Last night, Chris and I did a marathon watch of the latest five-part series of Torchwood. The shows aired earlier in the week, and I just didn’t find the time to watch them through the week, so I thought “I’ll just start Day One and Two tonight, and finish the rest tomorrow and through the… Continue reading
Tag: WTF
poor twitter…
When is a cake topper, not a cake topper?
“Huh?” you may be thinking to yourself. Well for those of you who live in the great State of Texas, you may have thought it amusing that when one purchased a sex toy that kind of looked phallic, that your receipt may have said “cake topper.” It’s been a joke for the longest time, but… Continue reading
“Mail Call!” Another Signing Statement
I just don’t understand who in the Bush Administration thinks this was a good idea, given the happenings today in Congress. WASHINGTON – President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans’ mail without a judge’s warrant, the Daily News has learned. The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal… Continue reading
House Protections
Thanks to danah over at apophenia, I discovered that the Deleting Online Predators Act, or DOPA pass the US House today by a vote of 410-15. According to a ZDNet article, the bill was apparently meant to restrict access to MySpace, the definition of off-limits Web sites is so broad the bill would probably sweep… Continue reading
Yates & Insanity
I was listening to NPR the other day, and they were discussing the insanity defense being used by Andrea Yates attornies (a defense that appears to have worked). After listening to this, I was left wondering – what is the apparent connection of “doing God’s work” and insanity. Yates, by her own admission, said that… Continue reading
Christian Family Values?
Is this what Christian Family Values is all about? Pastor’s son may face jail for attack
Fallen Wiccans
It appears that the US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) is skirting the boundaries of the Constitution by not providing a religious marker on a fallen soldier’s grave marker. The soldier, Sgt. Patrick Stewart, is believed to be the first Wiccan to have died in the line of duty, and his widow asked for his… Continue reading
I think they are on to something here…
It seems that someone out there is trying to address the ongoing health of our younger generation … finally! The people over at Life for Kids have developed a system that measures the level of physical activity that kids undertake each day, and then transfers that “activity time” to television time. It’s called the “Physical… Continue reading