Monday, October 26, 2009

X-post: Could it be more simple?

Friday, October 23, 2009

Roundup and Commentary - 10/22/09

Spend an evening reminiscing with some old friends. Reflect on all the good times you've had together over the years. - The Check Book: 200 Ways to Balance Your Life
by Bret Nicholaus

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Roundup and Commentary - 10/21/09

People concern themselves with being normal, rather than natural. - Think - Robert Anthony (Dr.)

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Roundup and Commentary - 10/19/09

Not to draw lines is not to discriminate.
The ability to discriminate is the key to perception.
Are we taking leave of our senses?

Maybe.

Maybe we're learning to draw lines with disappearing ink. - Das Energi by Paul Williams

Monday, October 19, 2009

Roundup and Commentary - 10/18/09

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. - Abraham Lincoln (Found: The Best Liberal Quotes Ever - William Martin)

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Roundup and Commentary - 10/17/09

To the ant, a few drops of rain is a flood. - 8,789 Words of Wisdom by Barbara Ann Kipfer

Commentary:

"I see a huge difference between the carefully scripted and vetted-for-political opinion crowds at the average Bush speech, vs preferring to avoid something on the order of a boisterous transvestite or code pinker contingent disrupting an event."
Immoderate Monk: Comparing Bush/Obama: audience vetting and the press (& maybe Villainous Company: What A Difference an Election Makes... in Press Coverage)

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Roundup and Commentary - 10/16/09

Start planning a vacation you've always wanted to take. Call a travel agency for brochures, talk to people who have been where you want to go, organize "planning sessions" with others who will go with you -- make the preparation as much fun as the trip itself. - The Check Book: 200 Ways to Balance Your Life - Bret Nicholaus


Commentary:

"What a sad bunch a people, who go out of their way to hurt a gal's feelings, when they could just, ...well... not do that." Megan McCain: Don't Call Me a Slut - The Daily Beast

Cassandra @ Villainous Company: (October 16, 2009 08:03 AM comment) puts her radical feminist credentials in jeopardy by discussing Megan McCain's boobtacular twit pic. (While Megan did a dumb thing, I think the incident exposed more about a good number of her critics than Megan did of/about herself.)

I left several comments on this subject, mostly on TDB (though there was a second on VC, as well.) Since this seemed to be the subject of the day, a short video tribute:


(Probably my favorite episode of the RP series.)

And another video I just happened to find, that sums it all up nicely:



"Fuck you, boob haters!!"

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Roundup and Commentary - 10/12/09

We are learning not to draw lines.
No lines between black and white.
No lines between young and old.
No lines between our side and your side.
No lines between me and you.


(I got nothin' but the pretty quote... which means I either spent the day AFK, or didn't read anything worth replying to...)

((No complaining... Sometimes, there isn't even a pretty quote. Cope.))

Monday, October 12, 2009

Roundup and Commentary - 10/11/09

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free. - Emma Lazarus

(I got nothin' but the pretty quote... which means I either spent the day AFK, or didn't read anything worth replying to...)

((No complaining... Sometimes, there isn't even a pretty quote. Cope.))

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