From the monthly archives:

August 2015

You fall asleep first, I Ebay your stuff.

by kara on August 28, 2015

Described as “suitable for affairs or murders” before it was removed from eBay, this grotty little trailer home is loathed by its present owner. “Apparently I owned this utterly crap caravan for three weeks before actually setting eyes on it. “My husband drunkenly bought it on Ebay, and neglected to mention that one day he’d taken […]

More Freedom = Less House

by kara on August 25, 2015

from daily kos   Snohomish County firefighter Ken Lawless, left, and Lt. Brandon Gardner being thanked by a man near Omak after firefighters saved his home from a wildfire. . The gentleman on the right, his shirt says “Lower Taxes + Less Government = More Freedom.” Yeah, freedom to watch your home burn to ashes. […]

On the morning of May 30, 1893, the circus came to town unexpectedly in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. A circus train convoy chock full of circus animals fatefully rounded a bend of a rural Pennsylvania mountain. The train was approaching a bend that was notorious for crashes. While 17-car coal trains could negotiate  the steep mountainside with just one […]

by kara on August 10, 2015

Debate Ready.

by kara on August 6, 2015

Who let Pixels Happen? The Sony Execs Behind Adam Sandler’s Newest Turd. via Gawker.com I’ve never even heard of this movie, but this takedown is pretty great. “How did people whose job is to make good movies—and make money—do the opposite?”

by kara on August 5, 2015

In case any of you have a scheduling conflict and can’t watch the debate and/or the little league forum, let me recap it in advance: Reagan Benghazi repeal Obamacare Reagan tax reform Reagan Iran Deal, Bad Common Core Reagan Cecil the Lion Hillz joke Reagan This administration’s failed policies Reagan Some Tea Party anti-bailout rhetoric […]

cry for whatever the fck makes you sad.

by kara on August 5, 2015

The ferocity of the response to the lion-killing story has been breathtaking. Today I see something called “#wedontcryforlions” trending on Twitter? I’m too bored to see what it is all about, but wtf? I am happy when anybody is crying over ANYTHING these days, at least it proves that we still haver feelings. When the […]