I am such a geek.
It’s a remote control. A MAGIC WAND REMOTE CONTROL!
And I will not share with the children.
From firebox.com.
Found at Rare Bird Finds.
Posted by: Michele | November 20, 2009
Wand want.
Posted in Find My Happy Place, geekery | Tags: Find My Happy Place, geek, magic, magic wand, remote control, Shopping, want
Posted by: Michele | November 20, 2009
Welcome to Post-racial America.
Rev. Jesse Jackson will conduct your orientation.
That’s right. Your skin color determines your votes. In fact, if you could just register your skin color with the government, you will never have to actually use your brain to think for yourself again.
Posted in politics, stupid | Tags: healthcare, jesse jackson, politics, post-racial, racist?
Posted by: Michele | November 19, 2009
An accurate health headline. Really.
Bravo to Canada.com for actually describing a study of a potential therapy for people with Down’s Syndrome.
Mouse study points to treatment for Down syndrome
Isn’t that amazing? It’s a mouse study and it points to a possible therapy. Yeah! And the article itself is well-written and clearly describes what was done, what the study tells us, and the potential for future research/therapy.
Other news sites stuck with the traditional “health headline hyperbole“.
Posted in health, media | Tags: Down's Syndrome, health, health headline hyperbole, media, mice, research
Posted by: Michele | November 19, 2009
Lots of H1N1.
H1N1 is the predominant influenza virus currently circulating. The decision to postpone seasonal influenza vaccinations in favor of directing resources towards H1N1 seems to be the correct choice.
Oops. The image is really bad but you get the point. Blue is H1N1 and purple is seasonal influenza as a proportion of all influenza subtyping.
This is from the CDC for November 1 – 7, 2009.
Posted in health | Tags: cdc, global distribution, H1N1, health, influenza, seasonal flu
Posted by: Michele | November 19, 2009
Scenes from next week’s show.
We’ve watched every episode of NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles this year and many episodes of the various CSI series. At the end of each episode, I expect to see a preview of next week’s episode of the show that I just watched.
Not “The Good Wife”!
Seriously.
I’m almost positive that every single episode of NCIS: Los Angeles has ended with a promo for “The Good Wife” as has almost every episode of NCIS. For all I know, maybe CBS promos that show after every other show in their line up. Is it working? CBS needs to stop pushing this show. I’m not going to watch it. In fact, had I even thought about maybe watching it, I definitely would not watch it now. I want that show to go away and I want the previews back. Now. Thank you.
Posted in entertainment | Tags: entertainment, NCIS, previews, promos, random, rant, television, The Good Wife
Posted by: Michele | November 19, 2009
No More Homework
Wow.
A family in Calgary has negotiated a no homework policy for their children. Shelli and Tom Milley are both lawyers which certainly helped them in this quest but I know the vast majority of parents would love to have the same policy for their children. I know that I would.
Actually, I have to admit that homework has not been an issue this year but that simply serves to illustrate the inconsistency between teachers. One teacher assigns lots of homework and projects which must be completed at home while another teacher assigns no homework at all. Children in the same grade can have vastly different amounts of homework.
My vote is for virtually no homework in early elementary school with some homework in the later grades to prepare for high school. Even in high school amounts of homework should be minimal, not excessive.
Posted by: Michele | November 19, 2009
Cabbie Cat Fight?
I saw this tonight on CBC News (you know … that 10 minute segment of local news around 11 pm?):
Cabbie says rival punched him over prime spot
Of course it’s wrong to punch anyone over a parking spot but what are the Comfort Cab drivers thinking? Why are they parking in spots clearly marked as being reserved for the other taxi companies in town? Those companies have paid for the spots. Maybe they should be at City Hall finding out when those spots come up for renewal and applying for a share of them. Breaking the rules isn’t going to build up public sympathy for their cause.
And Blueline should have a chat with their drivers about assaulting people over a parking space.
All of this just makes me want to completely avoid taking taxis in Saskatoon.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: assault, cabbies, parking, reservations, Saskatoon, taxi
Posted by: Michele | November 18, 2009
Where should you eat?
Eating The Road has an absolutely brilliant flow chart to help you to decide where to eat (fast food edition).
First question: Are you in Canada? If yes, eat at Tim Hortons.
If not, you’ll have to check the flow chart.
