Check out Talking Heads – New Feeling http://ping.fm/qI4PL via @lastfm A cooool track from the Talking Heads that you won't hear on the radio.

Check out Beck – Lost Cause http://ping.fm/WJRgD via @lastfm A song about how every one of the Psycho's relationships ends up.

Check out Ween – Waving My Dick in the Wind http://ping.fm/q7sYv via @lastfm Huh huh huh...WEEN!!!!

The Wizard of Oz: Not a Good Matchmaker

People that I'm not going to follow back: The person with a profile but no picture and no tweets and the one with the same tweet x infinity.

People that I'm not going to follow back: The person with "adultsextape68" in their URL, or anyone else with "sex tape" in their URL.

RT @savvybabii Man Groomed by Gorillas On Trek in Uganda http://tinyurl.com/c2mef8v / Very cool!!

Right Wing Fundie Hypocrisy Rears its Ugly Head--Not Surprisingly

Right Wing fundamentalist Vanessa Anderson not only not surprisingly hates gays but advocates meanness towards plus size folk. Not only did Anderson decry Oprah Winfrey's beliefs that gay people should accept themselves as they are but she also joined in the "lulz" when one of her followers joked about "Oprah's fat ass."

That's Fundie Christian Love for you. Hate everybody who doesn't happen to subscribe to your belief system--or, apparently, to your ideals of what people should look like.

I do not know anything else about this person and I'm not sure how I got subscribed to her in the first place. All I know is that I find both her intolerance of gays and her belief that it's okay to laugh at larger people extremely offensive.

Mean Prank

On the Jimmy Kimmel show parents were encouraged to tell their kids that they were getting a "special gift" and then gave them something awful like a spoiled banana or half eaten sandwich and recorded the kids' reactions. 

My family was very poor when I was young. We lived in a house where big cockroaches got in and one time a cab driver was shot in front of our house by a pair of drug dealers. I appreciated every gift I got for the holidays and still do. But even at that I would have cried and wondered why my parents hated me so much if they gave me a spoiled banana for a "special gift." I would rather have gotten no presents at all (and once again, even having been raised to be grateful, I would have been sad about this) than to have gotten something nasty like that.

I really don't think that this prank was very funny.

http://ping.fm/q1AmE Wherein I rip shit on all the stupid spoiled attention whores out there.

Stupid Spoiled Attention Whores

So a bunch of spoiled crybaby Paris Hilton wannabes didn't get a car with a big red bow or the exact computer or I-phone or what the hell ever expensive thing that they wanted for Christmas and they went on Twitter to cry about it like the nasty little twats that they are. 

Waaah waaah waaah waaah waaaaaah! Useless wastes of oxygen. Just go fucking die. I hope you all end up broke living in the projects without a working pot to piss in. There are plenty of people who would love to have a place to live for their Christmas gift. There are some who didn't have the money to get their children anything at all. There are people for whom the only thing that they would want in this world is just to see a lost loved one another time. So you didn't get the perfect car or piece of technology that you wanted. Cry me a fucking river.

How about you take your crybaby ass down to the homeless shelter and see what it is really like to not have anything. Either that or go jump off a bridge. I seriously have no sympathy for you and your spoiled little shit problems. Come try my life of far from luxury for a day. You would be curled up in the fetal position pissing yourself because you are that useless. Now go away and stop taking up oxygen that real people might want to breathe.

Sincerely,

Blooming Psycho

http://ping.fm/uT0UC Whine whine whine. Do us all a favor and kill yourselves you spoiled little shits.

http://ping.fm/f2NXb Today's post at Animal Anarchy: an open letter to Pet Amber Alert

Life Don't Hold No Glamour Anymore

I was responding to my friend Alice who is on disability and has been in terrible pain since her knee surgery. Alice really could use some friends but I don't want to accidentally send trolls her way. If you would like to be a compassionate friend, email me at bloomingpsycho@gmail.com and if you are someone I trust, I will give you her blog URL. Alice is an intersexed person (someone born with both genders) and lives with depression and evidence of schizophrenia or a similar disorder. She was saying that she feels like it is her lot in life to be  alone and have no luck. I really feel very much the same way.

I don't know why good people have to have such bad luck. I'm not saying that I'm that good of a person but I don't think I'm that BAD of a person, and my luck is terrible. My son is a good person and he is very depressed. I think not having anything to cheer us, not having any money to have a little bit of a good time doesn't help, and certainly pain doesn't help. My pain levels aren't as bad as yours by any means, but I do have fibromyalgia and I walk with a bit of a "hitch in my git-along." My left foot turns out and I have sciatica. I hope things get better for you, that at least you won't be in so much pain.

I hate how we are told in this world that we have to be beautiful in a certain way to deserve anything good. LIES, ALL LIES! And yet I have bought in and swallowed the lie hook, line, and sinker.

http://ping.fm/VVKkO Judge Tadd Blizzard not only has a kick ass name but he kicks ass!

http://ping.fm/C46Wi Read the latest post on the Animal Anarchy blog.

"Dexter Stamp" - On Convicted Animal Abusers ID Card: http://ping.fm/vdMGs

Second Kitten Dies After Brutal Beating Yet Attacker Remains Free - ForceChange http://ping.fm/khoWS

Psycho must run and take care of a few things. It's a bird--it's a plane--it's a flying loon!

Check out Hellveto – Dramatu won http://ping.fm/BtSTF via @lastfm

Seriously--this co-worker walked by 5 minutes ago and is long gone and I can still smell her stanky cheap perfume & it's causing a headache.

If you walk by and the stank of your cheap cologne remains in the air 5 minutes later, it's time to get a better quality of cologne!

http://ping.fm/bVsvP Sharing tunes at Psychotic Brain Blend Eclectic Radio

RT @brickzdafuture I wish I had a DELETE button in my life. To delete somebody, some memories, and some feelings.

And now let us all turn in our Unholy Tomes to Dgestice 29:13. The Great Old Ones demand it via Word Captcha.

My most recent word captcha was "innumerable dipli." Which may be the actual description for word captchas.

RT @ispeakfemale I'll just cuddle my pillow like I always do, 'cause I like going to sleep pretending it's you.

http://ping.fm/eH7GL Now, ask me if I'm sorry I didn't go shopping today!

Few things are so full of Suck and Fail as those poorly rendered Truvia adverts. Special K ads are pure aural beauty by compare!

