Tag: writing
group name: pastafarians
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December 15, 2006 07:03 PM EST --
Sometimes I feel like my life is a never ending tirade. I go on and on about diverse subjects, sometimes just to get a rise out of people, but most of the time in the hope of getting . . .
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December 19, 2006 06:35 PM EST --
It seems that I hit a touch of a nerve with the last God rant, so I guess that means that it is time for another one. I am not much for limiting my expression to things that can be said in good taste, . . .
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February 13, 2007 08:01 PM EST --
The other night, I watched in disgust as Arizona Republican Senator John "Flip-Flop" McCain stood on the floor of the U.S. Senate and told Democrats Harry Reid and Dick Durbin that it was not . . .
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December 30, 2006 08:21 AM EST --
There has been a lot of activity in recent weeks surrounding some astounding new discoveries in the Middle East. Much of the buzz was overshadowed by th recent conflicts between Lebanon and Israel, but . . .
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September 03, 2008 05:35 PM EDT --
My wife calls me the Grammar Nazi, and while I don't particularly appreciate the association with fascist regimes, I am rather strict about proper usage of the English language. A while back, I developed . . .
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December 12, 2006 02:01 AM EST --
A couple of things have managed to really get under my skin today...okay - more than a couple, but I'm short on time and patience right now, so I'm just gonna bust a couple of myths and then call . . .
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December 30, 2006 08:39 PM EST --
Last night, the Iraqi government -- which is unable to provide the most basic services to even the residents of Iraq's largest city -- executed their former president, Saddam Hussein. The Bush Administration . . .
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December 07, 2006 04:26 PM EST --
Having been consigned to the status of "moonbat" by the consensus of the Gather right-wing community, I am obliged to provide a little insight into the reasoning behind some of the views . . .
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May 06, 2007 10:34 PM EDT --
Since coming to this community last November, I've had the pleasure of discovering some very gifted, and very insightful writers, as well as some very interesting (to say the least) personalities. . . .
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January 04, 2007 12:37 AM EST --
Today, President George W. Bush revealed to America that he has come to grips with an idea many of us know of as "fiscal responsibility." In an op-ed piece published in the Wall Street Journal, . . .
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March 21, 2008 09:06 AM EDT --
As our ship of state slowly sinks, leaving most Americans dazed and confused, scurrying for any life boat to help them rescue their mortgages, save their jobs, educate their children, pay for health care, . . .
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December 13, 2007 06:34 AM EST --
The green glass ball was the size of a very large grapefruit. It was an odd, sort of warm shade of green with hints of gold and surprisingly heavy, which implies a certain robust quality that may help . . .
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February 20, 2007 07:15 PM EST --
The Illogic of Empire
by Gary Younge
From the February 5, 2007 edition of The Nation magazine.
On March 6, 1947, not long after Britain had set a timetable for withdrawing . . .
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May 03, 2007 04:51 PM EDT --
"Cut-n-run" -- What the Bush administration did in Afghanistan in order to prepare for the invasion of Iraq, ultimately resulting in the escape of Osama bin Laden and much of his al Qaeda network . . .
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May 07, 2007 07:17 PM EDT --
I'm writing this on the "T" to Central Square to meet RG. We're going to Rise's for dinner. It is a first. She hadn't even given him her new address until last night when she . . .
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February 01, 2007 06:53 PM EST --
Windows Vista was released the other day. By the standards of their previous operating systems they should have the bugs worked out of it by about the time the universe comes to a cataclysmic end. In the . . .
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June 15, 2008 10:36 PM EDT --
He called me at the office. It was late on Friday and I knew he held out till the last minute, hoping I'd call him instead. I didn't so he felt compelled. When you've engaged in a love affair . . .
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October 17, 2007 06:43 AM EDT --
My partner asked me to write a short biography about himself for the back cover of a new book he is publishing. As far as I know he has never written his own resumé or bio. He's avoided, for . . .
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January 16, 2007 06:51 PM EST --
I have been curious about this for some time. I have comprehensive insurance on my car which basically means that if a tree falls on my car, or it gets destroyed by a hailstorm I am covered. I am also . . .
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January 14, 2007 12:00 PM EST --
Cruising through the pages today and looking in on the political discussions we participate in holding strongly to our opinions trying to make a change to the chaos of the world, I am left thinking that . . .
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