October 2004
The Archives
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Oh yes you can
10.29.04 | Permalink | 2 CommentsFor Mark, who doesn’t believe me: How to hypnotize a chicken. Hell, it’s a BBC link. You can’t make that shit up. Now off to Gainesville so as to get to hypnotizing. How many you figure I can get done before the first one wakes up? And so everyone knows, my cousin who introduced me […]
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Bush’s one fingered victory salute
10.28.04 | Permalink | 7 CommentsI’ve found myself saying from time to time that the reason I don’t like Bush (personally) is that I knew his type growing up in Oklahoma: big-talking, do-nothing braggarts with powerful, boorish friends. Now there is direct, video proof. (Link to Quicktime video.) Or as Wonkette notes: Yeah, about that “one-fingered victory salute” video: It’s […]
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On the use of “Baby Jesus”
10.27.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on On the use of “Baby Jesus”You may have noticed that this site tends to refer to the Christian god almost exclusively as either “Baby Jesus” or “Baby Jeebus.” Why is this? To remind Christians that their god shits himself. And the rest of us don’t like the smell. UPDATE: New poll on front page sidebar.
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Nice is vice
10.27.04 | Permalink | 3 CommentsNice people are complete jackasses. There. I said it. We all know passive-agressive folk who “kill with kindness,” but I’m not talking about them. We all know folk who have mastered the arts of social etiquette and use them for their own purposes (good and ill), but I’m not talking about them. No, I’m talking […]
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Voter education in the projects
10.26.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Voter education in the projectsJust a quick brag about a student we “interned” this summer through the outfit I work with in meatspace. Read what Wiatta’s been up to. You’ll be impressed.
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The adventures of Purple Cowboy Hat Lady,
Or how I got dogged by my own mother10.25.04 | Permalink | 9 CommentsLet’s take a break from the election for a bit, shall we? First story: Long, long ago, in the neck of space-time known as the Oklahoma Oil Bust, my family became charismatic Christians. We started going to “Monday night bible study,” basically a small house church about a mile from where we lived. It started […]
