tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48681027037479456152011-09-06T19:14:50.741-05:00<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Plugging variables into utilitarian calculators since February 2008.annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.comBlogger2001100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-54951299858639561632011-05-05T08:42:00.002-05:002011-05-05T08:45:55.393-05:00

Finally figured out why the gay neighbors upstairs keep running the garbage disposal for a few seconds at a time in the wee hours: probably disposing of santorum.

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Tuesday night I'm driving home, listening to Tom Ashbrook discuss how conservatives are trying to make a mark on the purportedly liberal-loving land of academia, and he introduces Terrence George who lobbied for a conservative studies class at his university. Terrence is announced to be a 19 year old sophomore at Brown. Then Terrence spoke. please listen to his voice and tell me: is Tom Ashbrook

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-4537564993611050682010-07-23T14:58:00.003-05:002010-07-23T15:02:30.378-05:00

Daniel Schorr... August 31, 1916 - July 23,2010

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-91923541535666740022010-06-03T11:01:00.002-05:002010-06-03T11:15:42.413-05:00

gsoi faqQ: what is the purpose of gsoi?A: to put ourselves in the original position so as to be able to justify our preconceptions as objective laws of morality. also, for the product placement kickbacks. would you like some mountain dew?Q: who are/were the writers of gsoi?A: the world's four greatest lovers, three greatest tech-support personnel, two greatest organizers, one greatest magazine

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franklin sent me and my fellow dilatory GSoI founders an email this morning with the following link:i think i'm funnier in a mono-toneIt's an animated retrospective of our blog's early years (read: a year ago when we actually blogged). it's equal parts creepy and hilarious. and despite the robotic nature of the my character, human anna was deeply moved. riding high upon this wave of nostaligia, i

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Today's Blog Action Day. So I jumped the gun a bit. So what? It's all about global warming, climate change, climate chaos.

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On Oct. 24, a week from Saturday, hundreds of actions across the planet will mark the International Day of Climate Action. Here in Chicago, there will be a rally outside of the Fisk Coal Plant in Pilsen. This rally is sponsored by both mainstream environmental groups and two environmental justice groups from the heavily Latino neighborhoods of Pilsen and Little Village--which are also the sites

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A friend of mine who must remain anonymous hacked into Dan Brown's computer and discovered that he is already at work on a sequel to The Lost Symbol. Here's a synopsis of the work-in-progress, titled The Forgotten Fever.When renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to Graceland to analyze a mysterious geometric form--drawn on a calling card next to the disemboweled corpse of the

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We mourn the passing of a cultural icon, a Houyhnhnm among blogs, a blazing meteor of the interwebs scene of 2008. No mere site but an event, a veritable happening, a bacchanalia of hyperbole, the garage sale of ignorance was born as a profound critique of rawlsian ethics and aisle-blocking corpses on Feb. 28, 2008. In its heyday, social eminences undertook pilgrimages to ensure their names

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While recently on a whirlwind trip to Memphis, Anna related to me her desire to see GSOI up and running again. So, to that end, I present to you my cynical rewrite of the soft rock radio station (bulls)hit, "Walking in Memphis." Enjoy, or whatever.Slipped on my road trip clothesAnd I got in the carThought about my Memphis woesGod this trip’s gonna be farW.C. Handy – who the hell are you anyway?I

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-24462673966820684572009-06-30T08:35:00.000-05:002009-06-30T08:36:38.453-05:00

Hot New Video Game Consists Solely Of Shooting People Point-Blank In The Face

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-16664674521749601972009-06-29T08:26:00.000-05:002009-06-29T08:27:04.726-05:00

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-49634130852608419002009-06-23T18:41:00.004-05:002009-06-23T18:48:55.505-05:00

everyone can see this blog is going the way of the bunny-counter. in a vain attempt to postpone its last rites, i offer you (both of you) this exchange of messages i recently had on facebook with a "Lizzie" from detroit, who repeatedly tried to friend me."Lizzie": watup freakme: i bet you're looking for a different freak, same name. there r a lot of us."Lizzie": know im talkin bout u i use to

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-12192228841402087852009-06-04T07:49:00.003-05:002009-06-04T07:54:12.088-05:00

In stark contrast to the last post, I present to you:

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-83030090177042869462009-05-25T19:44:00.003-05:002009-05-25T19:48:11.551-05:00

it has come to my attention that we at the garage sale of ignorance have been a bit lax of late. in addition to the short-term lack of posts, we have a long-term deficit of pointless berating and ranting, which are de rigueur for the serious blog. too lazy to make up for these deficiencies, i give you a link to satisfy your hunger.

