Living In the World, Not on It

Not that long ago, I came across an article about a court in Italy that ruled against parents who wanted to name their child "Friday". The court, in a strange display of religious fervence, rules that Friday was unlawful to name a child because in the Catholic religion, it is a day of bad luck, among other things. I felt that this was a little Nazi-ish on the side of the government and if you are adamant about strange names, this is not the party to go after. There are far worse names given to kids than this - and often by famous people. Clearly they get to psychologically damage their kids while the common person doesn't have that option. This was posted on 12/18/2007 entitled "The Italian Government Has Gone Too Far". This is a whole different animal... check this out: "WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it. Just ask Talula Does The Hul...

A new look, sort of. I'd had this look when I first signed up for Blogger. But hey, most of you probably didn't know that. So, as far you know, this is a new look! What a day this has been! I woke up and wondered if I'd missed the thunderstorms. It took about fifteen minutes to hear the answer - maybe I had missed one, but there was a new one rumbling its way in and was maybe fifteen miles away. It wasn't moving along fast, though, much like the one that is ambling its way in now... when I got out of the shower, it was still giving the occasional rumble, and a weak flash of lightning. I needn't have worried - it began to pick up intensity as I was preparing to leave. On the drive in there was no rain, but the bolt lightning was AMAZING! The rumbling was very loud, and the lightning detection system was having fits. It was going off a lot. Not that I saw a soul out there. And it was quite humid out there, as well. It was raining when I got to work and had to use the ...

On my blog! My hair has a new look, still and my weight... well. I keep saying I'll got to the gym, but it never seems to happen... But I have had this look on Blogger for some time now and I'm thinking I'd like to see what the different backgrounds etc. they are offering now, maybe there are more. I'm 19 - after this one, 18 - posts away from 1,000 posts (DAMN!) and why not have a new look? Let me see. If the next thing you see is a whole new look, then you know I found something I like! A tall order...!

I have a problem with this, but let's see how I did at this questionnaire... I answered the questions and copied them to paste into here, but haven't seen the answer yet. Here are the questions: Which are you most likely to believe? "I didn't do it" "I did not do it" You accuse your brother of something, which he strongly denies. After hearing him deny it a bunch, you decide to change the subject. Which of these reactions points to him lying? Your brother being happy to change the subject with you Your brother continuing to defend himself after you've tried to change the subject You have two close friends. Which one is more likely to be a liar? Brianna - her facial expressions need a moment to catch up to her stated mood Sarah - her facial expressions match her stated mood immediately. Which of the following is NOT a sign of a liar? Too much eye contact Normal eye contact Not enough eye contact What's a liar more likely to do? Touch his heart Tou...

My good friend CrystalChick sent me a heads up that she'd be doing a photo meme, and so I've been "patiently" waiting for it to go up so that I can take a whack at it and see what I would come up with. It's finally out and so now it is my turn. Here is the list and now I need to take the images to go with the list of things. Except for the dream vacation, I'll go and find that place online. 1. My Dream Vacation Everyone has a dream vacation. For Luis, his ideal dream vacation is being at home in front of a monitor, sleeping, in front of the telly, eating, in front of a 70mm movie screen, sleeping... you get the idea. Many feel Italy is their dream vacation. My cousin is hiking the Pacific Coast Trail, that is her dream vacation. My mother's dream vacation is China; Ray's is almost anywhere he has not yet been. Mine is Hawai'i, but it is not what you are thinking. Unless you know my particular and peculiar loves, in which case you know exactly what ...

...Suddenly Gets Brighter After about one hundred years of growing increasingly dimmer, the North Star (Polaris), according to international astronomers, is now growing brighter. Why it’s happening is a mystery to astronomers. According to the press release of the University of St. Andrews, “The Northern Star, whose vibrations were thought to be dying away, appears to have come to life again.” [St. Andrews: “ The Pole star comes to life again ”] Dr. Alan J. Penny (of the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews) will present the conclusions of a nearly continuous observation of Polaris over a 4.5-year period by the 350-member team. The presentation by Dr. Penny was conducted on Monday, July 21, 2008, at the Cool Stars 15 conference. The CS15 conference, the world's largest international astronomical conference, is being held from July 21 to 25, 2008, at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. The St. Andrews press released went on to say, “The astronomers wer...

Today's TMI Tuesday posting went up and I eagerly went there to check out the questions. And promptly decided not to go with them. Passing gas to me isn't funny and isn't something I particularly want to talk about. Not because I can't but because it rates up there with topics like investment banking and politics ... yawn! So I found an older one: 1. How many credit cards do you own? Are they paid off? I own one actual credit card. The other is my bank card. It looks like a credit card, but isn't really. The credit card paid off? Ha, ha, ha... that's a good one. 2. Can you be in love with someone you don't trust? Sure, but it's a bad idea to have a relationship with that person. People date the "wrong" people all the time. Domestic abuse - talk about people loving untrustworthy people. 3. Should prostitution be legal? Absolutely, positively YES! The things we could accomplish by legalising prostitution. Some people would never get laid if ther...