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Why is it that kids can sleep in a car with necks bent right over and wake up just fine, but adults get kinks in their neck so bad that it lasts for weeks and may require massage therapy?
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This is another OTA weekend with open threads here and open trackbacks.
Have A Great New Years!You may consider this an open thread with OTA (open trackbacks).
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New Year Traditions.... [by Liberal Common Sense]
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Buh-bye '05 [by Peakah's Provocations...]
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The Knucklehead of the Day award [by The Florida Masochist]
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2006: Year In Preview. [by The Bullwinkle Blog]
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For those who didn't know my blog, back in the "I'm an anonymous micro-somethingorother" days, this was a peculiar interaction I had with some wackjob of a moonbat. I have since been placed on the person's blacklist as the only female of 15 sites to avoid.
Enjoy!
It's so sad, I think I'm going to cry. I got this in my email the other day, and... and... I must be PMSing or something with all these flowing tears, but here is the depressing message left in my inbox:
Samanta or may I call you Sam?You are a sister, which means you have been oppressed like me. As a victim you should be a liberal--but you're not!
If you don't change your ways away from evil conservatism, I will be forced to add you to my Black List. This will be the first time that I've ever done that to a fellow womyn. Your traffic will drop as Liberals will know not to come to your site.
Check out the Black List
Don't you want to come over to the good (liberal) side? As a womyn you are sooooo welcome.
This is your warning!
True Blue
Leave your answer on your blog. I will be checking.
This message came to me from somestupidumbassiteDOTcom. Gotta love that stupid ultra-feminist crapola; boo hoo, blacklisted from some pathetic nobody. Yes, you guessed it, I hope she's reading this. Funny thing is I'm not sure if it is sarcastic or not because everything on the site is so unbelievably stupid that it's hard to fathom anyone truly believing that crap.
You know, at one point, by some unknown blogger, I was labelled as a link whore and Selfishly Asleep was labelled as a victim, both of which were later to be determined as untrue; Selfishly Asleep is too cool to be a victim, IMHO. But, this True Blue person truly appears to be a link whore as almost every article on the site practically begs you to link her from your own blogsite.
Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, yes True Blue, I'll go over to the darkside [liberal], but will continue to write article after article about conservative-type things and continue to think non-liberalist thoughts. Thanks, actually, you have helped push me closer to becoming ultra-conservative, or however you want to label it, and I'll state things like womyn should stay at home and raise 12 babies, cook, clean, and that's all they should do. Womyn have no role in society other than to please their man... errr, I mean myn.
Yes, and MR.BIG is such a chauvenistic, oppressive male that he demanded to read this article before I published it because my word isn't good enough on its own - what with being a submissive female and all. And me, being inferior, I let him, oops... I mean, yielded to his will in reading it first.
Oh by the way, True Blue, just for your information, it was a conservative politician who enabled women the right to vote here.
Funniest things about the site (which I'm not publicising as result of not wanting to support this moonbat's traffic) are the comments that conservatives have left on her site. For example, one writes after reading a list of all the liberal moonbats like Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn, and Michael Moore (note, True Blue, that I have only listed myn, or men),
Okay, you have just about every moonbat out there. Thanks for putting it in one place so I know where to puke. Oh yeah, don't forget to add yourself to the list you freak!
That's one, then this is someone else after,
I wish you were all in the same room too, then one shell could take you all out.
I began writing this article about how terribly saddened I was that I will be blacklisted by this moonbat. Actually, that's not really why I shed tears.
What saddens me the most, *sniffle*, is that my name was misspelled, Samanta.
PS- I added a category called Moonbat Mail, hopefully I won't receive too many, but I named this category as a a friendly tap to Moonbat Monitor.
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In this lovey-dovey time of giving and caring, I thought I'd share this classic.
We've all heard the phrase "blood, it's in us to give", but I am so dreadfully afraid of needles, that whenever I hear that phrase, I shout out, "No, it's in me to live".
