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I am starting a campaign to save the paragraph. I may get bumper stickers printed up.
Email and other electronic forms of instant communication have done much to butcher and change written communication. One of these is the loss of the paragraph in such writings.
For me, at least, it makes some of these hard to read when they run for 100s of words without a pause or logically grouping thoughts.
SAVE THE PARAGRAPH
You’ve all seen them. Various bumper stickers denigrating socialism, health care reform, anything supposedly Liberal.
There does not seem to be a whole lot of ones out there of the other ilk. How about coming up with a few?
I’ll start it off.
Capitalism: Where 10% of the people have 65% of the wealth.
Capitalism: Have you checked your 401k lately.
I love how Korporations manage MY health care.
Canada could teach US about citizen centered government
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Bobby Henderson available at Amazon.com
Okay here is the deal in a nutshell. If you think the probability of a deity being a Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is on equal par with a deity being Allah, Jesus, Jehovah, or whomever then you will find this book entertaining. If that thought offends you will in all unlikely not enjoy this book. Personally, in the last situation, I think you should read the book just to see what the other side thinks and believes.
The book stems from a letter Bobby Henderson wrote to the Kansas Board of Education when they were putting Intelligent Design on par with the theory of evolution in the public school curriculum. He has a point, if Intelligent Design is to be taught why not yet another point of view.
The book is basically an effort to expand on that original letter. Parts of it are a little dense or dry. Parts of it are very funny. Parts are some what redundant.
I enjoyed it, but take it for what it is a spoof on all things religious.
My future plans involve having a monk’s robe made out of Mexican blanket material, grabbing a pirate hat and patch and going to the Big Lebowski Festival as a Dudeist priest of the Pastafarian flavor.
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein available at Amazon.com
Book Review by Sister Lorie
I’m not sure how this book came to my attention, it’s not my usual read. It’s told from the point of view of , Enzo, an aging dog as he recounts his doggie life. He is a dog philosopher and expounds on his view of humanity and our views. He is frustrated with his lack of anatomical ability to communicate to his humans and is left with doggie drool and gestures.
I don’t want this to be a spoiler, so let me just say this. Anyone who has been emotionally attached to a dog or thought that the dog has understood a conversation will love this book. I found myself laughing out loud at Enzo’s take on the owners in-laws and his way of letting them know he didn’t care for them. The end is touching and puts in words what I have long suspected. Great read if you have or have had a dog. If you don’t have a dog, this book may give you the desire to spend time with one of creation’s best creatures.
Movie Review by Sister Lorie
You can’t miss the trailers and commercials, so you know the drill. Ten foot tall blue folks don’t like it when humans invade and want to strip mine their world. Evil humans don’t care; they just want the goods. Sounds like ‘Dances With Wolves’ in space. Maybe so, but there is no new story, only new applications of stories. With that said, I liked it. I liked the wonder of a place that was like no other. Animals that were similar enough and different enough at the same time. The wonder of a damaged human who discovers his soul.
Now for the presentation. This movie is what 3-d should have been all along. I found myself wanting to swipe at the ‘floating things’ that got too close to my face. The detail is amazing. I didn’t find anything to nit-pick in the more than 2.5 hours I sat stone still. Ok, maybe a quick intermission for a pit stop would have been useful.
This is a must see in 3-d, don’t be cheap.
This from an op-id piece by Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for The New Your Times. He lists several alternative charitable organizations. Something to think about, and maybe somplace to shoot some some of your donations.
Some of us get to the fork in the road, see the sign that advises that the bridge is out ahead, and take that fork anyway. All of us make some bad choices or decisions. Some of us make more than others.
My brother has probably made more than many. One of those was to continue smoking in the face of all the evidence of its harmfulness. Another was choosing to work jobs that did not require urinalysis as part of the employment screening process.
Don’t get me wrong, my brother is a hard worker. He is a conscientious worker, and he prides himself in doing a good job. He does not partake of substances illegal or otherwise during working hours. Continue reading “Health Care System Forces Bad Decisions”
A recent article in The New Yorker, Offensive Play How different are dog fighting and football? By Malcolm Gladwell, explores the effect of extreme contact sports like football and boxing on the human brain.
For an American male, I’m a bit of an anomaly. I do not really follow sports, except professional golf mildly. There are several reasons for this.
One would be that for me personally sports are more for the doing rather than the watching. I engage in several at a fairly incompetent level, but I enjoy them nevertheless.
Secondly, a while back, I just got bored with them. Continue reading “How different are dog fighting and football”
Here is the link to the article in the Wall Street Journal Saving Mexico
I’m not a big fan of drugs. I’ve seen them ruin too many lives. I’m also not a big fan of keeping drugs illegal. That is also wrecking too many lives. Add to that the amount of energy and resources being wasted enforcing the criminalization and it equals crazy. The energy/resources could be better used elsewhere.
We tried alcohol prohibition and that did not work. It created vast criminal enterprises. It is the same with drugs. I appreciate that there is a moral argument here. Continue reading “Objective should be to make the U.S. self-sufficient in marijuana”
I don’t normally read books on war or military actions. I originally started to read this book because my mother’s brother is Paul Henry Carr. He died in this battle.
I remember hearing stories about him almost the whole time I was growing up. My grandmother would every once in a great while bring out his medals and show them to us grandkids. I think it made her proud and sad all at the same time. I remember a comic book about the battle that I believe was published by the Navy that she kept around the house. His sisters talked about him for many years like he had taken a trip to the coast and would be back soon. Continue reading “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors”