<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:11:41.600+02:00</updated><category term='shameless ploys'/><category term='the most wonderful time of the year'/><category term='parties'/><category term='found online'/><category term='democrats'/><category term='politics'/><category term='the great depression upon us'/><category term='christmas'/><category term='parenting'/><category term='events'/><category term='fun'/><category term='Barack Obama'/><category term='famous people I know'/><category term='stupid people'/><category term='drugs'/><category term='Sarah Palin'/><title type='text'>Stay {Up} Early</title><subtitle type='html'>Impetuous. Verbose. Political.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>131</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-7829203408320028461</id><published>2008-12-02T01:33:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-02T01:43:55.095+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democrats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='events'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shameless ploys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parties'/><title type='text'>{Event} Birthday Party for Congressman Ciro Rodriguez</title><summary type='text'>Dear Readers,Come out to support Congressman Ciro Rodriguez at at birthday bash this Sunday.There WILL NOT be:*Cheesy party hats*Pin the tail on the donkey*Pressure to buy a thoughtful gift from Walgreens an hour prior (whatev, you know you do!)There WILL be:*Cash bar (it's a fundraiser, sheesh...)*Music and dancing (maybe we can request a little ABBA?!)*Important, good-looking, single men and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/7829203408320028461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=7829203408320028461' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/7829203408320028461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/7829203408320028461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/12/event-birthday-party-for-congressman.html' title='{Event} Birthday Party for Congressman Ciro Rodriguez'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5714174481744315194</id><published>2008-12-01T15:46:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-02T01:48:21.963+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the most wonderful time of the year'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shameless ploys'/><title type='text'>It's a {FancyPants} Christmas, Charlie Brown</title><summary type='text'>I love Christmas. And (I would hope) YOU fine folks love me. So here is a fun gift guide sure to ingratiate yourselves into my heart... and if not-- provide a few fun ideas for the fam.Gift: Gin and Titonic ice cube trayPerfect for: Anyone that gets a giggle from Arctic carnage, me, alcoholicsBuy it at: PerpetualKid.com $6.99Gift: Dog and Cat CameraPerfect for: People not quite ready to go on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5714174481744315194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5714174481744315194' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5714174481744315194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5714174481744315194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/12/its-fancypants-christmas-charlie-brown.html' title='It&apos;s a {FancyPants} Christmas, Charlie Brown'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/STQ_qYiYCEI/AAAAAAAAAOw/jH4Svee1Jq8/s72-c/Gin+and+Titonic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1033226225537785291</id><published>2008-11-26T05:14:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T06:16:33.934+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{Photos} from the HEB Feast of Sharing</title><summary type='text'>Dear Readers,I was really happy and honored to volunteer today at the Palmer Events Center in Austin for the HEB Feast of Sharing. Over 10,000 Austinites of every race, color and creed were welcomed in and offered a free hot meal, a free phone call home and access to the United Way to help in applying for any public assistance they might be able to qualify for.This is my 5th year to volunteer and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1033226225537785291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1033226225537785291' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1033226225537785291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1033226225537785291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/11/photos-from-heb-feast-of-sharing.html' title='{Photos} from the HEB Feast of Sharing'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SSzaZzCKEhI/AAAAAAAAAOo/8jv6z-roS_0/s72-c/CG+at+FOS.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-3861435983475454897</id><published>2008-11-25T19:31:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T19:42:12.248+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{Point of Personal Privilege} HEB Feast of Sharing</title><summary type='text'>I interupt my usual snarkiness to invite everyone in the Austin area to either eat or volunteer tonight at the 11th Annual HEB Feast of Sharing.Tonight, HEB (for my out of state readers-- it's a grocery store... like Piggly Wiggly) will be feeding thousands of needy Austinites a completely free and completely tasty hot meal. Seriously... the stuffing is what dreams are made of...This has been a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/3861435983475454897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=3861435983475454897' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3861435983475454897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3861435983475454897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/11/point-of-personal-privilege-heb-feast.html' title='{Point of Personal Privilege} HEB Feast of Sharing'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-187298481561736793</id><published>2008-11-15T05:57:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T06:01:43.053+01:00</updated><title type='text'>File under 'A' for Awkward...</title><summary type='text'>Via New York MagazineMiddle-aged white people remark about the election of Obama in ways that only middle-aged white people can understand...Personal fave? Leon Wieseltier from the New Republic:I woke up the next morning still under the spell of solidarity and love. Idecided to make the spell last. I gave away my tickets to a performance of somelate Shostakovich quartets, because for once I was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/187298481561736793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=187298481561736793' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/187298481561736793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/187298481561736793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/11/file-under-for-awkward.html' title='File under &apos;A&apos; for Awkward...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-7826504976319717058</id><published>2008-11-02T01:30:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-02T01:46:20.186+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: No treats for Obama supporters</title><summary type='text'>Via the Associated PressA woman in Michigan decided that instead of "spreading the wealth" of Halloween goodies she would just pass out candy to McCain supporters."TV station WJBK says a sign outside Nagel's house warned: 'No handouts for Obama supporters, liars, tricksters or kids of supporters.'Nagel calls Democrat Barack Obama "scary." When asked about children who were turned away </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/7826504976319717058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=7826504976319717058' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/7826504976319717058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/7826504976319717058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/11/wtf-moment-of-day-no-treats-for-obama.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: No treats for Obama supporters'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQz4M0XKhsI/AAAAAAAAAN4/A6sVju2mVBA/s72-c/witch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5539766384586305228</id><published>2008-10-31T04:55:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T05:10:56.235+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stupid people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Joe the Plumber hires PR Team</title><summary type='text'>Via the Associated PressOnly in America, folks. Joe the plumber has gotten himself some peeps to help him navigate the muddy waters of his new found celebrity... first item of business for the PR team?? Dispelling those nasty rumors... No, not the ones about owing the government money or plunging  bowls without proper licenses..."He's not doing a country record," [his manager] said flatly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5539766384586305228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5539766384586305228' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5539766384586305228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5539766384586305228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/10/wtf-moment-of-day-joe-plumber-hires-pr.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Joe the Plumber hires PR Team'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-3475806798870807081</id><published>2008-10-29T21:28:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T21:33:20.480+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stupid people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: 1 in 4 Texans are stupid</title><summary type='text'>Via Austin American StatesmanA poll from the UT School of Government finds that around 25% of its responders  are stupid  think that Barack Obama is a Muslim... even after hearing only a million times that he isn't...Of course, this begs the obvious question... So effing what if he was?!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/3475806798870807081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=3475806798870807081' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3475806798870807081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3475806798870807081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/10/wtf-moment-of-day-1-in-4-texans-are.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: 1 in 4 Texans are stupid'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-6255545151376132217</id><published>2008-10-29T01:57:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T02:05:23.670+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Want to drive in Vietnam? Get out your push-up bra...</title><summary type='text'>Via Associated PressYou better work! And if you live in Vietnam you better have a rack...A new law in an effort  to skeeve out all women  to promote the health and wellness of its citizens will mandate that smaller chested women not operate motorbikes.I'm not sure how they would enforce that...On an unrelated note, Vietnamese boys can't wait to grow up to be cops.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/6255545151376132217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=6255545151376132217' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/6255545151376132217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/6255545151376132217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/10/wtf-moment-of-day-want-to-drive-in.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Want to drive in Vietnam? Get out your push-up bra...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-4399941377011083462</id><published>2008-10-29T01:38:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T01:54:14.888+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='found online'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parenting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drugs'/><title type='text'>Coolest.Mom.Ever</title><summary type='text'>Via Passive-Aggressive NotesI love her dismissive tone toward the drugs, followed with the accusation of pilfered transparent tape... I agree though... I hate re-buying a roll of Scotch tape only to find that your pot-head toddler had it all along.