I registered with www.bloginspace.com a few months ago. Blog In Space takes people's blogs and transmits them out into space on the offchance that there's some form of life out there - and if there is, that they'll read these blogs and get a good look at humanity on planet earth (how humanity REALLY is, not how the government want extraterristrials to think it is). My blog has been deemed 'most likely to be contacted' and will be on the front page on May 8th. How cool is that?!!?! ...

The Golden Rule: 'Don't bite the ice cream man's hand and expect him to give you more free ice cream.' That's JU's golden rule.  That's the creed bloggers here should try and adhere to.  Dissent is fine, the Ice Cream Man likes a good debate, but when it becomes a personal attack (or what he feels to be a personal attack).....that's where he draws the line. In the 2 years I've been blogging here I've seen a few people get exiled.  Not a lot, just a few...and those few had...

I've been blogging here at JU for 2 years today.  Coincidentally, this is my nine hindred and ninety-ninth article. Almost a thousand articles.  Wow. That's a lot of ado about nothing, huh?  Sure, there have been some decent articles in there, but like that dietary information on some of the stuff you buy at the store says, 75% of it has been filler. 2 years is a long time too.  When I first started writing, my husband had just gone back to Greenland after 3 weeks ...

I don't know who this 'Alternative News' person is, or why they felt the need to flood the 'recent articles' list with one paragraph (and sometimes one sentence) articles.....but I wish they wouldn't do that.  Do they not know that it's just not good blog-iquette to do such a thing?  That it's somewhat rude and incredibly frustrating?  I suppose not...in which case, I guess I should tell them. *Ahem*... Ahoy Hoy there, Sixy?!  Could you please pace yourself when it com...

I just got off the phone with SingrDave.  He had volunteered to give me a listen to his British accent. I fully expected him to toss out a few Monty Python lines, sit back and say "well, whaddya think?" I was wrong.  This man can produce a valid North London accent at the drop of a hat, and he can continue it through an entire conversation.  At one point I could have sworn I was talking to my brother.  He doesn't just use a British accent for American terminology ei...

Last week, when LoneSum got his laptop, Texas Wahine said that she wondered how it would be to surf the internet whilst laying on the couch.  LoneSum said that he'd let her know this week how it was.  He's been working late every night this week, and as I got a new laptop today I figured I'd answer for him. It's great.  Right now I'm sitting in our bed, writing this.  I'm wearing my blue satin leopard print pajamas, having a cup of chamomile tea, watching the BBC in Americ...

Is it just me or are other folks having issues with JU this evening?  I keep getting a 'timeout expired' message when I try to read anything that's posted in the forums.  I couldn't even access any of LW's articles earlier; kept getting a generic error page. It's not my laptop acting goofy; the same thing happens with my desktop too. It's all very frustrating....so, is it just me or are other people seeing it too? 

I've seen some comments made about my friend Sabrina recently that have really bothered me.  Certain people seem to think that she's responsible for all the ills of the world....that she's broken up marriages, screwed people over, hurt people's kids and kicked people's puppies.  None of those things is true. My friend Sabrina is a wonderful, loving human being.  The pain she suffers on a daily basis would be enough to make some people curl up and die, but she presses on and tri...

Today's mental health condition of the day is narcissism. NARCISSISM (n. sing.) A pattern of traits and behaviours which signify infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and ambition. Narcissism is named after the ancient Greek myth of Narcissus who was a handsome Greek youth who rejected the desperate advances of the nymph Echo. In punishment of his cruelty, he was doomed to fa...

Link   Your birth on the 16th day of the month gives a sense of loneliness and generally the desire to work alone. You are relatively inflexible, and insist on your being independent. You need a good deal of time to rest and to meditate. You are introspective and a little stubborn. Because of this, it may not be easy for you to maintain permanent relationships, but you probably will as you are very much into home and family. This birth day inclines to interests in the...

Truday sent me some pictures of her and her new knee this morning, and asked that I post them for her....so, here they are! This is Trudy in the nursing home after the surgery: And this is her knee the day after she went bionic!   Isn't she a cutie?!

I've decided to start a regular feature on my blog. I've been reading '100 people who are screwing up America' and it's inspired me.  I'm going to write an article a day about public figures who piss me off.  They might be politicians, actors, actresses, evangelists, comedians, authors.....anyone who is in the public eye is fair game.  The articles will be much like the one I wrote earlier this week about Al Sharpton. So, starting tomorrow, look for the first installment of ...

Tell me about yourself... Name: Karen Birthday: June 16th Birthplace: Oxford, England Current Location: Illinois Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Red...oh, you mean naturally?  Reddish-brown. Height: 5'2' (and fixing to get shorter) Right Handed or Left Handed: Right Your Heritage: I have no idea.  I was adopted as an infant and have no biological family history.  I'm British by birth, though.  The Shoes You Wore Today: Flip flops Your Weakness: ...