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At least it beats having to hold down the Rush Limbaugh float

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Doesn't President Obama have more important things to do on Thanksgiving than to hold down the Chris Christie float before the start of the Macy's Parade?

Of course, if the starters all just pitch shutouts and hit solo homers, that addresses all issues

A thought I had driving in to work this morning…I was glad the NL won the all star game, in case the Phils get to the World Series, primarily because it would keep David Ortiz on the bench (and the Phils don’t have a good DH candidate). Aside from the fact that it’s far less likely that Ortiz will make it that far, given the Red Sox delicious collapse, I realized that it will kind of hurt the Ps too. They need their starters to go as far as possible, given the state of their bullpen, but considering all the 1-1 games they’re likely to be in, or 1-2 and 1-3 games, they’ll have to take their SPs out earlier for pinch hitters where they won’t in games in AL parks.

Even more amazingly, I love all the sequels too!

Some people, incredibly to me, like to read the last few pages of a book to find out how things are going to turn out before they go back to start at the beginning. That concept is to me even more perplexing than voting Republican. That said, there is one story that I already know the ending to, but still love watching the story unfold right from the start. And that is, of course, the Eagles football season.

But hey - we gave them some free desert land to farm, what's the prablem?!

Not entirely sure why I thought of this this morning, but I wonder what Native American Indians think when they have heard their whole lives to get over the genocide their people endured over the 500 years since we white folks first settled here, but when we lose a tiny fraction of our population on September 11, 2001, the rallying cry is "We will never forget!".

So, OK, I got it. I'm appreciative. Now snap the hell out of it.

Watching the Phillies this past week, or more honestly, not watching them, but hearing about their 7 straight losses, OK, I watched a little, reminds me of how fortunate we Phans are to be following such an amazing team. And even more so, it reminds me of the first 50 years of my life, when they generally stunk, and a 7-game losing sreak was sort of the norm.
Vampires and Zombies just don't fascinate me. Makes me wonder if I am one.

I'll look at life from both sides now, but in a different way than Troy Davis is about to

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Two sides to this race issue. Without knowing many, ok, any, of the facts of this controversial case, I'll bet one of the main reasons this man:  is scheduled to die in a few hours is because he is black. And further, I'm even more certain that the main reason so many white folks are so upset about this is because he looks so intelligent, and not like the "typical" inner-city ghetto black kid. Same with Mustafa Abu-Jamal, or whatever his name is.

Regrets...I have a few..no, in second thought, actually, I don't really have any

I was thinking driving home last night how I wish Cheryl and I had been married since we were in our 20's, like for the past 30 years or so, and we would have had so much more time together, and we would know each other even better than we already do. But then I thought of all the fun times I had before I met Cheryl and decided that I like it just the way it happened. Of course, that makes it seem like there were only rollicking bachelor-life good times, when, believe me, those fun times were more than balanced out by all the lonely and bad times, tho I have to force myself to remember them. I mostly just remember the fun stuff.  But still, I do wish we'd been together much longer somehow. I guess another way to say it is that I sure look forward to the next 30+ years of being with her. And as Cheryl likes to say, she doesn't regret anything that happened in her "previous life...lives" having been married twice before, because not only did it help make her the

That's OK though really, I have all the sperm I needed anyway, thanks.

I feel so...so...oppressed or something! From The Telegraph in London: Redheads Turned Down By Sperm Bank "The largest sperm bank in the world is saying no thanks to potential redheaded sperm donors. Cryos International sperm bank has started to turn down redheaded applicants because of a lack of demand, The Telegraph reports.   The Atlantic wonders if the lack of demand could be because of the teasing redheaded children sometimes have to put up with. HuffPost reporter Katherine Bindley blogs that being a redhead is a love-hate relationship, and points out how negative feelings towards redheads is a prejudice "that dates back, globally, at least to ancient Egypt and personally, to approximately the time I started forming memories." The Atlantic also notes that the New York Times published an article about redheads being more sensitive to physical pain." Ah, but the emotional pain is what really hits me, I feel like I'm so..so...but wait. More details eme

But it's so topsy-turvy!

