"The essence of civilization is that the strong have a duty to protect the weak."

Just me or was Bush sounding like a pasty ass liberal in his speech this morning. Grow some Conservative Balls Bush!


On a different note, I have a new dog named Lucky and I just bought her a new dresser for her room. Yes, she has a room, which she shares with Magglio. For Christmas, they got a baby chandelier to go in it.

It's the cutest thing in the world!
It's the cutest thing in the world!
It's the cutest thing in the world!

shit... sorry about that.

Have we all been talking to our families about our living will?

Personally I would like to be kept alive as long as it takes the entire nation to unanimously agree upon a decision as to what to do with me.

Everybody can talk about me for years.

Used tampons are the equivalent of vitamin rich smoothies.

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I haven't heard about dogs going after semen Matt K. Must be some personal experience? Joe wants to know if Emily taking this seman from the tap?

Anybody know why dogs eat tampons?

Big Bird Flies to Ad-Supported TV.




I'm getting paid bee-yatch.

Out of all the little pink things in the world ... why a pharmacist?

These are the tragedies of our liives. (SP)

Winter has been Hanged.

Spring has Spranged.

Uh oh.

Doctors give Pope feeding tube
Pope John Paul II is being fed through a nasal tube to aid his recovery from illness, the Vatican has revealed.

Iraq to the American television viewer mirrors the intense makeover shows -- like The Swan, Extreme Makeover, Trading Spaces,or Extreme Makeover: Home Edition -- except with more explosions.

Extreme
Makeover: Iraq

This week on Extreme Makeover
Turning Iraq into a Utopian Capitalist Free-Market Laboratory

My google search for "grateful dead bears with lightsabers" came up empty.

Disclaimer: No kittens or baby seals were harmed during the jokes on this blog.

It's funny how skinny will mispell a simple word, and instead of correcting it, just place the (sp?) superscript after it. I guess taking the extra "t" out of "nigtht" would take to long.

I'm excited for these Georgetown University Protesters. They actually got the University to raise the minimum wage for contract workers after a nine-day hunger strike! Tray(sp?) cool.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/032505LA.shtml

This woman is upset: Won't you please give her some water?

I see that with the entrance of spring and all the rebirth and newness that comes with it... the beavers have all changed their names. Well, I will change my name also.
I would also like to introduce you to my new little baby but I don't know how to post pictures onto this thing. Oh well.

I was talking to your ssister last nigtht(sp), and she asked me when Matt K. started dating a model. She got real jelous and said that Matt was dating his sister.

The metaphor of the bowl: Think of a bowl in the sun, but with a veil upon it. The veil is creating darkness or dimness inside the bowl. In the bowl there are billions of entities dwelling in this darkness. Many of them survive within a "dark paradigm," for they've been in the dark for eons. Some actually "eat" darkness [a standard Kryon metaphor that means that darkness sustains them and their biology]. Therefore, their lives are accustomed to the dark, and depend on it.

These entities, which survive in the dark, stay away from light because they can't survive in the light - not with the "dark biology" they have developed. Now, in this bowl, there are still some who seek the light and hold the light, but they're fewer, since darkness is the way of the bowl, and has been for a very long time. Therefore, those who choose the paradigm of light struggle more. It's a harder life.

Now in this metaphor, we'll say that suddenly the veil is taken away, and the bowl is flooded with light. The very first thing that happens is chaos for those who can no longer find dark sustenance! They'll be very angry that their "norm" has been upset. Next, many more light entities develop in the bowl because they've seen this light and they're absorbing it. Like seeds planted at night, they were waiting for the sun to come up, and they're responding. These are the ones who were never quite pleased with the dim light of the past.

Matt, it is not your eyes that are blazing, it is what's behind them. What is behind your fiery eyes? A blazing soul? A fierce determination? A schizophrenic predator?

It is a new era for home schooling.

Spelling bee winner creates buzz about virtual schools - RAY PARKER, Naples News
Sam Lawson can go to school in his pajamas. His daily commute to classes is measured in steps rather than miles. For this eighth-grader, the schoolhouse includes some self-discipline along with a computer, under the watchful eye of his mother. It works for him.

