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Shocking News! China is blocking access to websites!
When China got the deal to host the Olympics, one of the things they "promised" was that journalists (but not anyone else cause what's the point of that?) would have unrestricted web access during the games this summer. But the Int'l Olympic Committee agreed to modify what "unrestricted" means. Apparently, Amnesty International is not unrestricted. Sigh...
From MSNBC.com:
China had committed to providing media with the same freedom to report on the Games as they enjoyed at previous Olympics, but journalists have this week complained of finding access to sites deemed sensitive to its communist leadership blocked.
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"I regret that it now appears BOCOG has announced that there will be limitations on Web site access during Games time," IOC press chief Kevan Gosper said, referring to Beijing's Olympic organizers.
"I also now understand that some IOC officials negotiated with the Chinese that some sensitive sites would be blocked on the basis they were not considered Games related," he said.
Attempts at the main press center to access the Web site of Amnesty International, which released a report on Monday slamming China for failing to honor its Olympic human rights pledges, continued to prove fruitless by mid-week.
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Chinese officials assured news organizations "complete freedom to report" when bidding for the games seven years ago. The International Olympic Committee received further such assurances in April. But Kevan Gosper, a senior member of the IOC, said this week that the promise will apply only to sites related to "Olympic competitions."
They have also banned access to the Falun Gong website. Here's what the Chinese officials have to say about that:
"I would remind you that Falun Gong is an evil, fake religion which has been banned by the Chinese government."
Ghost or Talented Westie?
My car keys are gone. And normally, I'd just figure I'd spaced out and left them somewhere in the house. But they are gone in a really odd way.
My car keys are on a keychain with the little doohiggie that you use to lock & unlock the doors + a little swiss army knife + the card for my gym, which has a hole punched in it so that it can be kept on keychains. So, it's a fairly substantial keychain. I have a bowl on a table near my front door where I always throw my keys so that they're always in the same place and I don't lose them.
This morning as I was leaving for work, I grabbed the gym card from the key bowl and there's no keychain attached. That's right - the gym card was in the bowl by itself. Now, if the keychain had somehow gotten detached from said card, it should still be in the bowl - but no, it's not to be found. And, if I had only carried the card in when I came home from work last night, I surely would have noticed that I was missing all that other stuff cause that's a lot of stuff not to notice.
And I stayed in last night.
And no one was over.
And I cannot find the keychain anywhere.
I'm flummoxed.
Patriots Arrested
From RawStory:
Four folks decided to make a citizen's arrest of Karl Rove while he was in Iowa last week. They notified the police in advance to let them know of their intentions and were rewarded by being arrested for trespassing on the grounds of the private club where Rove was speaking.
The arrested included a retired Methodist Minister. (heh) He said: "To be silent when major crimes are being committed against all humanity makes us accomplices"
another one of the patriots said: "Karl Rove is a war criminal and war criminals cannot just be running around like that, like they haven't done anything," Bermeo said. "I'm supporting the cause and supporting the people that he's committed war crimes against."
And just cause it's fun to note,
Reporters were not allowed to hear Rove speak in the club, where Republicans paid either $100 to see him speak during lunch or $1,000 to meet him and have their picture taken with him at a separate reception, according to Radio Iowa.
Recently, Karl Rove has refused demands from congressional Democrats to testify about allegations of political pressure at the Justice Department and his alleged role in the prosecution of a former governor of Alabama.
Rove flaunted his absence from hearings he called a "circus" on The O'Reilly Factor last week.
Awwwwww (?)
A newborn Giant panda cub in an incubator in the breeding room of the Panda Breeding Research Base at Chengdu on July 28, 2008 in Sichuan province, southwest China. Four Giant panda cubs, including a pair of female twins, were born within 14 hours in separate births at the panda breeding base from the evening of Saturday 26 July to the morning on Sunday July 27. The event is considered a rarity in panda breeding. Image by China Photo/Getty. Snagged from Andrew Sullivan.