Stone Cold Facts from a Stone Cold Fox:
Bras r implements of torture meant 2 kill the souls of all who wear em 4 more than 5 hrs @ a time ♥

WTF ever happened to PARENTING? Parents should boycott that store in droves! What kind of parent lets their kids have CROTCHLESS PANTIES?

http://ping.fm/xClkq I've had it up to here w/the sexualizing of children & would not allow my teen to purchase crotchless panties either!

http://ping.fm/OqKIt Please sign. Anything less than the maximum sentence for this sick, evil person would be a joke.

This crazy Texas Cheerleeder movie is making me wonder why the hell people ever get married in the first place! Hormones, I guess.

http://ping.fm/CSuB3 I will be sharing tunes on Psychotic Brain Blend tonight.

My typing class was, in fact, taught by a Velociraptor.

The two spaces after a period thing is a holdover from before the advent of computers. I learned it in my high school typing class in 1982.

RT @sharonhayes Two spaces after a period—Why you should never, ever do it: http://slate.me/ummAov /via @TweetSmarter

http://ping.fm/zVx43 Here's a nice page that I wanted to share about the Waltons TV show.

http://ping.fm/maBIU A new post about old school and new school TV

UGH! I think that dreadful Truvia ad needs to win a VILE award! That "singer" gives the dreaded Rebecca Black a run for her money!

Thing is, that's a lot milder than some of the crap I see spewed on that site, and those jerks get to keep commenting. Go figure!

Well this is a first. Got banned from commenting on Huffington Post cos I told some wanker to be quiet, the grown-ups are talking.

http://ping.fm/axG4L I must say that thanks to the inspiration of www.estergoldberg.com Ester Goldberg I am a Blog Dynamo today!

http://ping.fm/CQkkv Rev. Jimmy Reptile's Sunday Musical Guests!

RT @anthonyloftis Help. My daughter, 13, is missing. Ran away to NYC. http://t.co/bjgUES6A All help appreciated. Please retweet.

http://ping.fm/bSmNN Cool Curmudgeon vs. Trashy Fame Whore Dept.

http://ping.fm/KGTqc Here is a friendly FB page filled with funny things!

http://ping.fm/UsfLt It's Pickle Appreciation Day, Beeyotchez!

http://ping.fm/G3Fi3 I get sick of the hate. "We have the right to pick on you cos you're fat." Fuck you!

http://www.old52.com/ Sometimes in the quest for progress, we get rid of the good old things. Bring some of them back here!

RT @justjimwilldo In awe of this shot by @davidllo http://ping.fm/XN6To The light on the antlers...!

http://ping.fm/NCppw Denver churches invite Occupy protesters for dinner.

RT @funnyortruth No one listening until you fart.

http://ping.fm/VR69v I'll be sharing songs tonight on the Psychotic Brain Blend FB page!

RT @funnyortruth
I hate when I forget to press send on my phone .. then sit and wait there for a reply like an idiot.

RT @unseeingeyes 8 things your tattoo (and where it is) says about you http://ping.fm/zDQ4w NEWS Pictures

I just accidentally friend requested someone I was trying to see if I'd be interested in subscribing to. I hope I like them!

http://ping.fm/YD6Ry Please come enjoy our new FB humor page.

http://ping.fm/eGrRi Another animal dead being transported by air.

http://ping.fm/Fb06x Very important animal issue. Improve conditions in Detroit!

http://ping.fm/S8tQu Some actually useful news re: your FB Feed!

I just joined GoodSearch to raise money for my favorite cause when I search or shop online. Help make a difference at http://soc.li/WfgjfEi

RT @thequotessource Dear boyfriends, I can make your girl scream louder than you can. Sincerely, Spider.

http://ping.fm/dlgMD Sharing music and weird ass news on Psychotic Brain Blend Radio page!

http://ping.fm/GaNwj Straight outta the "You Can't Make this Crap Up" files.

http://ping.fm/KCLMi I'm Ming Seiko on Google Plus. They said they'd suspend my account as Blooming Psycho.

http://ping.fm/EKKhw For you medical people: why is Benadryl contraindicated with asthma?

Now...what the hell was I doing?

Check out Baphomet – Infection of Death http://ping.fm/a8OpE via @lastfm

I need for my wallet to be fat like my butt!

RT @tiffanywickedd my wallet is anorexic
(Mine too! ~Blooming~)

RT @relatablenotes "I love Eminem" "The candy?" "No, the rapper" "What's so cool about M&M wrappers?"
#music humor rap hiphop

Check out Incantation – The Ibex Moon http://ping.fm/vMVDx via @lastfm

RT @grapechick You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. ~Attributed to both Golda Meir and Indira Gandhi

RT @iquotepics RT IF U CAN'T LIVE W/OUT
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RT @trendingu What if Bob had an extra O? He would be BOOB The Builder.

RT @tweetsmarter 9 Terrible Ways to Use Twitter for Business http://bit.ly/nOyP7E

Check out Carnage – Death Evocation http://ping.fm/hZ2MC via @lastfm

RT @thedailylove For your dreams to come true you have to grow into them. And that means becoming more by facing your fears! TDL

http://ping.fm/RRmp3 Little missing girl. Please share.

Check out Adramelech – The Book of the Worm http://ping.fm/qzonC via @lastfm

I suppose it does not really matter if I tweet songs to my default. I need not worry of offending my one Facebook friend, my sister!

Check out Brutality – Crushed http://ping.fm/itbUY via @lastfm Old school--the best!

I usually get the treating others decently down pretty well. It's the treating myself decently that comes hard.

RT @1dpride what makes you beautiful is not the appearance but the way you treat everybody else and the way you treat yourself.

Sounds like premise for cheesy scary movie: phone rings, caller hangs up before you can answer. It (gasp) just happened to me!

Test post

http://ping.fm/U6uj9 Please share this beautiful cat. Time is critical.

http://ping.fm/lltMt Please share this cat to find her a new home. Time is critical!

People don't get what they deserve, they get what they get. ~Gregory House

“Life is not what it's supposed to be. Its what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference." ~Virginia Satir

http://ping.fm/GjSwY Snakes mating

http://ping.fm/eWsPf Deplorable!

http://ping.fm/9ckB1 There is good and bad in this article.

Test post

http://ping.fm/zb4Oz Thank you Daily Beast! sizeacceptance

Blech--headache city! Going to try and go to sleep. Have a good day, People.

Grrrr...have about had it with Facebook's dumb policies. "You can only like this many things." Well, I want to like some other things too.

WTF is up with the Facebook inbox spam? I know other friends have been hit by this crap too.

Well, later, my lovelies. Some bat time, some bat channel!

