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The Title says it all: "It's Natural but It's Rated 'R'"

A mother and supportive father attempt to explain the "Birds and the Bees". As the Anchoress says this article is "not meant to be read while drinking". An excerpt:

“No, I just make the egg inside my stomach, but that’s a good question,” I replied, deciding to skip the whole menses part of the talk. “But you should know that it is very hard to make an egg. Sometimes it makes women crotchety. So if I’m in a bad mood you should go easy on me because inside I am probably working very diligently to make an egg.”

A recommended book if you prefer a different strategy:

Hat tip: The Anchoress

Lunch with the Governor

The Amory Ministerial Alliance met today with Governor Haley Barbour. I'll have more up about that later, as well as my feelings about Ministerial Alliance participating in what was unabashedly a campaign stop. We didn't put the meeting together, but were invited. The group that actually put the meeting together were all prominent Pentecostals (pastors and laity as best I could tell, I'm still learning the community here).

So in that context, Governor Barbour, who is Presbyterian, said he always tells his Pentecostal friends he was raised a dour Presbyterian. Then he said, "H. L. Mencken said about Presbyterians that they lived with the 'haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.'" Although I think the original quote was actually referring to Puritans, I got a laugh about it.

Arrrrrrr!!!!

It's "Talk Like a Pirate Day"

You are The Cap'n!

Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some slit the throats of any man that stands between them and the mantle of power. You never met a man you couldn't eviscerate. Not that mindless violence is the only avenue open to you - but why take an avenue when you have complete freeway access? You are the definitive Man of Action. You are James Bond in a blousy shirt and drawstring-fly pants. Your swash was buckled long ago and you have never been so sure of anything in your life as in your ability to bend everyone to your will. You will call anyone out and cut off their head if they show any sign of taking you on or backing down. You cannot be saddled with tedious underlings, but if one of your lieutenants shows an overly developed sense of ambition he may find more suitable accommodations in Davy Jones' locker. That is, of course, IF you notice him. You tend to be self absorbed - a weakness that may keep you from seeing enemies where they are and imagining them where they are not.

What's Yer Inner Pirate?
brought to you by The Official Talk Like A Pirate Web Site. Arrrrr!

This made me laugh

Remember "Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey"?.  After reading this article (hat tip Althouse), I found this quote on his wikipedia entry (although according to the SNL archives website, the wikipedia date is wrong):

"The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw." (Delivered on SNL 21 November 1993)

Something about it just made me laugh.