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-58584640975918942412009-05-07T14:54:00.003-05:002009-05-07T15:18:05.431-05:00

Sad to see some of the good ones go: Marilyn French, Franklin Rosemont, and Leon Despres. Look for insightful in memoriams in the next issue of News & Letters.LA Times on Marilyn FrenchPaul Garon, Dave Roediger and Kate Khatib on Franklin RosemontChicago Tribune on DespresNPR on DespresChicago Sun-Times on Despres

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-8639684313208425722009-05-05T15:37:00.002-05:002009-05-05T15:40:04.523-05:00

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/05/topless-photo-could-cost-prejean-pageant-crown/

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-85530329909694749182009-04-27T11:03:00.003-05:002009-04-27T11:05:14.534-05:00

alabama passed a resolution honoring miss california for her eloquent defense of "opposite marriage"hope those assholes in the TN legislature don't get any brilliant ideas...

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-25330357389768206872009-04-23T11:00:00.005-05:002009-04-23T11:40:24.582-05:00

it turns out that there are some quarters in which the patented gsoi brand of humor is not considered the height of sophistication and hilarity. a reader presented this problem to an advice columnist (whose column is titled, ahem, "Ask Amy"):My son is in 7th grade, and he recently has started coming home with gross and obnoxious jokes. Some of his favorites are "your mom" jokes, and also a joke

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-65164946286860738632009-04-21T10:34:00.003-05:002009-04-21T10:42:17.652-05:00

check out this transcript from larry king's interview with dr. laura schlessinger, old-testament-hatemongerer-cum-civil-union-supporter?!KING: This week, the Washington City Council voted to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. And the Vermont legislature voted to override a gubernatorial veto of a bill legalizing same sex. Do you think this -- now we have four states, about to

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-11325704406488940372009-04-14T12:52:00.004-05:002009-04-14T13:18:03.504-05:00

yesterday, as we traveled through the radio wasteland known as eastern oklahoma, i happened upon glenn beck's radio program just in time to hear him lay waste to the scourge of our nation: helen keller.definitely "against us."keller is often held up as a paragon of perseverance in our society because she learned to masterfully communicate with the world in spite of being born both deaf and blind.

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-69507086821260051402009-04-13T09:15:00.005-05:002009-04-13T09:41:50.435-05:00

here the equation is: glenn beck fake lighting someone on fire = anna really burning down fox news.

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-44269353285226092872009-04-06T17:51:00.001-05:002009-04-06T17:52:40.865-05:00

On the 30th anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant's partial meltdown, it's a good time to recall that it killed people. That's right. People died. That's not what the industry will tell you. It's not what the government will tell you. But it was documented long ago in the book Killing Our Own and, I learned from this article from Facing South, more recently in other books,

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amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-60946373367828061022009-03-26T08:50:00.003-05:002009-03-26T08:54:36.961-05:00

as amycita pointed out, facebook is the bourgeoisie to the myspace proletariat.people are talking about me behind my back on facebook.It's like the Hotel California.people on facebook (even some who are tweetotalers (the name i made up for twitter infidels)) think they're cooler than douglitas and me.my gf's hs bf found her on facebook and i think he's still in love with her. (can't blame him for

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-30451716715707922232009-03-25T09:41:00.005-05:002009-03-26T06:46:41.995-05:00

glad you asked.boob job bandit at large! i was so relieved this morning to learn that this woman has been taken into custody.villainous vixen captured!

