Apparently, that's actually a sign of a healthy diet (no, seriously)...

That's an entire way of life, out here in Oklahoma. :p

With all due respect to these talented, compassionate people, nothing short of anotherfuckingplacetolive.com* is going to cut it.

*I should know; I live here. :p

There's a contradiction if I ever heard one...

Sure, as long as demand, relative to supply, holds up. What are the odds? With the influence of unions (which have artifically propped-up trade wages) beginning to go by the wayside and theoretical increased attendance in trade schools (as per Bloomberg's advice), I'd say those odds were slim.

No, this is yet another case of "do as I say, not as I do" which is the M.O. of successful mouthpieces like Bloomberg. After all, it's not as if he and his ilk are going to actually give the peasants advice that might threaten to put them on a more level playing field... :p

Q.E.D. Most Americans (hell, most people anywhere) lack any sort of philosophy or reality-based worldview of their own and are forced to turn to mainstream media (which is all too eager to hand out their convenient, pre-packaged version with super-sticky adhesive backing).

To quote James Bovard (sorry, folks; this one doesn't get credited to ole' Ben Franklin after all):

"Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to eat for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote."

However, it'd be far more entertaining for the rest of us if you drove it around at 100mph (on good old 18th and 19th century style rails-on-wood-in-pebble ballast) and called it a train... :p

All ten of them will no doubt be thrilled to hear this.

I must tell you, I love your posts. I haven't read one yet that didn't have the relevance and impact of a freight train.

I've simply got to know: are you actually a girl... or are you merely training to become one? :p

Here's an even better reason: because you do not want that shit reproducing...

Pfft, I can achieve more with less.

Just give me Taco Bell.

Those sound so familiar; I'm thinking I might've come across them on urbandictionary.com (at the same time, if I'm not mistaken, as I found about the "dirty sanchez" and "rusty trombone")...

The price is perfectly realistic, really; in fact, it's quite well thought-out. By the time these are ready for large-scale roll-out, inflation will have caught up nicely.

The look on the four year old's face (when she's accusing her sister of being the culprit) is usually a more effective giveaway (not to mention a less-noxious one)... :)