Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Scandal at Police Headquarters

Some bloggers have apparently broken into an evidence locker and stolen a large quantity of crack. They immediately had a party and have issued the following idea: A labor union for bloggers. WTF? Sign in to see full entry.

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Nimrod Speaks: My latest seance

One of the things you don't know about me is that from time to time I do some informal seance work with some friends. Now we get together to contact some departed folks for whom history's notes are either confused, vague, or just plain wrong. So last week we were able to contact the spirit of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Training Day

The high tech dynamic network software operating off one and several servers is cool. The training/operating manual consisting solely of emails is not. Sign in to see full entry.

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Proof my priorites are in perfect order

I just told a friend that she should not engage in a certain criminal act because she's pretty and the mugshot wouldn't do her justice. Sign in to see full entry.

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Stuff In My Mug

Stuff In My Mug Originally uploaded by ShutterCat7. If you've seen construction workers with a cloth contraption wrapped around a utility bucket with tools hanging out in all sorts of directions, that is called a Bucket Boss. Now I am sure it has a proper name. BucketBoss is a brand. This is the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Dark Complexion and the Sun

I use sunblock to do what sunblock's supposed to do because I am black and cannot afford to operate under the misguided assumption that having a quicker melanin response to the sun than people of lighter complexion means I am immune to its effects. Growing up, no one ever said to me that I had any... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 6, 2007

Bag Diet: A Recipe For Failure

There ought to be an equation to tell you how long it will take you to overstuff a given bag. This should be called something like the "QOst" Quotient of Overstuffability of the bag and appear as a number just above the MSRP. That way you would avoid some bags because you will have them weighing... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm a Chestnut Tree, how about you?

Jan 01 to Jan 11 - Fir Tree Jan 12 to Jan 24 - Elm Tree Jan 25 to Feb 03 - Cypress Tree Feb 04 to Feb 08 - Poplar Tree Feb 09 to Feb 18 - Cedar Tree Feb 19 to Feb 28 - Pine Tree Mar 01 to Mar 10 - Weeping Willow Tree Mar 11 to Mar 20 - Lime Tree Mar 21 (only) - Oak Tree Mar 22 to Mar 31 - Hazelnut... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 5, 2007

A question, the answer to which continues to escape me

Why is it that some of the most wonderful ladies I know end up with the most egregious assholes on the planet? Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 4, 2007

The Christian Church vs. the Abused Spouse

By all rights, preachers who tell their parishoners that they have to stay with abusive spouses unless they're killed ought to have to take the punishment themselves. So they do the dying, the wife-beater husband goes to jail and the wife is set free. It's not exactly what Jesus did on the cross.... Sign in to see full entry.

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