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-1868382447019136142009-03-25T07:20:00.004-05:002009-03-25T07:33:06.690-05:00

What's on your mind? Is it the self-identified antifeminist, fundamentalist, reactionary, coo-coo for cocoa puffs Quiverfull Movement? Cuz if it is, dude, get out of my head!Here's what the Quiverfull Movement is about:Yes, there is a biblical metaphor where children are likened to arrows in a quiver (the more the merrier, Hunter for the Lord!). And yes, these people take it to mean that they

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-26430886937582957442009-03-23T08:21:00.003-05:002009-03-23T08:25:15.381-05:00

Long, squat black dog, small/medium size. We found him walking in the middle of the road on Vine St. in Urbana Sunday night and have him at our house. He's sweet, quiet, and has a green collar with no information (!). He's obviously an older dog, with gray on his muzzle. Someone has clearly taken good care of him. Call Doug or Lee at 217-819-1515 or respond to this through email. Either way,

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-33855235903028952582009-03-21T16:57:00.002-05:002009-03-21T17:17:25.087-05:00

on this warm and sunny day, terry and i decided to take a walk. along the way we stopped to sit in the park, the choice of benches being by the baseball field where a couple of people were practicing soccer, or by the playground. so this white guy, i'm guessing in his late 60s, was scouting around the playground with his metal detector. i'm talking the full regalia, a fancy-looking machine,

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"I mean, what is an un-birthday present?""A present given when it isn't your birthday, of course."Alice considered a little. "I like birthday presents best," she said at last."You don't know what you're talking about!" cried Humpty Dumpty. "How many days are there in a year?""Three hundred and sixty-five," said Alice."And how many birthdays have you?""One." i of course meant to post something

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-33134706343376883622009-03-18T10:16:00.005-05:002009-03-18T10:25:36.944-05:00

send your birthday love to douglitas, whose turns 28 today!(by the way, this disturbing image was #2 on google image results when i searched for french philosophy fag! even scarier: i immediately recognized this lil guy from the cremaster cycle because i've seen it!)

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-35111018512577805942009-03-13T12:56:00.002-05:002009-03-13T13:00:13.854-05:00

i found this via link. in other words, i let other people pre-read gawker for me.ok, now here it is: man uses twitter to give a play-by-play account of a break-in to his home. he even set up a LIVE VIDEO FEED before confronting the offender.new internet definition: twit (n), a person who can't stop social networking long enough to deal with a fucking break-in!

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-23811868435512055052009-03-04T09:01:00.001-06:002009-03-04T09:02:53.290-06:00

lee saw this and immediately screamed: "put that on garage sale!"

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-69513307742385833732009-03-02T13:15:00.002-06:002009-03-02T13:23:31.358-06:00

he was inspired to rhyme by that neo-fascistyeah, that nationalist fuck we call michael savageand now he's holdin' it down at that ol' cpacthe only venue around for rhymes so whack!i can't wait till rush limbaugh starts rapping about purple drank!

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-37782381012986805182009-02-15T21:44:00.001-06:002009-02-15T21:46:43.191-06:00

La rage!

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-88827172474102458952009-02-06T23:08:00.003-06:002009-02-06T23:10:53.258-06:00

but i love NO ONE enough to have the donated kidney removed through my vagina.

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-70198532894427220152009-02-05T18:12:00.003-06:002009-02-05T18:26:01.192-06:00

on the el today, i saw a woman wearing glasses emblazoned with the letters "D&G." the first thing i thought of was deleuze and guattari. that was when i knew i have been hanging around with amycita too much (though long distance).

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-6363661960258588732009-02-02T16:50:00.004-06:002009-02-02T17:27:35.274-06:00

today, without any covert conpsiring that I know of, three separate individuals told me about this:that's the "bacon explosion." apparently, according to the NYT, it's a "recipe that has swept the internet." just as i am pretty sure i was the last person in the continental U.S. to watch the naked dancing baby or the damn dancing hampsters, i am probably the last person to discover this internet

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-9588994556335747602009-01-28T11:34:00.012-06:002009-01-28T12:28:15.947-06:00

I'll take reasons to hate humanity for 300, Alex.it's the economy, girlfriend oh, oh! what are, silver linings to the current economic downturn!!!

