Husband for Hire
Being a single woman sharing a house with my brother (who sometimes lacks in sharing responsibilities), I am thrilled to see this story from The Moscow Times on How to Hire a Husband for an Hour. Some feminists might say "women need to learn how to do things themselves! Empowerment! We don't need men for anything."
I beg to disagree. I don't know how to fix my vaccum cleaner... I don't want to know. If someone can fix it for a few bucks then great! It makes me happy :)
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Don't Inhale in Murfreesboro
Can you believe it? Does a city not have anything better to do than legislate who can and can't wear perfume? In this article from The Tennessean you can be amused at the antics of government.
Let's not worry about terrorism.. smelly perfume is far more important.
And NOW do you see why I'm a libertarian?
Can you believe it? Does a city not have anything better to do than legislate who can and can't wear perfume? In this article from The Tennessean you can be amused at the antics of government.
Let's not worry about terrorism.. smelly perfume is far more important.
And NOW do you see why I'm a libertarian?
Monday, August 25, 2003
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
"Rights" bite back
In an amusing story about created classes, a women's group is fined for a barring transsexual. Fortunately there is precedence in the US - private groups may choose to associate with whomever they want (see the case against the Boy Scouts.
Not quite as amusing is a story about prejudice - against those who would say that homosexuality is wrong. A story from World Net Daily outlines where a janitor was attacked by radicals because of what his pastor said. Truth is always offensive. Remember that.
In an amusing story about created classes, a women's group is fined for a barring transsexual. Fortunately there is precedence in the US - private groups may choose to associate with whomever they want (see the case against the Boy Scouts.
Not quite as amusing is a story about prejudice - against those who would say that homosexuality is wrong. A story from World Net Daily outlines where a janitor was attacked by radicals because of what his pastor said. Truth is always offensive. Remember that.
Monday, August 18, 2003
What not to wear
Have you seen that show on TLC? It is a riot! Wayne and Stacey are hysterical. Though they have replaced Wayne with some other guy and I can tell you it just won't be the same. They have this part of the show where the fashion victim goes into a mirrored box and wears their outfit - to see themselves at all angles. Wayne and Stacey would yell comments about why that is NOT a good choice.
Well, if you've ever wondered if your choices are questionable, check out this story and see that "what not to wear" is now happening in real life.
Have you seen that show on TLC? It is a riot! Wayne and Stacey are hysterical. Though they have replaced Wayne with some other guy and I can tell you it just won't be the same. They have this part of the show where the fashion victim goes into a mirrored box and wears their outfit - to see themselves at all angles. Wayne and Stacey would yell comments about why that is NOT a good choice.
Well, if you've ever wondered if your choices are questionable, check out this story and see that "what not to wear" is now happening in real life.
Friday, August 15, 2003
I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV...
OK, this is just stupid. I don't mind Arnold making a run for the governorship of California considering how Gray Davis mucked it up. But in this story from FOXNews.com we learn that he may be asking former West Wing star Rob Lowe to serve in a senior leadership position in his campaign.
Is the next Democratic President going to ask Martin Sheen for advice on foreign policy? "I was never President but I won an emmy playing one and that makes me knowledgable."
Politics.
OK, this is just stupid. I don't mind Arnold making a run for the governorship of California considering how Gray Davis mucked it up. But in this story from FOXNews.com we learn that he may be asking former West Wing star Rob Lowe to serve in a senior leadership position in his campaign.
Is the next Democratic President going to ask Martin Sheen for advice on foreign policy? "I was never President but I won an emmy playing one and that makes me knowledgable."
Politics.
Monday, August 04, 2003
Hunting for Bambi still making news
Vox Day, a columnist forWorldNetDaily, offers up this little gem and whacks the media about being gullible. This blog admits that it was gullible too - but admitted about a week before the mainstream media did.
Vox Day, a columnist forWorldNetDaily, offers up this little gem and whacks the media about being gullible. This blog admits that it was gullible too - but admitted about a week before the mainstream media did.
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Mel Gibson's The Passion
This is a unusually sober entry for this blog.
I've read quite a bit about this movie of late since Mr. Gibson (a devot Roman Catholic) has allowed the media to pre screen a version of the movie. It will be released to the general public Easter 2004. I can't wait. In this commentary from World Net Daily, we learn even more about the purpose - to continue to spread the message of the Gospel - the good news to all the world through one more medium. According to the author, we are witnesses to the suffering of Jesus. And every time I think about it, I cry. I can't imagine how I will react to seeing it on screen.