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Marriages Restored asked me a zany question worthy of a response:
Do you think my linking to you may one day cost me a job in evangelical circles? If so, what do you imagine is the best way to market that to my advantage? :)My response: short answer, yes. Long answer: you and everyone who links to me is doomed to a fate most gruesome.
You will lose all respect in any and every religious circle as you have signed up with the Sammy Rollers.
The best was to market this to your advantage is to give up and give in to Sam's orders. The first order of business is to take out $1000 ads with all of the top blogs out there (#1-5 spots on ttlb, for instance) in the name of Sam with a link to her site, not yours.
Oh, heck, better yet, send those 1000's of dollars to Sam and be done with it. This will guarantee you a prestigious seat amongst the Sammy Rollers.
Next, we'll go on the road, preaching the word of Blog.
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I did enjoy, and have pondered, questions as Spiderman's Web discusses about whether pedophiles and other sexual deviants are merely victims of their own mental illness. I mean, on the one hand, it is so easy to claim everything as an illness and to make people seek treatment for their "problems", but isn't that just an easy cop-out for dealing with why these things happen?
I know in my short lifetime, I've noticed that an awful lot more things are being treated with drugs that, perhaps, don't really require drugs??? Just thoughts to ponder as I don't have the answers for any of these, either.
Look at how many kids are being improperly labelled as ADD and ADHD, and they're drugged up, become drones, and end up not really having a mental problem. They just are young and have energy, and dang that ticks me off. Let them grow as they should. Besides, I wonder what the long term effects will be for people who have prolonged drug use like this. Further, what did parents do many years ago before these weird drugs came into existence? They treated their kids like normal human beings, that's what they did.
Anyhow, all I'm asking is how can we throw drugs at everyone who is different than the "norm" and walk away with a clean conscience? I don't condone poor or negative behaviour of others, but perhaps there's a better way than trying to solve all the world's problems by doping everyone up.
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It was not hard to find an ugly shot of this one, but it was difficult to find one that wasn't so Plain Jane. As you can tell, I gave up trying.
Yes, Dave D. of The Waterglass, it is the one and only "J... Janeane Garofalo".
Dave D. of The Waterglass, you have no idea what delight I have in giving you the moron throne this week after you've gone since week 2 guessing that perhaps the image each time was Janeane Garofalo. Even despite the clear fact that some images were OBVIOUSLY men, you were devoted to guessing Garofalo. For that, you truly deserve this New Years present from me to you. Enjoy sitting high on your moron throne.
I was on pins and needles wondering if The Waterglass would guess it first or if someone would beat him to it and worried that maybe Dave D. would develop a nervous tick as a result of missing out. I'm relieved now.
Anyhow, while writing this, I felt a huge sense of irritation, and wondered why Janeane Garofalo irritated me so much. Was it her looks, appearance, her poor attempt at acting or her "comedy" routine?
No! Well, not entirely.
It was her blatant fabrications of the realities of the US and the war. Calling it a "perfect" war and trying to pin that wording on the conservatives as if they originally said it. It's that sort of manipulation of language and deceptiveness that is unfavourable to the more intelligent mind.
Those who can see through her lies are the same ones who know the moonbats will go down in the history books as the shame of America.
Aside from all of that, though, Garofalo is a wannabe. A wannabe comedian (if you've heard her "stand up" routine, you'd know she blows); a wannabe actor (her supporting roles in movies blow, too); and a wannabe martyr to a cause.
Garofalo suck-diddley-ucks!
These present days, she pretty much jumped whole-heartedly on the pro-Saddam bandwagon of the moonbat cause and is more often talking politics than doing her celebrity junkets.
This brings such mixed emotions - yay, no acting, but boo, moonbattiness.
And, she's a nut for many other reasons including being a self-hater (hmmm... public persona, anyone), having a production company of the same image "I hate myself productions", had treatment for alcoholism, but wasn't sure she was an alcoholic (one screw loose, or two?), and she confesses to liking as much publicity as possible (ya, no kidding).