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i recently had a birthday. i am relieved to know that, when i tell people this, they still ask the question "and how old are you now?" i have had to relearn my age, pausing every time to think and remember, yes, i am 26. it's like remembering what year it is when you write checks during the month of january; it's just awkward. but it's good to know i am young enough that people don't feel rude

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-68195770137434166572009-01-19T21:06:00.003-06:002009-01-19T21:17:35.454-06:00

These days there are many important issues deserving our attention. For instance, upon his inauguration, will Obama change the country's name to Barackistan? Will he tear off the cover of Lincoln's Bible to reveal a gay scripture? What shoes to wear to the birthday party Saturday night? But this evening I wrestle with the weighty question of what to do when a yellow-listed friend invites one

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-996879017951449462009-01-10T08:30:00.002-06:002009-01-10T08:34:29.030-06:00

Haggard denies saying in early 2007, after three weeks of spiritual counseling, that he had become "completely heterosexual," and in the film he puts himself back on the couch, asking, "Gay, straight, bisexual—what are you, Ted Haggard?" Perhaps naively he also allows himself to be filmed lovingly sucking an ice pop.

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-79710212525810343542009-01-06T09:55:00.002-06:002009-01-06T10:02:00.105-06:00

because it really looks like she's feeling a human emotion i like to call "embarrassment" when al franken exposes her as a liar at this debate:happy new year!

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-53196047100273158202008-12-27T21:31:00.002-06:002008-12-27T21:34:39.736-06:00

"And then there was this rumble whoosh--as the El goes by, you know?--and who steps out from behind a car to cross the street but Billy fucking Ayers!""William Ayers, the terrorist?""Oh please, he is not a fucking terror...""I know, dumbass. I'm just kidding. What happened then?""Happened? Well, nothing happened. He just walked by. What do you mean, 'what happened?' Don't you know he founded...""

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-83203418450245585342008-12-23T09:07:00.005-06:002008-12-29T10:10:24.382-06:00

omg! i came so close to missing the most sacred of all holidays today! thanks, NPR, for not letting the festive Humanlight celebration pass me by! what was that, dear reader? you've never heard of such a thing??? well that's odd, because it's been a long standing tradition, dating all the way back to 2002 when a bunch of atheists got together and decided they were tired of being (persistently,

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-17958839718793900722008-12-19T17:08:00.004-06:002008-12-19T17:16:36.063-06:00

This comes from the peanut gallery at CommonDreams.org. Just sayin.All Dem Party supporters are cowards, hypocrites, & gutless worms, as this thread so marvelously demonstrates. There is no depth they won't sink to, in their desperation to conjure up shameless & embarrassing excuses for Democrats. If Bush or McCain picked a homophobe bigot to give the Inaugural invocation, the pathetic weasels of

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-64476020363892440042008-12-10T11:33:00.005-06:002008-12-11T22:47:49.042-06:00

yesterday while i was taking my trash can to the curb, my neighbor was walking by with her dogs. (if you're familiar with my neighborly situation, not the one who always calls the cops on me and not the one who pretends her live-in lesbian partner is a live-in "gardener," but the one who makes comments to me on the number of male "visitors" i have and who offers me invitations to her church's

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-73450565722093540662008-12-02T11:14:00.007-06:002008-12-02T14:41:51.151-06:00

speaking of online dating sites, all things considered ran a story yesterday analyzing the phenomenon, and also introducing me to the amazing world of internet dating coaches. Be sure to check out her "bio" where she details her "credentials." seems like the perfect subject matter for a whimsical, watch-sandra-bullock-or-rene-zellweger-or-jennifer-anniston-be-adorably-self-deprecating romantic

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-63479887711195706472008-12-01T23:00:00.003-06:002008-12-01T23:03:58.517-06:00

i would hardly know whether to post my dating profile here or on hannidate (the website for singles who are fans of sean hannity).

