Cancer can kiss my ass!!!

Tue Jan 4, 2011 1:57 AM EST

So...I always considered myself to be a strong person. I have always been opinionated and supremely head strong once a decision or impression has been made and I retain these traits even now that I have been diagnosed with cancer, oh and by the way not just one cancer but 2.

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Modern Day Pharisees -- Evangelical Opposers of Healthcare Reform

Fri Oct 2, 2009 3:12 PM EDT

With Health Care reform looming on the horizon and the potential for the uninsured to finally get relief, opposition on the right seems like such a divisive tactic to further pad their coffers through the health industries "key donations." None of the health care reform oppo …

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us-news, evangelicals, pundits, greed, hypocrisy, health-care-reform

Liberated in Love: Can Open Marriage Work? - MSN Relationships - article

Seeded on Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:46 PM EDT (MSN)

With actress Tilda Swinton declaring that three is company in her relationship, we explore whether giving up monogamy can set you free.

msn, keyword

Hair Bands Sucked Then Too!

Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:48 PM EDT

I recently came across a little gem of a documentary on Vh1 about the women behind the hair bands of the 80s that pretty much helped to prop up the boy-men that made up the well known bands like Poison, Motley Crue and all those others.

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entertainment, music, women, rock, grunge, misogyny, hair-metal

Will Holder's 'Reckoning' on Detainee Abuse Fall Flat?

Seeded on Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:33 AM EDT (Newsweek)

Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to name a career prosecutor to investigate alleged CIA interrogation abuses would seem to fulfill a dramatic pledge he made last year when he was promoting the election of Barack Obama.

human-rights, cia, abuse, politics, republicans, torture, holder, inhumane, john-durham

Muslim model to be the first in Malaysia to get "CANED" for drinking a beer

Seeded on Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:56 AM EDT (the Mail online)

A Muslim part-time model will become the first woman to be caned in Malaysia after pleading guilty to drinking beer, a prosecutor said today. An Islamic court ordered that Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, be lashed six times with a rattan cane after she was caught drinking alcoho …

muslim, sentence, religion, woman, beer, cane, model, punishment

Eight Things You Don't Know About SheWhoDoesn'tFallForBS

Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:50 PM EDT

Hi guys, this is my first official group joining on the vine and it's definitely about time. Well here are my 8 things. 1. I have a 3 year old little smart aleck kid with a strong independent streak, just like his momma. He is tall and skinny, also just like his mommy.

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art, music, family, eight-things

Why Some Young Women Feel Disenfranchised By Feminism

Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:40 PM EDT (the Mail online)

Feminism has become a dirty word. Young women seem to believe that we no longer need feminism.

women, young, inequality, feminism, gender-indifference

A sticky end: Scorned women exact painful revenge on cheating husband with superglue

Seeded on Mon Aug 3, 2009 3:46 PM EDT (the Mail online)

Three women exacted a painful revenge on a cheating husband they discovered had been sleeping with them all at the same time - by super glueing his private parts.

women, hotel, wisconsin, odd-news, cheating, husband, super-glue

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Guyroglyphics: A Dude Translates What Men Say Into What Men Mean

Seeded on Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:13 PM EDT (Glamour.com - Daily Gossip)

Sick of overanalyzing every word that guys say? So are we, which is why we went straight to the source to find out what his guyspeak really means.

entertainment, men, communication, relationships, miscommunication

SANTOGOLD Starstruck -- Awesome Song!!!

Seeded on Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:35 PM EDT (YouTube)

This song is bad ass and the electronic beat couples with her lyrical vocals makes for a great song. I've been listening to it on repeat for the whole morning.

entertainment, music, electronic, new-wave, starstruck, santogold

Cat Killer Found and Arrested

Seeded on Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:32 AM EDT (MiamiHerald.com)

The teenager accused of mutilating more than a dozen cats in South Miami-Dade was not the reserved yet rabid killer some expected. He was a dog-loving class clown, a swim class instructor, an 18-year-old who grew up before the eyes of the four-legged victims' families.

killer, cat, odd-news, teenager, miami-dade, neighbourhood

This is my new FAVORITE song

Seeded on Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:50 PM EDT (YouTube)

This guy's voice is brilliant with a great falsetto thing going on. Laid back and artsy and I dig the distorted piano.

entertainment, new, music, band, cold-war-kids

Miami Carnival 2009

Seeded on Tue Jun 9, 2009 12:46 PM EDT ()

I can not wait to join a troupe this year.

entertainment, miami, party, carnival, reggae, soca, west-indian

Graduate and Get a Real J-O-B?

Seeded on Mon Jun 8, 2009 11:06 AM EDT (The Root)

Boy do you lose a certain amount of bushy tailed idealism when you have to settle for a sub par job or no job at all in some cases.

business, college, jobs

Girl Scouts Force Provincial Entrepreneurship By Banning Online Sales

Seeded on Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:04 AM EDT (Newsweek)

When 8-year-old Wild Freeborn became a Girl Scout earlier this year, she had a simple goal: sell 12,000 boxes of the organization's addictive cookies. She wanted to earn enough money to send her entire troop (all new scouts) to summer camp in Brevard, N.C.

sales, us-news, cookies, girl-scouts

Top Yogi -- Competitive Yoga

Seeded on Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:22 PM EST (Slate)

To those of us who've spent years practicing yoga in an atmosphere of soft-lit candles, chanting, and nonjudgmental good vibes, the idea of a yoga competition sounds about as absurd as the idea of competitive prayer.

health, competition, yoga, bikram

This Kid Is Hilarious -- Obama Impersonator

Seeded on Tue Feb 3, 2009 4:23 PM EST (YouTube)

This kid is dead on and his voice is exactly the same.

politics

Obama touts equal-pay bill at signing ceremony

Seeded on Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:42 AM EST (msnbc.com)

FINALLY!!!!!! President Barack Obama signed an equal pay bill into law Thursday, declaring that it's a family issue, not just a women's issue. The president picked the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act for the first piece of legislation to sign as president.

politics

Old And Obviously Addled Couple Spend 155K To Clone A Dog

Seeded on Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:01 PM EST (msnbc.com)

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

odd-news

The COOL KIDS, Why? Because You Need To Know!

Seeded on Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:23 PM EST (Vibe)

Just so you know, this is what your kids are listening to, or will be very soon. For once you don't have to be too nervous.

entertainment

You Barack It You Buy It!

Seeded on Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:41 AM EST (The Root)

Unfortunately, that is not where Obamaphernalia ends. Right now, as I type this essay, I am wearing Obama socks. Knotted at my neck is an Obama tie. I'm wearing Obama underwear, an Obama sweater, Obama flip flops and Obama cuff links. I'm munching on my Obama 'Os cereal.

politics

Mom Convicted on Lesser Charges in MySpace Case

Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:49 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A Missouri mother on trial in a landmark cyberbullying case was convicted Wednesday of only three minor offenses for her role in a mean-spirited Internet hoax that apparently drove a 13-year-old girl to suicide. And she still thinks she did absolutely nothing wrong!

us-news