Quaint Kona Moment
Posting this on behalf of my friend Matthew, who lives in Kona, Hawaii (or as he refers to it "Kailua-Kona in Occupied Hawaii). This is from an email he sent me.
Ah Kona... where tourists and locals alike will spell out little things with coral rocks against the dark lava.
This one caught my eye while zipping by on the highway....
Good quote
Attending a "Management Excellence" conference today and one of the speakers just said this (didn't catch the name of the author she was quoting):
"We cannot become who we want to be by remaining who we are."
(This is an appropriate posting right after the vibrator review, right? Once again, proving I'm "eclectic". Heh.)
The Eroscillator
So a friend of mine was over tonight and told me about this vibrator that her boss is raving about. (Her boss is a man who purchased said vibrator for his girlfriend. Or at least that's his story. Apparently, he's rather obsessed with this thing which seems a bit odd to me. For a boss. I rarely discuss vibrators with the folks who report to me, but maybe I'm just old fashioned.)
So, we went to the website to check it out. First of all, Dr. Ruth has endorsed & recommended it. Maybe it's just me, but that's not really a selling point in my world.
Second of all - the thing is kinda scary looking. Seriously. Look at this attachment (handily named " The French Legionnaire's Moustache", which they have trademarked (really?):
I am so not sticking that in me. Just saying.
But anyhoo...the best part of the website is the testimonials. This is my favorite:
"I can't tell you how many times I've had sex without having an orgasm. Masturbation usually worked but by the time I had an orgasm, I was exhausted.
And a few other choice testimonials:
"I don't think my mother believes me but I'm still a virgin and I plan to stay that way until I'm married. But that doesn't mean that I don't have sexual feelings. The Eroscillator has gotten me through a lot of nights that might have been difficult."
and one final thought...
The orgasms achieved with the eroscillator are very deep, easy and quick to achieve, and most importantly, do not hurt my tissues and make them numb.
Numb tissue is sorta the antithesis of what a good vibrator should do, right? Or am I just expecting too much?
Robert Novak is totally evil
Look, I have never liked the guy - he just creeps me out. An
d then he was the guy in the center of the whole Valerie Plame CIA scandal - you know, the one where DICK Cheney's office sorta kinda told him about a CIA operative so that he could publish her name. And then pled the Fifth Amendment to the federal grand jury investigating the incident. He's a real charmer.
And today, it turns out that he's a hit and run driver. But he got caught. (I think we call that karma.)
According to a story on Politico, a bicyclist chased Novak down and blocked his car as he tried to leave the scene after hitting someone with his car. He was cited by the police for hitting a 66 year old man who was treated for minor injuries.
The bicyclist was David Bono, a partner at Harkins Cunningham, who was on his usual bike commute to work at 1700 K St. NW when he saw the accident happen.
As he traveled east on K. Street, crossing 18th, Bono said a "black Corvette convertible with top closed plowed into the guy. The guy is sort of splayed onto the windshield.”
Bono said the pedestrian, who was crossing the street on a "Walk" signal and was in the crosswalk, rolled off the windshield and then Novak made a right into the service lane of K Street. “The car is speeding away. What’s going through my mind is, you just can’t hit a pedestrian and drive away,” Bono said.
He chased Novak half a block down K St., finally caught up with him and then put his bike in front of the car to block him and called 911. Traffic immediately backed up, horns blared, and commuters finally went into reverse to allow Novak to pull over.
Bono said that throughout, Novak "keeps trying to get away. He keeps trying to go.” He said he vaguely recognized the longtime political reporter and columnist as a Washington celebrity but could not precisely place him.
I love that Novak claims that he didn't know that he hit the guy, based on the fact that the witness said he was "splayed onto the windshield". Did he think it was a large bug blocking his field of vision?
