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If there's one thing I've learned over the past two-plus years, it's that irony requires a deft touch. Especially in written form.When an author writer writes about something, and the article turns out to be the best example of the subject, it's not really irony. Well, maybe it's dramatic or situational irony, but it's not truly ironic. And it's not really funny, either.Case in point: a discou

Mother’s Day is only a few short days away and for once in my life I have no desire to celebrate it. In fact, I am kind of dreading it. It’s not because my husband or kids don’t make this a special day for me [in fact my sweet daughter has been writing [...]

She wore a miniskirt. Being an open pew-less church, it pretty much showed a lot of “information” for all to see when she walked around. It would be more understandable if she was a teenager my age, you know, given the freedom of choice of what kind of dress to wear. But the thing is, she’s still a kid. I guesstimate that she’s around 6 or something. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I have pedophiliac tendencies here. Rather, I wanna pose a question: What are her parents thinking, dressing up their daughter like that for a mass? They’re giving their kid such a garb to wear, and let her wear it to the church? Geez. Christians are well notorious when it comes to what kind of dress code to wear to their place worship. Our Muslim brothers and sisters wear polite white atti

Today was pajama day at day care again. Last night I got Princess dressed in her PJs. This morning she put on sock and shoes, I did her hair and she was all set to go to school. Ah. The morning routine went so much faster. If it were any [...]

Secretive U.K. graffiti artist Banksy managed to paint a three story tall piece of art commenting on the CCTV cameras that blanket Britain underneath CCTV cameras. The work shows a boy on a ladder (yeah, that is not him) painting the message while a police officer and dog look on from below. Banksy managed to [...]

April 9, 2008I have been hard pressed to use TTG all week. I guess that is how it must really work. Once you have TTG, you don't spill anything on your shirt. Well, that is sort of how it has worked out for me. Except for yesterday. I was running late for work so I jumped up, fed the dogs, got dressed, packed my lunch, and hurried off to work. When I sat down at my desk I realized that I had spilled something all down the front of my shirt. I'll call it the huge mystery blob.Needless to say, using TTG was out of the question because then my shirt would have been sopping wet from top to bottom. Instead, I hid in my office most of the day and when I had to go somewhere in the building I carried a file to cover the front of my shirt. I had to Shout it out when I got home (after I too

5 April 2008 - "Jeff Mayer, a former member of Bear’s five-person executive committee and a co-head of fixed income, was named vice chairman of J.P. Morgan’s investment bank, with a focus on global risk. J.P. Morgan also named Craig Overlander, the other fixed-income co-head, as a vice chairman to focus on global clients. Mike Nierenberg, who ran global rates and foreign exchange at Bear, was named co-head of global securitized products with Bill King, who previously held the position alone at J.P. Morgan." - WSJ "J.P. Morgan Integrates Bear Senior Managers" The Prince: Does anyone else see the irony/stupidity of giving the co-head of Bear’s fixed income division the job of focusing on global risk at JP Morgan?  Really?  Also, why is JP Morg

Irony is the very soul of Jane Austen’s novels and “Pride and Prejudice” is steeped in irony of theme, situation, character and narration. Irony is the contrast between appearance and reality.As one examines “Pride and Prejudice”, one is struck with the fact of the ironic significance that pride leads to prejudice and prejudice invites pride and both have their corresponding virtues bound up within them. Each has its virtues and each has its defects. They are contradictory and the supreme irony is that intricacy, which is much deeper, carries with it grave dangers unknown to simplicity. This type of thematic irony runs through all of Jane Austen’s novel.In “Pride and Prejudice” there is much irony of situation too, which provides a twist to the story. Mr. Darcy remarks abou

Irony of Music Industry's Late Embrace of Taxes/Collective LicensingPortfolio lays out the recording industry's new interest in imposing a tax on ISPs to create a pool of money to use to compensate musicians. Ahh, the irony. When Larry Lessig or EFF began to try pushing the idea of compulsory or collective licensing five years ago, the idea was equivalent to heresy. It was extreme, it was unheard of, it was crazy. The record labels wouldn't hear of the notion, which they equated to taking away their power to control their market. Well, now they are interested. And ironically, the Web that might have embraced the idea five years ago is up in arms, calling it "extortion." Frankly, I think that Fred Von Lohmann at EFF is right about this idea, that offering an extra fee to people a

So there we were, on vacation, at the condo pool side and I’m spraying sunscreen on. SPF 50 in case you were wondering. A woman at the next table (a number of feet away) holds a blanket up to protect her baby and says that she is a first time mother. A woman with her, [...]

