The Wiggles, Barney.. or Calliou?
I am thinking the little pale whiny kid Calliou. Just sometimes can’t take him.. reaching the breaking point with the Wiggles, of course, until their damn songs get stuck in my head.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
One year ago tonight ..
…was the last night that I was NOT a dad or Tara a mom.
It was the final night alive for Cloud, my sister’s family dog..
It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times.
And those times have passed.. One year later, the night a year ago is the past.
The future is so bright.. gotta wear shades.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Soylent green is people
And if the triple bypass burger doesn’t kill ya, the test tube version may.. For real,there is a good possibility that the first test tube hamburger will be produced this year.. Charleton Heston has left us on earth, but I’m inclined to remind you all that he screamed that Soylent Green was people. No one believed him. What will your test tube burger be? And can you order it well?
Chalk this one up to truth in advertising?
Heart Attack Grill owner defends his restaurant after a patron eats a Triple Bypass Burger—and has heart attack! I’d consider this one just truth in advertising.. don’t the diners sign a waiver? If not it may be time to write one up..
It’s not often we find truth in advertising.
McDonalds doesn’t tell us how bad their product is…
Pizza Hut doesn’t let us know the calories per slice..
So the Heart Attack Grill is, by definition, just being honest..?
This story is sad and alarming: More than 3,000 children from Northern Uganda suffering from debilitating mystery ailment known as nodding disease
The strange disease known only as ‘nodding disease’ is confounding experts.. it is also killing children at an alarming rate.. unknown are the causes.. what is known is this: The disease affects only children and gradually devastates its victims through debilitating seizures, stunted growth, wasted limbs, mental disabilities and sometimes starvation..
This story is sad and alarming: More than 3,000 children from Northern Uganda suffering from debilitating mystery ailment known as nodding disease
News of the day worth noting
Whitney Houston laid to rest in private New Jersey burial..
Returning to an old question.. did in fact the dingo take the baby?
New Mexico college student set for trial.. Why? The 23-year-old woman stole a $2 pumpkin..
Staring at the sun: New sunspot AR1422 is rapidly growing rapidly and could soon pose a threat for M-class solar flares..
Snow shock: The year without a winter gets a storm—in the South where winter rarely hits..
Three dead after Washington state ski resort avalanche..
Reports: US tells Israel not to attack Iran..
Will the FTC probe Google?
Monsanto takes on utilities..
South Korea conducts military drills..
Lil Kim to the North warns of ‘total war’..
Oil soars to 8 month highs..
America the violent: Innocent 9-month-old child killed after shots are fired into Detroit home..
Sick world: Police say the skeleton of a 14-year-old Ohio runaway who went missing in 1999 have been found after the home where she was last seen was demolished.
Don’t spend it all in one place! China iPhone builders get a $.25 pay raise..
NIGHTLINE visits the factory..
APPLE says it is taking the workers’ rights story seriously..
Pressure on FoxConn prompts changes..
LADY GAGA set for SIMPSONE finale appearance..
Flashback for reading fun: ABOVETOPSECRET on John Lear..
It's President's Day, 2012: Who is your favorite?
I always liked Teddy Roosevelt .. he seemed fun. Also he was a fun character in Chris Elliott’s book the SHROUD OF THE THWACKER
So who was yours?
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Just a few
Data collection vs privacy: Lots of fear..
Monica Lewinsky returns ..
Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn’t go; she didn’t want to leave her home of nearly 60 year.. so now he is trying to evict her!
The newest drug fads dangerous to teenagers..
The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the elite Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned..
The ‘nodding disease’ in Africa confounding scientists and now killing children..
Mercury set to shine bright..
Diet soda linked to heart attacks..
Weekend box office..
A big hot bowl of shark fin soup causes trouble for President Obama.. The President was ‘not aware’ than the banned product was still being served at the restaurant where he ordered take out (and got his rear end grabbed numerous times)..
Paranormal investigators hold seminar in Ohio..
Supposed South Carolina UFO sighting may be a hoax..
Michio Kaku maps out massive changes coming..
"Solar flares are the greatest threat to the net"
Saturday, February 18, 2012
So that is what Stonehenge is!
…wait, what does someone think Stonehenge is again?
Inspired by a sound illusion..?
So even if this ‘illusion’ was the inspiration, why build up the giant stones together just to mimic it? It just still does not add up.
