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Sep. 13th, 2006 02:43 amThere's a Bigfoot outbreak in Arizona.
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People are apparently killing stringrays in reaction to Steve Irwin's death. Someone on a board I'm on said that would probably happen, but I dismissed the idea, thinking that people who were fans of Irwin would at least be sympathetic to animals.
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Penis Pumps in the News!
Man goes berserk over unpurchased penis pump!.
Judge enjoys his penis pump a bit too much!
Thief steals a penis pump!
Man would rather be mistaken for a terrorist than 'fess up to having a penis pump!
UPDATE!!! The penis pump of doom!
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I made more pickles today - this time they're garlic dills. Now I have to wait patiently for my pickles to age...
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Vodka testing. Personally, I've never really accepted the idea that it's possible to discern any difference among unflavoured vodkas. They're water with ethanol. Any trace fractions are going to be so overwhelmed by the alcohol that it should be impossible to taste them. I'd like one sample to have been reagent water blended with reagent ethanol, just to see how they'd characterize it.
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Keith Olbermann has a point:
History teaches us that nearly unanimous support of a government cannot be taken away from that government by its critics.
It can only be squandered by those who use it not to heal a nation’s wounds, but to take political advantage.
Terrorists did not come and steal our newly-regained sense of being American first, and political, fiftieth. Nor did the Democrats. Nor did the media. Nor did the people.
The President—and those around him—did that.
While I disagree with his criticism of the Iraq war, which I strongly feel was and is a necessary fight, he's correct in that Bush threw away national unity for the sake of politics, primarily his domestic initiatives. Lincoln and Roosevelt put those off until the war was won. They didn't have Karl Rove whispering in their ear, though.
If I were offered a pro-war Democrat, I'd certainly vote for one. I doubt I'll have that choice, though.
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Some guy from Michigan destroyed his garage in a Bear roasting debacle. Bears aren't ordinarily one of the animals that I'd consider a food source. When I was looking for recipes for pickle canning, though, I did come across a document published by OSU (they of the numerous football riots) that detailed how to can Bear meat, so evidently they are eaten as more than a novelty.
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People are apparently killing stringrays in reaction to Steve Irwin's death. Someone on a board I'm on said that would probably happen, but I dismissed the idea, thinking that people who were fans of Irwin would at least be sympathetic to animals.
*****
Penis Pumps in the News!
Man goes berserk over unpurchased penis pump!.
Judge enjoys his penis pump a bit too much!
Thief steals a penis pump!
Man would rather be mistaken for a terrorist than 'fess up to having a penis pump!
UPDATE!!! The penis pump of doom!
*****
I made more pickles today - this time they're garlic dills. Now I have to wait patiently for my pickles to age...
*****
Vodka testing. Personally, I've never really accepted the idea that it's possible to discern any difference among unflavoured vodkas. They're water with ethanol. Any trace fractions are going to be so overwhelmed by the alcohol that it should be impossible to taste them. I'd like one sample to have been reagent water blended with reagent ethanol, just to see how they'd characterize it.
*****
Keith Olbermann has a point:
History teaches us that nearly unanimous support of a government cannot be taken away from that government by its critics.
It can only be squandered by those who use it not to heal a nation’s wounds, but to take political advantage.
Terrorists did not come and steal our newly-regained sense of being American first, and political, fiftieth. Nor did the Democrats. Nor did the media. Nor did the people.
The President—and those around him—did that.
While I disagree with his criticism of the Iraq war, which I strongly feel was and is a necessary fight, he's correct in that Bush threw away national unity for the sake of politics, primarily his domestic initiatives. Lincoln and Roosevelt put those off until the war was won. They didn't have Karl Rove whispering in their ear, though.
If I were offered a pro-war Democrat, I'd certainly vote for one. I doubt I'll have that choice, though.
*****
Some guy from Michigan destroyed his garage in a Bear roasting debacle. Bears aren't ordinarily one of the animals that I'd consider a food source. When I was looking for recipes for pickle canning, though, I did come across a document published by OSU (they of the numerous football riots) that detailed how to can Bear meat, so evidently they are eaten as more than a novelty.