This is not just irony; this is savage on a Jonathon Swift baby-eater scale. The tragedy is that - to borrow a phrase likely to be in Mr Blair's seminar - they know not what they do. I think that Mr Blair is the greatest liar and sender of our armed forces into action under false pretences that this country has seen for perhaps 50 years. And Yale University invite him to teach about "channelling religious values towards reconciliation not polarisation". Ye gods. It says all we need to know that the photo on the right (courtesy Yale Press Office) is labelled "Tony Blair PR". Yep, right in the filename; that about sums him up. Anyway - for what it's worth (if anything) Yale is now permanently on my "institutions not to touch with a bargepole" list. If you want to know any more, the pre

His name is Bush, George Bush. The dancing, insane, idiotic, inarticulate, reckless president who has finally decided to give his lovely endorsement, which means zippo, to John McCain. Now that these to are finally so buddy buddy, I think it is my job to look back at the good old days, when Bush started the rumor that Bridget McCain was John's illegitimate black child. (In reality she was adopted from a third world country...) It just warms my heart to think that to idiots can finally come together for a common cause, to destroy out country even further.-Your Favorite Nut Job

Been a long time since I have last wrote anything on my blog and the main reason for this is that I have been at University and haven’t had much time to write anything… Lets get back to the topic of this post. Irony of life and google? Well, when I first started this blog many months [...]

OK, so if you read here regularly you know I was stressing out about my son biting someone. He hadn't done it yet....just stressing about what to do if and when he did. We did have a biting episode on Friday...but it happened a little differently than I imagined.Friday night my parents and I took EB to a local blues and BBQ restaurant. They have a stage area where live bands play sometimes and on this stage there was an old rocking horse. A former classmate of mine and her children (which happen to be EB's age) were there and so EB and her son really took to each other and were playing on the rocking horse. We were all visiting and suddenly EB started crying. That "I've been hurt" heartbreaking cry. We figured friend's son had pushed him, so friend's son apologized and hugged EB and

At what point do you stop giving a shit about Worst Case Scenario? Is it even possible? I really want to just put this god damn movie to rest but I’ve seen both the teasers and no matter how much time passes before I even think of it again, I’m as excited about [...]

I sent an inquiry to a blog I’d like to write for, 50-Something Moms Blog.   I was talking to David about it. As I adjusted the heating pad on my back, I asked, “do I know enough about being a middle-aged woman/mom to write an article twice a month?” The irony wasn’t lost on either of us.

We were having a family discussion a couple of days ago about Secondlife. I registered with them a few months ago, went on the site a few times, wondered what the point of it was and have not been back since. My sons (particularly the elder one) are dismissive of it too. My wife commented something to the effect that it was for people to escape into when they didn't like the life they had. I smiled inwardly - her description reminded me of her favourite pastime, Church.(c) Hal Westhead 2007

Earlier this week, Lauren Starke, communications manager for New York Media, sent me a note about M-mv favorite Po Bronson's latest article in New York magazine:Parents consistently rate “honesty” as the trait they most want in their children; yet kids lie early, often, and for all sorts of reasons. In the cover story of this week’s New York magazine, Po Bronson writes about a singular theory for one way this wretched habit develops: Kids are just copying their parents.From “Why Kids Lie”:Encouraged to tell so many white lies and hearing so many others, children gradually get comfortable with being disingenuous. Insincerity becomes, literally, a daily occurrence. They learn that honesty only creates conflict, and dishonesty is an easy way to avoid conflict. And while they don’t

Electronics and Convergence The consumer electronics space is ridden with attempts at convergence. All companies are building more features into existing products and hope to charge more. There are 2 schools of thought, one which favours convergence and the other which says that marketing has always been about segmentation, products will always be more divergent than convergent. The iPod is a

I return to the Czech Republic tomorrow and my friend emailed me on Friday to warn me that the weather was changing there. The snow was melting, so no skiing. The ice on the lakes likewise so no skating. She and her partner, along with the rest of the population of the Republic had been enjoying both. Now the weather had turned remarkably spring-like, just in time for my return. Although not a skater or a skiier I had been looking forward to the lovely cold bright days of the Czech winter.The irony was that the email arrived the very day I had taken three hours making a one-hour journey (from Oxford to Winchcombe). The reason for my long journey was a blizzard that swept in from the west, first there was torrential rain causing floods and then as the day turned night it turned to snow. I w

Hmmm, Signing on to my email account.. 14 New messeges! However, not all of them are spam and updates, one is from Google Adsense who has decided to disable my account because I post a risk to adword advertisers! Interesting since I haven't used this in a couple of months and have not had the ads on my blog for a long time.. What I find funny is that just yesterday, I posted about how Google

