Shocked, I'm just shocked...

Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan, Invited to State of Union Speech, Arrested Just After Taking Seat

To Boskone, or not to Boskone: that is the question...

With the arrival in my mailbox of the weekly NWA flyer, I thought, WoW, I might be able to pick up a cheap ticket to Boston. Of course, after screwing around on NWA's website, it seems you can't get there from here with cheap in the same flight. In the war of busted airlines, US Airways is busting better. Of course, it's not direct, but it is cheaper.

Food Wednesday at the NY Times -- All Plantains, all the time

Thumb-Wrestling With Plantains Is Now an Optional Sport
By AMANDA HESSER

SIX years ago I received a call from a man named Edwin Rodriguez, an unemployed janitor. He had invented a plantain peeler and wanted to know if I would like to see it. A few days later Mr. Rodriguez's prototype arrived in the mail. It was carved from wood and painted green and lemon yellow like a child's toy — and was otherwise the most phallic cooking tool I'd ever seen. I quickly tucked it into my desk drawer.

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It's interesting to think...

That in spite of all the caterwauling about 9/11, a hurricane, the neocons, Bush, and his cronies have done more harm to New Orleans than the terrorists ever did to New York.

If you were outraged by the State of the Union address...

Post this sentence in your journal:
You, Mr. President, are a mendacious, smirking, gravy-sucking pig.
from supergee and others