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/4399941377011083462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=4399941377011083462' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4399941377011083462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4399941377011083462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/10/coolestmomever.html' title='Coolest.Mom.Ever'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQexZOMDRZI/AAAAAAAAANA/skpvcF12qa8/s72-c/PAN.Pot' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1159214091747271910</id><published>2008-10-28T08:13:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T08:28:25.335+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the great depression upon us'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shameless ploys'/><title type='text'>{Psst} Take FancyPants to Dinner...cheaply</title><summary type='text'>http://www.restaurants.com/ offers discounted giftcards for a buncha places...Ordinarily, you pay $10 and get $25-- and that's swell. But now until Halloween if you enter TREATS in the promo code box you get 80% off... which is unfrickin' real... for the mathematically challenged.. you can get $250 bucks of culinary yum yum for $20...So you can take me to Aquarelle for some delicious 4-star </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1159214091747271910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1159214091747271910' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1159214091747271910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1159214091747271910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/10/psst-take-fancypants-to-dinnercheaply.html' title='{Psst} Take FancyPants to Dinner...cheaply'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQa-QAUfS5I/AAAAAAAAAM4/xKz3pL1jmsQ/s72-c/restaurants.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-4596788239602850172</id><published>2008-10-28T08:05:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T08:12:46.273+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{Genius!} Tools to be even more of a scum-bag</title><summary type='text'>Via LifeHackerThe new webapp "Gentrify" cross-references a bunch of stuff on the tubes and shows you where you can live with the fewest rabble. In their words, "helps the elite urban bourgeois find their natural habitats."Seeing the glass half-full... this could be especially useful when we all lose our jobs and have to start looting... Now, I'll be able to see which neighborhoods have the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/4596788239602850172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=4596788239602850172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4596788239602850172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4596788239602850172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/10/genius-tools-to-be-even-more-of-scum.html' title='{Genius!} Tools to be even more of a scum-bag'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQa6-IOq7wI/AAAAAAAAAMo/A4XXd3sBogs/s72-c/yuppie.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-4583950303954329291</id><published>2008-10-28T07:39:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T08:03:53.521+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Effects of a crappy economy: Wonkette panhandles</title><summary type='text'>Via AMC's blogThank you shitty economy... first you ruin my job prospects and now you screw with Radar?!Apparently, the kind and compassionate HR peeps at my 6th fave online gossip blog told everyone of their unemployment at 1pm and instructed them to be out at 3pm. That's hardly enough time to steal office supplies and pop off the "F" and "U" keys from your keyboard...More tragic? Wonkette </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/4583950303954329291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=4583950303954329291' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4583950303954329291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4583950303954329291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/10/effects-of-crappy-economy-wonkette.html' title='Effects of a crappy economy: Wonkette panhandles'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1144122366986129385</id><published>2008-10-28T07:04:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T07:09:53.452+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sarah Palin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>{Headline} of the Week</title><summary type='text'>Palin is 'going rogue,' McCain aide saysSounds kinda hot... </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1144122366986129385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1144122366986129385' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1144122366986129385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1144122366986129385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/10/headline-of-week.html' title='{Headline} of the Week'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-2674061109540236140</id><published>2008-10-28T06:56:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T07:03:48.814+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='famous people I know'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Charles Barkley for Governor</title><summary type='text'> CBark and Campbell Brown, love that gubernatorial slouch he's rockin'.Via CNNI once met Charles Barkley... if by meeting someone it means that you drunkenly shout their name in a casino and outstretch your arms for a hug... we're practically cousins.(He was in the high-roller poker section at the Mandalay Bay-- I was playing 50 cent video poker and drinking watered down Cosmos.)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/2674061109540236140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=2674061109540236140' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2674061109540236140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2674061109540236140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/10/charles-barkley-for-governor.html' title='Charles Barkley for Governor'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQaqum7ARbI/AAAAAAAAAMY/C01t5-9kLqU/s72-c/CB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-4432739186069385639</id><published>2008-10-16T04:47:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T04:52:47.992+02:00</updated><title type='text'>These days</title><summary type='text'>So when we last left our heroine I was living in San Antonio, hanging out with peeps and trying to get my dogs to share the bed...Little different these days... well, my dogs still hog the bed... but that won't change.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/4432739186069385639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=4432739186069385639' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4432739186069385639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4432739186069385639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/10/these-days.html' title='These days'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1954359957064509824</id><published>2008-09-29T18:19:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T18:19:04.564+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tina Fey is more Palin than Palin</title><summary type='text'>Good God, this is funny.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1954359957064509824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1954359957064509824' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1954359957064509824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1954359957064509824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/tina-fey-is-more-palin-than-palin.html' title='Tina Fey is more Palin than Palin'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-3324576068515654714</id><published>2008-09-26T15:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T17:16:34.586+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Sign that the End is Very Effing Nigh...</title><summary type='text'>The cringe-worthy explanation of why proximity to Russia is a valid foreign policy credential. Please, Baby Chuy, do not let this woman have missile codes...watching this clip on YouTube was physically painful. It was like watching Miss South Carolina say "the Iraq--such as."COURIC: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials. PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our-- our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/3324576068515654714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=3324576068515654714' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3324576068515654714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3324576068515654714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/another-sign-that-end-is-very-effing.html' title='Another Sign that the End is Very Effing Nigh...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-7937357067724985277</id><published>2008-09-26T15:19:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T15:34:31.348+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sign of the Apocalypse?</title><summary type='text'>...the end is very much nigh... I just agreed with Bill O'Reilly...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/7937357067724985277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=7937357067724985277' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/7937357067724985277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/7937357067724985277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/sign-of-apocalypse.html' title='Sign of the Apocalypse?'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-8553979603232740342</id><published>2008-09-25T23:40:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T23:43:36.468+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Best.Quote.Ever</title><summary type='text'>So now that obvious has been confirmed and Clay Aiken  is out of the closet it seems he has lost at least one fan:"I will never be able to listen to [Clay Aiken] sing, 'O Holy Night,' knowing he desires unholy nights." -NClayolina (via Defamer)This is one of those moments where I just sit, look at the screen and thank Jeebus that I have self-awareness and a screen name that doesn't mix North </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/8553979603232740342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=8553979603232740342' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8553979603232740342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8553979603232740342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/bestquoteever.html' title='Best.Quote.Ever'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1823847117910292880</id><published>2008-09-25T23:29:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T23:33:21.480+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Rosh Hashanah... whoever that is...</title><summary type='text'>Sent from a DreamWorks staffer... the question on everyone's mind... just who the eff is Rosh Hashanah and why is she so damned important...Oy vey.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1823847117910292880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1823847117910292880' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1823847117910292880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1823847117910292880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/happy-rosh-hashanah-whoever-that-is.html' title='Happy Rosh Hashanah... whoever that is...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SNwC-1ZrdqI/AAAAAAAAAKk/0S1MM3ws5hg/s72-c/oyvey.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5072492019036909199</id><published>2008-09-25T17:38:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T17:53:17.174+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Settling a beef at the Bennigan's</title><summary type='text'>Last night I went out with my two friends Cathedral and BlackLight (if you're new here- those are their super secret aliases...)Truth be told it was a teensy bit awkward because Cathedral and I had a silent feud going for like 8 weeks... and like most disputes that occur while drinking it involvedBoozeTrust fundsRepublicansMore boozeMisinterpretation of random text messagesClear insecurity </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5072492019036909199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5072492019036909199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5072492019036909199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5072492019036909199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/settling-beef-at-bennigans.html' title='Settling a beef at the Bennigan&apos;s'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-6953543632477591159</id><published>2008-09-24T23:44:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T00:04:34.420+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Beautiful Disaster...</title><summary type='text'>I am definitely having one of those weeks...You know, the one's where the only obvious solution is to drink a gallon of extra dirty Bloody Marys, take a few NyQuil and just call do-overs...A little back-story, if I may.A month back my dogs decided that I simply occupied too much space on the bed... and at 2am I wasn't going to argue. So I packed my pillows, vacated my bed and started sleeping in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/6953543632477591159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=6953543632477591159' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/6953543632477591159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/6953543632477591159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/beautiful-disaster.html' title='Beautiful Disaster...