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(1) Mark Jacobson | 4 months ago

Whatever happened to the bird flu? I was sure that half the world's population would be wiped out by now. Could it be that our mainstream mass media could have actually b...

(1) CMOR | 3 months ago

He was a true Norseman... At nearly seven feet tall, his presence was enough to overshadow the most intimidating of souls, and his long blonde hair only seemed to emphasi...

(2) missadena | 3 months ago

When I tell friends about Chippendale's, they either laugh or smile and all of them say the same thing to me, "So, what was it like?!" I'm guessing most of them thought i...

(1) frontporch | 2 months ago

It wasn't until mid-life that our lives finally found each other. Suddenly, it seemed, we discovered this giddy, adolescent butterflies-in-the-stomach kind of thing. Thic...

(1) frontporch | 2 months ago

It takes alot to piss-off Grandma. "You hitch up the wagon to an ornery mule, well after you ride to town a time or two, the orneyness just becomes a fact of life." Grand...

(1) toriclark | 2 months ago

My Timeless Me When we were children we were taught that getting discouraged was a fact of life. Getting discouraged is way too easy for most adults as we learn to stop t...

(1) frontporch | 2 months ago

Grandpa kept himself busy in the barn, finding little chores - the ones that always need doing but mostly aren't important enough to hem and haw about. But a stir in his ...

(2) shivers | 2 months ago

POetrY LoVerS! POets! DrEAmeRs!!! PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE POETRY CONTEST!!! EMAIL your poem to shivers.poems@pnn.com and Check back here to know who won - and to read the o...

(1) frontporch | 2 months ago

My son was only four years old when my wife and I divorced. For financial reasons my son and I moved 2000 miles away to San Antonio where I had family. Needless to say th...

(1) frontporch | 2 months ago

Just a wide spot on the highway. The forest has left enough room at the edge to fit a market and a couple of fuel pumps. About 'round are the farms and fences of folks an...

(1) aamina | 2 months ago

So, summer is upon us and although kids may be getting ready to get back to school, some of you may still have beach holidays to look forward to...a weekend away or, hopef...

(1) frontporch | about 1 month ago

2:33 A.M., this morning. The farm was settled into sleep when a ruckus erupted out on the highway. Since our property borders a particularly deceiving bend of the road, w...

(1) phoenixfire75 | 2 months ago

1. Accept nothing less than the best for and from yourself. 2. Trust your gut. 3. Allow others their opinion, but don't let their opinions of you make or break you. 4. Do...

(1) phoenixfire75 | 2 months ago

My generation is from the 70's where women were still discovering how to be women and feminists were proud of that title. We marched and Took Back the Night, Our Bodies, ...

(6) L Wallgren | 2 months ago

Barak Baby, Maverick McCain, or Bob below the radar Barr-whose slogan do you wear? With such clever slogans as, "Change you can believe in", "Ready from day one", and "Li...

(6) L Wallgren | 2 months ago

Well, another lie has been exposed. Is anyone really shocked? While some bloggers have been quick to take issue with John McCain’s alleged lies concerning Obama’s tax...

(6) L Wallgren | 2 months ago

Obama now says he is in favor of tapping the US strategic petroleum reserves for up to 10% of the 700 million barrels of oil. During today’s campaign speech In Lansing,...

(7) minutemaid | 2 months ago

This week's big movie news is all about “Pineapple Express” opening with a large Wednesday August box office total at $12.15 million – but the real story is the ton...

(0) starskay | 2 months ago

I want to bring you the news from around the world. If it isn't a headline, I will make it one. Don't settle for all the other when you can get the small news in a big wa...

(7) minutemaid | 2 months ago

"I think many of our problems as a country would be solved if people had thick passports," Matt Damon tells Conte Nast Traveler in an interview for their September issue....

(2) shivers | 2 months ago

Thoughts are the dandruff of your soul. They are the stuff that flakes off when your soul is dry and itching, when it has not been well oiled with spirituality and inner ...

(5) Dan Weisman | 2 months ago

Television news pretty much has become pure entertainment (and not all that entertaining either). That's a given. And television news is pretty much on the way out just l...

(7) minutemaid | about 1 month ago

Amazing: celeb chef Julia Child was a WWII era spy ! Previously classified documents were released on Thursday that named Child and all sorts of other notable people as b...

