I came across this jarring anti-meth ad and decided to post it. Not that I think any of my readers are users, but a lot of us know people who do or have used meth in the past. People tend to assume it is relatively safe, especially since there are prescription versions available. But its not. It is highly addictive and potentially deadly. But I think the side of meth that is often down played is the aggressive behavior that sometimes accompanies it, that i why i like this commercial.
HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced his resignation today. His tenure is marred by a national housing crisis, allegations of political favoritism and a criminal investigation. But I would like you to remember the Bush crony differently. As the Alphonso Jackson I know and love:
Asked about the problems with subprime mortgages last June, Jackson insisted that many such [high-risk, high-cost] borrowers were not unsophisticated, low-income people but what he called “Yuppies, Buppies and Guppies” – well-educated, young, black and gay upwardly mobile achievers – with expensive cars who bought $400,000 homes with little or no money down.
Thats right, Alphonso Jackson, the ambitious upwardly mobile groups are to blame, not the shady loan companies, shaky economy, or present administration.
CINCINNATI, March 19 (UPI) — An Ohio man saved his fiancee and infant son from a fire after he nearly drove away to work but returned to kiss the baby goodbye.
Kevin Roy said he realized while pulling out of his driveway Tuesday morning that he had forgotten to kiss his 1-year-old son, Koby, goodbye, WLWT-TV, Cincinnati, reported Wednesday.
“I just wanted to tell him I loved him before I left,” Roy said. “I pulled up to the end of the driveway and thought, ‘I want to go in and tell him bye,’ because I normally do. It’s just something I do on a daily basis, so I decided to go back in.”
Roy said his house was filled with smoke when he walked back in the door. He said he was able to locate and wake his sleeping fiancee, Ashley Swingley, but Koby’s room was filled with so much smoke that the parents could not see inside.
“I couldn’t even see into his room, and I just grabbed him and ran outside,” said Swingley.
The fire, which destroyed the house and nearly all of its contents, is under investigation.
Came across this cute little article today on abc.com.
Owning a pet cat may help your heart
If you’re not allergic to them, having a cat might be great for your heart.
According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, people who don’t own a cat have about a 40 percent higher risk of dying from heart disease.
Scientists don’t know why, but say their best guess is that having a pet relieves stress and anxiety.
Sorry dog owners — researchers found no protective relationship between man and his so called “best friend.” However, that could be due to the limitations of the study, and not a conclusion about dogs specifically.
By now I am sure you have all heard the Giants won the Superbowl. A lot of people (and their wallets) are going to be upset this morning. I didn’t really care either way. Alex was cheering for the Giants so I cheered for the Patriots. But it is always nice when the underdog wins. I remember the week before the season started my Dad went out with my Uncle Sean. He came home and said “Sean told me the giants are the team this year”. Sean is a big Giants fan so I figured it was just his wishful thinking. Well Congratulations Giants (and their loyal fans).
If you, like me, went to bed before it was over you can check out the commercials at http://www.nfl.com/superbowl.
Being dumped can be terrible. Dumping someone can be terrible. While neither party is happy during the dumping, in the long run both may be happier. Well there is an awesome website “So You’ve Been Dumped“
It covers all the important bases of dumping, like what books to read or music to listen to. It has humor and advice. It has good break lines (some good in the true sense, but mostly good in the funny sense). For example, the site suggests Billie Holiday’s -“Good Morning Heartache ” as a post break up song. I would like to share my suggestion, Ani Difranco’s “untouchable face”. One of the books it suggests is Exorcising Your Ex – Elizabeth Kuster . My suggestion is It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken – Greg and Amiira Behrendt.
Harsh Break Up Lines:
“Dating you is killing who I am.”
“I have lost all romantic feelings for you completely, and I desire no future relationship with you.”
“She’s exactly like you used to be – before you became a bitch.”
“I think you love me more than I love you.”
“The longer we are together, the less serious I am about you.”
“I don’t think you have it in you to be a good mother. When I thought about marrying you, I only thought about whether you’d make a good wife…I didn’t think about whether you’d make a good mother too.”
“Really, it’s not you, I’m just going through a selfish phase…”
“I think we have three choices: 1) stay together, 2) take a break, or 3) break up entirely, and I want 2 or 3.”
Nicole’s Top Five Tips for Breaking Up
1. Tell your mutual friends what you are thinking, make them swear to secrecy, and then give it a little time, at least one of them will give him/her a heads up. Maybe they will dump you first, or at least they won’t look like a deer in the headlights.
2. DO NOT START DATING ANYONE ELSE until it is completely over, if you have already started dating someone else then LIE
3. Cry before they do.
4. If you do it close to a holiday, you are a jerk and yes you still have to get a present.
5. His/Her friends, relatives, and coworkers are off limits for a time period equal to or greater than the duration of your relationship (exception-when your ex gets engaged/married)
I don’t know how many of you remember Tapper. I have heard it called other names, but usually it is called Root Beer Tapper. The premise is people order a drink and then you fill it and send it down the bar to them. If you take too long they leave, or if you send it the wrong place it crashes. Simple but fun. Elegant video game design. Well I am going to share with you an addictive little game called “Sushi Go Round“
It may simple at first, but as you get to the higher levels it is very fast, and the orders become more complicated.
I’m a cat person. I have a cat, I think cats are cute, and most importantly I don’t like dogs. I think they smell, the homes of their owners often smell, they are dumb, and they require too much time and effort to be worth having. (Really I am just scared of them, and don’t understand why they aren’t all box trained like cats).
Although some cat people become extreme and obsessive, I’ve generally noticed that it is more often dog owners. You know the type, people with dogs on their sweatshirt, dog statues and decorations, dogs on all their holiday cards, and a own a dog they treat like a favorite child. My question is how does a person become a “dog person”? Is it overnight? Are they born that way? Is is nature or nurture?
I recently have come across a type of dog that I think is irresistibly cute, mini goldendoodles and labradoodles. All of a sudden I find myself actually thinking about getting a dog. Is this the first step? Am I going to get paw bumper stickers? Will my next holiday card have two puppies sleeping adorably?
I am sure many of you have seen the Dove love your body commercials before, but I got linked to a site that had a bunch of them posted. There were two I hadn’t seen that I thought were interesting. I have mixed feelings about the videos, but I think the editing and the points are good. My problem is two fold, one I don’t really care that girls get bad images from the media, and two Dove has all sorts of skin care products that sell completely because women are expected to take care of themselves physically. So I really don’t need my soap company telling me how the world should be or how to raise kids. But on the other hand they are visually effective.
Also someone posted this video in my pharmacy class’s facebook group. I thought it was cute/funny. It is a .swf so I didn’t know how to put it directly into the page.
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