So That Happened...

I...Have No Words

DUDES.

Michelle Duggar is pregnant with her 18th child.

EIGHT.  TEEN.

I...just...um...WOW.

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

This is my favorite creepy story of the week:

Suicide Links Heart Donor, Recipient

Really, people, you can't write better stuff than this.

"If it isn't Scottish, it's CRAP!"

For your reading pleasure, here is an Los Angeles Times opinion on Scotland's desire for independence written by none other than Sean Connery.  Suck it, Trebek.

P.S. If you know where the post's title is from, then I will consider you the most awesome person in all the world.

I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS

I think you all know how I feel about It's A Small World, so it won't surprise you that I am livid over Disney's plans to add ACTUAL DISNEY CHARACTERS to the ride.  Livid, I say, LIVID!  Just WHY?!  Why fix what isn't broken?  It's one of the few rides that doesn't have built-in Disney branding! 

Excuse me while I go protest on Harbor Boulevard.  (Okay, not really, but I am there IN SPIRIT.)  Who's with me?

This Story Makes Me Cry

Please read the story of Jamiel Shaw, a young man taken senselessly at the age of 17. I have worked in news for several years now and have worked on (sadly) many stories like his, but this one just breaks my heart. I think it is because his parents did everything they were supposed to do and could have done to keep their children safe, and yet something inexplicable and inexcusable and that was beyond their control happened, and now they have lost a son. What can you do? What else can you do? I...just don't know. I do not know the Shaw family, but I extend my condolences to them all the same.

AAAAAAUUUGH!

This link opens with the most disturbing picture I've seen in a really long time. I know it's just nature's way and all, but still. DO NOT CLICK ON IT IF YOU VALUE YOUR EYES AND DO NOT WANT TO RIP THEM OUT OF YOUR HEAD AFTERWARDS.

Really. Don't click on it. I mean it. Remember - you can't unsee something once you've seen it.

Yeah, It's JUST Like Rain On Your Wedding Day...Except Not

Things To Do Today

1. Read this article: Sex Offender Wins $10 Million In State Lottery.

2. SEETHE.

I Just Wanted To Use The Phrase 'Big Baby Jesus' In This Title

I hope all of you are recovered from the day that was Super Fat Tuesday (which is what I kept calling it in my head anyway), whether it be from taking in all the election results or, if you were hungry and in the right place, all the gumbo. Part of my job was to watch the events of the day unfold, but even if I wasn't employed at this particular locale, I would have kept my eyes and ears on the TV just the same, because all this excitement over the primaries was infectious. Yes, I said 'infectious.' Didn't you think so?

Now that yesterday is said and done, let us turn our thoughts to Lent. Are you giving up anything? As a lapsed Catholic I don't hold myself to this practice as much as before, and that was when I was a kid and wanted to give up things like homework. I've tried not swearing, not eating chocolate, and even attempted being more patient with others; I was successful at the first two, and...not so much with the last one. Hey - driving in L.A. will do that to a person.

Blogless Sara said at SnB last night that she was going to not buy yarn for Lent, but that she didn't have to stick to this too much being that she is Jewish and all. I thought that was a good Lenten sacrifice for a yarn-minded person like myself, so I think I will give it a shot. This plus not swearing, AGAIN.

Finally, let me end this post with a photo:

Blogless Johnnie made a King Cake for Mardi Gras and guess who found the Baby Jesus in her piece? That's right, bitches (shoot, does swearing in a post count?) - ME. ME ME ME ME ME. I found the Big Baby Jesus! Cue me doing the Big Baby Jesus dance (RIP, ODB). This means I will have good luck for the rest of the year! Thank goodness for that because I certainly could use it. This also means that I am responsible for bringing the King Cake next year, so I will have to ask for Johnnie's help in making one - even if she did steal all my money and belongings and stabbed me in the back or something while we were on the Oregon Trail (sorry - this is a Facebook-related joke if you don't know.)

Super Tuesday

Self-portrait taken the morning of November 2, 2004.

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In other news, this is also a big day for my amazingly talented friend Frank and his partner (they are adopting a baby boy and will be bringing him home - yay!), as well as my brilliant girlfriends Heather and Jessica (their new book comes out today!  You have ordered your copy already, haven't you?!)  I'm so excited for them, I can't stand it.  Congratulations all around, my dears!  I shall buy you celebratory martinis the next time I see you. 

The Joke, It Writes Itself

From the Chico Enterprise Record:

Amtrak Trains Stuck at Snowy Donner Pass with Nearly 400 Riders Trapped

Hee.