Life in the Empire

February 2009 Blog Posts (2)

Octuplets: What the hell is WRONG with "them?"

Had to rant at a site all a-blather about octo-babies, sick of hearing "teachers" natter about:

It’s the buzz in the lounge. It’s the prattle around the water cooler, the conversation near the coffee pot: the poor obsessive-compulsive woman who had eight babies… to add to her present six children. What she did not have was a “job” and a “husband.” Sandwiched between the tsk-tsks and the cluck-clucks is grousing about how “I made my… Continue

Added by waldopaper on February 21, 2009 at 2:53pm — 2 Comments

Willingen ski jumping

Of all things to do with a perfectly free Saturday. I'm headed for Willingen in Hessen to witness the team jumping. Well, don't look at me like that, it wasn't my idea! Jeez! I had this wild idea about taking my US flag with me and flying it upside down for… Continue

Added by curt on February 6, 2009 at 2:30pm — 6 Comments