I asked this question on my a Facebook page last month and was slightly surprised at the number of friends who said yes. I also asked some coworkers and got several affirmative answers. But I guess I really shouldn’t be surprised. Statistically, most people believe in some sort of religion, which includes the belief that…
Category: Life The Universe and Everything
Pick Three Pills. . .
This was easier for me that I thought it would be. Of course my first thought was to pick the Money Pill, but then I figured it would be better to pick the Future Pill. With that, I could make plenty of money. Like Biff in Back To The Future II, I could first get…
If You Could Pick The Way You Die, What Would You Choose?
This is another one to answer: peacefully, in my sleep. DUH. Yeah, just go to sleep like normal one night and then, at some point in the middle of the night while I’m still in a deep sleep, my heart just simply stops… Although there is another part of me that kinda hopes I could…
If You Could Have Any Two Famous People For Your Parents, Who Would You Have and Why?
Well, first of all, let me just state for the record that I would NOT want to change my mother, whom I love dearly (my father, on the other hand, is a different story). And even if I didn’t, I obviously can’t. This is just a harmless little hypothetical thought experiment. That being said, my…
Breaking The Bro Code (BIG TIME)
I just read this story: BEAU BIDEN’S BROTHER & WIDOW IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP L – Beau & Hallie Biden, R – Hunter Biden Former Vice President Joe Biden’s youngest son is in a romantic relationship with his sister-in-law and the widow of Beau Biden, the vice president’s older son who died in 2015 after a…
And Here’s A Reason Why SEARS Deserves To Go Out Of Business.
SEARS, that trusted American institution. The place where you could buy almost anything you could possibly need, all while singing catchy pop tunes with your siblings. But things aren’t looking too good for SEARS, just the other day I happened to come across this article online: Sears: A great American tragedy nears its end The…
I’m glad that Lee O’Denat Is Dead (YEAH, I SAID IT!)
Lee “Q” O’Denat, the founder of the immensely popular site WorldStarHipHop.com, died Monday at 43, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to CNN. The cause of death has been listed as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The site, which O’Denat started in 2005, became a thriving aggregator. In a profile of its founder, the New…
Goodbye (and good riddance) 2016!
Boy, I am glad to get this year over with. I shouldn’t complain too much. I mean, on a strictly personal level I guess nothing really bad happened. I still have my job, and got a raise this year. I haven’t had any major health problems, or lost anyone close to me. So I’m doing…
AN OLD-ASS ROCK STAR JUST HAD A BABY. . .
Legendary Rock N’ Roll Icon Mick Jagger, excuse me, I mean SIR Mick Jagger, has recently become a father for the 8th time, when his 29 year old girlfriend Melanie Hamrick gave birth to a boy that they have named Deveraux Octavian Basil Jagger. Sir Mick Jagger turned 73 five months ago. SEVENTY THREE. And…
A 60-year-old’s battle to give birth to her own grandchild
A 60-year-old British woman has been embroiled in a long legal fight over whether she can use her deceased daughter’s frozen eggs to carry her own grandchild. Last week, the woman, identified as Mrs. M, won a crucial case in the Court of Appeal in London that could allow her to carry out what she…
In Defense of…GENE SIMMONS
This is a little old by now, but since Simmons is still getting attacked over it, I figure it’s worth writing about it. Okay, first, let’s look back at a couple of old posts of mine: WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE…GENE SIMMONS And PRINCE ROGERS NELSON . . . So you know…
Accidental Incest?
I’ve been thinking about incest a lot recently, and before you jump to conclusions about what that says about me, please let me explain. First, a couple of weeks ago one of my Facebook friends posted a list of the kind or men she would not date. One of the items on the list were…
The Ethics of Using DEAD CELEBRITIES In Commercials
Okay, so y’all know that I don’t watch sports, which means I intentionally missed the Super Bowl. I understand that this commercial debuted then, but I just saw this on Saturday. A Snickers commercial starring Willem Dafoe, where he is shown morphing into Marilyn Monroe. And they use actual footage of the real Marilyn to…
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 54,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 20 sold-out performances for that many…
Rolling Stone Twins: Guitarist Ronnie Wood Expecting Twins With Wife Sally Humphreys
Rolling Stone twins are on the way for guitarist Ronnie Wood and his third wife, Sally Humphreys, 37. While his wife is only two years younger than his first child, the rocker says he can’t wait to be a father again and doesn’t think his age is a problem, according to Houston Chronicle. The Rolling…
“Gamer Girl” VS. “Girl Gamer”
I saw this posted on Facebook the other day. And I thought about what a perfect example it is of the kind of sexist double-standards that women face. The woman in the above picture: she’s a slut? Okay, first of all, “slut” is such a gendered slur anyway, usually applied to a woman who likes…
Should This Cop Have Lied to These Kids Whose Parents Just Died?
Brendan O’Connor A fatal car crash left four children orphaned in Georgia on Saturday, BuzzFeed News reports. A police officer dispatched to the family’s address found himself unable to impart the news, and instead took the children for fast food and then back to the precinct for candy. In a statement posted to Facebook by…
What’s the deal with NECKTIES?
Previously I have railed against the sagging pants trend among Black youth, but there’s an even bigger annoyance of male fashion that I don’t care for, and it’s worse because this is a worldwide phenomenon encompassing men from all walks of life. And it’s the necktie. Seriously, what’s the deal with neckties? Is there a…
Sherri Shepherd Ruled Legal Mother of Baby Born via Surrogate
After months of battling her ex-husband in court over financial responsibility for their baby born via surrogate last August, Sherri Shepherd is now officially listed as the mother of the 8-month-old. “It’s bittersweet,” Lamar Sally told PEOPLE outside the courtroom on Tuesday. “I’m glad it’s over, but I feel sad what it had to come…
Headlines
Yeah, I’m a little bit stumped on things to write about, so I’m just gonna talk about some stuff in the news recently. Horny Mom Threw Teen Daughter a Naked Twister Sex Party, AA Sponsor Says Rachel Lynn Lehnardt, 35, of Evans An Evans mother was arrested Monday accused of hosting a party with drugs…
Circumcision
An interesting topic came up on a friend’s Facebook page recently, she posted this article: Circumcision’s Psychological Damage I’m circumcised. So it always seemed “normal” to me. I have not suffered any psychological damage because of it. The very idea of such a thing seems absurd. When I see uncircumcized penis’ (penii?) in porn it’s…
Talking About Adoption
The subject of adoption came up in conversation with a friend recently. I realized that, strangely, I don’t know many people involved with adoption, either as adoptors or adoptees. My mother has a friend and former coworker who was adopted. And I know an old family friend, a former babysitter of mine, who adopted a…
An Open Letter To WordPress
Originally posted on Fish Of Gold:
Dear WordPress, I am loath to write yet another letter to you, since I typically prefer to spend my time writing actual blog posts, but I’ve been bitching on Twitter and in your forums to no avail, so maybe you’ll pay attention to a blog post. It’s not likely,…
2014: The Year Blogging Refused to Die
The Danger of Having Heroes
PREVIOUSLY: Bill Cosby. . . I wasn’t planning on writing about this again. It was hard enough for me to do so the first time. I’m still conflicted on how to feel. But I was reminded of it this morning when I watched a documentary about Lance Armstrong on TV. He was another guy who…