Some other news or noise bites from the land of Earth
Let’s begin with something light (sarcasm): John Hogue writes: “Nostradamus: Iran, the River of Blood in Syria”
Religion of love.
Amid controversy and chaos, Benedict names 22 new Cardinals..
"VatiLeaks" embarasses Holy See
An American could be Pope..
So can a Canadian..
And I hope no one names themselves Peter the Roman..The atheists are coming! Big march on the National Mall in March..
What Josh Powell left behind: 400 images of cartoon sex and incest
Bird flu research to be vetted..
Flu will stay secret—for now..
Ancient meteorite standing between Iowa town and its water supply..
The citizens fight back? Against … citizens.. Shoot down private surveillance drone..
The 50 cent stamp coming!?
Images revealed of the ‘vast solar tornado’ on the sun..
Secrets of the DARK KNIGHT revealed..
Reviews lackluster for GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
Nic Cage performance mocked..
Pattison may be too old to return to TWILIGHT films..
Abe Lincoln: America’s first superhero?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER CALLED ‘FAR OUT THERE’
The movie may already have a sequel!
Friday, February 17, 2012
This weekend, DC and Baltimore will get around 3-6 inches of snow. Roanoke could get 10 inches
My snow-starved backyard will get nothing…..
Why does something tell me a storm will hit next Saturday when we attempt to have Ayden’s first birthday party..?
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
A must watch: American kids forced to eat rats due to hunger
No joke. It comes from the BBC
Yet again, American media has freedom of press and doesn’t use it.. the UK isn’t as free but better information flows from them. Something is wrong here.
A must watch: American kids forced to eat rats due to hunger
It's gained more than 1 million new users in the past 30 days, taking it to 25 million registered users
Myspace… it’s back!
The MySpace generation comes back home.
It's gained more than 1 million new users in the past 30 days, taking it to 25 million registered users
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Mr Karp, are you willing to answer a few things? 1) what do you think of SOPA and other related attempts to censor? 2) what do you think of Google’s new policy to censor their blogger accounts? 3) will Tumblr ever be censored? and 4) do bloggers own their own content on Tumblr?
Something I asked David Karp tonight on Tumblr. Hoping for a response…..
*As long as there is no censorship, I could care less about downtime…………
The struggle in the Catholic Church: The "Monsignors' Mutiny" now revealed
The struggle inside the Holy See may even have a longer-term effect, on the choice of the man to succeed Benedict when he dies…
And if it’s Peter the Roman, I’ll conclude that the Prophecy of the Popes is right and the world is quickly coming to an end……….. really.
The struggle in the Catholic Church: The "Monsignors' Mutiny" now revealed
At first I was surprised today at how many people I know or work without didn't know the real meaning of Valentine's Day
…and then I discovered just how many meanings there were. I learned something myself..
Roman gods of fertility..
Ancient Pagan Festival of Lupercus..
…saints…
….little lovely signs of love..
Lots.
And then I realized why it was so easy for corporations, Hallmark, and chocolate companies to take over the holiday and do what they do best: Profit off of it.
I used to work in the restaurant industry (and still miss it.) Therefore I can only predict diners and dives across America are filled tonight.. bad chicken and tough steak … being served as we speak. Lovers out to eat.. balloons.. kisses.. and sour stomachs to follow.
Yes, indeed. Tonight is the night of love.
As for my wife and I? We took a more simple approach.. I gave Tara a balloon, a card, and a cheese steak. She gave me Cadbury Mini Eggs and David’s Jumbo Sunflower Seeds. And Ayden gave her an Elmo picture. A simple, kind, nice.. and meaningful Valentine’s Day 2012. Whatever Valentine’s Day means anyway..
Monday, February 13, 2012
A French court has found Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning
An amazing story from France, where a court found Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning..
French farmer Paul Francois says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling Monsanto’s Lasso weedkiller..
The court agreed.. It’s a truly dramatic story, and this could lead to more lawsuits and victories by farmers against the GMO world of Monsanto..
And the story is so big, I have found almost NO STORIES IN THE AMERICAN MEDIA ABOUT THIS.
Maybe they are just letting it sink in before it gets reported… right?