Oh yes, and she has difficulty getting jobs because her peers dislike her.
(heh heh heh, they're not the only ones)
Needless to say, moron Garofalo's talk show, which seemed to express anti-Bush, anti-war, and anti-sanity ideals, was dropped by ABC.
Who wants to watch slime, anyhow.
Hmmm... I guess no one.
The apparently anti-American Garofalo also discussed her thoughts on democracy in her public argument against the symbol of freedom for Iraqi voting:
"The inked fingers and the position of them, which is gonna be a 'Daily Show' photo already, of them signaling in this manner [Nazi salute], as if they have solidarity with the Iraqis who braved physical threats against their lives to vote as if somehow these inked-fingered Republicans have something to do with that."Uh, ya, they do have something to do with it, dipsnot, they are over there fighting for that freedom right now.
Ya 'tard.
Sometimes the moonbats protest so much, they don't even know what they're protesting against. They claim to be pro-democracy, but when democracy is displayed, they protest against it.
Duh!
Seriously, when we get that moonbat island up and running, we are going to make Garofalo mayor.
Moron Garofalo also added that she didn't understand a letter one soldier wrote to his mom about the war. The soldier said "it's my job to protect you now", and Garofalo interjected,
"protect her from what? The imminent threat of Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction?"Yes, dumba$$. To protect her and us and YOU from terrorism. Twit.
I wouldn't doubt if one day you moonbats deny 9/11 much like some deny the holocaust.
Garofalo is an irony artist, as well, as she discusses how conservatives have "an anger management problem".
Ya, someone who claims to be self-loathing, and has a "permanent scowl", calling others out on having anger management problems - now that's a kicker.
And, she is definately an example of anti-americanism as she says,
"Our country is founded on a sham: our forefathers were slave-owning rich white guys who wanted it their way. So when I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.' That you can have a gay parade on Christopher Street in New York, with naked men and women on a float cheering, 'We're here, we're queer!' -- that's what makes my heart swell. Not the flag, but a gay naked man or woman burning the flag. I get choked up with pride."I must say, knowing that Garofalo's from the US makes me a little happier to be Canadian. What a shame she is to "her" country.
Further, she is quite blind and ignorant of the holocaust when she states,
"Hate mail bothers me less than what happens to the Dixie Chicks,� she says nevertheless. “There are boycotts and guys driving tractors over their CDs — that’s Nazi stuff."Is it really, Janeane?
Is it?
Is euthanizing and torturing people really that similar to driving over a music cd?
What frickin' planet are you from, weirdo, 'cause you're WAY off?
At this time, I'm going to share with you some moronic Garofalo quotes and my responses because she's got so many slow-witted ones that require retorts.
Garofalo has said, "I absolutely realize that a celebrity spokesperson is not ideal".
My response: and yet, she's desparate to be one.
Garofalo has said, "I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest".
My response: and the people in this room and reading this, too.
Garofalo has said, "I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth".
My response: true, and she joined the Darkside of moonbattiness, too.
Garofalo has said, "Is being an idiot like being high all the time?"
My response: only you can answer that one for us, moron.
Garofalo has said, "The term 'celebrity' makes my skin crawl".
My response: okay, then... celebrity Garofalo.
Garofalo has said, "When I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.'"
My response: so... MOVE B*TCH!
More on the moron:
NEWS
worldnetdaily
famousfools
takebackthemedia
captainsquarters
michellemalkin
majorityreportradio
hollywoodinvestigator
buzzflash
thepoliticalteen
dumbcelebs
more dumbcelebs
decision08
jimtreacher
alternet
AN EXTRA
Garofalo Christmas carol
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I WON! I WON! I WON! [by The Waterglass]
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Contributed by Lostinlimaohio
Iowa truck driver Reno Tobler likes to drive around leaving surprise Christmas gifts for people, in fact he likes it so much - he claims it has become a hobby of his.
