Apparently I missed out on a lot of news since last night. We were still catching up on the Royal Wedding details which Amanda recorded and never even heard the big news until today about Bin Laden. I would be remiss without inclusion of such a big event on this blog and will include 3 links for your own perusal. Firstly, quotes from sundry world leaders about the event. I find these meaningful and they help depict many countries' formal positions on the event. Second is a day in pictures of the celebrations and events marking Bin Laden's death. These pictures aren't as poignant as such a big event should dictate, but I think they still capture the feeling of the moment. Lastly is the BBC live feed. Unlike CNN it isn't duplicative in its entirety, instead trying to have many different people on the interviews, including those people who were close to Osama Bin Laden himself.
And then three of my own thoughts from this. It is good that such an abomination to world peace, human rights and mutual understanding has been removed from a position of power. I think this event spans far beyond just an American event even though the US has certainly been the focus of attention. It is also ironic that the CIA misinformation got us into a lot of this mess about a decade ago, and that the CIA got this result too. Also ironic is the fact that Obama got this "result" just as everyone was really starting to put the heat on him and his many flawed campaign processes. Now time will tell how this impacts world events, but hopefully this has weakened the influence of global terrorism.
There are some really big, defining moments in history and this day in my life as a citizen of the US stands alongside other such days as watching the Bosnia conflict on TV, hearing about 9/11 from my sister, hearing about our second invasion of Iraq and the later the discovery of Hussein when in church on Sunday, and then this on the radio this morning. I heard it, and didn't believe it and still now am having trouble grasping the vastness of the announcement. But it doesn't really change anything in my own world until we actually make progress towards fixing the problems that Bin Laden represented.
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02 May 2011
08 February 2011
Targeting Children
I think violence is so much worse when the intended targets are children. It's been decades now and Ireland/N. Ireland still can't get over the war which never really ended. But who honestly thought it was cool to rig a kid's bike with a bomb? Horrible.
And if you think about the fact that the booby-trapped bike would have only gone off in the case that a kid were to use it, don't you have to wonder if it would've damaged or killed anything but the kid? Worse than a case of using a bomb on a kid to kill your enemies, this was direct targeting of the kid and only the kid.
Of course, isn't targeting children the same thing that any extremist crazy group does? Compare this to Peta who handed out coloring books to children telling them that their parents were murderers and including graphic images for the kids to color of their parents killing animals and eating them. No surprise that there was a huge outcry against the coloring books, but not as huge an outcry as there should've been because Peta still legally exists.
Compare this to the crazies with ALF and their efforts to target children of employees at Huntington. They unabashedly claimed in their press releases that they target kids instead of the parents because this is what works. The company is too strong, and the adults better equipped to handle the stress of aggression and stalking than the children.
The next time you see a Peta ad with a naked girl telling you to stop eating meat... are you going to listen?
And if you think about the fact that the booby-trapped bike would have only gone off in the case that a kid were to use it, don't you have to wonder if it would've damaged or killed anything but the kid? Worse than a case of using a bomb on a kid to kill your enemies, this was direct targeting of the kid and only the kid.
Of course, isn't targeting children the same thing that any extremist crazy group does? Compare this to Peta who handed out coloring books to children telling them that their parents were murderers and including graphic images for the kids to color of their parents killing animals and eating them. No surprise that there was a huge outcry against the coloring books, but not as huge an outcry as there should've been because Peta still legally exists.
Compare this to the crazies with ALF and their efforts to target children of employees at Huntington. They unabashedly claimed in their press releases that they target kids instead of the parents because this is what works. The company is too strong, and the adults better equipped to handle the stress of aggression and stalking than the children.
The next time you see a Peta ad with a naked girl telling you to stop eating meat... are you going to listen?
01 February 2011
Egypt - Live
In case you haven't heard, Egypt is probably the biggest news in the world and as always, I'm keeping tabs on the happenings with the great BBC. For BBC's live online coverage of Egypt, check out this website. I don't know what I'd do without the responsible news reporting of BBC. Unlike the despicable news sites and greedy, biased corporations here in the US, the BBC really goes to the effort to just tell us what's going on.
