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February 20, 2008

In the news...

Global Warming: (I'm hot just thinking about it, aren't you?)

--"Adaptation 'key to climate deal'." Didn't somebody already say that?

--"Obesity 'requires climate plan'." Pretty sure that says it all.

--"Climate focus ignores wildlife [and poor]" Hmm...seems pointless to save the environment for nobody if you ask me.

--"Gore climate plea to US and China." "I don't deserve to live. It's not fair that I breathe. Whenever I breathe, all over the world butterflies start dying. They are the *real* heroes. They deserve this Nobel prize, not me."** (**Not really what he said..) He *did* however refer "to climate change as a 'planetary emergency'." And he's right. Climate change does "resemble the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets." And nothing more. God bless him for his honesty."

Technology:

--"Self-healing rubber." Upside? Heals itself. Downside: "contains a component of urine." (I'm a plumber, so it don't bother me. The rest of you are out of luck though.)

--"Wikileaks.org is, apparently, offline." I'd never heard of Wikileaks before today. And now it's offline. Unless you go to Wikipedia and do a search.

--"Machines 'to match man by 2029'." I'll believe that one, when I see it.

Health:

--"Obesity 'may be largely genetic'." Are you sure obesity ain't got nothing to do with eating? On a side note..."largely," really? No other word would do?

And in a related story...

--"Labels 'key to tackling obesity'." While this may sound good to some, I don't believe calling people names is the answer.

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February 19, 2008

The Father of our Country.

I meant to do this yesterday, but, unexpectedly, went to bed at 8:00 pm. (An unusual thing for me.)

And although I do thank God for this man, one single day scarcely seems a fitting honor.

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February 16, 2008

To Serve and Protect? Hillsborough County, Tampa.

This story is appalling.

"On January 29, 2008, at approximately 9:32 a.m., within the Orient Road Jail located at 1201 North Orient Road in Tampa, Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones, knowingly, willingly and intentionally, with force, committed the act of elevating a wheelchair from the rear, occupied by the disabled victim causing the victim to fall to the floor, face first."

(Source= Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.)

You Tube has video footage here.

Disgusting.

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A few changes; Or, "Going green."

A few changes and updates.

The changes should be apparent.

The primary update is a list of books for 2008.

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February 14, 2008

Happy Valentine's Day.

No more the Lupercalion feast, with all its pagan rites.
The goats and dogs their flesh may keep, upon fair Palatine.
To purify with magic, and sacrifice to gods,
Virgil’s ode no more compels this fickle, future mob.

Nor can the edict of Claudius two, by order from his throne,
Compel true love to live its life, forever, all alone.
For faithful priest, this Valentine, tho’ not yet made a saint,
Did not obey that wicked man, and thereby sealed his fate.

Thus in two seventy A.D., his head from body torn,
A jailer’s daughter, the story goes, had blinded eyes reborn.
And for this selfless, noble act, Pope Gelasius, by name,
Decreed, that on the fourteenth day, his honor would remain.

‘Patron saint of Lovers’ Valentine himself would be
And this was all accomplished in 496 A.D.
But please observe, ye loving ones, the Duke of New Orleans.
Who, while in jail, first sent his wife a valentine received.

Alas we see our tale usurped by Cupid, as his day.
All men forget what history knows, deaf to what she’ll say.
So send your card, your candy too, give lovers a dead plant,
For History true I now have told, and never will recant.

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