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Mysister, knowing my appreciation for grammatical authoritarianism, posted the following video on my Facebook page.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbSSQe6vsSwFar be it from me to criticize a fellow Grammar Nazi, but if you’re going to get yourself worked up into a lather about badly grammar, you shouldn’t do such a badly job of it.His first mistake is to presume that ... Read more

“Whenyour mother has grown older, When her dear, faithful eyes No longer see life as they once did, When her feet, grown tired, No longer want to carry her as she walks - Then lend her your arm in support, Escort her with happy pleasure. The hour will come when, weeping, you Must accompany her

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Bearwith me here.  This is going to be a bit of a tightrope to walk, and I don't want you to freak out if I fall off somewhere in the middle. (I'll most likely get into trouble near the end, which is when I jump off the deep end.) Just take a deep breath, keep ... Read more

Ihate science. I loathe it. And I fight it every day of my life. I want a president who despises science and divides by zero. Yes, he must divide by zero, because he must hate mathematics, too. I have always hated mathematics. Just ask my third grade teacher, Mrs. Smith. What a nightmare that woman ... Read more

Mycousin has decided to leave the LDS Church. He cites a number of reasons for his departure in a lengthy online Google doc which you can read here, and many of them are, frankly, recycled anti-Mormon tropes that have been circling for years and are fairly easily debunked. (Case in point: if you still ... Read more

Allowme to string four disparate life experiences into what is, I hope, a single, coherent and salient point.1. Yesterday on Facebook, I announced that it was snowing right before June, which means, and I quote, “global warming can bite me.” Over 70 comments ensued, most of which followed a familiar pattern – global warming cap ... Read more

Thisis my last chance to write anything before the Rapture tomorrow, so I thought I’d better get cracking.My question re: this stupid prediction that May 21, 2011 is the appointed time for the Second Coming is right in line with Doonesbury’s. Check out below.Pretty explicit, no? The angels in heaven are, as Elder Neal ... Read more

MyEsteemed Colleague posted some of Gore Vidal's economic musings on Facebook, and I responded. I wasted so much time writing up my response that I thought it might be valuable to use it here, too. Here's what he said first:

Gore Vidal : "In actual fact, close to 90% of the disbursements of the federal

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Sothe movie Thor posits that these immortal aliens from Asgard visited Norway a little over a thousand years ago to wipe out the Frost Giants of Jodenheim. They were consequently viewed as gods by the ignorant mortals, thereby passing into the Norse legends we know today.But the film also claims that both Thor and Loki ... Read more

AFacebook friend asked me to produce Stallionic Axiom #3 as promised long ago with after the creation of Stallionic Axioms 1 and 2. I would be happy to do so if I could remember what it was. I’m actually remaining purposely and blissfully ignorant of partisan politics, and I’m quite enjoying it. That makes for ... Read more