25 January 2011
About time
Somewhere there's picture of me and some of my friends at a protest in 2005 at the Supreme Court in Washington DC. Holding a sign and on camera during a press conference, we were protesting the holding of Guantanamo Bay prisoners without trial for what then already seemed like forever in the "War on Terror". Now, I'm no hippie, but I do think it's terrible to leave people forever in prison without even giving them the right to trial. That's one of the principles in this country. Well, they have finally finished with the first trial of a Gitmo prisoner. Finally.
Also some fascinating things to me in the news today, courtesy of BBC. Of interest to me was this video on the Gothic pilgrimage site in England. And the woman with the uncontrollable hand.
Also some fascinating things to me in the news today, courtesy of BBC. Of interest to me was this video on the Gothic pilgrimage site in England. And the woman with the uncontrollable hand.
14 January 2011
Scorched Aliens
You've gotta watch out for those angry suns. When they get ticked, aliens might fry. It reminds me of the old "Gorilla" game where when you threw the atomic banana through the sun, it made faces and some of its rays were taken off.
12 January 2011
Belgian Beards
Usually when I think I Belgium, I think of 3 things. Flemish, that mixture language spoken that represents the unique mixture of cultures in the country. Chocolate, which is unrivaled anywhere else in the world. And beer, which the rest of the world ought to think of just out-sourcing from Belgium.
And what I had no idea about was the fact that they have gone since June without a fully functional government. It's surprising to me that this hasn't been on the news at all, at least not where I've heard. And yet it's stated like such common fact that it must've just quietly slipped through the cracks this past summer. And what a huge thing to just slip through the cracks. But one man is not willing to accept it, and that's why he's growing his face out like a Red Wings player in May.
And what I had no idea about was the fact that they have gone since June without a fully functional government. It's surprising to me that this hasn't been on the news at all, at least not where I've heard. And yet it's stated like such common fact that it must've just quietly slipped through the cracks this past summer. And what a huge thing to just slip through the cracks. But one man is not willing to accept it, and that's why he's growing his face out like a Red Wings player in May.
"Aflockalypse"
Don't be alarmed, that's just the title to Rachel Carson's long overdue sequel to "Silent Spring". But in all seriousness, birds continue to be found dead in the most random places. Good thing we've ruled out UFOs, according to the BBC.
Interesting to me in this article is discussion of the possibility that poison could've given the birds pneumonia. Ruled out by the report that they suffered acute blunt trauma rather than pneumonia, the BBC then reports that this could've occurred upon impact during flight even if they had pneumonia. What I think this terribly circular reasoning fails to recall is that if they had pneumonia, then the theory of them flying really low is all balderdash, which then would negate the possibility of them colliding with buildings. So maybe instead of trying to take fiction and find facts, let's take the facts (they died of acute blunt trauma) and re-tell the story from there. Or would that make too much sense?
And then there's that follow-up interview with someone whose job it is to track mass deaths of birds in the US. There's no words with which to adequately empathize with you, maam.
Interesting to me in this article is discussion of the possibility that poison could've given the birds pneumonia. Ruled out by the report that they suffered acute blunt trauma rather than pneumonia, the BBC then reports that this could've occurred upon impact during flight even if they had pneumonia. What I think this terribly circular reasoning fails to recall is that if they had pneumonia, then the theory of them flying really low is all balderdash, which then would negate the possibility of them colliding with buildings. So maybe instead of trying to take fiction and find facts, let's take the facts (they died of acute blunt trauma) and re-tell the story from there. Or would that make too much sense?
And then there's that follow-up interview with someone whose job it is to track mass deaths of birds in the US. There's no words with which to adequately empathize with you, maam.
06 January 2011
Other news
In other news today, the US says China is not near actual possession of a stealth plane. Personally, the pictures they released just look like the Hot Wheels planes that Mattel makes over there, plus a few unusual decals. It was probably less wise to announce that you were close to making one than to just leave it up to speculation as to whether or not you already had one. Just saying.
Starbucks changed their logo in announcement of other future products other than coffee. Don't they do that already?