The Santorum surge reaching its climax
Not predicted, not expected, but occurring: Rick Santorum is bursting into the lead in many places and surging ahead of Romney in polls. A shocker.. ? They will know he is Christian by his love..
Definitely in mourning. But I think the scepter is a clear diss on Madonna. Seems like she's saying "I'm the Queen of Pop"
Good point .. A silent missile thrown back .. I agree
You are what you eat.. which is why a company may have chosen to stop eating what they are patenting..?
Hungry for GMO food? While you’re probably not but eat it unknowingly everyday anyway, consider this: Monsanto doesn’t allow genetically modified foods in its corporate cafeterias.. Greenpeace has the full exposé..
Monsanto believes in choice.. As long as the choice is fresh and GMO free. They clearly know that they are what they eat ..
This one tore at my heart.. a woman was induced into labor because she wanted her dying husband to hold her hand while she was in labor..
Hooked up to an oxygen mask at the hospital, the man she would call dad cradled her in his arms for 45 minutes
And .. these are the articles and stories from this insane world that make my ears and eyes perk up .. think .. tear up.. and wonder why in the hell we are even here to endure this physical misery in the first place.. ? It’s an amazing story, and beautiful, too.. but by God life sometimes just seems unfair..
This one tore at my heart.. a woman was induced into labor because she wanted her dying husband to hold her hand while she was in labor..
Sunday, February 12, 2012
After midnight strikes, if you're bored, tune into to COAST TO COAST AM
It’s hosted tonight by Ian Punnett, and it’s about something I never heard of before: The Smiley Face killers.. Sounds creepy..
After midnight strikes, if you're bored, tune into to COAST TO COAST AM
Other news we should know..
MY BIG FAT GREEK RIOT
CHAOS IN THE STREETS OF ATHENS, GREECE.. Lawmakers approved a new round of austerity cuts.. As they did, fires eupted and riots emerged again on the streets..
Cinemas, cafes, and banks were set ablaze.. Riot police out in full force. It’s hell on earth, Greek style..
MORE..
Government denounces the disorder..
Fury and fire..
Watching the stocks on Monday..
Rioting quickly spreads across the nation..
Death without dignity
Who says old wounds get healed by death? A fight broke out along grieving attendees at a funeral in Phoenix when the unidentified friend recognized the other man and punched him “in honor of the fallen.”.. Up to 30 were involved..
Brotherly loves crashes to the ground.. the city that was gone for good.. the new one lamented by people dodging violence.. A sad state of affairs for Philly
Philadelphia is a violent city.. It is one of the most violent in the United States.. Now residents demand answers on street corners soaked in the blood of violence..
Too much of that and you'll go blind!
We know already astronauts age differently when they are in space but a little known effect also happens to eyesight—NASA’s new priority is how to protect astronauts from going blind on the years-long trip to get wherever they are going
The loaded gun! A sunspot, AR1416, has tripled in size.. and is not pointed directly at earth.. And solar flares that brew, cook, and zoom out from the sun will head directly at the planet.. Fingers crossed .. Mclass if it blows.. Xclass would be tense..
More on the big sunspot:
Solar storm could fly at earth..
By Valentine’s Day?
The loaded gun from the sun..
The feline fiends: Your pussy may be killing your brain
Your cat, with parasites, may be making you crazy .. expect to hear more about the non-feline friendly reports of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite found in cat feces ..
And could we finally have a an explanation for that strange cat lady on Any Street USA? The parasites did it..
Crop cops: Monsanta expects full compliance
Farmers found to ‘be in violation’ of Monstano rules.. According to the company there was a threefold increase last year in U.S. farmers caught violating requirements for planting genetically modified corn…
While these farmers had the nerve to violate the rules of the GMO game other farmers are tired of the corporate giant.. Farmers filed a a class-action suit against the multinational seed and chemical corporation Monsanto, stating they are no longer able to keep transgenic contamination out of their fields...
Watching both stories closely.. And CLOSELY watching what I eat…
The Fukushima sham
The New York TIMES reporting what so many already know: The cleanup effort at Fukushima is not going well.. It is confused .. The effort appears sloppy. One worker quoted in the times story says no one knows how even to clean up radiation.. Long term disaster in the making…a generation scarred with radiation for the ages..
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Whitney Houston, RIP
More revealed about Whitney Houston's death tonight
Died at the Beverly Hilton hotel..And just realized.. the Grammys are on tomorrow. This will surely dampen the mood..
