Cruel to be kind means that I love you . Because, while I think you are mistaken, your hearts are in the right place -- yes, even you, Silas -- unlike some people . This Breitbart fellow (discussed in the link above), by all appearances, deliberately doctored a video of Shirley Sherrod to make her remarks appear virulently racist, when they had, in fact, the opposite import. I heard that at a recent Austrian conference, some folks were talking about "Callahan's conservative turn." While that description is not entirely inaccurate, I must say that a lot of these people who today call themselves conservative give me the heebie-jeebies.
There *is* a simple solution, you must realize: just provide a pretty bowl of condoms beside it.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... odd use of the term "computer monitor." Is this something new and PC? Groan.
ReplyDeleteObsessively polish your screen after they touch it--to the point they start to get phobic just watching you.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I hate that too.
ReplyDeleteBut worse: the sys admin came to my computer once and:
1) sneezed into his hands;
2) typed on my keyboard; and
3) repeat 1) & 2) until Gene is gagging.
I got a better one. The lady packing my FOOD at the market had a terrible cough. She would hack into her hand. She claimed it was only allergies or something when I asked her to stop packing my food. She resumed packing my food TWICE more before she finally understood the sentence: "Can you please stop packing my food?" Then, she went to another line and started packing the food there.
ReplyDeleteI washed everything obsessively when I got home.
Oboy, Margaret, do I ever hear you! Then the time my AC Transit (California) bus driver kept bobbing and weaving and talking to himself.
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