North Korean Says, "Sorry. Please, Pass The Collection Basket"

(Thu Oct 26th, 2006, by Tom Attea)

Almost immediately after North Korea provoked the world by testing a nuclear weapon, the supplicant said, "We're sorry. Please, pass the collection basket." The Dennis The Menance routine was part of the country's shaky policy to extract as many dona...

U. S. Population Reaches 300 Million; Wow, That's A Lot Of Lovemaking!

(Thu Oct 26th, 2006, by Tom Attea)

The US population has now reached 300 million. True, it has taken since the ancestors of the American Indians migrated across the Aleutian Islands and dropped in via Alaska and since the Mayflower contributed the first European contingent. But what c...

Omnipotent Weapon Enlisted To Halt Nuclear Proliferation: The Almighty Dollar

(Thu Oct 26th, 2006, by Tom Attea)

The Bush administration has finally turned in its battle against nuclear proliferation to the one Western weapon that is apparently downright omnipotent:The Almighty Dollar. Washington has begun to employ the mighty new weapon to cut off Iran and Nor...

President Of Iran Questions Iran's Right To Exist

(Thu Oct 26th, 2006, by Tom Attea)

With a surprising salvo of bravado, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked the provocative question, "Does Iran have a right to exist?" In the startling speech, he warned Western nations, especially European ones, that they will be hurt if t...

Too Much Thinking Syndrome

(Thu Oct 26th, 2006, by Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant)

Medical researchers have not yet identified it, but I'm sure I have a disease called Too Much Thinking Syndrome or TMTS. The symptoms are easy to identify: no matter what you're doing, you're thinking about something else. This explains why the clean...

Can You or Can't You

(Fri Sep 29th, 2006, by Timothy Whitt)

There are a lot of people out there who for one reason or another really can’t so something. This article is not about you so don’t be offended. This article is about all the other people who for one reason or another say they can’t do something, whe...

Partners as Mindreaders

(Fri Sep 29th, 2006, by Maggie Vlazny, MSW)

SPOUSE AS MINDREADER Well, I'm here to tell you that's not gonna happen. Though it's amazing how many people expect mindreading in a relationship. Particularly women. See, we women think we can read our partner's minds, and can't understand why its n...

HOLIDAY IN HADES?

(Thu Sep 28th, 2006, by Theolonius McTavish)

Copyright by Theolonius McTavish 2004. All rights reserved. HOLIDAY IN HADES? -- Or, more about life in the nether world from Our Man in Hades -- Who says things never change in Hades? To remain competitive with "high-performance" earth-bound produc...

Just Dialogue 3

(Wed Sep 27th, 2006, by Punkerslut)

Just Dialogue 3 By Punkerslut It's all jus' dialogue! An Interview With Truth It is almost popular now to casually remark on the negative effects of smoking cigarettes. "Yeah, that's almost as dangerous as smoking," one teen comments about the sugg...

Emotional and Practical Efficiency.

(Wed Sep 27th, 2006, by Thick Mick.)

"Life is about living with people, not counting the seconds". With a grin on your face and an open mind, consider the following efficiencies: Use one word where it is enough. Use two words where you wish to use twice as many. Find a friend who is th...