"Murphy was an optimist!"
My guess April 16, 2013 9:37 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeI hesitate to make this post but I have to say it. Yesterday was tax day…in Boston. I bet the bomber was some lunatic from the Tea Party. The Tea Party connection will be denied but this will turn out to be some fearful American who has bought into the ramblings of Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones and the like. You want your country safe? It’s time to end the fear mongering, lose the hate, give some hugs, and start acting like Americans again. Make America rationale again.
add a commentToday’s song April 15, 2013 9:52 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeAn epiphany April 15, 2013 9:51 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeAh! I figured it out. Thirty years or so ago some bastard put a "kick me" sign on my back and I forgot to take it off!
add a commentBad things are happening in Boston…and good things are too April 15, 2013 6:18 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Deep Thoughts, News, Of Interest, PhilosophyPatton Oswalt says this far more eloquently than I could but echos my sentiment. Yes, horror is happening in Boston right now. However, great things are happening there too and elsewhere. Somewhere a baby is being born. A life is being saved. Someone is sharing a smile with someone else who needed it.
Status Update
By Patton Oswalt
Boston. Fucking horrible.I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I’ve had it with humanity."
But I was wrong. I don’t know what’s going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.
But here’s what I DO know. If it’s one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we’re lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they’re pointed towards darkness.
But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago.
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will."
H/t Danny.
As a reminder, news is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier.
add a commentLadies, take that bra off! April 11, 2013 8:57 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Health, Of Interest Yes, you can burn those bras with confidence. Sagging boobies? According to a 15-year study led by professor Jean-Denis Rouillon, your bra may be contributing to sagging breasts while not wearing a bra will help keep them…um, perky.
"Medically, physiologically, anatomically – breasts gain no benefit from being denied gravity. On the contrary, they get saggier with a bra," Professor Rouillon told France Info radio on Wednesday.
[Image Source, Venusian Glow, Does this bra fit ? How do I tell ?][Source, The Local,Women better off without bras: French study]
If you can believe one of the commenters, she supports this idea of losing support:
Maia • 14 hours ago ?
I haven’t worn a bra in almost 20 years, I’m 50 this year, and my breasts are in perfect shape – they feel no different from when I was 20.
Of course, I think she should show us pictures for proof
Dear Dad April 9, 2013 9:13 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeThank you for allowing me to live. Looking back, it is unclear to me how I am alive and you are not in jail. Love, Son.
add a commentDeep Thoughts April 8, 2013 1:59 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Deep Thoughts, PhilosophyI will never be as young as I was yesterday.
add a commentWhat a great day! April 2, 2013 1:13 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeThis is my 2nd day back from vacation. I really wanted another 2 to 3 weeks of vacation. That aside, this day has been wonderfully productive! Good things are happening. The future is bright!
add a commentVacation was great April 1, 2013 8:48 am
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