The "he" is always lower case . . . . .

Ahh, finally a song for the rest of us.

The win is strong in this one.

Oh Dear

I am at a loss for words.

That doesn't often happen, but there are just so many ways to approach this.

I suppose one can applaud her for the sentiment of the passage. As bible verses go, it is an agreeable one. The circumstance in which one might find themselves in a position to read it, however, might negate a bit of it's effect.

Speaking of negating . . . . just a thought . . . . . if one were to be in a position to read the words, mightn't they, (the words), oh . . . . I don't know . . . . lessen the . . . . well . . . . um . . . need to be in such a position? I mean, in times that one might find oneself in that position, might bible verses not be on one's mind?

I'm just sayin' . . . . . . .

Are you sure you want to see this?



OK. but you've been warned . . . . . .











Last chance to not look . . . . . . .

Gary Gygax, R.I.P.

Ok, you know I'm a geek, and yes, I played Dungeons and Dragons way, way back when it first came out, so I was saddened to see that Gary Gygax has died. He was 69.

My parents were convinced that it was an avenue to the occult. Tracks like this were given to me by concerned church members. The pastor actually came to my house to pray that the "spirits of witchcraft and false gods would be barred from this house by Jesus blood."

Or some shit like that.

That was probably the day that it first dawned on me that these people were fucking nuts.

Ahh, the good old days.

The Dildos Are Coming!!!

Ok, I just re-read that headline.. Pretty improbable, huh?


I'm sure by now, you heard or read that my home state of Texas, has finally decriminalized dildos!!!! (I hear next session, they may formally recognize the existence of electricity.)

You must, I repeat, you simply MUST!!!!! Go over to Litbrit's site and view the video she has posted of the late, great, Molly Ivins explaining the Texas Penal Code and matters of sex. It will be the most entertaining 11 minutes you will spend all week. Watch it through to the end when Molly delivers the "money shot"*

You will thank me. Trust me, it is good stuff. I live in a backwards ass state.

And just for the record, I now consider Chisum's district to be Baja Oklahoma, not Texas.

Go watch it!

*Sorry, I couldn't resist.

btw - I was going to post this picture at the top pf this post, but it is copyrighted, so follow the link.

She's A Witch?

No, this isn't a set up for a Monty Python joke.

Our closest allies in the Middle East, you know the country that Shrub grovels to, the country that was home to 15 of the 19 terrorist of 9/11, the country we The Military Industrial Complex just sold $20,000,000,000 worth of sophisticated weapons to? Yeah, that country.

They are preparing to execute a woman as a witch.

A witch. In 2008.

When I saw the headline, I thought is was going to be a joke, or a link to The Onion. Monty Python punchlines were already competing with each other in my mind.

Then I read it.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Some guy can't get a fucking plumpy, so it's obviously this woman's fault.

They are going to execute a woman in 2008 because she is a witch.

Ok, I'm going to say this as clear as I can in my ranting, pissed off frame of mind.

There is no such thing as Witches!!!!

Religion is the root of almost every heinous act of the past 2500 years. Religion or greed.

There is no Satan. He was created to keep poor ignorant peasants who outnumbered the elite from rising up.

There is no heaven. No streets of gold, no mansions in the sky, and there probably aren't 72 virgins in my Son's freshman class, much less waiting for your sick Misogynistic ass when you die. - (While I'm on a roll, what's the big fucking deal with virgins anyway? Give me a mature woman who knows what she wants and how she wants it.)

There is no God, Allah, Moses, Muhammad, Buddha, or Jesus up in the sky wanting you to kill for him (or her, for that matter.) If they did exist, which they don't, they damn well don't want you to kill anyone, they want you to be humble and turn the other cheek and all of that stuff. Trust me on that one.

Women are just as important as men. Probably more so. If some calamity hit the earth and decimated the population down to about say 30 people, which breakdown would be safer bet for the continuation of the species?

27 men and 3 women
or
27 women and 3 men

It's a big circle of life you dipshits, we need each other.

Ok get it?

As for you George W. Fuckface, How about your spreading freedom agenda? Cause I'd like to spread some fucking freedom all up in that court's shit about now. Why is this ok in Saudi Arabia George? Why aren't you all up in their shit, threatening them with bombs and shit? What's that? Oh, because there is no way to make fucking money for your cronies in protecting one poor old woman. Fuck You and your policies. Fuck your war, fuck your greed, fuck the war profiteers, and mostly FUCK THESE GODDAMN SAUDI murderers!!!!!!

I wish she was a witch, because then she could come back as a vengeful spirit and make your dicks all fall off.

Postcards From Jeebus Land.

Well, the trip was wonderful. It was great to get away with friends and have adult conversation. It was also nice to drive leisurely, without time-lines, and with the ability to stop when and where we wanted without kids complaining.

Note - all pictures have clickable goodness to embiggen. I do suggest it, because most of them require reading.

A few things of note. North Texas is definitely Jeebus Country. Yep, they loves them some Jeebus, (and Huckabee).

They also don't much care for alternative culture, or clothing.

You can even stay in a Jeebus Hotel!!

If your car gets dirty, you can always go to a Jeebus-Endorsed car wash. (Can you imagine the ads for this place? Washed in the blood of the Lamb anyone?)

Just in case the Fundies forget to talk to the big guy, there are reminders along the highway.

Even the truckers get in on the act.

This one was in the Casino parking lot!

As one might well imagine, we were ready for some good old liberal, alcohol drinking, rock music listening, counter-cultural type people after two days of all that! So, on the way home we took about a two hour detour so we could go home via Austin.

For those of you that don't know, Austin is a blue city stuck right smack in the middle of the red state of Texas.

D&L are silent partners in a wonderful pizza place on South Congress in Austin. We knew we were back where we belonged when we saw this car parked out front of the restaurant.
(The Gandhi quote is my favorite)

Once inside, we felt right at home.

We weren't so sure however, that all that time in Jeebusville didn't affect us. David was convinced he saw the Virgin Mary's nipple in his beer foam. What do you think?

Well, She wasn't hiding in the cannoli or the chocolate sorbet, that's for sure.

We got home about 10:30 last night and declared the trip a rousing success. I will probably post more photos throughout the week.

I Feel Faint . . .

Hold on to something steady kids, this may cause you to swoon.

GASP!!

Ted Haggard's "restoration" isn't working!!

His 100% heterosexual-ness is apparently not so 100%.

Imagine my surprise.