I walked the walkway towards Junction 8 yesterday, leading from the train station. Amidst the cold rainy weather, was an old handicapped man playing familiar Christmas tunes from his flute. At his foot was a bowl, where passerby’s would throw their shillings at. The scene was an irony. One would have expected a jolly old man, from which, the music exuded. But in place of what we expected, was an old man who lost the use of his legs; and though he forced a smile, his sad eyes shone through the cold rainy weather. In this season of giving, some of us more clearly see the woes of the less fortunate. Others on the other hand, are contented with avoiding the sadder side of reality. In this season of togetherness, the lonely souls who roam without their loved ones, will no doubt remember their losses with clarity. Let us not forget them. Merry Christmas to all. Remember to help Santa in spreading the joy. More importantly comfort those who need it. Logen

More information has just come out about the killer who went on a church shooting that took place on Sunday. The reason he did this because he hates Christians according some disturbing writings made on his computer. According to his background, although he came from a devoted Christian family who homeschooled him, he was a loner who spends 5 hours on his computer typing rants away several days before he went on a shotting spree. The reason he was kicked out of the missionary school is because of health reasons. Obviously he must have been mentally ill or something.Pretty ironic isn't it? He came from a Christian home, yet he grew to hate them over time and blame Christians for all the problems in the world (which is no different than Ham, Morris, and all other young earthers blindly (and stupidly) blaming evolution and "long ages" for all the problems of the world; Hitler and other anti-semitics blindly blaming Jews for all the problems of the world; Jihads, Al'Qaeda, and Talibans b

A colleague of mine emailed me this funny animated gif about a frustrated user. I thought it was comical from my own user experiences, especially prior to my UNIX system administration days. I hated going through the troubleshooting part, particularly when the SysAd showed up to resolve my issue after it had “magically” resolved itself. I remember the “all knowing” system administrator explaining away the issue or looking at me as if I had “timing and head space” issues. Frankly speaking, I find some irony in this rumination… ;)

Tragic irony was used initially in ancient Greek tragedy and later almost in all tragedies. Irony consists essentially in the contrast of the two aspects of the same remark or situation. A remark made by a character in a play may have one meaning for him and another meaning for other character and the audience or one meaning for the speaker and the other characters and another meaning for the audience. Similarly, a situation may have a double significance in the sense that a disaster may be foreseen by the audience while the characters may be ignorant of it. Irony heightens the tragic effect. Sophocles has used irony with striking effect in his plays.“Oedipus Rex” is replete with tragic irony and is found in most of the speeches and situations. There are many occasions on which the audience is aware of the facts while the speaker is ignorant of those facts and some other characters, on the other hand, present a contrast which lends an increased emphasis to a tragic fact or to the u

Looking for a shiny new notebook to slap your shiny new Windows Vista on that’ll run it all super snappy and buttery smooth? According to PC World’s tests, the fastest Windows Vista notebook this year is (or ever): the MacBook Pro. Yeah, it makes throw up in my mouth a little bit before forcing me [...]

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Life is so funny. When we were young, our parents looked after us. As we are growing, our parents get older. By the time we grow up and be sensible, they are the one who need our care and support. They are the ones who teach us, guide us and advice us. By the time we are old enough to have our own thoughts and idea, and also our own family, their health might not be as good as before too. My parents have grown old and even older during these recent years. They have more white hair now. Their eyes were not as clear as before. My father's legs were not as strong as before too. Their motion were not as fast as before. There were time when my father could not even stand and need my mother to help. My mother also had a few falls in the factory. This is the facts of life. Its like a negative parabola. At the start of our life, we all so helpless and our parents are the ones who help us. We reach the peak of our life, at the apex of the parabolic curve, and thereafter, we had a decl

White House tells Pervez Musharraf to “never restrict constitutional freedoms in the name of fighting terrorism." Of course Bush and Condi Rice also had their fingers crossed and were standing under a ladder while chanting "gooble, gobble, gooble, gobble, one of us, one of us!"read more | digg story

- Exaggerated illusion of difficulty- Ego driven- Attacks your self-esteem- MisogynisticThese are all commonalities in the pick-up arts. The justification is that men are really learning how to improve themselves, but the hidden message is that unless they get better with women they aren't improving themselves.Telling men to act like the "prize" while at the same time promoting a culture of behavioral gymnastics designed to get women. Telling men that they need to keep her interested because if they don't then why would she want to be with them. Telling men to be desireless, and not care about the outcome, while giving them "steps" to go through in order to hold the set. Telling men that they need to practice and practice in order to get the very hottest girls because the margin of error is so small. All while holding the frame and giving the appearance of control and having the upper hand. Have you noticed the contradiction? Is there any wonder that so few men succeed using these me