This is a unusually sober entry for this blog.
I've read quite a bit about this movie of late since Mr. Gibson (a devot Roman Catholic) has allowed the media to pre screen a version of the movie. It will be released to the general public Easter 2004. I can't wait. In this commentary from World Net Daily, we learn even more about the purpose - to continue to spread the message of the Gospel - the good news to all the world through one more medium. According to the author, we are witnesses to the suffering of Jesus. And every time I think about it, I cry. I can't imagine how I will react to seeing it on screen.
Break out the tissue
Here is a touching story from a 9/11 widow who visited the troops in Iraq from FrontPage magazine.com.
Here is a touching story from a 9/11 widow who visited the troops in Iraq from FrontPage magazine.com.
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Kudos to me!
My entry made the You're So Nashville If... edition of the Nashville Scene. My entry:
You're so Nashville if you know the difference between pilates and a paleta.
Read the rest of them at their website.
My entry made the You're So Nashville If... edition of the Nashville Scene. My entry:
You're so Nashville if you know the difference between pilates and a paleta.
Read the rest of them at their website.
Monday, July 28, 2003
Friday, July 25, 2003
A funny...
Last night, Andrea and I were on our way out of Pirates of the Caribbean (a fine movie.. Orlando Bloom... ). We walked by this one young man and we could hear music coming from his baggy jeans. When we were out of earshot, Andrea turned around and said "My pants got their own soundtrack."
OK - maybe it isn't as funny to you as it was to me. I'm still laughing about it. Think about it: if your pants had a soundtrack, what kind of music would they have?
Busted, old, and tight jeans - country
Baggy, saggy, hang down to your tushie - hip hop
Jeans paired with a white t-shirt - Eminem
"My pants got their own soundtrack.." HILARIOUS!
Last night, Andrea and I were on our way out of Pirates of the Caribbean (a fine movie.. Orlando Bloom... ). We walked by this one young man and we could hear music coming from his baggy jeans. When we were out of earshot, Andrea turned around and said "My pants got their own soundtrack."
OK - maybe it isn't as funny to you as it was to me. I'm still laughing about it. Think about it: if your pants had a soundtrack, what kind of music would they have?
Busted, old, and tight jeans - country
Baggy, saggy, hang down to your tushie - hip hop
Jeans paired with a white t-shirt - Eminem
"My pants got their own soundtrack.." HILARIOUS!
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom as Lord of the Rings?
Yep- an excellent analogy from this World Net Daily columnist.
Yep- an excellent analogy from this World Net Daily columnist.
Monday, July 21, 2003
Your daily funny
I love Dave Barry. He's funny, smart, hints at libertarian philosophy... :)
Here's a funny column on a weekend with his 3 year old daughter. Best line.. because it makes the lifestyle that all of my dolls when I was little make sense: "It is not clear who is paying for this lifestyle. Maybe somewhere there are a bunch of licensed taxpayer characters."
hahahahahahahaha
I love Dave Barry. He's funny, smart, hints at libertarian philosophy... :)
Here's a funny column on a weekend with his 3 year old daughter. Best line.. because it makes the lifestyle that all of my dolls when I was little make sense: "It is not clear who is paying for this lifestyle. Maybe somewhere there are a bunch of licensed taxpayer characters."
hahahahahahahaha
Saturday, July 19, 2003
Only government...
This is just stinkin' outrageous! OH MY GOD! Can you believe this? The city of New York must be desperate for cash.
This is just stinkin' outrageous! OH MY GOD! Can you believe this? The city of New York must be desperate for cash.
Friday, July 18, 2003
Good news from Iraq
All we hear about on the news are the reports of US soldiers being attacked and dying... ungrateful Iraqis staging riots and protests... and foreign ministers calling for the US to pull out and even for the return of Saddam Hussein. Here's a report from Front Page Magazine of a reporter recently returned and he has a very different picture.
All we hear about on the news are the reports of US soldiers being attacked and dying... ungrateful Iraqis staging riots and protests... and foreign ministers calling for the US to pull out and even for the return of Saddam Hussein. Here's a report from Front Page Magazine of a reporter recently returned and he has a very different picture.
