“So, apart from the lupus, the problems with pleurisy and past kidney issues, would you say your health is otherwise good?”

Well, now that you mention it, doc, I had felt like going for a mountain jog but decided to call 911 instead. That whole thing about having a chronic systemic… Read full post »

"Has Anything.......Odd...... Ever Happened Here?"

I've heard that question asked before, by a neighbor just before they moved out in the middle of the night, breaking a lease which they had only recently signed.  A previous neighbor had also broken lease and left.  Now, again, I'm hearing… Read full post »

On August 5th, Alex Koppelman wrote an excellent post on Salon.com about refuting the "Birthers".  Many of us linked to it, promoted it and referenced it.

So, end of story, right? I mean, any person with half a brain can read this and hang up their greatest delusions about Obama being… Read full post »

I actually hate writing this. I was born and raised in Texas and know many intelligent people who are still there. Yet, when I read this, my stomach curdled:

 

Posted by Lee Fang, ThinkProgress at 6:00 AM on August 22, 2009. Students will be expected "to identify significant

… Read full post »

On my last blog regarding a video on YouTube, there had been some discussion regarding if the video was a fake.  It seemed very real to me but some others on the site have commented that the tags show it was a fake.

Anyway..... I made one comment but wanted to… Read full post »

I wonder if our smart bombs scored better in geography than some FOX News broadcasters?

You'd think they, of all people, would know which countries we were bombing.

 

>  

I have faith in my fellow OSers to know what is wrong with this picture.  Or..... we can concede tha… Read full post »

I just wrote this on a community board for a mountain community where I once lived.  The majority of people there are extremely conservative and are opposed to Obama's health care reform though they admit they don't know what it's about.  At the same time, forest fires routinely break… Read full post »

In an article recently published by the Guardian, it appears as though the kidnapping of five British men in Iraq may have had inside help the the government.

A former high-level Iraqi intelligence operative and a current senior government minister, who has been negotiating directly with the hostage… Read full post »

Unfortunately, this is not a work of satire. 

 

First, let me start by disclosing the fact that I never held Wells Fargo in much esteem - or at least, I hadn't since I started actually using them as my bank.  It goes beyond those pesky little $35 over draft charges… Read full post »

My father was well into his 50s when he married and started a family.  Now that he has started a sudden decline in health, he has been tormenting himself regarding things he feels he hasn't done for us.  There is so much I could write about him and will at some other… Read full post »

Fully one quarter of all South African men admit to having raped at least one woman or girl in their lifetime, according to a recent study about rape and HIV in South Africa,.  This study used Palm Pilots in order to guarantee anonymity.

Of those in the study, 75% admitted to havi… Read full post »

It's been a long courtship.  Still, when the object of affection is Robert Redford, we can all be perfectly happy to wait. 

We have had a mutual attraction for some time.  Redford has been retreating to New Mexico for decades, first as a kid exploring Indian reservations and going cam… Read full post »

It was recently brought to my attention that a poster on OS started a thread about his comments being deleted and how a few of us (well, two of us - myself and another) were hampering his “freedom of speech” because we deleted his comments.  I will admit I deleted one… Read full post »

I have this theory about what it truly means to define rights:

 

Human Rights:  The belief that someone who looks like you, acts like you and probably prays like you has the same rights you take for granted and therefore must treat them as humanely as possible.  You place yourself… Read full post »

 

What Equal Rights Truly Mean

First I want to start off and say, yes, this is a continuation of my “Reverse-sexism” post.  I feel there are too many points which need to be addressed and that responses in that blog are not doing it justice.

Let’s begin by saying that what…

Read full post »

This is in response to a blog entitled Equal Rights for Men by Jodi Kasten.


Let’s pretend that, as a white person, you decide to go to the funeral of a black man who had been tortured and lynched.  You walk up to his family and tell them how you understand.  You… Read full post »

 

Making all your fantasies come true...

 

(For Harry Homeless, since you asked)

I answered my very first call on the first ring, something we’re supposed to do.

“Hello, this is Carmilla.  Whom will I be fucking this evening?”

“Hi, I was wondering if you know w/… Read full post »

AKA, Don't Drink and Blog

 

(This is Part 3 of a series.  The first two are here and here.  I also think you should click here just because....)

 

I think gingerbread men seem really happy, perhaps because they have no naughty bits to leave them frustrated.

Instead of Global Warmin/… Read full post »

Bye-bye bunny.

The Volkswagen Rabbit just got flattened for the sake of global nameplates.  The Rabbit, which was initially introduced in 1975 for VW's entry-level model, was renamed to Golf for its 1984 redesign.   VW decided to re-christen the Golf back to Rabbit with its 2006 model hoping… Read full post »

Nervous relatives of those who have been kidnapped keep quiet about what they might know.  Photos of beheaded men get sent to cell phones as a not-so-subtle warning regarding what would happen to those who talk.

This isn’t war-torn Iraq.

It’s Columbus, New Mexico.

Stories of the thousan… Read full post »

Or, God I Live in a Stupid State (of Mind), Part Deux.

 

Sometimes I wake up with the beautiful morning sun shining warmly through my bedroom window.  There isn’t a cloud in the sky.  I have two cats purring beside me.  I stretch and think to myself, “You know,… Read full post »

We New Mexicans are accustomed to living on the fringe of America’s radar.  In spite of being the 47th state and the state which has both the oldest and highest capitol in the country, we are used to hearing “Welcome to America&rdqu… Read full post »

I consider post-divorce late 30s dating to be the equivalent of shopping at a thrift store.  I wonder why someone threw it out, how long it’s been sitting on a shelf, how many times it’s been sent back and if it will match/… Read full post »

I often imagine a cop placing yellow tape around my love life,  making a chalk outline of my heart and warning people away.  

Truth is, I’d be lying if I said I understood love.  Lust I get.  Infatuation I get.  Love…. Not quite.  I’ve suspected love is… Read full post »

I am grateful for having abnormal parents.

 Otherwise, I'd have to accept the fact that I'm this screwed up and only have myself to blame.

 My parents are older.  Lots older. Seriously.  They dated for 16 years before they married and my father is almost 16 years older than my mot… Read full post »