NKOTB

NKOTB: "1. Summertime - New Kids on the Block"

MY WORST NIGHTMARE COME TRUE

BreakingNewsOn Paramedics on standby after more than 12 million honey bees were released in Canada's New Brunswich after a transport truck overturned - AP.

Pancho's

You know how much I LOOOOOVE Pancho's "Super Nachos," right? It used to cost $15 to get two orders, and now it costs $20. Additionally, the super nachos are NO LONGER SUPER! They don't have as much substance to them, and they don't taste as good. Plus they've totally increased the ratio of gross refried beans. I feel like I've been cheated on by a lover that I've been dating exclusively for several years. It is a sad state of affairs. Also, I have indigestion now. Super nachos never used to give me indigestion. Boo.

Furthermore, they've redesigned their drive-through menu. It now has pictures on it. It's still not fancy, but it's not the same. I don't like change. I resist all change.

Audacity of Hope

My review rating: 3 of 5 stars
I didn't finish it, though I'm sure it's a fine book. Was a little dry for me, and started feel like something I *should* read rather than something I was really excited to read. I like Obama fine, but enjoy watching him more than reading, I think.

Awwwww

Study: Chimps calm each other with hugs, kisses

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer 1 hour, 45 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - For most folks, a nice hug and some sympathy can help a bit after we get pushed around. Turns out, chimpanzees use hugs and kisses the same way. And it works. Researchers studying people's closest genetic relatives found that stress was reduced in chimps that were victims of aggression if a third chimp stepped in to offer consolation.

"Consolation usually took the form of a kiss or embrace," said Dr. Orlaith N. Fraser of the Research Center in Evolutionary Anthropology and Paleoecology at Liverpool John Moores University in England.

"This is particularly interesting," she said, because this behavior is rarely seen other than after a conflict.

"If a kiss was used, the consoler would press his or her open mouth against the recipient's body, usually on the top of the head or their back. An embrace consisted of the consoler wrapping one or both arms around the recipient."

The result was a reduction of stress behavior such as scratching or self-grooming by the victim of aggression, Fraser and colleagues report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Frans de Waal of the Yerkes Primate Center at Emory University in Atlanta said the study is important because it shows the relationship between consolation and stress reduction. Previous researchers have claimed that consolation had no effect on stress, said de Waal, who was not part of Fraser's research team.

"This study removes doubt that consolation really does what the term suggests: provide relief to distressed parties after conflict. The evidence is compelling and makes it likely that consolation behavior is an expression of empathy," de Waal said.

De Waal suggested that this evidence of empathy in apes is "perhaps equivalent to what in human children is called 'sympathetic concern.'"

That behavior in children includes touching and hugging of distressed family members and "is in fact identical to that of apes, and so the comparison is not far-fetched," he said.

While chimps show this empathy, monkeys do not, he added.

There is also suggestive evidence of such behavior in large-brained birds and dogs, said Fraser, but it has not yet been shown that it reduces stress levels in those animals.

Previous research on conflict among chimps concentrated on cases where there is reconciliation between victim and aggressor, with little attention to intervention by a third party.

Fraser and colleagues studied a group of chimps at the Chester Zoo in England from January 2005 to September 2006, recording instances of aggression such as a bite, hit, rush, trample, chase or threat.

The results show that "chimpanzees calm distressed recipients of aggression by consoling them with a friendly gesture," Fraser said.

Consolation was most likely to occur between chimpanzees who already had valuable relationships, she added.

The research was supported by the Leakey Trust.

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On the Net:

PNAS: http://www.pnas.org

Tom Waits hits on a chick at a party

Tom Waits- Chocolate Jesus

Fuck yeah!

Shiver Me Timbers-Tom Waits

My favorite Tom Waits song. This YouTube version is interesting.

Washington State Domestic Partnership Laws Change

Article taken from today's Seattle Times.
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Domestic partnerships benefit from new laws
Monday, June 9, 2008 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
By RACHEL LA CORTE
The Associated Press

OLYMPIA — Same-sex couples gain dozens of new rights, cougar hunts with dogs are expanded and authorities will work to track gang activity statewide.

