Another Day in Paradise

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008…

At least some of the people who might see this live in the area this is happening, so chances are, statistics will narrow it down to just me, as far as livejournalists, though I haven't been much of one, as of late.

Still, tomorrow night, I'll feel the need.
The need for speed.

In other news (read: in the news) Jon Benet Ramsey was on the front page of CNN.com. ...I guess that would be homepage, not front page, per se.

Anyhoo, I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times. If her father didn't have as much money as he did, he would have quickly been found guilty of the murder we all know he committed, and we never would have even heard about them, let alone still be hearing about them, what, I dunno, years later.

I need to get a bunch of money. Then, I can get away with anything.

God bless America.

It's snowing.

Again.

Hey global warming idiots, it's SNOWING!

Every time you lecture me about global warming, I'm gonna go burn an old tire. Maybe that will keep it from snowing. Your hot air doesn't seem to be doing the trick.

Why is it snowing?

Anyone else watching this?

Arthur C. Clarke died the other day. For all his ability to describe the future, I hope he knew what he was doing.

He was a life-long ardent atheist. For being such a scientist, he sure didn't have a very open mind about some things.

Just because you don't have the answers doesn't mean there aren't any. He should have known that.

But maybe he did. After all, he saw most of the rest of this mess before it happened.

Not my favorite, but none of the writers I do prefer would be so if not for him, so for that at least, take care.




It's only 1-4-9 if you live in 3 dimensions.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/l…

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Link seems to come and go, but it was a study in the UK saying abortions are linked with a high incidence of mental disorders, and doctors are recommending counselling, before performing an abortion, to warn women of the risks.
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Nice.
My mom works at a hospital, doing ultrasounds of babies, among everything else inside a human body. She's never done a scan for an abortion, but has talked to other sounders who have, as well as doctors who have.

And none of them have ever met anyone, as far as she knows, who has not regretted having the abortion. Most of the sounders even say they regret just watching it.

When they stab the "fetus" with the needle, and pump in the poison, it thrashes around violently. Just like a living thing. Until it slows down and dies. Because it used to be a living thing.


Should Roe Vs. Wade be repealed? Who knows. If it still causes this much controversy, maybe it should be looked at. Carefully considered. If there were 10 pro-life supreme court justices, who can say they would find that RVW is lawful, and they can't get rid of it.

For all anybody knows, abortion should be legal. I personally don't feel so, but many people do.

And I really hate when people make this their issue for deciding who to vote on. They just decide what whoever is pro-choice is getting their vote.

Who can say that 10 pro-choice justices wouldn't look, and find that RVW needs to be removed? It could happen.

And of all the issues going on right now, abortion really shouldn't be on anybody's radar.

There are a lot more important things to base your choice of candidate on than a supreme court ruling that really stands no chance of changing any time soon. Unless that one old justice finally gives up and dies. Forget his name, but it's about frickin' time.


As for the article, though, I also feel you should be counselled before receiving cosmetic surgery, as most people (by that, the statistics really show it's most women) have the same level if not worse of issues regarding body image, etc.

It does nothing for self-esteem, except making it worse in many cases, is the point, and doctors should have to make sure the patient knows that.

Are you really even considered a 'patient' if you've signed up for an elective surgery? I don't think that's the right word. Shouldn't be, anyway.

As far as treating women like objects, music videos from India make all but the most misogynist of gangsta (ganster?) rappers (rappas?) look pretty tame, by comparison.

I love going to the Indian Restaurant down the street, but they have a TV going in the corner, and there's more booty shaking than you can shake a stick shaped like a booty at. I don't know what that means, but just try to imagine.

A lot, is what I'm getting at.

But they all seem to have at least 3 explosions, 7 guns, and one or more car chases/crashes.

So it's basically like watching an action movie in two minutes, over and over. With lots of dancing.

Who needs to go to the movies anymore? Just go get some tandoori chicken, and half an hour later, you'll be numb from the violence.

I've always kinda liked those CAPTCHA tests, when you sign up for something online, to make sure you're a human. Sometimes they look like words, or things, instead of just random letters and numbers.



Almost like they're trying to tell you something...

Anno Mundi (Latin: "in the year of the world")
Anus Mundi (Latin: "in the ass of the world")

I guess it means Detroit.

Somebody send this picture to the idiots at PETA.

I would, but I don't want to end up on their mailing list, or anything.

Nine lives makes for a whole lot of virgins.

My new behavioral theory, partially based on the internet, and specifically the ongoing arguement over who would win in a fight between pirates and ninjas.



Most people think these behavior sets are mutually exclusive. You are either one, or the other.

There is an adaptive theory, though, that since these archetypes are so similar, it all just depends on where in the region you happen to fall. For many people, it's perfectly possible to exist in the region of both pirate and ninja. This will mean they don't strongly resemble either archetype, but can swing towards one end or the other, on the occasions that they do become more pirate-like, or more ninja-esque.

With regards to me, being a Viking, and knowing that Vikings could kick the asses of every pirate and ninja that ever lived, while drinking enough mead to set Valhalla on fire, I've had to restructure my behavioral Venn diagram to the third illustration. The area in red is my usual hangout, as I am a Viking, so all things I do are Viking related, even if they are piraty, or ninja...ey.


Here is the behavioral area, with some markings. The red shading is my usual behavior.

Number one represents a region of absolute harmony, between ninja, pirate, and Viking.

Number two is a current behavior of strongly pirate/Viking traits, with almost no essense of ninja.

Number three is the area with very little Viking influence, that is a rough mix of ninja and pirate. As you can see, my behavior arches up away from this region, toward Viking. The closer to the center of the triangle, the higher the arch, due to the diminishing influence of the pirate and ninja archetypes.

Number four represents being very Viking, with a little ninja thrown in there.

The reason I clarify this is manifold, and not soon to be understood by many; but believe me when I say that today,

I was a fucking ninja.

And this weekend, I've some preparing to do, because coming up on Monday, it's gonna be pirate time, baby.

Republican Races

Reporting
1st McCain 48%
2nd Romney 21%
*taken from CNN.com

Now, as you probably know, Romney dropped out of the race some time ago. But, apparently it was after the ballots for the primary were printed up and sent out.

If we were voting using updated computer lists of the candidates, this kind of thing wouldn't happen. But when they send us old, outdated information, things like this are bound to happen.

Though I can't exactly understand why so many people still voted for Romney. If they knew they liked Romney, they should have heard he dropped out a while ago.

So, perhaps stupidity is always a factor. But computers would make it better, I'm convinced.

Then again, I just refreshed CNN.com, and now it says

McCain 48% Huckabee 21%

so maybe it was a computer mistake to start with. Nevermind.