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Spotted in the comments of a discussion of Starbucks (and the politics thereof):
I generally either shut out the “No one I know voted for Nixon” vibe or I eavesdrop and see how many inanities get spouted. I’ll never forget one time, at a Starbucks in Houston, I struck up a conversation with some locals and […]

Thousands of people, sick of hearing about the massive government giveaways to Katrina victims still going on two years after the hurricane, have applied for psychological support grants from the federal government. “We’re sick and tired of hearing about how our tax money is going to support people who are squandering it on plasma […]

Try it and see for yourself!
I’m not surprised that they’ve blocked this site — assuming it wasn’t just a temporary glitch or the server in China being shut down by authorities. I’ve been pretty harsh on China in the past, and I still am. I’ve had an article titled “Texas Redistricting, China, […]

And Laurence wonders why I don’t trust our four-footed masters? It’s because I always knew they weren’t acting in our best interests…

Readers of my Agenda write-ups here and at blogHOUSTON will recall that I’ve made fun of two of the perennial “guests” during public comment time at the council meetings, “Senator” Robert Horton, and “President” Joseph Charles. Well, someone was intrigued enough to record their latest appearance before the council and post it on YouTube. […]

“Concrete does not spontaneously combust, so somebody had to have spilled something,’’ [district fire chief] Tommy Dowdy said.
This was said in response to a freeway ramp seeming to be on fire during the Friday afternoon rush hour. Hat tip to Lone Star Times.

People are stupid. (h/t to The Buck Stops Here.)
Microwaved water kills plants. Just reading the convolutions some of the commenters go through makes my head hurt. FYI: this is in reference to (supposedly) an elementary school student’s project to see if giving a plant microwaved water was good for it.
My […]

When your entire golf course is sand and rocks, should any foliage be considered a “grass trap?”
Elen Gubeb’s tattered sandals and torn jeans don’t match his pricey new Mizuno glove, but dress is not important at this homemade golf track on Namibia’s desert coast, an unlikely golf hotspot.
Very unlikely….
The nine-hole course dubbed the “West Side […]

…Monty Python’s “The Penis Song.”
Isn’t it awfully nice to have a penis?
Isn’t it frightfully good to have a dong?
It’s swell to have a stiffy.
It’s divine to own a dick,
From the tiniest little tadger
To the world’s biggest prick.
So, three cheers for your Willy or John Thomas.
Hooray for your one-eyed trouser snake,
Your piece of pork, your wife’s […]

Why no, I don’t think fans are getting completely obsessed with a show that hasn’t even been officially translated and marketed in Region 1. By the way, I should be downloading ep. 8 tonight.
Comment by wontaek | 2006/04/21 at 04:58:07
revised forcast. Over/under for the date when someone starts the Church of Haruhi: May […]

Last night I dreamed that Belldandy showed up with a citizen complaint. She looks awfully cute when she’s distressed, but I really hope we were able to solve her complaint before Urd and Skuld showed up to “help.” The dream didn’t get that far, alas.
Edit: the nature of the complaint […]

I’d really like to know if it’s KHOU or the Dallas Morning News that thinks a bus full of elderly people that caught fire was just a bunch of perverts.

Yes, I think we should use foriegn precedents. Absolutely! If our goal is to continue the descent into madness, that is.
In the UK, a 10-year-old faces criminal charges for calling another schoolboy a name.
Yet another reason to oppose “hate speech” laws.

Proving that laywers are adaptable, Paris Hilton, some nobody that introduced her to one of her prior f–k buddies, and a California court commissioner, all agreed to a unique restraining order that prohibits her from being within 100 yards of said nobody. Except when at the same party, in which case they can […]

The problem with robbing someone who draws for a living, is that they don’t have to find time to get with the police sketch artist. A mugger in Australia picked on the wrong party when he robbed Bill “Weg” Green of Victoria, according to this story. The artist drew a picture of his assailant for the police, who compared it to someone they’d just caught for robbery nearby — and it “was the spitting image.”