misia, aka Hanne Blank, is featured answering Big Fat Blog’s “Three Quick Questions” this week. How did you come to fat acceptance and fat rights? I’m fat, smart, opinionated, and politically active, and have been all these things since I…
Is There Some Other Planet With a Shortage of Idiots?
Excerpt from a letter to my pain management doc’s office: On each of my last three visits to your office, your receptionist has informed me that my insurance was “invalid.” On each occasion, I explained, again, that I am a…
And We’re in a Landlocked Area?
The flooding and such from various hurricanes hasn’t really affected me directly in the past – not in any significant way. I knew that it was real, and a problem for many people, but that’s different from really seeing the…
Ouch!
“Rather like watching someone acting as their own cover band.” —mrpsyklops
Note to CuriousMay9
Since it’s strictly LJ-related, so the only way it’ll do any good is to put it here where she’ll see it next time she gets around to reading LJ: I think you and reginod would enjoy conversing with each other,…
That’s It
From http://www.hhv6.freeservers.com/cartoon23.htm : Q: “How has CFS affected your intelligence?” A: “Before I got it I used to always win at Scrabble. Now I lose at Candyland.” (Although I have more trouble with FMS than CFS, I’ve been diagnosed with…
Instead of Just Bitching About It
DO SOMETHING. Backing up – on 7/4, city_glitter posted a message claiming that her cat had been set on fire by persons unknown, asking for help to pay the vet bill. The first I’d ever known of her was a…
“Gving first aid the already disheveled hair projection”
If I thought I’d get to read these subtitles, maybe I would try to see Episode III in the theater. Thanks for this morning’s laugh, epi_lj 🙂
Good News!
United Church of Christ backs same-sex marriage
Maybe a Nail Salon Next Time?
Alleged Robber Attacked With Curling Irons An alleged armed robber has just had the beating of a lifetime, at the hands of nearly 30 women inside a Shreveport beauty school. Blalock’s Beauty School instructor Dianne Mitchell says, “Oh, I put…