And finally there was an article on today about the censorship of Mark Twain. Personally, the idea of a censored Mark Twain is about as boring as listening to Eminem after being cleaned up for radio. And at least Mark Twain abstains from foul language. In fact, I would argue that Huck Finn really wasn't about racism as a topic of priority in the first place. It's more of a fun adventure for a kid who discovers the real complexity and oxymorons of the world around him. Speaking of the great Mark Twain, I received the first volume of his autobiography for Christmas, so I'll keep you apprised of how that pans out. It's soon on my reading list.
Starbucks changed their logo in announcement of other future products other than coffee. Don't they do that already?
And finally there was an article on today about the censorship of Mark Twain. Personally, the idea of a censored Mark Twain is about as boring as listening to Eminem after being cleaned up for radio. And at least Mark Twain abstains from foul language. In fact, I would argue that Huck Finn really wasn't about racism as a topic of priority in the first place. It's more of a fun adventure for a kid who discovers the real complexity and oxymorons of the world around him. Speaking of the great Mark Twain, I received the first volume of his autobiography for Christmas, so I'll keep you apprised of how that pans out. It's soon on my reading list.
Homeless guy
I listen WNCI pretty often, but there was a pretty big change in the show this week, and I just don't think they got enough credit for it. BBC News reported today about this guy's video going viral, but they hardly credited any of the work that went into bringing this guy back on air. First off, I heard them talking about him on WNCI on Tuesday, and I'm pretty sure the Columbus Dispatch had already "discovered him before then". Secondly, Dave & Jimmy had him on the radio Wednesday morning which is where CBS finally caught up with him. Of course everyone is ready to jump on the bandwagon once the guy is the next hip thing. But I just wanted to put a short post out there to credit the Dispatch and WNCI for bringing this guy into the public's radar again. I'm really glad to hear a positive story on the news for once.
03 January 2011
Randoms
I wanna start this post by saying that for the new year I will be concentrating more on time management and thus will be controlling the amount of time I spend on blogger. Hopefully this will also have a reader benefit in the form of higher quality posts, but let's not get that hasty quite yet.
So on to business. For starters, I have been blown away by all this flooding down in Australia. I guess I'm unfamiliar with whether this kind of deluge is typical, but regardless it is so much bigger than normal that it's really epic in proportions.
Next, it would seem that there was a huge flock death of red-winged black birds in Arkansas over the new year. Whether it's the weather that caused it or other causes is yet to be determined. But it's always kinda creepy to have that many die all at once.
And then there's Facebook. I remember back when it was getting started how different was from now and while the changes haven't been fundamental it's still mind-blowing to see just how far it's gotten. I bet even Zuckerberg didn't even expect to have a $50 billion company on his hands or be Time's person of 2010.
And finally for today, read up on BBC's 6 ads that changed our world. Interesting read to be honest.
So on to business. For starters, I have been blown away by all this flooding down in Australia. I guess I'm unfamiliar with whether this kind of deluge is typical, but regardless it is so much bigger than normal that it's really epic in proportions.
Next, it would seem that there was a huge flock death of red-winged black birds in Arkansas over the new year. Whether it's the weather that caused it or other causes is yet to be determined. But it's always kinda creepy to have that many die all at once.
And then there's Facebook. I remember back when it was getting started how different was from now and while the changes haven't been fundamental it's still mind-blowing to see just how far it's gotten. I bet even Zuckerberg didn't even expect to have a $50 billion company on his hands or be Time's person of 2010.
And finally for today, read up on BBC's 6 ads that changed our world. Interesting read to be honest.
Panda Cow
Yeah, I didn't really believe this either when I first heard about it, but sure enough it does kinda look like a more friendly and probably more edible version of the panda. If you follow the link for the ABC article or Fox article you can see a better picture of one as a baby (there was just one born), but just follow Google Images for more pics that are easier to see.
I would hesitate to call this an actual breed at this point in time since they aren't really reproducing yet (notice it's mother doesn't look like it). Thus it's a crazy set of genes, but not a new breed of cattle as claimed by the ever-knowing ABC.
As an afterthought, I have no idea what's going on in this picture from a BBC website...
I would hesitate to call this an actual breed at this point in time since they aren't really reproducing yet (notice it's mother doesn't look like it). Thus it's a crazy set of genes, but not a new breed of cattle as claimed by the ever-knowing ABC.
As an afterthought, I have no idea what's going on in this picture from a BBC website...
