Now, That's Certainly a New Take on the Problem
Macedonia, one of our allies in the "Coalition of the Willing", has been faking terrorist attacks. I guess they don't have enough of their own, and they needed to make some up.
Friday, April 30, 2004
A Sad Day Indeed!
Word has come out that one third of the actors in the adult film industry had tested positive for HIV. The story just broke two weeks ago when one actor, Darren James, tested positive. Now it is positively an epidemic! Some say that now the industry will have to require actors to use condoms. Directors have refused to do that in the past because "viewers were not favorable." Well, it looks like we're going to have to suffer condoms with our porn. A sad day indeed!
Word has come out that one third of the actors in the adult film industry had tested positive for HIV. The story just broke two weeks ago when one actor, Darren James, tested positive. Now it is positively an epidemic! Some say that now the industry will have to require actors to use condoms. Directors have refused to do that in the past because "viewers were not favorable." Well, it looks like we're going to have to suffer condoms with our porn. A sad day indeed!
Thursday, April 29, 2004
We Have Been Sucker Punched
Baghdad fell too easily. The Special Republican Guards offered almost no resistance. Not even soldiers in the bases near Tikrit when CNN arrived ahead of US troops. Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld, et al thought we had just scared them off. They thought the Shock and Awe had just been overwhelming. Turns out the Iraqi Generals had a plan all along. That's one thing the Neo-cons forgot - things in the Middle East are never what they appear to be. As salaam aleykum, baby.
Baghdad fell too easily. The Special Republican Guards offered almost no resistance. Not even soldiers in the bases near Tikrit when CNN arrived ahead of US troops. Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld, et al thought we had just scared them off. They thought the Shock and Awe had just been overwhelming. Turns out the Iraqi Generals had a plan all along. That's one thing the Neo-cons forgot - things in the Middle East are never what they appear to be. As salaam aleykum, baby.
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Cheap in More Than One Way
Last night at dinner Nana was telling me how she went to Wal-Mart to get her hair cut and that they had corn on the cob on sale. They were 4 for a dollar. We were eating them and she kept talking about how corn is cheap when it first comes in. They used to by it at Skaggs for 10 for a dollar, or something like that. Finally, I asked her, "How many did you buy?" "Four." "Four? They were so cheap that you only got four?" "Yes, that's all we ever get is four." "No, it isn't. Jean usually gets more than four. Wow, they were so cheap you got a dollar's worth! Did the checkout clerk ask you why you bothered?" I'm laughing hard by now. "No, she didn't." "Did you buy anything else?" "Yes, I got some milk and some cookies." "I'll bet you bought more than just four cookies." "No, I bought four." "You bought four cookies?" "Yeah, four packages." "Yeah, that's what I thought, you bought more than four cookies." I'm still laughing really hard. "'I'll bet you said, 'Wow, that corn is so cheap, I'll buy a dollar's worth." "Well, yes, it was cheap." "It sure was! It was cheap alright." "Cheap in both ways, wasn't it?" "Yes, cheap in both ways."
Last night at dinner Nana was telling me how she went to Wal-Mart to get her hair cut and that they had corn on the cob on sale. They were 4 for a dollar. We were eating them and she kept talking about how corn is cheap when it first comes in. They used to by it at Skaggs for 10 for a dollar, or something like that. Finally, I asked her, "How many did you buy?" "Four." "Four? They were so cheap that you only got four?" "Yes, that's all we ever get is four." "No, it isn't. Jean usually gets more than four. Wow, they were so cheap you got a dollar's worth! Did the checkout clerk ask you why you bothered?" I'm laughing hard by now. "No, she didn't." "Did you buy anything else?" "Yes, I got some milk and some cookies." "I'll bet you bought more than just four cookies." "No, I bought four." "You bought four cookies?" "Yeah, four packages." "Yeah, that's what I thought, you bought more than four cookies." I'm still laughing really hard. "'I'll bet you said, 'Wow, that corn is so cheap, I'll buy a dollar's worth." "Well, yes, it was cheap." "It sure was! It was cheap alright." "Cheap in both ways, wasn't it?" "Yes, cheap in both ways."
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
This Is Not a Test
About 11:30 this morning at work the fire alarm went off. No one had told us about a fire drill (we usually know about them in advance), so we left the building in an orderly manner. We gathered by the monument to fallen Peace Officers. We all thought it was a surprise fire drill, because we had gotten an email last week saying that everyone must participate in the drills. Evidently, some people weren't actually leaving when we had a drill. I can't imagine that to tell you the truth - a government employee not leaving his or her office when given half a chance? Well, anyway, we go to the Peace Officers Memorial, and I start thinking that we used to go down the street to a nearby park and check in at one of the picnic tables. So, I head off in that direction only to run across a group of people from my office coming back from there. They told me that no one was at the picnic table. I went back to the memorial and was gossiping about someone's promotion or lack of it with a person I know, when they come over to get me, because I need to sign in and be accounted for. Shortly after that we re-enter the building. I learned later that it wasn't a surprise fire drill, it was the real thing. There had been a fire on the 5th floor in a file room. It sure was a nice spring day outside. I wonder what will burn around here.
About 11:30 this morning at work the fire alarm went off. No one had told us about a fire drill (we usually know about them in advance), so we left the building in an orderly manner. We gathered by the monument to fallen Peace Officers. We all thought it was a surprise fire drill, because we had gotten an email last week saying that everyone must participate in the drills. Evidently, some people weren't actually leaving when we had a drill. I can't imagine that to tell you the truth - a government employee not leaving his or her office when given half a chance? Well, anyway, we go to the Peace Officers Memorial, and I start thinking that we used to go down the street to a nearby park and check in at one of the picnic tables. So, I head off in that direction only to run across a group of people from my office coming back from there. They told me that no one was at the picnic table. I went back to the memorial and was gossiping about someone's promotion or lack of it with a person I know, when they come over to get me, because I need to sign in and be accounted for. Shortly after that we re-enter the building. I learned later that it wasn't a surprise fire drill, it was the real thing. There had been a fire on the 5th floor in a file room. It sure was a nice spring day outside. I wonder what will burn around here.
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