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I'm still over at The New Just Another Pretty Farce, but I don't want this blog to become a porndomain, so I'm throwing up the occasional post to remind youto visit me atJust Another Pretty Farce.

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I have made the leap, followed the herd, whathaveyou.Future entries of Just Another Pretty Farce can be found here.Please update bookmarks, etc.

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Well, a few weeks ago I decided to write about Gwen Shamblin and my experience with Weigh Down Workshop. Every word of that blog entry was truthful. It was purely my experience. Nothing more than a recap of events.However, the post has taken on a life of its own out in Web World. Several people read it each day, and it still gets comments. Now the comment section is populated with various

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I'll be honest. I'm scratching my head over something I don't quite understand here. Just to review, I'm a devout Christian who firmly believes in the seperation of Church and State. That makes me a devout libertarian. As far as libertarians go, I lean toward the conservative side; assuming that "shut up and leave me alone, government" has more than one 'side' to it. In all my years of

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This post by The Kleinheider was my tipping point.(Please pardon my use of the phrase 'tipping point'.) It has nothing to do with Kleinheider himself and everything to do with the fact that I am sick to death of the fanboy love from all quarters for Obama. People talk about him as though he were either Tiger Woods or Secretariat. Can he win? Is he too black? Is he not black enough? Is he

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So I got an email from dolphin, which clued me in to this wonderfulness.It appears that I'm not the only one who thinks that conspicuous consumption is a poor solution to the world's ills. As they say:Join us in rejecting the ti(red) notion that shopping is a reasonable response to human suffering.

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I had a wierd moment of cognitive dissonance when we started to watch Lost last night. Watching Charlie make a breakfast fruit plate for Claire it struck me that this no longer feels like the show I started watching three seasons ago. That show was about a group of people thrown together in a harsh circumstance and trying to make the best of it. I have no idea what this current program is

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Today's conversation at NiT about disposable shopping bags is hitting home with me in a big way.Right there, in that whole conversation, is hidden the two Achilles Heels of modern environmentalism. (Yes, I know Achilles was only wounded in the one heel, but whatever.)The conversation is about yet another municipality wanting to ban yet another thing in order to protect us from our miserable

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I, too, could usefive thousand dollars. I already have a home, though. So I don't know exactly what hook I can use to grift it out of people. I'll even make a deal with you. If I can raise the money I need to get out of homelessness, I'll never bother you again.How much money will it take this time? Will the $5K be enough? Last time you had a home--about a year ago--that well-meaning

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What is it with the number "92%"? I've decided over the last month that whenever anyone quotes me a placement rate of "ninety-two percent" that they're most likely being both untruthful and running a scam.Last week I asked for information about medical coding. I need to work at home and am tired of what I presently do, so I figured a change would be good. I got at least a dozen emails from

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Yesterday I missed out on the blogosphere, and therefore missed out on the discussion of mandatory sentencing for child molesters. I hate coming late to the party, but I really need to go on record.I believe that mandatory sentences for any crime are a gross abuse of our legal system. I believe that any time a mandatory sentence is invoked for any crime we have turned from a society of law

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The attorney gene is not dying out in my family. I think, rather, that it is becoming intensified through the generations. When my nieces or nephew have children, those kids will probably be Supreme Court Justices.Allow me to tell a little tale starring my 3-year old nephew, whom we shall call Clarence. Little Clarence has recently become obsessed with board games, specifically Candyland and

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Well, since B. wants everyone to blog about something interesting and I mostly write about my own life, I guess we're all outta luck. But there are a few quasi-interesting things I've experienced in the last 24 hours:-->Apparently all of Hermitage has PMS today, because they were all in front of me in the McDonald's line. Who knew? And really, is there anything better for easing you through

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I figured this could either be a short review or a long review. We'll start with the short version for anyone who's in a "too long; didn't read" mood.Short ReviewThis movie rocks. See it at your earliest convenience. Long ReviewIt's been a long time since I've seen a movie I loved as much as I love this one. In fact, the last time I felt this effusive about a movie was in the middle of

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It makes me so relieved to note that the FBI has underreported its use of the Patriot Act.In fact, during my moments of meditation I like to ponder this little tidbit:One government official familiar with the report said shoddy bookkeeping and records management led to the problems. The FBI agents appeared to be overwhelmed by the volume of demands for information over a two-year period, the

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>> Stories about Al Gore with the word 'inconvenient' in them; i.e. Al Gore's Inconvenient Gas Bill. >> The lady in the Wal-Mart grocery store who tried to run me down with her cart because I wasn't walking fast enough for her.While we're at it, would someone please clue me in as to the whereabouts of the crack dealer in the vicinity of the Hermitage Wal-Mart? I've never been in a store

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I just ate at Taco Bell for the first time in over a year.It now occurs to me that Taco Bell at 11:00am when you're 36 is just not as good as Taco Bell at 2:00am when you're 19.

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That would be more convenient for everyone. She'd get the smack of reality upside the head--which is what she needs in addition to post-partum depression medication. Walter Reed would get intense scrutiny by all sectors of society, even Timbaland.

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A blogger I've not yet heretofore had the pleasure of reading has stumbled across my radar. He calls himself the Mountain 'Publican and he has some harsh words about the Obesity Epidemic.At 6'3" and 245, Mike doesn't seem like the type of guy a person would tangle with. But I'm just a roly-poly little mama lion when it comes to this Fat Propaganda. Mike's blog header says that [He's] an 8th

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Here's the part where I seek advice from the blogosphere.This is one of my favourite parts of blogging, because there are so many experts with such varied life experience that I'm betting if I throw a question out there I'm likely to get an answer.I work from home now as a freelance copywriter and graphic designer. It has its ups and downs. For the past 3 years I've been toying with the idea

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Wow, the comments from yesterday's truculent post are hoppingly interesting, even though they seemed to veer off topic at points. Why am I writing a whole post about the comment section of an earlier post? Because I don't want anyone to miss the genius of Slartibartfast. Of course I think he's a genius because he perfectly summed up something I've been thinking to myself for a long time.

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So all bloggers--even the libertarian ones--are now invited to participate in the viewing of our democratic processes. Woot.There are a few serious journalists among us who seem to be of the opinion that this is our own little Schoolhouse Rock whereby we learn the workings of how a bill becomes a law, how to shake hands and write dry reports about drier goings-on.In case you hadn't noticed, I am

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I don't believe in credit. Unless I need it. And I think that sums up the attitude of most people. The breakdown seems to come with the word need, which most people define according to their own terms and life circumstances. Part of being an adult is the crushing realisation that you need to eat, but do not need four emo CDs and a venti latte from Starbucks. A consumer-rights group is

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Last Friday, Kleinheider said thisI have noticed, though, that much of the chatter on the right bemoan the results of this poll as evidence of the death of personal responsibility in America. Maybe that's true.However, I can't help the part of me that wants these same bloggers to experience a catastrophic illness, emerge from hospital with $30,000 in debt, and then set them in front of their

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You know how in August or September there's always someone writing a blog post that essentially says "Christmas Decorations? Already? I'm still in shorts/eating potato salad/playing lacrosse/swinging out in an old tire over the swimmin' hole"? Well, I'm here to tell you right now that if you are one of the folks blogging right now about the '08 Presidential Election, I hereby forbid you to

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