Disgruntled Conservatives
When Bush pushed for Harriet Miers, I balked. The Republicans are not only not acting like the majority party, but the few battles they win seem like they’re for the other side. The size of government balloons. From the lack of social security reform to the nomonation of Harriet Miers, I’m done giving Bush the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Professional Snorer
Except for the part where I can’t figure out how to get paid for it, I could snore professionally. I should have kept y’all up-to-date along the way, but I didn’t. C’est la vie. I snore when I’m on my back… and my side. Even on my stomach. If I slept hanging from my ankles [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 14 so far )Lamentations of the Father
Lamentations of the Father by Ian Frazier Laws Pertaining to the Living Room Of the beasts of the field, and of the fishes of the sea, and of all foods that are acceptable in my sight you may eat, but not in the living room. Of the hoofed animals, broiled or ground into burgers, you [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Mechanical Investing for March 2005
All in all, a 6.1% gain for the month, happily beating the market. Would have done a lot better, too, except for ALOY. True story – I’m at the movies, I stop at the restroom. I’m standing in front of the urinal that has an advertisement for Immodium AD diarrhea medicine. And on the frame [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )The Healing Power of Chocolate
The ancient Mayans were right. Chocolate heals. Among the benefits reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association: Cocoa, rich in flavonoids, help keep blood platelets from clumping together which can reduce the risk of blood clots that could lead to heart attacks. Dark chocolate can lower blood pressure in elderly hypertensive patients. Chocolate [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Prayer Request for Hayden
I spent the afternoon with my good friend John at the Texas Children’s Hospital where John and his son are spending 18 hours a day this past week. John’s granddaughter, Hayden, is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in an induced coma with significant brain swelling. The doctors have exhausted the types of medicines [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )You Don't Believe Her Story Either, Do You?
CANBERRA, Australia – A woman seduced and had sex with strangers while she slept and later had no recollection of her infidelities due to a sleeping disorder, her Sydney doctor said Thursday. The middle-aged woman had no idea that she was sneaking from her house at night in search of sex with random strangers until [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Spam Spam Spam Spam
I get a lot of email spam. I’m sure others get a lot more, but I’m fed up with the amount of spam I get. I estimate I average 75 pieces of spam a day. For some of the most tasteless products available, too, I might add. And even though I have a spam filter, [...]
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