published violence against children and youth surveys. we watched little shop of horrors in ghost of lincoln theatre, read watterson's the mysteries
hope this life flashing before me takes roughly eighty years to do so. to not be of the individually-wrapped baby carrot generation. for these i pray
read of the 38 operational routes across the train tracks of the nation because
i stubbornly believe that a railroad adventure isn't just a viable
alternative to the great american road trip, but remains the very best
way to explore this very large country great american rail-trail cool too
biked alongside a pterodactyl of a pileated woodpecker in rock creek park, past doctor walking duncan (donuts or macbeth?) to capital crescent
drew silverbacks in the trenches. since caravaggio, does tarantino best capture the confusion accompanying sudden death? not those bleeding out on camera, but
the bystanders to the dying - curious
observers who've just witnessed final moments of another and will need a
couple seconds to decide their next move. he is there..as a witness or an everyman who, in his failure to act, is complicit in the drama / caught between life and death
call these bathroom mirror mirror selfies. mom up
there, this week was her birthday. mom with an o cuz british mum too toilet
paper crypt monster-y
read america (the book): a citizen's guide to democracy inaction by the daily show with jon stewart
learn about the founding mothers and figure out which ones were fmilfs
find out where you fall in the line of succession
discovered in the caves of lascaux, france. "enough already with the hunting and the gathering" (c. 13,000 b.c.) is man's first known representation of ennui
enter a young hot-shot tobacco executive from virginia
due to an early typo, america very nearly became a "democrazy"
"[expletive deleted]" -richard nixon
if the president were the longest recorded flight by a chicken, he would be thirteen seconds
william howard taft came closest, having what most observers agreed were boobs
the only other criterion was height. the debate over this proposal consisted mostly of thomas jefferson holding a stick over james madison's head and shouting, "you must be this tall to be president"
whenever he wants, the president can go to the white house kitchen and eat all the chocolate out of the neapolitan ice cream, leaving only vanilla and strawberry
while anarchy can often turn a humdrum weekend into something unforgettable, eventually the mob must be kept from stealing the conch and killing piggy
quorum: the minimum number of lawmakers needed to enact legislation. similar in concept to the hebrew minyan (10), the argentinian tango (2), or the number of people needed for it to officially count as an orgy (6)
the senate appropriations committee or the house ways and means committee also review most bills. these committees are concerned with the financial implications of each bill and generally compete in a game to see which chamber has the balls do drive the national debt higher. it's called "deficit chicken," and it's even more fun when you're drunk
cloture is something all senators seek when a piece of beloved legislation dies
"jesus, talk about a sausage-fest" -sandra day o'connor, 1981
william rehnquist..a republican, was lucky enough to vote for george w. bush twice. the second time counted more
employee of the month..dodecennially
the bichromatic rainbow that is american political thought
when introduced into a marriage, a third party can add a dash of spice and unpredictability to a relationship long loveless and dead
exactly where television originated is a mystery, though most scholars believe prometheus stole it from the gods and gave it to the rca victor company
tv viewers found richard nixon's appearance disturbing and untrustworthy. history would prove their superficial judgment 100% correct
all pundits have severe damage in area of brain controlling balance
it's easy to cry on the show because larry king smells like onions
once the rapture has occurred and the saved are off the planet, the democrats will regain both the house and the senate
name three things about contemporary politics that seem like they're as bad as they could possibly be, but which we'll look back at in 10 years with nostalgia for how simple a time it was
new zealand: australia's canada
spain is the world's largest exporter of naps
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