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January 2009



Mush Mouth

Saturday, 31 January 2009 12:01 P GMT-05
Lately, while listening to radio and TV, I've heard a lot of poor enunciations.  Following are some recent examples I've noted. "Vunnabel" for vulnerable"Ess-spression" for expression"Tearist" for terrorist.

Coming Full Circle

Friday, 30 January 2009 2:17 P GMT-05
01:09, 2009-Jan-30 .. Posted in history .. 0 comments .. Link The other day, a lover and I were having an odd conversation about the history of women's underwear, when I learned that women didn't wear any sort of bottoms at all until the 19th

Customer Service Rant

Tuesday, 27 January 2009 3:20 P GMT-05
Last month, I opened my bill from Circuit City to find I'd been slapped with a 35 dollar late fee.  The bill showed that my payment had been credited to my account one day after the due date. Never mind the fact that I'd paid the bill on
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Clashing Sexual Desires

Monday, 26 January 2009 9:28 P GMT-05
In a recent Alternet article, Are Male Fantasies of "Girl-on-Girl" Action Messing with Women's Sexuality? by Simcha, the author explores the dilemma of differing sexual fantasies and fetishes among couples and the difficulties of resol

Quotes and Comments

Sunday, 25 January 2009 2:03 P GMT-05
Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.--E. Joseph CossmanWhen the car is worth anything, the bank owns most of it.  When you own it, it's not worth anything. The modern conservative is engaged

50 Facts About President Obama

Saturday, 24 January 2009 1:19 A GMT-05
He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics. He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball. His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp ling

My Inauguration Memory

Tuesday, 20 January 2009 8:31 P GMT-05
On January 20, 1973, I was a high school freshman, and I was in Washington DC to march with my high school band in the Inaugural Parade for the second term of Richard Nixon.Two bands from each state were chosen for this parade and mine was honored to

Inappropriate Government Meddling

Monday, 19 January 2009 7:03 P GMT-05
Four years ago, Rebecca Witt and Gary Johnson became the parents of a little girl.  The cost of the baby's birth were covered by Medicaid.  Since that time, the hospital has demanded that Johnson repay the $3,800 cost of the birth. 

Happy Thesaurus Day

Sunday, 18 January 2009 1:12 P GMT-05
Today is Thesaurus Day. Which word do you wish people would replace with a synonym so that you'd hear less of it?  That's an easy one.The overused word of the decade is:  IMPACTThat is, when the word impact is used to mean &quo

Experience is a Good Thing

Saturday, 17 January 2009 2:31 P GMT-05
Today, Alternet featured an article, Worried About Your Partner's Bedpost Notches? Get Over It by John DeVore, which covered the issue of men marrying women who have had more sexual partners than they've had.   DeVore took the posit

Finally, A Hero

Friday, 16 January 2009 1:17 P GMT-05
In a time when most of the news is bad, and in this story when the news could have easily been very bad, we have a hero, a man who lived up to every definition of the word. People say what the pilot, Chesley Sullenberger, did was a miracle. Perhaps s

An Ending

Tuesday, 13 January 2009 12:17 A GMT-05
I've not written about my personal life in quite some time -- I haven't really wanted to.  But I thought it was time for an update.Those of you who have been following my blog for some time know that I have a primary lover, along with se

Conservative Talk Radio vs. The Fairness Doctrine

Monday, 12 January 2009 12:08 A GMT-05
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."--VoltaireYesterday, I wrote an entry ranting about Neal Boortz' elitist attitude toward people needing Section 8 housing. In the same bro

But For the Grace of God, Go I

Sunday, 11 January 2009 2:34 P GMT-05
Last night, while monitoring the Neal Boortz radio show, he went off on a tear about one of his favorite topics: the notion that poor people who accept any sort of government assistance for basic living expenses are nothing but "p

The Later Than Late Route

Friday, 9 January 2009 2:02 P GMT-05
For some strange reason, no matter where I've lived over the course of my life (several locations in five states), wherever I've lived has been, without fail, on what I call the Post Office's "Later Than Late" route.That is, my

There She Goes Again

Thursday, 8 January 2009 2:13 P GMT-05
Ann Coulter is playing the victim card yet again.She was scheduled to appear on the Today show the other day to promote her latest screed of bile, which, considering her latest "poor me" performance, is ironically titled, Guilty: Liberal &l

Arkansas Bans Unmarried Two-Parent Adoptions

Monday, 5 January 2009 9:22 P GMT-05
On this past election day, Arkansas passed a law that went into effect on January 1st.  The law, known as Act 1 reads:Act 1, the Arkansas Unmarried Parent Adoptive Ban: BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS Section 1: Adoption and

Why Sleeping Late Is Good For You

Sunday, 4 January 2009 7:09 P GMT-05
While browsing the net the other day for blogging fodder, I found an article that gave three reasons why sleeping late may be beneficial1. Eight hours of sleep might not be enoughResearch by Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders Center found that peopl

Vacations, Staycations, and Holidays

Friday, 2 January 2009 2:02 P GMT-05
"Occurrences of this word [staycation] are going up with gas prices.'Vacation' does not mean 'travel,' nor does travel always involve vacation. Let's send this word on a slow boat to nowhere." --Dan Muldoon "St

Banned Words of 2009

Thursday, 1 January 2009 2:46 P GMT-05
GREEN – The ubiquitous 'Green' and all of its variables, such as 'going green,' 'building green,' 'greening,' 'green technology,' 'green solutions' and more, drew the most attention from those who


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