You're welcome, and thanks for the heart.

Thank you. I really like that I got out "disingenuous fuckface" and "hateful simpletons." *glows with adjective/noun pride*

It has happened all sorts of places. Here is one story, from Portobello Aquarium in New Zealand, which had an octopus that "climbed out of his tank, stole the crayfish, replaced the lid on the crayfish tank, then returned to his own tank, shutting the door behind him."

Yeah! Maybe they won't count the cost of the wars into the deficit, just like Bush didn't, and our deficit will magically go down again! It'll be a miracle! And by "miracle" I mean "bald-faced lying lie."

Well, when every Republican candidate stands by and says NOTHING while a group of people boo a serving military person or call for the death of a person without insurance, I would say that there is a national belief that being unspeakably foul is the way to get power, influence, and fame.

The phrase "play the {blank} card" when applied to race or gender or anything else is inaccurate, dated, and right-wing-y (which is not a word). It is almost invariably applied by douchey blowhards to undermine the justifiable complaints of feminists or black people who get too uppity, and I think should be retired…

When he kissed the kitten I started grinning and haven't stopped yet.

THAT is a thing of beauty. Hence, a joy forever.

I saw that and was pleased.

You're welcome. I like when the Dutch guy refers to elves as "grotesque" and "unrealistic."

Great Britain: Promoting a-historical unity myths since 1066! (There was a contest to come up with a slogan for Great Britain, and this was one of the entries. And I love it very much.)

I read that BBC story when it came out, and it was a black hole of suckage.

USA indeed. I feel more patriotic just reading this awesome comment.

Do it! Do it! I cannot WAIT to be able to buy aerocline brand bananas/coffee/macadamia nuts (I don't do the other thing) at the store.

I always think that medieval paintings portray the Christ child as a 35-year-old pervy midget.

I'm from Colorado, and my immediate reaction was, "Um, it was Wyoming." I know that because it is IMPORTANT.

First, I'm hearting you. Second, all of the people replying who keep saying what happened to you wasn't "spanking" it was "beating" or "abuse" are completely missing your point, which is that the definition is fuzzy, there is no way to clarify the definition to the satisfaction of all, and most importantly: it…

When I was, say, 10, I asked my dad if homosexuality was unnatural. He said, "No! Lot's of animals practice homosexuality!" "Like what animals?" I asked. "Oh, cats, dogs, horses, cows, pigs, ducks, chickens..." and he proceeded to name every animal he could think of off the top of his head.

Well-earned. Because that story was horrifying, and octobunny, your comment was excellent.

I had the same groping happen in Muscat, Oman. The Asian and Middle Eastern women got taken behind a screen to get groped, but the (evidently whorish so it doesn't matter?) European-looking women got groped in front of everyone. Nothing like having a niqab-clad woman who came up to my chest feeling me up in front of a…