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I know, I know... the single most important aspect for a web-site is to keep it updated. I could say I was busy, but it would be a lie. I was going to update last night, but happened to check out The Onion and found that they
had updated. I spent the rest of the night laughing. What a great site! Just some of the highlights:
Getting Mom Onto Internet A Sisyphean Ordeal
"I got an e-mail from her yesterday that seemed to be okay," Karen continued. "There was a picture of the family cat attached, so I was happy to see that she'd mastered the art of forwarding stuff. But then she accidentally sent me the exact same e-mail seven more times. Lord only knows what she'll fuck up tomorrow."
Judge Orders God To Break Up Into Smaller Deities
"The evidence introduced in this trial has convinced me that the deity known as God has willfully and actively thwarted competition from other deities and demigods, promoting His worship with such unfair scare tactics as threatening non-believers with eternal damnation,"Attorneys for God did not deny such charges. They did, however, note that God offers followers "unbeatable incentives" in return for their loyalty, including eternal salvation, protection from harm, and "fruitfulness."
McDonald's Drops 'Hammurderer' Character From Advertising
the uproar over the latest commercial, in which Birdie The Early Bird is garroted by the Hammurderer and her body tossed in a Dumpster, was vociferous enough to prompt the fast-food giant to pull the plug.This is not the first time a McDonald's character has stirred controversy for its violent nature. In 1982, the company introduced "Shakes McJunkie," an emaciated addict who robbed characters of their possessions, which he then sold to buy McDonald's shakes. He was later reworked as "The Machead," a homeless, wild-eyed Big Mac addict who turned to panhandling and gay prostitution as a means of supporting his severe burger habit.
The Hammurderer is quickly becoming regarded as the worst-received advertising mascot since Kool-Aid's 1989 discontinuation of "The Grapist," a huge purple monster who sodomizes thirsty children.
Pope Forgives Molested Children
"As Jesus said, 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone,'" the pope continued. "We must send a clear message to these hundreds?perhaps thousands?of children whose sinful ways have tempted so many of the church's servants into lustful violation of their holy vows of celibacy. The church forgives them for their transgressions and looks upon them not with intolerance, but compassion.""For months, I feared that my boy?and the dozens of others who committed sinful acts with Father Halloran before he was moved to the safety of another parish to protect him from further temptation at their pre-pubescent hands?was going to Hell for what he'd done,"
I have also been listening to some Talk of The Nation and The Connection. Every time I see the summary of a story that I think will not be so interesting, I listen to it anyway and these turn out to be great. Take a show about coal mining. I wasn't expecting much... after all I can't really say I'm interested in mining, but once I start listening, I learn so much that I never even could have decided that I want to learn. Sometimes though, they glaze over some things that seem most interesting. For instance, in this show, they focused on the environmental effects of mining, where they "chop off the top of a mountain" and the impossibility of reducing the amount of mining done because we all want our air-conditioners of course. However, there was one comment mentioned in passing about how the mining companies are actually mining more than they can sell. I really wish someone had picked up on that. I guess I have to research myself... The mining manager's main point however was that mining is needed to feed the energy hunger of America... and that it is America's fault, not the mining company, but if they are mining more than they can actually sell, what's the story there?
Another thing that I liked about this show was that it made me feel a little less ¡Ècrazy¡É for not having used my air-conditioner yet this year. And it... is... hot! I am really worried about my great new (used) chair I got a few months ago. It must be soaking up so much sweat every night, and yet there is really no way to clean it.
An awesome show about Sesame Stories (Sesame Street) in Israel and Palestine. I was asked recently what ¡ÉWOW¡É is. Well, this is a WOW! project. How do they make a show that is credible to the children, not painting everything peachy pink, and yet teach them conflict resolution skills, all at the same time, being free from making political statements. The speaker mentioned one skit in which an Israeli Muppet and a Palestinian Muppet argue over a can of water. Both want it and the goal of the skit is to get the kids to think about different ways the situation could be resolved. They didn't mention how the conflict in the script was resolved, but I can't see any resolution that would not also have some political stance behind it. Obviously they can't have one or the other keep all the water, but even sharing it is taking a stance. I would really love to see these shows. (I sometimes find myself watching the Japanese Sesame Street... it's quite interesting)
Well, Tomoe should be here in an hour or so so I should mop the floor or something...
I just found this interesting photo I took a few years ago... a prize goes to anyone who can name which poor animal this came from.
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