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I'm sleepy now (after a trip to Pasadena from the West Side in LA holiday weekend traffic that took about as long as the stagecoach from the East Coast to the West), but I'll put up more blog items tomorrow.
How's this for a comedy break, Amy?:
Kim Kardashi
an, upon being requested by Caltrans to publicize the upcoming 405 closure, tweets wrong dates for it-- twice
(Should note: this is my second attempt at posting this link, this time using TinyURL. Perhaps the first link was too long.)
qdpsteve at July 2, 2011 1:10 AM
Twitter.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at July 2, 2011 1:15 AM
How's this for a new topic? Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone is proposing that at least 13 counties (Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Tulare) secede from California and form a more business friendly, libertarian Southern California state that will be independent of the loons running Sacramento. He will present his proposal to the Board of Supervisors in Riverside on July 12.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_southcal02.3a61b15.html
Richard at July 2, 2011 1:37 AM
Richard, that IS interesting. I've always wondered what the flag would look like if we adopted a 51st state.
Patrick at July 2, 2011 3:16 AM
Forget any topic other than......CRID is back!!!! Ok, first, Crid, where the heck have you been? How could you abandon us like that? Gay marriage is now legal in NY. Maria filed for divorce from Arnold. What would you like to talk about?! I hope you're back for good!
Kristen at July 2, 2011 5:34 AM
Hiya, K-girl. Let's tell jokes.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at July 2, 2011 6:06 AM
Here's an Arnold one.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at July 2, 2011 6:07 AM
Pretty funny, Crid. Well this may stir things up but there are some things I don't get. First, Arnold always was a dog. Maria can't possibly be surprised by this turn of events. Disgusting? Yes. Surprising? Not in the least.
Next, why is the fact that he cheated and had a child with another woman the big focus? Is anyone else upset at the fact that he allowed the mother of his child to work as his maid for years? He did not acknowledge his own child and did not give that kid the kind of life financially that his other children were given? He makes me sick but not because he cheated on "poor" Maria.
And when it comes to divorce. Most of them suck but I certainly wish when my ex and I were fighting that it was over millions.
Kristen at July 2, 2011 8:16 AM
Well Texas has been talking about splitting into five states. And they can legally do it. So a flag with 54 stars?
Jim P. at July 2, 2011 8:27 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/07/02/advice_goddess_23.html#comment-2320289">comment from KristenArnold hit on me when I had my Rambler. He was on Lincoln in a red Hummer and motioned me to pull over. No, thanks, Mr. Married. I drove on.
Another friend, blonde with an enormous rack, was a waitress at Patrick's Roadhouse when he hit on her.
She only mentioned that to me when I mentioned my experience to her. (And she's somebody I find truthful.)
Amy Alkon at July 2, 2011 8:37 AM
Texas is not talking about splitting into seperate states. The Republic Of Texas crackpots have been talking about seceeeding for years, but nobody takes them seriously except the news media.
ahw at July 2, 2011 9:06 AM
why are they crackpots? I am quite honestly surprised no state has seceded yet when the federal government has gone completely against the founding fathers visions
ron at July 2, 2011 9:11 AM
Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone is proposing that at least 13 counties (Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Tulare) secede from California and form a more business friendly, libertarian Southern California state that will be independent of the loons running Sacramento.
OK, this is what I want for Christmas! I live in San Bernardino County.
However, I vaguely remember that in order for California to legally split, voters on both sides of the proposed dividing line have to approve it. That'll never happen; no way the looters in LA and SF will let us go.
Rex Little at July 2, 2011 9:13 AM
Arnold hit on you, then on a friend of yours, Amy? He reminds me of Charles II of England, a.k.a. as the Merry Monarch. It was said of him, "A king is supposed to be a father to his people, and His Majesty is certainly father to a great many of them."
I've been reading on English history and Charles had such a delectable one! It certainly didn't end with his promiscuity. During his last days, his illness was treated by the best modern science had to offer...which today we would call torture. Drilling holes in the skull, pigeon feces...you know, good, reliable, sound medicine. After his death, an illegitimate son of his made a grab for the throne, but was easily quashed by Charles' brother, who had his traitorous nephew beheaded. Someone remembered that no official portrait of the executed would-be monarch existed. Although illegitimate and a traitor, he was still a King's son. Of course, with his chopped off, it would be difficult for him to sit for a painting...but with a little engineering, it was accomplished. The severed head was sewn back on and he was propped up for his portrait.
Some sources dispute this account, which is told to this day by the Beefeaters.
