It's A Dumb, Dumb, Dumb, Dumb World
"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
Douglas Adams
It was -7 when I got to work today. 18 degree difference from yesterday morning when it was a whopping 11. But it's all in the sun and the wind and the moisture in the air, you know? I mean-- this morning felt just as *warm* as yesterday morning because yesterday morning was so windy, so dry...
My hands and patched with red and the whiteness of dry. I put lotion on them every couple of hours, and put on several layers of lotion when I get up and before going to bed. But it's not doing enough.
Still-- I'm enjoying the cold, enjoying the winter. I have scarves, I have leggings, I have coats, I have nasal spray. What's not to enjoy?
Today's Found: Letter to God (Gotta love that tacked on P.S.)
And now...
THE FOLLOWING ARE RIDAMNDICULOUS:
Three Pigs story ruled ‘offensive to Muslims’
The animated virtual book for primary school children, The Three Little Cowboy Builders, was also criticized for its potential to offend builders.
The row centered on the Bett awards, which were supported by Becta, the Government’s technology agency for schools. The judges’ remarks, reported on the education technology Web site Merlin John Online, included: “Is it true that all builders are cowboys, builders get their work blown down, and builders are like pigs?
“The idea of taking a traditional tale and retelling a story is fine, but it should not alienate parts of the workforce. Judges would not recommend this product to the Muslim community in particular.”
Nice work, England. Sounds like something straight out of Jim Garner's "Politically Correct Fairy Tales." But it's just a fictional book about piggies, England. It's just a story. Now you wanna see a group that's got offensiveness covered, you come on over to this side of the Atlantic. Let Amurica show ya' how it's done.
Kansas Baptist Church Intends to Picket Heath Ledger's Funeral Because He Played Gay Character
A radical Baptist church in Kansas known for picketing the funerals of soldiers who perished in Iraq said it intends to protest Heath Ledger's memorial service with signs claiming the actor died and is in Hell because he played a gay character in “Brokeback Mountain.” ...
Started 1955, the Topeka, Kan.-based church has conducted over 34,000 peaceful demonstrations opposing the homosexual lifestyle, according to their Web site, GodHatesFags.com.
The organization runs various Web sites, including GodHatesAmerica.com and others that condemn lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Muslims, Roman Catholics and Jews as well as certain nationalities, according to Wikipedia. ...
The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies the church as a hate group and the organization is monitored by the Anti-Defamation League, according to its Wikipedia entry.
A hate group? No kidding, man.
*sigh*
I think the only thing she got right was the part at the end of the article where she proclaimed "America is doomed."
And now for something a little sweeter, a little more touching, so hate ain't the last thing you read in this entry here today:
Director Spoke to Ledger Night Before His Death
Heath Ledger's director on the 2002 adventure movie Four Feathers, Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, had plans to meet up with his former star - until tragic fate intervened.
"I last spoke to him the night before he died. I had just arrived in New York last night, he said he could not see me that night but really wanted to meet me the next day," Kapur, 62, whose films also include the two Elizabeth movies starring Cate Blanchett... "He made me promise that I would call him in the morning and wake him up. I tried. Little did I know that his soul had already left his body."
... "In Heath I have lost a younger brother He was one the most gentle, the most honest, most caring and most compassionate persons I had met. And one of the most honest actors I worked with. ... Farewell Heath. I always knew you had an ancient soul. I always said you had a wisdom beyond your years. And somehow I always knew that your spirit was too restless. Goodbye, my brother."
From CRG Residential's "Business Digest":
From Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Of all the myths about our economy, none is more persistent- or wrong- than the "death of U.S. manufacturing." U.S. workers are producing and exporting record amounts, both in quantity and in dollar value, accounting for almost 25% of all goods produced globally. Despite the stunning rise of China and others, America's share of the world's total annual manufacturing has remained nearly level since 1982. Our homes may be filled with imported goods, but the big, expensive U.S.-made products that we don't purchase personally- plans, medical equipment and more- are the star exports of the global economy.
From Portfolio
In an arid corner of the Texas Panhandle, three giants- a legendary oilman and a pair of energy companies- have laid out land for two huge wind farms. Neither project has broken ground yet, but when completed they'll be the two biggest generators of wind electricity in the world. In the meantime, they need to lay lines that will one day deliver the power to more populated areas. The T. Boone Pickens project will cost an estimated $6.4 billion with a capacity of 4,000 megawatts, powering as many as 900,000 homes. The TXU-Shell partnership plans a capacity of 3,000 megawatts at a cost of $4.8 billion.