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-3198806027838091668</id><published>2008-09-24T20:51:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T20:52:33.149+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Everyone needs a Pontius Pilate joke in their repitoire</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/3198806027838091668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=3198806027838091668' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3198806027838091668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3198806027838091668'/><link 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thought I was the only one...HALPERT/BEASLEY 08 via PostSecret</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/8579638596578832107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=8579638596578832107' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8579638596578832107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8579638596578832107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/postsecret-of-week-runner-up.html' title='{PostSecret} of the Week, runner up'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SNlapzm4IyI/AAAAAAAAAKU/J8GpFIj8_sA/s72-c/p+and+j.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1477815647611350402</id><published>2008-09-23T23:04:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-23T23:07:20.774+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{PostSecret} of the Week: My dogs are weird</title><summary type='text'> Mine too.Check out PostSecret every Sunday.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1477815647611350402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1477815647611350402' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1477815647611350402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1477815647611350402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/postsecret-of-week-my-dogs-are-weird.html' title='{PostSecret} of the Week: My dogs are weird'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SNlaZNjH_TI/AAAAAAAAAKM/P7calizHoFY/s72-c/dogs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-8125009046038423866</id><published>2008-09-23T21:05:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-23T21:13:39.888+02:00</updated><title type='text'>No amount of flashcards...</title><summary type='text'>via Houston Chronicle</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/8125009046038423866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=8125009046038423866' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8125009046038423866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8125009046038423866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/no-amount-of-flashcards.html' title='No amount of flashcards...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SNk-BdObNkI/AAAAAAAAAKE/a67LNiw2hV4/s72-c/spstudy.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-3283619013279902586</id><published>2008-09-23T20:55:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-23T21:05:15.334+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Equal Opportunity Imagination Goodness</title><summary type='text'>Via NY MagazineEarlier I posted a fictional convo between Obama and President Bartlet... Now?Sarah Palin and Henry Kissinger...Best part?Kissinger: [Softly] You know, power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. Palin: I certainly don't think we should elect someone just because he is black, if that's what you mean.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/3283619013279902586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=3283619013279902586' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3283619013279902586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3283619013279902586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/equal-opportunity-imagination-goodness.html' title='Equal Opportunity Imagination Goodness'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1405866582098965393</id><published>2008-09-23T15:36:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-23T15:43:52.164+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Holy Moses do I miss "The West Wing"</title><summary type='text'>Via the NY TimesAaron Sorkin, the genius behind the world's best TV show (sorry, Gossip Girl) has conjured up a meeting between the fictional President Jed Bartlet and Barack Obama... and what follows is like manna from heaven. Seriously-- read it now.Here's a delicious exerpt:BARTLET GET ANGRIER! Call them liars, because that’s what they are... You were raised by a single mother on food stamps —</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1405866582098965393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1405866582098965393' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1405866582098965393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1405866582098965393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/holy-moses-do-i-miss-west-wing.html' title='Holy Moses do I miss &quot;The West Wing&quot;'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-88202339342855818</id><published>2008-09-18T16:52:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T16:53:48.531+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Women after my own heart</title><summary type='text'>Marrying Anderson Cooper is number 237 on my "Bucket List."AC, call me.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/88202339342855818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=88202339342855818' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/88202339342855818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/88202339342855818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/women-after-my-own-heart.html' title='Women after my own heart'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SNJrSYnTUaI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/Z2Xep5Gtxog/s72-c/AC360.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-8104484716113055260</id><published>2008-09-17T16:42:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T16:45:30.573+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{PostSecret} of the Week: Dreams really do come true...</title><summary type='text'>...now if only wishing would make the Chargers immune to bogus-ass calls... Go Bolts.(P to the S: check out PostSecret every Sunday)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/8104484716113055260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=8104484716113055260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8104484716113055260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8104484716113055260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/postsecret-of-week-dreams-really-do.html' title='{PostSecret} of the Week: Dreams really do come true...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SNEXmw0ixAI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/uVnKgyfOXe0/s72-c/tom+brady.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-2115652457907267391</id><published>2008-09-17T16:40:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T16:42:43.300+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Now you can be a Palin!</title><summary type='text'>With the Sarah Palin baby-name generator.Goodbye FancyPants hello-- Halter Grasshopper Palin...you down with HGP, yeah you know me...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/2115652457907267391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=2115652457907267391' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2115652457907267391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2115652457907267391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/now-you-can-be-palin.html' title='Now you can be a Palin!'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-8146372943763479954</id><published>2008-09-10T05:55:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T05:57:04.978+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Why can't I...</title><summary type='text'>Find someone that loves Mad Men as much as me...It is the best show on television and IMPOSSIBLE to explain to someone who hasn't seen it. Which, apparently, is everyone I meet.Hey-- you. Watch it.PS- It's on Sundays on AMC.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/8146372943763479954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=8146372943763479954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8146372943763479954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8146372943763479954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/why-cant-i.html' title='Why can&apos;t I...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5446819808798408431</id><published>2008-09-10T05:23:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T05:28:46.843+02:00</updated><title type='text'>First post at age 26</title><summary type='text'>So... I turned 26 on Sunday... and to be honest it was a real yawner. I don't feel any different, I don't look any older...And then I go to Starbucks on a Tuesday night.To my right is a giggling group of college freshman... and the poor ass-pandas don't realize thata) they completely lack an "inside voice" --and---b) their vapid stories (about themselves, natch) are really, really lame."Once... I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5446819808798408431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5446819808798408431' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5446819808798408431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5446819808798408431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/first-post-at-age-26.html' title='First post at age 26'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-8372102623423513182</id><published>2008-09-05T16:42:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-05T17:00:35.193+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Exercise leads you straight to hell</title><summary type='text'>Via the Associated PressA small town has refused to allow a sexxxaerobics studio to be built because "municipal officials do not approve of the type of dance she teaches. They believe it is 'provocative,' full of sexual 'innuendo,' and too dangerous for their township."Dangerous?Dangerous like: Betty could give herself a concussion while trying to shake-it to Van Halen?Or Dangerous like: Betty's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/8372102623423513182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=8372102623423513182' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8372102623423513182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8372102623423513182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/wtf-moment-of-day-exercise-leads-you.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Exercise leads you straight to hell'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1798916567792283430</id><published>2008-09-04T23:22:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-04T23:42:43.165+02:00</updated><title type='text'>...if I wasn't immersed in Pinot and crude comments</title><summary type='text'>I would have totally live-blogged Sarah Palin's speech... here's what it might have looked like....oh look she's toned down the Cinemax After Dark sexy librarian look...pity. I was totally hoping she was going to rip off her glasses, shake our her hair and writhe around to "Pour Some Sugar on Me." ...damn that accent...makes me want to put forks in her eyes....here we go with the family intros...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1798916567792283430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1798916567792283430' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1798916567792283430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1798916567792283430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/if-i-wasnt-immersed-in-pinot-and-crude.html' title='...if I wasn&apos;t immersed in Pinot and crude comments'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SMBWAqYELpI/AAAAAAAAAJk/lm1dCLNE9Ig/s72-c/sarah-palin-1%255B1%255D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-6542295536100817045</id><published>2008-09-04T23:00:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-04T23:44:46.391+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Republican National Convention -OR- Why you don't play drinking games with a Giuliani speech</title><summary type='text'>So after this month's Young Dems meeting, per usual, we headed over to Joe Blue's to have a drink or five... and this time partake in the trainwreck that is the Republican Convention.First obstacle: Getting the tatted-up hipster bartender to let us actually watch it... it seems that she instituted a "no-politics" rule after some previous ruckus... after the promise of no shenanigans she turned on</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/6542295536100817045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=6542295536100817045' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/6542295536100817045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/6542295536100817045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/republican-national-convention-or-why.html' title='Republican National Convention -OR- Why you don&apos;t play drinking games with a Giuliani speech'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SMBWsWD1_MI/AAAAAAAAAJs/Tx3Q5EaMwd4/s72-c/giuliani%2520speech.