Patrick at July 2, 2011 9:35 AM
> Maria can't possibly be surprised
The day it broke I mumbled something about how Kennedys are essentially royalty in our country , so Maria might feel especially aggrieved. And my boss said, right back, "She's a Kennedy; she should have known." Boom; couldn't argue.
To have this going on in the house for so many years, to leave a wife so wordlessly unprepared for the WTF inquiries of her young children (who will be wondering to where that slice of inheritance suddenly vanished; those Protein Thunder omelets from Patrick's Roadhouse have already brought Arnold to one bypass surgery)... It's a truly majestic violation, a cross-cultural classic for young century. Furthermore, she's not at the point in her life where she can wash her hair, sharpen her jaw, and dash out to marry a Greek shipping tycoon or anything.
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OT joke.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at July 2, 2011 9:55 AM
Oohhhh, Crid. How have we made it so long without you. Welcome back!
And Amy, I'm sure there are many stories like yours out there. I'm not one for gossip but believe that where there's smoke, there's fire and with Arnold there's been enough smoke to cause those California wildfires.
Kristen at July 2, 2011 10:40 AM
The Republic of Texas has always had the right to split itself into five states as part of of its deal to join the Union in order to increase potentially its representation in the Senate, but so far has not felt the need to do so. The main reason for them to do so, if they choose, is primarily political so that they get more leverage in the Federal government.
With regards to California, the reason to split would be more economic and local. There is a big divide between the North and the South in terms of culture, the economy, and attitudes to the point that it makes sense for SoCal to go its separate way. You can actually feel it once you cross the Grapevine when driving between the north and south. Down here, we feel like Sacramento doesn't listen to us and just takes our money to support illegal immigrants, drive businesses to other states and tax us to death. Northern Californians look down on their Southern brethren as a bunch of uneducated, non-wine drinking, redneck, blue collar hicks (except for Los Angeles, which is a separate category by itself and which is being excluded in the proposed State of South California).
Richard at July 2, 2011 10:44 AM
New swearing word. Go hug yourself!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw5pFZaiuCg
chang at July 2, 2011 2:26 PM
"The motive in a workplace shooting in Eugene is reportedly the ribbing one employee took from a co-worker after the predicted May 21 rapture failed to occur."
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011110628006
This made me snort.
LauraGr at July 2, 2011 2:29 PM
CRID!!!!!!CridCridCridCridCrid-MIESTER!!!!
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{CRID}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Dude, where you been?
o.O
Flynne at July 2, 2011 4:45 PM
Could this be true?
Spying on doctors: Prologue to Obamacare
http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2011/06/spying-doctors-prologue-obamacare
biff at July 2, 2011 4:51 PM
Flynne, that is one psychedelic blog comment. Like, June '68 psychedelic. An Archies cartoon on a color TV.
Crid at July 2, 2011 5:27 PM
Gonna run out of these eventually.
Crid at July 2, 2011 5:40 PM
But not too soon.
Crid at July 2, 2011 5:44 PM
Could this be true?
Very true.
There has been a lack of general practioners for years while there has been a glut of specialists, especially plastic surgery.
Want to guess why? Because 95% of plastic surgery is paid by the patient, not insurance. Take a guess how much they get paid? As much as they ask.
Then the other specialties that are paid by insurance -- many of the them get more from private insurance than from government insurance. Amy has a friend that is a heart specialist that gets $30 an hour for doing heart work on government patients. (I don't quite remember the details, but I'm sure Amy will correct me if I'm terribly wrong.)
Jim P. at July 3, 2011 1:11 AM
Flynne, that is one psychedelic blog comment. Like, June '68 psychedelic. An Archies cartoon on a color TV.
Well, like, I missed ya, man! Just call me Betty (I like her better than Veronica!)...
Flynne at July 3, 2011 11:21 AM
If you're going to cross dress, at least do it right!
Cousin Dave at July 3, 2011 12:32 PM
Amy, did Schwarzedoofus hit on you before or during his governorship?
mpetrie98 at July 3, 2011 11:00 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/07/02/advice_goddess_23.html#comment-2325987">comment from mpetrie98Before. Must have been in the late 90s, because I was driving down Lincoln Boulevard in my pink Rambler.
Amy Alkon at July 3, 2011 11:12 PM
What is your take on Scott Adams blogging? In particular, these two posts...
Pegs and holes
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/pegs_and_holes/
Reading comprehension test
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/reading_comprehension_test/
Redrajesh at July 4, 2011 1:44 AM
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