Check out Talking Heads – Seen and Not Seen http://ping.fm/x8bK0 via @lastfm

http://ping.fm/KfZrO The most bizarre news you'll read today, I guar-on-tee!

http://ping.fm/7jPY1 Wow! This guy/gal needs a better caliber of friends, stat!

http://ping.fm/0nMxP Here is an amazing video of an elephant giving birth and tending to her infant.

Check out Wilco – Someone Else's Song http://ping.fm/ueGlc via @lastfm

Dear Facebook, I've no idea what subscriptions are and it's one too damn many things, mmmkay?

Check out The Flaming Lips – In the Morning of the Magicians http://ping.fm/HVDOW via @lastfm

Check out LCD Soundsystem – On Repeat http://ping.fm/hvdaO via @lastfm

Check out Okkervil River – Blue Tulip http://ping.fm/Hdqai via @lastfm

Check out The Wrens – Faster Gun http://ping.fm/WIADd via @lastfm

Check out Spoon – My Little Japanese Cigarette Case http://ping.fm/DzGsO via @lastfm

http://ping.fm/RVeck Please share far and wide. Mother & Kitten in Griffin, GA shelter need IMMEDIATE RESCUE!

Check out Spoon – Written in Reverse http://ping.fm/P5nCk via @lastfm

Good day all. I am crawling into my coffin now.

Check out Therion – Symphony of the Dead http://ping.fm/QIUsJ via @lastfm Therion to herald a new day or lullaby for us children of the night.

Check out Iced Earth – Pure Evil http://ping.fm/rjVB7 via @lastfm

http://ping.fm/FIrW7 Longmont Humane Society is one of the good shelters. Check out their page!

RT @quotesforgirlz Don't take a good girl for granted. someday, someone will come along & appreciate what you didn't. QFG

RT @unseeingeyes I see a lot of sadness in this world. A lot of hurt in people I love myself & strangers. I'd like to be able to do more.

RT @unseeingeyes Money can't buy happiness. OK that's true but it can lubricate things a bit & it is a wonderful tool & resource to have.

http://ping.fm/qYS8P Can you spare a buck for Stephanie to help her sick cat? She does a lot to help animals esp. pitbulls.

RT @xsimplyquotes Oh no, don't worry about me. It's not like I have feelings or anything.

RT @xanapus If you don't like the way I drive, stay off the stairs! RT @GodlessAtheist: Trying to catch him riding dirty http://j.mp/pdPHVY

RT @ispeakthefame "In short: I don't give a fuck what anyone thinks." - @LadyGaga ispeakthefame

Check out Therion – Abraxas http://ping.fm/CUlie via @lastfm

Check out Epica – Sensorium http://ping.fm/pQzJE via @lastfm

Check out Therion – Close Up The Streams http://ping.fm/oDRU0 via @lastfm As far as I'm concerned, Therion is amazing.

http://ping.fm/5eTy3 I'm astounded--Perez actually managed to do this respectfully.

I used to want you dead, now I only want you gone.

Gran Torino is pretty typical Clint Eastwood fare, and also pretty enjoyable.

Ohio Lady desperately needs help. Will be homeless on Tuesday. Her cats need homes. Contact info@nokillohio.org if you can help. THANK YOU.

Good day, all. I must crawl in my coffin and sleep now.

Who else loathes Facebook's new picture interface even worse than the last one? Could it be more of a pain in the ass if it tried?

http://ping.fm/8vVSC Cat torturer/killer. Do NOT adopt to him. Read more info here.

Check out Rogue Traders – What You're On http://ping.fm/9XdJ2 via @lastfm

RT @freddyamazin Nice tan! what did you do? bathe in doritos?

How did I fail to follow @tempestletrope and @cheeseandsnark? The Flying Spaghetti Monster will surely slap me with his noodly appendage!

http://ping.fm/Glalv Read about fox hunting here.

http://ping.fm/GKjbT Bryan Ferry is an amazing musician. However he and his son seem to be somewhat of buttheads. http://ping.fm/oBq3W

Stop The Dog Meat Smuggling Trade! http://ping.fm/lwqRG

http://ping.fm/CETzq Problematic deaths in the NHL.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Organizes Full-Day Workshop Declaring War on Cats!: http://bit.ly/ncMLDZ via @AddThis Send letter to Pres. Obama here!

Does it make you feel old when companies use favorite songs from your teen years in commercials, or just irritated?

http://ping.fm/mx8qn Tell me truly: am I not well manured?

RT @ispeakthefame It sucks when someone you know turns into someone you knew. ispeakthefame

Check out Cobra Skulls – Give You Nothing http://ping.fm/PSgvt via @lastfm

Bring Animal Killing Artist, Katinka Simonse To Justice http://ping.fm/uxRdG via @change How long will this sicko be allowed to continue?

http://ping.fm/BVwoo This little bird flew though Irene!

http://ping.fm/d0jnX Henry Bloch of H&R Block thinks the wealthy should pay more taxes.

Check out Cobra Skulls – Faith Is A Cobra http://ping.fm/5F18o via @lastfm

Test for Plaxo

Do I have to take the cattle prod to myself to get me moving today? Sheesh!

All right, time to get cracking. I'm hungry--but also lazy. Some things never change.

THEM: “You’d be so pretty if you just lost some weight.” ME: “Wow. You’d seem so intelligent if you’d just keep your mouth shut.”

Negative psychic energy is often attracted to us by our own fearful thoughts and feelings. You are always in control of your energy field. Let only your love go out so that love will come back. --James Van Praagh

http://ping.fm/mbv84 Here is a big fat helping of TRUTH for you! sizeacceptance HAES

I guess I have a bad case of Dragon Butt this week. At any rate, my ass is really draggin'!

RT @ispeakthefame Maybe our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while so that we can see life with a clearer view again. ispeakthefame

It stinks when nothing can be worked out by talking to a person because too much animosity has gone before. That's a sad situation.

RT @ispeakthefame A lot of problems would disappear if we talked to each other instead of about each other. ispeakthefame

RT @ispeakthefame Never be totally dependent on anyone because even your own shadow leaves you when you're in the darkness.

RT @markegan1 With no shows, no subways running, no stores open, NY's 42nd St is like 1 of those end of the world scenes in action movies

http://ping.fm/3a7ZT Lebanon OH cop shoots cat that "appears ill." I say who's the pussy--officer?

Effing pain in the butt--and when you have a butt like mine, that's a lot of pain! Why can't FB just let me like however many things I like?

I'm trying to go through and "unlike" a lot of commercial pages I liked somewhere along the line so I can "like" more animal & art pages.

URRRRGHHHH! I should go to Costco but I don't wanna! Waaaahhhh!!!! Costco on a Saturday is one of those First Circle of Hell experiences.