Over the course of five novels and a collection of short stories, Tom Perrotta has laid claim to the prime real estate of upwardly mobile suburbia, hilariously probing its leafy, soccer-obsessed, McMansion-lined streets.No component of life here is safe; crime watches are as ripe for satire as is social one-upmanship.Perrotta has skewered politics, parenting, the educational system, marriage and sex, the sacred cows of family life unspared by his sardonic insight and incisive humor."The Abstinence Teacher" is not a sequel to "Little Children" -- his previous novel, which was made into an Oscar-nominated film by Todd Field -- but it's a logical follow-up to Perrotta's exploration of the culture wars as they play out with surprising ferocity in parks and schools."Little Children" introduced two adulterers who conduct an affair as their hometown panics over the return of a sex offender."The Abstinence Teacher" further stirs the mix by introducing evangelical Christianity and its effects

                                                1 liter Bottled Water uses 26 Liters Water + 1 Kg Fossil Fuel + 1 Pound CO2 http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/pablo_calculate.php In summary, the manufacture and transport of that one kilogram bottle of Fiji water consumed 26.88 kilograms of water (7.1 gallons) .849 Kilograms of fossil fuel (one litre or .26 gal) and emitted 562 grams of Greenhouse Gases (1.2 pounds). What is the cost of a Bottled water that is made in an island and transported to the US? That is what Pablo Päster, an MBA graduate and Sustainability Engineer at Triple Pundit, went to find out and did a exhaustive study of the cost of a litre of Fiji Water to America. The bottles are

I certainly don’t have all the answers, but when things happen I’d like to think there is always a meaning - somewhere, somehow. Many are familiar with Isaiah’s words from the Old Testament: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.” (55:8) I take this to mean that even though we don’t always understand the turn of certain events, there is someone else who does. I’m not sure if there is something that’s called divine irony, but if there is I think we may have gotten a glimpse of it today. When Al Gore lost the presidential office to George W Bush in 2000 he had more votes in his pocket than Mr Bush. Gore’s loss seemed shattering, and we had doubts, at least here in Sweden, about his survival on the political scene. If someone would have told me then that Al Gore would go and win the Nobel Peace Price today, seven years later, I would have shrugged my shoulders in doubt - no doubt. So&he

Irony is telling listeners “no more than two commercials in a row” after subjecting them to ten minutes of useless drivel about what should be done to showroom houses. Morning talk radio can be full of crap sometimes. Just give me the music!

I know I said I wasn’t going to write anything new this week, but I’m stealth-blogging while my husband is at Mass and my mom is sleeping in. This was too good not to share. We went to Indy yesterday, to the mall where the infamous no-diaper incident took place. This time, I came over-prepared, with at [...]

Call for Papers — Special Issue of Electronic Journal of CommunicationIrony and Politics: User-Producers, Parody, and Digital PublicsDeadline: November 1, 2007Irony as a cultural form has two main requirements: first, that there is a shared social language, and second that the shared language can and should be violated for the purposes of socio-cultural evolution. Irony is therefore posed almost always in distinction (if not direct opposition) to dominant rhetoric, discourse, and politics. This is not, as theorists such as Linda Hutcheon have reminded us, always a progressive or emancipatory shift, but it does reframe language and community outside of accepted pathways of behavior.Although commodity and advertising corporations have co-opted irony as a tactic of capital, it has retained the ability to become the focus and reason for controversy and (potentially subversive) subculture identities, particularly as internet communities such as YouTube and MySpace have flourished. This sp

The ACLU today announced a lawsuit against UC Santa Barbara on behalf of Randall Carlyle of Montecito, CA. The lawsuit claims that Carlyle's English professor, Dr. Milano, caused Mr. Carlyle emotional distress by requiring students to write their own "Modest Proposal" in the satirical style of Jonathan Swift, the author of the original Modest Proposal. Mr. Carlyle suffers from hypo-ironia or an inability to process sophisticated humor. Dr. Milano assigned this paper even after Mr. Carlyle informed him that he was irony-challenged and couldn't, therefore, complete it, said ACLU attorney Maria Santana. The failure to accommodate Mr. Lopez' disability has resulted in multiple hardships for Mr. Carlyle including missing an entire semester of school and being dis-invited to judge the Sophomore Follies talent show. We demand an apology from the professor and the school and financial compensation. It's our hope that future attendees of UCSB will be spared Mr. Carlyle's humiliation. Mar

‘Death by Chocolate’ cookies could be hazardous Friday, August 31, 2007 | 10:29 AM MT CBC News The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued an allergy alert about cookies sold at furniture stores in Calgary and Vancouver. Bella Cucina’s Death by Chocolate cookies contain walnuts, which are not declared on the label and could be hazardous to anyone with nut allergies. The agency says the cookies were sold in 170-gram packages and were only available at the Chintz and Company outlet on 11th Avenue SW in Calgary and at the company’s store in Vancouver. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the cookies. Sources: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/08/31/cookies-walnuts.html http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=180767b3-7337-4afe-8ac6-5d7a888183a3

Having a supercar like a Ferrari F430 Spider, capable of going from 0-100km/h in just 3.9 seconds with a top speed of 310km/h ….. and being stuck in a traffic snarl in the middle of Orchard Road on a busy Friday evening.