(13) Daynabase | about 1 month ago

While not specifically celebrity news, there is certainly a Hollywood connection to the discovery of a gigantic creature that looks an awful lot like a Sasquatch. CNN air...

(5) Dan Weisman | 2 months ago

Let's put the devil back into the rays. At this point, the Barry Bonds baggage actually can be a good thing. Really. The Rays need a power left-handed bat. Bonds can DH. ...

(2) shivers | about 1 month ago

Your world is a mirror of you. What you see out there is what you hold inside. So if you are filled with love, boy, are you going to get some! But if you're not, you can ...

(7) minutemaid | about 1 month ago

Brad Pitt, dreamiest man alive, and Kihels, dreamiest moisturizer alive, are teaming up according to NY Mag (via WWD ) to offer "Aloe Vera Biodegradable Liquid Body Clean...

(18) cereals | about 1 month ago

A lovely chat with Bongekile from the Amazwi Villager in Acorhoek, South Africa. Check out the Amazwi Villager's PNN Page ...

(7) minutemaid | about 1 month ago

What would you say to a musical? About soccer star David Beckham ? My first question is who's playing him and my second question is for how much of the play will his shir...

(6) L Wallgren | about 1 month ago

Obama has announced Senator Joe Biden to be his vice-presidential running mate. In the last 48 hours all of the talking heads had been predicting this choice. But does it...

(1) L Wallgren | about 1 month ago

Is the message getting through? Voting for a candidate that shares your values is not a wasted vote-voting for someone because they are popular is the waste. If you feel ...

(7) minutemaid | about 1 month ago

French ingénue Audrey Tautou (perhaps you remember her from "The DaVinci Code" or hopefully from her breakout role in "Amelie") has signed on to play Coco Chanel in a bi...

(5) Dan Weisman | 5 days ago

The last few days in GOP Land have run the gamut from bizarre to downright scary strange. Not much of a gamut actually, merely puzzling. Where to begin? How about Friday....

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

PRESIDENT PALIN'S PHONE CONVERSATION WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN It's February 2009 and President Palin invites Putin to a showdown at the White House. By the way, President McCa...

(13) isabar | 29 days ago

Having softened the deep wrinkle between his brows with Restylane and Botox, Charlie Gibson hops on the three-day, non-stop, direct flight from New York to Anchorage to i...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

Senator Obama received the memo this morning. No, not a friendly reminder that says: “You’re overstepping your boundaries, dude,” but the wire memo, the one that go...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

Ok. There's nothing funny about this, but ... I don’t know about you, but today I’ve been trying to not think about it. Now, at almost four PM, I finally face it. I r...

(5) Dan Weisman | 28 days ago

Larissa reminded me about the fire coverage last year, so I looked on the California Newspaper Publishers Association and voila' turns out I won the award for best news c...

(18) Kimberly Michalski | 2 days ago

I have to admit it. I take pride in often dancing to the beat of my own drum. Not everyone watching (if you get that lucky) would recognize my smooth steps because I like...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

Monday, November 3, 2008. Day before the 56th consecutive quadrennial United States presidential election. John McCain and Barack Obama are neck-to-neck in the polls. Thi...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

Mr. & Ms. Jones sit in front of the TV on Friday night to watch Charlie Gibson interview Sarah Palin. Mr. Jones beams with happiness at the sight of the fresh politic...

(13) isabar | 29 days ago

The year is 2016. The New Supreme Court permits President Samson Palin to undergo a sex change operation. He is the former Sarah Palin. “I was a man inside a woman’s ...

(13) isabar | 29 days ago

Joe Biden scratches the hair plugs on the top of his head when octogenarian Washington reporter Helen Thomas asks him what he meant by “ articulate" and "clean” when ...

(13) isabar | 28 days ago

Ok, I’m an independent, but if I were a Republican I’d vote for the Democrats come November. That is, if I really, really loved my political party. Why? I can’t thi...

(11) laurieboris | 26 days ago

The largest lending institutions in America are failing. Wall Street is going crazy. I can’t even take out a loan to put gas in my car, and what do the media report con...

(14) allison | 5 days ago

Here's what I've been writing about in Politics lately: Talk Them Down! Palin: Power-Seeker Qualified The Confidence Game Politicking: Why Are Lies Acceptable Debate #1 O...

(13) isabar | 11 days ago

Don't take my (or their) word for it. Check the facts. If you’re like me, you've been conditioned to take things on faith and act on emotion. Take my spouse for instanc...

