Turn your sarcasm detectors on

We're all aware of the abomination that occurred Tuesday in Delaware.

Well. It seems O'Donnell's Democratic opponent was a Republican until his early 20s, when he went on a life-changing study abroad.

In which country did this transformation take place?

KENYA.

Where, obviously, he was recruited by the anti-colonialist Marxists to be Obama's right-hand man in handing America over to the Muslims. IT'S ALL IN THE ARTICLE, PEOPLE. Christine is the only person standing between us and Sharia.

I give it 3 days before the crazies take this and run, alleging a conspiracy that involves Obama, Coons, Joe and Beau Biden, and Castle.

Rant ahead

I am not one to openly question someone's parenting skills, but...here we are. I was directed to a blog written by a rather conservative, religious woman who homeschools her children. I most certainly do not have a problem with any of those things, but let's just say things got a bit disturbing as I continued reading.

Take this post, about her 22-year-old daughter's experience with jury duty.

The first paragraph set off some alarm bells. Take this sentence:

"I would not leave her in the Big City by herself."

What exactly is the "Big City," you ask? Well, it's that frightening metropolis, Wilmington, Delaware.

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

Yes, that crime-ridden cesspool of a city!

As my faithful readers know, I was born and raised in Wilmington (within the city limits, even!). I know that there are bad sections of town (hell, I grew up near one) but the area near the courthouse at 9:30 in the morning is hardly the setting for a Law & Order episode. Why in the world would a healthy, non-mentally challenged 22-year-old who lives mere MILES from the city not be able to handle getting downtown by herself? Especially after completing a test run the day before? I'm sorry, but if your (FULL-ASS ADULT) child cannot even remotely navigate her way around a city by herself at 22, let alone a town of 80,000, then you have failed as a parent. And even if she can (and I'm inclined to believe she could), if you will not let her attempt to do so, you have failed.

I want to finish by saying that I was not the most self-reliant of children. Nevertheless, my parents pushed me to go beyond my comfort level and I'm the better for it. I cannot imagine how my life would be today, 25 years old and having lost both of them, if they had simply done everything for me like I wanted them to. Their job was not to protect me from the world, but to prepare me to live in it.

Awwww

WTF?

Can someone please explain to me why, as of 12:35 PM, 12 of the 24 bestselling items in Amazon's apparel section have to do with Pepsi? I mean, am I supposed to believe that this:

is the most popular apparel item on the site?
P.S. OK, apparently, they're having some sort of deal with "Pepsi Points," but come on people, at least go for the beach towel. Also, please think about your life.

Justifying my prejudices

See, this is why I believe that the only people on Second Life are people who've failed at First Life.

And please note that the VICTIM is from Delaware, not the crazy virtual ex. Go Hens!

And holy crap, I just read the description of their online romance. WTF? I guess those lion-human pairings just aren't cut out for the real world.