Why did I ever think I could function without caffeine?

"He didn't believe in magic, black, white, pink or polka-dot. He did believe in the power of belief, though. Believe something, and you could take power from it. Believe in it strongly enough, and it took power over you." --from THE NIGHT SERPENT

Not bad book, she said thoughtfully. This Anna Leonard, she can write her way out of a wet paper bag, if you give her a sharpened pencil. Bunch of typos, though. Some of them I can't even take credit for. Bad typesetter, no cookie...

Meanwhile, because my brain is otherwise occupied, I have no new feline picspam to share, and it's too pretty a day to talk politics or religion, a meme, lifted from mizkit:

( the 1st letter meme )

okay, I lied. Some pseudo-politics and religion, via your WTF News Flash

Dunkin' Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad
May 27, 2008

Does Dunkin’ Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.

Some observers, including ultra-conservative Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin, were so incensed by the ad that there was even talk of a Dunkin’ Donuts boycott.

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/05/27/dunkin_donuts_yanks_rachael_ray_ad
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Oh hell. Does this mean I have to support RayRay now? Because, damn.

(guys? That's a fringed paisley scarf worn around her neck. It's not a keffiyeh, and even if it were, WTF? The thought of RayRay wearing one while shilling Dunkin Donuts is probably enough to make jihadists scream in fury and hop up and down in impotent rage.... you should be encouraging her!)


Shame on Dunkin Donuts for melting like a Krispy Kreme under such idiotic pressure.

oh goody, a poll...

Right now, as the new website preps to go live (yes, finally, although probably still slightly buggy, so bear with us) I'm wondering about starting a new project to keep me off the streets and out of trouble, as it were. But only you can tell me how to run it...


[Poll #1195510]

Thaks for your time and honest answers....