09 December 2010
Equality
Is it just an idea; can people really be considered equally? And I'm not talking about money or possessions here, I'm talking about how we treat people.
For example, if you were in prison, would you think that maybe you're in prison because you deserved to be there? And if you deserved to be in prison for breaking the law, do you really have the right to sue over whether or not your food preferences were honored? I think it's ridiculous that there's a lawsuit over what kind of food a prisoner received, despite how gross that food looks in the picture. And even more ridiculous that there were settlements payed over the same lawsuit.
Or ridiculous that people think they are above the rules just because they are a foreign minister? I'm not fond of Obama bowing to foreign powers, but at least I know that he is careful to follow foreign customs and rules. And if you're here visiting America, you can probably expect that we're going to check you like anyone else for contraband before boarding a flight. That's just life, or at least it is here. No ordinary person would've got off complaining about the search - look at how it worked out for them recently. And no ordinary person would've gotten a VIP lounge while waiting to be searched. That doesn't mean we like being searched, and I definitely know I hate being profiled, but that's how it works. How can you expect to represent the people if you want to be treated better than them?
On a happier note, this was a fun video about the wire walker that traveled the world and walked famous places. A fun 5 minutes.
06 December 2010
Finals
Hmm... where to begin? Let me just say that we had a pretty busy weekend this past weekend. Saturday alone included helping Amanda's parents host a Christmas party and then attending 2 other holiday parties that evening as well. Combined with a long Friday night, a long week prior and then a hurried hodge-podge Sunday with Christmas tree shopping just west of Zanesville and the Columbus Holiday pops concert, we've been everywhere and done near everything. And somehow I managed to fit some serious studying in there as well.
I credit Amanda with driving most of the time, thus allowing me to do my studying, and then God for somehow helping me remember stuff that I've been forgetting all quarter. The exam this morning went great and I didn't expect it to. I have been so worried about it ever since a month ago when I took my last midterm and I feel enormously relieved to get it off my chest now.
So before I delve into the next bout of studying with my statistics notes (non-existent) and my 2 pages of permitted cheat sheets, I wanted to get some ideas out of my head and onto the screen for your perusal.
Starting with some outstanding BBC news from last night, there was a fun little article about some people stranded in England enjoying the cold weather in style. We've had our own bit of snow starting last night, but nothing compared to this.
Russia probably would've been better off just sharing our GPS system, because crashing the launched satellites into the ocean doesn't quite seem productive to me. I love how they casually announce that it probably landed somewhere near Hawaii. No biggie, right?
No laughing matter, considering some tourists were injured in the attacks and a German died, but "alternative food"? That's putting it pretty plain, eh?
I credit Amanda with driving most of the time, thus allowing me to do my studying, and then God for somehow helping me remember stuff that I've been forgetting all quarter. The exam this morning went great and I didn't expect it to. I have been so worried about it ever since a month ago when I took my last midterm and I feel enormously relieved to get it off my chest now.
So before I delve into the next bout of studying with my statistics notes (non-existent) and my 2 pages of permitted cheat sheets, I wanted to get some ideas out of my head and onto the screen for your perusal.
Starting with some outstanding BBC news from last night, there was a fun little article about some people stranded in England enjoying the cold weather in style. We've had our own bit of snow starting last night, but nothing compared to this.
Russia probably would've been better off just sharing our GPS system, because crashing the launched satellites into the ocean doesn't quite seem productive to me. I love how they casually announce that it probably landed somewhere near Hawaii. No biggie, right?
No laughing matter, considering some tourists were injured in the attacks and a German died, but "alternative food"? That's putting it pretty plain, eh?
01 December 2010
Snow
Just in time for the 1st of December, the first real snow came down this morning on my way to class. Surprisingly the roads weren't nearly as hazardous as I anticipated and I still made it to my class on time. But man is it cold out there! I wore a long sleeved t-shirt this morning and it was definitely the difference maker for my walk to class. Now if I can just get out to the folks and grab the gloves, I'd be doing well. It's really pretty to get some snow in the air if I don't have to worry about it tormenting my commute.
Of interest in my randoms wanderings today...
Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin is up for sale. Yep, I said coffin. Good news is it's been vacant for about 29 years now.
Mercury makes Ibises stop mating... which apparently means they're gay. Who knew you had to reproduce to prove you were straight?
