Adjusted Reality

Back Asswards

2006-06-05T08:12:00.000-05:00

So much for separation of church and state. This measure better not pass, or we might as well throw out civil rights and women's right to vote while we're at it.

May Day May Day

2006-05-01T15:07:00.000-05:00

If you haven't heard about the protests going on today, or you think they're stupid, you've been living under a bigoted, antediluvian rock. In case you seem to think these people should just go home, YOU try going to this website and see if you can figure out how to get a work VISA all by yourself. I can't and I've worked in a law office for 5 years.

Now imagine you can't read English but you can speak it. Or imagine you've just graduated from a U.S. high school and in all ways but one you are a bona fide American teenager. You don't even speak Spanish. Suddenly the U.S. government wants to pass laws that make it a felony for you to live in your homeland of the United States. Aren't you innocent? What did you do wrong? Why would they deport you to a foreign country when you pay taxes and work for a living, and don't break any laws except the one they just passed specifically against you??

I'd protest too!

Makes sense to me

2006-04-06T07:03:00.000-05:00

Behind every joke, fairy tale, folk story, or Biblical account must be at least some grain of truth. How else did the story start? A fascinating sci fi book that looks at such things is Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card. But if you want reality, read the linked article about a man who's about to get a whole lot of hate mail. Some idiots just can't read between the lines.

We all accept that Jesus was a man, and yet more than a man. Men cannot walk on water. But they sure can walk on ice! (I guess - technically - you could say ice is water, right?)

Can't wait to read this book!

2006-04-05T07:17:00.000-05:00

I have always loved history, but not just facts and figures. Oh no, I like to know about the people who went through what we now call "history". What was it like? Did they know the events they lived were going to be taught to children in schools? Tell me more than "a war was fought on here on March 2" blah blah blah. What were the soldiers wearing? What did they eat? Was it cold? Hot? Did that affect the outcome? Were they scared? Angry? Tell me about their lives. Was someone waiting for them back home?

Here is a book that promises all these things. Not only is it a personal account of one citizen's struggle through the Vietnam War, but it's that of a female surgeon. Very compelling stuff. However, near as I can figure, it's only been published in Vietnamese. Amazon doesn't have it. Anyone know more about this book? Does it come in English yet?

Words cannot describe...

2006-03-25T20:50:00.000-05:00

.. nor adequately express my gratitude and awe. I borrowed these pictures from the dealership's website. It has one minor flaw you cannot see... only smell but others might also call it a bonus. Heheheh

Who's really in urgent?

2006-03-24T08:12:00.000-05:00

I understand that reporters can sit down at their computer and crank out a story in a hurry but for the love of English, could ya run a spellcheck?? Especially when millions of people are going to read it? Check out the link. It was also linked on Yahoo's main page.

Funny how that works...

2006-03-23T13:49:00.000-05:00

I find it interesting to note that last week we heard how Bush's approval ratings are in the toilet, and this week, we hear that people are growing more tolerant (or at the very least, less intolerant) of gay marriage. Coincidence?? Or poor data?

Another Idiot on the Road

2006-03-20T13:20:00.000-05:00

Yes, it's me! Many people over the years have found it incredulous that I did not have, nor had I ever had, a U.S. driver's license. Even at 19 they were surprised. I've never had one revoked or suspended, because I've never had one!

Driving is not a right; it's a privilege. Yet so many people take it for granted every day, so much so that people do all kinds of things in their cars in the middle of traffic! One lady was arrested for taking both hands off the steering wheel to put on makeup on the most dangerous stretch of road in the UK. Are we in so much of a hurry that we can't do this crap at home?

How I got this far without driving is a long story. It was due to a combination of circumstance, luck, misfortune, ingenuity, and (you may not believe this one) patience. Despite fighting it tooth and nail, I guess I'll grow up now. The support I received the last few months to get to this point has been invaluable, memorable and humbling.

So. . .Anyone selling a car? Free to good home? :)

So crazy, So sowwy

2006-03-08T13:55:00.000-05:00

I've been crazy busy lately. News has been slow, except for that part where the President thinks it's okay to let other countries have a controlling interest in our U.S. Ports. I believe in free trade and free speech, but I also believe FDR did a lot of good for this country when he started public resources. Our ports should be public, not privately held. Duh!

But on another note, I have something fun! Take my questionnaire, then make one of your own! Find out about your friends! This is not a chain letter. :P

BOYCOTT SOUTH DAKOTA!

2006-02-24T20:33:00.000-05:00

Why I'm boycotting South Dakota RWH-style. Nothing but stupid men and half-dead buffalo there anyway. Roe v. Wade, like all law on the books, is not sacred, but it was monumental! It established women had right over their own bodies. You know, like they're people too? What right does a body of men have over what a woman does with her body? Especially if a man (who could be her brother or father!) raped her and put her in this situation!