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-1364488785608184532008-11-29T10:04:00.006-06:002008-11-29T10:20:11.223-06:00

you were laughing at rick. now rick laughs with you and at you. you rolled your friends on the web. now rick has rolled you irl. your rolling used to be hip. henceforth it will mark you forever as démodé, outré, a prisoner of the passé, serf to the superseded, enthralled by the extinct. using rick for your myspace song is no longer ironic. (it is allowed, however, as a sincere expression of your

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-453155540590361282008-11-26T14:09:00.001-06:002008-11-26T14:09:59.636-06:00

yes yes YES!

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-42735487423566249692008-11-23T17:19:00.004-06:002008-11-23T17:27:48.365-06:00

Adele pointed out this blog, with this comment: "It turns out there are feminists who think that Palin is too a feminist!  Of course,...they're a bit (or a lot) nuts though."apparently, those of us who thought palin was a stalking horse for the theocratic right wing didn't do our "homework, you know, talk to folks, talk to dominionists and reconstructionists and theoretically

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-66983002699030001602008-11-21T12:32:00.003-06:002008-11-21T12:35:29.091-06:00

you know th0se briggs-meyers tests? those tests that give you a four-letter personality type, like introverted clingy weepy basketcase (ICWB)? well, typealyzer has developed one for blogs! here's how GSoI fared:ESTP - The DoersThe active and play-ful type. They are especially attuned to people and things around them and often full of energy, talking, joking and engaging in physical out-door

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-36536850289290591522008-11-18T22:41:00.002-06:002008-11-18T22:45:29.550-06:00

i made obama add lgbt rights to his websitejust let me know if there's anything i can have barack do for you.

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-84543595903081784292008-11-18T13:37:00.006-06:002008-11-19T12:22:37.643-06:00

so i just went to the bathroom here at work and found the most amazing sight. someone had taken a whole bunch of those paper toilet seat liners and just gone nuts with them. there was a whole bouquet of them flowering from the paper towel holders, a mass of them blowing around on the floor. they were hanging from the stalls like garland, some stretched out and linked together, some wadded up and

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-1556486884897518892008-11-14T09:58:00.002-06:002008-11-14T10:04:15.097-06:00

1. Memphis Rally Against Prop 8 (CA same-sex marriage ban)Saturday, November 15, 12:30 PMMemphis City Hall (125 N. Main)Bring friends & signs.2. Candelight vigil for Duanna JohnsonSunday, November 16, 6:00 PMProcessional begins at MLGCC (892 S. Cooper) and ends on the steps of First Congo (1000 S. Cooper)Candles will be provided.All your favorite GSoI-ers will be there. The ones who didn't run

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-8870691627017146932008-11-13T17:17:00.001-06:002008-11-13T17:21:20.441-06:00

I know that the cream of the GSOI crop are working hard, battling the homophobic, sexist, heterosexist, capitalist order.As for me, I'm just watching the Simpsons. Which is a distraction, but a fun one. The video I'm posting *has* to be the wittiest Simpsons intro I've ever seen.

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-6733518573413980122008-11-08T12:14:00.002-06:002008-11-08T12:17:13.434-06:00

this clip from letterman is an oldie but goodie.

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-18446278112321689632008-11-07T14:58:00.006-06:002008-11-07T15:07:48.169-06:00

my little sister/roommate just sent me this chat:her: i was just on the phone with mom... she said she'd pay me to get my hair done normalme: that sounds like good $$$her: I think she wants me to look "professional"she said just to not make it "like bozo red" or anything

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-7886046475835375102008-11-07T12:34:00.003-06:002008-11-07T12:40:59.589-06:00

of booty love, i might as well share this:wtf, thank god for craigslist a little graphic? sure. totally hilarious? you betcha.