The only problem is people seem to complain when he does it. I know, everyone has their own "bad Christmas gift" story, but I am willing to bet that none of them are even close to ranking up there with Tobler's little gifts.
"We've got a Grinch that has been lobbing urine," said Clive Police Chief Robert Cox. "Since this fall, we've had eight to 10 incidents reported where people have found containers full of urine thrown into their backyards."Sort of makes you want to take back every complaint you ever made about the ugly ties and the over sized sweaters, huh?
This article contributed by Lostinlimaohio
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Why is it that once you find something you really enjoy - be it a favourite tv show, restaurant, or food product - they cancel it or take it off the market?
Is fate or some force beyond ourselves that's saying you can't have everything you want? And, if so, why not? Lol, I'm just pouty right now.
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As I'm sure you've heard, New Years is going to be held back by one second, according to scientific explanations of the earth's rotation in relation to time.
That's just great. Now my whole year is going to be thrown off schedule.
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(I just love the title of this one and had to revive it)
Scientists are using their genius to solve some of the greatest mysteries in life... such as how to link genes to hangovers.
US and German scientists are intoxicating fruit flies to discover the relation between genes and alcohol tolerance. They are calling this gene, hangover, and they manipulate the gene in flies to see how the insects "deal with increasing amounts of alcohol. I, personally, can't wait to see how the PETA people freak out over this one. Oh no, not the poor defenseless fruit flies. Little do they know that the fruit flies are probably having the time of their lives getting loaded off the hooch.
The scientists hope that their research will shed some light on alcohol dependency and addiction; however, they believe that human alcohol tolerance is more complicated than being linked to only one gene. They feel that their research findings could be a step closer to understanding human alcohol related issues.
Now all we need is someone to find us a definite cure for hangovers.
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Geez, why did I have to read this news? I really didn't need to know this.
A 64 year old man had sexual relations with calves.
Happy Holidays.
The man plead "no contest" to charges of using calves regularly for sexual gratification and was given 2 years probation, ordered to have psychological counseling (I sure bloody-well hope so), and to have an alcohol and drug abuse assessment done.
The guy admitted to stopping in for some passionate bestiality on a neighborhood barn routinely (about 50 times total) after a night of drinking and debauchery at a local strip club.
Won't somebody please think of the cattle?
What I think is funny, if anything from this story, is that the guy chose calves rather than full grown cows to get the job done.
What is with older guys wanting to date the young things?
I know calves are adorable, but that's just ridiculous.
WARNING: To the right is a picture of calf porn. Viewer discretion is advised.
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It seems celebrities are turning chicken to entertaining the troops overseas.
A main reason they fear keeping the tradition alive is due to the moonbat, protester freaks and the political stance of the whole situation.
Rather than seeing to it that they give the troops a good holiday show, they are tucking their tails and running from the whole thing simply because of the whole anti-war cr*pola.
And, b*llsh*t that it's about the dangers of being over there.
WWII was one of the worst wars fought, and did you see wimpy celebs?
H*ll no.
You saw some of the greats like Marlene Dietrich, Duke Ellington, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, the Marx Brothers, and of course, Bob Hope go over there and support the troops. Whether you're a celeb who supports the war or not, there's no reason strong enough for you to chicken out of supporting the troops who are there for YOU!
What a pitiful bunch today's Hollywood celebs are.
I mean, that's fine if you really have a viewpoint that you've stuck to in the long run, but if you're just jumping on the bandwagon and are pussyfooting it because you're fearful of losing you celebrity status, then that's just lame.
Flat out, lame.
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This is too (finger quote) funny (end finger quote) for me...
"I'm in a bus stuck in traffic. I look out the window down at this woman driving alone in her car. She's talking on her cell phone. After watching her continue to talk for 15 seconds or so, I see her suddenly put the cell between her ear and shoulder, release the steering wheel and use both hands to give the "in quotes" gesture. I'm sure this helped alleviate any possible misinterpretation of what she was saying to the person on the other end of the phone."
