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Saturday, Nov 7, 2009
matt.x
Published Letters: 26 Editor's Choice: 1
Now that a live show by some act you've never heard of costs more than minor surgery, I find that I'd rather gamble the $10-15 on the cd... if i like it i can listen to my hearts' content and if not, it has decent trade-in value. That said, I thoroughly enjoyed Low's show last year in Boise; they definitely give it their all live. The only complaint is the constant chatter in the audience... a group of teenage girls in front of me spent a good deal of the concert LOUDLY discussing their later plans and cell-phoning friends, and this group was by no means an anamoly in the audience.
Be sure to watch the on-line ad for the fancy butt-washing contraption. Just click on the row of smiley bottoms.
silly grown-ups... video games are for kids! There's this vast strange thing outside your door called the Real World (and no, it's not the mtv version). How about a $100 price cut on my mortgage or my utility bills? Now that would be something to crow about.
These judgmental, intolerant "values voters" make a mockery of the word Christian. As a Christian (actually a liberal Catholic - so I guess that doesn't count in their eyes) I deplore the attention lavished on these morons by the media. Even more deplorable is watching Repug politician after politician wear the knees out of their trousers catering to this crowd of hate-mongers. In 2009 I fear America is going to get the government we deserve... God help us all.
noun, verb, 9-11... noun,verb, 9-11... noun, verb, 9-11...
let's face it, brothers and sisters, that really IS the choice...
My family relocated to the suburbs of Boise ID a few years ago, using the rising real estate prices in California to finance a new larger home close to schools and parks. So at 40, I had my first sprinkler system and lawn, and I must admit I sometimes feel that I'm now enslaved to that damn lawn. I use "green" fertilizers, but still have to mow and weed and worry about every little brown patch, as well as fix sprinkler heads when they decide to malfunction. In this area, we're starting to get more interest in xeriscaping, which is replacing the lawn with native plants more suitable to the dry climate. The thought of a vegetable garden is also very tempting.
The word "sacred" primarily decribes holiness or divinity, so it kind of bothers me that that word is used to describe gun ownership. I doubt that God, in any way you wish to understand Him/Her, smiles down on Americans' obsession with guns. Personally I'm fairly liberal and i also support gun ownership, but "sacred"? Get your priorities straight!
SIX HUNDRED stores to be closed? Just this week, Round Table Pizza closed all of its Idaho locations citing low profits and the growing costs of fuel and ingredients. Is it time to be scared about the economy yet?
Wouldn't it make sense to have a law making it a felony for a politician/public official to repeat statements in the media which have already been shown to be false? Granted, such a situation would result in (at least) 50% of our so-called leaders doing time. Maybe not such a bad idea after all...
Hopefully stuff like this gets a bit more popular and a bit more affordable for the masses out there, especially in urban areas where distances to the grocery, the hardware store, etc, aren't that daunting. Even here in suburban Boise ID, I'm probably within 2 miles of any business I could conceivably need to visit. But $17 for a chicken... puh-leeesse
may i suggest substituting out the "awesomes" in all our vocabularies with the subtle yet sublime "rockin' like Dokken."
When a significant portion of the population still pay attention to this pervie dope-addict windbag, you know we haven't learned much from the past seven years.
can he program the White House VCR?
can I give a big shout-out to scrapbooking's major hottie Elsie Flanagan!
It's heartening to finally read a few letters from folks sick to death of wanna-be-beatniks like be-bop-o and good-celery! Can't you take your sorry rants down to your local coffeeshop open-mike night and quit littering the letter pages with your self-important gibberish? Pretty please?
subverts our Constitution, sneers at any idea of his accountability in this administration, generally behaves like an arrogant @#$%#$&! and gets to walk off into the sunset with his pockets stuffed with cash and fishing pole in hand... why WOULD anyone feel sorry for him? He's got one heck of a job.
let's see.. young pretty woman abandoned by boyfriend, political connections, money... I hope some enterprising young man is hitch-hiking toward Alaska with flowers in one hand and a book of love sonnets in the other.
I may be an aspiring foodie, but I'm intrigued with the idea of Cap'n Crunch Chicken, so long as it doesn't rough up the inside of my mouth like it did when I was wee.
can we do it to Sean Hannity now????
Let's chuck it all for 75 wooded acres and an antique farmhouse, milk those goats in between trips to Europe. Would pontificate further, but I have to get some sleep... got to go to WORK tomorrow.
Thanks for the mention of the Hamm's Beer sign... as a child raised in San Francisco, I remember being charmed by it as I rode along in the family station wagon after visiting relatives in the East Bay! It's right up there with the Doggy Diner heads, which I think still exist somewhere in the City, as well as the Mr. Peanuts figures that perched on the roof of the Planters warehouse.
just sayin'...
I'm reminded of the older gentleman at an anti-Obama rally giggling as he held up a stuffed monkey doll to represent the president. Let' face it, there's a TON of folks out there who can't wait for n*****r to be an acceptable term again.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. 8 -- but gay marriage lost
Once one obtains Seriousness credentials in the Washington media, they are irrevocable no matter one's conduct.
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