over the age of 14 listens to Marilyn Manson anyway?!? I swear there's some truly twisted and thought-provoking music out there, both worthwhile and crappy, but Marilyn Manson ain't it.

All politics and party affiliations aside, does it make ANY sense to award a "peace prize" to the leader of a nation currently making war on and occupying two foreign nations?

If I were to act like some blow-hard, self-important, quasi-sociopathic ass-clown, would I get a three-part feature on Salon? Report it when nutjob media personalities actually say or do something that affects our society; don't just give them free advertising! Lots of us out here don't give a fig about Beck's experiences and motivations... we just want him to STFU.

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.

just sayin'...

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.

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.

can we do it to Sean Hannity now????

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.

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.

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.

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?

can I give a big shout-out to scrapbooking's major hottie Elsie Flanagan!

can he program the White House VCR?

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.

may i suggest substituting out the "awesomes" in all our vocabularies with the subtle yet sublime "rockin' like Dokken."

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

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...

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?

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!

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.

let's face it, brothers and sisters, that really IS the choice...

noun, verb, 9-11... noun,verb, 9-11... noun, verb, 9-11...

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.

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.

Be sure to watch the on-line ad for the fancy butt-washing contraption. Just click on the row of smiley bottoms.