Wildleaf

Today is the day that I post some random crap I have run across lately.  If you are looking for any real substance, look elsewhere.

First I want to talk about the stock market. Since John McCain (one of the Keating 5) is running for office at the same time that another market disaster is happening, I am reminded of certain things from the 80s.  One of those things is Laser Backgrounds which are the coolest thing in the world. Read the rest of this entry »

So, it’s that time now, isn’t it? I have to talk a little more about politics.  We have less than 2 months until we choose another American president. After this last presidency, George W. Bush, I figure this country would be in line for some policy alterations. I mean, his approval rating hit 29% this last summer meaning he was barely better than Nixon after Watergate. Read the rest of this entry »

Supposed VPILF

According to her birth certificate found that she was actually born as a Male in Idaho and had all of the equipment changed some time later.  We can only assume that her beauty queen history was after the complete sex change. Speculative hospital records place the change around her 7th or 8th birthday.  Hormonal treatment was unnecessary prior to puberty but was continued to this day. The day she accepted the VP bid, she decided to discontinue her hormone therapy until the election was over.

Ok, this is totally a joke.  Sarah Palin is a woman as far as we know.  I just wanted to make fun of all the wild speculation that is running rampant on this Vice Presidential candidate.

So, there are two new things that have tickled my fancy in the last couple days. Number 1, the new TV show Fringe, on Fox, co-created by J. J. Abrams. Number two is the book Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk.

J. J. Abrams let me down his year with his over-hype for the movie Cloverfield. Now, the blame does not lie entirely on him. He works his magic and people read way too far into it. I knew this and was not sucked into all of the buzz surrounding the movie (though I did visit the 1-18-08 website on a semi-weekly basis to see what cool new flash tricks they had added). Read the rest of this entry »

So, I will be updating the website today to a new version of WordPress (who am I to think I could stay on 2.3 when we are already at 2.6). I just thought I would comment on a few things. I do not consider myself a political advocate and instead think of myself as a legislative scholar.  Well, not exactly.  I just like to think about the issues and rarely ever push them.  My previous posting on abortion brought, what I consider, a mixed bag of responses. I will be posting a followup in the following days, once I get my mind made up on where I want to go with it.  Also, I will be creating another post about homosexual rights in the following weeks as well. Reception on that article will likely be as mixed but I figure there is nothing wrong with throwing some ideas out there.  Get some feelings stirring.

In other news, work is going good.  I really enjoy it when I can get things straight and actually get assigned a job that I was hired to do.  Yay for development!  Anyway, I know there are many people who already know about it, but I thought I would share a fun little blog that makes me think how great work is in vast contrast.  It is called “Where is Bob, tales of an absintee manager” - go check it out some time.  There is vast speculation as to the authenticity of the stories, but I don’t really care. Until next time!

Don’t get me wrong, I am definitely all for a woman’s ability to opt for an abortion of a fetus. I do not believe it is the prudent way to go, nor do I think that anyone I care for should truly consider it without extremely extenuating circumstances - but I am not pompous enough to suggest that I know every possibility and am not willing to suggest that the life of a fetus is more important than the life of the mother. My argument, however, comes from a defense I once heard from a friend of mine while defending abortion rights.

The argument that piqued my interest was the following: “I do not believe that anyone should pass legislation which should force me into such a life altering circumstance.” So, in essence, it is not the right of the government to dictate our futures, and child rearing absolutely alters that person’s future in irreparable ways.

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It has been one whole day that I have been on Weight Watchers again, and it is going fairly well.  I mean, like I said, I was mostly following the diet but not point tracking and binging when I felt like it. So it isn’t as if this is REALLY difficult, but it provides some challenges throughout my day that would be non-existent without the diet.

Some examples: Wendy’s meal for me last week was 3 Stack Attacks and a Chicken Nuggets off the value menu - 33 points (my daily limit). I can’t go out to eat with co-workers any more.  I have no self control. I have to go home, so I miss out on all the little office gossip.  While not completely debilitating, it sucks to not have that companionship.

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