Dharma started the idea that led to this thread... Link The article was about "Faces of Meth". SPC NBS added a comment about the dental side of the story and included this link... Link That got me thinking. Why are we paying for complete dental work on drug addicts and criminals? They get free food, housing, cable and job training in most cases. This seems backwards. Why are soldiers, dependents, retirees and thier spouses being forced to pay for the same services that are j...
As an alternative to the "Discourses of a Three Year Old" series, I am starting the Little Boy Logic. I'm very proud of my son and the way he figures things out. He puts a great deal of thought into his choice of words and has recently started trying to use bigger words.."umm, Actually..." is his favorite phrase. While he means well, he doesn't always use words correctly. For example: Last night HW was making dinner and boy watched for a moment, skrunched his face up as he tho...
As an alternative to the "Discourses of a Three Year Old" series, I am starting the Little Boy Logic. I'm very proud of my son and the way he figures things out. He puts a great deal of thought into his choice of words and has recently started trying to use bigger words.."umm, Actually..." is his favorite phrase. While he means well, he doesn't always use words correctly. For example: Last night HW was making dinner and boy watched for a moment, skrunched his face up as he tho...
So the topic of horrible names came up today. How many people do you know who are saddled with a name to honor Great Grandma Ethel and really wish they could have been a Jane? Do you know anyone named John Johnson or Mike Michaelson? What about Justin Case? Or Justin Time? We've all seen people with crazy names and I'm wondering what ones you have thought of. I know you secretly toyed with the idea of naming your kids something hillarious. Let me hear it! Just to get the ball roll...
A man in Korea died after quitting his job to "play more video games". He played for 50 hours, stopping only to go to the bathroom occasionally. When a friend convinced him to stop, he promised he would "after this last game". Minutes later he died. Link I know this is dumb and I know that we could make tons of hillarious (yet non PC) jokes at his expense. I onlly have one question..... If you had to go via a similarly brain numbing route....how would you do it? Would you Mari...
I am fairly motivated to learn how to do something so I don't have to pay for it. *a cheapskate* For Example: I got a job as an orthodontist's assistant so I wouldn't have to pay for braces. The fact that I didn't know what I was doing didn't stop me....I just wrote up a very impressive sounding resume and convinced him to train me (so I could skip the 2 year school). Instead of paying for braces, I conned myself into a job that provided me with free training and certification, fre...
I just wanted to announce to everyone that today is Angela Marie's Birthday! You can check out her site at Link Happy birthday!
It's hard enough to get my son to give me a straight answer to anything, but I wanted to see what he thought of Disney's Peter Pan. Here is an excerpt from the conversation. I had a hard time getting the "How many three year olds does it take to change a light bulb?" joke out of my head. If you haven't heard it...the answer is at the end. “I like Deter Pan! He’s Cool! He can fly to the moon and save the guy in the water and he flies when he gets the yewwow stuff on him. “The yel...
After the recent flury of responses, (thank you!!) on my last article on parental notification in minor's seeking an abortion. Link I decided to put another question to the test. Do parents have the right to force a minor to carry a pregnancy to term rather than get an abortion? Please assume for simplicity that the girl made a poor decision and was not molested or abused. The parents are perfectly competent parents and there is no reason to remove the child legally.
I got thinking about this topic after hearing a NOW rep on the radio blabbering on about how Roberts could potentially destroy the Roe vs Wade ruling and how that would set reproductive rights back 100's of years. She emphasised how allowing state legislation to decide the issue could put children in danger by requiring parental notification. Let me start off by saying, I don't personally approve of abortion, especially as a contraceptive method. I understand there are exceptions, rape, ...
I'm on the computer playing my newest addiction, Chuzzle Link I HIGHLY encourage eveyone to play and become addicted. Anyway, my son comes running in the room. *giggle giggle* I finally turn around to discover the reason for said hillarity. He is naked....again. "What are you doing?!" "I'm naked!" *giggle giggle* *Roll Eyes* "Yes. I know you are naked. Why are you naked?" (Usually he takes off ALL his clothes, to include his shirt when he goes to the bathroom.) H...
After years and years of waiting....HW is finally getting the recognition that he deserves....or at least more money. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, HW is getting promoted. Hoooah! E-6 has been a long time coming and on 1 Aug, he finally gets to pin it on. Congrats sweetie! I love ya!
Draginol recently posted an article about file-swapping, Kazza. Rather than hijack his thread, I decided to post my lengthy thoughts here. I agree that stealing is stealing. It doesn't matter if you walk out of the store with a box or download a program from the internet. No arguments there. That being said, I am publicly confessing. I have used LimeWire, Kazza and pirated copies of various programs throughout the years. I am guilty . I have stolen ideas from other people's we...
So HW convinced me (without too much effort) to go get the newest Harry Potter Book at midnight. Only one place in town was doing the midnight party, so we headed over to Hastings. (HW abhors Walmart, so this was the only options) We showed up at midnight, not realizing some people had waited since 9:30! Dharma wasn't the only one witnessing stupidity and greediness over a book. There were 2 lines, one for prepaid and one for shlubs like us who just decided to get up at midnight and g...