There are plenty more bizarre and hilarious overheard conversations like this one at Overheard In New York.com.
Hat Tip: Cyber Chocolate
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One thing that I absolutely just don't get is why places generally build parking lots out and not up.
I first wondered this in university where they used tons of land for parking then crammed all their students in little classrooms because they had no land to expand their building. D'uh, h'okay then. If they had spent a little more money to build parkades and raised parking fees slightly (which they do every year anyhow), I think they'd have been better off in the end.
And what rubs me is that the school newspaper wrote an April Fools joke stating that this was the plan, to build a parkade on campus. Now, I ask you, what the heck is so funny about that? I hope they wrote it as a satirical commentary on the school's administrative decisions, but you know, it never solved anything. The university continues to expand outward rather than upward.
And the same goes for other businesses out there. It is so difficult to go shopping or for dinner when there's nowhere to park. Some days, these places lose my business because I'm just not going to drive around for 30 minutes waiting for someone to leave their spot and there are other days when I'm just not up to walking for 10 or more minutes to get to the place from a parking spot.
No thanks, I just pick up some crap burger at some fast food drive-thru and be done with it, or I'll just skip the shopping spree and save my money for a trip or something. I'll make due with what I've got because I can't find a frickin' spot to park.
If nothing else drives me crazy, it'll be my need to know why they don't build parking up rather than out (written while gritting my teeth).
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A new game on school buses has begun.
First, it was the choking game, now it's the pumping game.
It seems a 17 year old boy was arrested for having clothed sex with girls while on a school bus.
Growing up, we knew that as being called dry humping.
The boy was caught by police after the assaulted girls got off the bus and told the school resource officer.
And, what exactly do you win for playing the pumping game?
Answer: an arrest for 3 counts of lewd and lascivious behavior and 3 counts of battery.
Perhaps the school will think this through and have the kid sit on the short bus next time where he belongs.
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Contributed by Polunatic
In the name of fairness and balance, it would certainly be unfair if I were to just rant about my fellow public transit riders while letting the real menaces to society off the hook. Those menaces are my fellow drivers with whom I share the road. As a former professional driver turned computer guy, I have a lot of experience on the road. I’ve seen it all so to speak.
Thanks goodness I don’t need to drive for a living anymore. Driving around Toronto has become one long rush hour. Once upon a time, you could get from any point A to any point B in Toronto in less than hour. No more. Now you’ve got to pack a lunch.
The Top Ten things that irritate me about my fellow drivers:
10) People who lay on their horn for more than 5 seconds to let someone know they did something wrong.
9) People who signal that they’re turning left after they’ve already stopped to make the turn.
8) People who talk on their cell phones while making a left turn.
7) People who are obviously drunk because they’re driving 15 kmh below the speed limit.
6) People who get their license without ever having driven on the snow and ice.
5) People who don’t give you room to parallel park on a busy street even though you’ve got your signal on.
4) People who tailgate you on the highway even when you’re doing 20 kmh over the speed limit.
3) People who got their licenses without knowing how to parallel park.
2) People who drive recklessly with children in the car.
And the number 1 thing that irritates me about my fellow drivers:
1) People who refuse to let you merge into their lane when emergency vehicles are blocking your lane.
And while I’m at it, here are the Top Ten things that irritated me about being a cab driver (and why I permanently retired).
10) Ticket-happy cops who despise cabbies.
9) Regulation-happy taxi inspectors who will bust you because someone left a MacDonalds wrapper under the seat.
8) Corrupt taxi dispatchers who give the best fares to their buddies or give your call away while you’re on a bathroom break.
7) Insurance companies.
6) Greedy cab owners who won’t keep their cars in good shape.
5) Obnoxious passengers or passengers who skip out without paying (I could tell a few stories here).
4) Other cabbies who will lie about their location in order to “scoop� (steal) a fare that should be yours.
3) Rip off garages and body shops.
2) Airport limo drivers who steal fares from hotels where they’re not licensed to be.