Some friendships can't be saved and it isn't very wise to rekindle them. Still wish the other person well. Always regret loss of friendship.

There's a person I used to be friends with but we had a falling out who is in the path of the hurricane. I hope they'll be okay.

http://ping.fm/2X9xi Sorry, this is the correct link for the Oprah Lifeclass.

http://ping.fm/cXuDA An opportunity to meet Oprah Winfrey.

Vogue Italia: Apologize for "Slave" Earrings. I took action via @actionalerts: http://ow.ly/6bP0u In the fashion industry nothing is sacred.

NEW JERSEY: Updated Evacuation List! Remember ALL SHELTERS ARE PET FRIENDLY! http://ping.fm/AaAGb

RT @paulvharris The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. - Eric Hoffer

http://ping.fm/bWVPu War no more. Such a sad thing. Glad the pup has a good new home.

Get a radio with batteries and flashlights in case the power goes out during Hurricane Irene

I feel kind of helpless being here in the West while people out east are getting hammered by Irene. My good wishes to you all.

via @marshawarfield Fill bathtubs for flushing, bathing, etc., in case water gets shut off during hurricane Irene

http://ping.fm/gkmHm updated photo

DON'T ADOPT DOGS TO BRETT COCHRAN
FAKE RESCUE NEEDFUL SOULS
SUSPECTED OF SELLING DOGS TO RESEARCH TESTING & DOG FIGHTERS
IS IN FLORIDA

Check out Funkadelic – (Not Just) Knee Deep http://ping.fm/8AKZ4 via @lastfm

Check out Frank Zappa – Don't Eat the Yellow Snow http://ping.fm/xddhX via @lastfm A favorite!

Check out Primus – My Name Is Mud http://ping.fm/80uME via @lastfm

Check out Grateful Dead – Brokedown Palace http://ping.fm/vtUIB via @lastfm

http://ping.fm/AhzJU Greg Lake performs at Ugly Grace's and the seeds of drama are sown.

http://ping.fm/spa7J Laid back Lake chews his gum while performing this beautiful tune FLAWLESSLY! Now, that's talent, I tell you!

Check out Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Still...You Turn Me On http://ping.fm/jypsl via @lastfm

Cat and Pug Frolic in the Garden http://ping.fm/v3unW via @nigelbugger

http://ping.fm/GYVTY Some sicko raped this cat. Please help w/$ for vet if you can.

Check out Gentle Giant – A Cry For Everyone http://ping.fm/4I8hM via @lastfm Get trippy with me!

Check out Dweezil Zappa – Magic Fingers (Live) http://ping.fm/m6qff via @lastfm Son of Frank

Check out Frank Zappa – Peaches en Regalia http://ping.fm/Fmf6L via @lastfm It's time to get Frank!

Why does freaking Ping even have a "my Yearbook" connection when they can't authenticate your login info???

Huh. Guess someone doesn't care for my animal posts. Oh well--seeya!

http://ping.fm/NRHGq Their god ain't my deity, that's for damn sure!

According to Facebook, we are only allowed to like 5000 things in life. Had no idea I was capable of "liking" that much! I've reached limit.

Check out Skinnerbox – Claude 9 http://ping.fm/3JqFH via @lastfm

Check out Supersuckers – A Good Night For My Drinkin' http://ping.fm/Mwbjw via @lastfm

Check out Bim Skala Bim – Murky Water http://ping.fm/Pt4kp via @lastfm

Never cared too much for any "scene." If I like a certain type of music, I like it. That's all there is to it. I keep an open mind.

Huh. Guess someone didn't like my little Ska fest. I now have one less friend. Oh well!

One of the hardest things for me to remember because my self esteem is not the world's greatest. I will remind myself. I deserve respect.

RT @msniecybaby Never let a situation change you for the worse! Nothing is worse than letting someone belittle your soul.

Check out Thumper – Crazy Train http://ping.fm/vZJAC via @lastfm And now a Ska cover of Crazy Train.

Check out Link 80 – Harvester of Sorrow http://ping.fm/Y1E5X via @lastfm Ska cover of Metallica tune

Check out Unsteady – Ibarra http://ping.fm/zPwUH via @lastfm Now it's time to jazz things up a little!

Check out Johnny Socko – Devil Went Down to Georgia http://ping.fm/g19a8 via @lastfm

Check out Blue Meanies – Polka In The Eye http://ping.fm/lXzif via @lastfm

RT @sue90dvs Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures.

http://ping.fm/hyzPm Properly disposing of meds is important and can be tricky.

http://ping.fm/d8mKO If you have a little something to spare please donate to help Angel with her vet bills.

http://ping.fm/JVcU1 Whew! Lucky kitty!

Check out Rodney Dangerfield – No Respect http://ping.fm/BRyhI via @lastfm

Check out Robin Williams – Dr. Roof http://ping.fm/UATXF via @lastfm

Check out Christopher Titus – Whitey (The Fifth Annual End Of The World Tour) http://ping.fm/rzVsk via @lastfm

Check out Ron White – Cousin Ray http://ping.fm/is0ub via @lastfm

Check out Robin Williams – Marijuana http://ping.fm/mUpWm via @lastfm

RT @iadoreallcats Rooster has to lay egg and is on the top of mountain. On 1 side there are rocks and on the other... http://t.co/DrqgON9

Check out Steven Wright – Twin (I Still Have A Pony) http://ping.fm/aslVC via @lastfm

Check out Triumph the Insult Comic Dog – I Keed (Album Version) http://ping.fm/eKabR via @lastfm

Check out Rodney Carrington – Letter To My Penis http://ping.fm/JQDee via @lastfm

Check out Adam Sandler – The Amazing Willy Wanker http://ping.fm/YPVWj via @lastfm

So here's my Plurk URL in case anyone cares. http://ping.fm/2oyZI I'm pinging this, so plurkers ignore!

http://ping.fm/LKI2G

Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew...

http://ping.fm/vZ0z8 Yes!

http://ping.fm/6QN2L Good hard hitting rock with cool style and a sense of humor as well.

http://ping.fm/ILFeM(BPD)-and-bipolar-disorder.aspx

“There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.” — Neil Gaiman

http://ping.fm/Nv7zh Fun with Cookie Monster.

http://ping.fm/YcwUj Well at least that foul rumor wasn't true. I might have had to choke a bitch!

Check out Cobra Starship – The City Is At War http://t.co/sphsg24 via @lastfm A decently danceable tune.

JUSTICE FOR VERA http://t.co/kjv5tNX via @change Petition to prosecute the woman who cut off Vera the pit bull puppy's ear.

