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Some cocktail party tidbits stolen from The Cat’s Blog COUNTRIES WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS: USA, RUSSIA, CHINA, FRANCE, and UK The same countries with VETO POWER at the U.N. Security Council ISRAEL, INDIA, and PAKISTAN have NUCLEAR WEAPONS too. But “we are not supposed to know.” Israel is considered an undeclared nuclear weapon state, and is […]

“A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.” — Adlai Stevenson via Soapbox Blog

Fascinating peice comparing the behavior of abusers in domestic relationships and the actions of the Bush administration toward most Americans: Any battered woman in America, any oppressed person around the globe who has defied her oppressor will tell you this: There is nothing wrong with you. You are in good company. You are safe. You

Here are some textbooks disclaimers for evolutionists and other miscreants (via Jed) And all I have to say about the latest National Organization of Witches stir is: Buy yourself a T-shirt. Also, there’s a very funny and terribly touching “How the Grinch Stole Marriage” ditty up over at Ex-gay watch, just in time for the

My favorite line from Thanksgiving: “Careful what you say to her. She’ll be blogging about it on Sunday.” My best response to the yearly “are you dating anyone?” question: “No, I really like my life. I don’t want to bring in anyone else who’ll ruin it.” (this statement illicited much laughter from the widowed and

A jet plane, actually… I’m outta here at noon today, heading out to the West Coast for holiday debauchery (I wish). Currently listening to Snow Patrol’s “Run” on repeat. Packed up my plane books: The Origins of War, Zelazny’s The Hand of Oberon, Chris Hedges’s War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, and Mary

Why didn’t we protest like this? Oh. Yea. Cause we’re united. Also, there’s a movie coming out that addresses the genocide in Rwanda in `94 – and the movie doesn’t look half bad. Check out the trailer. There’s a great book about the genocide here. And, from the director of Hero, and starring Ziyi Zhang

It’s writers like these who make the rest of us look bad. You know what the best part about being a bleeding-heart liberal is? As long as these nutty people don’t hurt anybody or try and pass legislation on my bedroom activities, I really don’t mind sharing the world with them. They’re wacky and insane,

I’m not sure what came over me, perhaps it’s living in Chicago, and knowing how insane sports fans are here, or perhaps it’s my interest in the history of organized forms of violence, but I went ahead and checked out the video of the basketball brawl down in Indy. The Evil Kameron part of me

“What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.” – Colette Because I’m not superwoman. Skipped kickboxing last night. Bad sign. Wandered aimlessly downtown, renewed my worry and angst about being too big, about not losing enough weight, about not being smaller. Felt like I was spiraling into some sort of…