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I was a UFO and… Other Conspiracies

July 26, 2009 – 11:09 am | 12 Comments | 1 views
I was a UFO and… Other Conspiracies

Conspiracy theories are compelling to me, mainly because I believed I was a UFO for the first third of my life. Yes, it’s probably true that I landed in the house of ‘my parents’ after they had more than a few drinks. Unable to explain this strange looking creature and incapable of remembering much from the months preceding my arrival (’twas the drink, …

Get Me Some Comfort Food—-QUICK!

July 14, 2009 – 9:20 am | 18 Comments | 0 views
Get Me Some Comfort Food—-QUICK!

I don’t know. There are days when I read the newspaper in the morning and want to reach for some chocolate, a big fat gooey doughnut, a latte loaded with whipped cream or some potatoes fried in loads of butter. I want to clog up my arteries the way the news stories clog up my head. Counter-productive, I know. But …

Possible Pandemic Looming?

April 23, 2009 – 6:24 pm | 10 Comments | 0 views

The CDC has announced that there is a new kind of swine flu in California and Texas. Seven people have been diagnosed with it so far and all seven have recovered. The CDC is calling this a strange mixture of swine flu, bird flu and human flu but is transmitted by human to human contact.
Nancy Cox of the CDC stated, …

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