Check out Artist Vs. Poet – Favorite Fix http://t.co/vzrabgY via @lastfm

Check out Cash Cash – Radio http://t.co/TVlToKc via @lastfm Listening to a little peppy poppy happy crappy to try and cheer myself a bit.

http://ping.fm/mYnk5 A moderate republican? I may faint!

RT @billy_cox Have determination to achieve your goal Regardless of circumstances or whatever other people say think or do. Paul J. Meyer

http://ping.fm/TXGpl At shelter just one day, she dies tomorrow. Please share.

Starving does interesting things to the blood pressure. Lowered systolic, elevated diastolic. Interesting...

My mental state means that I don't have a lot of flexibility right now. I was expecting to be off tonight but co-worker called off. Fuck!

Yeah, I know--that last update was a FB "fail." But those who don't like it can unfriend me. I can't be worried about it right now.

Going through a really rough patch. Appreciate anyone who has been supportive so far. Thanks.

http://ping.fm/EmI6Z Untimely musician deaths

I don't feel very good this morning. I wish I could get into working on some writing but I keep wondering what use it is to even try.

Another day, another dollar--taken from me!

The aforementioned link makes me very angry. It's encouraging anorexia in vulnerable young women. As someone with history of ED, I'm furious

http://ping.fm/EgnUe This appears to be written by a professional writer no 16 yr old writes this way!

http://ping.fm/W9UTP What to do if no AC, animals panting

http://ping.fm/va93G Dancing starfish!

Right--enough whining. I probably just need to go get something to eat. It isn't just babies that get moody when they haven't eaten all day.

Most of the people I actually communicate with to any degree here seem pretty decent. But some people--what do they get out of back stabbing

Would it be stupid to say that I wish I could just drive into the mountains for a week--or more--and just be with nature.

Oh yeah, and while I'm bitching, I hate the stupid Facebook photo viewer. Could it be more annoying if it tried?

Word Captcha, you stupid f***, how do you expect me to type what you write if you blur it all to hell? Just sayin'. Bastards.

Having a bit of a hard time dealing with myself today. So much remains unresolved.

I love it when a cat comes up and sticks themselves right in my face, and they smell like a litter box. Lafayette is a great one for this.

http://ping.fm/jb0Va Zeig heil, you murdering twat.

http://ping.fm/cQb6O Brave heroines rescued 40 during Norway massacre.

Tumblr + Nikki Sixx photos --this shit is like heroin! I need to pull away and get back to work on my writing.

Well, that's my miserable rant for the moment. On the positive side, I've actually started writing again. The fuckers can't keep me down!

When you're mentally ill (well, at least when I'm mentally ill) romantic entanglement is way too big a risk. Hell, even friends shit on me.

I think I'm in love with my new wireless keyboard and mouse. I wish it was safe to be in love with another human being, but it ain't.

Ok, a 1 br apt for $3000+ month? Damn! I thought I was paying out the ass w/$1100/mo for 4 br mobile home! This thing's a money pit.

http://ping.fm/BXoO0 Anybody remember the Midnight Special? I was just a kid when it was on. Damn--it's old! Hee hee...

I got speakers in the package with the keyboard and mouse too but so far have been too lazy to install yet.

My cats managed to destroy my keyboard. I went out and spent my last few $ to buy a wireless keyboard & mouse that I can put aside easily.

http://ping.fm/BbsnY Fun with home inspection

Check out Leland – Candi Apple Red http://t.co/ou7x1EZ via @lastfm Cool lesser-known psychedelic rock.

Best do my rounds before my employer starts to wonder what the hell they're paying me for.

Check out the nerve – House of David http://t.co/nIRlQ7T via @lastfm Somewhat reminiscent of The Beatles.

Check out The Medium – People Will Talk http://t.co/wWUQY56 via @lastfm

I used to work in Blackhawk as a bartender. Seemed kind of like selling my soul as I'd actually voted against allowing gambling to Colorado.

Hum...Central City was once a "charming old mining town." On this true crime program it's described as "a seedy gambling town." A comedown.

Catch 22: my tinnitus gets really bad when I haven't had enough rest. But it's hard to rest when my tinnitus is bad!

Forgot to take my BP pill last night. Which wouldn't be contributing to the anxiety because my BP was only 128/78 this morning.

If I was still a drinker I'd already be started today. This anxiety/irritability is horseshit. I hate having bipolar disorder.

"I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass." ~David Lee Roth

http://ping.fm/ozwha Romney: far too moderate for the Party of Hate.

Sometimes I just get so fired up--forgive me. But I need to know. WHY ARE FUCKERS NOT SPAYING & NEUTERING THEIR PETS? Too many unwanted.

http://ping.fm/lefCm Barrier to creativity

http://ping.fm/fh5uQ Thoughts on why daylight savings time should be abolished. (It should.)

http://ping.fm/W036O A well written post from Michael re:Crazy Michele.

http://ping.fm/S2V78 How real boobs look.

This storm is so wild it blew my goddamn locked front door open. My front door is quite the piece of crap. But I have nothing to steal.

I have had a lot of trouble sleeping lately. The anxiety component of my disease is on an upswing. This too shall pass but it doth suck.

Okay, Facebook, I've had this account for freaking ever and suddenly I'm having to do word verifications to post links? WTF???

http://ping.fm/EyJCO The "othering" of Fat People

http://ping.fm/ikJDs "Truvia" should be called "Lie-Via." Or Corn-Via.

Something to make my morning extra special: the sound of a cat vomiting. :/

Something to make my morning: the sound of a cat vomiting. :/

I tried to count how many fucks I did not give but I ran out of fingers. :|

http://ping.fm/gWEoo Fun with cats and bubble wrap.

Hillbilly Handfishin'...I didn't know my Cuzzin Virgil-Joe had himself a show!

http://ping.fm/rwlDH The wonderful Anthony Perkins

http://ping.fm/VQBfQ A Terrifying Tale of Spicy Aftermath.

Just started following @xanapus who is a cool gay nerd, a smart guy who loves sci-fi and True Blood. I told you he was smart!

I often watch those music compilation infomercials and sing a long. imadork

http://ping.fm/uddFW Because it's never too soon to prepare for nuclear devastation!

I now regret choosing the egg and potato skillet with chorizo and green chili. Ow...

Coming from you, friend is a four letter word.

Rock on completely with some brand new components.

Here's something I bet none of you could figure out about me. I love cats!

Lily has had a rough week.

My bladder and my cat woke me up, particularly when my cat stepped on my bladder. Guess I should get up and do something--dang.

