"I'd probably be horrible at it, and rig the photocopier to explode, but it'd be nice to try."

Ahhh! Dramaz in adelaideians ! It started with a request for a Japanese translation of 'waterslide' and turned into poll as to whether the comm should ban the term 'homo/homos' in all contexts , but one person's opinion was too important for the comment threads and got a separate post. And even then, the opinion isn't so much an opinion as reposting what someone else said . ...

R.I.P. Angie

Trigger Warning Angie Zapata's family released their statement on Allen Andrare's conviction: Zapata Family Statement read by Angie's brother Gonzalo Zapata “Angie was my sister. “She was a member of our family. We loved her very much, and we will miss her every day. Every day and every night our mom has to deal with great pain of ... one of her babies being buried. Every day our ...

Blogspot

I have joined Blogger/Blogspot: http://fayanora.blogspot.com/ Here is my first post: http://fayanora.blogspot.com/?zx=808af10f816f57ec admittedly, I was upset when I wrote it. But it's worth reading, if only for the list of things that disgust me about society. I have to admit, being suspected of being a spambot has not helped my mood. I joined because of this: An excellent personal tale...

News from the asylum

Life is attempting to kick my butt, but I WILL PREVAIL. In the meantime, if you haven't already caught in on airsucker or waywardson5 's posts, read this: http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/03/breaking-silence-on-living-pro-lifers.html . I have many thoughts on the whole subject, but not time to share them right now.

So...WTF, AIG?

Before all the recent news, the only thing I really knew about AIG was that Stockard Channing voiced its commercials. Now we're learning more than we ever wanted to know about AIG and the business world in which it operates. The whole thing is rather confusing (check out Shakesville and TPM for lots of coverage), but what I'm distilling from the news is this: AIG plans to use bailout money to...

Freaky News

....com/html/localnews/2008597989_ricinthreat07m.html Melissa from Shakesville points out that Bush's people keep claiming that we don't have terrorist attacks in America any more. At least not on Bush's watch. http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/01/no-terrorism-since-911.html I walk past at least one of the bars named every day on my way to my current job. It makes me feel sad that ...

Almost the end of this cycle - 30 December 2008

Up top, no matter what sort of animosity we might have had to her mother, congratulations to Bristol Palin for surviving childbirth and delivering a healthy boy . In other celebrity matters, that's Sir Terry Pratchett, civilian , and Disney bails on the Narnia franchise . Internationally, now provoked, Israel intends on pounding the hell out of the Gaza area to achieve a cease-fire on ...

And a Monday to you as well - 29 December 2008

Hey, all. Back to an almost normal schedule of work and non-work, now that one of the major VEWPRFs has gotten underway. Of course, one must congratulate the new standard for futility in American football , not that anyone who hasn’t been following that team for the last few years is surprised about it. Big numbers - by the end of next year, the United Nations beleives there will be one ...

Fly swatter, meet uzi

Just to be clear, this is going to be a post with a lot of fist shaking at various groups but will mostly be devoid of concrete solutions because, seriously, I just don't fucking know how to solve this one. The ceasefire between the Israelis and Palestinians has, well, combusted. Again. According to the New York Times: The Israeli Air Force on Saturday launched a massive attack on Hamas ...

Eight years later, as President Bush prepares to stroll back out of the White House and head back to Texas, this year's hot toy is a doll that shits all over the place– Melissa McEwen Thanx to Shakesville