A Man Named Dana

We really don't need any more than this story to prove that there are some real messed up people in the world, do we?

The man's goal was admirable, unless he was a Catholic, but the ends certainly did NOT justify the means. Maybe he should have been searching the internet for details on brain surgery instead.

Makes me wanna reach for the ice tray right now...

I'd say that this definitely qualifies as inappropriate behavior in the workplace.

Just leave the pump at home before heading out the door.

I love the Right Wing neocon Nazis who run this country. (Not!) Their latest attack is on a kids' cartoon character named SpongeBob Squarepants. Apparently, SpongeBob is a little too "gay friendly" for the neocons' tastes.

First it was Tinky Winky from the Teletubbies TV show and now its SpongeBob. Who will it be tomorrow: Mickey Mouse? Where do these neo-neanderthals dig up this insane crap? Do they sit around looking at children's television programming all day in the hopes they can find some faint hint of tolerance just so it can be exploited for their own evil purposes?

Where would Jesus stand on this issue? Don't you think Jesus was a liberal Democrat who preached tolerance, acceptance, and love? I don't seem to recall anything in the Bible about hating thy neighbor or those who aren't like us. (Who told the right-wingers that their warped view of religion was good political policy anyway?)

I just want to know when and where the book-burning will be held so I can bring the marshmallows.

I've never diguised the fact that I love words. Words have the power to hurt as well as the ability to heal. I know you can think of a thousand reasons why for yourself.

Anyway, there is a blog I've found that attempts to shine a light on new and old words "from the fringes of English."

Enjoy.

MSN's online magazine, Slate, has brought this little piece of food porn to light: The Fist Girl. I've watched this ad more than once but my reaction is the same: I think I'm offended by it but I'm not sure exactly why. I'm bringing it to your attention in this blog because I think its advertising at its slickest and most pornographic. Watching a beautiful young woman cram a fist down her mouth is so wrong on so many levels, isn't it? Is it funny? No. Will it motivate me to go out and purchase the product? No. I'm not sure what its supposed to make me do: turn away or get turned on, but I am pretty sure that it leaves me speechless as well as disgusted.

Did the advertising agency that came up with this concept intentionally market it as "food porn"? I don't know. That's for society to decide. Let me know what you think.

I didn't want to leave you with nothing this week, so I went to one of my favorite sites, the Darwin Awards, and pulled this classic, but *BOGUS*, story out of the pile: Jet Assisted Take-Off. Enjoy!

(As a side note, I'm happy to see that the tale of the dude with the exploding lava lamp I told you about last month is a Darwin Award nominee.)

Wow. It's been a really slow week for really interesting weird news from around the world. I guess people are concentrating on more important things like tsunami relief or the upcoming Presidential Inaguration. Yeah, right.

I found something, but its pretty weak. Still, it just underscores the seriousness of the United States' effort to help the unfortunate victims of the horrendous Indian Ocean tsunami. Get some devastation in the back. Just read the whole story. Funny but sad.