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Mom Song: An Ode To Mothers Who Get High (VIDEO)

Thu, 07 May 2009 14:41:02 -0700

I like how uninhibited the people in this vid are.
It's fun to watch them take on the taboo.

True Blood - SPOILER! Evan Rachel Wood Cast As Vampire Queen Sophie-Anne Video - Set Photos of Bon Temps - Forever A Fangirl

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:58:39 -0700

Comprehensive ongoing coverage/casting news/promo photos for HBO series True Blood, Season 01 and Season 02.

Lucky Escape for Great Barrier Reef : Discovery News

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:34:08 -0700

Good news! The Great Barrier Reef is recovering.
Want to go and snorkel there.
Promise I will not touch.

http://Caprica.stumbleupon.com/review/32211175/

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:19:43 -0700

From: http://tinyurl.com/cb6rnk.
Yesterday, my son came home from high school and he did what he always does. The routine each day after school is for him and me to go, through his day, recounting what he did in his classes. When he got to his Engineering class, he mentioned something odd in the instruction that his teacher gave in regard to how my son's class should interact via Internet (Skype) with students from another District 211 high school, Conant H.S., with whom they are collaborating on a major project. His class was told to be careful how they interacted with the Conant High School kids who were just returning to school after the weekend in which they learned that a senior Conant girl and her family had been brutally stabbed by the girl's older sister's boyfriend.
I've been out on the loop on local news and had missed the story but my son had printed out a couple of articles off the nets before leaving school yesterday and I read the story with great sadness. The sadness turn to anger however when I read that already the perpetrator's court-appointed lawyer was "spinning" his client's tale of woe--child welfare case messed up in the system.
Take a look at a snap of the man that stabbed an, entire family. For one thing he's not a child, he's 20 y.o.--old enough to have made the choice not to stab an entire family because you were pissed at the world.

Does he look like he's really suffering or demented (this is a mug shot from another crime of his)?
My younger son has construed a general notion of what would be his ideal of a justice system that works. He calls it the "iron fist" justice system though he doesn't have all the details worked out--much would have to change. Broadly speaking, we stop going all soft on violent offenders. Ultimately, garbage like the person who essentially killed a whole family would be tossed.
I'm also mad at the sister who had a kid with this guy, a convicted, violent sexual predictor. I know she'll feel bad that she is ultimately the reason why that man was anywhere near her family. I'm just really mad and I can't even blog openly about my feelings about how society makes excuses for the "D'Andre Howards" of the world. A thug is a thug and as such is a threat to society.
It's now up to the only physically unscathed member of this family besides older sis with the murderous bf, the guy in the photo, age 20 that sort of looks like Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters circa his Nirvana era. He was at a good university, editor of the college paper, finishing out his junior year when he was informed on his family's demise. Now he gets to cope with this and hope his mom pulls through all right. Otherwise, he's left only with his dumbass sister who brought the documented convicted felon into her bed, ultimately sending their dad, little sister, and grandmother to their graves.
I'm really angry. And sad.

From the Chicago Sun-Times
Before going to the Hoffman Estates home where he allegedly stabbed three people to death, 20-year-old D’Andre Howard went to the suburb’s police station, authorities said Monday.
Howard was arrested early Friday on a traffic warrant

Norm Stamper: 420: Thoughts on Pot vs. Alcohol from a Former Police Chief

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:29:40 -0700

This same refrain has been stated for 30 yrs. Does anyone listen to the guys on the beat enforcing the law? Too logical.

http://gadha.org/images/20090409020155_swiss_sunflowers.jpg

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:46:53 -0700

Nothing says "cheerful" quite like sunflowers. Lovely sky as well.

http://www.pro-dezign.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/wild-flowers.jpg

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:43:16 -0700

So pretty, it makes my spirit feel lighter.

Improving Sanitation with the Peepoo Bag @greenUPGRADER

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:40:24 -0700

It's so simple makes one wonder why it wasn't thought of before.
It's not perfect but few things are. It's a start.

Ashton Kutcher Punks Twitter: A Giant Million Follower PR Stunt | NowPublic News Coverage

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:10:12 -0700

Epic lulz.
Was this not obvious from the get-go? Now Moore and Kutcher's little Twitterfest ends, not a moment too soon. It's ALL business. And we are the tools of business.

The Love You Make

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:35:54 -0700

The Love You Make is filled with premium blog candy, mostly but not limited to the science fiction and science fantasy television variety. TLYM is very visually oriented with a strong focus on promo photos, screen caps, and videos coupled with television commentary, including spoilers. The occasional celebrity piece pops up as well.