It's another dry spell as far as writing things on this page goes. The last week was one of the crappiest weeks I can think of offhand, at least in the areas of human relations, sleep, and weather. If that walking talking haircut is elected mayor of San Francisco today, it'll just be icing on the cake. Grr.

In the U.S. House of Representatives: House Resolution 3687, by Rep. Doug Ose (R-CA):

(b) As used in this section, the term 'profane', used with respect to language, includes the words 'shit', 'piss', 'fuck', 'cunt', 'asshole', and the phrases 'cock sucker', 'mother fucker', and 'ass hole', compound use (including hyphenated compounds) of such words and phrases with each other or with other words or phrases, and other grammatical forms of such words and phrases (including verb, adjective, gerund, participle, and infinitive forms).

In the Maryland legislature: Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, on the subject of a memo from Diebold Election Systems on their intent to charge the state of Maryland "out the yinyang" for voting machine upgrades:

"I'd really like to have [yinyang] explained to me anatomically, with the assumption that almost any place it would be would be painful."

Thanks to Atrios for links.

Also, Get Your War On.