HOUSE BILL NO. 751 Offered January 14, 2004 Prefiled January 14, 2004 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 20 a section numbered 20-12.1, relating to the Affirmation of Marriage Act for...
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Am I the only one who is bothered by the widespread use of the word "troop" to refer to individuals? If a "troop" has become just one person, then what's an actual troop? A gaggle? A throng? A flock?...
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"This beer has one third the calories? Good. That means I can have three." - Redd Foxx, "Sanford and Son" It occurs to me that I haven't publicly made it clear just how asinine I find the low-carb craze that...
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D-City of Buena Park, Ban Sale of Fireworks Vote Count Percentage Yes 1567 49.6% No 1593 50.4% I really, really hope a Buena Park precinct or two has yet to be counted, because I was eagerly looking forward to not...
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If I wanted to buy a Hummer in the greater Los Angeles area, I'd know just where to go. I could leave my house and pull that new Hummer into my driveway a couple of hours later. Same with a...
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Even if I had absolutely no interest in the products sold in the Athleta catalog, I'd still enjoy getting it in the mail. That's because I like looking at this: ... a whole lot more than I like looking at...
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When you stay up late watching TV while you fold laundry and generally futz around your house, you start to see some really great commercials starting around midnight or 12:30. One of my favorites is is the ad for the...
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Why oh why did I not open this catalog until I was pretty much done with my shopping? I'm sure somebody on my list really needed those record coasters, the duct tape wallet, the writers finger puppets, an animal lamp,...
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I am interested in basketball. I am interested in the Kobe Bryant rape trial. I am not interested in hearing an update on how Kobe feels now that he's eaten a burger for lunch, or whether Kobe's new shoes are...
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Southern California is on fire, and even though the flames really aren't anywhere near our house, the ashes are. If the ashfall continues at this rate, I'm going to make myself an ashman. With a corncob pipe and a...
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This is a very brief commentary on a certain campaign launched to make heterosexuals feel better about being heterosexuals.
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There's an enormous supermarket strike going on in Southern California. It involves 70,000 workers at Albertson's, Ralph's (which is the same thing as Kroger), and Vons (which is also Pavilions, which is also Safeway). I had read that a strike...
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I thought those of you who don't live in California, and therefore won't have the pleasure of voting today, might appreciate a visual or two. Of special note here in case you didn't know about this: if you can make...
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So, there was one kind of anniversary yesterday, and a different kind today. I celebrated being a non-smoker by spending an hour on hold with Countrywide Financial. Why, you might ask? I'll show you. What you should know to follow...
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Yossarian the Kitty Guest is settling in nicely—thanks to those of you who provided advice on the transition! He's confined to my study right now, and he doesn't seem to mind so much. He has a good view of the...
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I went to the Sephora in Downtown Disney tonight to pick up some sunscreen. It's probably ridiculous that I buy my sunscreen at Sephora, but I wear it on my face every day, and I have very specific sunscreen needs....
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We headed out to UCLA yesterday to go see a small production of a play our friend Ryan wrote. It was a comedy called The Three Christs of Ypsilanti, and it was inspired by the true story of three mental...
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This post from razorart reminded me of a conversation I regularly used to have with parents who brought their non-swimmer children to the municipal pool where I was a lifeguard. It went something like this: Me: "Hi. I just rescued...
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Today was Day Two of my "Get Up in the Morning Like A Normal Person" plan. I've been a night person since I was a kid, and I'm fine with that. I do not want—nor have I ever wanted—to...
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On friendster, my email address is listed as majorweather@yahoo.com. My full name is Shasta Turner. We have signed up with a gardening service just for the front. They are going to mow the lawn, edge the sidewalks & walkways, trim...
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It would seem that I'm in the middle of a full-blown insomnia phase. I accepted this fact when I realized that it had been well over an hour since I had taken a muscle relaxant that would normally knock me...
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We are refinancing our house. For several days, pretty much all I did was look at amortization charts to try to figure out how to get the best deal. Our mortgage payment will soon drop by $267 a month, which...
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This whole Iraqi playing cards thing really creeps me out. It strikes me as grotesquely clichéd, the product of too many movies that rely on heavy-handed symbolism to make the point that there's evil in the world, folks, evil. But...