Culturally the death of Whitney Houston is quite a major thing
A shock to see the headlines tonight.. I actually heard her on the radio today and I noticed it … Just strange indeed
Friday, February 10, 2012
Losing my religion
An odd day of rumors and intrigue.. in the Catholic Church
Philadelphia cardinal’s death investigated…
The Pope will die within a year: Vatican ‘assassination fears …
This week, we produced an issue special to our readers in the Middle East and Northern Africa featuring the striking images of photographer Alessio Romenzi, who is even now hunkered down in the city of Homs. See the rest of his portfolio on TIME.com: http://ti.me/ygGskp
Interesting choice for a cover.. good impact on readers. And if you’re in the United States, I suppose your cover will impact you just the same? … or probably not.
Wasting away? Forgive me for being gossipy.. but new images of Macaulay Culkin show him looking desperate..
I’m not mocking him.. instead hoping his genetics simply made him thin.. and not something else..
Thursday, February 9, 2012
News from the world. A Thursday wrap
Links from the world.. the scary world.. the newsworthy world.. .
Toxic smoke is blanketing the capital city tonight.. Officials are warning residents to stay indoors..A fire from a trash dump is spreading smoke …
The horrid news coming from Homs is only intensifying.. Human rights groups are decrying the crackdown on civilians in the city in Syria.. and now,opposition forces claim that Assad’s government is considering the use of chemical weapons in Homs, where already the death toll officially “exceeds”400—most likely by more than hundreds..
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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Wednesday night zone out. Don’t think about all the things you fear.. just be glad to be here.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
All eyes on the farm
Are you a European farmer breaking rules or claiming subsidies that you should not get? Goodbye to all that as drones are now set to spy on your farm and keep order..
Tranquil walks are watched.. Cucumbers growing under the eye of a camera..
And if farm cams get your knickers in a knit realize this: It has only just begun..
The sick state of our humanity.. the kids indeed are not alright
A Missouri teenager described the murder of a 9-year-old as amazing and exciting... Disturbing words written by Alyssa Bustamante were read aloud in court:
'I just f***ing killed someone. I strangled them and slit their throat and stabbed them now they're dead. I don't know how to feel atm [at the moment]. It was ahmazing. As soon as you get over the “ohmygawd I can't do this” feeling, it's pretty enjoyable. I'm kinda nervous and shaky though right now. Kay, I gotta go to church now…lol.'
The mother of the victim—the 9-year-old innocent child—testified that the alleged murderer was ‘not human’.. The judge cut off testimony quickly as the road of evil was taken..
Defense team lawyers are working to describe Bustamante as someone who deserves leniency due to a troubled childhood..
But troubled or not, I am hard pressed to ponder how actions as occurred can be described as anything but evil and less than human? Murdering for pure fun…
Another chilling crime that makes me think we are heading down the road to a terrible conclusion for Humanity itself..
At 1230 am last night...
Ayden decided he won’t sleep anymore. He changed his mind about 7 am in a stunning reversal.
They'll know that we are Christians by our caucas
It was a a three-state sweep, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum will win the Colorado GOP caucuses, Colorado GOP chair says. Santorum is also projected to win the Minnesota GOP caucuses and the Missouri primary..
The Christians fight back. But extremely low voter turnout was the real story.. Could it be that Republicans are tired of all this already?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The earth groan: The oil mill theory... the solar flare theory... the grassy knoll theory next!?
Strange moaning and groaning still taking place around the world.. now more coverage is being given to the odd noises. Some report a trumpet like sound.. some report a grumble or groan.. some report odd airy humming noises in the night. And lots of people think talk of noises and groaning is simply foolish and fable. The great hoax of the earth groan? Or the great groan of the planet in horror?
The debate over just what the sounds indicate continues. Dateline: Borneo, Indonesia. Strange sounds that were heard in January are being debunked this way: They were noises emitted from machines at a nearby oil mill. But debate isn’t over with the official government response. People, not convinced with the ‘official explanation’ of noises are continuing their discussion over what exactly the noises.. really .. are..
…how could it be an oil mill when so many…paranormal explanations are being supplied in coffee shops and street corners around Borneo?
