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thorswitch
- Location
- Midwest, USA
- Birthday
- November 16
- Bio
- Married, Heathen, rocker (and guitarist when my wrist cooperates,) gamer, avid reader, semi-Goth. Read true crime, politics, history, mysteries/thrillers, some fantasy and/or sci-fi. Listen to Rush (the band, not the idiot,) Pink Floyd, Enigma, 30 Seconds to Mars, Sarah McLaughlin, etc. Disabled/homebound. Watch lots of cop/courtroom dramas A&E/History Channel/Discovery/Investigation Discovery/Nat Geo/etc. documentaries, especially crime, disaster, investigations and some history; Vampire Detective shows, and fun stuff like Heroes, Chuck, Bones, In Plain Sight and such.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Godwin's Pet Peeve
June 12, 2009 05:21PM - Anyone know this song?
February 03, 2009 06:16PM - Sad today
February 03, 2009 05:49PM - I don’t think it was
supposed to be taken
literally….
February 02, 2009 10:42AM - Just too funny
February 02, 2009 09:56AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I know it's been a while
since you posted this - it
showed up
on a page at
Salon,…”
December 18, 2009 01:26PM - “Long before we started
dating, my husband and I had
each
realized that we would
n…”
March 26, 2009 07:03AM - “Heather,
Your
situation is quite different
from parents who refuse
to
vaccinate t…”
February 10, 2009 09:35PM - “Speaking of outbreaks
happening because of
unvaccinated
children, here's
a recent…”
February 10, 2009 07:40PM - “"you know anybody, you
know of anybody, you know
anybody who
knows of
anybod…”
February 10, 2009 07:13PM
JUNE 12, 2009 5:36PM
Godwin's Pet Peeve
All of us have pet peeves - things that just drive us nuts. Sometimes we get so annoyed we start trying to convince others they should be driven nuts by it, too. And when we annoy someone by harping on our pet peeves, there's generally a pretty good chance someone will… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 3, 2009 6:16PM
Anyone know this song?
Image via Wikipedia I was watching One Life to Live while typing my
message about Tasha (yeah, watching a soap opera while depressed is
a pretty dicey concept to begin with, but no one’s ever
accused me of thinking ahead very well!) and at the end they played…
FEBRUARY 3, 2009 5:49PM
Sad today
We’ve known for a while that Tasha’s time was growing
short, but haven’t wanted to put her to sleep because
she’s kept fighting so hard to keep going and had so much
life in her eyes. That light and life in her eyes hasn’t gone
anywhere, but her body is just…
FEBRUARY 2, 2009 10:42AM
I don’t think it was supposed to be taken literally….
Also from the Telegraph.co.uk collection (sorry, it won’t let
me link to the individual pictures…) As my friend Chuck put
it: “Well, they talk about babies being so cute you could
just eat ‘em up…..”
FEBRUARY 2, 2009 9:56AM
Just too funny
I was browsing through a gallery at the Telegraph.co.uk featuring
professionally decorated cakes that, as they put it, went
“horribly, hilariously wrong.” There are a number
of examples, but the one below had me laughing the hardest: This
story clearly illustrates the problem with o…
FEBRUARY 1, 2009 12:59AM
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-31
RT @BreakingNewsOn “Official: State Department will not renew
Blackwater contract in Iraq” - Nice! # Powered by Twitter
Tools.
JANUARY 30, 2009 12:59AM
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-29
Yeesh, I must have been mighty tired yesterday. I laid down at
about 11:30 am for a nap and didn’t wake up until 4:30am last
night! # Powered by Twitter Tools.
JANUARY 29, 2009 12:59AM
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-28
A question for any lawyerly types out there: If someone is renting
an apartment & in addition to living the …
http://shortxt.com/co7ows6 # Powered by Twitter Tools.
JANUARY 20, 2009 11:54AM
My personal invocation for President Barack Obama
JANUARY 19, 2009 7:15PM
Martin Luther King Jr on the possibility of a black president
JANUARY 17, 2009 7:06AM
So, here’s what I love to see CBS do sometime…
JANUARY 14, 2009 8:37PM
Adolph Hitler Campbell & his sisters removed from home; Dad also starting to admit Holocaust happened
JANUARY 13, 2009 6:39PM
A flowchart of heavy metal names
JANUARY 12, 2009 7:24PM
As the World Turns: “Nuke” may have finally done the deed, but their fans are the ones who get screwed
JANUARY 10, 2009 3:43AM
Pity Poor Palin, Victim of the Press
JANUARY 7, 2009 1:46PM
Login options at Thorswitch.com & other housekeeping notes
JANUARY 6, 2009 9:46PM
The consequences of the “New Media”
JANUARY 3, 2009 9:16AM
Update on my NJ church / gay marriage post
JANUARY 3, 2009 8:49AM
Update on post about the New Jersey church being told they have to allow same-sex weddings
JANUARY 3, 2009 7:57AM
RUSH FAN ALERT! Alex & Geddy on VH1 Classic’s “That Metal Show”
What a great New Year’s Treat for Rush fans! VH-1 Classic’s “That Metal Show,” starring Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine & Don Jamieson has a new episode (Episode #7) with Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee from Rush as the guests. VH-1 Classic currently has the full episod… Read full post »
JANUARY 2, 2009 4:41AM
Court tells church group they have to let same-sex couples marry on their property
[UPDATE: Please be sure to see my new post on this topic, as it contains
additional information I was not aware of at the time I wrote this
one. Thanks!] 
The Huffington Post published an article today from the Associated Press about a church group that owns… Read full post »
JANUARY 2, 2009 12:54AM
Is Nike trying to encourage violence in schools?
DECEMBER 27, 2008 8:50AM
Debunked rumours from FactCheck.org
DECEMBER 17, 2008 3:17PM
Quick Blog Update
DECEMBER 17, 2008 2:02PM
Let’s Say Thanks
Thorswitch's Favorites
Joanne Jacobs
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Kerry LauermanUpdates
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Bob Dylan, My Story
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The National Debt Clock, 22 years later
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(The First) 13 Reasons the United States Has Gone Insane
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Announcing the Salon-Alternet Investigative Fund
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DAY 2 Writing Prompt: It's hairy jus
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Plumbers pay, philosophers default
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Anarchists & Millage Idiots - A Letter to Joan Walsh
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My Latest Venture Integrating Jazz with Spoken Word Poetry
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