I thought I'd seen it all, then I found this wonderful poem on youtube. Bear in mind that these are the people who think Allan Greenspan sold out and that the real problems we face come from too much regulation.



Maybe he should go to the Libertarian Paradise that is Somalia?



(Yes this one is a parody.)

For those that know me that should be a bit of a surprise. Still, after my grandmother passed away some six years ago the garden has turned into a mess. The wild raspberry plants have invaded one flowerbed, and another plant (whose name I don't know) started spreading like wildfire in another. So today I finally did what I should have done years ago and tore most of them up and chucked them away.

What really surprises me is that even after all these years of utter neglect there are still flowers growing, some tulips and other flowers that I can't identify. I always thought that a few years without tending would quickly do in a flowerbed, but apparently I was wrong.

I've been thinking of photographing the garden, maybe after I mow the lawn, and uploading the pictures to livejournal. Then again I keep saying that every now and again as I walk about, it'd be nice if I actually used that camera I bought all those years ago. Still I think I'll actually start doing it now, be a pity to let all of these days pass by without some documenting.

I think the subject line can tell you what this chapter was all about, the book in question ("Home Fun" by Cecil H. Bullivant) was published in 1910 and it shows! To the audience of the time this was clean, innocent fun, to us it is shockingly offensive. It is a product of its time, and I post it as such.

Since I lack a scanner at this time I can't scan the images in this book, which is a pity, but I'll try to get around to that eventually. For the most part they are fairly innocuous, at least compared to the text.

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- Top 100 grossing films of all time.
- Bold what you've seen.
- Underline what you own.

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And since it is Christmas it is the time for Christmas carols, and who better to sing Christmas carols than our beloved Westboro Baptist Church? Indeed when it comes to spreading innocent Christmas cheer they're right up there with the Ku Klux Klan's men's choir. So without any further ado...


Now doesn't that just warm your heart? And remember if they're right Santa Claus will warm the rest of you as well!

Merry Christmas!

(And yes these people are crazy)

Who'd have thought it!

Today I've decided to regale my readers with something quite different, namely a fun story that I wrote a while ago. It's a childrens story, and it's meant to be very sweet. Hope you like it!

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I am actively looking for beta-readers, but before I begin to describe my project there's something I have to say. I've run into a lot of people who say that they want to be beta-readers, but weeks go by and there's no reply. Sometimes they admit that they just didn't have the time to read, other times they string you along for ages.

I'm sure you'll agree that sort of thing is very annoying. So please don't chime in unless you actually have the time and the energy necessary to read this through, and make comments on the way.

If you're still interested details of the novel and the setting can be found below.
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Well I promised cariadwen that I'd post this after she answered the questions for me so here you are:

a) Tell you why I friended you.

b) Associate you with something -- a song, color, photo, etc.

c) Tell you something I like about you.

d) Tell you a memory I have of you. (This could be fuzzy, ye are warned.)

e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you.

f) Tell you my favorite userpic from your list.nicer if I saw you for real.

g) In return, post this on your own Livejournal

Took this test since Kippurbird did, here ya go:

There Are 0 Gaps in Your Knowledge

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