The last Twitter post quote had more than 140 characters. Doesn't that call into question as to whether it was actually tweeted?

I'm a total moron. In my defense, I'm doing this on a tiny BlackBerry on a bus. And as for the "word" mistake, can I offer the humble excuse that my at-hand vernacular has been shifted by the number of final papers I've recently finished writing?

//tucks tail and wanders off

I was born in late 1980 [1259 in Iran - I think], so I find this very fascinating. I did watch "Persepolis", though.

I'm just wondering if American Fascist is a performance artist or not...

I honestly had little idea that women were so vilified re this choice. I'm a 28-yr-old man with no interest in having a child. I have gotten the evil eye when i've mentioned this to women, but I was never personally insulted. And I'm not even the one who has to be pregnant (and yes, I know that's not the driving force behind this choice for women; but probably the driving force for the insults).

Going off that last parenthetical entry, maybe the offense that is generated in these individuals is from the thought that childless women are selfish because they value their bodies and free time more than the lives of their children; you know -- the children that don't exist. Maybe.

Instead of bitching one way or the other, I just will post this Simpsons quote:

Bart: "Mom, Maggie puked in your purse again!"

Lindsay Naegle: "That's too bad Marge, the only thing my purse is filled with is disposable income. now if you'll excuse me, i'm late for a skydiving-massage."

"at first I thought they were doing pilates. Then I realized that they were reaching; it's just that what they were reaching for was so far away that I didn't see it at first."

This is just plain horrible. Take one of the most ostracized communities in the country and remove a lifeline that may provide solace to a youngster. I remember reading "Catcher in the Rye" at 11 and feeling the need to hide it under my bed so as not to freak out my conservative parents. I borrowed a copy from the library and the librarian probably wondered a bit. But to be young and confused and not even have a minimal outlet must be unimaginably depressing.

When there is another terrorist attack, which unfortunately seems inevitable, these powers are going to become even farther-reaching. But at the rate things are going, there aren't going to be many more civil liberties to violate.

I am watching the us house debating a resolution that would publicly express support for the protesters in Iran. The only word of caution i've heard so far was from a democrat. It's a Friday, so attendance in the chambers is quite low, and I don't like the idea that such a small group of loudmouths supposedly represents us.

Is it so hard to be quiet? Why throw stones at a hornets nest?

Would someone had to have called a doctor? Ah, word play...

But the value of technology is in how it keeps people connected, n

ot disconnected from the real world. A few years ago, I moved back east. I had a local cell provider in my old state, so was without a mobile for a month or so. During this month, I traveled half an hour to meet a friend at his house, only to have him not answer the door when I got there. I missed my mobile then. Technology does more harm than good. It's just that manners have declined. Even the New York Times had an article in the past week about declining cell phone etiquette in the workplace. But don't blame technology where manners are at fault -- being a Luddite achieves nothing.

That people will be conservative in general questions, but answer more liberally to specific ones (eg civil unions an marriages for gays, public option for healthcare). I wonder if this is because the right has done such a good job making "liberal" a pejorative.

Except many things. I never got that argument. Ever read the tales from when fire departments where private companies? Scary.

Did it better. Although France is the opposite of the South.

Glenn Beck is the most brilliant performance artist who has ever lived.

Didn't the Marquis de Sade describe that first? In fact, didn't he basically create the horror-porn genre?

Callooh! Callay!

And next time a right-winger mentions Stuart Smalley, someone should mention "Bedtime for Bonzo".

But even when I did, I failed to see the logic in providing offerings to the spirits of dead loved ones. Hot cocoa? What's that about?

I graduated from my catholic high school without anyone showing me how to correctly put on a condom. Apparently the stations of the cross were more important. Although I haven't seen the show, I hope that it can be part of a healthy dose of reality for teens with none of the fake dialogue of Juno.

My sister and I are 6 week premature twins. I was a scant 2 pounds but am now a strapping lad. I have no doubt that the author made some very hard choices that are impossible to describe in such limited space. It's sad that people are instead using the comments section to argue over tangents and non-sequiteurs.

I thought they were just a stream of non-sequiturs. Doesn't James Joyce write for them?

The article should be edited to read "National Oceanic and ATMOSPHERIC Administration". However, I find the phrase "administrative administration" delightfully hyper-bureaucratic.

How large a weapon can one hide beneath a tophat?