What is this fresh hell, Facebook? Now comments come up in some kind of pop-up window that naturally doesn't work properly? Why???

http://ping.fm/TY4X9 Declaw Hall of Shame. DO NOT PATRONIZE THESE VETERINARIANS! They promote this barbaric practice.

http://ping.fm/4pWCg Please do not declaw your cat. Read here to find out why.

Check out Mastodon – Iron Tusk http://t.co/W7APIp5 via @lastfm Saw these guys open for Iron Maiden a few years ago. Very cool people.

Check out The Ocean – The First Commandment Of The Luminaries http://t.co/5bQ2sgx via @lastfm

Check out The Contortionist – Exoplanet I: Egress http://t.co/hAr1m1q via @lastfm

Check out Animals as Leaders – Tempting Time http://t.co/LLPNK6C via @lastfm

Check out Thomas Giles – Reject Falicon http://t.co/Y0K4zi0 via @lastfm

Now it's time to temporarily say goodbye to all my company and get ready to ease on down the road to work. Hopefully will be a dull night.

Does anyone else loathe docx files with a passion? What is the purpose of this damn format change! Hate when I accidentally save in docx.

Amazed at how many, many, many unwanted animals there are. Do people not understand SPAY AND NEUTER?

Is being stomped on, spindled, mutilated, and folded by a fluffy black monster.

I love my cats but honestly, some of them are such clods!

I am now going to try to write. Was too anxious last night, it didn't fly. Maybe I can get off the ground today!

HATE how these shelters often don't release info on the animals to be PTS until the last minute. How do they expect them to have a chance?

Fortunately tonight there were some leftovers in the kitchen @ work. Spinach, grape tomatoes, parmesan cheese, caesar dressing. Ahhhh!

Craving pickles without ice cream probably means that my thyroid gland is an evil asshole.

Has anyone else noticed that most classic rock stations have animal names? In this neck of the woods we have Fox, Wolf, and Bear.

http://ping.fm/ceSq0 This may be worth a shot. It's sponsored by KIOT radio station in Albuquerque.

BP 131/79 just in case anyone was interested. Norvasc has worked quite well with only minor side effects. Gotta keep the BP in check ya know

Off for now, will likely be back on later if I have downtime tonight. (crossing fingers)

http://ping.fm/FpuWN That's no asteroid--it's just Death Cheese!

http://ping.fm/EAWoX Stepford Kimmy's getting Married! Oh, jolly jolly joy!

I think Twitter weeded out a lot of these but it still baffles me when these gals follow me when I've never shown any interest in such.

Dear webcam models nothing personal but I'm not gonna follow you. I'm not interested in your "hot" photos & find tweets about them boring.

All the pics of healthy animals PTS today @ shelters are really depressing me. SPAY AND NEUTER GOD DAMN IT! Support capture/neuter/release.

http://ping.fm/tMaTH Warning: does not contain 'splosions!

http://ping.fm/KaUkQ Our Gang's friendly Petey was a pit bull.

Have decided to delay working on my story for a while and help @wandapsycho work on hers instead. She has a deadline.

http://ping.fm/g7du3 Nice going, New York!

Is it skin cancer? 38 photos that could save your life http://t.co/rpHome1 via @cbsnews It's not pretty but it's good information!

And now for some fun on wheels! 50 outrageous cars http://t.co/Req9esd via @cbsnews

Yum - or yuck? 19 freakish fried foods http://t.co/emxg2XJ via @cbsnews I must ask, how in the monkey hell do you fry Kool Aid???

http://ping.fm/RR7EB Wow--that's messed up. Poor woman.

Sometimes you just have to say "fuck it."

Crap--I swear this poor story of mine is cursed! I thought I'd uploaded the most recent copy from home to the remote server--fail! Shit.

Check out Laura Stevenson and The Cans – It Ceases to Be "Whining" if You're Still "Shitting Blood" http://t.co/u3EK86s via @lastfm

Check out The Ergs! – Rod Argent http://t.co/spQwXFg via @lastfm Infectious beat, fun melody.

Good luck @Astro_Ferg. Sounds great! I dreamed of being an astronaut as a child but repeated ear infections kinda put the kibosh on it.

Howcome I never realized when I was younger just how psychologically abusive Sam and Diane's relationship was on Cheers. classictv reruns

http://ping.fm/u8iUI This dude is my newest hero!

http://ping.fm/ZOoTa Companies that still test on animals

http://ping.fm/q7MZJ Please encourage Turkish law enforcement to incarcerate this twisted girl.

http://ping.fm/SAmGX Here's a fun review for you fans of exploitation cinema!

http://ping.fm/uKVQi Just three words, People: BOOTY CALL NINJAS!

Shit is just too hard sometimes.

Dear Carrie Fisher, skinny and pretty do not necessarily equate. Yes there are pretty slim people but there are also pretty plus size ones.

http://ping.fm/OLmXX Both of these slags could take a rocket ship to the sun for all I care.

http://ping.fm/zZots Cool watermelon recipes

http://ping.fm/pBokY Way way waaaay too much age difference.

http://ping.fm/v2gco For the Prince Harry fans.

Hey Everyone..FYI the 'add the Facebook 'dislike' button' message going around is a scam/virus. DONT open it!

Is going to try to sleep. Curse you insomnia and messed up sleep schedule!

Off to get food--don't know that it will be German, but at this point my stomach is feeling pretty open-minded about any kind of food!

After spending a good hour of my writing time describing a couple's hardy pig-out at Oktoberfest in Munich, I'm damn hungry for German food!

http://ping.fm/kfjgO I have found a cheese that even I would never eat--and I love even the smelliest cheeses!

The only thing you ever truly own is yourself. Everything else is like beer: you really only rent it. ~Mystery Man

"Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you." ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 5

http://ping.fm/rNoXF For those who need to know about Arkham and surrounding areas. Iä!

Dear Hallmark Channel: BARF! Fell asleep watching the Golden Girls and woke up with some sappy movie on.

Wonder why when they reduced the fat in these crackers they added an xtra helping of Suck. Didn't realize they were reduced fat when bought.

http://ping.fm/6O2Nk A unique greeting for all the fathers!

http://ping.fm/nvT99 Sick.

http://ping.fm/eiP56 Scandal.

Sad--Clarence Clemons passed away today.

http://ping.fm/mMozJ WTF Denmark?!

http://ping.fm/PeftC A rollicking discussion about public toilets at Cracked.com!

Will be glad when father's day advertising is gone. At this point pretty much feel like nose is being rubbed in the fact that mine is gone.