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Your quiz today: Under whose Presidency, GW Bush, or President Obama, did private sector jobs increase (over 1.2 million) while government jobs decreased (by almost 600,000)? And under whose did government jobs increase (by over 1.7 million!), while we lost private sector jobs (653,000). You sure won't see this covered in the conservative mainstream press, now will you? Here's the direct link form Daily Kos: John Boehner's tired old jobs rhetoric collides with reality Here are the facts: So during the Bush presidency, the private sector lost jobs while the public sector gained jobs. And since the end of the recession (as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research), the private sector has gained jobs while the public sector lost jobs.

Paging all Charlies from Oxford! Step forward, sir, and identify yourself!

I find it ironic that just a few weeks after the Daily Local News did a week-long series on bullying, for which it will no doubt win industry awards, they allowed this to get into print after a letter I'd written appeared in the paper: "In reference to Tuesday, September 6, editorial page, ( sic ) once again as in numerous times before, a letter to the editor written by Jamie McVickar. (sic) I resent his anti-American comments and his slurs on Republicans and especially conservative Republicans. As a conservative Republican, I would challenge McVickar to stand up and be a man and make his comments to my face. I doubt he has got the guts to do that. he hides behind his pen and paper as most cowards do."  - Charlie of Oxford What a tough guy. Challenging me without letting me know how to get in touch with him. Probably as tough as the Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld chickenhawks who like sending our kids to war when they have never been there themselves. I

I want a quiz like this every day!

This is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen on Facebook. It was a status posted by the amazing Jill whose blog "A Day in the Life of a Sexologist" is posted in the upper right hand corner of this blog...and who I think is going to become incredibly successful, famous and wealthy sometime in the next 12 months. First I'll post her question and all the 30+ responses, and then add my thoughts at the bottom: Jill At Feminique Tyler and I are having a debate: what is more intimate- tittie fucking or kissing? If you and your partner broke up for one night and got back together, would you be more upset to learn they kissed someone else, or tittie fucked someone else? Weigh in with your opinion. Marj Pike Hatzell kissing. I could care less about tittie fucking, honestly. Kelly Noblitt Grube Kissed. Hands down. Kayla Chenoweth How is titty fucking intimate Michelle Durcholz Lemon Kissing Jill At Feminique Follow up question: can there ever be a

This just in...!

This post is actually kind of a test, but is also an announcement, that, if I understand it correctly, anyone can get an email anytime I post something new to this blog. I am the guinea pig for myself, having signed up to get emails at my yahoo account. If it doesn't work, I'll take this post down, but if it does, see the link at the top of the page to sign up. It looks like it works pretty quickly. Thanks in advance to any of you who do so. I've certainly had plenty of requests for this feature!

Further confusion as to whether a first round pick is a high pick or a low pick

Interesting that in their opening game over the Rams, the Eagles' top picks were benched and the the later picks played: 1st: Danny Watkins (OG) - Did not dress 2nd: Jaiquawn Jarrett (S) - Did not dress 3rd: Curtis Marsh (CB) Did not dress 4th: Casey Matthews (ILB) - Starter 4th: Alex Henery (K) - Starter 5th: Dion Lewis (RB) - Starter (as kick returner) 5th: Julian Vandervelde (OG) - Not sure 6th: Jason Kelce (C) - Starter 6th: Brian Rolle (OLB) - 4th Linebacker

Giving good head...lines

Some stories, all I need to do is read the headline to know I have absolutely no interest in reading any further: Eel Swims Up Man's Penis, Has to Be Surgically Removed (Go ahead, if you want: http://www.aol.com/2011/09/13/eel-swims-up-mans-penis_n_960865.html ) And some headlines, I only need to get about 3 words into to know, I'm gonna get my click on: Scarlett Johansson Nude Photos May Be Fake, Are The Latest To Reportedly Leak http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/14/scarlett-johansson-nude-photos_n_961970.html And just to show what a good guy I am, here are the photos to which they refer: http://ilikegirlsdaily.com/2011/09/14/scarlett-johansson-nude-pics/ Or maybe I just put the link there so I always know where to find it. And now that I've posted for the day...and looked at those pictures again...in the words of Bert in It's a Wonderful Life, I think I'll go home and see what the wife's doin'.

Sorry to my loyal readers...OK, reader

I've been unable to get to this blog for technical reasons for many weeks now, but I'm back, babee! Thanks to our tech guru, David here at work for getting me hooked up again. I have a goal now of writing at least one thing every day. Some may be lame, but Earregardless I'm going for it.