Some other fun parts of the article:
Novak, 77, has earned a reputation around the capital as an aggressive driver, easily identified in his convertible sports car. In 2001, he cursed at a pedestrian on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th streets Northwest for allegedly jaywalking.
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Novak explained to the paper: "He was crossing on the red light. I really hate jaywalkers. I despise them. Since I don't run the country, all I can do is yell at 'em. The other option is to run 'em over, but as a compassionate conservative, I would never do that."
So is he no longer compassionate or conservative?
Estelle Getty.
Dead.
Sorry Ken. I know you're probably taking this hard. My thoughts are with you and all the Golden Girls fans who are suffering right now.
Cougars
First of all, Kristen Schaal cracks me up...seriously. If you haven't already seen her as "the fan" on Flight of the Conchords, she's now doing bits on the Daily Show. Here's a little taste of the comedy stylings of Kristen Schaal...
Jon:...so you have an assistant now?
Kristen: Yeah, he started out as cougar bait, but now I've promoted him.
Find a nice quiet spot
make some time and watch this. I am now officially a Joss Wheldon fan. I might have to even watch Buffy now...
Dr. Horrible is a three part series starring Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser - but I saw him in Rent years ago and he can sing and dance - just sayin'). NPH stars as the "evil" Dr. Horrible and the series starts off with his (sing-along) vlog - you know, answering fan mail, getting folks up to speed with what he's doing...
It's seriously amusing. And silly. And there's singing and dancing. Right up my alley.
Testicle support
Heh. This is my second testicle related posting recently. This underwear keeps your balls off your legs. One of the guys in this video claims they're "...freeing...feels like there's good air flow..." - another guy says "...it's like a comfortable hug". Awwwww...
Oh, did I mention they're called Saxx?
Hey, don't let it be said that I don't support balls.
As China prepares for the Olympics
They're cracking down - on gay bars, prostitution, dancing, CDs...and black people!?!
Okay, first of all, I'm kinda a supporter of all of these things/folks. But, um...how did black folks get on this list? Oh, Mongolians are also on the list, but you know what happens when they start dancing, so I guess I support that ban. I mean, that's logical, right?
From an Australian paper:
Beijing police have been visiting bar owners in the popular Sanlitun area and asking them to sign pledges agreeing to not serve black people or Mongolians and ban activities including dancing.
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And in a separate move, the Ministry of Public Security announced at the start of the month that from October 1, discos, karaoke bars and other entertainment venues must install transparent partitions in previously private rooms, and ensure staff dress more modestly as part of an effort to crack down on prostitution and drugs.
The Minister of Culture announced on Thursday that all overseas entertainers who have ever attended activities that "threaten national sovereignty" will be banned. This follows an outburst by Icelandic singer Bjork at a Shanghai concert on March 2, which sparked an official investigation.
Bjork shouted out, "Tibet, Tibet," after performing her song Declare Independence.
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Beijing CBD businesses are reporting increasingly bizarre restrictions on couriers. This includes a ban on transporting CD-ROMs through the city, and mobile phones or GPS devices can only be sent if their batteries are delivered separately. This is on top of postal restrictions on sending liquids and powders
Yahoo is silly
I think I may have mentioned this on my blog recently, but in San Francisco (you know, the looney city where all the homosexuals are running rampant and leading this Christian nation to hell), they are discussing naming a sewage plant after GWB. Teehee.
But my favorite part about this story is the last line of the Yahoo News article:
A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush's years in office by slapping his name on a San Francisco sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot.
The measure certified Thursday would rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.
Supporters say the idea is to commemorate the mess they claim Bush has left behind by actions such as the war in Iraq.
Local Republicans say the plan stinks and they will oppose it.
Call me childish. But I'm amused.
Cause Seujan didn't believe me
I was telling my friend Seujan about this last night and she thought I was kidding. But I'm so not...politics is a really screwed up little universe. The good news is that the bill passed, but without Jesse Helms' name attached to it. But still...
