Month: July 2004

  • Malaprop

    One of the best things about being with Ron is his constant need to entertain me with malaprops. I’ve told you before of ‘I made it from my scratch’ and ‘do you have my drift?’ but sometimes a mere (purposeful) mispronunciation will make me smile. The latest is pronouncing ‘banana’ as ‘ba-nay-nay’ – in obvious […]

  • Am I a Felon or Not?

    As Florida gears up for another clusterfuck repeat of the 2000 debacle – People for the American Way (that name makes me just ache with patriotism) has published the list of possible felons purged from the Florida rolls. At least here in Chicago they run elections the old fashioned way – by buying them. Glad […]

  • Tell the CDC to Grow Some Balls

    The CDC has informed all HIV prevention organizations that they have to submit all documents, promotion, brochures and flyers in advance of receiving funding. Then politically appointed censors rather than health officials will now decide what’s acceptable in terms of HIV prevention and education. So basically only anything that is abstinence-only-marriage-first-fags-are-gross is going to get […]

  • Truckers Spy on You

    Remember the bright idea Ashcroft had about having service workers and postal carriers spying on the rest of us? Operation TIPS? Well it didn’t go through – but that doesn’t mean it still isn’t going to happen in one form or another. The Department of Homeland Security this year gave $19.3 million to the American […]