I was going to do a search on my representative Eric Cantor and “insurance,” hoping to learn about what, if any, insurance industry donations he may have received. (Though I knew it’d be an exercise in futility, I did, of course, call his office yesterday, asking that he vote for the health care reform legislation, but against the anti-abortion... - http://vmarinelli.tumblr.com/post...
Heaven or Las Flatulence When Nick reblogged the above (right) thermogram of human flatulence, I stared for a minute, trying to figure out what it reminded me of. Finally, it hit me: the cover for Cocteau Twins’ Heaven or Las Vegas. Is it just me, or does one somehow evoke the other? Of course, it’s entirely possible I’m channeling the impish... - http://vmarinelli.tumblr.com/post...
Remember when Timothy McVeigh blew up Oklahoma City and 80% of the news was about him being a Christian? Yeah, me neither. - http://vmarinelli.tumblr.com/post...
Received from the first woman I ever slept with, twenty years ago.
I’d say “Um, how much better could we possibly know each other?” - but then I read her replies to the list of questions concerned, and saw that she’d answered “Favorite dressing?” with “four-inch heels.”
Well, that is new information, (redacted). - http://vmarinelli.tumblr.com/post...