From the HuffingtonPost:
Republican Senator Dole introduced an amendment to name an HIV/AIDS relief bill after the recently deceased Jesse Helms.
The blog Joe.My.God recalls some of Helms' notable moments in AIDS relief:
Jesse Helms, the man who in 1987 described AIDS prevention literature as "so obscene, so revolting, I may throw up."Jesse Helms, the man who in 1988 vigorously opposed the Kennedy-Hatch AIDS research bill, saying, "There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy."
Jesse Helms, the man who in 1995 said (in opposition to refunding the Ryan White Act) that the government should spend less on people with AIDS because they got sick due to their "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct."
Jesse Helms, the man who in 2002 announced that he'd changed his mind about AIDS funding for Africa, but not for American gays, because homosexuality "is the primary cause of the doubling and redoubling of AIDS cases in the United States."
US Govt wants birth control = abortion written into the law
Yeah, so not kidding. The US Health & Human Services Department dept recently proposed new regulations that would deny federal aid to groups that refuse to hire people, including nurses, who object to abortion or birth control.
Here's a letter from Hills and Patty Murphy (Senator from Washington state) to Michael Leavitt, head of Bush's Health and Human Services Department. (Um...Barack hasn't publicly said anything about this yet. He's really starting to bug me with this centrist crap.)
Dear Mr. Secretary:It has come to our attention that the Department of Health and Human Services may be preparing draft regulations that would create new obstacles for women seeking contraceptive services.
One of the most troubling aspects of the proposed rules is the overly-broad definition of “abortion.” This definition would allow health-care corporations or individuals to classify many common forms of contraception – including the birth control pill, emergency contraception and IUDs – “abortions” and therefore to refuse to provide contraception to women who need it.
As a consequence, these draft regulations could disrupt state laws securing women's access to birth control. They could jeopardize federal programs like Medicaid and Title X that provide family-planning services to millions of women. They could even undermine state laws that ensure survivors of sexual assault and rape receive emergency contraception in hospital emergency rooms.
We strongly urge you to reconsider these regulations before they are released. We are extremely concerned by this proposal’s potential to affect millions of women’s reproductive health.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely yours,
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Senator Patty Murray
Irritated
This probably won't make a lot of sense if you're not a bit of a computer geek, but I have to reinstall Vista & all my apps on my primary machine at work. Why would I be tortured like this? Because I installed an uninstallab
le!?!?!?! pre-release service pack for Vista. Oh, and it expired on June 30 so it makes my machine randomly reboot itself. Where would I have gotten an uninstallable!?!?! pre-release service pack? From the corporate network here at the large corporate enterprise where I work.
(Those of you who know where I work understand the specific irony of this. The rest of you can just do your best to suffer along with me. I do appreciate the effort)
Why would they give me the option to install an uninstallable!?!?! service pack that is going to cause me to have to waste an entire day reinstalling Vista + all my apps?
Well, that's one of the great questions of the universe. At least for today.
And that's why I ate ice cream at lunch today. Must do something about the emotional eating, eh?
Sigh.
Babies
I was just gardening (weeding, what....ever) in front of my house and found a little birds nest in the ground against the garage. I didn't know that birds nested in the ground + I thought that the babies would all be gone in the spring, but there are 3 little baby birds in there. I was respectful and didn't poke them or anything (other than to take this picture) and their parents were right nearby keeping a close eye on me.
Oh and it turns out that I had a bunch of pix from Pride that I never posted, so here's one to whet your whatever... click here for the rest.
Shocking!
Another naughty conservative, anti-gay Republican gets caught with his pants down. With another man.
Seriously, at this point, if you're a Republican and you vote anti-gay, I'm going to just assume you're riding the pony. (I just made that euphemism up I think. But you know what I mean.)
According to Wonkette...
Troy King, a prominent anti-homosexual Republican attorney general has apparently been caught having homosexual sex intercourse with his homosexual gay male assistant. Bonus: The dude’s wife caught him, in their bed.