Finally, I saw this car on Top Gear last night and so it's on here today for being pretty crazy awesome. Not that I'll ever drive one or be good enough to appreciate it, but it was fun to watch.
Of interest in my randoms wanderings today...
Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin is up for sale. Yep, I said coffin. Good news is it's been vacant for about 29 years now.
Mercury makes Ibises stop mating... which apparently means they're gay. Who knew you had to reproduce to prove you were straight?
Finally, I saw this car on Top Gear last night and so it's on here today for being pretty crazy awesome. Not that I'll ever drive one or be good enough to appreciate it, but it was fun to watch.
18 November 2010
Stoning Satan
I was looking through the world in pictures on BBC's website and this image of the Muslim's casting stones at this pillar was pretty striking to me. Even more interesting was the further knowledge from the caption that: "Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar, symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called "Jamarat", the last rite of the annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia." Well, you learn new things every day; I'd throw a stone at Satan any day if I could even if it were symbolically.
17 November 2010
Bad directions
Without Google Maps, I'd probably be short of entertainment today. Thanks to Gail for posting this, and hopefully now that Google has started a border dispute, they'll also be helpful in the resolution, especially if they don't wanna get sued by the losing country. Woops...
Regardless, I've got strong doubts they can help the Great Whites that took a "wrong turn". Geez, 450,000 years and still lost? That's gotta be a record or something. Maybe the people there taste better.
Speaking of lost, apparently that's how people in London feel about the new French music station playing in London. And I don't blame them.
And then there were the Romans. What an incredible discovery west of London. I think it would really awesome to be an archaeologist at times like this. Then I remember how much I don't like digging into the ground for no apparent reason and I'm glad I didn't choose that career.
As a closer to this randomization, I introduce another health-improving/restoring "breakthrough". Kidney zapping is kinda catchy, but the longer I think about it, they probably need to find a more convincing term because I've only got one spare.
15 November 2010
Here's to your health
In all seriousness, as people are turning on the heat and using natural gas in this part of the world, be careful and use your nose. If it smells like gas is leaking, call your provider before you end up like this hotel (whose inhabitants are in my thoughts and prayers). It doesn't take much to spark any time of gas explosion as I can well testify from a few previous lives.
Speaking of your nose, it seems that they have linked a good sense of smell for food to the incidence of obesity. I wouldn't jump to any conclusions yet though, this seems pretty far-fetched. Maybe they need to find a way to quantify self-control first, because I'm pretty sure that every time I smell food I'm hungry, but that doesn't mean I go and eat at every Burger King I drive past. In fact, I don't eat at any of them, because I know that they small far more tempting than they taste.
Fish and their oily grossness yet again provide hope for our medical well-being in the future. Read more for yourself.
Finally, "How to get on and off a train". Next week's special, how to drive a car in town. Just because you put these things together, it doesn't mean that people will read them, or care about them, or remember to follow them. I can speak from personal experience riding the subway in Rome and with the train not even stopping at the same boarding location every time, it was madness to get on board. Faced with a brutal environment which included a man putting his hand around my neck to yank me off the train, I, despite my knowledge of ideal traffic flow, resorted to the same method of taking care of myself. I turned, stiff-armed him in the throat and waved goodbye as the doors closed and we rushed away. Just because you know what should happen, this doesn't mean that you have the power to sit there and let other people abuse you because they don't care.
Speaking of your nose, it seems that they have linked a good sense of smell for food to the incidence of obesity. I wouldn't jump to any conclusions yet though, this seems pretty far-fetched. Maybe they need to find a way to quantify self-control first, because I'm pretty sure that every time I smell food I'm hungry, but that doesn't mean I go and eat at every Burger King I drive past. In fact, I don't eat at any of them, because I know that they small far more tempting than they taste.
Fish and their oily grossness yet again provide hope for our medical well-being in the future. Read more for yourself.
