I voted in Arizonalast week, the first election I voted anywhere but California. Beingso used to one system made it strange to experience how others handlethe same event. Early Voting In California youeither vote absentee or show up on election day. In Arizona you havethe option of voting early, even a month before the election. Oneresult of this is that there are multiple ballots at a singleloc...
"My fellow JUians,I ask you: "Do we really needeach poll result listed in an individual article? "Do we really needthe Newest Articles part of the sidebar filled with &*^%#$ingpoll results?! "Express yourself!What do you have to say to these poll regurgitators?" &n...
The Debates I don't get Bush.So many wasted opportunities. So many chances to pick Kerry up anduse him like a mop. At the beginningof the first debate Kerry sounded like he was doing nothing butquoting his TV ads. There wasn't an originally phrased thought comingout of his mouth. I swear, after two answers worth of it I'd havebeen squinting into the distance, then said, "Oh sorry -- SenatorKerry...
They come at night. 20 years later and still they come. Memories or ghosts? I'm not quite sure. Friends long departed, places long deceased. They come and I go, and wander, and want. I know I don't belong, each moment makes that more acute. This is just a dream, I say, incredibly without breaking the spell. Dream or nightmare, I'm not sure. They remain the same, untouched by time. I shrivel and expand, like a corpse in the sun. Gaseous decay bloats out, leather and dust shrivel in. I...
How do people delete all their articles when they disappear? Do they click on "delete" one-by-one? Or is there some Master Destruct button somewhere that I've missed? For that matter, if one was so inclined, how do you close your account and drift into oblivion?
One day Mel Gibsonand some other celebrities were discussing their fears aboutnightmare situations with the paparazzi. Hmm, thought Mel, "What agreat revenge film this would make." The result is Paparazzi ,a Mel Gibson produced flick in which a Hollywood action star goesafter the paparazzi who caused a Princess Di-like crash which nearlykills him and his family. My question is whyhasn't this ha...
Available for immediate delivery: One slightly used cat. Grey and white. Answers (when not engrossedby something new to sniff at) to the name "Fuzzy." Little over oneyear old, so relatively new. Has the following characteristics: Climbs drapes Destroys venetian blinds Will happily jump on your head while you are sleeping Is convinced bathroom sink is his one and only special sleeping area Sure to spend considerable time breaking into the one place he's not...
Available for immediate delivery: One slightly used cat. Grey and white. Answers (when not engrossedby something new to sniff at) to the name "Fuzzy." Little over oneyear old, so relatively new. Has the following characteristics: Climbs drapes Destroys venetian blinds Will happily jump on your head while you are sleeping Is convinced bathroom sink is his one and only special sleeping area Sure to spend considerable time breaking into the one place he's not...
Unlike the WilliamHung email death rumor, this one is true. I found out Mondayafternoon that somewhat popular songstress of the early-80's LauraBranigan died last Thursday at the age of 47. The statement on LauraBranigan.com reads: It was confirmed to OneStor earlier today from Joan Di Tursi Laura's previous manager that Laura had passed away in her sleep last night Thursday...
This is a questionI have privately pondered. I've considered posing it many times andin many places. What, if any, are the ethics of autobiography? How much consideration must one give the lives of others, those lives intersecting one's own life, when telling one's own story? I'd write moreautobiographical articles but I wonder just how much it is legitimateto say about other ...
This information on JohnForbes Kerry provided courtesy of Wikipedia . Did you know... He served as an altar boy. His paternal grandparents were Jewish but kept that a secret andraised their children Catholic. Through his paternal grandmother, he is related to the famed 16thcentury Talmudist and Kabbalist Rabbi Judah Loew, "the Maharal ofPrague." His mother, Rosemary Forbes, is a member of the wealthy Forbesfamily. (That's right, like father just like son, marrying richgirls.) His mat...
The responses tomy way-too-popular article "BritneySpears is Ugly" have convinced me the world is in need of a newterm for ugly. So, in the tradition of fugly ,I present to the world brugly. brug•ly (bruhg•lee) adjective brug•li•er, brug•li•est 1. Any unattractive person who somehow acquires a reputation for attractiveness or beauty. Eg., Britney Spears. "That...
I admit it -- Idon't "get" Britney Spears. As far as I amconcerned, she's not attractive, she has a squeaky, annoying voiceonly dogs should be able to hear, she can barely warble through hersongs, and her moves are so over-choreographed I'd believe she has tospend three hours a day practicing in front of a mirror just to knowhow to smile, wave, or pee. About the only positive thing I have tosay is...
It's been a weekand a half since my last article posting. I've been living offcommenting, but that's getting tired. It's blog or perish. I think I knowwhat is happening. I want to get personal, spill my guts, whimper,whine and bleed all over the monitor. But that's not my style. So,I'm holding back. As a result, my subconscious is refusing to giveanything else. Mental constipation, without a jar o...
For a while now Ihave noticed my number of referrals listed down there at the bottomof the sidebar has not been changing. I wondered what was up withthat. Then I noticed, as I scanned my articles, that the referralsfor all my recent articles read zero. Now I'm getting reallysuspicious. Last night I didsome poking around. All of my articles (except the one on GoogleBombing I just posted last nigh...