Folks, this isn’t really hard.  Not hard at all.  I am of course making the assumption that all of you are out of grade school by the time you open your little corner of the Open Salon blogiverse or whatever the hell you people want to call it.

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A fact of nature: women begin menstruating when they hit puberty.  It is also a fact of nature that puberty is not limited to a specific age; it occurs when the body is ready for it to occur.

From what I gather from the old-timers that are left… Read full post »

I’ve always gotten a kick out of Jeff Foxworthy.  His “You Might Be A Redneck” running gag always cracks me up.  The reason it always cracks me up is that, like all good comedy, there is a kernel of truth in it.

So I thought that his observations… Read full post »

Give me good reasons.

These are NOT good reasons:

1) Homosexuality is a sin.  The Bible says so.

     a) The constitution doesn’t.  And the constitution is the law in the United States; NOT the bible.

2) God says marriage is between a man and a woman.

a) Once… Read full post »

I missed it. 

A monumental dust-up (from the latin, “monu” meaning, “Jeebus that is GINORMOUS!” and “mental” meaning – well, looney; crackers; wildly abnormal).

Someone claiming to be a teenager apparently posted a mis-interpreted, mis-understood, mi… Read full post »

I was in a hurry, so I left the car running as I raced into the liquor store to pick up a bottle of wine.  Of course, the bottle I wanted was supposed to be on sale, but it didn’t ring through at the sale price so I had an argument… Read full post »

Sometimes I look at you.  I can’t help it.  I know I shouldn’t, know that I’m just going to come away shaking my head, wondering why the hell I wasted ten minutes of my life reading your incoherent shit.

But sometimes, I just can’t help myself.  It’s like… Read full post »

Does God Belong In Public Education?

A very good question, isn’t it?  There has been a lot of opinion in the news and on the internet that this country is in sorry shape because we have removed God from the classroom.

Well, let’s look at it carefully for… Read full post »

This is for those right-leaning conservatives who claim this country needs to return to its  “Christian” values.

The whole idea that this country was founded on “Christian values” is a myth.

See, the first “settlers” here were French Huguenots, who… Read full post »

I’ve been following the whole Chik-Fil-A situation and I have to admit, I’m kind of confused by both sides.

On the one hand, you have owner Dan T. Cathy who basically says his business is based on and operated under “Christian values” (which seem to be fluidly defined)… Read full post »

I’ve been kind of following the whole hysterical panic regarding the potential impending demise of this little electronic Etch-A-Sketch site.  I have to admit, it’s provided some amusement for me; you guys probably never considered setting up a WordPress blog ring where you can all g… Read full post »

Someone puts up a post (I’d say an opinionated post but which ones aren’t?) that you invest five minutes in reading.  It really pisses you off, how narrow-minded and completely naïve they are.  Your brain has already begun listing a whole slew of responses, and you eagerly… Read full post »

Here are the first five definitions of the word “fair” as found in the online Dictionary.com website:

fair

[fair]  adjective, fair·er, fair·est, adverb, fair·er, fair·est, noun, verb

adjective

1. free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fai… Read full post »

Everyone keeps yelling about the rising cost of everything.  Food is more expensive because transportation is more expensive.  Transportation is more expensive because fuel is more expensive.  And fuel is more expensive because…because…well, we’ve NEVER really gotte… Read full post »

So this morning I read with amazement about the shooting of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. Soldier.

The Afghan community is up in arms about this, the Taliban are screaming once more for blood vengeance, and our own President is once again stuck having to try and… Read full post »

OK, let me see if I got this whole thing correct:

David Letterman made some seriously questionable jokes on his show regarding Bristol Palin.  He was called to task on it, and if memory serves me correctly the very next night he apologized on air for his distasteful… Read full post »

OK, I’ve read enough bullshit on this site to last a thousand lifetimes.  I cannot believe ANYONE who has posted here for more than a week thinks this is a “site for writers and creative artists”.

So, to help dispel the misconceptions that some have invested in, to… Read full post »

There has been a lot of heated debate around the internet, centered around the Republican nomination proceedings that present as candidates men who are opposed to insurance coverage for contraception, oppose a woman’s right to choose, oppose any concessions for illegal immigrants and deny an en… Read full post »

Well, what else is there to give up?  I have a job in a horribly crippling unemployment crisis, so I’m not giving THAT up.

I could give up cable TV.  I mean, in twenty years since Springsteen's song debuted we’ve gone so far beyond that it’s more like… Read full post »

Yesterday, I spent some time reading up on a couple of posts here that garnered a lot of attention.  I mean A LOT of attention.

I started with the “Red Alert” post by Kim Gamble, which totally flabbergasted me.  So I went and read a few posts by Diary Of… Read full post »

Every religion has a “rule the world” plan, just like Dr. Evil in “Austin Powers”.

Islam has the intention of removing all the infidels, leaving only Muslims.

Christians plan on over-running the planet with good Christians (hence the need to make birth control a “si… Read full post »

So, everyone seems worried about what this “privilege” or that “privilege” is gonna cost them.  How much will it cost us to fund Medicare, birth control for anyone who wants it, abortion, unemployment, social security, welfare, programs for the disabled.

Know what I worr… Read full post »

I want to play a game with you folks, a game I’ll bet you loved when you were just a little kid. 

It’s called “Let’s Pretend” and it really doesn’t require anything except your imagination and your desire to put aside reality for a few moments.… Read full post »

There is a lot of nose-thumbing going on now that the Occupy Wall Street protests have ramped up across the country.  The right has begun their campaign of derisive sneering, saying that the protesters don’t know what it is they are protesting.  All I can say to that is:

You’re… Read full post »

I’ve been a long-time advocate of recognizing same-sex marriage because it is the right thing to do.  For some inexplicable reason, everyone has gotten hung up on one silly little word with its dual personality.  Dictionary.com shows the word origin for “marriage” as being… Read full post »