The "we're all gonna die" headline of the day

Nanotubes....

the new asbestos...

Chocolate

Man cannot live on chocolate alone; but woman sure can.

WifelyStepsBlog has lovely photos of....chocolate...sigh.

Gift Item of the day

HellkittyBlog says: The Hello Kitty armoured personnel carrier would effectively nauseate the enemy into submission...

A gift for the Obama supporter in your life.
My take on Obama vs Hillary is the same as Joyce on the View....

Headlines below the fold

Colombia contiues to win against FARC...more here.

Zimbabwe continues to implode LINK

Iraq is settling down, with their own soldiers taking over the fight. But don't expect the media to notice LINK
Even the NYTimes notices, but tries to spin it...it's not perfect so it doesn't count...

Mark Steyn against Canada's "human rights" commission...how dare he quote the immans...

And just because she leads in the popular vote, Hillary has lost....so why talk to those ignorant voters why they dislike Obama?

Flores de Mayo

this week's Nuevaecijajournal has photos of the Flores de mayo festival...

another storm and internet and electricity going off and on so light blogging

Courts gone wild

Courts decide money is "unfair" to the blind...

Um, fellahs, LIFE is unfair to the blind...let's have some common sense.

itsy bitsy computer

Craft item of the day

make yourself a pincushion...links to half a dozen designs...


photo is ladybug pincushion

Or go to Martha Stewart's teacup pincushions.... includes video.

Lecheflan

yes it will raise your cholestrol but you will die happy...

a Pinoy custard that uses full cream, eggs, and egg yolks and sugar....YUM.

Another recipe HERE.

When Lolo makes it, he adds lime rind to add flavour...as in this recipe...

Snow dance

headsup Princess haiku

Good news stories you might have missed

Actually, a lot of these I tried to post Sunday but the internet went off and on...

NYTimes story of the Pastor to the Hardhats."...Four construction workers were known to be dead, and the bodies of two more workers would be found days later (along with the body of a woman who had been visiting from South Florida). Their surviving comrades lifted off their hard hats as the priest sprinkled holy water amid the wreckage and prayed that God would grant the souls of the departed eternal rest...."

In RedLake, our clergy would always come and help comfort families in cases of accidents...or violence....and were a great comfort...

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Irena Sendler has died...AgainstTheGrain blog has links....
, Mrs. Sendler’s group of about 30 volunteers, mostly women, had managed to slip hundreds of infants, young children and teenagers to safety. “She was the inspiration and the prime mover for the whole network that saved those 2,500 Jewish children,”

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Not a "heartwarmer" but important: Glaxo licenses bird flu vaccine...

Yup. Evil big business drug companies are like Tommy Atkins:

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;

or in this case, Bird Flu, with it's high mortality...
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headlines below the fold

Hillary says Not So Fast....
Women feel the press loved Obama and keeps writing her off...

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South Africans murdering Zimbabwe refugees...LINK2.. The second article also has information about those who come down to buy groceries. LINK3 has more.

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Locals object to the old Trapp family villa in Salzberg being made into a hotel...are they worrying about the traffic, or the gays?

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White House objects to selective editing at NBC...heh...they should try watching CNNInternational...
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Should adults get chicken pox shots to stop shingles? it works only half the time and costs $16o a shot...
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The photo that embarasses Gloria...nope, just because she golfed with the ZTE doesn't mean she knew about the kickbacks...

THE BUTTERFLY SONG

I just downloaded these lyrics for my granddaughter to sing:

THE BUTTERFLY SONG
(If I Were a Butterfly)
Words and Music by Brian M. Howard

If I were a butterfly
I'd thank you Lord for giving me wings
If I were a robin in a tree
I'd thank you Lord that I could sing
If I were a fish in the sea
I'd wiggle my tail and I'd giggle with glee
But I just thank you Father for making me, me

CHORUS
For you gave me a heart and you gave me a smile
You gave me Jesus and you made me your child
And I just thank you Father for making me, me

It goes on for two more stanzas.
Another sign the apocolypse is nigh. Oh well, it's a cute song if you are six...


Audio clip here.

Family News

Andree's birthday party.
Theme: Highschool Musical 2.
Clowns and games for the kids, food for us. Alas, it started to rain lightly.

Today we have lots of rain, thanks to the latest Typhoon off the coast, so they were lucky they didn't do it today.

Podcast of the week

Celtic music podcast...

Actually, I used to download this last year until my computer crashed and I lost the link...the website also links to a site with free Celtic music downloads: SongHenge.com

Thanks to Endicott Redux for the headsup...and they also have links to a celtic myth podshow....if you are into stories...

Craft item of the day

ORIGAMI CUBE CHARACTERS

(headsup Fourcolorrebellion)

How to tat

The Tatting Goddess Blog has listed lots of links on how to tat...

