Well, don't that beat all? I get a toy I truly love and it's bad for me.
Turns out that there's a new workplace injury in town. "BLACKBERRY THUMB"
Check out the news here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060909/hl_hsn/blackberrythumbprovesasourfruitofmodernlabor
I could just cry.........
L8R
09 September, 2006
28 August, 2006
I like it, I love it, I want some more of it....
Anyone who knows me, knows I am a conspiracy nut. Yea, ok, maybe you think, "well, that's not good. How can you seriously take this stuff to heart? It's just crap." Well, open your eyes!
Things ARE going on that aren't what they appear to be.
One journalist (with a decidedly LIBERAL bent, which I do NOT support) has made a very good point on a topic I am quite concerned about. Read it here:
http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=817&Itemid=135
I consider myself neither liberal nor conservative (though I lean more towards conservative). I can't stand for what either side espouses. Neither one is correct (no matter who's RIGHT or wrong, haha).
The issue at stake in this particular article is the "warrantless wiretaps" which were summarily CRUSHED by the Supreme Court. The author of this article brings up an excellent point. The administration does not need the warrantless wiretaps. They have FISA, a secret court system used by the administration for the purpose of getting legal authorization to do whatever they need done. FISA is well-known to be very accepting and hospitable towards the administration.
Unless the Presidential administration is doing something they aren't supposed to (like spying on citizens for purposes other than intelligence), then they have little or no need for warrantless wiretaps and searches.
The author starts out with another REALLY IMPORTANT point. The administration is foisting upon the populace the concept that anyone opposed to the warrantless wiretaps and other Orwellian creations is a "Terrorist-Lover", one who wants or, at least, doesn't care if terrorists threaten our homes and families. This is patently ridiculous. It also SCREAMS George Orwell's 1984. No one WANTS their homes and/or businesses destroyed by terrorism. No one WANTS to be blown to smithereens by terrorist bombs. No one WANTS to die a horrible (early) death at the hands of some insane madman...oops...killer who's not afraid to die. However, we want absolute certainty that our personal, private affairs are not being video recorded in Dolby 5.1 surround sound for the purpose of being used against us later.
I've heard others say, "well, if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about." That's true, from a certain point of view. Where the problem comes in is this: What is the person doing the recording thinking? If someone records me in my home saying, "I'm sick and tired of this regime. I think someone should shoot the guy in charge," what is the "spy" thinking? Does he think I'm going to shoot the President? Should he contact the Secret Service and have them arrest me? What this person may or may NOT know is that I think the regime in (insert oppressed country here) is oppressive and the leader should be shot. It may have nothing whatsoever to do with our government or leader. If the person recording me came off his coffee break at the wrong time, I could end up in prison for treason! Besides, if I disagree with the "men in power", shouldn't I be able to say so in the privacy of my own home without fear of reprisal. Just because I don't like him doesn't mean I'm going to try to kill him. However, ironically, if he takes away my right to disagree with him and dislike him, I guarantee I'm not going to like him very much. How about you?
It's a matter of freedom. I have heard freedom defined as, NOT the right to do as I please, but as the responsibility to take care of myself and my family without interference from others and without requiring help from others. Well, "interference" includes being told what to do by my government. True freedom would be hard, but I think I'd prefer it over being led like sheep. I am neither wolf nor sheep. I am a man!
Things ARE going on that aren't what they appear to be.
One journalist (with a decidedly LIBERAL bent, which I do NOT support) has made a very good point on a topic I am quite concerned about. Read it here:
http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=817&Itemid=135
I consider myself neither liberal nor conservative (though I lean more towards conservative). I can't stand for what either side espouses. Neither one is correct (no matter who's RIGHT or wrong, haha).
The issue at stake in this particular article is the "warrantless wiretaps" which were summarily CRUSHED by the Supreme Court. The author of this article brings up an excellent point. The administration does not need the warrantless wiretaps. They have FISA, a secret court system used by the administration for the purpose of getting legal authorization to do whatever they need done. FISA is well-known to be very accepting and hospitable towards the administration.