Troy sure sounds like a little bit of a hypocrite - he argued that his school's Gay/Lesbian Alliance should be outlawed; and as AG, he tried to make Alabama's law banning dildos and vibrators even more draconian. (sounds like a barrel of fun, eh?)
Here's my favorite quote from his Wikipedia page :
King's name is mentioned as a possible gubernatorial candidate in 2010.[17] King was an early supporter of the 2008 presidential campaign of Arizona Senator John McCain.[18]
You're a naughty boy Troy. A bad, bad, naughty boy who deserves to be punished. But, more importantly, I bet he wears a flag pin.
I know, I'm on a blog-fest this morning
But this is an article that really touches on something I learned a while ago that changed my life: Willingness without action is fantasy. Seriously.
Here are a few excerpts:
...one of the best tips for getting things done that I have learned so far is simply to stop thinking and start doing.
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Without taking action you’ll most likely not get what you want. Thinking is however seldom as scary or uncertain as taking the leap into the unknown and taking action.
So it can become a place where you hide from taking action and then rationalize to yourself in different ways how all this thinking will help you. Even though you know deep down that what you really want and need is to take action and get going.
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By overthinking things you make them more and more complicated in your mind. You can turn something fairly simple into a really complicated and big mess. And so it goes from something you can do with some discomfort and persistence into an epic battle where you keep moving inch by painstaking inch.
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Focus on what’s in front of you instead of flying off to the past or Tomorrowland for long periods of time.
Actually, I would argue that not being in the moment for any amount of time is useless (and a waste of brain cells). Of course, that's what we do - I'm pretty confident that most everyone gets distracted and defocused rather than actually being aware of the moment they're living. As for me, I have an extremely overactive imagination (imagine that! heh.) and a rich fantasy life (but that's a whole other blog article) - (that's probably not going to get written for oh so many reasons, so don't get your hopes up).
Seriously though - I can spend an inordinate amount of time rethinking what's already happened or worrying/planning about what might happen. A great trick I learned was that when I became aware that I was doing this, I should ask myself "where are my feet?" and bring myself back to the moment. It's a great tool.
So, where are my feet? Planted under my desk in my home office. Where's my brain? Somewhat wondering who's going to read this and what their reaction might be. Sigh.
Lots of work to do on this brain o' mine.
More Details About McCain's Support for Women
From DailyKos (click there to see the details about each of the items listed below):
1. McCain Opposed Equal Pay Bill for Women, Said They ‘Need Education and Training’ Instead.
2. McCain Voted to Gut the Family and Medical Leave Act.
3. McCain opposed spending $100 million to prevent unintended and teen pregnancies.
4. McCain opposed legislation requiring that abstinence-only programs be medically accurate and scientifically based.
5. McCain opposed Title X, the nation's family planning program.
6. McCain opposed requiring insurance coverage of prescription birth control.
7. McCain opposes comprehensive sex education.
8. McCain unsure where he stands on government funding for contraception.
9. McCain opposed repealing the "global gag rule."
10. McCain supports overturning Roe v. Wade.
Clearly, John McCain should be the top choice for the feminists who supported Hills.
(Those broads really piss me off, in case I'm not being clear here. And I'm calling them broads cause they seem to mostly be my mom's age and she's more of a broad than a chick. But don't tell her cause she'll get all worked up and not talk to me for a ridiculous amount of time if the word gets out...)
Dopey Ladies
I wonder what all those pro-Hillary broads who claim they're going to vote for McCain think of this video?
Our National Embarassment
At his last time at the annual G8 conference today, GWB made sure to make a (horrible) impression on the rest of the world. Again. From the Telegraph:
The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: ‘Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.’
He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock.
