I had a lot going on last week and little time for blogging … but hopefully, there'll be more time this week.

Here are a few random things I've come across recently:

Granddaddy Long Legs posted this political inclination quiz. Where does it rank you? I'm a bit to the right of Bob Dole and just behind Dutch. I count that as a good place to be.

Speaking of politics, here's some homegrown advice for the Democratic party: When you lay down with the dogs, you get up with the fleas.

Oh, and what's the biggest threat to a super-multi-ethno-cultural government in America? Abortion. Just ask Nancy Pelosi:

“It took a long time to get a woman Speaker,” said Rep. Pelosi, “because we killed off 30-to-40 million potential Democrat voters in the last 35 years. Otherwise, by now we could have had a black lesbian Speaker, universal tax-funded healthcare, and a ban on ownership of guns, personal automobiles and private investment accounts.”

Then again, that's an item from Scrappleface, and probably too accurate to be true.

I found out from Stop The ACLU that the Heavy Metal band Stuck Mojo is under attack from those who support Islamofascist terrorists. I'm not a fan of the band's music, I find it repetitive and adolescent. Still, this video remix of their latest single held my attention, and as you might imagine, I am kinda sympathetic to their message:

Those Which Superhero Are You tests are usually pretty silly, and although I often take them, I rarely post the results. This one, however, mentioned by Spiritual Tramp, might be the best one I've seen … because it correctly identified me as the wall-crawler.

I can't possibly hat tip everyone who's posted this meme … it's everywhere. Now, it's at SouthCon, too:

[A is for age]: 38 years old.

[B is for beer of choice]: Bass Ale.

[C is for career]: As Otis would say, I'm a dumb laborer.

[D is for favorite Drink]: Non-alcoholic, I presume. Good, strong, black, hot coffee. Papua New Guinea is my favorite import.

[E is for Essential item you use everyday]: I can't believe how addicted I've become to my cell phone.

[F is for Favorite song at the moment]: All year I've played Tool's latest album, 10,000 Days, like crazy. I am currently in love with the title track.

[G is for favorite Game]: I'm a Splinter Cell junkie. No, I don't have the new one yet, can't justify the expense … but as soon as it's cheap and/or I can afford it, I can't wait to go double agent.

[H is for Home town]: No, H is for "Hey, I'm not totally comfortable disclosing that for some reason."

[I is for Instruments you play]: I can play the radio. Does that count?

[J is for favorite Juice]: Favorite juice? Come on … of all the words that start with the letter J, all you can come up with is favorite friggin' juice? How lame. I'm not even going to answer that. As far as I'm concerned, J is for favorite Joker action figure, and I'm going with the one to the right.

[K is for Kids]: Three. Last I checked.

[L is for last kiss]: Dear Lord, I hope not.

[M is for marriage]: Yes.

[N is for full Name]: Darrell. My last name is all over this blog, too. I don't know why I'm so reluctant to divulge stuff like that right now. Geez, this meme gets pretty personal, doesn't it? Now I know why Eddie Vedder treats reporters like something stuck to the bottom of his shoe.

[O is for Overnight hospital stays]: Oh, man, let's see: Bladder biopsy in '96. Another for a third degree burn in '04. Both of my back surgeries were out-patient. I think that's it.

[P is for phobias]: House centipedes. If I see one of these monsters I run screaming like an 8 year old girl. And so do you. Don't lie.

[Q is for quotes]: "There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'" - C.S. Lewis, in The Great Divorce

[R is for biggest Regret]: Oh, man. Do we have to go there? Geez, I thought blogging was supposed to be fun. I guess I'll say my biggest regret was that first cigarette, 24 or so years ago.

[S is for sports]: EA Sports. It's in the game.

[T is for Time you wake up]: I'm a shift worker. Is there a specific time when most people wake up?

[U is for color underwear]: Tighty and, yes, Whitey

[V is for Vegetable you love]: Tomatoes are technically a vine fruit, but fresh ones in the summer time are a slice of heaven. As far as green veggies, I guess I will pick fresh green beans.

[W is for Worst Habit]: Self-indulgences of all stripes.

[X is for X-rays you've had]: What? That's dumb. A bunch. Like most people.

[Y is for Yummy food you make]: I haven't in a while, but I can make a homemade chili that will make you want to sucker punch your mamma.

[Z is for zodiac sign]: I really don't know or care. Can't Z be for something cool? How about Z is for zoo animals that scare you. I'll take a stand on this and say that ostriches are godawful things. They're awful, their evil, and they should be destroyed for the good of humanity. I mean, just look at them. Just look at the one in the picture to the left. It clearly hates us all, right? It hates us all, and given the chance, it would kill each of us and everyone we love. And burn our damned houses down. Trust me on this. Ostriches are the spawn of some great, angry, odd-looking demon of hell. If you've never been chased through a zoo by an escaped ostrich, you might not agree ... but I have been, and that's a story for another day.

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