AMERICA! Bea Arthur’s balls are bigger than yours.
Maude punked out the security staff at Logan in Boston this week, when she forgot to take a pocket knife out of her carry on. When TSA staff called her on it she started yelling that it wasn’t hers and “the terrorists put it there!”. Later she threw her keys at a TSA official and said they belonged to the terrorists too and they should take them away from her.
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kuro5hin’s take on the matter
Home of the free, Land of the sheep
Slashdot just threw up a link to this page at the American Library Association. It’s their list of the top 100 books banned in the United States. To be on the list the books need to be chalanged in public institutions and not just private schools, churches, etc. To be honest the list made me a little sad, a fair number of books that made the cut were some of my favorite as a teen, and many still sit up front on my book shelves. Fortunately the best solution to literary censorship is the easiest, read more.
The included quote from author Judy Blume says it all; “[I]t’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be
written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship.
As always, young readers will be the real losers.”
Who knew Blair was a nut job?
Looks like our favorite girls school skank has gotten into the advice business. Blair from ‘the facts of life’ (her real name is Lisa Whelchel) would love to share with you her tips on good parenting, like; Hot Sauce in the grill to curb swearing and dragging you kid across the street by his/her hair when they act up. Apparently this is the sort of thing god tells insane people to do when the rest of us are not listening.
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Washington Post article about ‘hot saucing’
Caffeine and Opium - for Babies
With my girlfriend expecting a child of unknown gender in January (I’m told it’s mine), I’ve grown fond of quite a few dad blogs lately, especially DaddyTypes. I know it’s corny, but the wisdom that comes from modern fathers seems a bit more my speed than the drivel that comes from mothers who feel anything but their breast milk has a strong likelihood of killing and/or maiming their child. I found this gem through the afore mentioned blog over at History House. Smack for my kid? Does it work is the real question…
History House: Caffeine and Opium - for Babies
OkCupid! The Virgin Game
You go out, you get smashed and you’re looking to bag a oneniter. thats normal. but how good are you at figuring out your odds? give OkCupids, ‘the virgin game’ a try and see where you stand. I scored a 76%. 3 outta 4 is ok in my book…
And now for a good southern ass kicking.
Here we have the 15 most important tips for traveling south of the Mason-Dixon.
Take heed yankee.
BugMeNot is back!
And for this we will dance. The owner of the site seems to think there was foul play on the host side of things, only time will tell…
Bugmenot where art tho’?
My favorite way to skirt half assed web registrations, bugmenot.com, is gone. Nobody seems to know why, but the smart money in Vegas is on the lawyers.
bugmenot.com
from MetaFilter link
It’s Just the ‘internet’ Now
Wired News has decided to stop capitalizing the word internet. This may not seem like a big deal, but for the true believers in marketing its the end of an era. Some people feel that capitalizing a word gives it importance. Others feel some words can become just that, words that speak for themselves. If this takes expect an update to all your spell checking dictionary’s soon.
gmail spam
For some reason in my long career as an Internet user I have managed to keep my spam intake to a minimum. That is until I started using a gmail account. I can’t believe how many members of Nigerian royalty have my email address. For an account that I haven’t made very public, this seems a little silly.
