Political correctness
a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

 

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BARF Therapy

Pay no attention to that man in the dark little room at the end of the house. He’s just doing what he finds necessary to keep his sanity. He is, to borrow a phrase from the late Douglas Adams, mostly harmless.

Really, the noises, the obscenities, the ranting and raving coming from the man-cave are not [...]

Penultimate Day, 2009

I do believe that 2009 may very well be destined to go down in history as the year that sucked donkey. In many ways, it was worse than the Hell of 2002 although that was primarily an internal ordeal whereas this year just sucked in general.

Here it is, the penultimate day of the penultimate year [...]

Writer’s Block: Change for the Better over a Decade

How are you a better person today than you were ten years ago?

For one thing, I’m probably healthier and more health concious. Ten years ago I was flirting with the Dark Side and I’ve since put that behind me, though not without a few battle scars and some collateral damage.

Back then, I was still immersed [...]

Questions & Answers

On Live Journal, they have a daily “Writers Block” question, usually submitted by member. The questions are sometimes trivial but, occasionally, require some thought. Since my postings on Live Journal have slacked off in recent months, I thought I’d post my answers to some of those questions here.

Do you believe in true love? What about [...]

Writer’s Block: What a Way to Make a Living

What’s the worst job you’ve ever had?

I guess it would be my short stint testing software for Lexis-Nexis. It was the same thing day after day, the same software, the same bugs. It got boring very quickly. I’m not at liberty to discuss the other job in the running. Let’s just aay that stress and [...]

Writer’s Block: Timely Departures

If you could jump in a time machine and travel back to any point in history, where would you go?

There are so many times and places I’d like to travel to. To be able to travel back in time to meet and talk to, or at least observe, my ancestors would be a genealogiest’s dream [...]

Writer’s Block: Really, Truly

Do you believe in true love? What about love at first sight?

I absolutely believe in true love. My parents had it. They were together for 60 years through good times and bad, in sickness and in health, until death did they part. But true love remains.

I also believe in love at first sight. It happened [...]

Writer’s Block: Words to Live By

What is your personal motto or favorite quotation?

“Things are never so bad they can’t possibly get worse.” — Calvin

Writer’s Block: Half a Glass

Do you consider yourself an optimist, a pessimist, or a realist?

I hope for the best (optimist) and expect the worst (pessimist), knowing that things will probably fall somewhere in between. Am I a realist? A pragmatist?

Writer’s Block: Clothing Options

When it comes to clothes, would you rather be comfortable or fashionable?

Not only do I dress for comfort, I also undress for comfort.