It is just not right.

"At the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in the small town of Fernley, Nev., there is a wall of brass plaques for local heroes. But one space is blank. There is no memorial for Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart.

That's because Stewart was a Wiccan, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has refused to allow a symbol of the Wicca religion -- a five-pointed star within a circle, called a pentacle -- to be inscribed on U.S. military memorials or grave markers."

Fallen wiccan soldier denied memorial given to other religions

"In this way, the game resembles a send-up of Christian-themed video games by "The Simpsons." "Billy Graham's Bible Blaster," is a first-person shooter game in which you fire Bibles at club-carrying heathens to convert them into card-carrying Republicans. (Hint: after you finish reading this blog piece - and eating all your vegetables -- visit the Simpson's official web site and open file drawer F-H, then click on the character of Evangelical Christian kid Rod Flanders to play the game.)"

This just might be hilarious.

Do you want to kill all the Christians, or all the Infidels? New video game...

This is a great site for fibro sufferers, but it is kinda hidden. I've never ran accross it before, but it has a lot of good coping tips.

It includes a section on how to deal with 'fibrofog' which is something that I am seriously struggling with.

I constantly feel like I've smoked WAY too much pot, or maybe more like hashish - I'm way on out there all the time - but I'm straight & clean as can be. I thought it was maybe my medication, so I quit taking it for awhile - sent me into pure agony with pain - in bed incapable of doing ANYTHING - but the brainfog remained - even got worse!

Reading more - THANK GOD for the INTERNET - I see it is a common symptom, but one I was not ever told about or prepared to deal with.

Tips for living with Fibromyalgia

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether the Bush administration must regulate carbon dioxide to combat global warming, setting up what could be one of the court's most important decisions on the environment.

The decision means the court will address whether the administration's decision to rely on voluntary measures to combat climate change are legal under federal clean air laws.

"This is the whole ball of wax. This will determine whether the Environmental Protection Agency is to regulate greenhouse gases from cars and whether EPA can regulate carbon dioxide from power plants," said David Bookbinder, an attorney for the Sierra Club.

Bookbinder said if the court upholds the administration's argument it also could jeopardize plans by California and 10 other states, including most of the Northeast, to require reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles.

There was no immediate comment from either the EPA or White House on the court's action.

"Fundamentally, we don't think carbon dioxide is a pollutant, and so we don't think these attempts are a good idea," said John Felmy, chief economist of the American Petroleum Institute, a trade group representing oil and gas producers.

If the Supreme Court agrees with the plantiffs, I will simultaneously have a stroke and heart attack. Bush has two stooges on the Court -- how can we possibly expect them to rule against him? Moreover, who in their right mind would expect him to rule against the oil and gas lobbyists? This is a simple mathematical identity with environmentalists (and anyone with a brain) on the losing side.

-janelane, CO2 pessimist

CNN.com - Supreme Court takes on global warming - Jun 26, 2006

"Instructions: Move your mouse off of the image, then stare at the dot in the middle for 30 seconds, after that move your mouse over the image. The picture will appear to be in color until you move your eyes! Don't worry, nothing is going to pop out and scare you! This is one of the best illusions we have ever seen."

Very neat illusion!

OMG Steven Colbert is just a screaming genius. lol

This is funny.

Congressman that sponsored 10 commandments bill asked to name the 10 commandments

"http://www.nbc4.tv/news/9396681/detail.html
Slideshow and video at the site

Peacock Romances English Gas Pump
One-Sided Affair Goes On For Years

POSTED: 6:01 am PDT June 20, 2006
UPDATED: 6:07 am PDT June 20, 2006

BRIERLEY, England -- A confused peacock has ruffled feathers in an English village by falling in love with a gas pump.

The peacock, called "Mr. P.," spends all day at the local gas station in Brierley, strutting his stuff in an elaborate mating ritual.

Locals said the one-sided love affair has been going on for several years.

Every morning during the spring mating season, Mr. P. leaves his home and walks down a track toward the garage."

Confused Peacock in love with a Gas Pump

Funny movie about an Indian call center.

CALL CENTER MOVIE

Benign sex headaches are severe headaches that occur during an orgasm. Despite the name of this condition, benign sex headaches are often quite painful. This condition has been known to exist since the time of Hippocrates (about 460 B.C), but only during the 1970's was it formally addressed by K. Kritz. Other names for this condition are coital cephalalgia, orgasmic cephalagia, and benign coital headache. There are two kinds of benign sex headaches, the first being described as a sudden explosive pain in the head during the point of orgasm. Patients have described the feeling to be like a sudden blow to the head, to a sudden throb like pulses similar to a migraine. The other type is described as a pain that intensifies as the onset of orgasm nears. In some instances both types of benign sex headache occur, the first type occurring immediately after the second type. There have also been documented cases where standing up after coitus has produced headaches. This type of coital headache is relatively rare. It can last for several weeks, and lying down relieves the pain.

May you never, ever have cause to read this article. Oh my god the pain. Some of the worst I've ever experienced.

I have to second that - it's happened to me too a few times. It is really, really awful.

Benign Sex Headaches - 'Coital Cephalalgia' - UCSB's SexInfo

"We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that the association would be more positive with heavier use," he said. "What we found instead was no association at all, and even a suggestion of some protective effect."

Smoking pot protects you from cancer. Who would have thought?

Fire it up. (Quick, before they close the border.)

Study Finds No Cancer-Marijuana Connection