Amy Winehouse's father-in-law calls on fans to stop buying Winehouse's records to pressure the couple to quit drugs.So you get famous by singing a song called "Rehab" in which the main chorus is "They tried to make me go to rehab, I said no, no, no..." only to have people suggest boycotting your records until you quit drugs? Oh, the life of a rock star. Anyway, as an alternative to supporting Amy's drug habits I suggest instead checking out The Detroit Cobras. Here's what LA Weekly has to say about them:"No offense to Amy Winehouse, but it was the Cobras‚ Rachel Nagy who first reinvented the 60s soul-pop diva as a boozy, punk-informed, smart-mouthed chanteuse in the late 90s." Falling James LA WeeklySo enjoy all the fun and soul of Winehouse without the guilt. Here's a couple of MP3s for you to check out:I Wanna HollerAs Long as I Have You

Here is one for those of you who like irony. The S&P 500 currently trades for 15.4 times future earnings according to a Bloomberg report. That means that on a earnings basis (and isn't that what really counts?), the US market has not been this cheap in 16 years!! I guess that explains why Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) Warren Buffett has been initiating and adding to positions left and right recently. Now, about the irony part? 1991- We had a Bush family member in the White House 1991- We had... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Strange news I read today , very strange ,it is more ironic ,you see it turns out that the Presidential Palace at Kobba is threatened by the Groundwater !!!! Seriously and the President is scared on the gardens of the palace as they have collections of rare plants from all the over the world that he asked the immediate help of the Agriculture,irrigation and environment ministers !! It is at the same time people across the country are suffering from water shortage in the middle of hot summer ,it is at the same time people are fighting to get water Before anyone goes and tells me the importance of that Palace I will tell that I know it very well and there is a real care for the Ex-Royal ,Presidential now palaces there will be problem This is not a good time to  publish such news , I mean this sounds from luxury , three ministers and planet experts where as the people are fighting from clean glass of water !! This reminds with me with Marie Antoinette I am afraid You can

I have just passed two of my tests to become an insurance agent and I think back to all my previous exam and test experiences. Focusing on just these two recent papers though, I have to say I did not do well in the mock papers the night before I took the actual papers. Therefore, I told [...]

Isn’t it ironic? Personal branding started with the oldest profession…. Politicians.. And yet they yearn to be so alike… logo colors RWB are all-American (and worldly too). Sure… but as Americans we should be proud to stand out for what we believe! If you had to vote by logo… who’s got 2008? Thanks to Matt of 37signals for the pic & post inspiration. i heart huckabee — at least he dared to use Yellow. … and I love that Obama uses a circle, reminiscent of his initial… and a new dawn, over our Stripes.  Aaah… (hmm, would a rising Star look awkward?) Who d’you think got the best p’Brand Logo??

Isn’t it ironic? Personal branding started with the oldest profession…. Politicians.. And yet they yearn to be so alike… logo colors RWB are all-American (and worldly too). Sure… but as Americans we should be proud to stand out for what we believe! If you had to vote by logo… who’s got 2008? Thanks to Matt of 37signals for the pic & post inspiration. i heart huckabee — at least he dared to use Yellow. … and I love that Obama uses a circle, reminiscent of his initial… and a new dawn, over our Stripes. Aaah… (hmm, would a rising Star look awkward?) Who d’you think got the best p’Brand Logo??

I recently read a friend's post about the oftentimes deleterious effects of watching television and was reminded of a story that my NT professor told last semester. He had been a missionary for many years in the UK, and one day his team leader gathered all the team members together for an impromptu meeting. As it turned out, he had been recently troubled and concerned about the effects of television on people, and his team members in particular. He went on and on for quite a while about the danger and horrors of too much T.V., or any T.V. for that matter. Very passionate about what he was talking about, the leader went on for about twenty minutes sharing his concern. At the end of his tirade speech and the apex of his argumentation, the leader gave one final exhortation: So, those of you with a T.V., Watch it!

This is just too ironic to be made up. Iran is rationing thier oil and the people don't like it. Iran is one of the biggest producers of oil, but cannot refine enough of thier own oil to satisfy their...

