about 10 months ago - 1 comment
There have been many times when I’ve wondered when we’d get to the point where we’d all have little devices like on Star Trek where we can do quite a few things on a computer pad, including reading. Well, Amazon has a device called the Kindle, which allows you to ‘buy’ books, and read it [...]
about 11 months ago - No comments
I gotta admit, the whining (MSBC link) from a few Christians about their ‘rights’ being taken-away amused me this morning. I LOVED this quote:
“It really is all about religious liberty for us,” said Scott Hoffman, chief administrative officer of a New Jersey Methodist group, the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, which lost a property tax exemption after it [...]
about 1 year ago - No comments
Original Article HERE On CNN
/facepalm
Ugh. Why, oh why, is this story surprising, anyone? More importantly, why did the parents of Miley not see this coming? Vanity Fair has a history of provocative shots. I’m sure they said and did everything they could to convince the parents that everything would be ‘innocent.’ Now, they’re milking the [...]
about 2 years ago - No comments
Techdirt reported here that Best Buy is going to release it’s own version of YouTube. (Who isn’t these days?) The twist here? They’re going to charge you $7 for 100 minutes’ worth of video hosting. (Yeah, I had to re-read the article myself to make sure I understood that.) This has got to be the [...]
about 2 years ago - No comments
With news that the MLB is trying to stop fan sites from posting scores from games online, is it any surprise that some organization are going even crazier with copyrights? Techdirt reminds us in their article, that the Olympic Committee is still pushing for copyrights, that would protect words such as ‘2012,’ ‘Olympic,’ and ‘Games.’
How [...]
about 2 years ago - No comments
@ CNN Political Blog… Coulter: We Want ‘Jews To Be Perfected’
Wow… Just… wow. Apparently, Anne Coulter has now been nominated to try to convert the Jewish people to Christianity. She was recently on CNBC, were she said that Christians are ‘perfected Jews,’ because Christians believe in Christ, and Jews do not. In addition, she says [...]
about 2 years ago - No comments
@ CNN: First Lady Calls On Myanmar’s Ruling Junta To ‘Step Aside’
I have to admit that it’s been challenging not to write about Myanmar, but every time an update on the situation arose, I wanted to write an entire book on how I felt about the situation. To sum it up though, it brought tears [...]
about 2 years ago - 4 comments
@ CNN… Dobbs: Our Flag Belongs To All Americans
Well, tickle me straight dumbfounded on this issue: People wearing, or not wearing, American flag lapel pins, and whether this means they are Un-American or not. Why is this news? Why, out of everything we could nitpick each other for, is this an issue? How does a [...]
about 2 years ago - No comments
@ The Consumerist… Identity Theft: Experian, Equifax & TransUnion To Offer Credit Freezes
It’s funny sometimes what Google Reader hands me. I was just thinking this morning of writing a blog about this, and low and behold, there’s a nifty article from Consumerist! In essence, Consumerist reports that all three credit reporting agencies will soon let [...]