And the number 1 reason I know longer drive a cab:
1) See “The Top Ten things that irritate me about my fellow drivers�
This article contributed by Polunatic
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I knew there was a reason why I loved this country so much.
Canadian court lifts ban on ‘swingers’ clubsThat's right, the Supreme Court of Canada has lifted the ban on swingers clubs, and it was deemed that group sex is "neither prostitution nor a threat to society".
This is yet one more way that Canada is secretly taking over the US. More people from the States will be submitting to our power once they learn about the group action going on up here.
The case ruling comes from an issue in which a club owner was convicted of running a "bawdy house", which allowed members to have consensual, group sex in a private room behind locked doors.
But, because no money changed hands, the higher court ruled that it could not be considered a prostitution case and the man was released.
Afterwards, the man stated that the whole ordeal "will probably lead the way to a good future" as he plans to add a jacuzzi and swimming pool to his club, and investors are interested in his idea.
Ew, a jacuzzi and swimming pool? I wouldn't want to be swimming around in all those floaties.
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Seoonme ocne tlod me taht you can slitl diepechr waht is wtitern so lnog as the fsrit and lsat ltteres of a wrod raeimn in tcat eevn if all the ltteers ibneweten are srlamcbed.
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I did a Zany Questions article once asking people to write me odd questions that I can answer. Here are a couple of those questions and my answers.
Pressure Point asks me,
"Do you believe in magic?"My response: I'd say yes if I had a young girl's heart. Alas, it is a young girl's mind (approx. 5 years old) instead that I possess.
Yes, I believe in magic, if by magic you mean those man-made illusions set up to make a person believe that some phenomenon has just happened.
My favourite magicians: Penn and Teller.
Another question comes from Raging Rabbits who asks,
"does the carpet match the drapes?"My response: That's for me to know... (and, you know the rest of that sentence).
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Seeing it is the holiday season and many people will be away from the computer while others will be escaping to the computer and away from the in-laws, lol, I thought I'd refresh some of my timeless pieces.
So, over this week, I will be bringing you some of the same, up-to-date stuff while reviving some of my classics. Here's one now:
Parenting Amidst The Muck
More and more parents have to protect their children from the mainstream culture; be it violence, substance abuse, the typical objectification of women in the music scene, and the list goes on.
Is this because society is becoming less focused on the family and more on working and general monetary greed that we tend to ignore the affect all of it is having on future generations?
Perhaps we are becoming more egocentric than ever and we say f**k it to everyone and everything else.
On the other hand, it could be the reducing roll of church and Christianity's rein on our culture. Who knows for sure and who really knows what's best for us all. All I know is that it can be pretty tough at times deciding what children can and can't do, see, or hear these days.
As a nanny, it can be particularly difficult because they are not your children to determine those things with. Always erring on the side of caution is a must for us. But, for those parents out there, how do you feel about these changing times and what are some of your strategies?
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Contributed by Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff and Insights
Give yourself time away from your computer. When you are done reading this article, please turn your computer off and go play the new XBox 360 you got for Christmas, with your loved ones.
Spend time away from the Internet.
Do you remember back to the olden days, circa 1993, when none of your friends had the Internet, or AOL? What did you do for Christmas?
I'm guessing you didn't read BBS bulletin boards, send text messages on your 2 kilogram cell phone, or download 1 megabyte emails with elves bowling using your gosh-awful-slow 2400 Baud modem.
"Away from your computer time", is what holidays are good for these days.
If you can't remember the last time you went 2 days without reading your email, or using your cell phone, you need a holiday intervention. There's only one cure, and that's cold turkey. Err, I mean a hot turkey dinner, and quitting your electronic habits cold turkey for the holidays.
Your family will be glad to have you return to the real world with them, and you can tell your friends that you'll be unavailable. They'll be so envious because they won't know what you're doing, where you are, or what cute animal you are most like.
