Monthly Archives: May 2010

Chaos in Guatemala

Posted on 31 May, 2010 by

Look at the massive sinkhole in Guatemala that swallowed a three story building: Rains from Tropical Storm Agatha have already killed over one hundred people, with at least 50 more missing.  Almost 120,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, … Continue reading →

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Weekend Link Love: SATC2 Edition

Posted on 30 May, 2010 by

I’ll admit it: I went and saw Sex and the City 2 last night.  Although I loved the series, I was really apprehensive about SATC2 after the first movie left a bad taste in my mouth.  Just knowing that it … Continue reading →

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It’s official.

Posted on 30 May, 2010 by

All but one of my friends are now mothers or mothers-to-be, and the one who is not is married and in the process of figuring out when to time her pregnancy. I have no plans to incubate anything (ever), so … Continue reading →

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Asshole of the Day: Bill O’Reilly

Posted on 27 May, 2010 by

via stuff white people do @ 0:34 mark, during a conversation about Obama sending 1,200 troops to the border: You kind of look like a cocaine dealer? Are you fucking kidding me??

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Crap Headline of the Day

Posted on 27 May, 2010 by

Seeing this (poorly worded) headline, one might assume that poisoned sex workers had been clinging to their lives in a hospital somewhere, but died. Or something. The actual story: man is caught on video murdering woman, dragging her body off … Continue reading →

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Obama Militarizes Border

Posted on 25 May, 2010 by

Obama is sending 1,200 troops to the US-Mexico border in order to stop border violence, drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, yada yada yada.  Oh, and I guess illegalz too, since it’s all the same shit. White House statement via MSNBC: Additional … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day

Posted on 25 May, 2010 by

via The Big Picture A dragonfly tries to clean itself as it is stuck to marsh grass covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Garden Island Bay on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana near Venice on Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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Monday Mix: Morning After Edition

Posted on 24 May, 2010 by

Okay, so the of Montreal concert was fabulous, of course.  I danced and jumped around like crazy, even after I was all dehydrated and wanted to pass out.  They played all my favorite songs except “Oslo in the Summertime” and … Continue reading →

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Austin: The Journey

Posted on 23 May, 2010 by

Y’all would not believe the shit we went through to get to Austin this past weekend (unless you read some of my tweets, in which case, you get the gist). It was all going well until we were about 10 … Continue reading →

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Weekend Link Love

Posted on 23 May, 2010 by

Haven’t done one of these in a long while… Race in America: What a 13-Year-Old Can Teach AZ Lawmakers About History Last year, my nephew lamented to his grandmother that we (the descendants of enslaved Africans) were “from nowhere.” “It … Continue reading →

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