I have a confession to make. I’ve never visited Canada in my life, although my British husband adores the country, has visited almost every inch of it and would love to live there someday. Me, I’m not so sure. One “meets” a lot of people in traipsing about the Internet. [...]

Janet Evanovich is a writer of women’s fiction, aka romance novels, except for her ‘By the Numbers Series’, which also appeals to men, teens, adults, and the elderly. The series is also known as the tales of Stephanie Plum, and the books’ titles are based on numbers such as: “One [...]

If you don’t know what Spanx is and are just bursting at the seams to find out, much as I’d like to stretch the truth on this, I can’t hold it in any longer. Spanx is essentially the modern girdle, strong elastic-wear for women and now for men. Thankfully, the [...]

I don’t know how to feel about this story — or about the 16-year-old girl sailing solo around the world. Actually, what this 13-year-old did was quite amazing. He not only climbed Everest — a mountain that kills nearly 10 percent of the people who attempt to summit it — [...]

Just a quick REMINDER of what, along with the traveling & the reveling, & the seared flesh on the barbacue what this “holiday is all about”.. let’s ALL, right.. left… Dem.. repub… take a moment to REMEMBER. http://www.slate.com/id/2112318/fr/nl/ Thanks to ALL who serve..

AdLib : Bonsoir, ma amie! A tu aussi! PatsyT : A demain! Bonne week-end! AdLib : Mood Might! PatsyT : Ok Too much info AdLib : It all depends if it is before or after I blow my nose. PatsyT : Well which is it a B or a M [...]

This BP oil crisis is so frustrating, nothing we can do about it so instead of “fuming” over it, why not try to “lighten” up? So, today’s music thread is all about fuel, fire, burning, combusting, power, everything that “flows” from oil and energy. So, let us begin with a [...]

For KQuark. Something a little lighter for a Friday 1) Playoff beards! 2) No sound in sports like the puck off the pipe! 3) When a hockey player scores … TEAM HUG! 4) There are no free throws in hockey. 5) “Upper body injury” is usually a sprained knee. 6) [...]

New Rule: Any Democrat/Liberal/Progressive is a racist who openly admits that he “forgot the President was black.” New Rule: Any Democrat/Liberal/Progressive is a racist who refers to the President of the United States as “President Sanford and Son.” And New Rule: Any Democrat/Liberal/Progressive who calls the President “Barry”, is just [...]

THE TRUTH IN CORPORATE ADVERTISING ACT (TICA) A potential state ballot proposition in The State of California (NOTE: ALL COMMENTS IN RED ARE QUESTIONS FOR ALL OF YOU ON HOW WE SHOULD DEAL WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS) OVERVIEW The purpose of The Truth in Corporate Advertising Act (TICA) is to build [...]

For those HP “oldtimers” that haven’t yet heard… The HP family lost a dear member a short while ago.. his monikers were “FloydRTurbo”, “CrapWhisperer” & “CarlVee”. He was very ill for a long time.. a sweet soul who spent a GREAT DEAL of his time helping those in need.. he [...]

We’ve all become familiar with the Repub/Fox routine of instantly responding to everything that happens while Obama is president (record snowfalls, children singing support of their president in school, American Idol inequities, etc.) as being his fault. If McCain had won, the snow wouldn’t have fallen, that guy in the [...]

As a tired technician (retired technicians are just tired twice) I have a lot of time on my hands. Mostly I spend my time doing computing, reading, and arts and crafts. Most of my arts and crafts involve woodcarving and jewelry although I do some painting. I read some fiction [...]

AdLib is online. AdLib : Yes, guess we should head over to the post now, see ya there and thanks for a wonderful VP! Here’s the link: «link» AdLib : CL – I would only expect humility from you but the appreciation from us is genuine. kesmarn : Oops…guess I’d [...]

The Huffington Post has gone Vegas. It has instituted a clever way to have commenters engage in what can only be seen as a form of slot machine gambling.  I noticed this  after learning HP had started some kind of  “badges” system.  I visited the site and saw a curious [...]

My bad.  I’ve gone and done it this time I simply forgot to do a music night post. In that vane please post videos that you have not remembered in a long time. Let’s start our with Memories from Cats.

Je suis de retour. Great to be back, missed my fellow Planetarians! So, Vox Populi returns tomorrow night, hope to see you then…I’ll probably be sleeping off the jet lag until then. Cheers!

I am an atheist. When I was seven years old, my father told me that there was no God and that he was Santa Claus. I was upset about the Santa Claus part, but I put the “no God” revelation on hold until I could think about it properly and [...]

The usual apologies up front…never did a story before, don’t know if it’s suitable for the Planet, etc. If I’m all wet, I’m sure somebody will let me know. I’ve been following the Gulf Geyser story as intently as possible for an elderly, nonscientific, English Lit major. One of the [...]

In 2008, a majority of voters seemed to have recognized that the GOP’s policy of allegiance to the wealthy and destruction of our constitution, principles and economy was really not something that they wanted to continue. The voters wanted change and elected Barack Obama. Here we are, a scant year [...]

Well folks it might be still over a month away technically but it’s hot down in Georgia.  Sometimes I don’t think we would have a Spring, save for the rainy days.   So kick back and enjoy your frozen PGD (Pink Girly Drink) and share some summertime toons. My favorite summertime [...]

1. Under the sea, an enormous, so-far-unstoppable eruption of oil endangers a huge swath of ocean, as well as the lives and livelihoods of a multitude. 2. On land, Climate Change has ushered in severe weather devastating towns and cities. 3. In our society, economic powers have wreaked havoc and [...]

Here we go again with the hyperbole from both sides.  A left wing ideologue that is gonna kill babies and take away our guns but a Cheney loving neocon at the same time.  The part that always amazes me the most is how both the left and right like to [...]

Since the UK is the theme of the night I thought I might start out with some of my favorite scenes from British sitcom.  We might as well have some fun when the cat is away. My favorite scene from Father Ted. How can you talk about Britcoms without mentioning [...]