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Aliens Don't Eat Dog Food (by Dinah Capparucci)
The Book on the Hill | December 24th 2009
ALIENS DON'T EAT DOG FOODby Dinah CapparucciAge : 10-12Publisher : ScholasticRelease Date : April 2008SUMMARY : Three boys, two dogs and a whole lot of trouble! Jordan, Ryan and Boy Dave always get blamed for EVERYTHING. And OK, most of the time it i read more
Lack of creativity...thanks to butterflies
The cutting edge | December 19th 2009 by Umar Somauroo
Not too much has been written these past 2 months on my blog. Lack of creativity… thanks to butterflies.Yes… It's a girl! And an amazing one.It's not that I don’t want to blog - I am very passionate about it. It's an easy escape route to read more
Book Review: Jacques Plante: The Man Who Changed the Face of Hock…
Hockey Narrative | December 14th 2009 by Ken
Jacques Plante: The Man Who Changed the Face of Hockey, by Todd Denault, details the life of one of the sport’s most colourful and controversial goaltenders. And, just as with any good biography, the book includes far more information than just read more
When the sunshine goes
feltingfibres | December 6th 2009 by Chrissie Day
Today is a very very sad day for me, my friend Kath of nearly 30 years is dying and just after I sat down to watch the x factor last nuight she took a turn for the worse and started her journey.I chased to the ward and managed to have some time w read more
Did You Like Rory’s Graduation Speech?
Gilmore Girls News | December 5th 2009 by Arieanna
In ‘Those Are Strings, Pinocchio‘, Rory is made valedictorian of Chilton (not Paris) and has to give a speech. And what a speech!! Here’s the transcript of Rory’s Valedictorian Speech: Headmaster Charleston, faculty members, read more
Thankful
Agnes Pages | November 17th 2009 by Agnes Pages
(Life gets real lonely sometimes, you know.) There's something so overwhelmingly comforting about listening to Geoff going on about the most intricate details of the Thanksgiving feast he is planning to prepare this year. As I am watching him read more
[Interview] Jonathan Vining
Conversations with Writers | November 17th 2009
Jonathan Vining is the author of Diary of a First Year Grad Student, a work-in-progress which he describes as a novel about "the absurdities of academic life".In this interview, Vining talks about what his concerns as a writer. Is Jonathan Vining you read more
Real Life Tao - Fighting Fire with Fire
The Rambling Taoist | November 12th 2009
In the discussion of "Wen Tzu, Verse 19, Part II", I provided the example of how war and/or violence doesn't beget peace, only more war or violence. I'm now going to walk through an even stickier wicket -- spanking.Years ago in Mad Magazine, one of read more
The Best News is SuperNews!
TakePart Social Action Network | November 10th 2009 by Adriana Dunn
Many thanks to my sister for introducing me to my new favorite thing: Current TV’s SuperNews! As explained on their site “SuperNews! is a comedy series where the absurdities of everyday life are pushed beyond reality in a hilarious univer read more
Saturday Quotathon: Magic and Mysticism
Rocket Scientist | October 31st 2009 by Stephanie Barr
Since mysticism covers all thing religious and magic is WONDERFUL, I thought this would work for Halloween or Samhain if you prefer.When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. --Oscar WildeThe most beautiful thing we can experience read more
Introduction to Perkins
Learning from Dogs | October 28th 2009
A tongue-in-cheek reflection on the absurdities of British Goverment. In 1980 the BBC first broadcast a satirical situation comedy called Yes Minister. It was hugely popular. It attempted to illustrate through (slight!) exaggeration the arcane worl read more
Detroit: Matthew Crawford is giving a lecture next Tuesday at CCS
A Book Without A Cover | October 12th 2009 by A Book Without A Cover
Matthew B. Crawford is a philosopher and mechanic. His New York Times best-selling book Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work brings alive an experience that was once quite common, but now seems to be receding from society- the e read more
Obama and Nobel: Absurdity on Parade
House of Cards | October 10th 2009
Sometimes life's absurdities become so blatant, so consuming, that one cannot hellp but question the sanity of the world we live in. One cannot sanely sympathize with poor white people that protest against a lone black man because they envision some read more
Discount The Greatest Show on Earth Richard Dawkins
Textbooks Online Store | October 10th 2009 by Jacks
Buy Richard Dawkins’s book the evidence for evolution today you save up to 40% and free shipping on orders over $25. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover) by Richard Dawkins (Author) Textbook Details * Hardco read more
Obama beats out doctor who dedicated his life to victims of rape…
MadeMark | October 9th 2009 by Mark
Mary Katherine Ham over at Weekly Standard has a nice roundup of other Nobel Peace Prize nominees passed over for Obama. One can only scratch one's head at what the award committee was thinking. Sacrifice: zero. Slap at Bush's corpse: ten points read more
