Archive for June 29th, 2012
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (Revised)
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Just in case you’re tempted to try it
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If you’re going to troll a schoolyard, you’ll have to work just a bit harder to fit in
Posted in Weird on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
And don’t forget to pick up some Kwell from the drugstore before we film the next episode
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“And then the prince told Sleeping Beauty, “Hold the horse still, will ya?”
Posted in Animals, Pop Culture on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The tea partiers’ manifesto
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Seriously, I had a beagle puppy once. This is how I came home and found my (soon-to-be ex) roommate’s new couch.
Posted in Animals, Urban living on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
She was an awesome dog. Just not such a great choice for a small urban apartment with an owner who did not have as much time as he needed to exercise her and give her attention. Wasn’t her fault. She was just bored and anxious. She went to a nice family in the suburbs with kids and a yard.
And that bark of theirs? Also not good for an urban apartment. Ahhh-rooo!!! Ahhh-rooo! Day and night.
A gentile’s guide to cheating during the Shabbat
Posted in Religion on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Those of you who read this regularly know that I do not discriminate against Jew, Christian, Hindu or Muslim: as an atheist, none of them makes more sense to me than the others. It also means that I have to (or would like to) live in a world with all of them peacefully, since not everyone (or even most people) I know who are believers strike me as wild-eyed idiots or bigots. Many believers I know are quite thoughtful and intelligent and simply believe because those beliefs give them a sense of strength and/or purpose.
I’m in a serious relationship for the first time with a Jewish guy, and it’s been interesting to see how his family’s faith traditions differ from the others with which I am familiar. One of the most complicated of these traditions is, at least to me, the idea of Shabbat — the sundown Friday to sundown Saturday Jewish sabbath during which certain activities are forbidden for observant Jews.
I used to live in heavily Jewish Brookline, a suburb of Boston, and became used to observant Jews in the area where I lived asking me to ring doorbells and so on, because those things are forbidden during Shabbat. But it was always still a little confusing.
Now comes this article from Vice.com that delineates a lot of these Shabbat no-nos, and give advice on how some Jews get around the restrictions. You can read it here.
If it were only this easy
Posted in Academia, Education on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The feminist view of “Fifty Shades of Grey”
Posted in Lesbians, Sexuality on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
For the cat who has everything
Posted in Animals, Consumerism on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
With conservatives, everything is Obama’s fault, including the wildfires in Colorado
Posted in Republicans, Wingnuts on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We knew they would try to do this, I just can’t believe they’re being so brazen about it. Best part of the article shown in the screen cap below (and which you can find here) is this part:
The criticism caught on in some circles. Wayne Laugesen, the conservative editorial page editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette, linked to Malkin’s post this week in his own piece titled “Obama shrunk aerial firefighting fleet.” A writer with PJ Media mentioned the Gazette opinion in a blog post under the headline “Colorado Burns. Are Obama’s Environmental and Defense Policies to Blame?”
The suggestion even made its way to a news conference on Wednesday with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D), who was answering questions about multiple fires burning in the state. The Denver Post reported that a question about conservatives blaming the president for the size of the air fleet set the governor off.
“Were these the same conservatives that were so worried about the Obama administration spending too much money, or were these different conservatives?” Hickenlooper said.
Shameless. They’re shameless.
What goes around, comes around, especially for child molesters
Posted in Child Abuse, Children on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Pawdele sings her version of “Rolling In The Deep”
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I love the guy in the blonde wig and the blue gingham dress
Posted in Child Abuse, Children, Weird on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Keep watching, keep watching…
Only in America
Posted in Health, Wingnuts on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Catchy lyrics
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You know, if they just thought this stuff through, they wouldn’t ask such stupid questions
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To all DJs: Please read carefully and post
Posted in Humor on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Many fall. Few escape.
Posted in Love on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The formula for bigotry
Posted in Christianism, Mental Illness, Rednecks, Wingnuts on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Time to have another sex talk with your kid
Posted in Children, Sexuality on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Anti-odor flatulence pads for your underwear
Posted in Aging, Consumerism on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The copy on the web site where you can purchase this says:
This pad is to be worn inside of your underwear. Can be used daily or as needed. Can be used with panty’s, briefs and panty hose. Will not be affective with boxer type underwear. Do not use your toilet for disposal. For external use only. End your fear and embarrassment when in public.
Instructions:
* Attach double sided tape to one side of disposable pad.
* Use other side of double sided tape to secure to your underwear.
* Insert pad with narrow side facing front.Features
- Helps to control odors.
- Unisex.
- Lightweight.
- Cost effective and comfortable.
- 7 1/2″ Length.
- 4″Width (widest part).
- 2 1/2″ Width (narrow part).
- 10 pads in a package includes 10 pieces of tape and full instructions.
I love how they have to keep telling you that it’s for external use only. Wouldn’t want grandma to start trying to shove deodorizer pads up her ass, would we?
Jesus reveals himself in peeling paint at run-down Chinese take-out
Posted in Food, Mental Illness, Wingnuts on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’d like to think that the reporter who did this story did it all tongue-in-cheek. Because I’d hate to think that the mainstream media was still seriously giving precious column inches to mentally deranged people.
