This is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
There will be no potluck. Pie will not be served.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
On This Day in History
1907- President Theodore Roosevelt signed an immigration act which excluded "idiots, imbeciles, feebleminded persons, epileptics and insane persons" from being admitted to the United States.
A hundred years later we can see that President Roosevelt was prophetic: The U.S. is able to produce home-grown idiots and imbeciles.
A hundred years later we can see that President Roosevelt was prophetic: The U.S. is able to produce home-grown idiots and imbeciles.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Year of the Rat
Is it a coincidence that our election year is also the Year of the Rat?
A subtle Chinese connection?
Another Rat fact:
I was reading a health magazine and was surprised at one warning:
There is a chemical in some nail polishes that causes cancer in rodents.
Next month: Humans in shoes can cause squashing-death to spiders and ants.
A subtle Chinese connection?
Another Rat fact:
I was reading a health magazine and was surprised at one warning:
There is a chemical in some nail polishes that causes cancer in rodents.
Next month: Humans in shoes can cause squashing-death to spiders and ants.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The Right Reason
I don't support nor will I vote for Barack Obama. I take this stand based on his politics not the color of his skin and certainly not based on some Internet rumor that he's a Muslim.
The current circulating email claiming that he is Muslim has been disproved. That it was forwarded by Conservatives saddens me. (You know who you are.) Shame on you- we're supposed to be the good guys, the ones who tell the truth, who stand for the truth.
Email rumors are the same as lies from the town gossip or from the spitful family member who drops insinuations like bread crumbs. A lie is a lie, it doesn't gather respectability just because it came in the mail.
Don't perpetuate gossip. Read the entire article on http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
The current circulating email claiming that he is Muslim has been disproved. That it was forwarded by Conservatives saddens me. (You know who you are.) Shame on you- we're supposed to be the good guys, the ones who tell the truth, who stand for the truth.
Email rumors are the same as lies from the town gossip or from the spitful family member who drops insinuations like bread crumbs. A lie is a lie, it doesn't gather respectability just because it came in the mail.
Don't perpetuate gossip. Read the entire article on http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
Monday, February 4, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Word Up
Dear Lord~
Just as I asked on Dec 29th, I'd really like for the Giants to win today.
Also, just wanted to remind you that these are the NEW YORK Giants, not the Philistine giants.
These are good giants. The Patriots are cheaters and therefore, NOT GOOD.
I, however have been very good- oh wait, that was for Santa so never mind with that part.
Giants=Good, Patriots=Evil. I'm just saying. . .
Amen
Just as I asked on Dec 29th, I'd really like for the Giants to win today.
Also, just wanted to remind you that these are the NEW YORK Giants, not the Philistine giants.
These are good giants. The Patriots are cheaters and therefore, NOT GOOD.
I, however have been very good- oh wait, that was for Santa so never mind with that part.
Giants=Good, Patriots=Evil. I'm just saying. . .
Amen
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Loner Holiday Established
As a loner I’m quite comfortable- except when it’s a holiday that embraces family, and most holidays do, don’t they?
New Year’s Eve and day are family days. Valentines is at least a couples days. Easter is family. Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving and Christmas- all family days. I suppose I could claim Martin Luther King Day, Presidents or Columbus Day for loners but it really should be more obscure than that. Maybe Chinese New Year- except there’s what? A billion Chinese people?
Groundhog Day! That will be the official Loner Day! The groundhog is a solitary sort- newspapers aren’t reporting that “a large number of groundhogs filled the Town Square for their annual weather-predicting festival .”
Groundhog Day is always on February 2nd, it’s freezing outside and the world forgets about it as soon as the critter sees his shadow. The occasion lasts maybe 10 minutes, requires no decoration or food preparation- which I think you'll agree- is tedious, messy and not something we loners are really suited for.
I may have stumbled upon a well-kept secret. I’m certain that not many others know of this because we loners are rather tight-lipped about what we do in our private time. You know how it is: you tell one person and pretty soon it’s all over the internet and there goes our precious loner-ness. In fact, forget I mentioned it, okay?
New Year’s Eve and day are family days. Valentines is at least a couples days. Easter is family. Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving and Christmas- all family days. I suppose I could claim Martin Luther King Day, Presidents or Columbus Day for loners but it really should be more obscure than that. Maybe Chinese New Year- except there’s what? A billion Chinese people?
Groundhog Day! That will be the official Loner Day! The groundhog is a solitary sort- newspapers aren’t reporting that “a large number of groundhogs filled the Town Square for their annual weather-predicting festival .”
Groundhog Day is always on February 2nd, it’s freezing outside and the world forgets about it as soon as the critter sees his shadow. The occasion lasts maybe 10 minutes, requires no decoration or food preparation- which I think you'll agree- is tedious, messy and not something we loners are really suited for.
I may have stumbled upon a well-kept secret. I’m certain that not many others know of this because we loners are rather tight-lipped about what we do in our private time. You know how it is: you tell one person and pretty soon it’s all over the internet and there goes our precious loner-ness. In fact, forget I mentioned it, okay?
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