Archive for the ‘Rants/Opinions’ Category
Saturday, January 13th, 2007
There has been a tremendous discovery in the world of medicine. According to the Centers for Disease Control:
In June 2006, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer and other diseases in ...
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Apparently Skippy's teachers just realized that next week is a Standardized Testing week. They will have to curtail their assignments and tests while the students take the English/ Language Arts exam.
As such, they are piling on two weeks worth of work this week. Skippy cam home with piles of homework ...
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
This is an extremely touchy subject. Everyone who has a son has had to face this discussion, and I am overwhelmed after the hub-bub over at Suburban Turmoil after Lindsay mentioned it.
Now I am circumcised, and my wife and I discussed it at length (haha) and decided not to succumb ...
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Dean Dad wrote a post that pointed me toward a story on Slate which cites an interesting statistic about the proliferation of the Internet- it may be partially responsible for a decrease in rapes.
Why? Some conclusions we could draw could go back as far as Billy Joel's previous conclusion in ...
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Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
I'm splitting up my resolutions this year. I'm tackling fatherhood here. Other personal resolutions will show up at Bernies World, and I'll post my digital resolutions at World of Bernie.
What do I want to do differently as a father for 2007?
Play a game with the kids each week.
After our big ...
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
The RIAA is through with chasing you for what your children are downloading. They know you don't have the dough. Now they're after your children. I guess they figure the kids have more potential income over their lifetime.
The fact that the RIAA is chasing after these folks is disgusting in ...
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
If you haven't seen this video, you're missing out. I have been singing it all week. I won't embed it here because it's not work and family safe, but there is a link below.
The video was originally aired on Saturday Night Live, with the naughty bits bleeped out. A bunch ...
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
I was over at Caffeine Marketing (which I have in my Bloglines) and I came across a post discussing the New Partners advertising campaign. New Partners is a dating service, and they have chosen two of our America's toy icons for their advertisements.You can't tell here, but if you check ...
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Thursday, December 14th, 2006
This fine and sentence is not nearly enough.
Joe Francis and 'Girls Gone Wild' have pleaded guilty in the most recent case brought against the video empire.
Mantra Films Inc. pleaded guilty in a case that stemmed from its use of two 17-year-olds in its DVDs and videos, which feature young women ...
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
UPDATED- I've downloaded a copy of the report that created this furor. At 276 pages in length, it will take me some time to review. However, I have found some items within it I can agree with, and some where we shall not agree. When I have reviewed it fully, ...
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Monday, November 6th, 2006
I commented on The Blogfathers to a post on the active euthanasia debate in the UK. I'm not a huge fan of cross-posting, but I haven't blogged here ina while, and I cried writing it, so I thought we could all use a little catharsis today. After all- it's ...
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Sunday, October 29th, 2006
I got up early this morning (as I would imagine many did, considering the "fall back" of the clocks, and found Sunday Worries and :Whoops in my Bloglines.What struck me was this quote:
This is one of those times I wish my Dad and I spoke. As it stands, I don't ...
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Here's a costume I feel sure you will not be ordering.
via caffeinemarketing
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Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
If you haven't been keeping up with Suburban Turmoil and her entries on Toddler Beauty Pageants, you MUST! It's getting heated up over there, and it's fun to watch!
Her descriptions of the mothers berating their children, the makeup and false eyelashes, the fake tans. The discomfort you can't help but ...
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Saturday, August 19th, 2006
Tomorrow is Son's birthday.
What he wants is video games. He always wants video games. The problem is, I can't find video games that meet my standards.
The most popular video games are all 'melee' games, in which you shoot everything that comes your way. The most vivid demonstrations are games like ...
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