Unless the Presidential administration is doing something they aren't supposed to (like spying on citizens for purposes other than intelligence), then they have little or no need for warrantless wiretaps and searches.
The author starts out with another REALLY IMPORTANT point. The administration is foisting upon the populace the concept that anyone opposed to the warrantless wiretaps and other Orwellian creations is a "Terrorist-Lover", one who wants or, at least, doesn't care if terrorists threaten our homes and families. This is patently ridiculous. It also SCREAMS George Orwell's 1984. No one WANTS their homes and/or businesses destroyed by terrorism. No one WANTS to be blown to smithereens by terrorist bombs. No one WANTS to die a horrible (early) death at the hands of some insane madman...oops...killer who's not afraid to die. However, we want absolute certainty that our personal, private affairs are not being video recorded in Dolby 5.1 surround sound for the purpose of being used against us later.
I've heard others say, "well, if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about." That's true, from a certain point of view. Where the problem comes in is this: What is the person doing the recording thinking? If someone records me in my home saying, "I'm sick and tired of this regime. I think someone should shoot the guy in charge," what is the "spy" thinking? Does he think I'm going to shoot the President? Should he contact the Secret Service and have them arrest me? What this person may or may NOT know is that I think the regime in (insert oppressed country here) is oppressive and the leader should be shot. It may have nothing whatsoever to do with our government or leader. If the person recording me came off his coffee break at the wrong time, I could end up in prison for treason! Besides, if I disagree with the "men in power", shouldn't I be able to say so in the privacy of my own home without fear of reprisal. Just because I don't like him doesn't mean I'm going to try to kill him. However, ironically, if he takes away my right to disagree with him and dislike him, I guarantee I'm not going to like him very much. How about you?
It's a matter of freedom. I have heard freedom defined as, NOT the right to do as I please, but as the responsibility to take care of myself and my family without interference from others and without requiring help from others. Well, "interference" includes being told what to do by my government. True freedom would be hard, but I think I'd prefer it over being led like sheep. I am neither wolf nor sheep. I am a man!
24 August, 2006
God, NO...Not Pluto
Who do these guys think they are? This International Astronomical Union thinks they are THE "IT" people when it comes to all things heavenly! I grew up believing their were NINE planets (Pluto included). It needs to stay that way. Yet another example of scientists being so concerned about whether they CAN do something, they didn't stop to ask whether they SHOULD do that thing.
I mean, after all, the crap they pass off as science is pseudoscience anyway. Their definition of a planet is as follows:
"a planet not only must orbit the sun and be large enough to assume a nearly round shape, but must "clear the neighborhood around its orbit."
That just seems a little vague to me. Bad science.
Based on these qualifications, Pluto "lost" it's classification as a planet....stupid...
They act like they just kicked Pluto out of the solar system for not being a planet. As one scientist put it, "it ain't over".
Will we ever stop worrying about things that aren't so important, and get back to the things that really are?
L8R
I mean, after all, the crap they pass off as science is pseudoscience anyway. Their definition of a planet is as follows:
"a planet not only must orbit the sun and be large enough to assume a nearly round shape, but must "clear the neighborhood around its orbit."
That just seems a little vague to me. Bad science.
Based on these qualifications, Pluto "lost" it's classification as a planet....stupid...
They act like they just kicked Pluto out of the solar system for not being a planet. As one scientist put it, "it ain't over".
Will we ever stop worrying about things that aren't so important, and get back to the things that really are?
L8R
Guess what???
I'm gonna be a daddy...again.
For anyone who doesn't know, I already have a 5-year old boy. Well, today, I found out that I'm gonna be a daddy again. My wife took a home test this morning, but it was a little vague. So, we went to a clinic. They used a dollar-store pregnancy test!!! Only in South Mississippi! It was "indeterminate".
So, we went to a doctor, gave some blood for a serum test, and the results shortly. "Positive!"
