Wasted Time

Why did I waste my time on this? Oh, and I do not despise nerds, I actually like them. A lot.

Thanks to kwakersaur for posting this quiz

What Hath I Wrought?

Okay, I didn't 'wrought' nothing, but I did encourage Rob the Llamabutcher to spin out his twisted fantasy on what would happen if Barney were to realize his true self, a sort of Zen-like enlightenment for a dinosaur. The result is warped, sick, and hilarious. [NB -- I haven't been able to figure out how to link to a particular post on Rob's blog, the post to which I refer is Barney's Awakening dated January 15, 2005]. Being a darling in the Conservative Blogosphere, I can't help but wonder if he's going to take a bit of heat from his readers who are Creationists.

Trilobites rock!

Photo of the Unclimber

birds don't climb, they fly

...well, unless they are flightless birds -- but then they still don't climb, they walk, maybe even run in a sort of waddling way... Oh, nevermind.

TECH SUPPORT: Okay, what I'm really trying to do is make this picture my profile picture. I've gotten as far as pasting the URL into my profile only to be stopped and told that the image must be 50k or less. Personally, I think I'm worth more, but its been a few years since I've been in the workforce. Anyway, how do I reduce the size of the picture so I can do this? Its not clear from Hello and help from Hello is not working on AOL, its too big or something. Why does it always come down to size? Size doesn't matter, but apparently, it can be too big. Who knew?

Posted by Hello

Barney vs. Clifford

My friend Mike at Clanlally has set me off. I think he does this for his own amusement, but why should he be the only one to benefit? There is at least one other person out there who enjoys watching me get crazy (DH) and there may be others.

As an intitial matter, Mike keeps referring to me as Sparky, even though I've started using my name in an effort to gain a peaceful, spiritual equilibrium. Apparently, he thinks I'm fronting and that he can just poke, poke, poke and get old Sparky back.

He has suggested to me that Clifford is on par with Barney. He finds Barney too cutesy, but thinks Clifford is cute but not cutesy. Hmmmm....I wrote to him:

Barney is somehow more real to me -- perhaps because they make it clear that he is a product of the children's imagination and he always returns to being a doll at the end. Clifford is totally unreal and is far more sacchrin than Barney. Clifford is ever-patient with his annoying, snobby friends (okay, Christ-like, even). I actually don't like Clifford. And this whole terrifying notion that your dog could make you leave your home and friends and force you to move to an island where he is dangerous to the environment (ground shaking when he walks, indigenous plants destroyed beneath his feet). No, Mike, everything it NOT all right on Birdwell Island.
I think I may post this rant, its more amusing than most of the stuff on my blog.

By the way, Clifford is dead (rest in peace John Ritter).

Oh no, am I back to the same fundy stance I took with Christianity a year ago? I can only see the virtues of Barney while closing myself to the possibilities of Clifford? Perhaps Barney and Clifford are brothers.

Sorry for the Zzzzs

Okay, this blog is getting a bit dull with my under-researched legislative posts. In my defense, I've spent a lot of time looking at legislation and I wanted to share the bills I saw that captured my attention. Perhaps a bad policy because I'm not knowledgeable about them, there are plenty of others out there that did not come across my path, my only hope was to inspire others.

Just Something to Make Abortion More Difficult

Require clinics to follow all the requirements of a hospital. Kenny-boy, love him on homeschooling, less so on abortion issues. I may be purple, but I'm absolutely pro-choice.

Regulation of abortion clinics. Ken T. Cuccinelli, II
Summary as introduced:Regulation of abortion clinics. Requires the regulation of abortion clinics as a category of outpatient surgical hospital and sets forth the requirements for the licensure of abortion clinics in a new article. Abortion clinics will not be required to comply with certificate of public need requirements or health care data reporting. The provision becomes effective on January 1, 2006. The Board of Health must promulgate emergency regulations that include licensure fees for abortion clinics in an amount calculated to cover only the costs of the regulation required in this act. Senate Bill 839. Full Text

Can You Say "Red State"?

Our House wants to urge the U.S. Senate to confirm Supreme Court nominees quickly. THAT'S interesting. Perhaps there are resolutions like this all the time, but its sort of creepy to me.


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 28
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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Senate of the United States be urged during the 109th Congress to expeditiously confirm all nominations to the United States Supreme Court by the President; and, be it
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