Better still, you won't get the urge to answer your ringing cell phone, while you are on the toilet, because your phone will be turned off. Think about it, do you really want your phone suddenly playing, "Mission Impossible", or the "Jeopardy theme" while nature calls?
This article contributed by Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff and Insights
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This is just a reminder to everyone interested in Bloggers Without Butts Week where you will get the chance to quit smoking or support people working towards quitting.
I'm Just a Girl and Dianes Stuff teamed up to bring us the opportunity, scheduled to begin January 1-7.
Each day, you can share your stories and techniques for quitting with others all the while supporting fellow quitters.
Hey, for once, being a quitter is a good thing.
I will be involved for the whole week by supplying tidbits of humour and whatever other goodies I can find because I'm sure many people working towards quitting will be needing a good laugh or two.
Either that, or they'll want to kill me for trying to be funny while they're going through a tough time.
So, I'm encouraging everyone interested to post their own successes, failures, funnies, whatever you have about quitting smoking in a way that will help support your fellow bloggers and readers in their efforts.
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Contributed by Blue Blogging Soapbox.
This guest blogger thing must be cursed or somethng. Like another guest blogger, I immediately developed writer's block, followed by a bout of the flu like I haven't had in years. In my fever induced stupor I've been frantically scouring the net for something worthwhile to blog on.
Me and my big mouth!
At about 1:30 this morning, I found this little gem - The Slut o-meter.
While not quite 'Christmasy', I think I've resolved that part of the issue.
I couldn't quite accept Sam's rating when I plugged in her site, so I decided to try a couple of other sites as a baseline.
Liberal Party of Canada - www.liberal.ca
Promiscuity: 6.63% (320 / 4830)
Conservative Party of Canada - www.conservative.ca
Promiscuity: -261.24% (-3370 / 1290)
New Democratic Party of Canada - www.ndp.ca
Promiscuity: 3.91% (50 / 1280)
Bloc Quebecois - www.blocquebecois.org
Promiscuity: 14.29% (4 / 28)
Wow! So Sam's slightly less promiscuous than the NDP, but then she's got a long way to go before she can become a Conservative. ;-)
Having gone this far I decided to take the plunge myself.
Blue Blogging Soapbox - soapbox22.blogspot.com
Promiscuity: 66.3% (61 / 92)
At first I didn't know what to make of those results. Should I be proud or ashamed? What the hell - I used to be a sailor.
Nice to know the old dog still has it. When I thought about it, the results actually made sense. Considering I write about all the Canadian political
parties with a few stories thrown in about friends, the score makes a lot more sense.
Even so, I'm still kinda bummed about how 'clean' Sam emerged from all this.
H/T to Socialist Swine for this slutty adventure.
Oh yeah, that Christmas thing again:
HO HO HO
This article contributed by Blue Blogging Soapbox.
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Spoonfighter won it for guessing that Michael Jackson is a moron.
Congrats Spoonfighter and here's to hoping you can hold the throne for at least 3 more weeks to beat Peace of my mind at her 3 week long championship.
Here is the standard info for the game:
To your right is the Moron Of The Week posting from which you will be able to guess who you believe is the moron in the picture, then submit your answer in the comment section of this article. On Friday, I will provide the correct answer along with a link to the winning guess's site. Will you be the winner this week?
PS - this isn't going to be easy as there is no shortage of morons out there: politicians, journalists, celebrities, frothing-at-the-mouth moonbats, and the like.
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Well, if you're anything like me, you've opened your gifts and have them in a pile unlabelled to whom it's from at the moment laying around somewhere in your home.
So, what do you do now?
You have to phone and thank everyone for the wonderful gifts you received (if you haven't already called them), but who gave you what?
I am always struggling this time of year to figure what was most likely given by whom and what I should say to thank them for the gift. If you are like me, the following may help you decide how to approach this situation.
Please select from:
a) Thank you. It was really nice.
b) Thank you. It fits nice.
c) Thank you. It smells nice.
d) Thank you. It'll go nicely with my things.