I never could do it well...too klutzy I guess...so I stick to crochet...

and here is a video on tatting


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and for those of you who knit, check out BarefootNoKnickersBlog's collection of weird knitting

Thulcandra

The link is to the very nice Wikipedia article on CSLewis' space triology...

I am familiar with all the webpages on Elvish languages, but LINK is about the Languages of the space trilogy...

Stuff below the fold

Smithsonian Magazine has an article about the Nachez Trace...and the mystery of Merriwater Lewis' death...

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Climate Change threatens Norway's moose....Poor guys. Guess they'll have to stick to sticking it to horses...

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A letter can be burnt and destroyed but hard drives are forever...LINK2
Gateway pundit reports

"Interpol confirmed documents today showing that US Congressman James McGovern (D., Mass.) (pictured), a leading opponent of the Colombia free-trade deal has been working with a go-between, who has been offering the FARC terrorists help in undermining Colombia's elected and popular government....
...and what's that Obama connection?

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The California courtsessentially legalized gay marriage for the entire US by judicial fiat...
It's nice to be king...

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ET PHONE HOME....the Vatican says it's okay...

Actually, there already is a lot of Catholic philosophical discussions about ET life...and CS Lewis' space triology comes to mind...
Trivia note about the trilogy: The character Ransom is partly based on JRR Tolkien...

I see fat people take two

Now we know who to blame

Fat people cause global warming...

They eat food, and food contributes to global warming...

Traditional values and other trivia

"Confucius said: “A young man should be a good son at home and an obedient young man abroad, sparing of speech but trustworthy in what he says, and should love the multitude at large but cultivate the friendship of his fellow men. If he has any energy to spare from such action, let him devote it to making himself cultivated.”

When the US removed bible reading they also removed education about responsibility and self control, substituting tolorence and self esteem...yet as the above quote points out, traditional ethics need not be "religious".

Alas, the audiobook, a summary of Confucius for scholars, is only available in Mandarin, Cantonese and Hakka...but Confuscius' Analects are available as an ebook in English HERE and HERE
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A lecture about America in 1491...before the smallpox/influenza/TB/typhoid/measles epidemics hit...
Of course, not everything was honky dorey, thanks to climate change...
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Some people have too much time on their hands...LINK is the world's tallest lego tower.

Gift Item of the day

A HELLOKITTY SINGING ROBOT:


the sad part about it is this:
Hello Kitty had release this fabulous Hello Kitty Robo. This robot can communicate with your using the Hello Kitty's voice. It can chat with you in 3 different situations: 1 As a close friend; 2 With the family; 3 Guessing game. This is a perfect robot for whoever does not have a lot time to stay with child. Hello Kitty Robo can help you to stay with your child to keep them from being lonely.

Sigh... hello kitty for when you are too busy with more important things than to hug a small child.

LOL BOTS

(headsup Misscellania)

Headlines below the fold

It's not all Black and white to explain Hillary's success:
"Clinton got more popular votes than Obama in Arizona, California and Texas, and she won the Nevada caucus because of her huge margin of support among Latinos."
and the ratio is even more impressive among Asians...

and some Catholic sites are noticing: Obama is not only "pro choice", but in the Illinois Senate stopped a bill mandating basic medical treatment for those born alive after abortion...

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On the other hand, ordinary folks are haunted by killing embryonic mice coats...
where is PETA when we need them?
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Need to recharge your cellphone? Just plug it into your bra..

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McClane for President...yippee kay yay M***** F*****s.
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Prince Caspian is being marketed to conservatives and geeks. ...conservative review here, and the geeks at Aintitcoolnews will be having a sneak preview on the 15th.

And Eddie Izzard is doing the voice of Reepicheep...

Don't criticize the short skirts, bishop

In the US, bishops are criticized for playing politics when they tell politicians who back abortion on demand and partial birth abortion is a sin.

In the Philippines, they play hard ball.

Bishop Cruz, one of the major critics of the Arroyo administration, has been arrested for "libel" because four years ago he wrote that women at a convention were told to dress sexy.

From the Inquirer:


The libel case stemmed from a statement that Cruz made on June 28, 2004, wherein he slammed the birthday party for the President's husband Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo for its "exploitation" of "women (government) employees" who were made to "entertain" the celebrator and "close associates" like "pitiful GRO (guest relations officers)."

Cruz said the women, who were marketing assistants at Pagcor, were instructed to "dance with them" and "don't wear your wedding rings" before they were brought to Malacañang to entertain guests during the birthday party for Mike Arroyo on June 26, 2004.

The Manila city prosecutor's office had previously dismissed the complaint filed by the women against Cruz.

But the Department of Justice reversed the Manila prosecutor's decision.

Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, upon review, said the Church leader had defamed the women. Last month, he ordered the refiling of libel charges against Cruz.

Gee, imagine what would have happened if the libel law had been used against Matt Drudge?

family news

The last storm took out our router, so we finagled a bit to figure out what was wrong and got the modem so one computer at a time is working...

Maybe tomorrow I'll catch up on boring stuff.

We are well otherwise.