July 2009
7 posts
Alford, please!
From Yahoo Sports…
Veteran MMA fighter Jeff Monson pleaded guilty to graffiti-related charges stemming from a picture that was published last year in ESPN the Magazine (right) of Monson spraypainting an anarchy symbol onto the Washington state Capitol. Monson pleaded guilty to the Capitol charge, and entered an Alford plea on the charge for graffiti at an armed-forces recruiting center,...
Oh boo hoo your precious little piece of secret...
It may or may not be true that the majority of “psychology” is a pseudo science. What has always turned me off about it is that there is this group of people who enjoy a) having secret knowledge about how the mind works and b) charging us to find out their opinions based on their secret knowledge. And don’t tell me it’s not secret knowledge because look at how the field is...
To Whom May I Speak?
Can I talk to whomever I wish however I please? Probably not.
Can I talk to whomever I wish however I please in my own house? Only if I am a white man with privilege. Because if I am a white man I can talk to cops, my wife, my kids, my parents at any decibel in any tone using any words I like. And if my neighbors don’t like it they can call the cops. But perhaps you just forgot- I can talk...
My dad is a crazy old man.
So here is a random email that dad sent out to the family today. In response to the news story that calmly asserted there may need to be more intentional federal education of the public regarding proper disposal of the “curly” light bulbs, he lets loose this sarcasmic whoosh (which I can only assume from a lifetime of experience is meant to be funny and condescending at the same...
Pretty Sweet
How did I not know that Beyonce performs with an “all girl” band??? I don’t know that I could hold her up as some sort women’s advocate- but it’s still pretty cool considering how male-dominated the music world is. (Unless, of course, she has an all lady band because Jay-Z doesn’t want her around men.)
Woman out safe from husband's Conn. home standoff
I just think it’s so odd that this story is national news. Is it because this guy is somehow connected to Oprah? This shit happens EVERY DAY in this country. Why is it being reported like some sort of Waco v. Janet Reno phenom?
By EVERTON BAILEY Jr., Associated Press Writer Everton Bailey Jr., Associated Press Writer SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. – A woman held hostage for hours...
That we are alone
That we are alone
Or oh that we can be
Wonders our bones
And eats us like candy
Hot under the sun
Of only the hand We
hold knows our name
Cause we never needed one