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-91906857255330490912008-11-07T10:59:00.002-06:002008-11-07T11:06:33.711-06:00

as most of you probably know, david duke and his band of beastly assholes are descending upon the midsouth this weekend. in preparation for their visit, i looked him up on wiki, which is where i discovered this:In 1976 Duke published a women's self-help book titled Finders-Keepersto raise money. He used the pseudonym Dorothy Vanderbilt.The book includes advice on vaginal exercises, fellatio, and

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-27492955087852664812008-11-06T10:41:00.002-06:002008-11-06T10:49:03.127-06:00

on november 4th, voters in nebraska banned affirmative action (colorado voters may have, too; the results aren't clear yet). worse, conservatives are already pointing to obama's victory as a sign of the end of racism in this country. unfortunately, the opening lines of obama's acceptance speech--a nod to the historical nature of the election that suggested that "anything is possible" in the US-

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-25448562440658902722008-11-05T16:02:00.002-06:002008-11-05T16:05:37.538-06:00

alternating between listening to conservative talk radio and looking at this picture:both are equally satisfying.

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-16826746075603167502008-11-05T12:34:00.003-06:002008-11-05T12:48:04.931-06:00

i was reading this nyt article for an update on the status of proposition hate (looks like it's going to pass) when i came across this little gem:"Among the more unusual measures on this year’s ballots was one in Florida that would repeal an old clause in the state constitution that allows legislators to bar Asian immigrants from owning land. The repeal would be symbolic, as equal protection laws

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-16445605392314088202008-11-05T09:28:00.001-06:002008-11-05T09:30:10.608-06:00

LOOK AT THE SEXY MOTHERFUCKER WHO IS GOING TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT!!!

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-69684947976417349902008-11-04T07:49:00.003-06:002008-11-04T07:57:03.346-06:00

"For 18 months our country has been the victim of what the legal code has called a 'demoralization offensive.' And it is not by sabotaging its 'morale' that you demoralize a nation, it is by degrading its morality; as for the procedure, everyone knows it: by precipitating us into a despicable adventure, they have instilled in us, from without, a sense of social guilt. But we vote, we give

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-91647360902775249682008-11-03T09:06:00.000-06:002008-11-03T09:09:01.702-06:00

Each of these is a lie we've been hearing a lot, and is not about to go away.1. During the VP debate, Palin attacked Biden for having said, "There is no such thing as clean coal." Biden "explained" that he has been supporting "clean coal" for 25 years. I think the truth is more likely that he blurted out what he knows to be true in an unguarded moment, but he had to backpedal to keep in line

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-13135074194147271432008-11-03T08:55:00.001-06:002008-11-03T08:57:24.268-06:00

just say fuck no! to prop 8!

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-15781129191166763872008-11-02T08:00:00.003-06:002008-11-02T08:08:00.931-06:00

on this occasion of having received the 1,000th email from a "woman" informing me she had found my name "on that dating site," i would just like to thank the person, obviously one of you, who put my name there for me.

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-24525888353474296812008-11-02T07:42:00.003-06:002008-11-02T07:53:22.786-06:00

recently i went with a couple of people to see a movie at the village north theater (formerly the 400). unfortunately, they are not keeping up their website, supposedly because of a recent change in ownership (bad excuse). (doug may not think it's unfortunate, since he had warned me that this particular movie looked to be "horrible." shake the meryl streep haters off!) ah, but we were in luck

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-1564253338645591472008-11-01T11:34:00.002-05:002008-11-01T11:39:01.575-05:00

r.i.p. studs terkel

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-50191662470668498552008-10-31T09:09:00.004-05:002008-10-31T09:54:43.111-05:00

halloween is here!in an effort to calm my overly sensitive, so-left-i'm-almost-right nerves, i would like to present you with the pinnacle installment of our GSoI halloween series, entitled "Dogs Dressed Up for Halloween as American Apparel Models."enjoy!

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-25488312550335757582008-10-29T14:50:00.007-05:002008-10-30T10:55:52.111-05:00

american apparel.yep, it's over. fuck you, american apparel. until this point i was willing to just be humorously critical of your stupid excuse for fashion and your cheap pulls at a community of young adults who want to look cool and calm their conscience."these cotton panties can also be worn as a hat, as a cropped tee, as a purse or a chunky bracelet. see the accompanying DVD for detailed

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-15407624017647069682008-10-28T15:03:00.003-05:002008-10-28T15:06:31.428-05:00

i spent my day here:http://katebeaton.com/Site/History_Project.htmland i def wouldn't say i wasted my day.