The Florida Virtual Academy is one of two public cyberschools that offer online learning for students his age. The Lawsons enjoy the flexibility of the program and say it gives them more control over their children's education. The virtual schools, just into their second year, are a radical departure from the traditional model of public education and have attracted some critics, such as teachers' unions.

The funny thing is, half of us have said, at one point or another, "This blog needs an enema."

Type in "enema" in the search bar to see the eight times that phrase has been used (always cleverly by skinny).

I hate it when people say: "This blog needs an enema."

That is stupid.

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I don't have any little pink socks myself, but as a symbolic gesture I've buried one of my own socks in my parents' back yard this morning - right next to poor Isabel, who I ran over, and on the other side of Romeo, who I also ran over but with a different vehicle, and below Rodah, who Matt Woo ran over.

I'll never forgive you for running her over Matt Woo. I loved that cat.

The impotent little pink sock will be missed. He was such an amazing part of this blog for such an amazing time. I'd have to say that was probably the best couple of months of my life.

meow

Call me skinny for nothing, but I think it just makes more sense to have two little pink socks. Even if one is impotent.

KILLL!!!



I'll give a dollar to whoever will post this picture for me. I'm an idiot.

Bob Woodward's Bush at War:

The was a good story in this book about Bush throwing out the first pitch at the Yankees game following 9/11.

When Dubya nailed the first pitch with a strike the crowd roared. Thousands of fans raised their arms in unison and put their thumbs up.

Karl Rove was with George Steinbrenner in the press box and he said it was like being at a nazi rally.

Up yours Cliffard. I've received more blow jobs then any man alive.

You're boring me.
Stop being bored.

I think we should change the name our blog to "The Abu Ghraib Ranch."

I wear a size 9 1/2 shoe. That is the size shoe that women find most sexually attractive.

Why won't someone call me and hang out with? Losers with jobs. That's all you beavers are.

I haven't worn underwear in three days. Have you guys noticed?

My powers of observation infinitely superior to everyone's else's combined.

Matt K used to be my best friend, now he is my least favorite friend. Life is funny that way.

But I am much funnier then life could ever dream to be. Fuck you life, your not as funny as me.

I have the worst hangover ever, and I'm handling it like a champ. On a scale of 1 to five, my hangover is a number so high that is cannot be fathomed by even the papalcy. And I'm dealing with it with a even larger number. So fuck you inferior numbers.

I am posting at a rapid pace. My fingers are on fire. The whole world is in love with me. My hair ... My hair ... is impeccable.

You know what's fucked up? EVERYBODY ELSE.

I am skinny for nothing.

I can run twice as fast as the fastest man alive. I just choose not to because it's dangerous.

My body is a work of art. Women fantasize about me 100 percent of their day. I've recieved more blow jobs then any man alive.

I excel at everything I try. I am also the world's greatest blogger.

I am a ferocious lover. I am damn near perfect when it come to sex.

I think we should take a vote whether there really is two "little pinks socks" or whether this is just a ploy by Margie to post things like "cunt" and then blame them on somebody else.

How do you give a enema to a blog anyway Joe? I think a good way to start would be to get rid of Brian Wanless' posts from 2003. Also we could make matt Bright come up with a moniker that doesn't make reference to his genitals.

That last post was one of my funniest.

I'm can't figure out whether the neighbor kids are teaching their dog to "sic" or "sit". Wichever one it is that dog is really eating that kids leg.

Someone should call the cops. Really.

Maybe Joe can ask the neighbor kids to guest on our blog for a while.

Mary brought a gay person over to my apartment last night. Does that make me a liberal?

Maybe we should get a gay guest blogger. David Justice?

What this blog needs is "guest bloggers." Remember the week that David Justice's wife did some posting?

That was cool.

Anybody have suggestions as who could be next. I'm wavering between woody allen, woody williams, and david justice.

Steroid Use on this Blog?

What this blog needs is Jesus, an enema, and a tan.

Speaking of tans, I'm not going anywhere in public with you pasty, white, beavers until we all get tans. I recommend the third tanning salon from the sun.

I haven't blogged drunk in a long time. I think you'd like my drunk blogging a lot better lps. I'm very nice when I've been drinking.

