My Liberal Identity:

I Don't Feel Like Blogging Today

Friday, 29 June 2007 3:03 A GMT-05

...so, I'll leave you with a few online quizzes. Feel free to post your results to any or all these quizzes in the comment box. You Are Midnight You are more than a little eccentric, and you're apt to keep very unusual habits. Whethe

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Elizabeth Edwards vs Ann Coulter

Thursday, 28 June 2007 6:00 P GMT-05

In an ongoing campaign against Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, Ann Coulter fired another salvo at Edwards last Monday while plugging her latest book on Good Morning America: "I wouldn’t insult gays by comparing them to Joh

Category: Politics In the News People Culture/Social Commentary

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June Odds and Ends

Wednesday, 27 June 2007 6:02 P GMT-05

There are two commercials that I hear constantly when I'm listening to the radio while driving that drive me up the wall. The first one is a series of Geico ads for motorcycle insurance, featuring the gravel-voiced character "Smokey the Har

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From Fiction to Reality

Tuesday, 26 June 2007 1:11 A GMT-05

As a kid in the sixties, the original Star Trek was one of my favorite TV shows. However, even with my vivid imagination, I never thought that any of the fictional technology shown would ever become fact in my lifetime. Two once-fictional examples o

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Fired For Saving a Life

Monday, 25 June 2007 1:45 A GMT-05

Colin Bruley, a leasing agent at an apartment complex in Jacksonville, FL, was fired nearly two weeks ago after he came to the aid of a resident screaming for help. Bruley grabbed his shotgun and ran out to help the woman who yelled that she'd j

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A Collection of Trivia

Sunday, 24 June 2007 9:46 A GMT-05

Following below is a collection of interesting facts I gleaned from a trivia site: "Flushable" toilets were in use in ancient Rome. 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment. 10% of human dry weight

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Government Study Outlines Americans' Sexual Habits

Saturday, 23 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05

This past Friday, the National Center for Health Statistics, a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released the results of a survey-study concerning the sexual habits and drug use patterns of Americans. The nationwide stud

Category: Libertine In the News Culture/Social Commentary

Contenders For the Darwin Award

Friday, 22 June 2007 12:58 A GMT-05

This past Wednesday, a naked man and woman were found dead on the street in Columbia, SC, after falling fifty feet from the roof of an office building. They were both 21 and students at the University of South Carolina. Foul play is not su

Category: In the News Daily Life

More Old Journal Entries

Thursday, 21 June 2007 11:41 A GMT-05

March 11, 1989 We brought in two feisty females tonight. They'd gone into a convenience store and started a fight there, knocking down product displays all over the store. One stabbed the other, then they ran across the streett to continue. We fo

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Inedible

Wednesday, 20 June 2007 4:40 P GMT-05

Last night, I got a taste for spaghetti; not the nasty shit out of a can nor the kind I try to make at home, but something good. One of the places I always went to for spaghetti had closed down a few months ago because the restaurant owner had not pa

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What I've Been Reading Lately

Tuesday, 19 June 2007 3:02 P GMT-05

As my regular readers know, I am an avid reader. Following is a short list of what I've been reading lately and what I'm about to read. American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America by Chris Hedges A profile of th

Category: Religion Politics Books

Easy Come, Easy Go

Monday, 18 June 2007 12:02 P GMT-05

My readers will remember me recently writing about a new lover I'd met at the supermarket. I've taken her out a few times, and we've had a good time, though she's never been anything approaching an intellectual companion for me. The

Category: Libertine Daily Life

Oh, Shit!

Sunday, 17 June 2007 2:50 A GMT-05

_____________________________________ Happy Father's Day to everyone.

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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time

Saturday, 16 June 2007 4:04 A GMT-05

Recently, while surfing the net, I came upon Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. While there were indeed quite a few songs I liked on there, there were also several songs missing that I thought would have been better choices

Category: Music Trivia/Lists

Punishment to Fit the Crime

Friday, 15 June 2007 11:57 A GMT-05

In the last decade or so, increasing attention has been paid to crimes that involve non-consensual sex of various categories. While this is a good thing in regards to forcible rape and the molestation of children, the media and the legal/co

Category: In the News Culture/Social Commentary

Leaving the Enforcement of Laws Behind

Thursday, 14 June 2007 2:02 A GMT-05

After reading King of Ankh's post, "Baddies", where he asked readers what they would do if they witnessed a crime, I was inspired to write my own blog entry, even though I'd left a comment there. First of all, I'd like to stres

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Compliment or Insult?

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 1:07 A GMT-05

There are some adjectives that many people commonly consider to be positive personal descriptions that I view negatively. One such adjective is "wholesome". Thought most people see wholesomeness to be a desirable thing, almost synonymous w

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Make Your Own User Bar!

Tuesday, 12 June 2007 11:59 A GMT-05

Like many people, I know little more than the minimum I need to know to use a computer effectively. I know nothing about coding and very little about HTML, and I'm clueless about how to use such programs as Paint and Photoshop. However, I like i

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An Injustice Corrected

Monday, 11 June 2007 12:40 P GMT-05

Earlier today, a Georgia judge voided the ten year sentence and ordered the release of Genarlow Wilson, who was sent to prison for having consensual oral sex at the age of 17 with a 15 year old girl. Wilson has been in prison for two years, found gu

Category: In the News People Culture/Social Commentary

Generation Gap?

Sunday, 10 June 2007 2:26 A GMT-05

Neither of my siblings has a computer, nor do they ever plan on getting one. I don't know why my brother doesn't have one; when we were growing up, he always showed an interest in new technology. My sist

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Common Courtesy or Gender-Specific Chivalry?

Saturday, 9 June 2007 2:03 A GMT-05

Not too long ago when in the mall parking lot, I observed a couple heading to the car with their purchases. The man was loaded down with several large bags, while the woman walked unencumbered, except for a tiny purse. When they arrived at their car,

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Beware of These New Computer Viruses:

Friday, 8 June 2007 10:46 A GMT-05

AIRLINE LUGGAGE VIRUS - You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore. ALZHEIMER'S VIRUS - It makes your computer forget where it put your files. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VIRUS v 1.0 - It terminates and

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Presidential Candidates and Faith

Thursday, 7 June 2007 1:50 A GMT-05

Last Monday, when speaking at a forum about faith and politics, Hillary Clinton said that her faith in God helped to save her marriage after the Lewinsky affair was made public. "I am very grateful that I had a grounding in faith that gave me th

Category: Religion Politics In the News People

Kirk Douglas: Seduced at 15 By Teacher

Wednesday, 6 June 2007 2:58 A GMT-05

In his autobiography, "Let's Face It -- 90 Years of Living, Loving, and Learning", actor Kirk Douglas revealed that he was a willing "victim" of statutory rape, when he was seduced by a schoolteacher at the age of fifteen. Kir

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