(13) isabar | 14 days ago

1. He’s black. I wouldn't be writing this if he were white. 2. He doesn’t have an underage pregnant daughter. Obama’s narrative would improve if his underage pregna...

(13) isabar | 14 days ago

1. Palin. She can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan and never let the First Dude forget he's the man, but when it comes to the Russians, Iranians and their nukes? ...

(2) paustin | 25 days ago

As an Independent voter, I’m very confused on who to actually vote for, if any. Senator Obama and Senator McCain are both shooting their mouth about issues that are in ...

(2) lizzybee923 | 25 days ago

Hello, folks. My name is Liz, and I'm here to tell you a thing or two about what I think. I'm a 22-year-old gigging musician and freelance writer (I tend to avoid those 9...

(13) isabar | 14 days ago

(spoof) The red phone rings at the White House at 3:00 AM. Cindy McCain answers. “Hellooo, who the heck is calling at this hour?” Mrs. McCain sits up on the bed in th...

(13) isabar | 24 days ago

This is our collective tab today (per http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock ) So, if the estimated population of the United States is 304,768,350, then each citizen's share o...

(1) Tami K. | 23 days ago

I came across this picture on another blog recently, and I decided this would be the perfect way to start off my new blog. This label is actually on clothing lines such a...

(13) isabar | 20 days ago

As Johnny Carson would say, no, that's not a Miami phone number and the amount of your phone bill. That's today's U.S. POPClock Projection. If you're a taxpayer, your sha...

(1) Tami K. | 23 days ago

It's all over the news. The issue of racism is now something that has to be faced head on instead of trying to sweep it under the rug. In a poll that was recently done, a...

(1) Tami K. | 23 days ago

I have heard many people, even other women, saying that women should not have positions of leadership. For this question, I would like to put aside the fact that Sarah Pa...

(7) Pamela Gardapee | 23 days ago

My city has a recycling program in affect for garbage and recyclables. Plastics are in a blue bag and put out every two weeks. Cardboard is put out on the opposite weeks....

(13) isabar | 22 days ago

Many Latin Americans are pinning their hopes on McCain (if elected President) to bring Hugo Chavez to his knees. Nothing would give me more pleasure, except it’ll never...

(13) isabar | 23 days ago

We’re talking about printing one trillion dollars to pay for the Wall Street bailouts. What about inflation? Do we want to pay $1,000 for a dinner? $100 for a quart of ...

(1) Tami K. | 22 days ago

Have you read about the school that has separated the boys and girls for classes? Not only are they separated by gender, the school is teaching them differently as well. ...

(7) Pamela Gardapee | 22 days ago

We have all heard the rumors about Biden stepping down as Obama's VP choice. The Internet is a buzz over this speculation. Do you think Biden should step down so Obama ca...

(13) isabar | 22 days ago

Why should stay-at-work-dads like Senator McCain have all the fun? He abandoned his crippled first wife and shacked up with girlfriend Cindy. Then, after marrying poor Ci...

(7) Pamela Gardapee | 22 days ago

Okay, I am very good at following the news, but I find it a little disturbing that I did not know that Clay Atkins was gay. I suspected it, but I was just making a call. ...

(13) isabar | 21 days ago

Remember that big rig that got stuck under a highway overpass a few years ago? After hours of deliberation, the police, the highway authority and a bunch of experts were ...

(13) isabar | 21 days ago

Henry Paulson thinks “there is a lot of blame to go around” for irresponsible lending practices, overly complex securities and rating-agency failures. I say blame El ...

(13) isabar | 21 days ago

Mary Tyler Moore obviously doesn’t. I don’t know about you, but when I watched her jiggle her arm flab at the Emmys I was horrified. Where was the FCC? That affront t...

(7) Pamela Gardapee | 21 days ago

I have decided that since it does not take much to run for President, so I am going to become a write in candidate. My credentials are far better than some would think. I...

(2) missadena | 21 days ago

Christmas in September? Editors are as busy, scrambling to find what the most sought-after gifts for the Holiday season are going to be. A Fellow Journalist invited me to...

(7) Pamela Gardapee | 21 days ago

President Bush addressed the nation and spoke about the bailout plan and how it will affect everyone. He said that he does not want us to suffer, but how can we not. Seve...

