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Clinton’s not dead yet

Kudos to George McGovern for not helping her along.

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rally ’round the maypole

Hooray, hooray - the First of May
Outdoor f*cking begins today!
At least for the critters. Here in the Pac NW it’s still a bit too cold & wet.
Enjoy your May revels, wherever you are.

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The HoneyMooners: Mama Loves Mambo (Part 2)

Here is some ancient humor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7bYLgfM96M


a plea to the cops in northwest portland

Instead of hanging out by the 7-11 writing speeding tickets, could you please do something about the scrap haulers driving their teetering and shedding loads up Hwy 30, across the St. Johns Bridge and over to Schnitzer?
Case in point, my ruined commute last night:

Some of these guys (and gals), with their jerry-rigged trailers filled with [...]

it takes a real man

not only to to admit his mistakes, but to do it in the local newspaper:

Way to go, Dad. You just made up for it by showing all the people in town who respect you - and also voted for W - that change is good, and you can face up to your errors in judgment, [...]

it’s almost enough to make me reflexively vote for clinton

I just received this email (from my husband’s aunt, no less):
The ULTIMATE in Women’s Body Piercing…
Men all over the country are urging their wives and sweethearts to get this ‘chic’ procedure.
The going rate on the east coast now exceeds $10,000.
Many men feel it is worth it.
The payoff?

It absolutely amazes me that someone can send [...]

friday recipe blogging

Because there doesn’t seem to be enough good news this morning to counteract the weeklong economic pall/Barack HUSSEIN!!! Obama bullshit, let’s pretend it’s summer and break out the chips and beer:
Shrimp Ceviche Salsa
1 lb. raw shrimp, peeled & cut in 1 cm. pieces or
¾-1 lb. whole bay shrimp
1½ cups fresh lime juice
1 cup diced sweet [...]

Wobblies on The Great Starbuck’s PR Stunt of ‘08

Starbucks over-expanded and feel the crunch of an ailing economy. Their solution? A massive, newsmaking public relations stunt, ostensibly to re-train and strategize.The IWW Starbucks Workers Union smells a rat and tells it like it is:
Starbucks Baristas Question Substance of National Shutdown for “Training”
New York, NY- As Starbucks stores around the United States reopen after [...]

r.i.p., sadie

My in-laws had to euthanize their sweet yellow lab Sadie yesterday. She had developed, over the course of the last year or so, an intermittent paralysis of her larynx which left her struggling for air too often these last few weeks. And loving her as they did, they let Sadie go.
For 13 years, [...]

Happy Headlines

Obama campaign urges Clinton to concede
Will not happen yet, but one can wish.
19 Percent Approve of Bush
What took soooooo long? Tis better late than never.
Makes one proud to be an American. A new day is dawning…

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a note to the columbian

Please, no more huge pictures of two-headed/two-faced kittens in the A section (or anywhere else). It’s not news, and The Columbian isn’t Ripley’s Believe it or Not.
Not what I need at 6am.

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one of these things is not like the others…

C’mon, sing along with me:
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn’t belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

Did you guess which thing was not like the others?
Did you guess which thing just doesn’t belong?
If you guessed this one is [...]