed Peeps & The Bad Bunny Anthology
2008-03-13 14:00:00 The ransom note came home yesterday."Deliver the plastic eggs filled with candy or live with the shame of your performance as a mother forever!!!"It's time to buy the effing school egg hunt supplies again.[Week after week, it's always something... cupcakes, valentines, craptastic plastic something or other...]Now I have make a trip to the Whale*Mart and brave the aisle full of scary peeps.[Is it just me or are peeps a little menacing?]In fact, Smilin' Mighty Jeebus and his risen-ness aside, the whole holiday is a little freaky.It's not just the peeps, the bunnies are scary too.What? You don't agree?"Judge, I submit my evidence..."Ninja BunnyVampire BunnyBunzillaBunzilla's Cousin EarlThe Dread Pirate RabbitsCarnivorous, Man-Eating Bunny #1Carnivorous, Man-Eating Bunny #2 Carnivorous, Man-Eating Bunny #3 Carnivorous, Man-Eating Bunny #4 Carnivorous, Man-Eating Bunny #5 Carniverous, Man-Eating Bunny #6 Ghost Bunny "I rest my case!"Good dog! [And even so, still I must brave ...
By: Oh, The Joys
In Fact I Hang Out with My Best Friend's Husband
2008-03-11 19:00:00 Okay, okay.So I?m a hypocrite and a liar.I said I wouldn?t / don?t / won?t hang out with your husband, right?Well, mea culpa.K was out of town for the weekend, so what did I do?I went and got all WILD with some husbands.I ran into my friend Michele's husband and their children at the park.Aaron had given Michele the afternoon off and was at the playground with another Dad and his kids.[Count with me now... one, two. Two dads.]When I overheard Aaron ask the other Dad if he wanted to mojametize to a local Mexican restaurant for dinner, do you know what I said?Was it,?May I join you??Nope.Was it,?Would you mind if I tagged along??Nope.Was it,?I?ll go.?Bingo.[Shameless HUSSY!!!]Aaron looked at me oddly.?What? What is it?? he said.He thought I said his son's name and scanned the playground for him.?I'll go to the restaurant,? I repeated.?Oh! Okay!? he said, trying to hide his surprise.It was Sunday night, K's plane was delayed, I'd been on my own with the short and loud people for...
By: Oh, The Joys
Ask For What You Need (Nicely)
2008-03-10 20:20:00 K asks for an apology when he needs one.Instead of letting hurts fester until they stink, K will say,?I really need you to apologize for [ABC] because it made me feel like [EFG].?Early on my reaction was either surprise because I didn?t realize he was upset or shame because I knew I had been a jerk and had let it slide.Either way, I always found it easy to fall all over myself apologizing.I used to wonder how satisfying it could be to receive an apology that you requested as opposed to an unsolicited one, but over time I have noticed that when people are asked to apologize they generally give dramatic performances in the over-apology category.In the end, the asking can get you what you need.Over the years, K has has tried to teach me to ask for apologies when I need them, but I am not so seasoned.None of these attempts worked at all??You are a TOTAL ass. I'd like you to apologize to me for that.??You cut me off at the intersection, Hairweed! Apologize for the way you drive!!??Pleas...
By: Oh, The Joys
Odd Faith (with lots of parenthesis)
2008-03-06 04:00:00 I read (somewhere) about a new book coming out that suggests (something along the lines of) ?embracing melancholy.?I think I read about it in the Sunday paper, but I can?t remember?I never read ALL the words in the newspaper (there are so many), so I can?t be totally sure, but I think the general theme of this book (if it was a book) was that we (the people) spend too much energy trying to maintain a perpetual state of happiness when instead we should be gettin? all jiggy with the less appealing emotions.The (alleged) article that I (may have) read (on Sunday or some other day) suggested that having an intimate relationship with melancholy?[See what I mean about the jiggy?]Where was I?Apparently, (according to some rilly important author whose name I can't remember) having an intimate relationship with melancholy is precisely what enables us to experience pure joy which (kicks the ass of and) goes way beyond regular, garden-variety, happiness.At the time (whatever time it was) I di...