Those are just a few of the 280 new laws taking effect at midnight Thursday, when the bulk of the more than 320 measures lawmakers passed this year kick in.

Domestic partners registered with the state will get more than 170 of the rights and responsibilities of marriage, another step toward what supporters hope will eventually be full recognition of same-sex unions.

"It's an exciting step forward," said Josh Friedes, advocacy director of the gay-rights group Equal Rights Washington. "This new law provides a significant basket of new rights, nevertheless, the safety net for our families remain inadequate."

The underlying domestic-partnership law, passed last year, already provides hospital-visitation rights, the ability to authorize autopsies and organ donations and inheritance rights when there is no will.

In a provision similar to California law, unmarried heterosexual senior couples also are eligible for domestic partnerships if one partner is at least 62. The provision was included to help seniors who are at risk of losing pension rights and Social Security benefits if they remarry.

The enhanced measure makes dozens of changes to state law, including requiring domestic partners of public officials to submit financial-disclosure forms, just as the spouses of heterosexual officials do. It also gives domestic partners the same spousal-testimony rights that married couples have, allowing domestic partners the right to refuse to testify against each other in court.

The process of ending a domestic partnership also changes. The partnerships can be ended by the secretary of state only in the first five years, with several more restrictions relating to children, real property or unpaid debts. All other partnerships would be dissolved in Superior Court — similar to conventional divorce.

"It's a more serious commitment than the previous statute was," said Julie Shapiro, a law professor at Seattle University. "People ought to think a little harder before they register, just as people ought to think a littler harder before they marry."

Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company

Redneck lookin for a goth babe - m4w

redneck lookin for a goth babe - m4w
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You'll Dance To Anything

by Dead Milkmen

You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything

Okay, look at you
Don't you look like Siouxsie Sioux
How long did it take to get that way
What a terrible waste of energy
You wear black clothes say you're poetic
The sad truth is you're just pathetic
Get into the groove get out of my way
I came here to drink not to get laid
So why don't you just go on home
If you want to moan you'll have to moan alone
You'll dance to anything...
You'll dance to anything...
Don't try to tell me that you're an intellectual
Cause you're just another boring bisexual
("I met Andy Warhol at a really chic party")
Blow it out your hairdoo cause you really work at Hardees
80 pounds of make up on your art school skin
80 points of I.Q. located within
Know what you are? You're a bunch of ...
Artfags! Artfags!
Choke on this you dance-a-teria types!


You'll dance to anything by the Communards
You'll dance to anything by Book of Love
You'll dance to anything by The Smiths
You'll dance to anything by De-peche Mode
You'll dance to anything by Public Image Limited
You'll dance to anything by Naked Truth
You'll dance to anything by any bunch of stupid Europeans who come over
here with their big hairdoos bent on taking OUR money instead of giving
your cash, where it belongs, to a decent American artist like myself!
You'll dance to anything!

Dear Dawn (Part Deux)

Oh no ... not at all. It's easy to tell the constructive criticism from the constant complainers. You're right we can't please everyone but our job is to try and the more communication we get from you the better. It was just nice to receive a professionally written letter from someone who obviously has good manners and can spell words with more than two syllables! :)

Write or call anytime you want.

Dear Dawn

Many thanks for taking time to write. Biggest complaint from listeners - don't hear the artist/title. Tried to do it kind of subliminally so it wouldn't get too much in the way. It is a real voice, just slightly filtered. Always good to know what you're hearing out there.

Dear KUDL

Dear KUDL,

Just wanted to say that I listen to 98.1 a lot, and I pretty much hate the (sort of new-ish) new voice that announces the names of songs after they play. In addition to being annoying, it sounds like a robot speaking, which is dehumanizing. Just my opinion! Otherwise I love the format. Thanks.

Sincerely,
Dawn Sanders

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Kitty! Eeeeeeee!

Kitty! Eeeeeeee!
Originally uploaded by desanders

My cat, Porter. She's very fluffy. Also she has a pure soul. She will be the savior of humanity.

2008 Bloom Party

This is the first video I ever made. It's really expert.

The Drum Circle of Strife

Totally my new favorite song!