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-577734788655725836</id><published>2008-09-04T22:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-04T23:00:20.091+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Adios Abramoff</title><summary type='text'> Enjoy the next 4 years.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SMBMXB5h-LI/AAAAAAAAAJU/Po2KnQ_bB4w/s72-c/abramoff.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-9110369169582957732</id><published>2008-09-02T16:45:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T16:57:16.729+02:00</updated><title type='text'>My life... a romance novel</title><summary type='text'>After driving through a hurricane...(okay, the threat of one coming on shore in a few days) I finally arrived at the boyfriend's office.Yes... the office. He's very important and has to work... even when his girlfriend is in town.While he finished his work I grabbed my fashionably ironic "summer scarf" and a blanket and slept in an office chair... waking up only to mumble something to Jack </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/9110369169582957732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=9110369169582957732' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/9110369169582957732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/9110369169582957732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-life-romance-novel.html' title='My life... a romance novel'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-4126240909873626188</id><published>2008-08-29T16:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T16:40:49.549+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Sarah</title><summary type='text'>Dear Sarah,Thanks for being the shittiest VP-pick ever. It was getting kinda old.Sincerely,Dan Quayle</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/4126240909873626188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=4126240909873626188' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4126240909873626188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4126240909873626188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/dear-sarah.html' title='Dear Sarah'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-6572267455812895763</id><published>2008-08-29T16:29:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T16:41:12.183+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Baked Alaska</title><summary type='text'>"Did you see McCain's VP pick" my friend texts me.I'm sure I should have been listening to talk radio on my trip and not REO Speedwagon...Sarah Palin... are you effing kidding me? I'm not sure whether I should scream in delight or throw-up in my hair. I find it incomprehensible that a man with one foot in the grave picks an Alaskan Barbie Doll to hold missle codes...Had I but known that all it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/6572267455812895763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=6572267455812895763' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/6572267455812895763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/6572267455812895763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/baked-alaska.html' title='Baked Alaska'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SL6gghQ8fBI/AAAAAAAAAJM/Gkca29sHIe4/s72-c/palin.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1148807584808877470</id><published>2008-08-29T16:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T16:40:18.068+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Hurricane-a-comin'? I'll take a mid-size.</title><summary type='text'>I wake up at 6am on Friday morning and start packing for my trip to see the boyfriend. As I am absent-mindedly stuffing clothes into a suitcase I start hearing an unnecessarily cheerful weatherman talking about Hurricane Gustav...Delightful, I'm going to drive into a damn hurricane... or WORSE... I'm going to have to evacuate... and trust me, there aren't enough cigarettes in the free-world and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1148807584808877470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1148807584808877470' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1148807584808877470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1148807584808877470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/09/hurricane-comin-ill-take-mid-size.html' title='Hurricane-a-comin&apos;? I&apos;ll take a mid-size.'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SL6e4GGGcNI/AAAAAAAAAJE/PIDgEDc1KDE/s72-c/hurricane-gustav.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5019075870041369452</id><published>2008-08-28T15:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T16:40:34.847+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Ain't No Party Like a Young Dems party...</title><summary type='text'>Ah youth... The only time in your life where you can email someone DAY-OF an ask them to host a party for 60.I can honestly say that while Obama was giving the speech of his lifetime I was mopping my floor, arranging a fruit and dessert tray, lighting candles like it was a fucking seance and trying to make my house look like I hadn't just spent 4 hours scrubbing it...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5019075870041369452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5019075870041369452' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5019075870041369452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5019075870041369452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/aint-no-party-like-young-dems-party.html' title='Ain&apos;t No Party Like a Young Dems party...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-383997272767081540</id><published>2008-08-23T16:52:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-25T16:54:47.680+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh sweet Joey Biden</title><summary type='text'>You complete me. PS- I got my text message at like 8am... they must have known I voted for HC in the primary...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/383997272767081540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=383997272767081540' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/383997272767081540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/383997272767081540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/oh-sweet-joey-biden.html' title='Oh sweet Joey Biden'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SLLHdpmQLGI/AAAAAAAAAI8/v1hSefe8UHc/s72-c/biden.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-2412590638802408665</id><published>2008-08-21T22:40:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-25T16:52:49.316+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Young Dems Mixer -OR- Why I love sleeping in my car</title><summary type='text'>FancyPants + Young Democrat Mixers = Eating pancakes at 1am to soak up booze.If you live in the Greater San Antonio area, stop on by... if only because I took a dress to the dry-cleaners for the occasion.ZEN Bar221 E. Houston6:30pm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/2412590638802408665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=2412590638802408665' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2412590638802408665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2412590638802408665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/young-dems-mixer-or-why-i-love-sleeping.html' title='Young Dems Mixer -OR- Why I love sleeping in my car'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SLLHNZWYYgI/AAAAAAAAAI0/Uvljl8VhIhQ/s72-c/PF.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-8834854121010252883</id><published>2008-08-21T18:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T18:03:29.771+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{Headline} of the Week</title><summary type='text'>Utah politician seals deal with horse kiss </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/8834854121010252883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=8834854121010252883' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8834854121010252883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8834854121010252883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/headline-of-week.html' title='{Headline} of the Week'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5664169072470918563</id><published>2008-08-21T17:49:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T17:50:06.309+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Holy Plinko, Rielle</title><summary type='text'> Via TMZ (check out the sweet video)How fabulous is this? In 2002 Rielle Hunter competed on the game show Lingo with Chuck Woolery (that's a blast from the past)... and get this her hobbies included yoga and chanting...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5664169072470918563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5664169072470918563' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5664169072470918563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5664169072470918563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/wtf-moment-of-day-holy-plinko-rielle.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Holy Plinko, Rielle'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SK2OgLDOcpI/AAAAAAAAAIk/6r3lO68-2tM/s72-c/0820_lingo_tmz_video.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1848744343083016822</id><published>2008-08-21T16:11:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T16:20:44.856+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Assemblyman's affair with intern...</title><summary type='text'>Via NYPostALBANY - A married upstate assemblyman got caught with his virtual pants down - busted by XXX-rated e-mails he dashed off to a 19-year-old intern in which the besotted lawmaker admired the teen's "little cheerleader move" and longed to be her "human lollipop."I guess it's better than trying to hook-up with an underage page...Here's some deliciousness from an email entitled "I wish":that</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1848744343083016822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1848744343083016822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1848744343083016822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1848744343083016822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/assemblymans-affair-with-intern.html' title='Assemblyman&apos;s affair with intern...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-884165418682342179</id><published>2008-08-20T23:39:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T23:57:41.263+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Livin' off the land</title><summary type='text'>Via Burnt Orange Report and Lone Star ProjectSo it appears that State Rep. Frank Corte (TX-122 and House Republican Caucus Chair) has a little 'splainin' to do.You see the address he listed on his candidate application, ethics reports and even his driver's license turns out to be... wait for it... a VACANT LOT.So either, Corte is a big fibber-- or he is living Little House on the Prairie-style in</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/884165418682342179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=884165418682342179' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/884165418682342179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/884165418682342179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/livin-off-land.html' title='Livin&apos; off the land'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-954698159801779675</id><published>2008-08-20T18:08:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T18:09:34.484+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Open letter to Obama</title><summary type='text'>Dear Barack,Pick someone already.Sincerely,The entire world.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/954698159801779675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=954698159801779675' title='0 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cats...</title><summary type='text'>As I am writing this-- I am holding back a pretty unattractive gag-reflex...There is a long convoluted story as to how I got to trying not to vomit on myself... but here is the short version.Jack chews on his bandage.I try to get him to stop.I buy a bottle of "Bitter Yuck" to spray on the bandage.He runs.I tackle.I hold him down and spray.The spray is a fine vapor mist that covers my entire </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5939232225191486194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5939232225191486194' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5939232225191486194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5939232225191486194'/><link 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url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SKrde8pqIII/AAAAAAAAAIc/WOY_UhZ5mGY/s72-c/vonnegut.