K left me alone with the short people for the whole weekend to attend his best friend Brian's fortieth birthday in Albuquerque – a town whose name is awfully hard to type.K flew out Friday after work and won’t be back until late tonight.I was a bit nervous about managing the house of joy on my own, but now that the children are bedded down, I would say that I prevailed.First, employing my trusty organizing skills, I packed in activities so that when the time rolled around The Mayor and The Rooster were begging for their naps.“Ask Mommy again, but more nicely this time." Second, I had the foresight to schedule a babysitter for this afternoon.I figured I might need a break – and even if I didn’t – I decided I’d take one anyway.I went to the gym, swam and then went to a movie by myself.I’m kind of pissed off because I chose to see a film called Waitress and though the paper gave it an A- and said blah, blah, poignant, blah, blah... I didn’t like it.Apparently all that i

--If you haven't already, view the video that this refers to in the post below this one, its over 7 minutes but worth it.--Dan Rather is in hot water right now because he managed to say something that most of us have wanted to say in the past decade. Perhaps his choice of words are easily manipulated which is why his comments have been labeled as sexist, albeit by the person Rather was actually attempting to attack.This past week Dan Rather attacked CBS news and mentioned Katie Couric’s name, thereby allowing Les Moonves (the bigwig at CBS responsible for the News AND Entertainment). Les Moonves was the first one to scream “sexist” but it seems to be that he was simply trying to divert attention away from Rather’s comments about his leadership and the role of news in the media today.Rather’s comments were basically centered around the comment that shows like Katie Couric’s nightly news are “dumbing it down,” and “tarting it up.” Rather says the comment about “tar

Someone is playing a trick on me. A mean, mean trick. In January, I ordered six tomato plants from Laurel’s Heirloom Tomato Plants, with the goal of having beautiful heirloom tomatoes growing in buckets on my back patio all summer long. In the first week of April, they showed up at my door, all tucked into a little cardboard box. I followed Laurel’s directions to the letter and planted them in giant tubs with holes drilled in the bottom filled with organic potting mix and amendments. Everything was great for the first month. The weather was nice, with plenty of sunny days, and my little babies were happy. They grew and grew. And then May came. And with it came the May gray. Suddenly the sun was gone and the air was extremely moist. One of my tomato plants had a stem turn yellow. Then another. And another plant started looking not so healthy. Part of the problem was that they were being over-watered; they were within range of the nighttime irrigation system for my apartment

Justice prevails, Cheney weeps. Bush doesn’t understand irony. Did Obama already close the gap? Stem cells will change modern medicine… in countries that believe in science. Federal Appeals Court: fleeting obscenities = fair play. Bloomberg: 1 - NYC: 0 Happy birthday to Bill Moyers, IMHO, one of the best journalists around. If you haven’t yet, watch his latest documentary, Buying the War. Show me what you’re workin’ with. Today in Canadian History June 5,1935… …more than 1,000 unemployed men began a mass march, commandeering railway freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia. What ensued is called the On to Ottawa protest trek, picking up passengers in Calgary, Medicine Hat, Swift Current and Moose Jaw. The men were eventually stopped at the Regina, Saskatchewan station, at which time they numbered over 20,000. The strike was called off after fruitless talks with Ottawa. In July of the same year the men rioted over the arrest of their leade

It seems that history has repeated itself despite my best intermediary efforts:Tragic Irony:1. My wife being more excited about the American Idle Idol finale than she was about the 24 Finale; and being more disappointed that the former had ended for another season than the latter.2. A few weeks prior, finding her more disappointed that the Mavs had been defeated in the first round of the playoffs than that the Rockets had.There has been a disturbance in the force, and its effects are still being felt.

The President has two constitutional powers to stop wreck-less Democrats from their insistence on committing Unconstitutional Acts, and one is the power of the Veto.. If this does not stop them from ignoring Constitutional Limits on the Legislature, then the President will have no choice but to Exercise his OTHER Constitutional Power, and that is to Adjourn Congress till 2008 and send the Democrat crybabies home..(Article II, Section 3). President Bush Vetos Dem’s UNCONSTITUTIONAL spending bill Wait… the President is preventing unconstitutional acts? That is almost like protecting the constitution! Wow, that’s rich. The author of the post cited swallowed a White House press release whole, and, well, the White House says that the Dems are trying something illegal. Must be so, right? Finally, this legislation is unconstitutional because it purports to direct the conduct of the operations of the war in a way that infringes upon the powers vested in the Presidency by th

Does no one else detect just the slightest irony in the fact that the government that promotes Orwellian standards of Big Brother surveillance - NIR, ID cards, e-Passports, video cameras on every street corner, a DNA databank to which everyone who passes through a police station is added (even 13-year-olds who steal a tube of smarties) - is careful to keep its own business private? Reported everywhere (e.g. Out-Law) and made much of in today's Sunday papers, a proposed law that would exempt MPs from Freedom of Information rules has passed through the House of Commons. Not everyone is blind to the injustice (although the words, 'lone' 'wilderness' and 'voice' spring to mind!):“It is an effrontery for the House of Commons to make the deeply hypocritical move of exempting itself from a law that applies to every other public body in the country,” said Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker, who opposed the move. "It is also deeply undemocratic that MPs on both the Government and Conse

