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Wondering if this will show up in Facebook, as I'm supposedly importing my own RSS feed. You are probably wondering what kind of a fool can't import his own RSS feed, or you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about. Either way you are probably wondering about me in a less than flattering way, which I can deal with. Just wait 'til I get all of this stuff working together, and I can tap my shoe sending a Tweet to my Twitter account which will turn itself into a blog generating an RSS feed that appears on my Facebook page! Who'll be laughing then!
AFP Story
There's not much else at the link above, and normally I avoid blogging about anything even remotely political, but this news caused a mini-aneurysm.
First is the absurdity of actually trying this man in a court. He should be dropped in a hole somewhere until he wants to talk about anything he might know that could save American lives.
Second - "alleged" bomber? The article actually states the following: "Abdulmutallab also confirmed he had taken medication to treat injuries." What injuries, do you ask? Those acquired by setting your underwear on fire, that's what injuries. But wait, he didn't do that did he? He's not guilty.
Finally, there's the whole courage-of-your-convictions thing. If you were willing to blow yourself up to kill a planeload of passengers, shouldn't you be willing to plead guilty and send a message to the whole world that you're a dedicated man? Isn't pleading not guilty at this point a little cowardly? I can understand that you're going to be a financial and emotional drain on the courts and American society, but that doesn't seem worthy of someone of the flaming undergarments ilk.
Just makes me nauseated. I can't wait for the trial, let alone the appeal. Hopefully the authorities are treating him with kid gloves and helping him get over his "injury."
Well it's January 6th and I've already broken my (unwritten) resolution not to complain about the winter. Usually I last until early February, by which time I am spending three hours a day in front of my sun box trying to trick my brain into believing I'm not above the Arctic Circle*. I've heard from different, yet completely believable sources, that State College ranks up in the top five cloudiest cities in the universe, behind only Seattle, the Pacific Ocean**, the moon Titan and Venus. If you want to write in and elect your own city as cloudiest in the universe, please at least include a link or URL to an official National Weather Service observing station.
No doubt you're reading this and thinking to yourself, "A-ha! This massive cold outbreak is another sign that there is NO global warming." Before you trick yourself into believing crazy things like that, or Charlie Sheen's innocence, or the idea that your city could possibly be cloudier than State College, Pennsylvania - I have bad news: It turns out that Global Warming actually produces cold weather.
Scientists who refused to be interviewed by this blog (I'm sure there would be many if I asked) have suggested that Global Warming causes hot weather, really hot weather, cold weather, and really cold weather. The AP, gloating that they actually got scientists to answer their phone calls, has the story in this article: Experts: Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming.
Now, I'm not one to try and argue with a genuine scientist, because I'm a humble blogger with little scientific background or knowledge*** but it seems awfully convenient that Global Warming is supported by hot weather, cold weather, really hot weather, really cold weather, earthquakes, tornadoes, cloudy weather in State College, ancient fossil records, and Tiger Woods' fifth house on Titan.
I'm just sayin'.
*Pennsylvania is in the Arctic Circle just north of Saskatchewan.
**Okay, the Pacific Ocean technically isn't just one city.
***The humble author wants you to know that he DID get an A in Anatomy and Physiology in high school.
 Tetrapod named "Phil." Illustration by Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki Scientists have discovered the footprints of an 8' long creature that date almost 20 million years earlier than the earliest known walking creature. The prints were found in southeastern Poland, a European country somewhere above Arkansas. The footprints were just dozens of feet away from the remains of a hot dog stand, causing scientists to speculate that the tetrapod (a backboned animal with four limbs) was hungry.
"The tetrapod tracks are proof that these early animals walked on land and were likely tempted out of the water by a tasty moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor*," said a paleontologist at Warsaw University.
The footprints indicate the tetrapod was a lizard-like creature, about 8.25 feet long, with stout legs, scales, green eyes, gout and a peg leg. Additional, researchers are fairly certain that his name was Phil.
National Geographic: Oldest Land-Walker Tracks Found--Pushes Back Evolution
*Thank you Wikipedia!
Here we go, by popular demand: Carl's resolutions for 2010.
Get Healthy
Love More
Use Less
Read More
Compute Less
Write My First Book
Tonight I stopped in to write a new post (which would make three days in a row I think!) and almost everything from 2009 is gone. I have no idea what happened, but it's very dismaying. I believe I recovered what I lost in text form, so the posts exist, it's just that they would have to be re-entered by hand, and I think I would rather be doused in barbecue sauce and thrown to hungry boars then do that. But perhaps one or two at a time.
In any event, if you see something odd that's probably the reason.
Checking out a few things, please don't stare.
Random hospital inspired haiku...
Trip to the ER,
An IV bag of fluids.
Twelve hours later...
Blue hopital gown,
I think it ties in the back,
I feel a cold draft.
Appendicitis.
It's hard to fit in Haiku.
Take that sucker out.
Early morning update: I was going to write this entire update in haiku but I'm tired. It's 1:16 am here and we've been home about an hour. Everyone's in bed and the house is quiet (save for my laptop, which is playing a mix of Third Day and OneRepublic) and I'm trying to get some work done. I took Cassie to the ER because of stomach problems and dehydration. They did the dreaded IV bag O' fluids, an ultrasound and a ct scan. They told us that no problems showed up on the ultrasound/ct, but that there could be organs in there just waiting to explode so if Cassie felt the same tomorrow (which is now today) we should come back.
I KID YOU NOT. We should come back to the ER. At that point I was going to say we would just camp out because the odds of not coming back after a set-up like that were nil, but we left.
Bag o' fluids sir?
The nurse asked, needle in hand.
No thanks, I'm driving.
AccuWeather's forecast floor is buzzing, it seems like we could finally get a big ticket item. I'm personally expecting a little sleet, then some rain. AccuWeather article here.
Today's the start of an exciting new Blog Hero feature which I call... Dear Carl. (I named it after how people address the email questions they send to me.)
What I'll do is I'll choose one of the many questions I get via email and answer is publicly here. This will accomplish several things: it will take up a blog post (checks that off list) it will answer the question of the original emailer (assuming they're reading here, check) and it will also help untold thousands who probably were wondering the same exact thing but didn't have the courage to ask (or didn't have my email address - see email address at left.)
Today's installment:
Dear Carl,
Normally I ignore every single application request I get on Facebook. I find this to be good policy (note from Carl: this is an excellent policy.) However, today I was faced with a quandary: a friend sent me an application invitation called "Request for Good Karma." What was I to do? Surely refusing a Good Karma Application Request - while in keeping with my overall policy - would doom me. After several seconds of staring at the request I finally caved and clicked the add application button.
I then waited for a few minutes, only to receive a message that the Good Karma Application failed to load properly.
My question is - should I wait for the inevitable doom of being unable to add a Good Karma Application, or should I just shoot myself in the head with a bazooka now? It seems either way I'm done for.
Sincerely,
Bad Karma in Topeka
Dear Bad Karma in Topeka,
Thank you for your note! (Throws pinch of salt over left shoulder.) I'd really, really like to help you (knocks on wood three times) but at this point I hope you'll understand if (kisses horseshoe before throwing it at black cat walking under ladder made out of mirrored glass) I have to pass on this either way. On the one hand I can't condone violence of any sort, particularly with a bazooka. On the other hand, it's pretty clear (hits self in forehead with open palm facing outward twice, yells "OOGA BLOOGA!!" at top lungs) that you're doomed. I would suggest you sit out in the middle of a grassy field, away from any cattle, and hope for the best.
Sincerely,
Carl
(OOGA BLOOGA!!)
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