And, if any of those don't work, perhaps you have a better idea because I certainly never know what to say.
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Holly's fight for justice sent me this 12 Days of Christmas joke that I got a kick out of and thought I'd share with everyone.
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WARNING: the contents of the link provided may be graphic or violent, insulting, whatever, for some. Viewer discretion is advised.
This is a pretty entertaining site to go visit, if you like to think of misery during the festive holidays.
You can read other people's terrible holidays (death, suicide, imprisonment, etc.) and even post your own if you'd like.
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Merry Christmas Eve Everybody!
I'm going to be doing some LBW with no blogging on Christmas day, December 25th for those unaware (hee hee), and light blogging on Monday 26th, Boxing Day.
I will still be having Moron of the week, but I will be taking it easy. Not sure yet if I'm going to risk my life among the crowds of boxing day or if I'd rather play it safe indoors.
If I do go out - and survive - I will be back on the 27th with some new stuff and with some of my more timeless pieces.
You may consider this an open thread with OTA (open trackbacks)
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The following articles have trackbacked this article:
2 milioni di euro a Consorte [by Camelot Destra Ideale]
No Palace For A King [by The Peace Moonbeam Chronicles]
Raising Kofi's Kids [by AbbaGav]
O Friendship Tree, O Friendship Tree [by University Blog]
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Contributed by Polunatic
Dedicated to the striking New York City transit workers and all transit workers who put up with a lot of crap every day.
Given that it's the holiday season, a lot of people are out and about - shopping, running errands, etc. While it is supposed to be a time of joy, crowds can bring out the worst in people.
Although I own a car, I commute to work using the streetcar and subway. I'm a big supporter of public transit and would probably use it even more often if some of my fellow transit riders didn't drive me crazy with their inconsideration. As such, I thought it might be fitting to do a public transit rant
The top 10 things that irritate me about my fellow public transit riders:
10) People who stand in the aisles with their backpacks on.
9) People who wear backpacks and are oblivious to the fact that they’re blocking the aisle.
8) People who stop when they get to the top or bottom of the escalator or stairs.
7) People who use an empty seat on a crowded bus to rest their packages.
6) Fully-abled people who won’t give up their seat to a senior, pregnant woman or person with a disability.
5) People who insist on pushing their way onto a full vehicle.
4) People who jump the queue if the streetcar pulls 5 feet ahead or behind of the stop.
3) People who block the rear door.
2) People who monopolize the stairs in one direction and then give you a dirty look when you try to go in the opposite direction.
And the number 1 thing that irritates me about my fellow public transit riders:
1) People who want to have it both ways. They’ve got a seat on a crowded bus but want to be the first ones off at the end of the line.
Feel free to add your own.
This article contributed by Polunatic
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Avery Ant's back at it again. First, running for Prime Minister in the Canadian elections some time ago; second, running for President of the US; then, running for pope (slogan: "He's Pope-A-Licious!") - all without success.
Yup, squished like a bug.
But, rather than burning up about it like an ant under a magnifying glass in the hot sun, Avery Ant has come up fighting and is running for the PM position in Canada again.
And, this time around he's got a good chance, if you ask me.
Who is this Avery Ant, you ask?
Oh, you didn't ask.
Well, I'll tell you anyhow. Avery Ant has a list of favourites that you can read to learn more about this little bugger. And, hey, I may just vote for the guy since his favourite song is the "Fight Music" from the original Star Trek movies and his favourite drinking buddy is Hank Hill - "I tell you what".
So, here's the election platform he's standing on in terms of education, military spending, environment, etc.
I wonder... if he wins the 2006 Canadian election, will he still run for president of the US in 2008?
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Spoonfighter has dethroned Tales of the stupid who won it last week for knowing that Saddam Hussein is a gawd-dang moron.
That's right, Spoonfighter guessed correct that it's the man-child, Michael Jackson.
Bubbles the monkey-loving, elephant man wannabe-owning