December 2009
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“Somehow the president has managed to turn a base of new and progressive voters...”
– Drew Westen, Huffington Post (12/22/09)
“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt...”
– Cicero, 65 BC
Hollywood's depressing movies are, you guessed it,...
bowlingalleylawyer:
randyhaddock:
Newsweek never fails to deliver some great humor:
You can blame Hollywood’s doom and gloom on the Oscars, but I’m not going to. Instead, I think it’s George W. Bush’s fault. Most liberal directors felt restless under his presidency, and they pushed the envelope with over-the-top, operatic tragedies.
Something even funnier? This is not a satirical piece....
Circadian rhythms
I am sleeping more this winter than in past, having decided to give in to the circadian rhythms that tell me to go to bed when it is dark out. In fact, I think I could approach full-hibernation if my kids would quit interrupting me with their demands for such trifles as food, water, and changing poopy diapers.
Romy and Michele at the White House →
A send-up of DC’s social scene.
what's one more addiction?
The DeLonghi espresso machine was $107 at Macy’s. I drink about 2 or 3 large soy latte’s a day. If each latte has a retail price of about $4, the machine will pay for itself in less than three weeks (including costs of soy milk).
Now I just need to start hoarding coffee shop cups so I can enter with my own drink without arousing suspicion.
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“…so I made her have an abortion.”
– Highest quotential when a cocktail party suddenly becomes quiet.
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regarding my recently deceased father
Maureen (age 3): Dad, did you know that penises and vaginas are the same thing? Penises and vaginas.
Me: Well they aren't the same thing, boys have one and girls have the other.
Maureen: That's right, I have a vagina and you have a penis. And your brothers have a penis. And your dad has a penis--a dead penis.
Why bother?
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“Because I’m black?”
– Quotential response to police question, “Do you know why I pulled you over?”
if only...
Maureen (age 4): Caroline, Mom is having a party tonight for her book club.
Caroline (age 7): Wow, so everyone sits and reads their book? That's a lot of quiet for a party.
Lucas never got his due.
winter resolutions
I am going to grow my beard and take up smoking my pipe again. Also, put on 150 lbs.
“Protons have mass? I didn’t even know they were Catholic.”
– A bumpersticker I have somewhere
“One of the disappointments of last night’s speech is that Obama didn’t share...”
– George Packer (via mattpayton)
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quo·ten·tial \ˈkwō-ˈten(t)-shəl\
–adjective
possible, as opposed to actual: Steve’s quotential responses scrolled before him.
–noun
possibility; potentiality: Grandma’s collapse offered little wit quotential.
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Announcing: Liberty on the Rocks KC
Liberty on the Rocks is a new nationwide effort to gather freedom-loving people together in a social setting on a regular basis. The Kansas City group’s first meeting is Tuesday, December 8 from 8PM to 9:30PM at the Levee (16 W 43rd St).
The meeting has no agenda and no guest speakers. Rather, it is intended as an opportunity for liberty-minded activists to gather and network or...
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5 Hour Energy Drinks
whytluda:
the warning on the side about irregular and occaional speedy heart rate is irrelevant to me at this point.
down the hatch it goes….
Isn’t a speedy heart rate what you want from those drinks? And if you drink one every day, even an irregular heartbeat becomes, well, regular.
she's on to us
Caroline (age 6): Why do they call him Saint Nick if he isn't dead?
Patrick (age 37): Uh, that's a very good question. Some people call other people a saint even if they aren't.
slow death
Y’know when you start to make a wisecrack but realize at the very first syllable that it’s going to be unfunny or misinterpreted, but you’ve already committed to it?
That just happened.