Why you’re fat… (well, maybe part of the reason)

http://www.good.is/post/fast-food-is-why-youre-fat/

I’m sure shovelling high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils and other engineered food-like products down your throat at high velocity is worse than rapid fire veggies.

Which of these things is not like the other?

Rachel explains the difference between reporting the news and trying to make the news.

Sunday Blasphemy – Choices, choices…

(clicking the picture will take you to Hot Taco.com)

A beer for a bear

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

My cousin sent me this link. I used to live in Hayward (junior and high school). Leave it to this bear to find the best place in town.

Sunday Blasphemy – The Ultimate Sacrifice

We have a Rep for that!

It boggles the mind... well, my mind at least - how some of these people can get away with saying these things and continue to get re-elected to office. They shouldn't be able to get elected to town idiot.

Fox “News”

“In a written statement given to CNN, Fox News said its programming was comparable to the editorial page of a newspaper.”

No kidding? This reminds me of Cheney shortly after 9/11 saying that he wanted to take the country to the "dark side". Renditions, torture, what ever it took regardless of any laws or treaties; then people seemed surprised when it became obvious we'd gone there.

Murdoch has never been shy about wanting to influence US elections and using his TV networks to that end. I'm only surprised that the percentage of people who think they're "fair and balanced" is as high as it is.

More Corgi!

Not one of ours – but corgis are always cute.

Ozzie’s new spot

We noticed a flea on Taz the other day and so we’ve given them anti-flea meds, treated the carpet, washed their pillows, and given them a flea bath.  Neither of them tolerate the irritation from fleas very well so we’ve learned to hit it hard at the first sign.

While his normal pillows have been put thru the de-flea’ing process, Oz has discovered a new place where he likes to rest.  He’s gathered all his favourite toys and moved them back between the chair and couch.  He uses the soft toys as a temporary pillow.

Taz, on the other hand, has never had any interest in toys beyond occasionally trying to tease Oz with one.

March on Washington ‘87

 

One of the things that strikes me when looking back at the last march I attended in Washington (1.7mb pdf) is that I had a really bad camera.  These are pictures from the Saturday before the march (the crowds were a lot bigger the next day).  While all political marches are probably born out of some form of anger, it was a different world back then.  Now we have a President that says some of the right things but doesn’t seem to be moving as fast as we’d like.  Then we had an openly hostile President.  Reagan had only mentioned AIDS for the first time 2 years earlier, and only in response to a direct question from a reporter.  Wisconsin had been the first state to pass a law protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination in employment and housing 5 years earlier.  Hawaii’s court decision to allow recognition of gay/lesbian relationships (and subsequent constitutional amendment) were many years yet to come.

 

I remember feeling very excited about the marches I attended when I was younger.  I still think they can do a lot to help communities come together and to get people talking about issues.  On the other hand, I think D.C. (or at least the representatives in D.C.) has become relatively immune to this type of political theatre.  Most of the politicians have gone home to their districts – or at least to their mistresses/prostitutes/airport bathrooms/drug dealers/lobbyists/etc.  We’ll see, I have hopes, but few expectations.

When it rains…

It doesn’t freeze here, but sometimes it freezes above here.  A shower of hail coming down that fast really makes a lot of noise on a tin roof.

<snicker>

Do you laugh or cringe?

When I play WoW I really only interact with the guys I know from my old job.  I’ve heard more of guildmates on EQ “dating” and even planning virtual weddings. 

Sunday Blasphemy - War on Easter

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Since we saw the mall workers preparing xmas decorations when we went out to eat a couple weeks ago, you’d think it would be time to ramp up the “War on Xmas” – but I guess we still have some fallout from the War on Easter.

Sticking food to your exterior door somehow translates into the property management company saying Jesus is garbage… (note the company isn’t saying that, the lawyer is).   I’m tempted to stick some peeps on my door.  I wonder if the lorikeets would eat them… no I don’t think so.