Check out Sambo Joe – Perverse Purring (feat. Brecky) http://t.co/2RvLpnN via @lastfm

Check out Tragic Twinz – No One Can Save You http://t.co/TWCbjr1 via @lastfm

Hey boys and girls! Check out Count Fuckula – Untitled http://t.co/GjV5aV3 via @lastfm

Although I would never have it done, I do understand the temptation to get cats declawed! My arms and legs are often pin cushions for claws.

RT @your_say To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish. ~ Chinese Proverb quote

http://ping.fm/mRcbp Don Lemon rules--and so does @hitdanback!

Don't know why I didn't think of this b4. Moved my Musicians folder into my Pics folder. Was a pain to pop out of Pics for Musician pics.

http://ping.fm/ZCMC4 Pretty fucked up.

My son adopted 2 cats from the Boulder Valley Humane Society today. One is a shy little long-haired tortie the other is a big friendly tabby

Tara the cat is home! A little unsettled and she and her housemates will have to readjust to each other but it probably won't take long.

Must hurry and cover the legs--here comes friendly Mr. Fluffy Tail with his sharp feet primed for kneading tender flesh!

It took me 1 second to judge this. Can you do better? - http://ping.fm/PQOb9 BanLiveExport

http://ping.fm/1WZfO In case you need to give someone a rabies vaccine. I swear, I stumble across weird stuff!

http://ping.fm/KvsSP What borderline personality disorder feels like. (Mostly like shit.)

Some "People" Just Suck

Apparently there have been a bunch of jerks spewing hate at people with borderline personality disorder on an article regarding said disorder. Something suddenly occurred to me, and that something is this:

I think there may be a bunch of trolls that go around spewing hate about any and every condition. On an article that I was reading discussing the fact that shaming obese people does not work to make them thin (NO SHIT SHERLOCK!) there were a few commenters who spewed the most vicious vitriol against heavy people. It literally brought tears to my eyes to read such hateful things. Anyone so filled with hatred and venom is a far bigger loser than anyone with whatever condition said troll is condemning.

http://ping.fm/j2Gxf Superstar PANSI appalled by guests of Axe Man, Charlie Sheen.

Huh. Orville Redenbacher cheddar popcorn doesn't taste any damn different than the regular stuff.

These people just rescued this kitten that got stuck inside a wall. Cool! You go, People! (It was on animal planet.)

Maybe I'll go back to sleep. Then I'll go seek out cookies.

Maybe I'll go eat cookies and cry in my almond milk.

Eeyikes! I went to plug in my phone charger and there was a pop and a freaking flame shot out of the socket, People!

Porn Star Action Figures

Chuck of Zombies Don't Run suggested that these anatomically correct porn star action figures could be used to have the infamous "Birds and Bees" talk with your kid. Which is a pretty good idea except I had one question, because they seemed to only be made in female versions.

Do they have dude ones? Because unless you're going to give the "birds and bees" talk about women who reproduce the way those lizards that can fertilize their eggs without the assistance of a male do, it's gonna be kind of awkward to explain how the woman has her offspring. Unless the Virgin Mary is looking a lot spicier than she did in the bible stories I read!

For me having someone very close to me die makes a lot of what seemed important seem stupid and meaningless. I wonder why bother w/anything.

http://ping.fm/9gRXY FB security setting to enable

On waking I have no appetite at all these days. :-p

http://ping.fm/F4geW 1910 time capsule unearthed, opened @ SF elementary school.

http://ping.fm/iwHW3 Hey cooks! A special secret for you!

Here's the KFC secret recipe--no joke!

Well, now I know--I can leave the nasty MSG out (that stuff has seriously bad side effects for many people) and make me some good fried chicken! I wouldn't mind getting a bucket of KFC now and then, except the MSG makes me wheeze and have stomach problems better neither imagined nor described.

I found it here.

Wow, it doesn't sound like working on MASH was much fun! Watching interviews w/the cast on the Biography channel.

http://ping.fm/Z1lVc One of my favorites!

Depressed Spaghetti Monster http://bzfd.it/fj9M9j

OMG! Sad Penguins Mourn Their Dead http://bzfd.it/iiwDgU Whoever LOL'd at this is a douche!

http://ping.fm/HD8ov Chow down artistically!

http://ping.fm/leIdJ Great stuff to read: Fat & Proud by Charlotte Cooper

http://ping.fm/pOAkp Talk about overkill.

http://ping.fm/PlOx0 Don't tell Faycin A Croud what she can't have!

http://ping.fm/KCdk5

I Am Lonely

I am just lonely. Always have been. I’m shy and have mental health problems. Nobody understands the way I really am. Nobody actually cares. I had people belittle my thoughts so much that I doubt everything now. My dad died 2 months ago, my mom doesn’t understand me at all and wishes I were different, and my brother and son live far away. I don’t have any “real life” friends to speak of. I am very alone. :'-(

http://ping.fm/4HfPF I have 300 friends on Facebook. Why am I lonely?

http://ping.fm/b3x0z A Comparison of Heaven and Hell

Heaven and Hell

Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are Italian, the mechanics are German, the lovers are French, and everything is organized by the Swiss. 

Hell is where the cooks are British, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, the police are German, and everything is organized by the Italians.  

(Disclaimer: Gordon Ramsay is actually a very good cook. But the picture was so fitting!)

Three new posts on Animal Anarchy regarding true animal hoarding vs. being overwhelmed. http://ping.fm/pU68A

http://ping.fm/PovVz Why weight loss surgery is shit

http://ping.fm/ycmAM Chub Life

http://ping.fm/7sRCD Hawking real makeup to little girls? Fuck you, Wal Mart!

"No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up." ~ Lily Tomlin

http://ping.fm/QKeCK Bad Crazy Fatty

Bad Crazy Fatty

This is a response to a post at Living Life At 400 Pounds.

I have mental health issues, and just like there are supposed to be "good fatties" (the ones who are TRYING SO HARD to lose weight) and "bad fatties" (those who aren't TRYING SO HARD) there are also "good crazies" (the ones that have an OH SO POSITIVE attitude in spite of their mental illness) and "bad crazies" (the ones who admit to being depressed and angry) 

I guess I fall into the Bad Crazy and Not Particularly Good Fatty category. A lot of the time I feel that being mentally ill is just plain shit, and no, the Magic Medicines don't work to turn me into a Stepford Crazy. Most of them literally make me psychotic, which I normally am not.

I have actually had people say to me that if I "just let Jesus into my life" than my mental illness would be cured. Really. I guess that's why there are no mentally ill Christians. Why didn't I think of it sooner?

http://ping.fm/sEMUN Morbidly Obese + Unhealthy: Which Came 1st?

Morbidly Obese and Unhealthy--but Which Came First?