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1575739009946674201</id><published>2008-08-15T17:39:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T17:47:29.205+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{Headline} of the Day</title><summary type='text'>Debate coaches lose cool, 1 pulls down his pants As someone who was a total Debate Team Loser in high-school, this cracks me up. Apparently two college coaches got pissed during the quarterfinals of a competition and, well, mooning ensued... not exactly the kind of eloquent, existential smackdowns that I prefer...Best part of the story? This line: "An eight-minute segment of the argument, in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1575739009946674201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1575739009946674201' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1575739009946674201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1575739009946674201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/headline-of-day.html' title='{Headline} of the Day'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-615620712865186022</id><published>2008-08-15T17:13:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T17:34:17.520+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Mommy needs her vodka</title><summary type='text'> Via Associated Press"...Jennifer Lynn Rosenburg was arrested Wednesday and accused of child endangerment.Police stopped a minivan Wednesday that had turned into a driveway without using a turn signal and then ran into the home at a low speed. The driver was Rosenburg's 12-year-old daughter, who said she had just dropped off her mother at a bar..."What's the world coming to... if warm-blooded </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/615620712865186022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=615620712865186022' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/615620712865186022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/615620712865186022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/wtf-moment-of-day-mommy-needs-her-vodka.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Mommy needs her vodka'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SKWho-Gc1wI/AAAAAAAAAIU/Rk1Nkp5y74o/s72-c/kid+driver.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1098881847945618172</id><published>2008-08-14T23:43:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T00:27:06.320+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Donna Keel is better than you.</title><summary type='text'>Via Austin American StatesmanIn response to rumor that an ad claiming she once bounced a check was going to run, state rep candidate Donna Keel released her credit score: 799 (and according to the AAS that is better than 99.83% of the rest of us)She also released the following statement: "I have personal finance records going back 20 years. Not only have I not bounced a check, I've never been </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1098881847945618172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1098881847945618172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1098881847945618172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1098881847945618172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/donna-keel-is-better-than-you.html' title='Donna Keel is better than you.'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-4808497644604393589</id><published>2008-08-14T23:33:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T23:42:59.354+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you Victoria Osteen!</title><summary type='text'> Via Houston ChronicleIn a rare win for good people across the world, a Houston jury has rejected the claim of a flight attendant that Victoria Osteen (wife of uber-smiley tv-evangelist Joel) gave her a holy-smackdown on a Continental flight.Seriously, if I can't rough-up my stewardesses then I'm just not going to fly... and if I have to ask you one more time for another gin and tonic I'm going </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/4808497644604393589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=4808497644604393589' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4808497644604393589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4808497644604393589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/thank-you-victoria-osteen.html' title='Thank you Victoria Osteen!'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SKSmy0gbQdI/AAAAAAAAAIM/GzjD2GK9mX8/s72-c/Osteen.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-8987452095517215215</id><published>2008-08-14T22:46:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T23:14:20.596+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Check your Whopper</title><summary type='text'> Via the Associated PressXENIA, OHIO — Burger King Corp. said Tuesday it had parted ways with an employee who was recorded taking a soapy bath in a utility sink in one of its restaurants in a video that ended up on his MySpace page.The nearly four-minute video, which was posted online Thursday, shows the man taking the bath to celebrate his birthday. In the video, shot by another worker, the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/8987452095517215215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=8987452095517215215' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8987452095517215215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8987452095517215215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/wtf-moment-of-day-check-your-whopper.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Check your Whopper'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SKSgCmRc_WI/AAAAAAAAAH0/v8I2lYmP4GM/s72-c/burger-king.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-2864750461466050291</id><published>2008-08-13T21:42:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-13T22:36:05.413+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Rush Limbaugh, standing up for skanky mistresses...</title><summary type='text'>When my dog pees on the floor and I give her a treat, I'm told that I am reinforcing bad behavior...So, I'm feeling a little guilty about linking up to a Rush Limbaugh story... except... that the guy is straight-up batshit crazy... with a hefty sprinkle of misogyny. Take a peek (via media bistro)Now, that's as far as I'm going to go...It just seems to me that Edwards might be attracted to a woman</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/2864750461466050291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=2864750461466050291' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2864750461466050291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2864750461466050291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/rush-limbaugh-standing-up-for-skanky.html' title='Rush Limbaugh, standing up for skanky mistresses...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SKNFhAND3nI/AAAAAAAAAHs/lhpn8v-1hKg/s72-c/rush.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1067439997350035107</id><published>2008-08-13T16:24:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-13T23:11:21.457+02:00</updated><title type='text'>A letter to parents shopping for back-to-school...</title><summary type='text'>Tax-Free Weekend is a special few days before the start of the new school year where sales tax is waived on most school-y products and clothes... and hence, madness ensues.Dear Frantic Parents at Tax Free Weekend,Just a quick primer on how to avoid the wrath of 20-somethings just trying to get their shop on:Do not bring your god-forsaken stroller into the store if you intend to use it to block </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1067439997350035107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1067439997350035107' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1067439997350035107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1067439997350035107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/tax-free-weekend-ill-pass.html' title='A letter to parents shopping for back-to-school...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-9010050944127849396</id><published>2008-08-13T16:16:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-13T16:23:05.527+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{PostSecret} of the Week</title><summary type='text'> Check out PostSecret (with new secrets every Sunday) hereWhen I'm at home and putting around the house, I always say "excuse me" or "pardon me" when passing my dogs... I'd really hate for them to tell their friends at day-camp that their Mom is a rude bitch... (get it?)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/9010050944127849396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=9010050944127849396' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/9010050944127849396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/9010050944127849396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/postsecret-of-week.html' title='{PostSecret} of the Week'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SKLtx1ZDZdI/AAAAAAAAAHc/gxF2sj_hcJI/s72-c/winks.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1931367162695382090</id><published>2008-08-13T16:04:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-13T16:14:31.286+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Lip-Synching Chinese Girl is sooo Un-American</title><summary type='text'> So the cute-as-a-button Chinese girl that sang at the Olympics Opening Ceremony is a faker... and warm-blooded Americans are pissed... Seriously, the nation that brought you Milli Vanilli and Ashlee Simpson wants you to be cranky that a Chinese girl with effed-up teeth wasn't allowed to show her face on camera... WTF. Isn't that the whole premise of putting Carnie Wilson (of Wilson Phillips fame</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1931367162695382090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1931367162695382090' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1931367162695382090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1931367162695382090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/wtf-moment-of-day-lip-synching-chinese.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Lip-Synching Chinese Girl is sooo Un-American'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SKLr-vCOtcI/AAAAAAAAAG8/pmXSB83v9rg/s72-c/fakesinger(1).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5073118465892702007</id><published>2008-08-08T23:54:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T23:56:26.536+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Here's to you, reader</title><summary type='text'>Was looking at my "Google Analytics"I love that Googling "nose nachos" somehow sent one intrepid reader my way-- Welcome.Sorry, that you were probably disappointed.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5073118465892702007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5073118465892702007' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5073118465892702007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5073118465892702007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/heres-to-you-reader.html' title='Here&apos;s to you, reader'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-4549933311628870269</id><published>2008-08-08T21:18:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T21:40:55.189+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: John Edwards... baby daddy?</title><summary type='text'>Via ABC NewsEdwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential CandidateSweet American Baby Jesus... I don't know what I find even more distasteful... the pathetic infidelity with an "aspiring filmmaker" or the soul-crushing look on the bright side admission that at least his wife's incurable cancer was in remission when said affair was occurring... I'm sure that's comforting to his wife. I also </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/4549933311628870269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=4549933311628870269' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4549933311628870269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4549933311628870269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/wtf-moment-of-day-john-edwards-baby.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: John Edwards... baby daddy?'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SJygfJVdklI/AAAAAAAAAG0/9sXi5O7U-wA/s72-c/edwards.