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Found on the comcast website: Ugliest Musicians of all time

Some I agree totally, others I look at and thing wha...? Why them? How do you divide those deliberately ugly from those unfortunately ugly to those situationally ugly? And what about those who are oddly attractive while being physically repellent?

I'll tell you though, there's one guy that makes me think of the written description of Severus Snape except his nose it too small and if Snape of the movies had looked like him, I wouldn't want him within ten feet of me!

...Is to send rude emails to the non-childfree! As mentioned in an entry in author John Scalzi's blog (extract below):

This comes in the wake of having received a ten or twelve paragraph e-mail by one of those nutbag childfree folks. As most of you know, I enjoy getting hateful mail from psychotic people, because usually nothing perks up the day like invective hurled at you by someone you don’t know. But this time around, I just wasn’t into it. The first paragraph just wasn’t there, you know? It was clear that this woman was yet another of those people incensed that the world would not give her love and chocolates just because she’s decided to make her inchoate loathing of children a cornerstone of her life. And really, I’ve been down this aisle and I’ve checked out all the specials. The prospect of wading through yet another of these formless rants just to be polite filled my brain with a lassitude the consistency of heavy molasses prior to a February thaw.

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A few weeks ago me and my mum were watching tv and there was some transexual on TV. She blurted out that transexuals were selfish. She said they were selfish because they dont give a shit about how any of their family or friends percieve them, because they want to be another sex. She says they're all "me, me, me". It's like "I want to be a woman, and I dont care what anyone thinks" and she says this is unforgivabley selfish. My mother confuses me sometimes, but this was definitely the most bigotted and mind-fucking thing she's ever said.

What has this got to do with being childfree, you ask? Well, as I began to question her on just why it's so selfish, because basically they're the same person underneath and their sex change should not have any effect on your life, here's her main reason...

THEY WONT HAVE KIDS.

My mother said to me that if I were to have a sex change, or made myself infertile in anyway, that would be incredible selfish because she would MOURN the grandchildren I wouldn't be providing her. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU MOURN SOMETHING THAT NEVER EXISTED? She says that even if my brother had kids, she'd still want grandchildren from me. Now who's being selfish?

WTF? SRSLY!

I just took a lovely trip to Los Angeles.  I didn't want to come home and I'm seriously thinking of moving.

Part of this trip -- the best part -- was reacquainting with my former best friend from college.  She found me via Google because she missed me a lot (seriously, how cool is that!).  She is a PNB extraordinaire -- loves them but yet will bitchslap any moo who tells her not to discipline them (happened in a grocery).  She has a nanny and decided she was having too much fun lunching and shopping with me to not beg said nanny to pick up her kids at daycamp.  Both she and her husband went out with Mr. Janus and I to a hot spot for dinner and then indicated they were SO HAPPY not to discuss the kids.  Apparently they are totally immersed in a neighborhood where everyone plays Keeping Up with the Joneses, Child Edition.  Nothing has changed.  In fact, when we walked into a store, we both squealed "OOOOH, SALE" at the same time, and then laughed.

Excellent, right?  Well, it was!  Until I happened to talk to my mother via cell who was leaving on a trip of her own to visit her only Golden Grandsprog.

The first thing out of her mouth?  Not how is my former best friend, how is Los Angeles, not even how is the weather there?  It's:  "What are her kids like?  Are they nice?  Are they cute?"

I was so fucking irritated, I snarled "WHO CARES".  That seemed to surprise her a bit, so I didn't let up.  "I don't care what her kids are like, she was happy to have some time away.  Why would I know?"  

"Well, I thought maybe you went to her house..."  BS.  Why then isn't "what is her neighborhood like?"  "Is her house pretty?"

If this seems a little over the top of a response on my part, I've noticed that apparently my parents have this creeping amnesia that I told them I couldn't have kids (True...in letter if not in spirit) and keep dropping subtle (or not so subtle) hints.  As far as they know I could die or be maimed.  WTF?!

I'm not being nice anymore.  That really pissed me off on a perfectly good vacation night.

The different types of anti-choice wingnuts, starting from nutcases and finally showing what a true pro-choicer is.

http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/gradations_of_an_anti_choice_wingnut/

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The weather was really fine this evening and I decided to visit the "Pragfriedhof" ("Prague cemetary" in Stuttgart. It's the biggest cemetary here and I didn't visit every corner. But is so nice there, like a park, quite, green... and there was a movie-team shooting for a feature, but I didn't recognize the main character.

So, here we go...