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-11761469177985858032008-10-28T11:59:00.002-05:002008-10-28T12:03:58.788-05:00

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-48970805987774525452008-10-28T11:47:00.002-05:002008-10-28T11:50:52.358-05:00

last night i read this article to your mom. she liked it. then she demonstrated it for me.

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-86955831215972799242008-10-27T15:38:00.000-05:002008-10-27T15:39:17.087-05:00

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-64088835184358746132008-10-27T15:33:00.002-05:002008-10-27T15:38:10.790-05:00

failure of the "i was just borrowing that furniture/money/new wing of my house and besides, my wife is the one in charge of paying the bills, that bitch" defenselet's hope 2008 continues to shine its bountiful blessings upon republicans from alaska!

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-46939168335946321562008-10-27T15:22:00.006-05:002008-10-27T15:30:48.499-05:00

you forget to post photos of dogs in costume *one* time and you're instantly labeled a dead beat. jeez! side note: as a child i was told by a youth pastor at our church that i was not to use the words "jeez" or "gosh" or "darn" or "shoot" when i was frustrated because they were just slightly modified bad words, just derivatives of "jesus" and "god" and "damn" and "shit" and that god knew what i

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-56571043532234354852008-10-27T13:48:00.002-05:002008-10-27T13:59:45.078-05:00

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-58483991613017333732008-10-27T13:21:00.003-05:002008-10-27T13:37:42.028-05:00

come on, people!  you're spending too much of your time at work doing...work.  it's really pathetic.  and even when you're not working, you're spending way too much of that time on banking and personal finance (68%) when you should be myspacing (only 32%). and look at the sad little number for blogging: 8%. no wonder the costumed doggy pix are lagging.much of the fun of articles like that comes

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-3955133816327511222008-10-21T15:24:00.004-05:002008-10-21T15:38:27.641-05:00

i am wearing pants today, which i don't often do at work. they're kind of wide-legged and straight. and i'm wearing an over-sized button down shirt, but i put a cute fitted cardigan over it. and a big necklace. i don't know people, i thought i looked okay.the truth of it is, i arrive at a five person office in cordova at like 7am each day. i hide out in my office for the majority of the day and

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-84661187946434400592008-10-21T10:20:00.006-05:002008-10-21T15:59:08.261-05:00

this halloween season a number of friends have reported to me that they will be dressing up like sarah palin on the night of horrors. it is terrifying, yes, goulish even. it seems there will be a number of ironic palins roaming the streets in dress suits borrowed from their mothers. some of these people naturally resemble palin, like my friend vanessa here:the last person to inform me of their

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-57614442113635336252008-10-20T09:03:00.003-05:002008-10-20T09:59:25.867-05:00

franklin's right. let's not argue. it's the holidays. we shouldn't be arguing with each other, we should be arguing with our families. we should also be putting all of our focus on dressing up animals, over-eating and spending money we don't have on decorations and gifts. i hope santa leaves me "clean coal" in my stocking this year!

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-65346478967377047112008-10-19T22:03:00.006-05:002008-10-19T22:21:25.452-05:00

really, the whole world is in love with barack.remember, you read it here first: borak haz a flaver, nom nom nomso anna, know that i forgive you and still love you, regardless of your inevitable future betrayal of the working class.after all, who among us is blame-free? since mine is not the hand without sin, and since i am simultaneously both for and against each of anna, doug, and amy, let us

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-79589869991232318112008-10-19T19:04:00.002-05:002008-10-19T19:06:42.240-05:00

is this song really racist or just really gay?

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-86094277738040376672008-10-17T11:25:00.005-05:002008-10-17T11:46:34.471-05:00

so i finally got up the patience and self-control to watch the rest of the last debate on youtube. (yeah, i know, i do have a lot of work i should be doing) and it seems (surprise!) that little was accomplished. however, i think both candidates effectively communicated that they DON'T hate retarded people. which was, as far as i am concerned, the number one domestic issue i was concerned about.

