N'wam k'honi soit qui mali

The big problem with pornography is defining it. You can't just say it's pictures of people naked. For example, you have these primitive African tribes that exist by chasing the wildebeest on foot, and they have to go around largely naked, because, as the old tribal saying goes: 'N'wam k'honi soit qui mali,' which means, 'If you think you can catch a wildebeest in this climate and wear clothes at the same time, then I have some beach front property in the desert region of Northern Mali that you may be interested in.'

So it's not considered pornographic when National Geographic publishes color photographs of these people hunting the wildebeest naked, or pounding one rock onto another rock for some primitive reason naked, or whatever. But if National Geographic were to publish an article entitled 'The Girls of the California Junior College System Hunt the Wildebeest Naked,' some people would call it pornography. But others would not. And still others, such as the Spectacularly Rev. Jerry Falwell, would get upset about seeing the wildebeest naked.

- Dave Barry, "Pornography"

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Brown to start emergency planning consulting business.

So what possible use could there be for a disaster planning consulting firm headed by a certified disaster?

Think about it this way...

If he didn't have this new job, all that would be left to him would be a book deal for a tell-all best seller...

So... how many ghost writers with book contracts do you think were lined up in front of Brownies house when he was sent back to Washington? 10? 20?

Most of them would have been pure hacks -- and I mean that in the most disrespectful way -- but one or two could have been good enough that it would really hurt just in time for the 2006 elections.

So a few "friends" decide to get together and start a little consulting gig for Mr. Brown.

They generously fund this new business and give him a bit of stock so he has an interest to protect. Then they point out that if he writes a tell-all book, the business will "most likely" go down the drain.

Now, if he had a backbone and some integrity (yes, yes, this is purely hypothetical) he would decline such a deal as it was obviously made just to manipulate him some more, but as we see in the news, there is now a new consulting firm in Washington DC. Just what everybody needed.

Sprinkle lightly with cynicism to taste.

Geocaching

A wonderfull sunny November day. Our first Geocache ever and we found it after just a few minutes looking.

Droped off a token and picked one up to pass on to the next cache.

Just as we found it, another couple with a GPS reciever came up to us. They to were looking for the cache. They had done about 110 caches, but this was the first time they got there just as somebody else had found the cache.

I guess we found a new hobby!

--Einar, Ron, and Johan

''Intersex' Fish Found Off Calif. Coast

I knew that intersex humans were quite numerous along the California coast. It worries me that it has spread to the fish.