You better watch out...

... for Donald Duck. Apparently this lady doesn't watch many of his cartoons or she would've known better. He's always into shenanigans.

Speaking of shenanigans...

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.

Signs of the times

Odd news yesterday, worth recording even if I don't get to today's stuff. Since I spent most of yesterday in the library arguing with a bad internet connection and working on all sorts of irritating statistical problems, I had to wait until today. Stats really isn't that bad of a subject, if you can keep rules straight, and more importantly if your professor and your book agree on formulas. Neither condition was present yesterday, so it was rough.

On the flip side, OSU's library is gorgeous. And it's so quiet and academic like. I loved it.





On to news, if you remember my comment about the N. Korean new guy on the block having no military experience, well, he apparently wanted to get some. My thoughts immediately turned to those friends of mine in the military there. My best wishes for you during this tense time.

There was also another Nigerian package stopped in Massachusetts, and a lawsuit over a paintbrush poking a guy in the eye. Frankly, do you really deserve money just because you were a clumsy oaf and drove a paintbrush up your eye?

And finally fish shrink during the winter, well, at least some do. It's been observed in other species too, as noted by the article. It makes sense, but it's still fantastic science. I love this stuff.