playgroup ponderings
I'm an American expat living in Germany and I have a 1-year-old son who I bring to local playgroups. One of the other moms, Cinnamon, is very kind, nice, and working on her education, but not really...
View Article"Hey! I was thinking of robbing you. Can you tell me when you will be home?"
I love my mom. She is one of the most sweet and kind ladies you will Ever have the pleasure of knowing. But sometimes she will go and surprise you! Some kids kept stealing from her so she had an alarm...
View Articlemock_the_stupid_mod (no, not OpalCat)
A separate LJ community (which will remain nameless) has the stated purpose of creating open debate. Here is the summary of how my first and only debate in that community went down:1) Party A tosses a...
View ArticleKind of back, but this is a hard time for me
Hey everyone...No, I was not abducted by aliens. However, my life has been in a swarm of chaos the last few months. I'm still quasi-homeless and staying with friends/family, though I'll finally be...
View ArticleHow does this girl function on a daily basis?
Twitter account: What New Girl SaidSomeone in another comm told me about this feed and I immediately thought of sharing it here. There are dozens of examples of ridiculous things this 18 year old girl...
View ArticleAnd eating a box of donuts every day is a great way to lose weight
Person on Google+, bemoaning the increase in gay/lesbian characters in the media: Don't you see it? They are broadcasting it because of ratings and money, they don't care about their audience.Um......
View ArticleHow to lose at the War on Drugs
If you live a double-life of sending criminals to jail while regularly doing something criminal yourself, make sure you don't take any indication of your other life with you to your day job:...
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Woman Who Ruined Fresco Of Jesus Now Wants To Be Paid
http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2012/09/elderly-woman-who-botched-spain-fresco-restoration-wants-cut-profitsPicture reference:In August, Cecilia Gimenez made headlines when she botched a...
View ArticleThat sign doesn't mean what you think it means...
my hubby saw this on Gawker and I just had to share:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI8UPHMzZm8&feature=shareThe worst part is the radio host tried to tell her about the real purpose of the signs at...
View ArticleIf Ignorance was gold, she'd be rich:
Meet Claire Khaw, formerly the BNP's candidate for the position of London's Mayor, she was kicked out of one of the most bigoted of the UK parties after she said some things even they couldn't...
View ArticleYouTube - not the wisest place to share your crimes
Earlier this year we had the guy who stole gas from a cop car and bragged about it on Facebook. Apparently this young & dumb blonde felt like one-upping that act and has ended up all over the...
View ArticleBaking misadventures
So, the boyfriend and I were doing some holiday baking tonight (December 23rd... okay, now it's the 24th, at the time of this writing). Among the things we're baking to give as gifts are peppermint...
View ArticlePet stores in Japan are pretty average.
I went to the pet store with an anonymous friend yesterday.Anonymous friend: "Check it out. They sell vibrators for cats."Me: "That's a flashlight."Anonymous friend: "What? A flashlight for a cat?"Me:...
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And the poll is over
I'm declaring the poll to be over and alicephilippa to be the winner! I've re-opened membership to the community (moderated, as it was before), and have set alicephilippa as the owner.You may now...
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Change of plans
So things still seem to be at a standstill since the whole shift in ownership here, so I've set myself back as owner of the community. I've added both alicephilippa and boyzici as...
View Article"Yeah, I'm here to pick up my buddy, soon as the room stops spinnin'...."
Saw this in my local paper this week, and I just had to share it with you guys....The gist of the link:A dude drives to our local RCMP detachment to pick up his buddy from the drunk tank. The cops see...
View ArticleAnti-fluoride nutballs
Here in Portland, the issue of putting fluoride in water has come up. Which came as a shock to me; I've lived in so many cities, and they all did fluoride in the water, that I naturally assumed that...
View ArticleReactionary Americans, proving the world right in their stereotypes every day.
Because, haven't you heard, Liberals = Hitler!(I seriously can't believe that there are people who actually believe that to be true. And share it on Facebook. And then argue back "you're reactionary"...
View ArticleAfrica stupids
Two stupids that were said by a friend I was with in Africa:First stupid: We were visiting a witchdoctor who I have known for many years and who recently divorced one of his four wives. As I was...
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The 25 Most Insane Protester Signs. (Probably not worksafe.) Some of them are sarcastic; my favourite is the one with a rainbow flag in one hand and a sign declaring that all computers should be...
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"Because making a zine on breaking the law while also posting pictures of yourself is a brilliant thing to do."For the linkphobes, this person posted on her Tumblr, which also has a tag for pictures of...
View Article"No, I just like watching the pretty moving pictures..."
This happened a few weeks ago, I've just forgotten about it until last night when I was talking to hubby about it. It was when hubby's brother and brother's girlfriend were both living at our place....
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A few years ago my boyfriend was working at a restaurant with the word Street in its name. One night he was tasked with creating some flyers for an upcoming event they were putting on. Problem was that...
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This is a post I saw yesterday on Tumblr. I don't think it needs any introduction.A few of us tentatively asked this person for clarification, and received confirmation that s/he honestly didn't...
View ArticlePossibly semi-literate
So I'm at the supermarket, and I want to buy some Bertolli pasta, because of their gay-friendy ads. There's lots and lots of Barilla pasta (they of the gay-unfriendly gaffe), and lesser quantities of...
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