It’s a crime to be a Christian in Iran. One that is punishable by death if you do not embrace Islam and eschew your true beliefs. Under the Koranic laws (Sharia and Hadith), apostasy, the rejection of Islam, is a Capital Offense. Of course there are other things in sharia that Muslims break every day, [...]
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I am the creator of The Asylum and magnet for The Free Range Stupid™. I'm a little nutty, a lot sarcastic and pretty damn smart. I am also a graphic designer, blog coder, virtual assistant, free lance writer and can whip you up a killer resume, media kit or press release that would make others green with envy. Go to Skewed Design Studios to check out my services. You won't be disappointed.
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Is your kid chomping at the bit for all things Halloween? Satisfy their craving by giving them Disney’s Spooky Buddies: The Curse of The Halloween Hound on Two-Disc Blue-Ray/DVD Combo Packs! A movie the whole family can enjoy! The movie was released on September 20th. I have to admit that we have never watched any of [...]
Ever notice how society expects women to do it all? We are supposed to be wife, mother, breadwinner, chef, chauffeur, doctor, accountant, maid, teacher…should I go on? Because of these demands, we are all stretched so thin, I’m surprised we haven’t ripped apart. Well I’m surprised I haven’t ripped apart, I should say. Then we [...]
That is what came out of The Diva’s mouth yesterday, shortly after it came out of mine. Ghetto-assed adult. Bad Mommy. You see, yesterday afternoon, as I was going to unlock our gate so that we could go get Daddy from work, I noticed that someone had put a lock on it. One I did [...]
At 10:03 am on September 11, 2001, 4 cowardly terrorists using their twisted version of the Muslim religion as justification for mass murder, lost control of the hijacked United Flight 93 they intended to slam into what we presume was the White House or the Capitol building. What these idiots did not count on was [...]
At 9:37 am on September 11, 2001, 5 cowardly terrorists using their twisted version of the Muslim religion as justification for mass murder, flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon. By this time we were all certain that this was an act of terrorism. We had just witnessed true evil and it shook us [...]
At 9:03 am on September 11, 2001, 5 cowardly terrorists again used their twisted version of the Muslim religion as justification for mass murder, flew United Airlines Flight 175 into the World Trade Center’s South Tower (2 WTC). We all knew then, this was no accident. There were 60 passengers and crew on that flight. [...]
At 8:46 am on September 11, 2001, 5 cowardly terrorists using their twisted version of the Muslim religion as justification for mass murder, flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center’s North Tower (1 WTC). And our world, as we knew it, changed forever. There were 87 passengers and crew on that flight. [...]
Ten years ago, the world stopped turning. Ten years ago, I woke up to the news showing what I thought was a scene from some action flick. Ten years ago, I realized it was real. Ten years ago, I knew Bin Laden was behind it even before any reporter uttered that evil bastard’s name. Ten [...]
Summer is nearly over and the Autumn is about to begin. It is my time for reflection. This is the time of year I love. The season is about to change, the kids are going back to school, the world slows down a bit and I start to reminisce about my life and what has [...]
My beloved cat, Zoë, was euthanized by what was supposed to be a NO KILL shelter. Why? Because he was too old to be adopted. I am beside myself with grief. We could no longer keep him, for various reasons, so I researched to find a NO KILL shelter that would have no problem with [...]
This is why we need to move out of California: Not only is everything uber expensive, but it’s filled with idiots who don’t know how to properly use decimal points. For more Wordless Wednesdays/Wordful Wednesdays, please visit 5 Minutes For Mom and WordlessWednesday.com {HQ}.
Swimming, sinking, floating. That is my life. Just getting my head above water, then having it pushed under again by some unseen force. Coming up for air and floating for a bit, then repeating the cycle all over again. I’m afraid I may not come up for air one of these times. It’s annoying. It’s [...]
That’s right, I want to swim in the Caribbean Ocean. Why? Because that means I would have gotten two things done off my Bucket List: vacationing on a tropical island AND flying through The Bermuda Triangle. It is not weird. Shut it. Who doesn’t want to fly through The Bermuda Triangle and live to tell [...]
I love to barbeque. I love the way a good steak tastes when it is barbequed correctly. And by correctly, I mean that it was done on a charcoal grill using mesquite, not some glorified and over-priced outdoor stove. We do it old school here. Grilled New York Steak: Ingredients: Cattleman’s Finest New York Steak [...]
I was going through some old draft posts, trying to clean things up a bit and found these quotes that I never published. Some are funny, some are thought provoking and still others are introspective. I hope you enjoy them. Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. ~ Oscar Wilde Better be [...]
I can sort of see why Don Quixote thought these were giants who needed to be eradicated – in a sort of delusional, out of his mind way. I actually think they are beautiful. But drunk on Spanish wine and suffering from what was likely paranoid schizophrenia, I can see how the mistake could be made. [...]
When I was contacted about doing a review of Neutrogena Wet Skin Sunscreen, I jumped at the chance. I have been using Neutrogena products since I was a teenager. Face soaps, moisturizer, hand and body lotion – the whole line – so I already know how good their products are. I am a white girl. [...]
All bloggers and designers know how expensive stock images can be and how easily that fee can deter a client from getting the design they truly want. Personally, I have looked for images for my blog’s redesign since last Summer, with no success. Ask Susan, she’ll tell you how frustrating it’s been for both of us. Two [...]
