Gender-based Cultural Humor

Gender-based Cultural Humor

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…

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Pleasant Time

Pleasant Time

Last night we had a nice relaxing dinner with visiting friends. I’ve known Frédérique since my first week of graduate school at Emory; we suffered through orientation together and have been friends ever since. That’s well over a decade now (I’m not saying how much more). Way back when, she met and married Clark and they had Louis, who’s a couple of years older than Ben. They are fun to be with, fun to spend time with. I’ve missed them…

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Tweets for 2008-08-09

Tweets for 2008-08-09

Reading: “YouTube – Sisters of The Moon” ( http://tinyurl.com/6837jr ) # Reading: “Top 9 best new drugs / One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small. Take one, take them all!” ( http://tinyurl.com … # Reading: “TLW’s Rockin’ 2008 Historyscope – The Bible and the Human Mind, by TLW” ( http://tinyurl.com/6xuwr7 ) # Adding tweets to blog # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Tweets for 2008-08-08

Tweets for 2008-08-08

Reading: “Georgia ‘under attack’ as Russian tanks roll in – CNN.com” ( http://tinyurl.com/64yox3 ) # Reading: Take Action to Protect America’s Oceans and Fisheries ( http://tinyurl.com/6yusra ) # Reading: “Army Recruiter Threatens High School Student with Jail Time | War on Iraq | AlterNet” ( http://tinyurl.com/5tnyrh ) # Reading: “Are Contractors in War Zones Above the Law? | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet” ( http://tinyurl.com/6xwcpr ) # Reading: “More Details on Bush Admin Iraq Forgery Allegations | War on Iraq…

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Jehovah’s Witnesses: Ritual Murder of Grandson, “Good Man” Rapist

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Ritual Murder of Grandson, “Good Man” Rapist

So sad… Kiev, August 7, Interfax – 66-year old resident of Kiev conducted a ritual murder of her 9-year-old grandson. She hit the boy with an iron and completed the crime with a rope, Ukrainian issue of Komsomolskaya Pravda daily writes on Thursday. Then a woman carried a boy to the sitting room where she had everything prepared beforehand including candles and a brochure with “a prayer to enter paradise” given to her by Jehovah’s Witnesses. Neighbors told that on…

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Explosive JW Suicide at Kingdom Hall

Explosive JW Suicide at Kingdom Hall

Jehovah’s Witness blows himself up at a Kingdom Hall near Kansas City… I wonder what the backstory is for this one. Why do you think someone might choose to blow himself up at the Kingdom Hall? Hmmm… Bates City Church Explosion Kills One Saturday, 26 Jul 2008 Investigators searched the scene of an explosion at a Jehovah’s Witness’ Kingdom Hall in Bates City, Mo. on July 26, 2008. A bizarre explosion at a church east of Kansas City killed one…

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