Archive for November, 2005 Decorating for the Holidays Posted on November 27th, 2005 in Odds Ends, Bag of Complaints. So, very much like spelunking, we headed up the rickety ceiling ladder where many a person before me has twisted an ankle and taken a header to a concrete floor. It’s very much like an archeologist going after lost treasure.
There were old toys, ski equipment, winter clothes, and of course, Christmas stuff. There was a lot of Christmas stuff. This is what happens when you live in a house for over 35 years.
The accumulation of holiday decoration becomes tremendous. After searching through many, many, boxes marked “X-MAS” we found the magnets. Dad still hasn’t lost his creative touch in all words profane.
It still makes me tingly inside. Caused by Global Warming Posted on November 22nd, 2005 in Odds Ends, In The News. So many things are apparently caused by global warming.
Or are they? What is global warming? I found the following excellent summary by Wm.
Robert Johnson on johnstonarchive.net: The global warming hypothesis states that the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (caused by mankind) will increase the greenhouse effect, significantly raising global temperatures and having disastrous consequences. What is a hypothesis?
From dictionary.com: A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation. The hypothesis of global warming is therefore something requires further investigation.
It is far from proven scientific fact (such as the laws of thermodynamics), and not an established scientific theory (like the theory of evolution). What must the hypothesis of global warming do to become a theory? Posted on November 21st, 2005 in Odds Ends.
Also, mark the reaction of your mate if you for some reason forget to give her a phone call that night or, even better, ignore her calls to your cell phone. As an experiment, you may wish to do this - especially, if the first flag has gone up and it s not too late in the relationship. Ignore her calls on your cell and claim that you were having problems or that your cell phone just plain died.
See what kind of messages you get on your machine or on your voice mail. If she fills up the machine with WHY HAVEN T YOU CALLED ME??
?!!
!! , start making the execution of your exit strategy.
Posted on November 18th, 2005 in Odds Ends. Last week, I blogged about how people are quick to think the worst of situations that aren t all that bad when looked at objectively. This blog is a sequel to the original, The Sky Is Falling (not!
). Why a sequel? I left out one very current bad situation : the avian flu scare.
Avian influenza is the scientific term for birds catching the flu. When humans catch the flu, they are infected with the influenza virus. Avian influenza works much like human influenza, in that it is highly contagious.
Flu viruses are nothing new; they certainly pre-date recorded history. For countless centuries, no one knew what the flu was symptoms of infection were attributed to angry gods, bad karma, or some other non-scientific cause for illness. Hippocrates first described influenza in 412 BC (some 2,400 years ago).
The first recorded flu pandemic (worldwide spread of the disease) was in the 1500s, and the latest was the Spanish Flu pandemic from 1918-1920 I know what you re thinking: Thanks for the history lesson, but what does this have to do with the inevitable bird flu pandemic? Well, consider Posted on November 13th, 2005 in Odds Ends, Politics Policies. But as bad as ol Hal is, he does not hold a candle to my contempt in Dr.
James Kennedy, of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church aired every Saturday on TBN. This man makes me want to puke. He stands on his pulpit every Saturday wearing, get this, doctoral robes.
Personally, I hate him for that. This is another factor of his Sith Jedi mind trick. He stands with his doctoral robes speaking his nonsense - and it is nonsense - and people who are, let s say, weak minded , think he knows what he is talking about because he gives the appearance of an educated man.
Posted on November 11th, 2005 in Odds Ends. People love to scare themselves. They love to think the worst is happening, especially if it s happening to them.
Complaining is far from a lost art. I have no idea why people do this, but they do. The next time you have a conversation with someone, keep a mental note of how many pessimistic things they say, compared to how many optimistic things.
You ll notice a trend: certain people cry foul over everything. Not everyone, of course, and maybe not all the time, but some people are just predisposed to the negative. Posted on November 8th, 2005 in Odds Ends, Politics Policies.
At age 17, I knew one thing for sure. If there was a Jesus, his intentions were not what was being spewed out weekly at mass. I was sure of it.
I had told my parents directly, I believe in Jesus. I don t believe in the Catholic Church. Even to this day, after I have declared myself a Pagan, I still believe that Jesus existed.
I believe he was an interesting philosopher and a spiritual guide that had said many of the things that Budda and Confucius had taught 400 years earlier. Actually, I think Jesus s message was very much in line with the summary put by Eddie Izzard, Let s drink some wine, have some fun and be groovy to each other. Posted on November 4th, 2005 in Odds Ends.
This is the Batman that people spend their hard earned cash to see in the movie theatres. This is the Batman that Joel Schumacher failed to see when he created the celluloid abortions known as Batman Forever and Batman Robin. This is the Batman that was successfully portrayed by Michael Keaton in 1989 s Batman and again in Batman Returns by Tim Burton.
This is the Batman seen in Batman - the Animated Series, Batman Superman, Batman Beyond, and The Justice League. Please do not confuse this Batman with the one that was in The Superfriends. One was written by someone who knew the character and the other was written by someone on acid.
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