July 2007

This story gives a whole new meaning to “suprise” party:

“A Belgian man appeared in court on Friday after a woman at his dinner party found the bodies of his wife and stepson in the freezer as she put away the leftovers, prosecutors said. The woman went to the police after discovering the 46-year-old woman and her 11-year-old son and officers arrested the man in the town of Verviers, near Liege in east Belgium, on Wednesday. “She went to the freezer and that is what she saw. She then alerted the police,” said Georges Lahaye of the local public prosecutors’ office.”

I’ve been to some WILD parties in my day, but never THAT wild. I’m guessing that lady friend won’t go back to any of his dinner parties in the future.

From what I have witnessed around these parts, it’s still hard for individuals with disabilities to find a decent job in this day and age. With the proper support and perhaps a modification to the process or work area, these individuals can and will do a great job. A friend sent me the link to this story about Walgreen’s, which proves that point exactly. 

I tip my hat to this company for making the accommodations necessary to employ a diverse workforce and in the process, getting a 20% higher efficiency from this particular distribution plant. They are smart enough to realize the talent and potential of this under utilized group of people. Other companies are starting to take notice and this gives me great hope for the future for my daughter and for many other talented individuals who may not have otherwise been able to find gainful employment.

Oh hi.  How ya doin’?  Mr. Fabulous here.  Richard asked me to keep an eye on things while he is putting together the final pieces in his diabolical plan to achieve world domination on vacation.

I’m pretty busy, so my first inclination was to politely decline.  But Richard strikes me as the kind of guy who doesn’t take “no” for an answer.  Plus in every photo I’ve seen of him he looks like he could kick my pasty white ass and not even break a sweat.

I couldn’t agree fast enough.

So I really think it was out of line for Richard to kidnap Mrs. Fab and keep her imprisoned in his secret mountain fortress as insurance that I would indeed guest post.  Whatever happened to taking a man at his word?

Hang in there honey, you’ll be home soon.

At first glance Richard and I don’t seem to have much in common.  He can be pretty political, he sometimes writes about serious stuff, and you always know where he stands.  I, on the other hand, like to sit in the backyard and tickle my toes.

But if you dig a little deeper you will see that Richard and I are actually quite a bit alike.  We both love South African gay porn.  We both love the vocal stylings of Tony Orlando and Dawn.  And we both love to pour Jim Beam on our morning Wheaties.

Plus we are both charter members of the Hello Kitty Fan Club.

Okay, I posted.  You can let her go, Richard.  Richard? 

Just testing – this is not me 🙂

His ass hurts.

Thanks for sharing THAT, big boy. You should get a One Way Street sign tattooed on that bum. And make sure it’s pointing in the right direction.

Well here I am doing my virgin post at Shadowscope. I’m still a little shocked that Richard actually trusted me with a set of keys, but I’ll do my best not to do anything too embarassing. Heh. Not.

Any of you who know me at all know that I am a believer of evolution and that Darwin, Sagan, et al. are “my peeps”. I could go into the details of evolution, or I could let Dr. Sagan tell you by sending you to this great short video, which culminates with “four billion years of evolution in forty seconds”. Pure gold.

Now as I get thinking more and more about evolution, it makes me wonder why certain traits have survived. What evolutionary value, for instance, do nipples on males have? Another thing I wonder about is that most of us mothers out there wonder why we haven’t evolved into having three hands?

I was thinking about all of these things while poking around here in the old Shadowscope vault, when I came across a baby picture of Richard that let me know exactly why two hands are just enough for men. One of my questions answered…

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