Neanderpundit

Long before I became immersed in IMTS I visited my MD. She wrote for some bloodwork, me being overdue, and I went in to get the blod drawn. As i left, they hand me this big bag. “Oh, cool! Consolation prize!” I think, but no, inside were three handy dandy buckets and some odd looking frame things.

The purpose of this, the receptionist informs me, are to collect stool specimens.

When they put the “biohazard” emblem on the oputside of the bag, they could never have imagined the horror.

Unfortunately, I do not have to fill the buckets and return them, as that would bring me unadulterated glee; no, I must merely daub samples from different turds, and spread them on the enclosed card. Twice per day, for three days.

Now, I have two meals that I know are perfect for this task, the first being pickled hardboiled eggs with warm Leinenkugel’s bock beer, and the second being Gyros & Guinness, with a side of onion rings. These combinations, even in microscopic quantities, are adequate to cause retching among even the most stouthearted. Any suggestions for the third? Remember, we’re talking aroma here, not consistency.

Maybe everyone knew this but Oriana has passed.

If you don’t know her you missed something. If you do, you will be saddened. Like her or not, she was always straight up- and for a woman who weighed 80 lbs, most of which was balls, she turned some heads, figuratively and literally.

A voice of reason and a clear understanding of the threat of islam, silenced forever. Rest well, Miss Fallaci.

at Baby Troll Blog suggests we start assembling, peacibly, to try to encourage change. A “movement”, he calls it. I agree. However, with few, if any, exceptions, the downfall of any movement is the reluctance of the most qualified to lead it. Leading me to put forth the Rule of Movement Leadership:

In any “movement”, no matter how noble or ignoble it’s intentions, there can be only three types of leaders: the devious, who choses leadership for the power it provides, the reluctant, who is qualified but must be pressed forth into service for he will not volunteer, and the fool, who thinks he is being done an honor, but is actually being ruthlessly encumbered.

I asked Mr Alger to provide exceptions to this rule, and he did, and I think they are the exceptions that prove the rule. For the most part, I believe I am right; “Movement” is exactly the same as “Union” for the good it does in the long term. They both engender the same type of corruption and overall bullshit.