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1093025079732909251</id><published>2008-08-08T15:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T15:59:10.520+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Found on Craigslist</title><summary type='text'>Autographed Copy of Plato's RepublicDate: 2008-07-09, 11:00AM CDT1st edition of The Republic signed by its author. There is of course a reasonable amount of wear and tear, (light highlighting and underlining, dog-eared pages, back cover missing, etc.), but it is in overall good condition considering its age. First come first serve</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1093025079732909251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1093025079732909251' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1093025079732909251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1093025079732909251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/08/found-on-craigslist.html' title='Found on Craigslist'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1015811976681726316</id><published>2008-07-29T20:24:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T23:44:31.384+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{POPD} Cell Phone Totem Pole</title><summary type='text'>At the request of friends I have started a series of posts about navigating the murky waters of political dating... nicknamed by me POPD (or, the Pitfalls of Political Dating)... as always feel free to recommend topics and look for this series to be cross-posted on the Young Dems blog...eventually... if I'm not single by then...Cell Phone Totem PoleLately, I have been forced to get my ego in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1015811976681726316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1015811976681726316' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1015811976681726316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1015811976681726316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/popd-cell-phone-totem-pole.html' title='{POPD} Cell Phone Totem Pole'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-2494289554116946192</id><published>2008-07-29T18:56:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:12.261+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Better late than never... Wall Street Got Drunk</title><summary type='text'>So GW went to Houston to host a fundraiser for some yahoo... and stealthily someone recorded it... but you already know that, right?If "Wall Street Got Drunk" it's because Phil Gramm and his "fancy instruments" were tending bar...Did I mention, that the yahoo who was having the fundraiser used to WORK for Philly G? Did I mention that my tax money was used for this fundraiser... and I didn't even </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/2494289554116946192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=2494289554116946192' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2494289554116946192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2494289554116946192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/better-late-than-never-wall-street-got.html' title='Better late than never... Wall Street Got Drunk'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SI9L2tggDaI/AAAAAAAAAGk/uujBvHN94IY/s72-c/wall+street.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-8591014901392917763</id><published>2008-07-29T18:29:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T18:46:22.904+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the Memories, GW</title><summary type='text'>As the LA Times reported here when GW rides off into the sunset-- he will be leaving one helluva a parting gift for the next Prez...and by that I mean a $482 Billion (with a B) National Debt... and being the well-bred southern girl I decided to write a thank you note.Dear Mr. President,I just wanted to take a few minutes to thank you for the wonderful gift. A half-a-trillion dollar debt-- how </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/8591014901392917763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=8591014901392917763' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8591014901392917763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8591014901392917763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/thanks-for-memories-gw.html' title='Thanks for the Memories, GW'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-7799254068209879499</id><published>2008-07-29T18:18:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:12.426+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{PostSecret} of the Week</title><summary type='text'>Visit PostSecret hereI would totally rock the Dylan 'fro... but sadly, I would look more like the Jackson Five than the Tambourine Man...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/7799254068209879499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=7799254068209879499' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/7799254068209879499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/7799254068209879499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/postsecret-of-week_29.html' title='{PostSecret} of the Week'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SI9C5lcs8OI/AAAAAAAAAGc/fMDoQ7u54KI/s72-c/dylan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-2262580788677326881</id><published>2008-07-29T18:15:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:12.650+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Best.Photo.Ever</title><summary type='text'>Even  Stormtroopers need a day of R&amp;R. Darth was at the bottom wearing a fanny-pack and taking snapshots for the family album on Flickr.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/2262580788677326881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=2262580788677326881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2262580788677326881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2262580788677326881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/bestphotoever.html' title='Best.Photo.Ever'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SI9CX80LCgI/AAAAAAAAAGU/tepwsdjldQ8/s72-c/stormtroopers.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-64384931531505723</id><published>2008-07-29T18:09:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:12.768+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Cop or Stripper?</title><summary type='text'>Via the APBERLIN — No one had ordered strippers for the 30th birthday party — but the two policemen who arrived after midnight to quiet the raucous celebration found themselves greeted by a round of applause.Female partygoers in western Germany mistook the real-life officers for fake ones who entertain parties by peeling off enticing man-in-uniform outfits...The partygoers had not ordered </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/64384931531505723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=64384931531505723' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/64384931531505723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/64384931531505723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/wtf-moment-of-day-cop-or-stripper.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Cop or Stripper?'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SI9CJB5RcdI/AAAAAAAAAGM/PpHrFW_N81I/s72-c/cop+dance.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-4253750088491624789</id><published>2008-07-22T22:40:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:12.877+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Jack, the Drama Queen</title><summary type='text'>Jack went to his Vet today for his first follow-up visit and did great. He didn't freak out, let the nurse change his bandage and is recovering well. We have another visit on Thursday-- but after that the Vet might allow for once a week visits ( a nice surprise for me and my pocketbook).Of course, if you ask Jack-- he's scheduled for an amputation and is on his death-bed. This means that he takes</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/4253750088491624789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=4253750088491624789' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4253750088491624789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4253750088491624789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/jack-drama-queen.html' title='Jack, the Drama Queen'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SIZHHAgHRCI/AAAAAAAAAGE/hFBc4iLNLLU/s72-c/jack+in+bed.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-444092414888600104</id><published>2008-07-22T22:23:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:12.960+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Brooke Hogan is smart</title><summary type='text'>Via Perez HiltonBrooke Hogan (tranny-tastic daughter of the Hulk) on voting:"You know what? I am actually not that much into voting. I think it’s kinda crazy that a woman is running, because I think that women deal with a lot of emotions and menopause and PMS and stuff. Like, I’m so moody all the time, I know I couldn’t be able to run a country, ‘cause I’d be crying one day and yelling at people </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/444092414888600104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=444092414888600104' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/444092414888600104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/444092414888600104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/wtf-moment-of-day-brooke-hogan-is-smart.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Brooke Hogan is smart'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SIZEXrlwC7I/AAAAAAAAAF8/nkGDjU0VVu4/s72-c/bhogan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-2082480344021805175</id><published>2008-07-21T17:47:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:13.051+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{Post Secret} of the Week</title><summary type='text'>Check out Post SecretI guess if there was a good reason to let someone off with a warning, it's this...I got to keep my grandfather, and he got a new heart because of an organ donor(5-27-00)... the same day I graduated from High School. It will always be the best present I ever received.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/2082480344021805175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=2082480344021805175' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2082480344021805175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2082480344021805175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/post-secret-of-week.html' title='{Post Secret} of the Week'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SISvtpBRQpI/AAAAAAAAAF0/rPGV5KOk39Q/s72-c/Post+Secret+Donor.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-4210855939523465559</id><published>2008-07-21T15:23:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:13.158+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Jack is on the mend... worst weekend ever.</title><summary type='text'>Good morning,Just a quick note about my weekend.Friday, my dog Jack injured his leg while playing at my parent's house. He has been in and out of the pet ER-- and will require 6 to 8 weeks of 3x a week vet visits. He seems to be in a great spirits and didn't even cry (though there was a 3 inch gaping hole in his leg). Me? Let's just say...um...hysterical.Boyfriend has been incredibly supportive </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/4210855939523465559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=4210855939523465559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4210855939523465559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4210855939523465559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/jack-is-on-mend-worst-weekend-ever.html' title='Jack is on the mend... worst weekend ever.'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SISRqJYkxGI/AAAAAAAAAFs/0ZhmxMsPq-4/s72-c/Jack%27s+cast.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-2227180456088449678</id><published>2008-07-16T22:56:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T23:05:44.670+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day-- D-bag invokes 9/11 to move votes</title><summary type='text'>Via CNNSeriously, I have no idea how to respond to this one. Straight from the GOP-playbook of fear mongering (though most Repubs I know aren't this low) is this idiot that thinks invoking the image of 9/11 is the best way to move votes...The image (you can see it here) is of a smoking twin tower and the message to not vote for a Democrat. What a way to trivialize the horror of that day and the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/2227180456088449678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=2227180456088449678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2227180456088449678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2227180456088449678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/wtf-moment-of-day-d-bag-invokes-911-to.