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What's the hardest part about the role you play in your family?
That I have to "play" a "role".
I just watched a very depressing documentary about BC weed/pot politics/prohibition. If you don't know that the war on drugs, especially the war on pot, is a ridiculous waste of resources and time - you are either:
A. totally uninformed and happy to be so - like just eating the Kool-Aid out of the pack without water or sugar. All of the poison, none of the refreshment.
B. lying to yourself - you know it's a load but heaven forbid you should say anything out loud you big phoney baloney!
C. on the take and making big money from the prohibition.
D. all of the above.
If you said "C" please give yourself a trophy of a gold dipped douche bag. The old fashioned kind like grandma used to use.
It seems every time I see, hear, or read anything about X president Nixon I am always amazed at what a giant asshole he was. God! I hate that guy! And what is worse I am pretty sure my dad voted for him. Just when I think the sphincter can't dilate a single increment more - I am proven wrong. At this rate I will soon be looking at tonsils. He was a paranoid, racist, nut job and his need to get war protesters out of the way (by hook or by crook) was elemental in making pot takers criminals. Wow, how did the American public not get the correlation? Scare tactics really do work! And here we are today, still doing it! Why are we (yeah, I live in Canada these days but someday maybe I won't...still an American, folks) not collectively opening our eyes and seeing beyond the shiny things dangled in front of us or the over the top fairy tales told to us? We know the real agenda for the push against weed - some of it is pretty obvious. When can we call Shenanigans and everyone just admit they are against weed because it would put them out of business? Wouldn't it be a great world if a politician stood before the people and said, "Now, I know you all would like to live pain free, grow a sustainable crop for food as well as fibre and have a few tokes in the evening when you are watching your TiVo'd stories, but the pharmaceutical/timber/and alcohol companies just don't like that idea because they would make way less money than they already do - so...NO POT FOR YOU!"
There are a lot of people/companies who should be dipping a douche bag in gold right about now...
I recommend this documentary, especially to the dry Kool-Aid eaters amongst you. The last 8 or 10 minutes or so are almost the most revealing of how STUPID of a people we truly are - you can't get high from INDUSTRIAL HEMP people! Here is an answer to many ecological/environmental ills and we are avoiding it because why again? Oh, yeah hemp was made by the devil and the lumber industry would rather we chop down trees for paper and building materials.
I could probably go on and on about it, but I am irritated about the whole thing to the point that I don't really know where to start.
I was standing in line at the London Drugs when I noticed a headline on
a magazine that contained the words: TOXIC LETTUCE and THYROID. I am
all worried as it is about my thyroid - what with going bald and being
fat and all - so when I got home I did some internet researching.
Holy crap! That's not 7 Seas, that's freaking Rocket Fuel!
And here I thought I was doing myself a favor. And by the looks of it this news isn't even all that new!
The husband said to "just get organic" if I was really worried, but from what I have read even organic lettuce has been effected.
Why do you blog?
Submitted by littleduckling.
The same reason anyone blogs:
Self obsessed with too much free time...
If you knew you were about to lose your voice permanently, what is the last thing you would want to say?
Submitted by exer.
I....keyed...your....car!
Here's a little story.
Once upon a time I had a computer and it ran on windows 95 well into 2003. Then I moved and the computer was put in a storage shed for 3 years. When the computer was plugged back in (after said 3 years), it fired up but, alas, it could no longer find its operating system. I know this because I got a big blue screen saying, "CAN NOT FIND OPERATING SYSTEM!!!"
Anyway, I don't know where the system went and even though there is probably a really easy solution to this problem I am donating the whole stinking thing (printer and all) to FREE GEEK. Perhaps you have some computer stuff you could take there too? Check out the website for a Free Geek near you!
What is Free Geek? Watch this movie.
Recycle a computer? Why would I want to do that?
Look at the first post you ever wrote on Vox. What important developments or changes have occurred in your life since then?
Submitted by Alexandra.
of no exceptional quality or ability
I love soup.
Here is a quick soup I threw together last night after the husband asked, "can we have soup with dinner?"
1 can of white kidney beans
vegetable or chicken broth (I used chicken this time)
3 kinds of onion type things - chopped. I used leek, red onion and sweet vidalia.
smoked paprika - look! no ham bones!
slightly saute the onions add the broth. Simmer. Add half the can of beans - I prefer to rinse my beans. Simmer. Add salt, pepper and that delicious smoked paprika. I also tossed in a packet of Oxo.
I poured half of the pot into my food processor and spun it around for awhile then poured it back in the pot to simmer a little longer. I also added the rest of the beans.
It was thick and delicious!
This is a great video put together by a fellow named Brian Quist. I've watched it about 3 times. It's great. It says it all in simple terms without more drama than the subject already creates.
What are the goofy nicknames you have for your pet? Bonus points for sharing a picture of him/her.
Submitted by Papi Chulo.
Hindu-Schmindu
Little Monkey
Beastie Bo Meastie
Little Monster
Meanie
Little Girl
Barfarella
Girlee
Monkey Girl
Pukey Kitty
Goofball
My Baaaaaaaby
the list goes on and on...