I'm a mean sober.

Fuck you skinny!

Calm down Mike Mann.

I hate it when people tell me to calm down.

calm down lps

You're only as funny as your last post.

www.interpol-newalbum-leaked.com

Hey, check this out Must be the Whisky.

check this out lps.

http://www.pornvirus.net/freedownloads

Eric F. (Pop Culture) (Mr Jones) You can't come to the Sedaris show. Your a big downer. And you're probably not going to like it anyway, because you don't like anything.

Matty Bright. You are uninvited to the Sedaris show. The mere thought of the three of us (you, me, and sedaris) in the same room just creeps me out. So that frees up a ticket.

Matty B. You are no longer invited to the Sedaris show. Just the thought of the three of us all in the same room just creeps me the fuck out.

Matt B. I am uninviting you to the Sedaris show. The thought of the three of us (you, me, and sedaris) all in the same room just creeps me out.

I may be wrong here, but it seems like the more you date, the more names of feminist writers you have to remember. Is that all dating really is?

Nice Matt. Next time don't have somebody hold your nose shut when your reading.

Roll call for Sedaris

Who is going?

Little Pink Sock(s)
skinny for nothing
Must be the Whiskey
Me
"Pop Culture Jones" *finger point, wink*
Matt Bright (I think)

That covers the six tickets I bought last week.

I can buy two or three more tickets next week, in the general area. I talked to the ticket lady and there are seats all over where we are sitting: two to the right, two in front (row M), etc.

Bree wants to go, so I'll get her a tic. Child actor, are you comin? Should I get a tic for Joshua?

Later Ya'll! Have a good weekend!

For a laugh, listen to me narrate boring tutorials! http://otel.uis.edu/blackboard/tutorial I've worked hard developing these. I even designed the site. If it sucks and is hard to navigate and understand, it is my fault.

"Have you ever noticed how the dumb kids fill in all the wrong circles?" Principal Skinner's "comedy" routine.

Very funny, very Hamburger-esque.

"Women are easy, state capitals are hard." - President Bush

Reverand Gordon (the Baptist Minister) is fantastic. He was a good friend of my Mom's. I'm glad you enjoyed him.
LPS-- I'm glad that Mattie let you know. I didn't want to post it on the blog.
There were hundreds and hundreds of people at the visitation last night. It was truly amazing.

Mike.... thanks to you and your mom for coming. It was very nice to see you there.
My address is now on South MacArthur Blvd.... 808 S. MacArthur 62703.

I hope all are well.... what was that I heard about free Sedaris tickets?

I clicked on "random blog" and I came across some dick who started a blog on september 12 2001 because his car got crushed by a tree limb. Yeah what a cock! the name of his blog 1988 535is because that is the name (model) of his BMW.

OK so that was a bit harsh from me LPS. I didn't really mean to call you a hormonehater. I just get a bit too worked up about hormones sometimes. I meant to call the nazi fox a hormone hater.

Personally I'm just not that big of a purist when it come to mixing animal hormones with fake hormones with human hormones with male hormones with female hormones. Hell, I'd inject cow's estrogen if it'd make me a better dancer.

The Go Team! are the Hit Matt K. See if you can put their music on our blog. I'll front the copyright fees with that 10,000 dollar raise you got.

And also, I refuse to call you artic fox.

You should change your name to Hormone Hater, lps!

If I had some bovine hormone I'd squirt some up my nose just to make a point. I used to be a dairy farmer and the hormone is harmless.

I heard a babtist minister in a Catholic Church today. He asked the crowd (ie; clergy) if they knew what he was doing there. It was funny. I liked him. I'm thinking about becomeing Baptist now.

My mom's got some stuff she wants to send you Monica. If your out there, lemme know if your address is still 1024 S. Walnut. Your in my mind, heart, thoughts, prayers, and .... picture book. Much love from my family to you Child Actor.

I saw the best minds of my generation quit smoking.

Milk fortified with vitamin D does make bones stronger - as the article points out. Also something remiss in the article was wether milk and dairy products help to protect the strength of older people's bones?

