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Bias? Really?

I was clicking through some news links a friend on Twitter sent me a couple of days back, and I came upon a headline that read: “I thought I died’: Vic of savage gay-bias attack speaks out.” That link led me to the article (one the same NY Daily News) which was more sensibly titled: ‘I thought I died’: Gay man Jack Price, beaten in Queens, talks about attack. There’s not...

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Trashy Romance

You know, I was raised by a particularly intelligent woman.  And I’m not just saying that because she sometimes reads this blog either.  She already knows it, and false modesty isn’t a sin in which she partakes.  This, by the way, is the disclaimer part of the post.  I do it often.  You’d think that being bitter for so long I’d have ceased to care who I offend, but it just...

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Spontaneity Gets Tougher

Remember how when you were 19 you could hop in a car and drive for 16 hours and arrive at your destination feeling maybe slightly tired and jazzed from too many soft drinks and fast food, but generally okay? 20 years later and hopping on a plane for a quick visit to ailing parents (it used to be a desperate need to be on a beach, or shopping that would make me drop everything and go, but no more) turned...

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No hugging, dammit!

I thought this story was the perfect example of people who get so wrapped up in the rules of life that they completely throw common sense out the window:  Girls Get Detention for Hugging . MASCOUTAH, Ill. – Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter. The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displays of affection when she hugged two friends...

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Mommybloggers and Menstruation

WARNING: If you are a man, a mommyblogger, and/or of delicate nature, you may wish to avert your eyes now. In fact, I’m even going to add a “more” tag to this, because I’d hate to think you got blindsided with details that might upset the balance of your life. I swore I’d never post about ooky things, like diapers and diarrhoea, and as far as I’m concered, menstruation...

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I’m Just Kidding….

I can’t stand it when people pretend to be nice when they’re not. You can spot these people easily on the Internet because they soften caustic phrases with things like: j/k (a lazy assed way of saying “I’m just kidding.”) Don’t take this the wrong way but…. I mean that in the nicest way. Fuck that. Just kidding? No you weren’t. “I’d love to...

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Parental Lies and BS

As kids we get told a lot of lies, and we don’t have the wherewithall to sift the BS from reality.  Of course, I’ve known a lot of adults with this particular handicap too, but that’s beside the point.  The truly scary thing is, when we become parents, we often spout the same nonsense. “Chewing gum stays in your digestive system for seven years.”  Chewing gum stays in your...

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Day off for Citizenship

Today I have to study for my Britishness Test.  Which, erm, I take this afternoon.  I’m relying mostly on the fact that I like taking tests, but I suppose this isn’t going to be like the ‘How Emo Are You’ myspace poll quiz thingmy. Therefore, there will be no bitter rants today. Okay except one.  I’d love for the current MP’s to take this damned test.  If they...

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Stinkin’ Smoking Ban, Dammit

When visiting MAD KANE recently, I read this article about how Brits smell WORSE when they aren’t smoking.  Seriously.  She wrote a limerick about it that shouldn’t be missed. Artificial scents are set to be pumped into British pubs to mask the smell of stale beer, sweat and other odours previously camouflaged by cigarette smoke, a newspaper reports. Mitchells and Butlers, which runs about...

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Paying the Dumbass Tax

All I have to say about this article is that the guy was a total freaking moron.  The fact that he responds by wanting to sue (read:blame) someone else, just shows that he deserves what he’s getting. A Texas man is suing 1-800-Flowers for $1 million, saying the company is to blame for his pending divorce. After Leroy Greer’s wife filed for divorce in January 2006, he began seeing another woman...