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Basically whatever happens to irritate me. Probably quite trivial but then why not? After all, the First Admendment says I can (but then the new Supreme Court may change that...)

Saturday, December 25, 2004

A "Politically Correct" Christmass Greeting


A politically correct Christ Mass
Greeting!



Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit my
best wishes for an
environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low
stress, nonaddictive,
gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice
holiday, practiced within
the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion
of your choice, or
secular practices of your choice, with respect for the
religious/secular
persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice
not to practice
religious or secular traditions at all . . .

. . and a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling,
and medically
uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally
accepted calendar year
2005, but not without due respect for the calendars of
choice of other
cultures whose contributions to society have helped make
America great, (not
to imply that America is necessarily greater than any
other country or is the
only "AMERICA" in the western hemisphere), and without
regard to the race,
creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith,
choice of computer
platform of the wishee.

(By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these
terms. This greeting is
subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely
transferable with no
alteration to the original greeting. It implies no
promise by the wisher to
actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or
others, and is void
where pribited by law, and is revocable at the sole
discretion of the wisher.
This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the
usual application of
good tidings for a period of one year, or until the
issuance of a subsequent
holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is
limited to
replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the
sole discretion of
the wisher.


This came from a co-worker and may even be
origional!







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You would think that 'Nam would be long over...

It's a shame that no one cleaned up the leftover weapons
since the left-over bombs and shells are href="http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-PLS&idq=/ff/story/0002/20041224/2248519191.htm">
still killing
in 'Nam.

Saturday, December 11, 2004

Bad news about bullying and kids with diabetics...

Child dibetics can face
bullying
problems. This article on WebMD talks about this problem.
(Here is the "printer friendly"
version.

The article writer doesn't know what comes first:
bullying or depression. In any case, I can tell you that
pre-treatement diabetics can really screw up up
your moods. The on-set of these changes is slow and
subtle.

At last! Some good news on the kidnapping front!

This story talks of "Lead terrorist/kidnapper having been
href="http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20041211%2F0126242389.htm&sc=1104">arrested!