] Four women have "resolved" their lawsuit against an
] Irvine restaurant where one of them allegedly found a
] condom in her clam chowder, attorneys said Monday.
] The women had sued McCormick & Schmick's Seafood
] Restaurant...

I am never eatching at McCormick & Schmick's

Suit against Irvine restaurant where woman allegedly found condom in soup ``resolved''

Words cannot describe.

Ming the Merciless

] A home infested with cockroaches and rats exploded when a
] pilot light ignited the fumes emitted by 19 "bug bomb"
] foggers

Well, that took care of the vermin, all right

] I don't know about you but one of my peeves is people who
] are flakes, or, in other words, people who don't honor
] your time, whether it's in business or in relationships.

Ok, so we all have flakey people in our lives, and after hearing my housemate storm into the house bitching and kicking shit because he was so pissed about someone flaking out on him, I decided to see if I could find any articles on the subject. Being a musician, I understand how much of an annoyance flakes can be, and let me tell ya, SF is loaded with flakes. Search the musicians section on Craig's List for the word "flakes". Is flakiness an orientation, a preference, a defense mechanism? I don't know. What makes someone commit, then not show? I imagine that some kind cognitive death spiral over comes the subject and then they work themselves into a frenzy and then they have no choice but to shell away and hide. I don't know where I am going with this, but there is bound to be some research or good articles somewhere. Here is the first one I came across.

Flakes!! LOVE MECHANICS by Renee Piane Article

] "What we're doing in Iran is we're showing the Iranian
] people the American people care, that they've got great
] compassion for human suffering,"

Come on, drink the kool-aid.

The Australian: Bush lists demands of Iran [January 02, 2004]

] Washington's hawks have sent a public manifesto to
] President George Bush demanding regime change in Syria
] and Iran and a Cuba-style military blockade of North
] Korea backed by planning for a pre-emptive strike on its
] nuclear sites.

Come on George, more WAR!! Someone needs to setup MRTG for all the deaths in combat.

Hawks demand an end to all evil, and maybe France

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Dick Cheney's Christmas card.

Merry Christmas from Dick Cheney

Yet another social network, but compared to memestreams, it sucks.

Tickle by Emode

] A villager in Himachal Pradesh is attracting a lot of
] curiosity for the "horn" growing at the back of his head.
Satan is here, it's about time.

Horn grows on man's head