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-28089224542195038492008-10-17T09:53:00.004-05:002008-10-17T10:01:34.402-05:00

amy just sent me this.a website devoted to pictures of obama holding babies. i actually squealed aloud, here at work, about a dozen times while sifting through the photos. this crush is getting bad people. it's been going on for about four hours and has snowballed beyond my control. this has already surpassed my previous two celebrity crushes on jeff goldblum (don't ask) and christian bale (you

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-24759969845718589922008-10-17T09:03:00.007-05:002008-10-17T10:01:15.140-05:00

through the last two years, while weathering this seemingly eternal presidential campaign, i have avoided falling head over heels for barack obama. of course he has always had my vote, but i refrained from participating in the "barack is god" mentality of many progressives. he's a politician, i maintained. and i have never really loved a politician. they pander and cajole, they work within broken

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-7239800430410940502008-10-17T08:42:00.004-05:002008-10-17T10:01:44.301-05:00

ever since alexander graham bell strung a coupla cans together, hangovers have been transformed from merely head-crushing to sometimes soul-crushing due to the phenomenon of drunk dialing. but our generation has had to face a particularly pernicious form of drunk communication: drunk e-mailing (texting, instant messaging, etc). mild alcohol poisoning can give you a splitting headache and 12 hours

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-74311114732528797232008-10-16T11:50:00.002-05:002008-10-16T11:54:15.953-05:00

keep your eyes on the maverick:

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-46193279901070638572008-10-16T10:47:00.003-05:002008-10-16T10:49:26.442-05:00

i'm not shitting yougive some extra lovin' to the scraggly little kitties in your life!

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-91988303002905007772008-10-14T16:12:00.001-05:002008-10-14T16:30:15.564-05:00

it is that time of year. yes, good friends, it is now officially the fall season, which in my mind is a just a gentle slope into what is undoubtedly the highlight of my year: the holiday season.to my delight, and the chagrin of my fellow GSoI contributers, the trinity of american holidays is just around the corner. i will warn you now, on the early date of october 14th, that i get silly and

annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046323184045037255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-38141913909301117212008-10-12T07:39:00.003-05:002008-10-12T07:55:45.877-05:00

Now it turns out that we have to vote for McCain to save God's reputation:"I would also pray, Lord, that your reputation is involved in all that happens between now and November, because there are millions of people around this world praying to their god — whether it's Hindu, Buddha, Allah — that his opponent wins, for a variety of reasons. And Lord, I pray that you would guard your own

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-28345293586539971112008-10-10T09:36:00.002-05:002008-10-10T09:38:48.141-05:00

ok, so if you don't read the other douglas' blog, you should. and you should also watch this video of mccain/palin supporters that i stole from him.

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-43458707360940823672008-10-08T08:56:00.001-05:002008-10-08T08:57:24.187-05:00

I've decided to take up microblogging.

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-90841307974515048452008-10-04T10:25:00.001-05:002008-10-04T10:28:07.270-05:00

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-27444208048386894462008-10-03T20:45:00.002-05:002008-10-03T20:48:28.631-05:00

Because it's worth reading.America I've given you all and now I'm nothing. America two dollars and twentyseven cents January 17, 1956. I can't stand my own mind. America when will we end the human war? Go fuck yourself with your atom bomb. I don't feel good don't bother me. I won't write my poem till I'm in my right mind. America when will you be angelic? When will you take off your clothes? When

douglitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475097655817888120noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-84323754508885831222008-10-02T16:49:00.003-05:002008-10-02T16:53:22.780-05:00

y'all are just jealous cuz my bff is better than yours. amy's is tina fey, and all anna could scrounge up is cristina aguilera. and poor doug is still trying to choose from among the many bad heidegger wannabes. this is my bff, chumps:

wail of ignorancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034580323661351832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868102703747945615.post-30646881796418065452008-10-02T10:01:00.001-05:002008-10-02T10:01:40.931-05:00

amycitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477554623404996580noreply@blogger.com1