Choose the Stoneslide Gift Assist that Warms Your Heart the Most

Go to our Facebook page and personally vote for your preferred Stoneslide gift! Pick from: A) Kringle Sutra B) Rudolph the Red-Cheeked Sobriety Buddy C) Silent Night and Day D) Suggest your own idea of a gift for Stoneslide to design. Perhaps we should have added “all of the above” as a choice, since each […]

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Activists Say Holiday Cheer Is a Bummer for the Planet

One group of activists is fighting to expose the damage that’s done every year by holiday cheer.

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A Few Thoughts on the Killings in Newtown

So many of us are thinking the same few sad thoughts. They may come with vivid images or without, depending on what you’ve seen and what you’ve known. They may toll through your being with peals of sympathy or only skitter over the surface. But so many of us can’t help thinking that the recent […]

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New Leaked GOP Memo Shows Party Ready to Confront Climate Change

We have recently come across a source of internal memos showing the Republican Party struggling to redefine itself in the wake of electoral defeat. Here’s the latest: FROM: Frank Thompson, Culver City BPOE TO: Reince Priebus, Chairman, Republican National Committee Dear Reince, We’re losing ground on so many fronts, but the thing that killed us this […]

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EXCLUSIVE Internal GOP Memos Show Growing Creativity and Energy in the Party after Electoral Defeat

A friend of ours has a name that differs by only one letter from that of Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee. Since few people can believe that Reince Priebus is actually named Reince Priebus, they frequently misspell his name. For years, our friend has occasionally received misdirected emails, but the trickle […]

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The Lesson of the Payoffs

We were recently at a birthday party. It was the kind that’s held at a bar with no arrangement with the management, and thus no free drinks or private space. The celebrants stand together for a while, and then seem to forget the occasion, and filter into the normal mayhem of a Friday night.

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Nothing says “I love you”

like neglect.

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If you’re not thinking about how to manipulate your children

every single moment, you’re not really parenting.

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If you do something and you feel guilty about it,

next time tell your children not to do it.

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Stoneslide and Our Facebook Page

If you’re a friend of ours on Facebook, you may or may not know that Facebook has recently changed the algorithms it uses to distribute updates, and you might not be receiving all of our goodies in your news feed. We want you to get all the goodies. All you need to do is go to our Facebook page and hover your cursor over the “Liked” button, and then click on “Add to Interests Lists.” Thanks for being a friend to our venture.

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A Middle Manager Is Inspired after Watching the Film Version of 300

I will hold out. I will stand my ground. No matter the forces arrayed against me…. It’s will and courage. That’s what it takes. I have will. I have courage. I am a man. I will stay at my desk. No matter the urgency, no matter the pain, I will not retreat to the urinal. […]

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