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John Anderson

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 01:08 PM

speaking of...

the delusion that you are somehow very, very special and privileged, and no woman is worthy of your specialness -- yes, that's why you are alone and childless in your mid-40s...not because you are paranoid, delusional, hateful, filled with spite and accusations, filled with contempt and stereotypes ABOUT YOUR OWN KIND, relentlessly misogynistic and did I forget, you hate marriage and think it's some kind of trap? Gee, we all wonder why you haven't gotten married!!!

You sound like a real prize yourself.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 06:15 PM

"She's so not me."

Well thank god for that.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 07:20 PM

well

once you've established the low water mark, there's nowhere to go but up.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 07:29 PM
Original article: Why we can't eat just one

have to concur about the mental health angle

In college oh so many years ago I was on the ward briefly and the weird eating habits were clearly evident among the freaky/weepy/angry people.

People are downing all those fries because they're self medicating their depression.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 08:07 PM
Original article: Why we can't eat just one

depression linked to obesity

http://www.childadvocate.net/depression_and_obesity.htm

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 08:25 PM

peeing in public is strictly forbidden

but enforcement is lax

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 08:48 PM
Original article: TV apocalypse now!

the dinosaurs could not survive this kind of disaster

we will survive because we can go to our summer homes

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 09:13 PM

well after my last match.com pseudo relationship a couple of years ago I think I've given up on this god-dang love-thang

but my loss is the letters section's gain.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 09:18 PM

now I don't have kids but I think some parents solve this problem by locking the kid in the garage

you could try it.

Thursday, June 18, 2009 01:06 PM

life is mostly a process of removing things

until we are alone in an empty room, joyously happy.

Thursday, June 18, 2009 01:21 PM

this book sounds fabulous

rebirth, awakening, renewal...overflowing with attractiveness and exotic locations and even good smells.

This book is obviously not to be missed.

Thursday, June 18, 2009 05:15 PM

The author and I have something in common

I am also too ironic for Reed.

Thursday, June 18, 2009 06:58 PM

Kate Christensen and the mirror self

The glossy surface of this book hides a greater deepness and richness that the review barely hints at. We see how the sexual flowering of the main character plays a haunting counterpoint to her friend's empty shell. Words alone cannot resolve this bitter pairing, as one woman reaches incredible sexual heights and the other grovels on her knees to her god, a mexican god, a catholic god, an aztec god, a god of vengeance in the bright heat of the patio.

Thursday, June 18, 2009 07:24 PM

it's called letting go

something to consider

Thursday, June 18, 2009 08:12 PM

I would consider growing out my ear hair for a woman

3 or 4 inches is probably about right.

Thursday, June 18, 2009 09:11 PM

LauraBB, I have to draw the line somewhere

and that somewhere is in my nose.

Friday, June 19, 2009 06:53 PM
Original article: Roundup: Movies not to miss

I want my nazi zombies dubbed into english

takk veldig mye

Friday, June 19, 2009 07:05 PM
Original article: "Whatever Works"

I liked his "earlier, funny ones"

Now Allen is a self-parody, a sophisticated millionaire with a big artistic reputation and some sort of emotional disorder concerning coeds.

Monday, June 22, 2009 09:21 AM

infatuation

if you get through this rough patch alone you can later install some other guy at the high point of your earnings curve.

Monday, June 22, 2009 06:23 PM

obviously, Obama needs to dispatch a carrier group to the region

or something like that

Monday, June 22, 2009 06:30 PM

yeah I remember you

I still can't believe what you said to me after work that time.

Monday, June 22, 2009 08:18 PM

"Killing babies is against the very basis of the RC faith..."

If Joan Walsh was baptized and has not been excommunicated, then I think she really is a "pro-choice Catholic".

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 06:01 PM

seven years in LA

I left quite some time ago. At work I was talking to somebody...turns out she worked on the Terminator but also left LA for some reason or another.

If you keep getting work on movies in LA, I guess you stay. And your life becomes a magical party.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 09:15 PM

loss of the fetus during a homebirth is just an unintended abortion

so it's fine

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 09:19 PM
Original article: There will be blood

periods are gross

but you knew that

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 09:24 PM
Original article: God, He's moody

"Do cats have a Jesus?"

cats are clearly the work of the devil

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 09:27 PM
Original article: God, He's moody

GLR

as a longtime reader, I prefer the 2-word absurdist screen name to the new "corporate style".

