The Junkyard - A magnificent melange of moderately magnificent memos meant to melt your marrow and mend your melancholy mind

Some folks call it "linkblogging", we just call it "The Junkyard"... What is it? Basically an every-once-in-a-while collection of those items I've run across that don't necessarily need a full write-up or maybe just little bits that I find amusing or quirky or.... Anyway, just follow the links in each item for more info... You get the idea... anyway, enough preamble, on with the show...

ITEM! A good friend and I are always trying to figure out what it takes to get those big government grants... Here's someone who's obviously gotten to the bottom of the issue...

ITEM! It's the Oprah High School: You get to be valedictorian! And you get to be valedictorian! And you get to be valedictorian! As a matter of fact everybody in today's audience gets to be valedictorian...

ITEM! At least we have Pat Buchanan around to help us lern how two spel hipocrasie...

ITEM! What does it take to be a TRUE hero? I'd say 25 gallons qualifies..

ITEM! I don't care if she is a pageant winner... she's still a real dog...

ITEM! First it was the bees disappearing, now it's the WASPs...

ITEM! From the "I Really Want To Be Offended" file: Racist robots in disguise...

ITEM! At least there's one Supreme Court Justice who thinks strip-searching a 13 year old girl who might be hiding an Advil is a reasonable thing...

ITEM! Perhaps the most relevant quote to come out about Thursday's deaths: “These people were on our lunchboxes. This is the moment when Generation X realizes they’re grown up.”

ITEM! You may think there's something wrong about Fox News lying to you, but not according to a Florida Court of Appeals...

LAST ITEM! Honestly, this is a topic I'm planning to visit more in-depth in the upcoming weeks, but here's one small take on how the Obama administration is starting to look more and more like Bush Light (and unfortunately i ain't talking beer)...