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day-- D-bag invokes 9/11 to move votes'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1601155584819078280</id><published>2008-07-16T20:40:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T21:22:52.664+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Second-Hand Soiree</title><summary type='text'>Dear Friends,After about 5 years of living on my own I have accumulated a lot of  shit  treasure... and while I whole-heartedly embrace rampant consumerism... I have found that I have a closet full of clothes and no Louis Vuitton Speedy 30.Instead of donating plasma, using the old credit card, or just dating married men... I have decided to go the route of middle-class America... I'm having a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1601155584819078280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1601155584819078280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1601155584819078280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1601155584819078280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/second-hand-soiree.html' title='Second-Hand Soiree'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-6765392704559768797</id><published>2008-07-14T23:47:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:13.312+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{PostSecret} of the week</title><summary type='text'>My favorite this week... I completely identify... just like the Charlie Brown Christmas tree...PS- If you've never been to Post Secret, visit. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/6765392704559768797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=6765392704559768797' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/6765392704559768797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/6765392704559768797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/postsecret-of-week.html' title='{PostSecret} of the week'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SHvKA_1eWgI/AAAAAAAAAFk/iYKC1a85nAk/s72-c/57.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1041571156720978463</id><published>2008-07-12T04:59:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:13.487+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Hooray for my mom</title><summary type='text'>FancyMom was selected to go on a pilgrimage to France with 40+ coworkers... and it starts in Paris. C'est manifique.Oui Oui.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1041571156720978463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1041571156720978463' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1041571156720978463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1041571156720978463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/hooray-for-my-mom.html' title='Hooray for my mom'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SHgepRUrbEI/AAAAAAAAAFc/Rl3GzRHbk6E/s72-c/eiffel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5980581282049563515</id><published>2008-07-11T23:21:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-07-11T23:35:46.968+02:00</updated><title type='text'>My letter to Phil Gramm</title><summary type='text'>Dear Dr. Phil,I don't understand why you would think we're a nation of whiners... I mean with the economy doing so well I just purchased my fifth home, paid off all of my student loans, hopped a 10am flight to LA (and checked my bags!) where I got a free club soda, my dog doesn't have any fleas, children all have comprehensive health insurance, I can eat a freakin' tomato without fear of disease.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5980581282049563515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5980581282049563515' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5980581282049563515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5980581282049563515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-letter-to-phil-gramm.html' title='My letter to Phil Gramm'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-8073924085240139089</id><published>2008-07-10T22:33:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-07-10T22:47:45.924+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: John Cornyn hates old people</title><summary type='text'>via Houston Politics BlogJohn Cornyn sent out what might possibly be the world's most unnecessarily verbose (seriously, 3 pages??) press release today with the most distinctively awesome title EVER:Sen. Cornyn: Congress Whistling Past the Medicare GraveyardEventually, I'll attempt to read the entire presser...but until then I will giggle at the wordsmith (term used very lightly) that thought </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/8073924085240139089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=8073924085240139089' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8073924085240139089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8073924085240139089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/wtf-moment-of-day-john-cornyn-hates-old.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: John Cornyn hates old people'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-2202636757564974039</id><published>2008-07-10T16:47:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:14.611+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The RNC tries to be funny.</title><summary type='text'>Dear Republican National Committee,You guys are funny... Obama/Change/Coins... it's all very clever... so is that precious sans-serif font and microscopic website... it's all just too delightful. I like how you expertly play to the people's fear of The Great Depression 2.0, that's pretty masterful...Just one thing, though: Aren't you guys the jerks that got us into this mess anyway...? Is there </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/2202636757564974039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=2202636757564974039' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2202636757564974039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2202636757564974039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/rnc-tries-to-be-funny.html' title='The RNC tries to be funny.'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SHYia4kRDkI/AAAAAAAAAFU/TcYhin5Ekr8/s72-c/GOPsticker.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-4962942272737404174</id><published>2008-07-09T17:32:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-07-09T17:50:14.006+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday, I'm over you.</title><summary type='text'>Dear Wednesday, we're through.I'm ready to call it a day-- I am especially SO OVER:My dogs waking up at 1:37am and refusing to come inside until 2amMy dogs punishing me for yelling at them by whizzing on the floorStepping in said whizzTeam luncheons where the only topic of discussion is fear-mongering speculation of the next to be fired...Team luncheons where I try (and usually fail) not to make </summary><link 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src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5898567176470767223</id><published>2008-07-08T23:42:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T23:56:30.686+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The end of a super-secret era...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Friends,I have been railroaded politely asked to be a frequent blogger for my local chapter of the Young Democrats... as well as Chair of a  created on the spot very important committee......I can forsee this all going pretty badly... especially when my super-secret boyfriend reads the unabashed(read: brilliant) musings of a local politcal princess... and then realizes it's his girlfriend </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5898567176470767223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5898567176470767223' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5898567176470767223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5898567176470767223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/07/end-of-super-secret-era.html' title='The end of a super-secret era...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1137746294236615663</id><published>2008-06-26T16:25:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:14.900+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: An Inconvenient Dork</title><summary type='text'>... this has to be the best picture of a politico-- ever. I love how Al throws the deuce so existentially...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1137746294236615663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1137746294236615663' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1137746294236615663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1137746294236615663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/06/wtf-moment-of-day-inconvenient-dork.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: An Inconvenient Dork'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SGOnIlNdGkI/AAAAAAAAAFI/4y-XFpi94kA/s72-c/al+gore.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-7921868267078499841</id><published>2008-06-23T21:56:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:15.114+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Monday, I call do-overs</title><summary type='text'>Today has been pretty heinous...6:32am George Carlin is dead... this has not been a good week for people I like on TV. First Tim and now George... swear... if anything happens to Fergie or Pope Benedict I'm gonna lose it.6:45am I am running late, and rushing through my shower when I feel a scurry across my perfectly pedicured feet... am greeted by the sight of an insect (the species of which I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/7921868267078499841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=7921868267078499841' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/7921868267078499841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/7921868267078499841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/06/dear-monday-i-call-do-overs.html' title='Dear Monday, I call do-overs'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SGABPW1aCOI/AAAAAAAAAFA/XDOoPRdbxVQ/s72-c/monday.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-176068627051327048</id><published>2008-06-19T00:05:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-07-09T17:32:19.430+02:00</updated><title type='text'>in my iPod</title><summary type='text'>I hate going to the gym... it's such an ordeal. Just to get in the door I have to: find a cute outfit, match my sneaks, take off my makeup and reapply gym appropriate makeup, put my hair in a ponytail and sync my iPod...Luckily, I have created the "FancyPants iPod Playlist of Splendor..."1. Shut up and let me go, The Ting TingsI call this my emo-cheerleader anthem2. Thriller, MJYeah yeah... I was</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/176068627051327048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=176068627051327048' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/176068627051327048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/176068627051327048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/06/in-my-ipod_19.html' title='in my iPod'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1454752686824177032</id><published>2008-06-18T23:27:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:15.344+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Lakers Suck</title><summary type='text'>After dealing the LA Losers, I mean, Lakers a soul crushing defeat... the Boston Celtics are NBA Champs...I think Lady V's purple tutu was what did them in... besides the massive suckage.I'm sure all of my Laker friends cried themselves to sleep with their Kobe cardboard cutouts and a bottle of Zima.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1454752686824177032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1454752686824177032' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1454752686824177032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1454752686824177032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/06/lakers-suck.html' title='Lakers Suck'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SFl-IHaYc0I/AAAAAAAAAE4/fo5weEKagdA/s72-c/celts.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-8168889624022033729</id><published>2008-06-16T22:24:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:15.506+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Hell hath no fury...</title><summary type='text'>Courtesy of the Associated Press: Woman who branded ex-lover gets 5 yearsIn a nutshell psycho-girl thought the appropriate response to a man not calling was to fashion a wire into the letter "R" and burn him until he called you... What I like even better is that she got her "now-boyfriend" to assist her in the branding... even better?? No one knows what the "R" was for... a random psycho... I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/8168889624022033729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=8168889624022033729' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8168889624022033729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/8168889624022033729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/06/wtf-moment-of-day-hell-hath-no-fury.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Hell hath no fury...'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SFbTb8FDBkI/AAAAAAAAAEo/fZyMAuGRK4s/s72-c/r+iron.