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So, there are these old weight charts that were developed in the 1950s by insurance companies. There are all sorts of problems with these charts; they failed, for example, to take body type or activity levels into account. As a...
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I've always had problems with swim goggles; I just didn't seem to be able to find a pair that wouldn't leak. I tried goggles made specifically for women, goggles with special foam that's supposed to mold to your face shape,...
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1.) I am loving my new flat pens. They're bookmarks! They're pens! They don't make great big lumps in my books! 2.) J Crew is having a "Secret Sale" right now—you have to follow one of these links, because they...
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Have you seen these commercials? I was going to paraphrase them loosely, but then I found actual transcripts. Guy #1: It's a ploy. Guy #2: What? Guy #1: This "Drug Money Funds Terror"; it's a ploy. Guy #2: A ploy....
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Progressively responsible leadership. Marshalling resources. Managing multiple projects. Balancing global concerns with attention to detail. Versatile and student-centered. Innovative approaches to the use of technology in the classroom. Maintaining productivity in a deadline-driven environment. Conflict resolution skills. Increased site traffic...
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All Christmas presents have been purchased and wrapped. By me, even. Those of you who are habitually on the ball might not understand the import of that first statement. This is not just unusual; it's unprecedented. Normally, I'd still be...
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bohunk says: oh! and confidential to all customers everywhere, when someone offers you a catalog, accept it with thanks and go. just go. do not, i repeat, do not make comments about bathroom reading. and if you have the self-control...
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So, today, I: Went to my friend Kelly's apartment, because it's been way too long since I've seen her. We went to have lunch on the Third Street Promenade. A pigeon stole one of my fries. Next, we went and...
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I'm getting panicky about money. At the end of spring semester, I cut down dramatically on work to leave myself available for full-time dissertation writing. I never made a huge amount of money, and we were doing more or less...
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It is hot. Really hot. And before you say to me, "Oh, Shasta. You don't know from heat. It is only 90 degrees where you live, and it is 106 degrees here. So, you see, you should not be hot,...
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Around these parts, the Fourth of July seems to start about now. It then goes on for weeks. Some asshole down the street bought a megaphone recently, and he's been doing things like having conversations with our next-door neighbors through...
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So, there's this thing that happens when you watch movies made in the US but set in France. This thing is that American actors, the vast majority of whom lack the skills to even approximate a bad French accent, instead...
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So, I'm heading out to the first freeway of my commute today, and the traffic on the street is terrible. Really, really awful. I was leading an evening workshop and was coming in later than usual because I'd be staying...
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Today, I transplanted some cute little succulents into the bed that was too hot for last year's Zinnias, planted some Impatiens in the bed that was too shady for anything but clover, transplated some Petunias into pots, and tried to...
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So, I was listening to the Pretenders today as I got stuck in traffic on the 91, the 57, and the 10, and it occurred to me that Chrissy Hynde might very well be the coolest woman on earth. Who...
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First: receiving official documents of one kind or another and finding that someone has decided to append my husband's last name to my first name. I didn't change my last name when I got married. That was a conscious choice....
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"We face as a nation the deep, profoundly perturbed and perturbing question of our relationship to others—other cultures, states, histories, experiences, traditions, peoples, and destinies. There is no Archimedean point beyond the question from which to answer it; there is...
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I'm developing a real hatred for one of our mail carriers. I know which one it is. It's the one who walked up with the mail not long after we moved in. "Hi," I said. "Keep your dogs in the...
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This community is incredibly disturbing. Particularly when I get to quotes like this: "How do you guys feel about Rice Cakes? Too fattening? It just when i get to feeling to weak i need to naw on something and I...
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... and because I'm sick of the neighbor's car alarm talking in the middle of the night, here is a list of Fifteen Things that Get or Have Gotten on My Nerves. 1. People with car alarms that talk, of...
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When I take off my glasses, I can't see a damned thing. I have tried contacts, but I always seem to stop wearing them after a while. I have allergy problems, and they always irritate my eyes. Plus, I'm kind...
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I think I'd almost rather be looking at her for President... Really, though... is it silly to hope still? November 8, 2000 12:00:00 Web posted at: 4:10 a.m. EST (0910 GMT) (CNN) — CNN retracted its estimate early Wednesday that...
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I think I need to start leaving the house periodically when I really need to get work done. I find so many things to distract myself when I'm home. I had a big pile of work I should have been...
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