Finally, "How to get on and off a train". Next week's special, how to drive a car in town. Just because you put these things together, it doesn't mean that people will read them, or care about them, or remember to follow them. I can speak from personal experience riding the subway in Rome and with the train not even stopping at the same boarding location every time, it was madness to get on board. Faced with a brutal environment which included a man putting his hand around my neck to yank me off the train, I, despite my knowledge of ideal traffic flow, resorted to the same method of taking care of myself. I turned, stiff-armed him in the throat and waved goodbye as the doors closed and we rushed away. Just because you know what should happen, this doesn't mean that you have the power to sit there and let other people abuse you because they don't care.
Why I don't want to be famous
Would you like for your body to be repeatedly exhumed? It's rare we actually pay enough attention to getting historic details right, and then there's this poor guy who nobody can leave alone. He's almost as much of a headliner now that he's dead and rotten as he was when he was alive...
And then there's the looming chocolate shortage. Chris just told me about this the other day, but apparently Halloween, Christmas and Easter are all being threatened by the fact that nobody can make enough money on cacao beans anymore. Think about that the next time you complain about a candy bar not still costing a dollar.
You'll have to watch the video on this one, which proves to be nearly as short as the article. Not many people in BBC headquarters cared much about the startling news that Sarah Palin has once again made her move... to a reality tv show? Yep, I don't care either, unless she decides to go bear hunting or fence peeking on her Russian neighbors.
And then there's the looming chocolate shortage. Chris just told me about this the other day, but apparently Halloween, Christmas and Easter are all being threatened by the fact that nobody can make enough money on cacao beans anymore. Think about that the next time you complain about a candy bar not still costing a dollar.
You'll have to watch the video on this one, which proves to be nearly as short as the article. Not many people in BBC headquarters cared much about the startling news that Sarah Palin has once again made her move... to a reality tv show? Yep, I don't care either, unless she decides to go bear hunting or fence peeking on her Russian neighbors.
27 October 2010
Hodge-podge
Quite the interesting collection today, starting with new species discoveries and exploration of our past.
I heard on the radio today that Christopher Columbus's crew is no longer blamed for bringing syphilis back to Europe. Awesome, except that I didn't know we blamed them in the first place? Apparently Columbus wasn't without haters.
The assassin bug's methods of killing spiders is being researched. Apparently the bug has learned how to use vibrations in the web with his feelers to mimic that of small prey caught in the web. I've included a picture of this little champion who has defied the spider and actively hunts them for his main food supply.
Also, a new species of monkey was discovered in Myanmar. Scientists hope that they can talk people out of hunting them because they apparently have a very small population. Funny enough, we talked about species conservation in the class that I am TAing this past week and the question was posed, "Would you like to have to breed with your relatives in order to save your species or would you rather just live out and die?". Frankly, that's a toughy, but hopefully we've discovered this species in time to help it stand a chance. I read something like a new species is discovered every 3 days in the Amazon? Incredible.
Indonesia continues to get pounded as the death toll comes in from the tsunami that occurred at nearly the same time as the volcanic eruption (in different places obviously). They are in definite need of help. It seems like they never get enough warning for those tsunamis.
Gorbachev had a lot of interesting things to say in his interview with the BBC. If you read one thing in this blog, check out this article.
Finally, from the entertainment district. Kaitlin was telling me last night that even for people to visit the Hobbiton grounds in New Zealand, they must pay $70. I can't believe that people would even pay near that price but she says it's always busy. Well, that's not bound to end anytime soon as the Hobbit will for sure be filmed there over the next two years.
I heard on the radio today that Christopher Columbus's crew is no longer blamed for bringing syphilis back to Europe. Awesome, except that I didn't know we blamed them in the first place? Apparently Columbus wasn't without haters.
The assassin bug's methods of killing spiders is being researched. Apparently the bug has learned how to use vibrations in the web with his feelers to mimic that of small prey caught in the web. I've included a picture of this little champion who has defied the spider and actively hunts them for his main food supply.
Also, a new species of monkey was discovered in Myanmar. Scientists hope that they can talk people out of hunting them because they apparently have a very small population. Funny enough, we talked about species conservation in the class that I am TAing this past week and the question was posed, "Would you like to have to breed with your relatives in order to save your species or would you rather just live out and die?". Frankly, that's a toughy, but hopefully we've discovered this species in time to help it stand a chance. I read something like a new species is discovered every 3 days in the Amazon? Incredible.