I wonder what other kooky antics he'll get up to in his remaining 6 months?
blog.amygeek.com
Just set this up and as soon as it propagates out through the internet (hopefully to most spots by early Thursday am), you will be able to get to my blog via this address. The old address will still work, but come on --- blog.amygeek.com is way easier to remember, right? And now that I bought amygeek.com, I should be doing something interesting with it. Now I need to see if I can do this with my pictures too!
(yes, I'm geeking out. It happens. I'm sure I'll get over it.
For now.)
Oh, and yes, your old bookmarks and RSS feeds should continue to work. Please let me know if you have any problems accessing the site.
I also changed it so that this blog is no longer searched by the big search engines cause I don't necessarily want people who know my name via work 'n other parts of life to find out all the interesting things about me I post here. They have to work for it - just like you did.
Edited to add: I can't do this for my pix. Sigh of disappointment.
(yes, I'm geeking out. It happens. I'm sure I'll get over it.
For now.)
Oh, and yes, your old bookmarks and RSS feeds should continue to work. Please let me know if you have any problems accessing the site.
I also changed it so that this blog is no longer searched by the big search engines cause I don't necessarily want people who know my name via work 'n other parts of life to find out all the interesting things about me I post here. They have to work for it - just like you did.
Edited to add: I can't do this for my pix. Sigh of disappointment.
Run Rocky Run!
My friend Rocky wrote a great blog article today, so I'm just gonna give you a few tidbits to whet your appetite. If you want to read the whole article, click here. I heart Rocky.
By the way, my concern about actually impeaching Bush is that it makes DICK Cheney the new President. I think that's even more dangerous.
Then we need to impeach him and I just don't think we have enough time before the election.
Evil. They're all evil.
Here's some Rocky excerpts:
So, once again I ask: Why isn't the incompetence of the current Bush administration - of which Bush himself is ultimately responsible - an impeachable offense? Is oral sex and a stain on a dress more culpable than the unnecessary and unwarranted deaths of thousands, and the complete ruining of our respect and admiration on the world stage? And I'm not even considering the enormous national debt being incurred as we speak?
As a side note: I am a veteran, and I do understand that war is necessary at times; but it should be our last course of action. Additionally I know Hussein was an absolute bastard, and a potential threat to the US; but he was no more of a threat than, say, North Korea, Iran, and a host of others.
and he links to this Snopes.com info (excerpt):
In 1998, former President George Bush and Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor during the Bush administration, collaborated on the book A World Transformed, a political history covering significant world events which occurred during the first three years of Bush's presidency (1989-1991): the collapse of the Soviet empire, the unification of Germany, Tiananmen Square, and the Gulf War.
In Chapter 19, which discusses the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War (also known as "Desert Storm," the military operation to liberate Kuwait from occupation by invading Iraqi forces), they wrote:
Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in "mission creep," and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible. We had been unable to find Noriega in Panama, which we knew intimately. We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. The coalition would instantly have collapsed, the Arabs deserting it in anger and other allies pulling out as well. Under the circumstances, there was no viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles. Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different - and perhaps barren - outcome.(**Note: Emphasis mine. --Rock)
I'm pretty sure
that I would have found this funny and posted it before I outed myself here, but regardless...I think the Boobs for Barack website is hysterical.
NSFW...look at this one from home kids. Your employer is watching you.
NSFW...look at this one from home kids. Your employer is watching you.
Don't tell GWB about this
But Iran's parliament is debating a bill which would allow the death penalty for internet activity that promotes corruption, prostitution and apostasy. (I had to double check to make sure I understood what that is, so I linked it in case you're as uneducated as I am. I'm pretty clear on corruption and prostitution though.)
MPs on Wednesday voted to discuss as a priority the draft bill which seeks to "toughen punishment for harming mental security in society," the ISNA news agency said.
Here's the thing: I'm pretty sure that there are Repubs in Congress that would like to do something similar here. Cause they're insane. I mean religious. The good news is that they wouldn't want to copy Iran, right? Access of evil and all...
Here's more details.
