Dechristo

reminds me of one of the sexiest lines ever delivered on screen (was it Lauren Bacall?): "You know how to whistle... just put your lips together... and blowwww."

Depends on how long the barrel of your gun.

I don't believe much of anything can be done to assuage most of the enemies of the U.S. Karimov is not a friend to anyone unless his palm is getting greased; he's a despot. As in most third-world countries, that are not plagued by radical islamic fundamentalism, the people throng for contact with Westerners and Americans as they desperately desire to improve their and their family's condition. If Karimov had more oil than cotton, he'd be another Saddam; his days are numbered. Just as the Kirgiz leader was overthrown recently, the same may happen for the Uzbeks... but, with more bloodshed. In these days, with our shrinking globe, unprecedented access to information, increasing fervor for violent demonstration of religious fundamentalism (not islamic only), and significantly disparate opinions of what is "right", any leader of the U.S. is guaranteed disfavor by a significant portion of the populace. We are witness to wild worldly winds. I watched "Truman" last night (Gary Sinise is great). The film ends with the Truman quote, "what a paradise we can make of this Earth... if we don't make a mistake". The problem, of course: everyone is sure to make mistakes, no exceptions.

MSNBC staff and news service reports Updated: 12:41 p.m. ET July 29, 2005 EDMONTON - Perhaps he is still stomping around somewhere, but a DNA test has confirmed that it was not Bigfoot roaming the Yukon earlier this month — it was just a bison. A hair sample was reportedly plucked from a bush near Teslin in the Yukon at a spot where several people claimed they saw and heard a large, hairy creature making a late-night run through their community. They also reported seeing an unusually large footprint. The witnesses speculated that they had seen Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, an ape-like creature said to haunt the wilderness of western Canada, among other places. But Bigfoot's presence was refuted after a geneticist from the University of Alberta did tests on the sample, and said the DNA match for a bison was 100 per cent. David Coltman, the geneticist, says the DNA suggested the hair sample was not fresh. Coltman agreed to do the tests as a favor to a colleague, and had said Monday that he suspected the hair was actually left behind by a much more mundane Yukon bison. “If Sasquatch is indeed a primate, then we would expect the sample to be closer to humans or chimpanzees or gorillas,” Coltman said at the time. The legend of the large, hairy, two-legged creature lurking in mountains dates back to before Europeans settled the continent. This was the second report of the creature near Teslin in just over a year. In the latest reported sighting, a group of Teslin residents told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. they heard branches cracking and saw a large human-like creature run by a house. It left behind large footprints, they said, and the hair tufts that were given to wildlife officials. Coltman said Monday that the process should serve as a good way to get students interested in the field of DNA testing. “It’s sort of like a wildlife CSI story,” he said. Reuters contributed to this report.

since anorexia became common.

oh-ho, man! That poor son-of-a-bitch!

I can't help about the shape I'm in I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin But don't ask me what I think of you I might not give the answer that you want me to Oh well...

As I rest in a satisfying cloud of partial inebriation due to ample volume of irish cream-laced coffee, I wonder about other opinions of choice intoxicants. Or is the setting/company as, or more, important than the substance? Gotta admit, resting shirtless in the pleasant temperature of the waning daylight hours of a beautiful summer day in the mountains, the strains of "Jericho" from the Miles of Aisles album massaging the atmosphere, and the knowledge that my first grandchild is barely hours from taking her first breath lends a momentary disregard for Time and its demands. Fuck that sappy shit! What's your favorite buzz?

Privatization of personal daylight savings will leave us irresponsible types in the dark. Did someone turn the lights off?

We've had Daylight Savings Time since when? Woodrow Wilson? You ask the government where they've been storing the saved daylight and you only get a stupored look from 'em. I think they've been spending it on the sly all along. Time to elect an administration that will put the saved daylight in a lock-box.

insightful, informative, exploratory of new concepts... they oughta give you a freakin' doctorate! But,... the hottiest?

-wipe Is it two-ply and quilted?

an iron mouse.

Lot of senators say that

ehhhhh... what's up, Doc?

Oh, don't worry. At any moment, your strong suit of frivolity will push-off your momentary cloud of, well, I don't believe it's stupidity... so it may be, dark vapors of malice.

Ok, I'll play it safe... I won't quote you anymore today.

Oh, yeah? Let's see if you can trade 40 goats and 20 cows for 20 sowsandbucks!

I've got a brand new pair of roller skates you've got a brand new key I think that we should get together and try 'em on to see...

I'd trade 40 goats and 20 cows for 10 female hogs and 10 male rabbits.

Bullshit. You shot the cat into the air with that potato gun.

Thank you for putting into black and white for me. Ireneo, are your skinhead dues paid?

Wasn't he in the Bay City Rollers?

Fred and Mick graduated in the same class at Bedrock High. Wasn't Jagger and Wilma an item before he married Bianca?