Posted in food | Tags: decisions, flow chart, food, funny, life, restaurants, Tim Horton's
Posted by: Michele | November 18, 2009
This will probably happen to me one day.
Posted by: crazybengal | November 17, 2009
Keyboard Cat Didn’t Fear The Reaper
Rock on Fatty, Rock on!
Posted in heroes | Tags: cats, cowbell, keyboardcat, meme
Posted by: Michele | November 16, 2009
Wow. That’s a lot of outrage.
I was catching up on Snapped Shot tonight and found a link to The Amboy Times’ “List of Things That Offend Muslims.”
Wow. Really. Just wow. There must be over 200 links.
Posted by: Michele | November 16, 2009
The Real Guantanamo Bay
Stephen Crowder’s latest video should be mandatory viewing.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: America, gitmo, Guantanamo, military, obama, pride, Stephen Crowder, terrorists
Posted by: Michele | November 16, 2009
When did “inshallah” become the new “namaste”?
Why would an apparently stereotypical hippie chick close an Etsy listing with “inshallah“?
Just wondering.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: catch phrase, Etsy, Guilticulturalism, inshallah, namaste, random
Posted by: crazybengal | November 16, 2009
President Noob
Posted by: Michele | November 16, 2009
I was a remote control.
Our children are spoiled and they don’t even realize how good they have it.
My mom didn’t need remote controls. She had three children. If she wanted the channel changed, she told one of us to do it. Is she wanted the volume adjusted, she told one of us to do it. When we had to drive somewhere, one of the kids closed the garage door. When we got home, one of the kids got out of the car and ran to open the garage door for mom. This happened in hot weather and cold weather and rainy weather. Don’t want to open the door for mom? Tough beans. You’re a kid. She’s the boss.
I am too nice to the children.
Posted in family | Tags: children, family, good old days, life, mom, parenting, random, remote control, spoiled
Posted by: Michele | November 15, 2009
Playing dress-up
Why are the heads of national governments expected to play dress-up whenever they attend international meetings?
This photo is from the APEC Summit in Singapore. Stephen Harper would NEVER wear a silky blue blouse in Canada. Not even in a campaign commercial. Not even under a sweater.
At least it’s not those bizarre sheer white shirts in the Philippines. Small favors.
Posted in Guilticulturalism, politics | Tags: APEC Summit, costumes, dress-up, Harper, obama, politics, Singapore
Posted by: Michele | November 15, 2009
Why am I even surprised?
Sarah Palin is a creationist.
I’m going to start a list — “who I will not vote for”.
#1 - Creationist (especially Young Earth Creationist)
Posted in politics, science, stupid | Tags: creationist, evolution, politics, Sarah Palin, science
Posted by: Michele | November 15, 2009
Another reason to avoid products from China.
Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China
Just click the above link and look through all of the photos.
By purchasing cheap goods from China, we are financially supporting all of the polution pictured. It’s globalized NIMBY.
Oops! I found this on Small Dead Animals.
Posted by: Michele | November 15, 2009
Colorblind military? Nope.
If this is true, it’s crazy.
The Naval Academy Color Guard at the World Series Game on Rembrance Day/Veterans Day was changed to make it more “diverse” and “inclusive”.
I had hoped that the military would not be affected with guilticulturalism but no such luck.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Guilticulturalism, military, Navy, rembrance day, World Series
Posted by: Michele | November 15, 2009
Nidal Malik Hasan explains himself.
In what must have been the most bizarre grand rounds the doctors involved will ever see, Maj. Nidal M. Hasan spoke about Muslims in the US military and what the Koran and hadiths say on the topic. (Grand rounds are typically one hour presentations on a medical topic. ie. colon cancer, H1N1 vaccination, stroke, etc. Not religious treatises.)
The Washington Post has the set of slides from Hasan’s grand rounds presentation. They are startling. The Rubin Report has a great discussion of the presentation but you really should view all of the slides yourself.
Basically, Hasan states very clearly that based on the Koran Muslims cannot serve in the US military and that it is his responsibility, as a Muslim, to fight those who kill Muslims. He explains abrogation and the “Verse of the Sword” and writes “We love death more than you love life!”
He killed American soldiers because he was following the instructions in the Koran. As a Muslim, it was his duty.
That’s what he said.
Posted in Islam, Jihad | Tags: abrogation, Fort Hood, Islam, Koran, muslim, Nidal M. Hasan, Nidal Malik Hasan, verse of the sword
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