I am especially scared when they start spewing words like

"I think the stars are aligned," said House Speaker Matthew Michels, a Republican. "Simply put, now is the time."

NOW IS THE TIME?? Are the aliens coming next? I should finish that bomb shelter. Sheesh.

Under Renovation

2006-02-23T08:51:00.000-05:00

As you can see, I've figured out how to add a picture. Since my blog should reflect my life, I'll be making some renovations around here very soon! The beliefs won't change but perhaps the package will be prettier. One can only hope, right? :P

Biggest Liars

2006-02-09T08:16:00.000-05:00

These events have got to be the biggest lie ever propagated. The puppeteers were just looking for some excuse, no matter how trivial, to start a bigger war. The scary part for me is that the loudest puppeteer of them all, Iran, may have developed nuclear weapons! Neither side can back down without losing face here, creating a lose-lose situation. Do we capitulate and appease, supposedly denying free speech (although I don't believe defaming someone else's religion is what free speech should be all about) or do they blaspheme against their One True God? There is no good answer. The question we need to be asking ourselves is,

Can we avoid sparking World War III ?

Ya Missed Lady!

2006-01-31T11:46:00.000-05:00

I was appalled to read about another angry ex-postal worker "going postal," but after reading the next headline, I understood her frustration. Or perhaps I was projecting my own. Meh. And if you wondered why Wal-Mart prices weren't quite low enough and why the healthcare sucks, now you know. Imagine how low they could go without guys like Tom Coughlin around? Although, considering what tight sticklers Wal-Mart corporate is, this guy deserves some recognition for sneaking off with even a penny. And for his next trick, he will be breaking out of Fort Knox.

(Mal)Adjusting

2006-01-24T12:47:00.000-05:00

Expect some changes, lotta movin', little shakin'.... But go not gently into that dark night, my friends. Feeling a little vaklempt. Hillary has been made into a patsy for telling the truth. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Fairer sex?

2006-01-20T12:10:00.000-05:00

Although men can knit too, they are physiologically meaner than women, proving my personal belief that men start wars and women bury the children. Maybe, as they say, the US really could be ready for a woman president, but NOT THIS ONE. Do female leaders do better, or worse? Or do they have to believe and act like a man to hold those positions against other men (thereby gaining the reputations of "bull dikes," and the like)? Why can't sexy women be powerful without seeming cheap, yet high power male executives become idolized as sex symbols? Food for thought!

And in other news, I say hurrah to some common sense in our court systems, but I'm afraid Bush's new and improved S. Ct. will strike this one down, I'm sure.

We wanna die! We wanna die!

2006-01-13T08:02:00.000-05:00

I've heard of people protesting against a lot of things, but why are they protesting against an indoor smoking ban? Do they not read? Oh wait, New Jersey you say? They probably don't even know what fresh air is. Personally I think they should pass federal indoor smoking bans, and while they're at it, please increase the penalties for selling tobacco to minors. The stuff is nasty, and it keels joo. If there were a vote to eradicate tobacco from the earth, I'd check "Aye".

Sleeper Agent or Just Asleep?

2006-01-12T08:09:00.000-05:00

You decide!

Geekin Out

2006-01-04T09:55:00.000-05:00

Like, no way. I found a new website and I am totally geeking out. Some of you may remember I scored 97% on an online test of "How nerdy are you?" (4% higher than AO) and well, you get the picture. If ever you want ideas for what to buy me for gifts, look no further.

Here are a just a few:
T-shirt with the molecular symbol for caffeine.
Power strip without the strip (it's not called a squid for nothin!)
Water-powered calculator or clock (only THE most expensive item you couldn't buy in AD&D)
Suction cups that speaker-fy anything
One handed keyboard
An LED ant farm!

Need I say more?

Glad I'm not the only one

2005-12-07T07:57:00.000-05:00

This headline caught my eye only because it looked like Yahoo News had picked up an editorial from RIGHTWING HOWLER except it's not his genre.

IS GEORGE BUSH THE WORST PRESIDENT -- EVER?

Likely RWH would call this more liberal media lying and crying. However, I think there are some very good points here, all of which may be backed up by cold hard facts.

. . . historians [have] said -- and it should be noted that some of the criticism about deficit spending and misuse of the military came from self-identified conservatives -- about the Bush record:

He has taken the country into an unwinnable war and alienated friend and foe alike in the process;
He is bankrupting the country with a combination of aggressive military spending and reduced taxation of the rich;
He has deliberately and dangerously attacked separation of church and state;
He has repeatedly "misled," to use a kind word, the American people on affairs domestic and foreign;
He has proved to be incompetent in affairs domestic (New Orleans) and foreign (Iraq and the battle against al-Qaida);
He has sacrificed American employment (including the toleration of pension and benefit elimination) to increase overall productivity;
He is ignorantly hostile to science and technological progress;
He has tolerated or ignored one of the republic's oldest problems, corporate cheating in supplying the military in wartime.

