Quickies–Things You Might Have Missed

Why are feet washing ashore in Canada? This is most selfless, sweetest thing I’ve read in quite a while  Good news for children of parents in civil unions I just had to link this quote: “After a decade of commercialisation most GM crops are used for animal feed, not food; they do not yield more than conventional crops;…

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I don’t know what’s dumber: being asked to remove your transformers t-shirt in order to fly, or not knowing what transformer is on said t-shirt.  Boosting McCain’s vote the old-fashioned way: by marginalizing the rights of a group of people. I wouldn’t consider this much of a story, since they were going to jump anyway,…

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Obama-the next Roosevelt?  🙄  I do not want to hear about him carrying a big stick. How to waste an afternoon: reading a topix thread, specifically this one– California Schools “Indoctrinate” Children with Pro-Gay Messages.  Click if you want to read accusations of NAMBLA affiliation, indoctrinating children to go suck people off, etc.  Lovely, enlightened…

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Did you catch the video of Bill O’Reilly losing it?  What a potty-mouth.  Well, he’s not alone.  Damn, this is depressing: I was born horse-crazy and always owned at least one from the age of 14 until I was 72 and the last resident of our little equine nursing home died of old age.  We have…

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The Geekiest Wedding Proposal Ever— Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li’s favorite video game, “Bejeweled,” so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a certain score. (I can’t wait to see how they conceive a child.) It may not be officially a recession by definition (yet), but things…

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Well, this looks fun: Hellboy II: The Golden Army.  Site here.  Trailer here.  Now here’s something you’ll only click on once.  (Hope you’re not eating!) This makes me feel a little better: You Are 28% Cynical Generally you give people the benefit of the doubt. But there are exceptions.You buy into many of the things…

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Botox May Move From Face To Brain (Although whether anyone who injects botulism into their face actually has a brain in the first place may be up to debate . . .) I’m currently reading both Duma Key by Stephen King (and it appears to be one of his best works to date, truly) and ME2…