By: Oh, The Joys
Idiots and Idiocy
2008-03-02 15:03:00 by Akiva at Mystical PathsForgive me for a moment while I resume my political ranting, for I can barely believe the idiocy and can barely restrain my words...- UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon says, "While recognizing Israel's right to defend itself, I condemn the disproportionate and excessive use of force that has killed and injured so many civilians, including children. I call on Israel to cease such attacks. Israel must fully comply with international humanitarian law and exercise the utmost restraint. Incidents in which civilians have been killed or injured must be investigated and accountability must be ensured."As I've stated before, I AGREE with this type of statement. Israel's response should be proportionate, it should prepare 90 anti-personnel artillery shells (the number fired at Israeli civilians in the last 3 days) and fire them directly at Gaza civilian targets. THAT would be proportionate!Instead, Israel carefully targets enemy soldiers and weapons depots and su...
By: Mystical Paths
Hit List: Plenty of idiocy to go around
2008-02-29 16:41:00 Sell the naming rights to Wrigley Field? The Cubs owner said he wouldn’t hesitate, and that lands him on Kevin Hench’s Hit List. Read the full story.
By: MLB News Blog
15 Minutes
2008-02-27 14:26:00 A while back I complained (repeatedly) about The Mayor?s tantrums and one commentor wrote to me about the idea of ?special time? ? - specifically finding a way to give your child at least 15 minutes of your undivided attention each day. Fifteen minutes doesn?t sound like a lot but, admittedly, it?s been hard for K and I to figure out how to do this. Work days are a mad rush out the door in the morning and then when we get home at night we're in a desperate hurry to get dinner made and eaten, short and loud people washed, jammies on, stories read...Sound familiar? Yesterday we decided to try the ?special time? thing but we didn't explain what we were doing to The Mayor or The Rooster to be sure we didn't set up expectations we can?t consistently fulfill. [Kind of like our commitment to meditate on a regular schedule. Har har har!] When we arrived home we dropped our stuff and started the clock.The Mayor led K in a complicated game of his own design which involved a t-rex, pir...
By: Oh, The Joys
Home On The Range
2008-02-26 20:20:00 Violent, powerful storms blew through my town so suddenly this morning that 100,000 people lost power.It was hilarious, in its own ironic way, to try to complete the morning routine ? getting the children dressed, groomed and out the door- by candle and lantern light.But we did it.Actually leaving the house on time I felt a bit smug and thought,"This afternoon I'll churn my own butter and then shoot a rabbit for dinner!"Easy peasy.[I look fat photoshopped in buckskin. Who knew?]
By: Oh, The Joys
In An Emergency, Sip Tea!
2008-02-19 20:20:00 There was a weird sort of siren wailing in the distance. ?That?s an odd sounding ambulance,? I thought, "it sounds like it's standing still. I wonder why doesn?t it seem to get any closer or further away.? My mother and I continued sipping our tea. All the blinds in the house were open and we chatted away without really noticing the heavy rain.All of a sudden lightening lit up the house. The thunder chased after it, rolling its heavy body across the roof and shaking the windows in their frames. ?That was close!? my mom said, taking another sip of tea. The wind howled angrily and then suddenly the world became strangely quiet. The sky outside looked oddly green. When I answered the ringing telephone it was K calling from the library where he had gone with the kids. ?We?ve been sequestered to the library basement,? he said. ?What?? I asked, confused. ?There?s a tornado warning, Jess. You and your mom may want to go down to the basement or at least turn on the radio to find...
