Dont Ask |
Why do we ask questions we really don't want the answers to?
When we meet someone or run into an acquaintance, the first thing we tend to say after hello is some version of "How are you?" We do...
Posted by QuietFury on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:09:00 PST |
World’s Best Drummer? |
In 1975 a Playboy music poll ranked Karen Carpenter the best drummer in the world. John Bonham of Led Zeppelin came in second. ...
Posted by QuietFury on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:29:00 PST |
On This Day... |
On this day:
In 2000, according to Billboard Magazine, the number 1 song was It's Gonna Be Me by 'N Sync.
In 1997, Pink Floyd's album Dark Side Of The Moon spent its 1056th week on the U.S. album cha...
Posted by QuietFury on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:44:00 PST |
Music Trivia |
On June 27, 1994, Aerosmith became the first major band to give their fans a free full track download from the internet.
A Word Please
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Posted by QuietFury on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:38:00 PST |
Death Of Millions... |
"The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic."
Joseph Stalin said that. The millions he was killing didn't matter to him.Sadly, that line of thought seems to hold true, eve...
Posted by QuietFury on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:14:00 PST |
Word Crimes |
Creed has a song with a line that says, "What if our words could be judged like a crime?"
How many of us would be in jail? Fined? Serving community service?
Would telling someone he/sh...
Posted by QuietFury on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:53:00 PST |
Legal & Illegal Drugs |
Why do we put people who abuse illegal drugs in jail, yet those who illegally abuse "legal" drugs get our sympathy and go to rehab?
An article in the New York Times entitled Legal Drugs Kill Far More ...
Posted by QuietFury on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:56:00 PST |
Farm Animal Sex? |
A judge in California was supposed to be hearing a case about a "film-maker accused of selling criminally obscene sexual fetish videos depicting bestiality and defecation". The point was to decide whe...
Posted by QuietFury on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:54:00 PST |
Youre eating what? |
I am a vegetarian.
A simple statement. Short and painless. For me, anyway.
For some people, I may as well have just declared myself an alien devil-worshipper.
I don't understand what it is about this ...
Posted by QuietFury on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:18:00 PST |
Privacy Anyone? |
Our country currently has a big controversy on the issue of spying (on its own residents). I've heard and read lots of heated and emotional arguments for both sides of that issue.
But how do you feel ...
Posted by QuietFury on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:43:00 PST |