Do you really think the there is some major cover up with dairy lobbyists and the gov't? It just bothers me to see sites out there that are called milksucks.com. If you ask me they're "teet" parasites. Sucking of the teet of milk. Teetscukers.

Someone at work called me a tit sandwitch the other day. I immediately thought of you Matt Bright.

Milk isn't what makes bones strong
Washington Times -
Milk and dairy products do not promote healthy bones in kids and young adults, a Washington-based research group found after analyzing 58 studies.

"The review was prompted by a 'calcium paradox,' the researchers said. Though Americans are some of the world's highest consumers of dairy products, U.S. rates of osteoporosis and bone fracture also are among the world's highest."

Dairy has little benefit on children's bone health? NutraIngredients-usa.com
Study: Exercise, Not Milk Best for Children's Bones Kansas City infoZine
Syracuse Post Standard - Daily News Central - Durham Herald Sun - Halifax Live - all 57 related »

Milk does NOT do a body good, counter to what most of you have been brainwashed to believe by the dairy industry. Even dietary supplements are showing little effect, which suprises me since that is what I rely on to get calcium.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that Ecstasy could help traumatized soldiers deal with "flashbacks" and recurring nightmares---and maybe even head off post-traumatic stress disorder. So, a clinical "trial" program is under way, in which military victims of rape, sexual abuse and post-traumatic stress have been given MDMA.

Ecstasy trials for combat stress

David Adam, science correspondent
Thursday February 17, 2005
The Guardian

Today's featured article
Hilda Doolittle (email her at doolittle74@hotmail.com)

Hilda Doolittle, better known by the pen name H.D., was an American poet, novelist and memoirist. She is best known for her association with the key early 20th century avant-garde Imagist group of poets, although her later writing represents a move away from the Imagist model and towards a distinctly feminine version of modernist poetry and prose. Doolittle was one of the leading figures in the bohemian culture of London in the early decades of the century. Her work is noted for its use of classical models and its exploration of the conflict between lesbian and heterosexual attraction and love that closely resembled her own life. Her later poetry also explores traditional epic themes, such as violence and war, from a feminist perspective. H.D. was the first woman to be granted the American Academy of Arts and Letters medal.

Arctic fox

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus or Vulpes lagopus) is a small fox native to cold Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Although some authorities have suggested placing them in the Vulpes genus, they have long been considered the sole member of the genus Alopex.

Description

Arctic foxes have coats that come in two distinct color schemes.Foxes of the white scheme are white in the winter and in thesummer are dull brown, remaining whitish underneath. Foxes of the bluescheme are light gray in the winter, and in the summer aregray with a bluish tint.

Arctic fox in summer coat

Arctic foxes tend to be 50 to 60 cm long, not including a 30-cm tail. Theyare 20 to 30 cm tall at the shoulder, and usually weigh from 3 to 6 kg. Thus, theyare about the size of a domestic cat.

The species name, lagopus, means "rabbit foot," a reference to the thick hair on the pads of the animal's feet. Thehair helps reduce heat loss into snow and ice, and it improves traction.

 

Habits

Arctic foxes eat a wide variety of things, including lemmings, birds and their eggs, carrion, and plants. The most important of thesefoods is the lemming. A family of foxes can eat dozens of lemmings each day. When their normal prey is scarce, Arctic foxes havebeen known to scavenge the leftovers of larger predators, such as polar bears,even though polar bears' prey includes the Arctic fox itself.

The foxes tend to form monogamous pairs in the breeding season. Litters of abouthalf a dozen to a dozen whelps are born in the early summer, a very large litter size for mammals. The parents raise the young in a large den.

 

Population and distribution

Arctic foxes have a circumpolar range, meaning that they are foundthroughout the entire Arctic, including Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland,Iceland, and Svalbard. They areplentiful in most areas, although a few isolated populations are struggling.

The population of Arctic foxes tends to fluctuate in a cycle along with the population of lemmings. Because the foxesreproduce very quickly and often die young, population levels are not seriously impacted by trapping. Still, they have been eradicated from many areas where humans are settled.

