Imagine my horror today when I logged into WordPress to discover today’s blog of the day, Stuff White People Like. Of course, I felt I should click that link, just to satisfy my queasy curiosity. I feared more of that “white pride” spiel that we hear from time to time, from white people who feel [...]
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A Shocking and Critical Look at White People
Posted in Animal Kingdom, Breaking News!, Things I Bet You Didn't Know on February 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »
How to Have a Conversation with Someone Who Doesn’t Listen, But Really Needs to Win that Argument, Which Wasn’t Even Supposed to be an Argument, You Were Just Reading Something On Perez Hilton
Posted in Animal Kingdom on January 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
No one’s ever written about that. I keep doing Google searches, and I come up empty handed. Techniques I’ve employed, with no success, include talking louder, trying to say what I mean in a different way, changing the subject, running from the room, crying, stomping my feet, but I’ve only managed to muddy the waters. [...]
Ultimate Fighting Cats
Posted in Animal Kingdom on August 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Since When is this “Fixing” a Dog?
Posted in Animal Kingdom, Random Ramblings on March 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Monday morning Miguel brought Bella into the vet’s for the big operation. After nine years and no Bella babies, it was time to get her “fixed.” I am now pondering the significance of this word. “Fixed,” to me, implies that something was broken and needed repair, not the removing of ovaries and other useful parts. [...]
I Am Really Sorry to Put You Through This
Posted in Animal Kingdom, Propaganda, Random Ramblings, Religious Cults, This is nutso on February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I realize that watching Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter trying to be funny is almost as painful as watching a bad talent show act, but I also feel it is what makes it so good. Notice the attempts at self-parody, and then imagine this performed in front of a live audience, sans the laugh track. [...]
The Gavial
Posted in Animal Kingdom, Art, Endangered Species, Fauna, Livestock, Man Eaters, Random Ramblings, Things I Bet You Didn't Know on December 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
My Auntie M. just sent me this from her archives. It says: The gavial is distinguished by a larger number of teeth than either alligator or crocodile. The long narrow snout with parallel side is characteristic. I bet you didn’t know this.
My Aunt Mary’s Chickens
Posted in Animal Kingdom, Art, Chickens, Livestock, Random Ramblings on December 2, 2006 | 3 Comments »
My Aunt Mary and I were having this conversation in e-mail about the usual stuff. I shared this thought I’ve been having lately, about something I remember Ron Howard saying on an interview on Entertainment Tonight a long ol’ time ago, which is that we spend the rest of our lives getting over our childhoods. I think it’s going to [...]