The groaning doesn’t stop in Borneo, though. Oh no. People in Toronto are wondering why their noises are so loud and where they are coming from. The theory there espoused by some: Solar flares.
There are also those who claim the giant Planet X is coming.. Niburi returning with a vengeance, being announced with trumpets of doom.
So many theories.. so few correct.
So many mysteries over what exactly the groans could be.
And even prophecy itself from Biblical passages have been pointed to for answers on the 24-month-old quandary. Romans 8:22:
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time
…We have the God theory.
The oil mill.
The solar flare.
The Nibiru…
And we don’t know a thing.
Except, we do know this: There is a great deal of fakery taking place online. YouTube videos are recreating scenes and sounds, borrowing the trumpet noise from one video and implanting it in others. Many are fake… Which brings up this interesting question. Is this all advertising? A fear campaign on purpose? Will some movie company soon release details of an upcoming film about the earth groaning..moaning..
The verdict is out. Watch your local listings for a TV show or movie coming soon.. . or listen to the air as the groaning from the planet truly takes place in a distant valley.
In the moments after the massive March earthquake shook Japan to its core in 2011, news broke that a nuclear reactor at Fukushima may have been damaged by the rattle and subsequent tsunami which followed—something that the government at the time downplayed both in Japan and in the United States.
How would the Nuclear Regulatory Commission help Japan? They said they were there for the nation, but as the going got tougher and the radiation got rougher, there was debate and disagreement on what to tell Japan.
The NRC emails provide a much more candid glimpse of how the government really worried about what was going on after the tsunami decimated life and nuclear reactors..
The Washington POST reports in its story:
While assuring Americans publicly that there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose one worst-case scenario, which did not rule out the possibility of radiation exceeding safe levels for thyroid doses in Alaska, the e-mails show. “Because things were uncertain, we considered it but the data that was available . . . did not support that very pessimistic scenario so no, it was not discussed publicly at that point,” NRC spokesman Scott Burnell said. In the end, Alaska was not affected.
In the end, Alaska was not affected?
Some disagree.
And even more, the amount of wreckage and garbage coming from a part of a nation washed to sea will be arriving on the West Coast soon—after making a stop first in Hawaii.
The emails and responses also offer a snapshot of the future…. we can either propel ourselves as humanity to learn to deal with catastrophe that is sure to occur or succumb to the pressures of petty politics and simply mislead the public about what really is going on… right in front of their faces.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Hello neighbor.
Maybe because they are. At least in modern day America where police surveillance cams aren’t the only thing that are focusing in on your daily actions, but now private concerned citizens groups are too. Perhaps the real concern would be the government watching the people, but think again.. it may in fact be your neighbor—not necessarily the one armed with good intentions but the one who is armed with a different demon..
A key point: Even if people are update with police surveillance and the Orwellian police state they fear it is creating, at least there are some rules that come with the government monitoring. With citizens watching citizens, those rules don’t exist. We may be on the verge of a braver new world that any author last century even thought could happen.
Civil liberties groups are cringing at the negatives that may be created from a world of neighbor monitoring neighbor..
With good reason..
Sunday, February 5, 2012
And while other news is occurring and the world is burning, most of our tuned in for the Superbowl rematch. Which is fine. A brief reprieve from the heartache caused by the heartburn of the 24 hour news cycle.
But if I do say so myself, this year seems to be featuring the most deplorable and least funny commercials ever to air during a Superbowl? I am sure some of you will detract from my pronouncement of horrid advertising but I am standing by it..
While the Superbowl airs and Madonna almost falls, all of this is still happening
Welcome to America, ‘12: San Fran makes $3 mil off of ONE RED LIGHT cam!
Obama .. wanting to be ‘cool again’ ?
…we took out Gaddaffi for… this? Lybian militia accused of torturing to death ambassador to France..
Cold wave Europe: Death toll 300..
Floodwaters rise in Australia.. thousands forced out..
Rare snow: North Africa..
Snow in ROME for the first time in a quarter of a century..
Superbowl Sunday morning sidewalk: Random news from the random world.
The planet revolves. And evolves. But it stays scary.
Iran launches new military exercises..
Anger at Russia and China after they veto UN Syria plan..
200 fall ill on cruise ship..
New report says United States science standards are ‘mediocre to awful’..
Mars is ‘too dry’ for life..
The 600 million year drought on the red planet!
