Colleen_b

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I love a fact-based brawl followed by the clanging of glasses. I don't take fools lightly and they don't usually take a liking to me anyhow. Yes, I have three wonderful children, but they aren't so wild anymore. Just waiting for/dreading the teen years when my name will be accurate once again.

Spa Treatment Goes Horribly Wrong

I consider myself a spa-savvy gal. Nothing’s better than a good exfoliation of my body followed by an amazing deep tissue massage.I’m rather adventurous when it comes to my spa treatments; I’ll try about anything. Until I read this.

The most cringe-worthy line: “I tried to hold it and take it out, but the eel was too slippery to be held and it disappeared up my penis.”

This article made my wheels turn a bit. I wonder if any of you have had a bad spa experience? Feel free to share your vagazzling, happy-endings gone awry and placenta facial stories here. Comment.

Does Warren Buffett Really Pay Less Taxes Than His Secretary?

Photo Courtesy of afscme.org

“Middle-class families shouldn’t pay higher taxes than millionaires and billionaires. That’s pretty straightforward. It’s hard to argue against that,” President Obama said yesterday.  I agree with Obama on this one. Then I read an interesting Fact Check piece titled: Are Rich Taxed Less than Secretaries?

According to this article, the data tells a different story. Stephen Ohlemacher writes, “…the wealthiest people in America pay a lot more in taxes than the middle class or the poor… They pay at a higher rate, and as a group, they contribute a much larger share of the overall taxes collected by the federal government.”

So just how big is the million dollar earner group and what percentage do they fork up to Uncle Sugar? In 2009, 237,000 households filed taxes with the IRS in amounts of $1 million or more in income. Of that amount less than 1% paid no taxes at all. Continue reading →

Cheerleaders Dress Like Sluts, According to Principal

Piedmont Hills High School principal Traci Williams implemented a dress code in her San Jose, California school. Ms Williams felt that many of her students were dressing inappropriately and began conducting dress code sweeps in her school. At Piedmont Hills High, shorts or skirts must be lower than mid-thigh.

Apparently the principal is really cracking down, at least according to this student. Senior Izak Joubert claims the enforcement of the rules is “extremely stricter” this year, but there are some teenage girls who “look kind of ridiculous wearing their underpants to school.” Note to Principal Williams: you may have bigger fish to fry than short skirts.

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GOP Debate Liveblog: Cream of the Crop or Cream de la Crap?

 

Despite my conservative leanings, I don’t hold out much hope at being impressed by the motley crew that makes up the current GOP Presidential candidates.  Ever since my boy T-Paw left, I’ve been rather discouraged and I don’t think my mind will be changed tonight.

Here is tonight’s lineup:

Rick Perry – I hope this slick Texan has been doing squats as he is going to be the bottom of a big pile on. Can he maintain his Lone Star swagger?

Mitt Romney -Will the sparks muss up this man’s perfectly coiffed hair? Continue reading →

Hurricane Tips from a Pro: Drinking During a Hurricane

Courtesy of the Hog Penny in Hamilton Bermuda

I’ve been down this hurricane road quite a few times. Real ones — like Category 4 real. On an island.

In general a Category 2 wouldn’t even make me board up my windows in Bermuda, but that is no reason not to be prepared. Planning for a hurricane involves the usual making sure that you have provisions. That has been covered here and elsewhere. The one provision they don’t talk about is alcohol. One cannot have a proper hurricane party without some good hooch.

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Test Your Vocabulary

Merriam-Webster has a brief, ten question vocabulary test.

Crasstalkers are a pretty bright bunch when we aren’t slinging feces at one another for our opinions about wine, cheerleading, gentrification, parenting, placentas and now, breastfeeding. I’d like to see how we stack up to the national average score of  2480. I scored 3820, which proves that not all Republicans are stupid.

One thing to note: speed counts and gives you bonus points.  You have a full ten seconds to provide the definition, but move faster and you will earn more points.

Ready? Go!

Limerick Contest Tuesday

The limerick packs laughs anatomical
In space that is quite economical,
But the good ones I’ve seen
So seldom are clean,
And the clean ones so seldom are comical.
– Author Unknown, but I’d like to have a beer with him

We had our high-brow poetry column on Monday, but I think this crowd could really do some bang up limericks. Continue reading →