I didn't write anything for 9/11. It's a hard day.
At the time, I have to confess, I was a pretty smug liberal about it. My first reaction really was, "We brought this on ourselves - our foreign policy has finally come home to us."
I didn't believe anything the administration said about al-Qaeda. I figured that they basically knew fuck all, and were just...
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At the time, I have to confess, I was a pretty smug liberal about it. My first reaction really was, "We brought this on ourselves - our foreign policy has finally come home to us."
I didn't believe anything the administration said about al-Qaeda. I figured that they basically knew fuck all, and were just...
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greaser:
Are you saying that fluoridation is nothing but a clever ruse? And to think I've been drinking nothing but distilled rainwater all this time for no reason 
fearthereaper:
I write the politics articles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dreamed that I turned into a total asshole and alienated everyone who cared about me.
Oh, wait.
Oh, wait.
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malkav11:
By the way, given that you are evidently also an avid reader....how do you get by without using the library?
I go into withdrawal just thinking about trying to make it through my days without having access to more books than I can buy myself. I average maybe a book every two or three days, stretched out to a week or more on a few particularly long ones. (For example, Steven Erikson's books usually take me several days.) Even if I were stripping Half-Price Books' bargain section bare of anything remotely readable on a regular basis I think I'd run dry sooner rather than later.
I go into withdrawal just thinking about trying to make it through my days without having access to more books than I can buy myself. I average maybe a book every two or three days, stretched out to a week or more on a few particularly long ones. (For example, Steven Erikson's books usually take me several days.) Even if I were stripping Half-Price Books' bargain section bare of anything remotely readable on a regular basis I think I'd run dry sooner rather than later.
malkav11:
You really should. Even if you're terrible about returning things on time I suspect you'd average less money spent.
Although you're not alone. I'm amazed how many people I run across who love books, love reading, and appear to never go near libraries. I can sort of understand that with people like my parents (who love to read but rarely have time, therefore don't need to load up on books), but for people who *do* go through books quickly...
Although you're not alone. I'm amazed how many people I run across who love books, love reading, and appear to never go near libraries. I can sort of understand that with people like my parents (who love to read but rarely have time, therefore don't need to load up on books), but for people who *do* go through books quickly...
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wildswan:
Karl Rove has resigned!
wildswan:
News conference in a little under an hour.
I'm getting a cat on Saturday, if all goes as planned.
I have rent paid, and an interview tomorrow. Today I think I'll buy a pair of new shoes and see The Simpsons Movie.
Life could be worse. And has been, quite recently. Anyway.
And a Happy Lughnasadh to all you heathens in the audience.
I have rent paid, and an interview tomorrow. Today I think I'll buy a pair of new shoes and see The Simpsons Movie.
Life could be worse. And has been, quite recently. Anyway.
And a Happy Lughnasadh to all you heathens in the audience.
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lilyfly:
Did you get the cat? Post pictures!
brightredscream:
Did you get a kitty cat?
DAY 183
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture.
Tomorrow I may eat another house plant.
Today my attempt to kill my...
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My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture.
Tomorrow I may eat another house plant.
Today my attempt to kill my...
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tinyhobo:
thanks!!!
dhd_no_pants:
That made me laugh a whole lot. Thank you. 
I put this in a thread in Silliness, but I'll post it here for the record, too.
AMERICA, you arthritic, senile old bitch, I love you.
I love jazz and naked women.
I love beefsteaks and single-malt scotch and the whole First World living standard.
I love the Moonshot and the Sexual Revolution.
I love the New Deal, the Great Society, and Brown v. the...
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AMERICA, you arthritic, senile old bitch, I love you.
I love jazz and naked women.
I love beefsteaks and single-malt scotch and the whole First World living standard.
I love the Moonshot and the Sexual Revolution.
I love the New Deal, the Great Society, and Brown v. the...
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_elichrusos:
Happy celestial-derived ceremony. Hope you have an awesome day.
drnecessitor:
Happy birthday...I appreciate your posts.
I love you all - except for those I don't (you know who you are).
I seem to have a machine again. More information will be forthcoming in the fullness of time.
I seem to have a machine again. More information will be forthcoming in the fullness of time.
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meatpieboy:
Thanks for your little ode today.
t_patcher:
Awesome thread, the kid is due in October - unless you are asking about the one I already have - he will be down to visit in a couple of more weeks.
Apparently, not only do I still have no sense of humor, but at least four or five different people on the site have called me a fascist in the past week.
It's almost enough to make me want to take my Panzerkampfwagens and go home.
It's almost enough to make me want to take my Panzerkampfwagens and go home.
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_kungfoo_:
Zarth said:
KUNGFOO said:
Mockingbird said:
I'm not entirely sure Bush would start a war what with only about a year left in office. Not that he necessarily runs by that schedule, but it seems that lately he is trying to not cause a fuss. Yes, with the veto of the stem cell research bill again, we can see he has an agenda he's following. Nonetheless... I would hope it didn't come to it. Maybe I'm just being optimistic.
I don't think so either, but the thing is that this whole "liberate-Iran" deal seems to be more of a push by the neocons of PNAC, AEI, etc.. than just the Bush Administration.
Punk. How dare you say what I'm thinking while I'm still typing it?
In the future, the duel will be fought by keyboard. 
wildswan:
Watch out; the libertarians are gaining ground!
Nature is insensate in its profusion, and oblivion absolute in dominion, and if benevolence is not the contrivance of men, it nevertheless remains neither the establishment, let alone commandment, of some imagined supernal.
And so, knowing the wasteful profligacy of life's production, there can be no expectation of the satisfaction even of our merest needs, much less the achievement of any measure of our desires....
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And so, knowing the wasteful profligacy of life's production, there can be no expectation of the satisfaction even of our merest needs, much less the achievement of any measure of our desires....
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the_reverend:
Those damn Ruskies and their lightsabers.
the_reverend:
You still online, duder?
i flexed my literary muscle. i fear the output is weak, but generally accurate.
Now, i just need to find a gay-dating site, and i'm all set.
i flexed my literary muscle. i fear the output is weak, but generally accurate.
Now, i just need to find a gay-dating site, and i'm all set.
Well. That's enough of that. Anyway.
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wildswan:
Whee! I made it!
the_reverend:
EDIT - i'm a fool! i just thought i'd share that with you
Bet that's confused you.
Bet that's confused you.
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herbancowboy:
I see how it is, Zarth. I'll just have to join forces with MadBax and resurrect Uptight...You'll be hearing from my LAWYER! (I'm not trying to be a jerk to that kid, but...nevermind, I'll save this for the appropriate thread.)
ambersaurus:
im the tree
Finally got around to seeing Borat last night. There were definitely some squirmy parts, when he seemed to be totally fucking with people who didn't in any way deserve it, and there were some other squirmy parts, when people who did deserve it cut loose an acted like themselves (I'm thinking particularly, of course, of the old rodeo guy and the frat boys).
As often,...
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sockpuppet:
I'm figuring we'll all be human only when there's an external enemy.
sockpuppet:
Ah, damn; of course you're right. I'd forgotten Ozymandias.
(hehehe...)
Natural world, well, natural world doesn't care, at least now all the big predators are gone. It has to be deliberate to be an enemy.
Corollary from this discussion:
The larger the government, the stronger the opposition.
Which neatly answers the Fermi paradox, doesn't it?
(hehehe...)
Natural world, well, natural world doesn't care, at least now all the big predators are gone. It has to be deliberate to be an enemy.
Corollary from this discussion:
The larger the government, the stronger the opposition.
Which neatly answers the Fermi paradox, doesn't it?