Thursday, July 17, 2003
OK so I don't always check for urban legends...
As first posited by posters in the fark.com forum, huntingforbambi.com is a hoax (there are no $10K hunts) and it's just an elaborate set up to sell videos.
See the article on snopes.com.
But regardless of the fact that it's a front for an escort service and selling porn, it does raise the question of what can consenting adults do, again legitmately asked by the US Supreme Court a couple of weeks ago in the Texas sodomy case.
To what extent should the government regulate the private lives of its citizens? What is the age of consent? Rightly argued by those in favor of leaving the Texas law alone: 1) it's a state matter - not a Constitutional/federal matter. 2) will this open a flood gate and give legitmacy/legal presidence to those with very extreme "tastes" (i.e. sleeping with dead people or animals).
In respect to pedophilia (I'm sure I've misspelled that but - hey - get over it), the general feeling is Europe is to lower the age of consent. Some feel the US Supreme Court was playing to European sensibilities and not functioning in its appropriate role. I think in some places, even in the US, it's 13 or 14. I've been of the opinion, and this blog has said many times, if you are of legal age, you are free to make your own decisions. BUT you must also bear the consequences of those decisions no matter what they may be. Now, if you run around with a "bambi" and get caught or get a disease, you got what you deserved for your behavior and failing to take precautions. Is it your significant other's fault if s/he gets ill because of your running around? Yes and no. You lied, therefore they didn't have all the information to say "Eww.. I don't want to be with you." But did they ask the question in the first place? If your "bambi" kills you, then s/he should be locked away for murder and reap that set of consequences.
Point is: you shouldn't run around in the first place!
But what about 13 year olds? Can they make the same moral judgements as an 18 year old? Or a 25 year old? From my own experience, my thought pattern, my reasoning capability as a 27 year old (soon to be 28 - don't forget, my birthday is coming up) is VASTLY different than when I was 13. Thank God in Heaven for that! At 13, I was driven by impulse and emotion and generally didn't have a stinkin' clue as to what was going on around me. I was pretty much that way for years. I never stopped to consider "If I do A, what will happen?" The unfortunate thing is that many people no longer stop to consider the consequences of their behavior on themselves or the others they meet.
As first posited by posters in the fark.com forum, huntingforbambi.com is a hoax (there are no $10K hunts) and it's just an elaborate set up to sell videos.
See the article on snopes.com.
But regardless of the fact that it's a front for an escort service and selling porn, it does raise the question of what can consenting adults do, again legitmately asked by the US Supreme Court a couple of weeks ago in the Texas sodomy case.
To what extent should the government regulate the private lives of its citizens? What is the age of consent? Rightly argued by those in favor of leaving the Texas law alone: 1) it's a state matter - not a Constitutional/federal matter. 2) will this open a flood gate and give legitmacy/legal presidence to those with very extreme "tastes" (i.e. sleeping with dead people or animals).
In respect to pedophilia (I'm sure I've misspelled that but - hey - get over it), the general feeling is Europe is to lower the age of consent. Some feel the US Supreme Court was playing to European sensibilities and not functioning in its appropriate role. I think in some places, even in the US, it's 13 or 14. I've been of the opinion, and this blog has said many times, if you are of legal age, you are free to make your own decisions. BUT you must also bear the consequences of those decisions no matter what they may be. Now, if you run around with a "bambi" and get caught or get a disease, you got what you deserved for your behavior and failing to take precautions. Is it your significant other's fault if s/he gets ill because of your running around? Yes and no. You lied, therefore they didn't have all the information to say "Eww.. I don't want to be with you." But did they ask the question in the first place? If your "bambi" kills you, then s/he should be locked away for murder and reap that set of consequences.
Point is: you shouldn't run around in the first place!
But what about 13 year olds? Can they make the same moral judgements as an 18 year old? Or a 25 year old? From my own experience, my thought pattern, my reasoning capability as a 27 year old (soon to be 28 - don't forget, my birthday is coming up) is VASTLY different than when I was 13. Thank God in Heaven for that! At 13, I was driven by impulse and emotion and generally didn't have a stinkin' clue as to what was going on around me. I was pretty much that way for years. I never stopped to consider "If I do A, what will happen?" The unfortunate thing is that many people no longer stop to consider the consequences of their behavior on themselves or the others they meet.
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