Indonesia continues to get pounded as the death toll comes in from the tsunami that occurred at nearly the same time as the volcanic eruption (in different places obviously). They are in definite need of help. It seems like they never get enough warning for those tsunamis.
Gorbachev had a lot of interesting things to say in his interview with the BBC. If you read one thing in this blog, check out this article.
Finally, from the entertainment district. Kaitlin was telling me last night that even for people to visit the Hobbiton grounds in New Zealand, they must pay $70. I can't believe that people would even pay near that price but she says it's always busy. Well, that's not bound to end anytime soon as the Hobbit will for sure be filmed there over the next two years.
22 October 2010
Randoms
To entertain you on the randomness of my mind, I'll take you through these as I read them this morning. I'm trying to lift my brain out of the dump after I ran out of time on another biochem quiz.
My igoogle today thought it was top priority to tell me about a nuclear submarine running aground in Scotland. Oddly enough, the HMS Astute's crew didn't seem to realize they were in shallow water. If you scroll down to the first video you can listen to some entertaining Scottish accent as the guy describes what "ee's seein' outsigh 'is 'ouse".
I figured I'd be putting together a blog this morning so I signed in and scrolled my Dashboard. Unfortunately nobody else seemed determined to waste their time last night so I was short on blogs to read and switched to recommended blogs of the day. That's when I stumbled upon this delicious looking apple cake recipe. I don't even like cake but this looks like the texture won't be similar and I think I could eat this for dessert and breakfast on the following day.
Facebook was also empty and boring. Pretty much the only posts were about people's night out last night and since I already heard enough gossip about people's nights out last night in biochem this morning I was pretty burned out on it. Instead I scrolled through BBC news and read all about how the French snuck in and broke the protest at one of the refineries because they were all shut down at this point. It's inconceivable to me that all these people are complaining about having to work a couple of extra years. And then the guy goes on to talk about this being a democracy and it's failing. Well, I don't know the last time France really looked like a democracy. Don't fool yourselves folks. And who ever heard about fairness towards strikers. Honestly, you're trying to put a country on its knees, who's got a right to talk about fairness here?
Then I noticed a soccer section and the World Cup in me flared up for just a minute. Ireland isn't the only place people get killed over soccer, I guess they had some issues in Italy this past week with overzealous fans. It makes the Crew sound even more boring than they already seem. And all over a 0-0 draw? It's Liverpool for goodness sakes people, not like a Man Utd at Barcelona.
I had some more controversial news as well, but it's best you read for yourself about how the US is spending their deficit to try and buy out their friends overseas.
My igoogle today thought it was top priority to tell me about a nuclear submarine running aground in Scotland. Oddly enough, the HMS Astute's crew didn't seem to realize they were in shallow water. If you scroll down to the first video you can listen to some entertaining Scottish accent as the guy describes what "ee's seein' outsigh 'is 'ouse".
I figured I'd be putting together a blog this morning so I signed in and scrolled my Dashboard. Unfortunately nobody else seemed determined to waste their time last night so I was short on blogs to read and switched to recommended blogs of the day. That's when I stumbled upon this delicious looking apple cake recipe. I don't even like cake but this looks like the texture won't be similar and I think I could eat this for dessert and breakfast on the following day.
Facebook was also empty and boring. Pretty much the only posts were about people's night out last night and since I already heard enough gossip about people's nights out last night in biochem this morning I was pretty burned out on it. Instead I scrolled through BBC news and read all about how the French snuck in and broke the protest at one of the refineries because they were all shut down at this point. It's inconceivable to me that all these people are complaining about having to work a couple of extra years. And then the guy goes on to talk about this being a democracy and it's failing. Well, I don't know the last time France really looked like a democracy. Don't fool yourselves folks. And who ever heard about fairness towards strikers. Honestly, you're trying to put a country on its knees, who's got a right to talk about fairness here?
Then I noticed a soccer section and the World Cup in me flared up for just a minute. Ireland isn't the only place people get killed over soccer, I guess they had some issues in Italy this past week with overzealous fans. It makes the Crew sound even more boring than they already seem. And all over a 0-0 draw? It's Liverpool for goodness sakes people, not like a Man Utd at Barcelona.
I had some more controversial news as well, but it's best you read for yourself about how the US is spending their deficit to try and buy out their friends overseas.
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