some secular bile

i don't think the problem lies with the democrats or their message or their strategies or kerry's election campaign or political consultants or right wing morality or left wing populism or the politics of hope vs. despair.

i think in fact, a portion of our citizenry is basically a bunch of under-educated medieval peasants who fear the witch and the homosexual and the darkening of the seasons by lucifer. somehow -- unwisely in my book -- we've let them believe that they can leave the demesne without their lord's permission, speak without mockery and vote.

so the good news is we can stop beating ourselves up. the bad news is that those wattle and daub houses are REALLY unsanitary. also, it's likely the Albigensians were ahead of their time too and look how well THAT ended.

what WOULD happen if

osama bin laden had a day job???

if i were a pirate

would i pay income tax?

would i vote for george bush?

would there be liquor??

idly contemplating

what life would be like as the Etruscan God of Wine.

more evidence from the red states

now, those of you who know me, will verify i am far more likely to do this sort of exercise with the EU, but hey! who am i to overlook the bountiful pickings from our red state brethren...


FLORIDA Courtesy of the BBC, november 17 2004

Woman 'blessed by the holy toast'

A half-eaten slice of elderly cheese on toast purportedly showing the image of the Virgin Mary has attracted 100,000 hits on the eBay auction website. A Florida woman put the sandwich up for sale, saying it has brought her great luck since she found it 10 years ago.

"I made this sandwich 10 years ago. When I took a bite out of it, I saw a face looking up at me - it was Virgin Mary starring (sic) back at me. I was in total shock," she explained.

Mrs Duyser has since kept the toastie surrounded by cotton wool, in a plastic container on a stand.



OHIO from cnn, november 17 2004

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) -- A television news anchor appeared on the air nude in a first-person report about an artist's photographs, drawing a record number of viewers for the time slot, the station said.

Monday night's newscast received a record 17.1 share, compared with the 13.6 earned during the newscast airing immediately after this year's Super Bowl, according to Broadcasting & Cable, an industry publication.



GEORGIA, AP november 17 2004

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) -- Two seventh-grade girls were arrested on charges that they served poisoned cake at their middle school cafeteria to about a dozen students who became ill and had to be taken to the hospital.

Lawyers for the girls said the cake was a prank, and that they had no intention to harm anyone. Lab tests showed the icing on the cornbread cake contained an expired prescription drug, bleach, clay and tabasco sauce.


love you all,

ljm

there are days when you just know you're in a Blue State

and it is good.

curious...

why do the ramones keep dying and dick cheney gets a cold?