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 09:36 PM

Beaverton, Oregon is the next Hot Spot for Moving Pictures

be there or be square

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 09:45 PM
Original article: Why your marriage sucks

married people

I am so not interested in hearing about your kids again

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:04 PM
Original article: Leave me alone

people do not bother me

they don't intrude on my little apartment...no need to wish for solitude, because it's right here.

now, somebody will meet me for coffee or something, but they don't cross the invisible line I have drawn. All you have to do is draw a line and people will stay the hell away...unless they want to have sex with you. Then it's more complicated.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 06:48 PM
Original article: Leave me alone

LondonLad

Is that a British thing?

Friday, June 26, 2009 04:16 PM
Original article: The Great He-cession

I can bring home the bacon...and fry it up in the pan

mainly because I like bacon

Saturday, June 27, 2009 06:04 PM

over-identification with electronic gizmos

try an atypical antipsychotic.

Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:02 PM

I just carry a dish with me

it feeds the heads-up display so I can type with my eyes.

Sunday, June 28, 2009 01:17 PM

yes of course I unplug

I sit in the closet wearing oven mitts.

Sunday, June 28, 2009 03:40 PM
Original article: The studs of summer TV

FYI

Most women are like you; they can easily achieve orgasm with manual or oral stimulation, but less frequently achieve orgasm with intercourse. Many of these women require clitoral stimulation during intercourse to achieve orgasm. This is because the angle of insertion does not produce sufficient pressure and stimulation to the clitoral tissues to induce orgasm. A larger penis is unlikely to provide more clitoral stimulation than a smaller penis.

http://www.netwellness.org/question.cfm/12268.htm

Sunday, June 28, 2009 04:04 PM
Original article: The studs of summer TV

four feels like so much more

that's what she said, anyway.

Monday, June 29, 2009 06:43 PM
Original article: A sad defense of marriage

as someone who has never been married, but has been approached by married women

marriage seems very appealing but also very constraining...to exist in this pair-bonded state where other people are off limits in certain ways.

Monday, June 29, 2009 08:43 PM
Original article: Obama woos LGBT leaders

@Ballsee

What is the murder and assault rate against gays, compared to the rest of the population?

Monday, June 29, 2009 09:14 PM
Original article: The studs of summer TV

huge breasts

they could have a show about that...guys who pay to have sex with a woman who has really huge breasts.

http://www.zimbio.com/member/williamhale/articles/1562038/Look+At+Those+Puppies

not my thing but it would be a great tv show with lots of laffs 4 all.

Monday, June 29, 2009 09:35 PM

"Put on your big boy pants already and get off the dole."

This attitude towards government service is unfortunate.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 08:43 AM
Original article: Obama woos LGBT leaders

@balsee

"So we're not deserving of equal rights because not enough of us have been killed yet by kooks and gay bashers?"

A claim of descrimination requires some proof.

I could easily collect a bunch of newspaper articles about white middle-aged straights who were brutally murdered...and what exactly would that accomplish?

If you don't have murder/assault statistics that show bias, you are in a very weak lobbying position.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:38 PM
Original article: Obama woos LGBT leaders

@Blueflash

I'm not denying your reality or hating gays...just asking a simple question relating to overall risk of murder for ALL groups in the US.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:42 PM
Original article: Obama woos LGBT leaders

calamine you're the only one who gets my jokes

which is a good thing, I hope.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:47 PM
Original article: Obama woos LGBT leaders

well ok sometimes Klytus gets them

but you two don't get along, do you

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 09:12 PM
Original article: "Public Enemies"

Depp is great

I will go to see his movies like a well-trained automaton.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:09 AM
Original article: Obama woos LGBT leaders

"And nobody kills middle-aged white men BECAUSE they are middle-aged white men. They are assaulted for money or personal reasons."

That's reassuring

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:43 AM
Original article: Obama woos LGBT leaders

@Ashgrove

US suicide rates 2006

15-24 9.9 per 100,000

45-54 17.2 per 100,000

Figures from the National Center for Health Statistics.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:02 PM
Original article: Obama woos LGBT leaders

teen suicide

Gay male adolescents are two to three times more likely than their peers to attempt suicide.

http://www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth/

Suicide rates among American Indian/Alaskan Native adolescents and young adults ages 15 to 34 (21.7 per 100,000) are 2.2 times higher than the national average for that age group (10.0 per 100,000).

http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/Suicide-DataSheet-a.pdf

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