(13) isabar | 20 days ago

I'm compelled to share with you this surprising article from Wall Street hedge fund CEO Eric D. Hovde on the Sunday Washington Post. His first hand knowledge and historic...

(13) isabar | 14 days ago

(spoof) “America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system [ this is really live or die for me, my poll ratings are way down ]. We must pass legislatio...

(13) isabar | 20 days ago

$700 billion / Iraq war / Help Dick’s friends at Halliburton $700 billion / WS bailout / Help Hank’s friends at Goldman Sachs ---------------- -$1.4 trillion / Americ...

(13) isabar | 19 days ago

Ok, boys, this is it. Assuming the old guy shows up, here's some advice. 1. Watch your body language. No sighs, tsks, rolling of the eyes and shaking of the head. In fact...

(10) DaNice D Marshall | 8 days ago

America has sneezed, but instead of a handkerchief being offered to her, we're witnessing a global "wait and see" stand-offish-ness towards Wall St. It belies the reality...

(7) Pamela Gardapee | 19 days ago

In the south, it seems they are running out of gas. Here in the north we have gas and the price has dropped. Are you in the south without gas? If, so how are you handling...

(7) Pamela Gardapee | 19 days ago

I hear the debate is back on tonight. I am interested in knowing how many people will tune in. Will you be wtaching the debate tonight? What do you expect to hear? ...

(11) laurieboris | 18 days ago

While I don’t consider myself the smartest person in the room when it comes to economic policy, I think I know a few things about common sense. I know that our economy ...

(7) Pamela Gardapee | 19 days ago

Yes, you heard it right. John McCain campaign staff has released an ad declaring a victory in the debate with Obama tonight. Yes, it will happen tonight, but the release ...

(13) isabar | 18 days ago

There wasn’t a winner at the debate last night. McCain should’ve won by a landslide. World affairs is supposed to be his strong suit, domestic affairs is Obama’s. B...

(11) laurieboris | 16 days ago

Does the world really need one more review of last night’s presidential debate? Not especially, but when have I ever let redundancy stop me from spouting off my opinion...

(13) isabar | 17 days ago

It wasn’t long ago that the Republican Party (McCain included) endorsed every bill put before it by the Bush administration. Those days are long gone. American taxpayer...

(13) isabar | 14 days ago

(spoof) In this version of the musical, Henry Higgins, er, Henry Kissinger trains Eliza Doolittle, er, Sarah Palin, to dance political Cha Cha at the upcoming Debate Ball...

(13) isabar | 14 days ago

[The following is in response to a post I read elsewhere. I realize I'm shooting from the hip, fighting perception with perception. I know you're all intelligent and can ...

(13) isabar | 16 days ago

Neither side wanted to blink first, so in the end 133 Reps and 94 Dems voted against the rescue plan. Maybe these legislators just couldn’t approve a $700 billion dolla...

(11) laurieboris | 14 days ago

To paraphrase the words of the late Governor Anne Richards, “Poor Joe. It’s not his fault; he was born with a silver foot in his mouth.” So today, in what can only ...

(7) allison | 14 days ago

It would seem that a lot of the concerns about the financial markets has to do with confidence. See here , here , and here , for instance. It would also seem that The Mar...

(13) isabar | 14 days ago

(spoof) Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced during a press conference today she is suspending her campaign and flying to Washington because “Washington ca...

(11) laurieboris | 14 days ago

Yes, it was a lot of money to ask for. No, it wasn’t very well explained. And in an election year where the stakes are high, of course it was difficult to get all the v...

(7) allison | 14 days ago

First, watch this . Now, let's talk. In my opinion, this election is between Barack Obama and John McCain. Their Vice Presidential picks are of second consideration. Give...

(7) Pamela Gardapee | 14 days ago

Question of the day that everyone can relate to. How will you survive? Where is your money? How do we get over our economic fears and stop hoarding? ...

(13) isabar | 13 days ago

(spoof) Perhaps in an attempt to lower expectations of his performance during the upcoming October 2 debate with Sarah Palin, Senator Biden today seemed to admit to some ...

(7) Pamela Gardapee | 14 days ago

Clinton: We are "restoring trust and confidence". Do you believe that the government is doing everything they can to restore our trust in them? ...

(5) Dan Weisman | 5 days ago

The Olympics were great, but it's all about the cultural understanding if China and the United States are going to build a successful working relationship, Dr. George sai...