- Top California court rules gays can marry– I cannot top Elyse’s comment on this which is: ” Let’s get this baby-raping turtle-fucking party started!” Thanks Elyse, tea nearly shot out my nose because of your wise political commentary on the slippery slope argument.
- You believe it. But do you think it?– An interesting article about, for one, the problem with newspaper polls. Thanks Emory!
- How to make your eye feel closed when it’s really open– I know you’re all going to try this, right?
- I love vaccines– And I love this anti-antivaccinationist rant on Pandagon.
- Neil Young gets spider named after him– Who’s jealous? Admit it.
Hate to rain on Elyse and your parade, but it’s a bit too late to get the turtle-fucking started anywhere but right here in Worcester, MA where we’ve had a monument to it since just after the turn of the 20th century. That statue, affectionately known by locals as Turtle Boy, stands quite near the court house in downtown Worcester.
Massachusetts: first in gay marriage AND turtle-fucking!
Oh I am so not jealous of Neil Young. I’ll pit my asteroid against his spider any day of the week. BRING IT ON, NEIL YOUNG’S SPIDER.
Oh! That photo of the kids in the iron lung is heartbreaking.
My mom has told me stories of the terror parents and children alike felt with the approaching summer and its increased risks for polio infection. I think anti-vac people are living with the luxury of ignorance of those times.
Also, how do unvaccinated kids get educated? Back in my day (when we wore onions on our belts…), you weren’t permitted to register for school without a ream of paper documenting your vaccines. Have school districts given this up?
Rebecca: I am somewhat partial to spiders, but I have to admit, an asteroid is waay more badass.
MikeORisal–
I meant turtle-fucking party West Coast style… East Coast turtle fucking is inferior.
Ooh! Ooh! I did the vision thing. It was really, really cool. Especially covering the “blind” eye, feeling it was actually open, uncovering it again and experiencing the “blind” feeling returning!
I wonder if I can get my students to do it…
You know, pretty much everyone in the military has done that in a different form. When the flares light up at night, you close one eye to keep it dark-adjusted for when the flare goes out again.
Mike, that statue is hysterical! Even the guy’s facial expression is like, “Oh yeah, hot sweet turtle ass.”
As a University of Maryland alumnus, I am deeply offended by references to the sexual abuse of terrapins.
I am close to snapping. If you do not desist, I will file a sexual harassment lawsuit, and then you’ll really have to shell out.