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Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

People are complicated. Love is not.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Consistently wrong since 2002

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

The world has changed, and neither one recognizes it.

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He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

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Food Blogging

by John Cole|  May 16, 20054:42 pm| 14 Comments

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Just another quick question about food- Why do they even make soft tofu? The firm tofu is the only one you can really cook anything with if my experiences are accurate.

Is there some purpose to soft tofu that I have just missed?

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Spam Spam Spam

by John Cole|  May 15, 200510:29 am| 6 Comments

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All but one of my six of my email addresses has been hammered (spammered??) with German spam this weekend. What gives?

*** Update ***

I am not the only one.

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A Quick Question

by John Cole|  May 14, 20058:00 pm| 13 Comments

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Just out of curiosity- Am I the only person on the planet who can’t stand being in a crowd with a bunch of women wearing perfume?

I was at a graduation reception today, and all the damned perfume was overwhelming and made me sick to my stomache- like a carsick feeling.

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Books

by John Cole|  May 12, 20059:08 am| 7 Comments

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Has anyone read Sabriel (The Abhorsen Trilogy)?

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Auto Blogging

by John Cole|  May 9, 20051:16 pm| 12 Comments

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Just test drove a Subaru Legacy AWD sedan- I really like this car. Anyone know of problems with this model?

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The Huffington Post

by John Cole|  May 9, 20059:28 am| 8 Comments

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Provocative post titled “Some Dare Call It a Theocracy” by Max Blumenthal at the newly minted Huffinton Post blog, and this piece on Ipods is worth a gander. Of course, I will probably make it a daily read just to see what Jim Pinkerton has to say.

I do have to ask, shouldn’t a blog like this, in the spirit of openness that most bloggers adhere to, have a public hits counter? I use the hit counter on other sites all the time, because it helps you find the daisy chain of who is saying what. Yes, I understand there is technorati and memorandum, but I like the quick and dirty way of seeing who is directing what where.

Overall, I like the site- I am interested in what Jon Cusack, Harry Shearer, and Elizabeth Warren and many others have to say. Some may have mocked it, but I bet it turns out to be a great success. Personally, I can’t wait for the first bitter internecine struggle, which is bound to happen when someone pisses someone else off. Too many diverse opinions for that not to happen.

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Auto Choices

by John Cole|  May 7, 20054:26 pm| 44 Comments

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I have narrowed my search down to the following used vehicles:

Honda Accord
Subaru Legacy sedan
Toyota Camry

I am really leaning towards the Subaru, even with the stigma of Subaru drivers. Comments?

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