Political correctness
a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

Twitter Detritus (03-10)

Another month’s worth of mental flotsam and jetsam in tweet-sized bites:

01 – Did the taxes. It’s not pretty. Hope the kids can pay me back soon. Any and all donations graciously accepted.
02 – 17 Ridiculous Laws still on the books. Have to wonder why some of these were passed in the first place.
02 – Shaving [...]

Eastre

Here’s an interesting item, “Who is the Eastre Rabbit?”. It explains the origins of the association of rabbits and eggs with our Easter celebrations. Like other “Christian” holidays, it was hi-jacked by the Church in order to convert the indigenous pagans to Christianity. Essentially, the Church allowed them to keep their fertility festival but added [...]

Who Do You Think You Are?

I’ve been watching the NBC series Who Do You Think You Are? with great interest. I find the series quite interesting. I don’t care that the person whose ancestry is featured each week is a celebrity. I realize that the celebrity connections create interest and ratings and I don’t have a problem with that. I’d [...]

Unsupported Browser

I was searching for an image today and got the following page after clicking on the link:

Unsupported Browser

The browser you are using (Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.0; U; en) Presto/2.5.22 Version/10.51) is currently unsupported. Please update your browser to the most current level.

Updates for Internet Explorer

Updates for Netscape Navigator

These folks need to move into the 21st [...]

No Profound Truth Here

I saw an episode of South Park where the class had to read Catcher in the Rye as it had just come off the banned book list. After reading it, the boys couldn’t figure out what about this book caused it to be banned or why everyone made such a big deal about it (same [...]

Obama's Package

Here’s the best headline I’ve seen in a very long time:

G.I. Joe, Barbie, and Ken

Back when I was a kid, G.I. Joe was a full-sized, poseable action figure for which you could purchase a wide variety of uniforms, weapons and other action accessories. They were so much better than today’s G.I. Joe toys.

Of course, my sisters had Barbie and Ken and when G.I. Joe was on R&R, Barbie would [...]

The Making of Me: John Barrowman

Technorati Tags: BBC-America,Barrowman,gay,homosexuality,nature,nurture,theory

Yesterday evening I watched The Making of Me: John Barrowman on BBC-America in which he searched for the origins of his homosexuality. Was it a choice, was he born gay or was it due to something in his childhood environment?

He underwent CAT scans, psychological tests, DNA testing and other tests to determine why [...]

Thoughts on Food

I’m sure most people don’t watch (or not watch) television commercials as I do. I generally mute them so at least my ears aren’t assaulted. I’d blank the screen to protect my eyes if I had some means of knowing when the program was back on (not that I’d really miss anything).

All those chain restaurants [...]

Life and Music

Life and Music, a good piece about life. I wouldn’t have expected something like this from Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

For what it’s worth…