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Now I Remember

...why I don't read a lot of governmental and politically correct sites about disability. I overdose on the antonyms and euphemisms and the bullshit. George Carlin called it soft language so I looked and found the bit that popped into my head more than once today.

"I don’t like words that hide the truth. I don’t like words that conceal reality. I don’t like euphemisms, or euphemistic language. And American English is loaded with euphemisms. Cause Americans have a lot of trouble dealing with reality. Americans have trouble facing the truth, so they invent the kind of a soft language to protect themselves from it, and it gets worse with every generation. For some reason, it just keeps getting worse".

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The Real Meh

My friend MB, just sent me this image and said " it was me"....

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I guess only your real friends can see the real you and still hang around.

For Lack of ...

...something wise and pithy to say, I offer you laughter instead. Have a look at Simon's Cat.

Our kitties don't go out but...

This reminds me of what the cats do to Manthing in the morning because he feeds them...Heh.

No. B-U-S Pirates...

Dwarf EVIDENTLY A GANG of crooks in Sweden are robbing long-distance buses by smuggling dwarves into their holds inside sports bags. Once inside the buses the tiny pirates unzip from their hiding place to check out the luggage and belongings of the unsuspecting travelers above.

The pint-sized smugglers squeeze themselves and their loot back into their hiding place and wait to be picked up by another gang member, presumably someone large enough to carry a small person and several extra pounds of ill-gotten gains, when the bus reaches its destination.

The band of bus pirates have stolen thousands of pounds in cash, gems and other valuables over the past several months.Swebus, which operates bus services across Sweden, confirmed the losses. Ingvar Ryggasjo, sales manager, shared this truly insightful and useful gem of information with the press:

“We think it is a short, young person, dwarves or perhaps children. We are taking extra security measures and are thinking of installing video surveillance cameras.”

    Gee, small or little people who fit into 3-ft duffle bags...hmmm.
    Thinking about surveillance, are you? How 'bout banning giant duffle bags?

He said on one occasion "a light-fingered little person was smuggled aboard a bus in a hockey bag". One woman said she saw two men squeezing a large, heavy bag into the luggage space under the bus.

    Okay. Ow.

    I hope the dwarves or kids or small people...whatever they are...are paid                         well and wear helmets and cups.

After at her destination she found a camera, purse and other items missing.

    Why the fuck would you stow your purse and a camera IN the luggage hold? Sorry, I          haven't much sympathy here.

Police are questioning “people of limited stature” with criminal records, according to a spokesman in Stockholm.

    Dwarf profiling? Tsk..tsk...

Source: Cops Hunt Dwarf Thieves


Kik Your Ass

Okay, so there I was- my grouchy self- innocently re-writing some content for a potential job when my fiend friend Morgaine sent me this:

I haven't laughed like that in a week! Which reminds me, I have been remiss in thanking all you for you kind and understanding word these past days.  Your  notes and words of encouragement have helped me get through the rough spots and have meant so much. Thank you.

NaBloPoMo #20 :: LOL

"I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land". ~ Jon Stewart

I just had to share this.. it made me laugh AND snort...

NABLOPOMO 08 :: Good Morning

I woke up crabby AND cranky. There are several probable explanations for this but none I wish to go into at the moment because...well...I'm not cranky at the moment and delving into why I awoke with the attitude of the Creature from the Black Lagoon will make me.. uh.. cranky. So fixate on this instead:

More later. I think.  Have a good day!

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