Argghhh!

Yesterday morning whilst doing my rounds, I came across this GIF:

So, the neighbor calls at 7:30AM on a Sunday morning. That pretty much is *never* good, at least not here at Castle Argghhh! She Who Will Be Obeyed is bundled up like an Eskimo on an ice floe out feeding the fowl.‎ 6F outside, *before* you add the 30-knot wind. The wind blew over the smoker, sent the trash cans to the neighbors (a 1/4 mile away around here - and those are the *close* neighbors), and most annoyingly, blew open a gate. So the horses went trekking in the out back.Neighbor called...

It starts in 1777, with France recognizing the United States as a nation independent of Great Britain.Then, in 1862, General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.The text of General Order 11:General Order No. 11 decreed as follows:1. The Jews, as a class violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department and also department orders, are hereby expelled from the Department [of the Tennessee] within twenty-four...

Ay Caramba! Boq

Pick Your ReasonWhen your friends can't explain why they voted for Democrats, give themthis list. They can then pick a reason .10. I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% ona gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon ofgas at 15% isn't.9. I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a betterjob of spending the money I earn than I would.8. I voted Democrat because Freedom of speech is fine as long as nobodyis offended by it...

Don't forget to fill out your surveys, boys and girls!By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 7, 2010 - At noon today, Defense Department officials e-mailed surveys to 400,000 servicemembers as part of a special review to prepare the military for a potential repeal of the so-called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that bans gays and lesbians from openly serving, Pentagon officials announced today. Army Gen. Carter F. Ham, commander...

The innertubes being what they are, most of us choose to live in comfy bubbles of like-mindedness. Since those of us who actually hang out here (vice mostly live and interact in meatspace, like normal people) we tend to be... combative and snarky. Probably why we're not all that welcome in the real world... As I've found while trying to build a place that can be the overlap zone in a venn diagram, that's damn hard to do on the internet.But! If you embrace it, you can live a life of happy...