WP makes me do a double-take

Few opinion peices--or any newspaper article about political issues--surprise me anymore, but this one made me do a double-take: Zachary Karabell (whoever that is) suggests that Obama lose the old baggage on his visit to China. All well and good, but the things that Karabell wants Obama to talk about made me eyes explode: 1 - With China, create a joint central bank. (O.O) 2 - Give up on ...

In Which Ben Wakes Up in a Different World...

...moved out here around when your uncle Sam got the job teaching ... house in Lawrence too much." Sam... teaching? "And how did you ... to come around more often." Sam just chuckled, rocking back and ... better hurry up." Ben followed Sam's eyesight, now just picking ... done making kissy faces yet?" Sam sighed dramatically, giving Ruby an ... and then his wedding picture; Sam's kids through various points. ...

Glad to be back where I belong. Home.

...being overseas had it's perks, and what not. But coming home has just made me happier than ever. Sam and I wanted a getaway from it all. So we thought travelling a little might make us feel better.... in her face, her gleaming eyes.. It's something I'd missed.. something I used to see when Uncle Harry was alive. Leah's apparently in Paris with Alice. Strange combination, but if it makes Leah happy ...

LADY BUSINESS

...who don't. It should also equally cover men who want to have sex and women who want to have sex. It currently does neither of these things. And if Uncle Sam is going to shove his nose into it, he better do it with a hell of a lot less discrimination. We're all American citizens, and last I checked...

Life, 140 chars at a time...

... on the Hubstation? # 12:02 @ oiseauxbleu so you really don't want to catch Capitalism? # 18:13 @ lefei hokays... Take care! You gymming this weekend? # 21:04 This Uncle Sam's Claypot is sooooooo disappointing lor! #fb # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

THREE CHEERS FOR THE RED WHITE AND BLUE!

... with Danielle, Max, and Amanda. Max and I got to talking (and re-enacting) some of the awesome scenes from improv on Tuesday night (such as Max as Uncle Sam in the Library of Congress's FUN ROOM: "Get that gun out of your mouth and do a line of coke off of the Constitution!"; and me and Max at a ...

Perverse incentives - now in pictures

... about zilch. Flat is bad. Why work full-time to earn $40k, when you can stay at home all year and end up with nearly the same amount, courtesy of Uncle Sam? Sounds like a deal to me. I don't make a very high multiple of that, and I'm working my ass off here. The long-run consequence of undermining ...

Witchklok Chapter 3, part 2 aka Noirklok

... be working at Mordhaus , but I’m not.  I don’t rightly know if he somehow blew the considerable scratch he’s rumored to have made when he was giving Uncle Sam the finger.  But even if he hadn’t, this joint’s the Who’s Who of the town.  Anybody who’s anybody comes here, and often bring with them some ...

The New Deal

...without running into the War face-first. Everyone knew, it was only a matter of time before Uncle Sam made the trip ‘cross the Atlantic. And Bucky was already there. He didn’t know how ..., because he knew something about sacrifices and the tough things you had to do sometimes when Uncle Sam pointed at you. Yeah, he knew that better than most. The rest of ‘em, well—...

... else pilots the machine but uncle Sam. He runs outta fuel...lurk in the shadows around Sam, biding their time. He hears...it aas once more orderly. Sam hardly knows where the dung...And those eyes around him, Sam is ever more paranoid. Hope...roots from any given shoot. Sam knows he is defeated. But...of the leering eyes about Sam to creep in and eat...it's bidding by blaming Sam for everything. Dung, blood, tears...