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This will be on my list of places to visit before I die

The Palms - Dubai

via KR Connect
The excitement is mounting. On November 20 we’ll be in Dubai watching Kylie Minogue open the most incredible hotel in the world, Sol Kerzner’s Atlantis on The Palm. Sol is the original ‘Nothing is Impossible’ man. 18 million liters of water in the adventure park, 11 million liters in the [...]

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Have you seen these commercials? At first the title was Zack and Miri Make a Porno and they showed a few clips of them making the movie. Now they’ve shortened the name and taken out the scenes that make it obvious that they were making a porno.
I wonder what made them change the title? [...]

Trick or Treat?

Trick or Treat
Smell My Feet
Give me something good to eat.
If you don’t, I don’t care
I’ll stick an apple down your underwear.
When I was really young I went trick or treating one time. I was batman and I had one of those hideous plastic masks that you strapped to your face with a piece of elastic [...]

Blogs are all Abuzz about Abortion

 
I have been reading these blog entries about women who have suffered tragically from having to terminate their pregancies. They’re sad and poignant stories and I can’t begin to understand what it must be like to have to make a life-threatening decision. However, the real issue is that people don’t want to take responsibility for [...]

Very Educational Political Post

Check it out and read the comments.

Swing Vote

It is funny how when your team loses you are always quick to point out all the mistakes that the referees made or what the other team did wrong. “Did you see that call? it cost us the game.” Sometimes it did, but perhaps if your team had been playing a little better then they could [...]

Feeding the Hungry AND Crackheads…

Dooce posted this question on her site and most people said they would feed both.
Indulge me for a second and consider this scenario: let’s say you’re given the opportunity to donate some money to a desperate family who would use it to feed their children, but were only able to do so if you donated [...]

RAGE

“Freedom Yes, Apartheid No!” “Freedom, YES, APARTHEID NO!”
I was only 6 years old when I saw the people in downtown Dallas rallying around city hall. My mother was there for an abortion protest, but my Dad had gone to drop her off and there were all these people shouting out, “Freedom, Yes, Apartheid, No.” The [...]