And Sometimes, Life Parodies Itself
Mark On Markets | October 9th 2009 by Mark
Sometimes writers and entertainers struggle to come up with content that illustrates the hidden absurdities in the news by drawing comparisons to fictional scenarios which are obviously absurd. However, it seems that more and more, the real news is s read more
Drugged Immune Deficiency and HIV Vaccine podcast link
The Robert Scott Bell Show | September 27th 2009 by Robert Scott Bell
Drugged Immune Deficiency -- Those interested in improving their health need to look other places besides government and the medical industrial complex. Word out of Washington, D.C. brings even more toxic reality checks about the dangers of FDA ap read more
John Auger & Jerry Serra - B.S. Business Satire - Blog Business S…
Blog Business World | September 22nd 2009
Listen to Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk RadioManagement consultants and co-authors of the hilarious and spot on satire of modern corporations B.S.: Business Satire: Business Culture and How We Can Change It, John Auger and Jerry Serra, take a light he read more
Pictures of The Heart
Angels in my Garden | September 17th 2009 by Polly Little
In nothing are we as rich as in our memories; they are pictures painted by our hearts, and nothing can erase them.-- FlaviaWhether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right.Henry FordFinish each day and be done with it. You have read more
I Wonder Wye
Funny Anial Pictures | September 13th 2009 by Funeskape
A musing of life in the country (on Wye Mt.), where we run a wild mustang Sanctuary. Also life, living with a chronic illness, and the whole absurdities of life...... read more
Isla Fisher Plays Big Spender
WORLD OF BEAUTY LAND | September 1st 2009 by charles george
When Isla Fisher started thinking about her wardrobe needs for Confessions of a Shopaholic, she had one important request for famed costume designer Patricia Field.She wanted her character - the clothing-addicted Reb read more
Profession of Faith
ExChristian.Net -- encouraging ex-Christians | August 25th 2009 by webmdave
by Shawn Image by A Perfect Heart via FlickrSince my de-conversion there is one statement from believers that irritates me time and time again. We have all heard it, it is the common fall back for just about every argument against Christianity. Every read more
Italy Clerical State
Footloose | August 17th 2009 by Angela
Among the things I don't understand in life there certainly is the fact that still many people agree, or at least don't complain, that the Pope has the right to speak out in political matters and influence the development of social life. For example read more
Two barks means faster – Review “The Art of Racing in the Rai…
booktumbling | August 9th 2009 by Christine
A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope—a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . . . as only a dog could tell it I knew I was in trouble when tears were forming i read more
No Title
mad-honig | August 9th 2009
Post-Orlando euphoria has subsided, and now I am back to my contemplative, conflicted self. Memories revolve around me like planets around a sun, and could-have-beens float away like colorful balloons on a windy day. The next stage of my life is abou read more
Goodbye, Mr. Hughes
From Stage Dives to Station Wagons | August 7th 2009 by Laura Williams Argilla
I read that John Hughes died today while taking a walk in Manhattan. I hadn't thought much about him in years, but there was a time in my life when his name was synonymous with movies targeted at my age group. The thing about these movies is that t read more
Eddie Sarfaty | Mental
CultureQueens | August 5th 2009
Out comedian Eddie Sarfaty's astute and acerbic stand-up effortlessly captures the everyday absurdities of life, blending self-deprecation and sarcasm with a razor-sharp instinct for the ridiculous. In his new book "Mental," he expands his hilarious read more
Live a Worry Free Life
Harmony of the Heart | August 5th 2009 by Eddie Zacapa
Zap That Worry QuotesHere are some quotes on dealing with worry from various different people. The theme seems to be to learn to live a worry free life. Worry doesn't help us one bit and it only hinders us from experiencing peace and harmony in our l read more
LIMELIGHT: Seth Rogen
Geek in the Movie Theater | August 2nd 2009 by Shanece
Stop me once you figured out the connection: “Freaks and Geeks” … “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” … “Knocked Up” … “Superbad” … “Pineapple Express” … “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” … ok, ok I think you figured out the conne read more
LIMELIGHT: Seth Rogen
Geek in the Movie Theater | August 2nd 2009 by Shanece
Stop me once you figured out the connection: “Freaks and Geeks” … “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” … “Knocked Up” … “Superbad” … “Pineapple Express” … “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” … ok, ok I think you figured out the conne read more
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