Link dump. I used to be very obsessive about writing down ever single quotes I even mildly liked and collecting it in a notebook. Today I found the notebook. Sometimes being reminded is important.-"Internal corruption, That's the oldest one of all. The farce has beeen going on for centuries and men still fall for it. Yet the test should be so simple: just listen to any prophetand you head him speak of sacrifice - run. Run fsaster than from a plague. It stands to reason that where there's a sacrifice, there's someone collecting sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there's someone being served. The man who spekas to you of sacrifice speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master. But if you hear a man telling you that you must be happym that it is your natural right, that your first duty is to yourself - that will be the man who's not after four soul. That will be the man who has nothing to gain from you. But let him come and you'll scream your empty heads off

I find it rather ironic that George Lucas recently called Spider-Man 3 “silly”, implying that the movie is nothing more than shallow entertainment. "There just isn't much there. Once you take it all apart, there's not much story, is there?" That’s something like Bush chastising Blair for not withdrawing from Iraq; or the Chicago Bears starting Superbowl quarterback Rex Gross chiding secondary Brian Griese for failing to complete a pass.

The Carolina Panthers have cut Keyshawn Johnson, just a few days after selecting Dwayne Jarrett, another USC wide receiver.It's ironic since Keyshawn said that he was looking forward to help Jarrett develop, and now he's out of a job, mainly because of Jarrett's arrival. I wonder if Keyshawn would've taken a knife and stabbed Jarrett in his thigh if he'd known in advance that this would happen. I dunno, that's how punters at Northern Colorado seem to handle their competition....Either way, some are speculating that Keyshawn's career might be over now and i wouldn't be surprised if he did call it quits now. But there might be some teams out there that are interested in 35-year old, selfish, loud-mouth, possession receivers that are allergic to the endzone.

From a m4w ad, posted without further comment: I think that this time I'll work the intelligence angle. I've noticed that I seem to get along best with people who consider themselves to be smarter than the average person walking down the street. I mean, yes, physical attractiveness is of course important, but I think that there's something to be said for mental attractiveness as well. Do you feel the same way? If so, send a pic

Finally, someone is able to realize a real, tangible benefit from our interventionist policies in the Middle East. Ironically, the beneficiaries are receiving a lot of criticism and being accused of profiteering. I supposed that is ok, if you ignore the profit motive involved in waging war over oil. Captured sailor Faye Turney and her fellow hostages were accused of ‘behaving like reality TV stars’ after being given permission to cash in on their ordeal. The 15 sailors and Marines have been told they can sell their stories to the media by the Ministry of Defence, which bracketed the “exceptional circumstances” surrounding their 13-day ordeal with winners of the Victoria Cross. News that Mrs Turney alone is likely to make at least £100,000 was condemned by former Defence Ministers, ex-soldiers - and families who have lost loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Source: Outrage as Iran captives cash in | News | This is London Technorati tags: Iran, hostages, captiv

From the Raw Story Man dies after being pricked by crab he was preparing for dinner German Press Agency Published: Wednesday March 21, 2007 Singapore- A man pricked by a live crab he was preparing for dinner died 48 hours later in a rare case of flesh-eating bacteria infection from seafood, a news report said Thursday. Tan Boon Hock, 83, put a bandage on the small cut but began vomiting and suffering diarrhoea hours later. He was rushed to the Accident and Emergency Department of the National University Hospital.

Has Tim Johnson's illness saved his political career? Quite possiblySouth Dakota is to many the GOP's best chance of picking up a Senate seat next year, but the GOP is having trouble recruiting a candidate and in fundraising. Seems the GOP doesn't exactly know how to attack a man when he's down (Quick, call Ann Coulter!)Aside from Governor Mike Rounds, there isn't really a Republican who stands out against the popular Johnson. If Johnson is about to return to work, which is likely before the summer, and fully recovers, his brave fight with overshadow any other issue in the race. Although, I would say that shouldn't be the case, that is the tragic irony.Johnson's vulnerability is not because of his illness, but rather his electoral history. Johnson defeated Republican incumbent Larry Pressler in 1996 by a 51%-49% margin and won reelection in 2002 by a few hundred votes.If the Republicans do not manage to target Johnson and defeat him, they leave GOP Freshman Senator John Thune at

Tragic Irony:1. My wife being more excited about the American Idle Idol premiere than she was about the 24 Premiere.2. Afterwards, turning on the Houston /Dallas basketball game and finding her pulling for the Mavs rather than the Rockets.There has been a disturbance in the force.

