OK, I rant and rave about politics and you guys get tired of it, I’m sure.

However, this Harry Shearer video is just too damn funny not to give you access.

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A University of Texas (Austin) researcher has catalogued 237 reasons why people have sex, according to the NYTimes.  Feel free to add your own reasons; I was forced to have sex by a vast conspiracy of “smalls”, for example.

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This guy thinks he’s figured out why nice guys never win in the dating game.

Oddly, his advice — fahgettaboutit — is strangely similar to the advice I get from MindOverMary.

I’ve reached the conclusion we aren’t meant to understand the other gender.  If we did understand, where would the fun of mystery and challenge go?

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Kittens, puppies, grandchildren — que es mas “cutiepie”?

Answer:  grandchildren, of course.

Here’s the update on mine.

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Knowing that one of my teenage jobs was at Tower Theater (and that it’s where I learned to absolutely hate “The Sound of Music”), Osager teases me with a montage of photos of the now defunct 23rd Street landmark.

Notice that men wore suits and that even young men wore slacks and ties to go out.  One of the photos stunned me when I realized one of the young ladies was wearing white gloves. 

The hills are alive

with the sound of mucus

ragweed all around

makes me snort and wheeze …

Shut. The. Fuck. Up.

Ever wanted to tell someone that?

How about yourself? 

Ever wanted your own mind to shut the fuck up?

Tired of the obsessive self-talk you “hear” inside your head?

Since Alan Watts animated was such a hit, how about this recording of him that teaches a little about meditation:

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If your interest in Alan Watts has been neglected, here’s the website for all of his stuff.

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I can’t wait to see the reaction to this column about the downside of being a man.  Knowing discretion is the better part of valor, I’ll keep my own thoughts to my ownself until I see which way the wind blows.

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A woman in Florida, accused of using her three small children to help her bag shoplifted items, has been banned from Wal-Mart for life.

Was this supposed to be punishment?

All things considered, seems to me they were doing her a favor.

Maybe that’s just me.

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The other day in conversation, someone (I think MCARP) talked about the real dangers faced by Americans versus the hyped-up dangers of terrorism.  I happened to run across this chart that shows the relative deathly dangers we face.

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Want to know the source of all your troubles and woes?  Gay marriage, of course.  Just watch this music video and you’ll understand.

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