Archives: August, 2006

kat — August 28, 2006, 4:57 pm

a “how-to” lesson for politicos

So, I’m tired of the balance between me and the plethora of wack-ass religious freaks being horribly unbalanced. I’m tired of it on TV, in film, in line at the grocery store, on bumper stickers on the gas-sucking Hummer in front of me in traffic . . . but, mostly, I’m tired of it from […]

kat — August 24, 2006, 4:12 pm

Tom & Jerry’s British snafu

Apparently, the complaint of a single viewer has prompted serious editing of classic Tom & Jerry at the request of Brit TV overseer Ofcom. The complaint centered around the “glamorization” of smoking by Tom &/or our favorite gray mouse.
Read the story here.
So, once again, instead of watching what their children view on TV and explaining that—like hitting […]

kat — , 2:24 pm

pretty in pink memories

Oh, Duckie. The Duckman. How I still adore thee, let me count the ways: your pointy shoes, your big ol’ rings, your  fluffy hair. You were like a fourth member of the Stray Cats—a member that, alas, could not play an instrument. Still, in your bizarre weirdness, I loved you. I never understood why that […]

kat — August 23, 2006, 1:00 pm

let’s talk energy

Six reasons to seriously look at ethanol as alternative fuel:
1.)  It fits the infrastructure system (with a few modifications) and could be turned into an industry fairly easily. Improvements like hydrogen fuel cells and the like would take an enormous change in infrastructure.
2.) The corn used in ethanol is usually a “feed” corn—one for cattle […]

kat — August 21, 2006, 4:09 pm

thought for the day

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.”
 

Sinclair Lewis