Russian scientists work to drill into Antarctic lake..
Lake Vostok: Land of the frozen lost?
14-million-year-old Antarctic lake finally explored..
Cops use stun gun on woman for blocking a McDonalds drive though..
First Pat Sajak said he drank in the early days of THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE, and now this: Daniel Radcliffe says he was drunk during some HARRY POTTER scenes as well.. No word on his nude appearance with a horse on stage, maybe others had to be drunk to watch that..
Demi Moore checks into rehab..
11 injured in massive crowd for the band LMFAO..
Newt Gingrich employs bizarre new Texas campaign strategy..
Mitt Romney takes Nevada.. Ron Paul loses to Gingrich to come in third..Santorum distant..
Weather forecasters embroiled in a boiling storm over climate change.. 
New USDA plant map released..
The planet zones for changing..
For all the Coast to Coast enthusiasts.. Art Bell is now posting on CoastGab.
And he’s talkin’..
As for Coast, the show has changed which from my point of view is a shame but
it is the right of the Host doing the show to take it in the direction they see fit. I
have had many offers to join other Networks to compete if I wished BUT I have
decided that I do not wish to destroy what I built, or what is left of it.
I really am enjoying being Retired, I can be part of my Daughter’s life as she grows
and it is a blast. I do miss all of you though. I am not saying I will not pick up a mike
one day, just not this day. I learned long ago, never say never.
Fans miss him. And now maybe see why he chose to stop broadcasting on the show he created..
Saturday, February 4, 2012
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Welcome to 2012. Stupid, stupid people.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
I am slightly outraged over this outrage.
…outrage at JC Penny for hiring Ellen DeGeneres..
…all because she’s gay? Something we new about since 1994 and something that lots of other people say they are too?
This is outrage worthy? …while parts of the world go hungry, Monsanto boils our food with chemicals that will do who knows what, cheap labor slaves over our iPhones in China, and water is becoming scarce along with the chances of a drought continuing in the bread bowl for the world. And we are mad that JC Penny hired Ellen DeGeneres. Priorities, anyone?
Things that matter, really?
.. this is one major reason why this election years scares the hell out of me..
Friday, February 3, 2012
…earth changes are a comin’…
18-mile-crack seen in Antarctic glacier! .. it is actually a crack more than 18 miles long, 800 feet across in places, and 180 feet deep.. and it’s growing..
This is so cool I almost paid a dollar to post it
New super earth with liquid water found orbiting near distant star!
Circling three suns!
Could it be the perfect spot for life!? Amazing news, amazing discovery.. a universe filled with life, perhaps? …things have changed since the days of grade school when all teacher said was 9 planets exist.. life isn’t out there.. and we are all alone.
Judging from my Dashboard...
..Tumblr just made $30 in the last 7 minutes. Quite possible that these pay-per-posts will simply be ignored because of how frequent they will be..
Tumblr is allowing people to pay to promote posts.
Which is interesting and perhaps good marketing.. though I am not sure how many teenage girls will want to promote their odd cat animated gifs. Nonetheless.. Tumblr is trying it out.
So while Google and Twitter plan to censor posts, I have only to wonder if David Karp will eventually travel down the same 21st century path of censorship too.. and if he does will he allow the pay-per-posts to remain unscathed? And……… if I pay for a post I expect it to be found in a workable search and… more importantly, I don’t expect Tumblr to crash.
Are we paying to own the post? …or is it owned by Tumblr and we just pay them to not give it back?
Inquiring and somewhat broke minds want to know.
...notable parenting experiences
Last night, for the first time, it happened. Ayden had a very adult session of regurgitation. That is blunt, isn’t it? Blunt indeed.
I knew the day would come.. he either overate or had some strange stomach issue that lasted for a few hours. No fever. Just … that.
But it tested dad more than mom. She stayed calm. I freaked.
I am a vomit-a-phobe. I am frightened by the idea of vomit, whether it be me or someone else. Something in me has caused this sometimes irrational fear since I was young and dumb. And now as an adult and still dumb, my fear isn’t gone.
I was there for Ayden, held my nose, and did laundry immediately using ‘hot’ water.. I didn’t even care if the cotton shrunk…
It’s a Friday sick day. Ayden is feeling better. But dad is paranoid that he will be in the same predicament next.
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