Item the first: Ginger Vinagrette Dressing is teh yum. Item the second: Today at Central Market on a whim I picked up a bottle of pure cane sugar Dr. Pepper. Oh my. Can someone please explain to me why we traded our souls and good taste for High Fructose Corn Syrup? Item the third: My dog Jake is a total freak. First, he just looooves pocky. He even knows the word pocky, and pays close attention if I have any. Second, bought a bottle of ginger beer (not alchoholic, it's like root beer, only it's ginger beer). This stuff has…

Montana News – Independent Record Nichols said the toddler ran for the bong. When she tried to waive the toddler away, the child threw a fit. Durham told Nichols that her daughter wanted the bong and proceeded to light the residue in the pipe. Durham sucked marijuana smoke into the pipe and gave the bong to her daughter, Nichols testified. “She (the toddler) put her mouth on it and took a big hit,” she said.

Makes sense to me! I'm all for teaching DUHin America's schools!

I will answer! Get your position here

I love this man. Stupid Granny – “You bought a clearly marked, M rated game for your 14 year old grandson. Lawsuit dismissed.” At least, it ought to be. Here's a terrific commentary on the subject: Hillary vs. the Xbox: Game over I'm writing to commend you for calling for a $90-million study on the effects of video games on children, and in particular the courageous stand you have taken in recent weeks against the notorious “Grand Theft Auto” series. I'd like to draw your attention to another game whose nonstop violence and hostility has captured the attention of millions…

When information grows scant, rumor and innuendo swell to fill the void. When the press grows timid, half-truths and rhetoric pass as facts.

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Er. Yeah. I started Half-Blood Prince on Wednesday, and finished it last night. Holycrap but that was good. I really should have guessed who the Half-Blood Prince was. At least it's safe to read LJ again. We're going to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tomorrow night. I think I'll read that next. I know the book is darker than the 1971 movie, but it can't possibly be as dark as HPatHBP. Then I think it'll be time for some adult reading. I've got a book on Thomas Jefferson I've been meaning to get to.

The heavens opened up this afternoon and dumped much needed rain in Austin. Of course, drivers here are idiots under the best of conditions. We decided to stay at work until at least 6:30, then see if traffic looked ok. It did, so we left. A half mile or so from the office, we're at a light and I'm looking ahead at the wet road, and many many red tail lights, and the rain still coming down a bit, and I'm feeling uneasy. My wreck in Dallas was over a year ago – and I still get the willies in…

Dad Boxed With 3-Year-Old, Mom Says In Murder Trial – from TBO.com Even though the boy would shake and wet himself, his father, Ronnie Paris Jr., would box with the 3-year-old, slapping him in the head until he cried because he didn't want his son to grow up to be “a sissy,'' the boy's mother testified Monday. … He was returned to his parents Dec. 14, five days after his third birthday. He had been with them six weeks when he died.