By: Oh, The Joys
Video: Berkeley city council idiocy
2008-02-17 08:09:00 You won’t believe what this guy says… How did he get his job? He sounds like a code-pink communist moron. Check it out ---Related Articles at Infidels Are Cool:Al-Sadr Back In IraqIran seeks to join UN Security CouncilTwo “middle eastern” men caught with explosives near US Naval Base *update*Condemning Rush Limbaugh non-statement; idiocy beyond comprehension
This Week's Recorded Idiocy
2008-02-11 02:44:00 I’ve discovered I can fly! I am flying now. After a lifetime of fear, it turns out that none of my inadequacies matter. I soar over and under the backs of clouds. [This post is an excerpt from Diary of a Heretic, the novel. Click here to read the first episode, or here to read the previous one.] The New C. of C. convened. The shop was packed. I wavered, cold and numb, on a ledge. The crowd below blurred to a pattern of colors; their voices rose, then fell silent. I took a breath, my mind shut down—and I jumped. But instead of plummeting, I floated. My hands fluttered and words spun from my mouth in fanciful loops. I’m not sure how long I spoke or what I said. But it seemed natural, or no, supernatural. As if the reason I was born really was to say what I said! Who would have guessed? Well, Carlos. Carlos guessed against the odds. I mean, what could be more unlikely? Coax me from the boat and I’ll walk on water. Toss me off a cliff and I’ll sprout wings. Shove m...
One Way to Hold Their Attention
2008-02-07 03:30:00 I am weary.I spent the last three days facilitating a meeting in my fancy business clothes trying to seem professional and knowledgeable.Oh, the facilitator! She's in charge! She's smooth!But, wait! What's this?Oops!She cheated on the stockings part of her outfit and... DOH!Every time she stood up her knee-high hoisery dropped and pooled at her ankles.
By: Oh, The Joys
Petition to Block Creationist Idiocy in Florida
2008-02-03 15:38:00 Panda's Thumb has posted a link to an online petition sponsored by Florida Citizens for Science in an effort to maintain pressure on Florida's Board of Education to adopt the new proposed science standards. This is important because efforts are underway to dilute the science standards with creationist idiocy. Thanks to Panda's Thumb for helping to publicize this important issue.Tags: science education, Florida, creationism, petition, activism, education
Jon Stewart Mocks The Idiocy Of CNN
2008-02-01 20:28:00 One day Wolf Blitzer is just going to snap and kill Stewart.
By: B4U India
John Stewart Mocks The Idiocy Of CNN
2008-02-01 20:28:00 One day Wolf Blitzer is just going to snap and kill Stewart.
By: B4U India
Sandbox Idiocy
2008-02-01 06:43:00 (Artist credit: Jim Warren) I've had my hands full with the foster puppy, so I haven't been online much the last few days. We've also got a winter storm bearing down on us and it's snowing as I write this. The fortunate thing about NW Ohio is that a lot of the worst storms pass either above or under us, so we don't get it nearly as bad (usually) as say, places like Chicago, Detroit, or Boston. Still, it's been bitterly cold with an awful wind the last few days. Our garbage cans got strewn all over the neighborhood and I had to resort to taking the dogs out two at a time given how nuts the weather has been. Being from the left coast (which has much milder weather, unless you're in the mountains) I still haven't gotten used to the longer cold Midwest winters. Personally, I can't wait for spring to arrive. The last time I checked for updates on the whaling situation, Greenpeace had announced they were leaving the Southern Ocean to return to Melbourne, and then going...
AiG’s Bird-Brained Idiocy
2008-01-23 06:33:00 It is very foolish to rely on the Bible for answers to everything the book is entirely neutral of concerning science, computers, chemistry, space aliens, UFOs, life on other planets, evolution, and especially dinosaurs. Biblical literalists, including young earth creationists like David Menton, however, don't know better. Always when it comes to science and dinosaurs do creationists claimed the bible for answers to, yet there's none found in there. But that doesn't stop them from distorting the bible to make it as if it does have all the answers to everything concerning dinosaurs, science, chemistry, and evolution while ignoring the fact that the bible never said anything about them to begin with. The latest in Menton's dino-size toiletry involve his reaction to the concept of dinosaurs evolving into birds and his efforts to discredit them by misrepresenting Alan Feduccia, a dino-bird critic who believes that birds evolve from a reptilian ancestor outside Dinosauria, and by indu...
AiG?s Bird-Brained Idiocy
2008-01-23 06:30:00 It is very foolish to rely on the Bible for answers to everything the book is entirely neutral of concerning science, computers, chemistry, space aliens, UFOs, life on other planets, evolution, and especially dinosaurs. Biblical literalists, including young earth creationists like David Menton, however, don’t know better. Always when it comes to science and dinosaurs ... |
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