This was my response to a post at Fierce Freethinking Fatties. The post was actually about the new television program, Heavy. Which is a bastion of enlightenment compared to hate-filled crappage like "The Biggest Loser." Who do I think is "The Biggest Loser" meaning loser as in a real shit of a person as opposed to loser meaning someone who has lost weight? The producers of this piece of shit hate-fest, that's who. Oh, and Jillian Michaels. I cannot abide that bitch. Being skinny does not make you a good person. It doesn't make you a bad person either, it just makes you a skinny person. Jillian Michaels is a rotten excuse for a human being who just happens to be skinny. 

Now, here is my response to the post.

I am a heavy person (270 pounds) who has certifiable mental health issues (bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, OCD) and it is very rare for me to "throw fits." I generally do not cry in front of people and if I do, it's very subtle. Anyone can be driven to "throwing a fit" if they are needled at enough. 

As a person in the medical field, I can say that there is a difference between true morbid obesity and being fat. I mostly work with the elderly. The "death fat diseases" like hypertension, heart disease, and type II diabetes effect elderly people of all weights EQUALLY! The difference that I have observed is that heavy people tend to have more trouble with osteoarthritis in the joints of the lower body (knees, hips, ankles) while very slender people tend to develop osteoporosis. It's kind of six of one half dozen of the other. The extra weight provides weight bearing resistance, which is why one doesn't tend to see heavy people with osteoporosis. But it puts more stress on the lower joints.

While doing clinicals at the hospital I took care of three people who were truly morbidly obese. It impacted their ability to move. I will tell you that all three of these people had kidney problems. So, how much of the obesity was due to complications from the kidney problems? I don't have the training to say.

Even the large adult blood pressure cuffs did not fit these folks, the smallest of whom weighed 350 pounds. I had to use the cuff around the lower part of the arm. Perhaps this means that a third size of BP cuff needs to be developed. This woman, who was 30 years old, was able to help in her care and was able to transfer to her wheel chair with stand by assist. 

The next was an older woman who probably weighed around 450 pounds. Until her condition suddenly worsened, she too was able to move with stand by assist. She was fairly tall so her weight was more evenly distributed. We also had a patient of around 450 pounds who was short. She was barely able to move and was non-verbal. There were folds of fat around her ankles that had become infected by fungus because she couldn't reach them to clean herself. This woman hardly spoke. I'm not sure if there was true dementia or if she was simply so depressed that she had become non-verbal.

Is being that heavy a health issue. I would say yes. But did these people become that heavy because of other health problems? Possibly. Again, I don't have the training to say for sure. One thing I do no for sure is that SHAMING these people for their size would not help any of them, and putting people on crash diets is never, ever, ever the answer.

Most heavy people are able to move and you know what? I can think of no "lazy" fat people who aren't also depressed. Depression causes inertia. The myth of the "lazy lard ass" is just that--a myth.

I would love to see a program that taught Health At Every Size as opposed to fixating on a number on a scale. Also one that taught self-acceptance. But yeah, that wouldn't make for "good TV." Actually, it would. It just wouldn't make for good voyeurism.

RT @oceanchick99 remember: Let's find ways to take care of each other rather than find ways to take advantage of each other.

RT @amitV_tweets If your world doesn't allow you to dream, move to one where you can. ~ Billy Idol quote RT @anthia2012

Treating She Who Shall Not Be Named like Voldemort or Hastur is really cool. http://ping.fm/3ttpG

http://ping.fm/2OELQ Please sign & pass on to help this dog.

http://ping.fm/Fc0Ii

I have some incredibly spoiled cats.

Have to wonder why "Christian Mingle" keeps advertising on the Chiller Channel. God is scary? Dating is scary? A little of both maybe?

Pretty sure my sciatica isn't going to like that. Just moved a small chest of drawers by myself.

Ugh...not again!

http://ping.fm/5GRh8 cool stuff from Don Calfa's website

http://ping.fm/bJDGS It's Time to Stop accepting Heavy Hatred.

It's Time to Stop Accepting Heavy Hatred

Ragen Chastain wrote a post on her blog about a study which shows that plus size women prefer to see slender models in advertising for plus size clothing. Plus size clothiers such as Lane Bryant argue that this is why they use slender models in their ads. Both Ragen and I are in agreement that this "logic" is flawed at best and, in fact, hateful.

Here is my response.

I think the results of this study reflect what large women have been conditioned to believe. It is like the study done years ago which showed that black children preferred white baby dolls. This is, of course, because the black children had been conditioned to believe that white skin was more attractive than black skin.

To say that because plus size women prefer to look at slender models in advertising and therefore slender models are better would be akin to saying that black children preferred white baby dolls because white skin is better. In this decade there are very few people who would accept the validity of this argument. Yet many accept wholesale the validity of the argument that slender models are superior. Very sad.

http://ping.fm/ro789 Murder is Murder

crap--I can't procrastinate on this shiz any longer. I need to take apart that bed in the "master" bedroom. Don't you wish you were me?

Murder is Murder

Abortion is a hot-button issue, but in my view, it is not the real issue in the horrific case described in this article. A sociopath calling himself a doctor in Philadelphia operated a clinic where he performed late-trimester abortions. This graduate of the Josef Mengele School of Medicine caused the death of one of his victims patients due to gross negligence. More horrifically he deliberately murdered infants born alive during the procedure by stabbing a scissor into the backs of their necks.

This was my comment regarding the case.

The first issue at hand is the fact that murders were committed. The death of Karnamaya Mongar was due to gross negligence on Gosnell's part, but the deaths of the infants born alive were straight up murder. When the fetus is born alive it ceases to be a fetus. It is a living infant. Sticking a pair of scissors into its neck and severing its spinal cord is murder.

Whether or not abortion should be legal is a different issue entirely. It is my belief that abortion should be legal on demand during the first trimester of pregnancy. After the first trimester it should, in my opinion, be legal if the fetus is not viable or would be severely handicapped to the point that its life would be one of misery, or if the life of the mother is in danger. However, any fetus that is born alive should be saved if it has a chance of being healthy, or allowed to die peacefully in a comfortable setting if it is severely compromised. No infant should ever be actively murdered as this so called doctor did to these poor babies unfortunate enough to be born in his so-called clinic.

http://ping.fm/tbrhx Can a blood test predict Alzheimer's risk?

http://ping.fm/I7bzR Let me drop some science on you to start your year.

Check out Prefab Sprout – Goodbye Lucille #1 @lastfm http://t.co/RHXNzwn Let's call 2010 "Lucille." Goodbye Lucille and good riddance!