Monthly Archives: October 2008

Brief Hiatus

Posted on October 29, 2008 by squathole

Anticipate sparse posting for a few days while I make a brief run back home to the City of Bodily Harm. World Series celebration? Good guess.  But wrong. Somebody getting married? Try again. Funeral? Getting warmer.  My mom’s about to … Continue reading →

Posted in People Who Died, Died | 14 Comments

Scatological Rain Delay

Posted on October 28, 2008 by squathole

It’s 11 PM Monday and the fifth game of the World Series is (a) tied at 2 and (b) under water.  Nothing to do but dredge up some soggy blog to pass the time before passing out.  What a way … Continue reading →

Posted in Playing With Balls | 4 Comments

With Friends Like These…..

Posted on October 27, 2008 by squathole

This is a scream.  Less than a week after Obama gets an endorsement from General Colon Bowel,look who steps up and pats John McCain on the back: Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would welcome … Continue reading →

Posted in Gen. Snark, Maj. Snafu, Corp. Punishment | 7 Comments

What If……

Posted on October 24, 2008 by squathole

An old friend sent me this one, don’t know where he got it.  Nothing I didn’t know, but somehow it resonated.  And since it’s Nobody Reads My Blog on Friday anyway, I’m reprinting it with minimal editorial snark: Obama/Biden vs … Continue reading →

Posted in Gen. Snark, Maj. Snafu, Corp. Punishment | 22 Comments

Phightins

Posted on October 23, 2008 by squathole

For me, home will always be the the city I grew up in.   Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, was (and remains) a sour, cynical town with an overall bad attitude that flows through the population’s bloodstreams, and seeps into … Continue reading →

Posted in Playing With Balls | 9 Comments

Shots and Beers

Posted on October 22, 2008 by squathole

I hadn’t eased in to the Liquor and Rubber Balls Sport Emporium and Pants Pressed While-U-Wait for a few weeks, so it’s nice this evening to see a nice cross-section (pardon the pun) of the regular lesbians milling ’round without … Continue reading →

Posted in The Adventures of Don Tequila | 8 Comments

Roll The Tape

Posted on October 21, 2008 by squathole

True love takes many forms.  But duct tape and plastic ties? A Port St. Lucie man accused of binding a woman’s hands and taping her mouth shut says he was only trying to get her attention, according to a St. … Continue reading →

Posted in News From the Nation's Dicktip | 5 Comments

The Race Is On

Posted on October 20, 2008 by squathole

A reminder of the explosiveness of race unfolded in the little Panhandle town of Marianna on Thursday when black residents protested to the all-white school board for stopping short of firing a middle school teacher who wrote on a dry-erase … Continue reading →

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Afterlife Extra

Posted on October 17, 2008 by squathole

The fat of the land is now buried in it. Cincinnati  – Ohio executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer who argued his obesity made death by lethal injection inhumane. Richard Cooey, 41, died at 10:28 a.m. Tuesday at the Southern … Continue reading →

Posted in Gen. Snark, Maj. Snafu, Corp. Punishment, People Who Died, Died | 10 Comments

A Penny Saved, A Dollar Burned

Posted on October 16, 2008 by squathole

I’m often accused (mostly during alcohol-fueled discussions) of being a Republican.  Seems I say a lot of things that sound like I should be, but I’m not.  I can’t afford it.  Here’s an interesting diagram why: The larger story is … Continue reading →

Posted in Shaken and Stirred | 9 Comments