Friday, August 8, 2003Monkey on the loose in ChitownYes, you read right - there's a monkey on the loose in Chicago. Hopi, a Rhesus monkey, is running loose on the North Side. The problem I have with this case is that the monkey doesn't belong to either Lincoln Park or Brookfield Zoo. This monkey is someone's pet, and the someone who owns the monkey... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 6:57 PM Comments (0) (link) Evil Under the SunI just got finished watching one of my favorite movies - the Peter Ustinov version of Evil Under the Sun. (I didn't particularly care for the version aired on A&E recently; I prefer the theatrical version starring Ustinov as Hercule Poirot.) The premise is that Poirot chooses to visit a posh resort... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 2:03 PM Comments (0) (link) Why fact is more important than beliefThere are times when fact is more important than belief. In fact, it is more often true than we'd like to admit that fact is more important than belief. If I walk over to the tap to pour myself a glass of water, for example, it is true that I believe the tap will produce clear drinkable water. But,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 12:09 PM Comments (0) (link) Whim, you did it again!Whim wrote another post - I'm not sure it's relevant to which blog she posted it - about male-bashing. Frankly, I'm uncomfortable with the entire idea of male-bashing. For those of us who are actually related - either by blood or by marriage - to men willing to change in response to our complaints,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 11:43 AM Comments (0) (link) Controversy? Wait a minute here!Whim got me to thinking this afternoon about the controversies that have surrounded BN in the past. You know, folks, she's absolutely right. MightyHolyWarrior has become so popular of late precisely because he started out controversial. Like Whim, I remember when MHW came on deck; he got a lot of us... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 10:17 AM Comments (3) (link) |
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