I think RWH should take a good hard look at that last one: "corporate cheating in supplying the military in wartime" - one thing our leader should never do is turn his back on our armed forces. How do you defend that? What is your justification?

The next president is going to have a big mess to clean up in this country and I for one can't wait until January 20, 2009 when our lives can get back to normal again.

Perhaps an insanity plea would be better

2005-12-07T07:41:00.000-05:00

So you've all heard that Saddam is digging in his heels and declaring his trial court unjust. What criminal hasn't? But now he's just blubbering.

Saddam . . .complained that he and the seven other defendants were tired and had been deprived of opportunities to shower, have a change of clothes, exercise or smoke.

"This is terrorism," he declared.

No honey, that's called prison. But don't get too comfy; you're about to get the needle.

Bit Torrent a Bit Short

2005-11-23T07:54:00.000-05:00

This article might interest those Bit Torrent fans out there. Hollywood got to them, too! I didn't hear anything on the radio news but I found one tiny little article on Yahoo. I wonder if it's just that the MPAA carries less weight than Metallica. Does this mean we have to sit through more of those "don't hurt the little people" ads before the movie? These people make so much money - whether building sets or filming them - that I have little sympathy when they cry over things like Bit Torrent. They still get credit for doing the movies; they just don't get as many royalties. What happened to the time when it was about art for art's sake? Now it's just all about the money.

Cleanin up the streets

2005-11-11T07:57:00.000-05:00

Discovered a few interesting articles this morning. Apparently, there have been many significant archaeologic finds in the Middle East published just this week.

All made possible by deposing a dictator who made tourists disappear. Now imagine what we'd find if that region was as safe as say, Kansas. Proving once again that razing the region to the ground is not a viable answer (much as we might want to).

Cows for Brains

2005-11-09T12:35:00.000-05:00

The attached article did not surprise me but it did make me sad. Americans seem to be so revulsed by homosexuality that they are blind to the people they hurt, just as we have been (and continue to be) blinded by race and gender. If history has taught us anything, it's that banning people and activities just makes them worse. Reference the Roaring 20s when a U.S. Constitutional ban on alcohol funded the mafia and organized crime; and the riots of the 60s and 70s due to racial segregation. That's just our country's recent history. The sad truth is that a Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage would pass in this country today, simply because the majority of our voting body is made up of ethnocentric, uninformed WASPs. Witness the last election. However I honestly believe that should a President be stupid enough to put a Constitutional amendment on the ballot on this issue, history will rue the day, just as we hate ourselves for banning alcohol and women's and minorities' rights to vote.

Roe v. Wade a Minute!

2005-11-01T08:10:00.000-05:00

Unless you've had your head in the sand, you've heard that Bush has actually nominated a judge to fill the empty seat on the S.Ct. However the anti-abortion groups throwing confetti seems like one more sign the Apocalypse is on its way. If Scalito successfully throws out Roe v. Wade, I'm moving to Canada. For example, "Alito upheld a requirement for spousal notification in an abortion case more than a decade ago." He was the only dissenting judge. What kind of ethnocentric moron thinks it's a good idea to tell the possibly angry and gun-toting husband about his wife's (possibly soon to be ex-wife's) abortion? Why not just hand her a death sentence while you're at it?

And then, "Earlier this year, with O'Connor casting the deciding vote, the high court threw out a death sentence that Alito had upheld in the case of a man who argued that his lawyer had been ineffective." Talk about irony that he's taking her job. Some would call that a bone to pick.

I hope the hearings and confirmings tear this guy apart, but sadly, I think he'll take the office right next to Roberts. How does that song go? O' Canada, O' Canada...

Big and Blogger Than Ever

2005-10-28T06:55:00.000-05:00

Apparently those old fuddy-duddys in the big white building are taking more notice of blogs these days. Even writing their own! "Blogging is the new talk radio." Does that mean we're also headed for boring extinction? I have also read a few articles recently about lawyers starting their own blogs too. They are trying to term them "blawgs." *groan* And this article also makes up a new word to describe blogs as a media source: blogosphere. Exactly what is wrong with the word "blog" that you have to add -osphere to the end? We don't call it radiosphere, TV-osphere, or earthosphere. The term blogosphere smacks of misunderstanding. Like calling an install a download, or complaining that the Internet is down. Really?? The whole Internet? Quick! Someone call the Pentagon! The Internet is down. *sigh*