For long-time visitors of the site, you may recall that each December I used to do a “Happy Birthday Simpleprop.com” article. Last year was a very busy time of year and I swore that the next year I would get back on that proverbial horse. Well, it didn’t happen this year either, so a belated Happy 6th Birthday to Simpleprop.com!!!

So what’s happened in the last couple of years on the site that we should look back and be proud of? Well, a lot actually.
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i’ve been a serious web-surfer for well over a decade now. i check numerous sites, numerous times a day. i do a lot of searching via google– i have my technique down, no ticklin’ or nothin’. i have seen many, many, many images online.

and, today, in doing a little research on arm muscles, i’ve discovered the most frightening one:

SFW.

resume your day. if you are able.

as a christian, i am often frustrated by those in public life who hijack that term in order to justify discrimination and hatred. people pick out-of-context snippets of the bible– often using out-of-date translations in the process– to claim that they have “spiritual basis” for attitudes that are completely out of alignment if you read the whole book. the exploitation of faith and how it is now seen as something you flaunt to garner election support is, to me, the most disgusting aspect of political process– which is saying something, as i feel that the entire system is mired in the muck. and, typically, the media is more than happy to shine the spotlight on those who twist and bastardize faith in this manner.

but, every once in a while, a rational voice pokes through. enter herbert w. chillstrom (from a strib op-ed piece last week):

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I came across this interesting article today which I think proves that humans decended from monkeys.

Instead of grooming, it’s now dinner and a movie.

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Thank you thank you… I’ll be there all zee week.

Minnesota’s lovely neighbor to the east has decided that it being a new year, it’s time for a new slogan.

I thought I’d try to give them a hand…

Wisconsin: Eat Cheese or Die
Wisconsin: Come Cut Our Cheese
Wisconsin: America’s Sausageland
Wisconsin: We’re below Superior
Wisconsin: Blaze Orange isn’t a color, it’s a state of mind
Wisconsin: Our accents aren’t as bad as Chicago
Wisconsin: Every time you use margarine, a kitten dies
Wisconsin: Bears suck
Wisconsin: California produces more cheese than us
Wisconsin: Cubs suck
Wisconsin: Life’s so … ack… my chest… thump
Wisconsin: Vikings Suck
Wisconsin: Home of Paint Thinner Drinkers Anonymous
Wisconsin: In Brett We Trust
Wisconsin: Home of the Ho-Chunk Nation
Wisconsin: The Bar’s Open!