“I am trying to see things from your perspective, but I’m having a hard time getting my head that far up my ass.”

But, certainly, there — there certainly are concerns about having, you know, openly gay people in the military. I mean, the example I like to give is if — for example, if you [...]

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This is a cool concept. From the artist:

This is the way I see this city (or this country for that matter). A mix of different races, styles that don’t quite fit together yet and don’t understand that in a sense, all of them are necessary to fill one piece of the puzzle and [...]

If we want to reduce our dependence on foreign oil maybe someone should figure out how to harness all the hot air that is being generated around the immigration “debate.” So much time is spent talking about nothing. The elephant that no one is talking about is every single power player in this issue has [...]

A woman blames the devil and not her husband for severely burning their infant daughter after the 2-month-old was put in a microwave…

What the hell? Who puts a baby in a microwave? Obviously I am outraged that someone would do that to a helpless infant. But what is just the icing on the cake is [...]

How can you not note the passing of Jerry Falwell, but what the hell do you say? Though it certainly wasn’t I, somebody loved him. Anything I can think of to say about the man seems callous and insensitive to those grieving his absence. So I guess I’ll follow Greg’s lead and say nothing.

I don’t know how many of you follow Kyle’s Bed & Breakfast. I’ve been reading it for years now. I’m not sure I know why I enjoy this little fantasy world of handsome, walking stereotypes, but I do get a kick out it. Still, I’m not sure what to make of the latest episode.
We join [...]

This is a good first book to read if you’re interested in addiction issues. It gives a brief overview of the issues surrounding addiction treatment including brain chemistry, psycho-social factors, public policy and barriers to research. For the most part it didn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know or hadn’t already concluded myself. Some [...]

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Over at Positive Liberty, Jason Kuznicki presents a few intellectual arguments against abstinence only sex education policies. Not wanting to dilute the intellectual tenor of that post, I chose to post my comments here. Please allow me to present a more practical example of the idiocy of abstinence only sex education.
I recently had a teenager [...]

I have an affinity for Ireland. I’ve always been drawn to Irish folklore and Irish music. I can’t really say why, though I’m sure my grandfather has something to do with it, even though I never knew him. He was killed by a drunk driver before I was born. Whether it’s simply in my blood [...]