Douglas Adams
It was -7 when I got to work today. 18 degree difference from yesterday morning when it was a whopping 11. But it's all in the sun and the wind and the moisture in the air, you know? I mean-- this morning felt just as *warm* as yesterday morning because yesterday morning was so windy, so dry...
My hands and patched with red and the whiteness of dry. I put lotion on them every couple of hours, and put on several layers of lotion when I get up and before going to bed. But it's not doing enough.
Still-- I'm enjoying the cold, enjoying the winter. I have scarves, I have leggings, I have coats, I have nasal spray. What's not to enjoy?
Today's Found: Letter to God (Gotta love that tacked on P.S.)
And now...
THE FOLLOWING ARE RIDAMNDICULOUS:
Three Pigs story ruled ‘offensive to Muslims’
The animated virtual book for primary school children, The Three Little Cowboy Builders, was also criticized for its potential to offend builders.
The row centered on the Bett awards, which were supported by Becta, the Government’s technology agency for schools. The judges’ remarks, reported on the education technology Web site Merlin John Online, included: “Is it true that all builders are cowboys, builders get their work blown down, and builders are like pigs?
“The idea of taking a traditional tale and retelling a story is fine, but it should not alienate parts of the workforce. Judges would not recommend this product to the Muslim community in particular.”
Nice work, England. Sounds like something straight out of Jim Garner's "Politically Correct Fairy Tales." But it's just a fictional book about piggies, England. It's just a story. Now you wanna see a group that's got offensiveness covered, you come on over to this side of the Atlantic. Let Amurica show ya' how it's done.
Kansas Baptist Church Intends to Picket Heath Ledger's Funeral Because He Played Gay Character
A radical Baptist church in Kansas known for picketing the funerals of soldiers who perished in Iraq said it intends to protest Heath Ledger's memorial service with signs claiming the actor died and is in Hell because he played a gay character in “Brokeback Mountain.” ...
Started 1955, the Topeka, Kan.-based church has conducted over 34,000 peaceful demonstrations opposing the homosexual lifestyle, according to their Web site, GodHatesFags.com.
The organization runs various Web sites, including GodHatesAmerica.com and others that condemn lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Muslims, Roman Catholics and Jews as well as certain nationalities, according to Wikipedia. ...
The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies the church as a hate group and the organization is monitored by the Anti-Defamation League, according to its Wikipedia entry.
A hate group? No kidding, man.
*sigh*
I think the only thing she got right was the part at the end of the article where she proclaimed "America is doomed."
And now for something a little sweeter, a little more touching, so hate ain't the last thing you read in this entry here today:
Director Spoke to Ledger Night Before His Death
Heath Ledger's director on the 2002 adventure movie Four Feathers, Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, had plans to meet up with his former star - until tragic fate intervened.
"I last spoke to him the night before he died. I had just arrived in New York last night, he said he could not see me that night but really wanted to meet me the next day," Kapur, 62, whose films also include the two Elizabeth movies starring Cate Blanchett... "He made me promise that I would call him in the morning and wake him up. I tried. Little did I know that his soul had already left his body."
... "In Heath I have lost a younger brother He was one the most gentle, the most honest, most caring and most compassionate persons I had met. And one of the most honest actors I worked with. ... Farewell Heath. I always knew you had an ancient soul. I always said you had a wisdom beyond your years. And somehow I always knew that your spirit was too restless. Goodbye, my brother."
From CRG Residential's "Business Digest":
From Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Of all the myths about our economy, none is more persistent- or wrong- than the "death of U.S. manufacturing." U.S. workers are producing and exporting record amounts, both in quantity and in dollar value, accounting for almost 25% of all goods produced globally. Despite the stunning rise of China and others, America's share of the world's total annual manufacturing has remained nearly level since 1982. Our homes may be filled with imported goods, but the big, expensive U.S.-made products that we don't purchase personally- plans, medical equipment and more- are the star exports of the global economy.
From Portfolio
In an arid corner of the Texas Panhandle, three giants- a legendary oilman and a pair of energy companies- have laid out land for two huge wind farms. Neither project has broken ground yet, but when completed they'll be the two biggest generators of wind electricity in the world. In the meantime, they need to lay lines that will one day deliver the power to more populated areas. The T. Boone Pickens project will cost an estimated $6.4 billion with a capacity of 4,000 megawatts, powering as many as 900,000 homes. The TXU-Shell partnership plans a capacity of 3,000 megawatts at a cost of $4.8 billion.