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I was drinking coffee when I clicked on this baby elephant picture and nearly choked. *squee*

We're Angora GOATS!

(and our mom, and one shot of a hyooman's lap)

Thank the gods that Kaiser Permanente has a permanent birth control program for both men and women. I have both the Pre Op and the Procedure date all set up! I was completely amazed at how serious the nurses took my request and how I was never bingoed-not once did I hear any of the cliches:-D

My Pre Op date is 8/8/08 and the date of the procedure is on 8/22/08. I am hoping that the doctor will not be a prick but in any case I'll let everyone know.

The nurse who runs the program is named Karil Craig and I SO suggest this class if you're offered it-they also handle medicare in their programs.

(Edited for a minor spelling mistake.)

Title: Together
Fandom: DC Comics
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Diana/Io
Word Count: 1,221
Summary: Written for the DCU femslash porn battle. Wonder Woman, Diana/Io: scars. Diana and Io are the last of the Amazons, but that doesn’t mean they’re alone.

There was a time when those long bare legs and muscular arms grew from a daringly star-spangled costume, sexual, sensual, invincible, the color that was eventually stolen from the drab armor she now wore from head to toe.

Subject: A Song of Ice and Fire
# of Icons: 50
Examples:

The rest are located here at my icon journal.

Normally I dont have any problems riding public transport. I start work at 2pm so the trains are pretty empty at that time of day. This week however they are doing work on one of the stations and they all seem more packed that usual. Today however the whole car was filled by the Moomy brigade.

About 2 stops into my trip they got on, four mothers with 3 huge strollers and about 8 kids total. Two of the ones in the strollers were released. Of course the one little girl who was released (about 2yrs old) and her brother had to climb on the seat in front of me. And up and down the little girl climbed. The woman next to me, no relation to the kids, was grinning at her like an idiot the whole time which I believed just encouraged her. The other kids were running up and down the aisle. The mothers just talked to one another ignoring the brood.

Two stops later the real fun started. The door opened and the little girl noticed it and tried to take off through the door. Her mother was paying enough attention to grab her and pull her back in the train but there went the tantrum. Ive heard air-raid/tornado sirens that were quieter than she. The child screeched and stomped and fell on my foot and screeched some more. The mother just laughed and talked to her friend ignoring it all. Around me I saw I wasnt the only one cringing.

One stop later, and it was the longest ride between those two in my life, we all got off. Of course they had their strollers parked facing the doors. They got the kids in and rounded up and then realized that oops their arms are too short and they cant reach the door button over the massive sprog containers. A gentleman who had his umbrella with him (who knows why it is a lovely day) reached and poked the button with it.
We all finally managed to get out of the train but it was certainly work. Especially since the middle door on the train car we were in was out of order.

Right now I am just thankful that I wont be sharing a car with them on their return trip.

Hey I just wanted to post a thank- you to everyone who answered my questions a few days ago. I really appreciate the support and kind words as well. I did talk to my mom and scheduled my first appointment with a therapist the very same day. I can say how relieved I actually feel that I am no longer alone in this and proud of myself for taking this hard, but very important step finally. And surprisingly enough, my mom was very supportive.

So thanks again guys- I'm glad to have found such a helpful community.

EW (Entertainment Weekly) Magazine just named their "25 Most Romantic Gestures in Film" and Disney's Beauty and the Beast made the list w/ Beast's gift of the Library to Beauty.
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20207076_20207079_20214543,00.html
(number 13 though in no particular order)

A friend of mine will be directing a production of Beauty and the Beast: the Musical next Spring. He's inlisted me to make all of the costumes for it, and we've been searching for pictures from the Broadway musical to go off of. We can't find hardly anything (just tiny pictures), and I was wondering if anyone here could help. Could anyone direct me to any pictures from the Broadway version or have pictures that they could pass along? We need all the characters, so any pictures would be great. Thank you so much in advance!

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7.
cho carrach ri creag
cho lom ri bòrd
cho geur ri sgian
cho maol ri òrd

7.
as crusty as a crag
as bare as a table/ board
as sharp as a knife
as blunt as a hammer

( samhl' eile )

Below you will find the nations with negative population growth. 
       Negative Population Growth is where you have more humans dying than being born.
The 4th column from the left shows what year that country will be down to its last person(+/- a hundred years)
Question: How long will it take for the human race to die out with current population rates?

Summary:  We are much more apt to die of overpopulation than underpopulation.  Numbers don't lie.  Tell the breeders to stick that in their uterii and birth it.

Edit: 1124.5 people/sq km not per sq. mile