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5804724243464002338</id><published>2008-06-16T21:53:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-06-16T22:11:34.544+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The varied interests of my readers... yes, plural</title><summary type='text'>Dear friends,I checked my Google Analytics today and I have 35 readers... Needless to say I am quite impressed with my own mediocrity... and I mean that with true sincerity.But more surprising than the number of people who mosey by to read the musings of one FancyPants-- are the ways they get here... namely Google Searches... read the top google searches after the jump.1. Miley Cyrus, that little</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5804724243464002338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5804724243464002338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5804724243464002338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5804724243464002338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/06/varied-interests-of-my-readers-yes.html' title='The varied interests of my readers... yes, plural'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-3476846257861787095</id><published>2008-06-13T15:23:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:15.652+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Payday</title><summary type='text'>Momma needs a new pair of shoes...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/3476846257861787095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=3476846257861787095' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3476846257861787095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3476846257861787095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/06/payday.html' title='Payday'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SFJ1BwxQf9I/AAAAAAAAAEg/iQ2V12Z7K2Q/s72-c/payday.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-4417753265185865486</id><published>2008-06-12T22:07:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-06-12T23:06:09.081+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Top Ten Favorite Songs of All Time</title><summary type='text'>In no particular order... that would be far too committal for me...1. Summertime, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong --The haunting horn and the smooth sound of Ella give me chills every time I hear it. If I could change one thing about my life, I would want to sing like Ella.2. What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong --I can’t help but tear up… not to be macabre—but this is my funeral song.3. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/4417753265185865486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=4417753265185865486' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4417753265185865486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/4417753265185865486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-ten-favorite-songs-of-all-time.html' title='Top Ten Favorite Songs of All Time'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-3888432106894483737</id><published>2008-06-06T21:40:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T21:43:27.980+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Taking advice</title><summary type='text'>I was told by my boyfriend that when he was a lad (and blogger) that his favorite posts were "Top Ten Lists" and "Doonsbury" cartoons...I'm not that geeky, so no political cartoons... and I'm not that interesting so I'm a little apprehensive about the lists... perhaps a "Top Ten Reasons to Not Have Top Ten Lists?"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/3888432106894483737/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=3888432106894483737' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3888432106894483737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/3888432106894483737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/06/taking-advice.html' title='Taking advice'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-3998222091713796268</id><published>2008-06-02T17:19:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:15.836+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Someone needs to go to Confession</title><summary type='text'>Via the Houston Chronicle: I only quoted a small piece, read the rest."A drug dealernamed The Spider is wondering why hisJesus Christ still hasn't appeared inDallas.Thanks to an unusual bust byfederal agents in Laredo, they'renot going to connect.Drug traffickers mixed asmuch as six pounds of the illicit white powder into a paste and used it tomake a regal statue of the Christian savior,complete </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/3998222091713796268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link 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url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SEQRvJ1M3cI/AAAAAAAAAEY/XjUvVc5B5gE/s72-c/cokejc.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-212641003803397646</id><published>2008-06-01T16:55:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:15.933+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday: Miley Cyrus and Dog Poo</title><summary type='text'>I am extraordinarily lame. Fridays, for me, usually mean coming home at 5 and packing the dogs up for a visit to see my folks. I like going home... I get pedicures, good food, a dose of familial drama and lots of church. This weekend my parents were MIA and so I was forced to actually :::gasp::: socialize. It went like this:**QFOC's dog, Hannibal (no alias for him-- bad dog) decided that it was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/212641003803397646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=212641003803397646' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/212641003803397646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/212641003803397646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/06/friday-miley-cyrus-and-dog-poo.html' title='Friday: Miley Cyrus and Dog Poo'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SEQNPJ1M3bI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/DrXfqSNCc_E/s72-c/mc.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-275780737227972927</id><published>2008-05-28T16:30:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:16.073+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Hour: Blacklight brings a date or 4</title><summary type='text'>I always have a good time when my buddy Cathedral and I go out... we share a fondness for being a hater, really crappy late 90s music (Fuel, anyone?) and chain-smoking... we're basically twins separated by birth-- if you don't count the language barrier, geography and Southern debutante manners (sorry, bro). I arrive at Happy Hour and discover that my friend (Alias: Blacklight) has not only </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/275780737227972927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=275780737227972927' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/275780737227972927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/275780737227972927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-hour-blacklight-brings-date-or-4.html' title='Happy Hour: Blacklight brings a date or 4'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SEQHQp1M3ZI/AAAAAAAAAEA/ZsPvrHf3OUU/s72-c/PF.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5218519982398447941</id><published>2008-05-27T16:12:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:16.176+01:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Kobe's Wife is Craaaazy</title><summary type='text'>It seems the wife of Kobe Bryant, Lady V herself seems that purple tutus are completely acceptable attire... and if anyone disagrees well they can eat it.I guess it doesn't help that your man is hookin' up with a younger, hotter girl and he didn't even give you the obligatory "sorry I'm a cheating bastard" 4carat diamond.Via: StyleDash and PerezI'm particularly torn about this one.In my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5218519982398447941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5218519982398447941' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5218519982398447941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5218519982398447941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/05/wtf-moment-of-day-kobes-wife-is.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Kobe&apos;s Wife is Craaaazy'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SEQD551M3YI/AAAAAAAAAD4/J1P9UXCGcZ8/s72-c/Lady+V.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1309085720914345020</id><published>2008-05-08T15:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T15:45:39.530+02:00</updated><title type='text'>{WTF} Moment of the Day: Parents Just Don't Understand</title><summary type='text'>Via the Associated Press"...An Israeli couple going on a European vacation remembered to take their duty-free shopping and their 18 suitcases, but forgot their 3-year-old daughter at the airport...the parents were unaware they had boarded the aircraft with only four children instead of five until they were informed by cabin staff after 40 minutes in the air"Knowing that your parents remembered to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/1309085720914345020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=1309085720914345020' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1309085720914345020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/1309085720914345020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/05/wtf-moment-of-day-parents-just-dont.html' title='{WTF} Moment of the Day: Parents Just Don&apos;t Understand'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SJxN2qwHyKI/AAAAAAAAAGs/dP-Wn87G8YQ/s72-c/Home-Alone.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-5722198674515487909</id><published>2008-05-08T15:14:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:16.568+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Hungover does not go well with white pants and wedge heels</title><summary type='text'>FancyPants was in attendance for the Young Democrats meeting last night-- where, like usual, I got a touch tipsy...HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EVENINGDowning 2 glasses of Pinot (during the meeting)Making my friend (Alias: Cathedral) laugh into his shirt at a feces jokeForcing my friend (Alias: Turkey Meatloaf) to purchase me orange juice and Absolut-- aplentyMarvelling at how Turkey Meatloaf looks "in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/5722198674515487909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=5722198674515487909' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5722198674515487909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/5722198674515487909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/05/hungover-does-not-go-well-with-white.html' title='Hungover does not go well with white pants and wedge heels'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SCMArw6cNdI/AAAAAAAAADw/ZPStDeeemZY/s72-c/ihop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-2548508883072652082</id><published>2008-05-06T16:49:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:17:16.686+01:00</updated><title type='text'>My new hobby-- getting stopped by the po'po'</title><summary type='text'>My first ticket... exactly one month after my 18th birthday... I got it for speeding in a school zone.Fast forward seven years, in that time I hadn't seen hide nor hair of Johnny Law... and then in the span of two weeks I get not one, but two speeding tickets...My first reaction... how is this possible, I drive a Toyota Camry from 700BC... I don't think it is physically capable of speeding... and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/feeds/2548508883072652082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25544805&amp;postID=2548508883072652082' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2548508883072652082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25544805/posts/default/2548508883072652082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stayupearly.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-new-hobby-getting-stopped-by-popo.html' title='My new hobby-- getting stopped by the po&apos;po&apos;'/><author><name>Your Friend FancyPants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04161388330371769097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SQvlIjA4E2I/AAAAAAAAANM/arxVX7Dl5_c/s1600-R/fbookphoto-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BgrTnVQ2HiE/SCBygghb_qI/AAAAAAAAADo/QtGSNi7ykkc/s72-c/cops.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544805.post-1948104784077192002</id><published>2008-04-30T22:56:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T23:03:05.244+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Road warrior... in a Kia</title><summary type='text'>Today at exactly 4:59pm I will leave the office and make the nearly 4-hour-long journey to see the boyfriend... in a rented Kia.Yep... this is why I'm hot.Since the boyfriend has been busy working on the Congressman's campaign I haven't see much of him... in fact, we last saw each other for Easter......am pondering a super-secret Alias for the Congressman. 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