Free Shit Friday - Triple Berry Jam
Friday, July 29, 2011
Today's Free Shit Friday offering is two jars of Triple Berry Jam, made with strawberries, raspberries and blackberries.
The announcement of who won will be delayed this time. Because I have VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS to conduct this weekend. With VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE. I'm sure you'll get over it.
Da rules.
Wall of Shame - July 28, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
So I run to the Parker Safeway at lunchtime today to pick up a few things, and what should I behold on my way out but an able-bodied man getting out of this Mercedes. After he parked it in a handicapped space and failed to display a handicapped placard.
I don't give a good goddamn what kind of vehicle you drive. To quote my hero George Takei, "You, sir, are a total douchebag."
I'm Going on VA-CA-TION!
Indeed I am. And I'm looking forward to it, even though I'm only taking tomorrow and Monday off. Short vacations refresh the mind and soul, and avoid unfortunate headlines such as "Engineer kills Sales Team and Customer, Followed by Self in Maniacal Shooting Spree."
So I'm a busy human today, trying to get my professional obligations under control so that I may go skipping through the vacation daisies with an easy mind. Enjoy your Thursday, Hot Chicks and Smart Men.
So I'm a busy human today, trying to get my professional obligations under control so that I may go skipping through the vacation daisies with an easy mind. Enjoy your Thursday, Hot Chicks and Smart Men.
I'M MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Today, at the inadvertent suggestion of a Facebook friend, I sent scathing letters to both my Senators and my Representative. Yes, I've crawled out of the Pit of Despair.
Scathing because there is no excuse for what is currently going on in Washington. None. The Republicans are behaving like recalcitrant children, no better than a two year old screaming "mine, mine, mine!" when faced with the revelation that no, you cannot in fact always have your way. The Democrats are behaving like spineless little douchebags who are selling out their constituents left and right. Newsflash, Dems: The Republicans will not compromise. They've sold out to the Tea Baggers and the big contributors, and continuing to give in on their completely unreasonable demands will do nothing other than allowing GE and Exxon/Mobil to laugh all the way to the bank.
So I manned my keyboard, and eviscerated everyone. While I obviously think the Republicans' behavior is far worse than the Democrats, I let them ALL have it. The Republicans are treasonous assbags, whose dedication to their corporate and teabagging masters will burn the whole world as long as they get their way. The Democrats are their own worst enemy, 97 pound weaklings with no backbone who allow the Republicans to control the message instead of calling them out publicly, and allowing the President to take the heat for what is in fact a failure of Congress.
I'M MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE.
Scathing because there is no excuse for what is currently going on in Washington. None. The Republicans are behaving like recalcitrant children, no better than a two year old screaming "mine, mine, mine!" when faced with the revelation that no, you cannot in fact always have your way. The Democrats are behaving like spineless little douchebags who are selling out their constituents left and right. Newsflash, Dems: The Republicans will not compromise. They've sold out to the Tea Baggers and the big contributors, and continuing to give in on their completely unreasonable demands will do nothing other than allowing GE and Exxon/Mobil to laugh all the way to the bank.
So I manned my keyboard, and eviscerated everyone. While I obviously think the Republicans' behavior is far worse than the Democrats, I let them ALL have it. The Republicans are treasonous assbags, whose dedication to their corporate and teabagging masters will burn the whole world as long as they get their way. The Democrats are their own worst enemy, 97 pound weaklings with no backbone who allow the Republicans to control the message instead of calling them out publicly, and allowing the President to take the heat for what is in fact a failure of Congress.
I'M MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE.
The 1950's Called - They Want Their Jim Crow Back
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Every time I hear some privileged white person say that we live in a world that is beyond racism, beyond institutional bigotry, and we can all now skip through the Daisies in our new, colorblind world, I just want to heave. Preferably all over their shoes. Because they're wrong, wrong, wrong.
Today's reminder of just how wrong they are comes from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where young Kimberly Wimberly graduated from high school this year. Ms. Wimberly is apparently driven, smart, works hard, and has the highest GPA in her graduating class. But apparently that's not good enough if you're also black, female, and a young mother. The principal of the school, one Darrell Thompson, decided that Ms. Wimberly would share the honor with another student who was white, and had a lower GPA.
Ms. Wimberly's mother attempted to speak to the school Superintendent about the issue, but was denied the opportunity on a technicality.
Now, let me be clear - I don't know why Ms. Wimberly was denied the opportunity to be the school's single Valedictorian. Perhaps the principal had some perfectly defensible reason for the decision - that's for the court to decide. But it does appear that a contributing factor in the decision was Ms. Wimberly's race, with her parental status possibly being an additional issue. In my opinion, the fact that Ms. Wmberly apparently has a child makes her academic accomplishments more incredible and admirable, more worthy of respect and recognition. But then, I'm not Principal Thompson, who evidently has a different opinion.
I certainly don't have all details, but it appears to me that Ms. Wimberly is guilty of Excelling While Black. And if it turns out that Ms. Wimberly was denied singular honors because good, Christian girls don't have kids in High School, I really will heave on Principal Darrell Thompson's shoes. With extreme prejudice.
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Fling of the Mortarboard to ntsc358, aka Warner , who has a knack for giving me hypertension.
Today's reminder of just how wrong they are comes from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where young Kimberly Wimberly graduated from high school this year. Ms. Wimberly is apparently driven, smart, works hard, and has the highest GPA in her graduating class. But apparently that's not good enough if you're also black, female, and a young mother. The principal of the school, one Darrell Thompson, decided that Ms. Wimberly would share the honor with another student who was white, and had a lower GPA.
Ms. Wimberly's mother attempted to speak to the school Superintendent about the issue, but was denied the opportunity on a technicality.
Now, let me be clear - I don't know why Ms. Wimberly was denied the opportunity to be the school's single Valedictorian. Perhaps the principal had some perfectly defensible reason for the decision - that's for the court to decide. But it does appear that a contributing factor in the decision was Ms. Wimberly's race, with her parental status possibly being an additional issue. In my opinion, the fact that Ms. Wmberly apparently has a child makes her academic accomplishments more incredible and admirable, more worthy of respect and recognition. But then, I'm not Principal Thompson, who evidently has a different opinion.
I certainly don't have all details, but it appears to me that Ms. Wimberly is guilty of Excelling While Black. And if it turns out that Ms. Wimberly was denied singular honors because good, Christian girls don't have kids in High School, I really will heave on Principal Darrell Thompson's shoes. With extreme prejudice.
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Fling of the Mortarboard to ntsc358, aka Warner , who has a knack for giving me hypertension.
Willful Ignorance
How can anyone look at this and still think that the Democrats are the ones who are fiscally irresponsible? Seriously, people - lay down your crack pipes, examine the FACTS, and have an informed opinion for a change!
I suspect, of course, that the difference is in who benefits - the Bush/Republican beneficiaries are all powerful, rich and corporate, while the Obama/Democratic beneficiaries are, you know, the PEOPLE. And you can guess who's spinning the data.
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H/T to Chez over at Deus Ex Malcontent.
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