The Arctic fox is frequently losing ground to the larger red fox. Historically,the Grey Wolf has kept the number of red foxes down, but as wolves have beenhunted to near extinction, the red fox population has grown larger, taking overthe niche of top predator. In areas of northern Europe there are programs to hunt redfoxes in the Arctic fox's previous range.

Wikimedia Commons has multimediarelated to:

Alopex lagopus

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_fox"

Categories: Canines | Arctic animals

I'm not all sure who's going yet, but it's a safe bet to say that the following are definetely going:

Little Pink Sock(s)
skinny for nothing
Must be the Whiskey
Arctic Fox (myself)

That leaves two floating tickets. I'm not requiring payment. Candidates include:

"Pop Culture Jones" *finger point, wink*
Matt Bright
Wish I'd been a child actor
other?

Guess who has six tickets to see David Sedaris on Sunday, 4/17/05, at 7:00 PM? The Wily Beavers do!

I didn't mean to hurt
I'm sorry that i made you cry
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

Who is who? LPS you are an impotent/jealous imposter guy?

Anyway, my mom got put into the hospital on friday night/saturday morning around midnight. She seems a little better now.
We are waiting to start the transplant preparations soon.

Josh and I are going to Florida for 2 weeks. We leave friday.
Anybody who wants a postcard should email me your address.
My email is mmahe01s@uis.edu

Until then... I must go bury myself in homework

Still, having us all over for hot chocolate and setting the place on fire does sound fun. It's snowing today: Is tonight good for you?

From www.freezerbox.com,

ROWDY RODDY PIPER
by Adam Bulger
Sports | 2/19/2003

Q: You've fought over 7,000 fights as a professional wrestler. Is there one fight that stands out?

A: There was a dog collar match between Greg Valentine and myself. The promoters wanted a brutal match that people would keep coming back to see. That sounded good... in principle. And one time? But to do it every night? Never crossed this dumb wrestler's head. I had special collars made up with sheep's wool on the inside, thinking that it would be a little easier on the neck. Greg Valentine and I did this match about 40 times. He had me by the hair and he had his fist wrapped inside the chain and he was wailing on my ear. He was mad at me, not because I was beating him with a chain but because by the 29th match, we both had a rash around our necks from the sheep's wool that looked like herpes.

I was doing my laundry this morning and was reminded of the time the neighbors cat snuck into my apartment and took a shit in my diry laundry. I will never forgive that cat. I washed and dried my clothes with that dried out shit, and afterwards all my "clean clothes" smelled like dried out cat shit and Tide.

You can purchase Jose Canseco's world series ring off his website for $40,000.

What would karl rove do?

talkingpresidents.com/product-images/af-bush-flightsuit


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Sometimes I'd like to invite you all over, lock the doors, and set the place ablaze.

We're like the Carpenters.


I never thought I would say that.

Why should I lie down, (If you can't love me?)

How Can I Love You (If You Won't Lie Down?)


- the love song of skinny for nothing

In T.H. White's The Once and Future King, he makes a point to say it is the fuedal serfs who are the villians, not the lords, and that they both benefit. And that Arthur was born to end the rule of the gangsters who abused the fuedal system. It was these gangsters who must be wrong, not the system itself.

Also, he mentions that it is always the starving countries that can find the most money for defense. This is interesting and makes me think of North Korea--a prison-state of starving, fearful people, with a gangster with nuclear capabilites heading it up.

And we always turn back to America, the most hungry nation of all. Our bellies are full -- bloated even -- but our appetite is for resources, emotions, entertainment, religion, power, oil, energy, prestige far exceeds the rest of the world.

Those who feel lack are the ones who desire the most. Have you ever dealt with someone who feels like there is never enough? They are insatiable, and nothing ever pleases them for long.

I love a good shift in perspective. Thanks LPS, for the reality check. And yes, I'll be snatching up around 6 tix to Sedaris, and I figure all y'all who want to go can give me your moolah and hop in the wagon.

I find myself only watching or listening to pro-gay programs, features, and books, such as "The L Word", "Angels In America", or David Sedaris.

I view very few pro-woman events. It's just so much more hip to be a gay man these days than a straight woman.