The Welsh are not like you and me
According to the BBC (click here to see video), the World Bog Snorkeling Triathlon, competitors are required to complete a fell run of approximately 12 miles, a bog snorkel of approximately 120 yards through the bog trench and a 19 mile mountain bike ride.
Those who accept the challenge use a bike prepared with a lead-filled frame and water-filled tyres to ensure grip on the pond bottom. The snorkeller-cyclist wears a lead weight belt to avoid floating off the bike.
Anyone planning on starting a similar event in the US? Seattle must have bogs, don't we?
Awkward Moment du Jour
Yesterday, I went to a new guy to get a massage. He was great - by far the best massage I've had since I moved up here. However, there was a bit of an awkward moment...
Massage Guy: Wow - where'd you get all these bruises?
Amy: Brain shuts down. Unable to come up with even an unreasonable lie.
Amy: Um...I got bit.
Massage Guy:
Cue crickets...
The Dental Floss of Feminine Fitness
After reading this article, I am lacking words, so I'm just going to copy some from the NY Times (I highlighted the parts that really spoke to me)...
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And now comes the first medi spa in Manhattan wholly dedicated to strengthening and grooming a woman’s genital area. Phit — short for pelvic health integrated techniques — is to open this month on East 58th Street.
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Dr. Romanzi developed her own concept of “pelvic fitness” for healthy women. She said that Phit (www.theperfectphit.com) will help women get “in shape from the inside out.”
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The spa is essentially a gussied-up examination room down the hall from Dr. Romanzi’s medical practice. At the spa, the signature treatment will be a $150 gynecological exam — in which a client contracts her pelvic muscles around Dr. Romanzi’s fingers — to determine by feel whether muscle tone is weak, moderate or strong.
Dr. Romanzi likes to call the vaginal workouts she prescribes “personal training.” Clients could also use an in-office electrostimulation machine to improve pelvic muscle tone or buy a device for home use. Dr. Romanzi said that such treatments are intended to improve bladder control; she said pelvic training may also lead to more intense orgasms.
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“If you can vote and you have a vagina, you should do these,” she said. “It’s the dental floss of feminine fitness.”
Um..what's voting have to do with it?
amygeek.com
just registered this domain for 10 years. Not sure why I never did it before - I own a whole bunch of domain names. Now I just have to figure out what I want to do with it. hmmmmm....
Happy Canada Day!
Apparently, today, July 1 is Canada Day - which marks the date that Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Province of Canada were joined into a federation of four provinces. I have no idea what that means, but I guess it's the day that Canada was formed.
As I like to say, I'm a big fan of Canada. When I visit, it's almost like being in another country.
Congrats to any Canadian readers for whatever it is you are celebrating.
Enemies of the State
No, I'm not talking about some movie. I'm talking about a database that the US Government has of more than 8 million US citizens who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated. Seriously. In the event of a national emergency, these people could be subject to everything from heightened surveillance and tracking to direct questioning and possibly even detention.
Apparently, this has been in place since the Reagan administration and oddly enough, the Bushies have stepped up the effort. How do you get onto the list? They're using software to make "predictive judgements" based on your circle of associations and artificial intelligrence modeling tools. What are they examining? Oh...just your financial info from your bank, credit card companies, credit agencies, illegal wiretapping and email surveillance and info from ISPs and cell phone companies and your web searches and sites you visit.
There's an article on Radar about this in more detail. Here's a few choice quotes:
According to a senior government official who served with high-level security clearances in five administrations, "There exists a database of Americans, who, often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated. The database can identify and locate perceived 'enemies of the state' almost instantaneously."
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If previous FEMA and FBI lists are any indication, the Main Core database includes dissidents and activists of various stripes, political and tax protesters, lawyers and professors, publishers and journalists, gun owners, illegal aliens, foreign nationals, and a great many other harmless, average people.
Just makes you feel warm, fuzzy and protected by Big Brother, doesn't it?
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