I am not Roger

I got a new cell phone a few months ago. I got a new number, discarding the old one and with the new number I am also getting calls for....wait for it.....wait for it...Roger.

• "Hello, is Roger there?" --from an unknown number, mind you.
• "no he isn't" a true statement.
• "Can I speak with him?" --how could you speak with him when he isn't here?
• "I don't know a Roger, this is my cell phone number." this is a true statement.
• "Why would Roger give me this number if it isn't his?"

at this point, I just want to tell the person that they have the wrong number and quit calling. There is no Roger, I don't know a Roger - I say a Roger because I don't want the misunderstanding that I know the Roger - and I wish these calls would stop.

SO I am looking for clever ways to let these people know that they have the wrong phone number. It's not my problem, it is the dysfunctional relationship between these people and the man named Roger. What would you tell these people?

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

this is my first time trying to embed a comic into the site. I will try
to figure this out, but in the meantime, just click on the comic. it's funny.

ED

no, this is not about my fried ed. This is about Erectile Dysfunction and those commercials the companies put on TV extolling the virtues about getting a hard on for your wife/girlfriend/lover. I hate them.

We don't talk about sexuality in an open and honest way. Abstinence only education is promoted as the best way for young people to cope with the urges, the hormones and the desires. Until your married, old or unfunctioning. Then start popping those pills, get a rise on and get busy!!!

there are (at least) two things bothering me about these commercials. Firstly, it seems that the only satisfying sex life between couples is when a man can get an erection. I don't know about you, but this is not all I enjoy in my sex life. It puts the focus on the man's stuff and this in no small way degrades the woman's part in the whole affair. She is only there to receive a man's desire. Secondly, there are only heterosexual couples on display. Don't some gay men live with this same problem? I am betting they exist.

anyway, I don't like those commercials.

just have fun

I played basketball last night - full court, slow break - for the first time in...let me see...about 20 years. The last time I played I worked as the night manager at McSalty's on Delmar street in Springfield. We would get done at about 11 pm and get a pick-up game over on SMSU campus' outdoor basketball facilities. There were no refs and we played a friendly game, for the most part. The players who took it a little too seriously or started calling ticky tack fouls or worse, giving hard fouls just didn't get invited back. If they happened to show up and asked to join in, no matter if we were playing 2 on 2 or 5 on 5 we would politely tell them that we had enough players and thanks for stopping by.

Anyway, last night was outstanding! I played probably 70% of the time - it is only a one hour game. I was laughing, playing hard, rebounding and congratulating the other players when they would make a good play or shoot a good shot. Heck, they even had a girl on the team! It was a lot of fun! Even though we lost, the team seemed to be in good spirits and at the end, we shook hands and went to have some beers. But that was the point: having fun. I hope we can keep doing just that and enjoying the play time together. Who knows? Maybe I will get the basketball bug and go start a pick up game on MU campus...

ecstatic

I must say that I am very happy about the outcome of the election. I never thought I would see a black man as president and think this is one of those historically defining moments.

The beautiful thing to me was his speech after being projected winner. He received the requisite phone call from both his opponent and the sitting president and then came out to reiterate what he has been saying all along: we are in this together. If you watched you saw the jubilation, the smiles and then the somberness. Because I think everyone knows we have some tough issues to solve and it ain't gonna be easy.

Now is the time for us to work together and get past the ad hominem attacks, the back biting, and the grade school type demeanors that have been prevalent in DC. I am excited to hear about his team - my team to get us out of the messes we are in.

Go Vote

nuff said

Everybody is ProLife

I mean seriously, who isn't? What dismays me is that the conversation about this topic has become too vitriolic for us to have a reasoned debate about it. My brother and I failed at it.

What is life? In an esoteric sense; is life really defined by existence of cells or conscious thought. To give an example. My grandma Oneta passed away a few years back (I think it was a few years back) and she was one of the most instrumental persons in my life to teach me to play bridge. When I play bridge and end up at 3 spade or some other non-game contract I can still see her nonchalant play - taking all the tricks she needs to take to make and then taking a bite of a sandwich. Really! that is the mental picture I have of her. Now I ask you: does this make her alive? I see it like it is really there and in my minds eye, the moment, the actions, the smell all exist. When I say the phrase: "8-ever, 9-never" I think of her. I catch some flak when I say the phrase "Ace-two-three-four will set you every time", because we still haven't figured out how that made it into the vernacular. Anyway, I think of her like she is here and is still alive. So, is life really defined by a few organized cells? If so, then what about all the skin you shed? These cells can be made into stem cells and have the potential of becoming any type of human cell. (I need to do some reasearch on this and verify) . Are we talking about potential or existence? If we are talking about potential, then we should also talk about 2 year olds as potential, right? I mean they all have the potential to create life later on. Shouldn't they be protected too? You see there are more questions to this than a black and white issue.

No one, and I mean no one, wants to kill an unborn, newborn, or old born. But it never is that simple. What if you can't take care of the child, what if you don't have the support of your partner, family or community? There are too many what ifs and the where we draw the line on resctricting reproductive rights is a slippery slope. There needs to be some compassion, planning and support. How many of the pro-lifers out there are willing to talk to a pregnant mother who has decided to terminate the pregnancy and say: "don't kill that child I will take it when you have it."?

Again, it is a tough topic, but we need to frame the debate that we all are pro-life and if we feel strongly one way or the other about it, we need to make some tough decisions without stepping on the rights of individuals.

(I will probably edit this some more: my family is getting hungry for breakfast and I just wanted to get this out)

guilt by association

What is the deal? I had someone at work tell me that if I voted for Obama, I was voting for terrorists. Actually, I think she said I loved terrorists, but how does she know I love them?

Anyway, there is this idea that a person can be guilty of an ideal if they are associated with someone holding that ideal. Hence Obama is guilty of terrorism since he is on a committee/board(I really need to do some research here) with a person who set off a bomb (maybe, I don't know. Like I said I need to do some research) on American soil. It happens that this dude is now a professor and, like Obama, cares about the future of the country - especially education. What I am dismayed by is that the Repuglicans are trying to spin this into something bad. So let's go over some of the facts I now.

1. Obama was 8 when this crap was happening with Ayers.
2. Bush allowed members of Osama Bin Laden's family to out of the country when all planes were supposed to be grounded after 9-11.

so you tell me, who is guilty by association? This argument is stupid anyway. You can only be responsible for your own actions.