Even politically, it is much more palatable to get behind the gay man who says "I just want to marry my boyfriend" than the woman I heard at the GW inaguration protest talking about reproductive rights. She was speaking to the crowd about how thankful she was to get an abortion. It just didn't sound right.

Not quite queer, If you bring the pils, I'll bring the tix.

It's a Sunday night in April (doesn't that sound nice? I'm looking at the snow-covered soccor fields out my window).

Sedaris ticket prices vary upon where you are sitting. For example:

Mezzanine Center Rear $27.00
Balcony Left Rear $27.00
Balcony Center $30.00
Balcony Right Wing $33.00
Mezzanine Center $35.00
Orchestra Left $35.00

Where to sit? They let you pick.

Ha. In retrospect it would seem as if my balding lisp joke was a direct jab at you clinefelter. Now all I gotta do is give you food poisoning to really piss on your soul.

I need someone to take my trash out.

Interpol at the Pageant? I'm getting to the point where I don't like live shows anymore, but this one might be interesting.

I found at magnent on my car this morning that said, "you are balding."

Here's a q. Would you rather go bald or develop a lisp? I mean, if you had to choose.

Joe?

Happy Anniversary, Kim

I love you.

Matt

Do yer own research LPS.

Here is the guy I was talking about, Kim.

Derrick Jensen
http://www.derrickjensen.org/

He's a writer, an environmentalist, a child abuse survivor, and a thought-provoking speaker. I originally heard him speak on a panel about bio-engineered food on TUC radio. You can listen to some of his guest appearances online.

WREK Atlanta, Click on Time of Useful Consciousness (program changes weekly).

Beyond the Ordinary dot Net ARCHIVED PROGRAMS

State of the Union party at Skinny's. Brown finger die will be available upon request. (joke stolen from little boy blue)

drinking words include: freedom, liberation, towel, heads, privitization, Iran, and mushroom cloud.

Hey LPS, you only got little boy blue beat by a couple years.

who wants to hear something funny?

I may qualify for up to 70 dollars a month in food stamps!
Isn't that great!

LPS--
Thanks for your words of support. It means alot
My mom found out yesterday that one of her siblings is a match for the Stemcell transplant
But my mom is pretty sick right now and they have to get her better first. SHe has pneumonia and her kidneys are not working properly as well as a few other random things.
The good news of the match is a word of support especially to my dad who worries about EVERYTHING!
My family and I appreciate your thoughts

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Such a cheery blog these days.

I had a bout of the "ideal insomnia" (as James Joyce refered to anyone who finished Finnegans Wake and started reading it again - It's a circular reference with the first sentence starting on the last page and the last sentence on the first, and it's hard to read.) at about 3:30 last night, and I came up with these gems:

Pun: This war sure is keeping a lot of people occupied.

One must look deep inside their heart to see how truly fat they have become.
Sufi Proverb

Republicans to Choke Democrats to Death and Turn Everyone Else Into a Republican

"GOP strategists hope that the proposed changes to Social Security can transform a program that has long been identified with the Democrats, creating a generation of new investors who see their interests allied with the Republicans.

The administration's transformation of civil service rules at federal agencies, for instance, would limit the power and membership of public employee unions -- an important Democratic financial artery.

If the Bush agenda is enacted, "there will be a continued growth in the percentage of Americans who consider themselves Republican, both in terms of self-identified party ID and in terms of their [economic] interests," said Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform and an operative who speaks regularly with White House senior adviser Karl Rove."

"Most people who are investors tend to vote Republican," said Mehlman, manager of Bush's reelection campaign. "This creates conditions under which voters are more likely to support politicians who are pro-growth, pro-ownership, pro-free market."

So I was on the pot a few minutes back, and a spider popped out from under the seat to say, "Hi. What are you doing here?"

I finished up, feeling a bit awkward, and went about my merry way.

Monica,

What are the potential causes of your mom's leukemia? Why do you think she got sick? And how is her attitude?

A life threatening cancer is grim news. There are survivor stories, however. I don't believe any of us are victims.

Thanks "skinny"
I went down yesterday. She is pretty sick. She mostly sleeps because of it.
I just feel bad cuz my dad is so sad. I saw my dad cry twice tonight.