If Ever the “Trick” Option Should Apply…. This one burns me up. It’s really just a small item, but to me it is symptomatic of a larger trend. I have been watching the transformation of Halloween by certain sectors of pseudo-Christians for a few years now. First, the kids weren’t allowed to wear costumes to school, and the decorations stopped being made. Then, they moved “trick or treat” time earlier and earlier – I saw some kids out at 5:30…
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has announced that he will be voting for Sen. Barack Obama. The seven-minute video is worth watching. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efv3Vr8T9MA[/youtube]
I give up. I can’t get the song “Buzzer” out of my head. It’s been days now, and despite my attempts to put it out of my mind it’s affecting me at a deep emotional level. It’s not unusual for me to have a song running through my head now and again, but this one is a little different. I’m getting noodged (smile-out) to write about it, and it’s clear that I’m going to be haunted by this song until…
Disgusted by the aftermath of the Spanish-American War and the then-current Philippine-American War, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) wrote The War Prayer in 1904. It was considered too sacrilegious and provocative for the times. Twain agreed to bury it, but wanted it published after his death (“I have told the truth in that… and only dead men can tell the truth in this world”). He died in 1910, and it was published in Harper’s Monthly, November 1916. I have always…
“The Meaning of Life” Theme – Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life “The Masochism Tango” – Tom Lehrer “The Elements” – Tom Lehrer “Bruce’s Philosophers Song” – Monty Python “Hair” – Hair “Air” – Hair “Once Upon a Dream” – Sleeping Beauty “Where is Love” – Oliver “A Little Priest” from Sweeney Todd “Nothing’s Gonna Harm You” – Sweeney Todd “Dance Ten, Looks Three” – A Chorus Line “Buenos Aires” Patti LuPone, Evita “Sweet Transvestite” – Tim Curry, Rocky Horror…
Always a fount of information on the gender wars, my long-suffering friend Troy has made the two offerings below. The fact that I first typed “font” is actually funnier to me. A “font” of information. Hee hee. I know that “font” can have a similiar meaning to “fount” but the latter is more precise. Besides, all I can think of is spurting bits of Arial (be kind in the comments – heh-heh). See what kind of sludge my mind enters…