'Nuff said.
L8R
For anyone who doesn't know, I already have a 5-year old boy. Well, today, I found out that I'm gonna be a daddy again. My wife took a home test this morning, but it was a little vague. So, we went to a clinic. They used a dollar-store pregnancy test!!! Only in South Mississippi! It was "indeterminate".
So, we went to a doctor, gave some blood for a serum test, and the results shortly. "Positive!"
'Nuff said.
L8R
23 August, 2006
Chicago's Foie-Gras Fiasco
This one's just golden. Welcome to the world we live in!!!!!
In the news today... Chicago votes to ban Pate de Foie Gras. I'm all for this one.
On the surface, it looks like a blatant disregard for our right to choose what we want to eat. Plunge a little deeper, however, and we find it to be a battlefront of restaurateurs and animal rights activists.
Now, I know what you're thinking (at least, I think I do...). You're thinking, "I'm getting about sick of these bird huggers getting in the way of everything.
Try this out for yourself.
The farms force feed the geese and ducks from an early age with metal tubes. They have no gag reflex which allows this to happen. However, some of these farms are literally force feeding to the point of choking these animals to death. Their livers swell to 10 times their normal size. It has been reported that some of the birds' livers are so swelled that lifting the birds causes the liver to rupture causing excruciating pain until the bird dies of internal hemorrhaging. Then, these often-times diseased livers are mixed with a few herbs and spices and packaged up to be served to the wealthy and upper-crust (serves 'em right).
Perhaps not all of the farms are so brutal, but let's just say you won't catch ME eating any Foie Gras. I have more respect for animals than I do humans. The circumstances behind this incident explain why. You won't catch a lion fattening up a lamb so it can dice it's liver up and serve it to it's friends.
"Oh, Leo, darling. I love what you've done with the cave. It's just lovely. By the way, what IS this lovely pate? Oh, lamb liver, you say. How original. I love it. You must give me your recipe." PLEASE.
If an animal is hungry, it chases, kills, and eats what it's after (occasionally, a cat will play with it's prey, but that's a different story). That's the circle of life and death. What these farms are doing to these geese... dare I say, Inhumane? No, no. Inhumane indicates humans being better. Let's say, InANIMANE instead.
Enough griping.
L8R
In the news today... Chicago votes to ban Pate de Foie Gras. I'm all for this one.
On the surface, it looks like a blatant disregard for our right to choose what we want to eat. Plunge a little deeper, however, and we find it to be a battlefront of restaurateurs and animal rights activists.
Now, I know what you're thinking (at least, I think I do...). You're thinking, "I'm getting about sick of these bird huggers getting in the way of everything.
Try this out for yourself.
The farms force feed the geese and ducks from an early age with metal tubes. They have no gag reflex which allows this to happen. However, some of these farms are literally force feeding to the point of choking these animals to death. Their livers swell to 10 times their normal size. It has been reported that some of the birds' livers are so swelled that lifting the birds causes the liver to rupture causing excruciating pain until the bird dies of internal hemorrhaging. Then, these often-times diseased livers are mixed with a few herbs and spices and packaged up to be served to the wealthy and upper-crust (serves 'em right).
Perhaps not all of the farms are so brutal, but let's just say you won't catch ME eating any Foie Gras. I have more respect for animals than I do humans. The circumstances behind this incident explain why. You won't catch a lion fattening up a lamb so it can dice it's liver up and serve it to it's friends.
"Oh, Leo, darling. I love what you've done with the cave. It's just lovely. By the way, what IS this lovely pate? Oh, lamb liver, you say. How original. I love it. You must give me your recipe." PLEASE.
If an animal is hungry, it chases, kills, and eats what it's after (occasionally, a cat will play with it's prey, but that's a different story). That's the circle of life and death. What these farms are doing to these geese... dare I say, Inhumane? No, no. Inhumane indicates humans being better. Let's say, InANIMANE instead.
Enough griping.
L8R
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