The page at -airlines-not-a-mistake/29253-7.html(link may not be active later)Is Vijay Mallya listening??? Now you know why you still make losses in spite of such media coverage ;) Hope Kingfisher Airlines ad comes sometime next :)All the best Mallya!Updated later-

One year ago, Liberal environment minister Stéphane Dion was awarded the "Fossil of the Year" award, in light of the Canadian government's lack of concrete action to avert our contribution towards climate change.Fast forward to the present, and Dion is holding his first press conference as new Liberal leader, assuring the media that he is not limitied to a single issue (the environment).From the CBC:In his first news conference since winning the federal Liberal leadership, Stéphane Dion described himself as a "proud Quebecer" who is more than just a single-issue politician....Dion also said he plans to focus on more than just the environment. He reiterated campaign promises to fight for economic prosperity, social justice and environmental sustainability.Don't get me wrong - this post is not a swipe at Dion. I do not doubt his determination to improve Canada's environment - had Jack Layton not triggered the January 2006 election, Dion may have had the time to see his progressive

The Cowboys are in the redzone against the Giants and Drew Bledsoe for some reason just rushesd for a touchdown. The fact that I'm starting Julius Jones and Marion Barber makes that fact as painfull as dry humping a cactus.Really, Drew Bledsoe rushing for a touchdown is the equivalent of finding water on the sun.

So we finally went ahead and saw S.O.A.P as the internet phenomenon has been abbreviated. I'm not really going to try to explain the whole joke: there are people who get it, others who don't. And I do realize the real fun and novelty of it all is over, I mean we've been sticking with the same jokes for over 10 months now and I'm sure people are getting tired of it. But one must always try to close a charade in STYLE. So we did. And I had just such a blast.Anyone observing this whole soap opera should realize it's all about your personal experience at the movie theater. Because the movie obviously STINKS. It's of no use asking about the quality of the movie. No reason to get into the story or the characters or the cg or the snakes. The filmmakers think they bring joy and laughter but their jokes are bad, the action is stupid and the acting really really sucks. But all of that don't matter. It is you who is having fun because you are PERFORMING the title. The story is y

This is a classic! Particularly aimed at the GPS smuggies among you all. That reminds me of a really nice phone I saw on the Engadget Christmas list the other day, but I'm not sure if it works here in Europe. Back to the point, here's the cartoon.Sweet stuff huh? Having never had the chance to get one over someone in this way, I wouldn't know quite how sweet, but it looks great!

Hello everybody. This is my first official OvalOffice2008 Blog post. I'm a member/poster of several discussion boards across the Internet, but I confess this is my first attempt of dipping my toe into the waters of pseudo-journalism and opinion-posting. Please, be kind!***This morning I woke up and scanned the news for the day. Living in Chicago, the article about Illinois Senator Barack Obama naturally caught my eye:The Washinton Post today reports a front-page story on Senator Barack Obama's past drug history. Generally, the story re-tells passages from Obama's 11 year-old biography regarding his experimentation with both pot and cocaine. The article also goes into a perfunctory political history of candidates and their various admissions, denials, or semi-admissions ("I didn't inhale,"), of previous drug use.In Obama's own back-yard, the Chicago Sun-Times political columnist Lynn Sweet gives a nod to the WaPo story and writes:"Based on the page one placement by the Post,

I just realized that I am a Share the Love Blog Award finalist in the category of "Best Humor." HA HA HA HA HA!!! Oh, the irony. This hasn't been my funniest week -- and yet, I find the timing of this hilarious -- and somehow so typical for me. I appreciate the honor of having been nominated and to be a finalist is beyond the pale. If you are visiting this blog for the first time from the

Glenn Beck: not too bright, is he?Glenn Beck teeing off on Keith Olbermann:Glenn Beck responded tonight, calling Olbermann an “intolerant ideologue” whose ideas “smack of the same McCarthyism [Edward R.] Murrow fought so valiantly against.” Beck added, “Hey, Keith, you’re not saving the world’s democracy; you’re killing it, my friend, by trying to limit the marketplace of ideas to only those that reflect your own.”Glenn Beck then interviewing professional-media-whore Bill Donahue:On the February 26 edition of his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck hosted Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights president Bill Donohue to discuss The Lost Tomb of Jesus, a documentary about the alleged discovery of the bones of Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene, and "Judah son of Jesus." Donohue asked, "Why is it that, you know, other religions aren't held to the same degree of scrutiny?" Beck, who had earlier said that Lost Tomb filmmaker James Cameron was "officially running for a