Thursday, June 14, 2007
When compassion gets dangerous
When compassion becomes dangerous Originally uploaded by ShutterCat7. The person in the car at center stopped on an overpass...at rushour...got out of her car...trotted around the corner...gave some food to a seemingly homeless person...trotted back to her car...and left. What's wrong with that, do...
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Nooooooo! 33 Points! I'm SpongeBob
Everyone has a personality of a cartoon character. Have you ever asked yourself what cartoon character do you most resemble? A group of investigators got together and analyzed the personalities of well known and modern cartoon characters. The information that was gathered was made into this test....
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Will the real future please stand up?
Probably pessimism talking, but I don't think we'll start to see real change as a world until we get out of the 20th century. What I mean by that is until the last of the folks born during the cold war and the 2 or 3 generations influenced by them moves off stage into retirement and a true...
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On Nancy Drew
I don't care who they pick. I will always have a crush on Pamela Sue Martin.
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What are they doing to the President?
No, the President's head did not come off.
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London's Olympics Logo for 2012: Bad Taste or Veiled Ill Intentions
This has been called a "broken swastika." It's ugly. I think it just looks like shit. This is not a case of back-handed commentary against the Jewish faith. They need to hire another illustrator.
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Apparition Sighting - 2:05am
Ghost, apparition, spectre, astral body...I'm never sure what to call these things. I was driving home from the store a little over an hour ago. As I was coming down my street I saw something translucent and human in appearance standing in front and slightly to the side of a car. I jerked the wheel...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Skinny Dipping
An elderly man in Florida had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond in the back, fixed up nicely: Picnic tables, horseshoe courts, a volleyball court, and some apple and peach trees. The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming. One evening the old farmer decided to go...
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Monday, June 11, 2007
Relations
This was an actual conversation in 1963 between two of my cousins who only knew each other professionally and both arrived at a funeral service: Mrs. Crockett: "Good morning, Mrs. Butler" Mrs. Butler: "Good morning, Mrs. Crockett" Mrs. Crockett: "Are you here for services?" Mrs. Butler: "Yes, I'm...
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Sunday, June 10, 2007
Future's Anticlimax: Building-up to the Fizzle
I appreciate the effort......But I expected more. The year was 1976. Jimmy Carter was running for the presidency, Gerald Ford was doing the best he could to manage the crumblings and fallout from Nixon. Viet-nam had officially ended and we'd been told, by some in the world, that we'd lost. It was...
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