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William Saletan doesn’t think you’ve got a pair

William Saletan of Slate Magazine has come to the conclusion that routine body scanning at airports is a lost fight, he may be right.  However this coward seems to go above and beyond in his love for invasion of privacy.
It’s time to give up this squeamishness. Forget the etchings and fuzzy negatives. Take the whole picture, TSA: breasts, scrotum, penis, labia, gluteal cleft, whatever. Look at mine so you can look at the next guy’s. Because if he’s a bomber, that’s where you’ll find the bomb.

Privacy advocates are fighting to keep the scanners from becoming standard procedure. In … Continue Reading

No More Spam!

So I’ve eliminated the spam problem with a WordPress upgrade!

It was quite an experience to get the upgrade done,  I’ve never done any website administration and it turned into a two day project.

My first step was to download the newest version of WordPress but I had no idea how to get it onto my site.  I read some web tutorials about FTP servers and uploading to them.  In my mind an FTP server was some server that you loaded your stuff onto and then you somehow transferred it tor your site.  It took me quite a while to figure out … Continue Reading

To my recent celebrity guests

I just had time to catch up on my comments.  Sorry it took me so long if you had a comment in moderation.

I’d like to welcome my new guests which include Teela Tequela F$(#ing, Brittany Spears Naked and some guy named Juan who appreciated my post on Viagra and wanted to point me to a helpful link.  Juan I couldn’t find which post you meant but if I find it I’ll be sure to move your comment from the Common Sense post to the appropriate one.  Also Maxim Russia, I appreciate your dedicated readership but I really do have enough … Continue Reading