Ya’ll may think I spend all my time surfing the net. Nothing could be closer farther from the truth. (I do spend time working on the pinball machines)
So I was a bit surprised when I came across this story about how kissing reduces allergies! (ignore all the bird flu stories, I’m hoping they aren’t related)
I think I just felt a whole new round of allergies coming on!
From the article:
Scientists based at the Satou hospital in Japan found that kissing worked by relaxing the body and reducing the production of histamine – a chemical that the body produces in response to pollen, causing the sneezing, runny noses and streaming eyes that characterise hay fever attacks.
Now, not only do I think they make good Trucks, they must have, well, the best medical system in the world. That’s all I have to say. I mean, how out of the box is it to think “We ought see if kissing cuts buck on allergies”. Heck, that’s livin outside the box.
Every so often I run across a article that, well, makes me believe that all the wierd theories I have about women are not completely off track.
From Scotsman.com:
HALF of all women make their minds up within 30 seconds of meeting a man about whether he is potential boyfriend material, according to a study on speed-dating.
I’m guessing the other half take about 45 seconds? Moving from the boyfriend to “Just Friends”
“However, this evidence suggests that women may make up their minds much quicker than men. It suggests men have only a few seconds to impress a woman, thus emphasising the importance of their opening comments.”
The study also found that women were twice as picky as the men.
Yup.
I knew it.
And since it’s scientific research, it has to be fact, right?
I’ve been mulling over my life, and trying to figure out women (which I may never do).
So I present the analogy of If men and women were appliances.
Men: Men are like the Fridge you might buy at SAMS. It’s a nice looking fridge, all stainless steel. You get a box that’s the same size as the floor model you saw. Once the fridge is at home you plug it in. You have to put the shelves in, and put the food in, and it works.
Women: Women are like the BBQ sets you see at SAMS.
You look at it, and think “That’s a nice looking BBQ set”. You get taken to a box, but aren’t allowed to look in it.
You get home, open the box, and it’s in a hundred little pieces.
The manual is only written in Korean.
And there are no pictures of where to put what piece to what piece.
You finally get it put together, there are 2 bolts left over.
And there is a equal chance of when you try to light it up of getting a nice warm fire, or having it explode and killing everyone in a one block radius.
Now before anyone gets angry at me, I like girls, I am just trying to say I get confused by ya’ll, is all.
I was getting ready to snooze, and I look out my window (you know, the one that gets all the light from the hardware store I live behind) and it’s snowing.
On May 5th it’s snowing.
I’m thinking the birth of TomKitten has ushered in the end of days…
Recently a group of Canadian Musicians got together and started saying that the folks at the RIAA and Canadian equivelant were harming the music industry by suing the Fans. Who are the folks at the forfront of this? Why BNL of course. From a letter written by Stephen Page
Much of their lobbying, however, is not about protecting artists or promoting Canadian culture. It is about propping up business models in the recording industry that are quickly becoming obsolete and unsustainable. It is about preserving foreign-based power structures and further entrenching the labels’ role as industry gatekeepers. Their lobbying efforts are focused on passing laws that restrict artists’ ability to take control of their own music, reach their fans in more direct ways and earn a decent living from music without sacrificing their autonomy.
We, as Canadian music creators, have identified three simple principles that should guide copyright reform and cultural policy.
- First, we believe that suing our fans is destructive and hypocritical. We do not want to sue music fans, and we do not want to distort the law to coerce fans into conforming to a rigid digital market artificially constructed by the major labels.
- Second, we believe that the use of digital locks, frequently referred to as technological protection measures, are risky and counterproductive. We do not support using digital locks to increase the labels’ control over the distribution, use and enjoyment of music, nor do we support laws that prohibit circumvention of such technological measures, including Canadian accession to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Internet Treaties. These treaties are designed to give control to major labels and take choices away from artists and consumers. Laws should protect artists and consumers, not restrictive technologies.
- Third, we strongly believe that cultural policy should support actual Canadian artists. We call on the Canadian government to firmly commit to programs that support Canadian music talent. The government should make a long-term commitment to grow support mechanisms such as the Canada Music Fund and FACTOR, invest in music training and education, create limited tax shelters for copyright royalties, protect artists from inequalities in bargaining power and make collecting societies more transparent.
It’s nice to hear a differing opinion on how artistists want to be reprsented, and how they feel. The icing on the cake is that my favorite band is at the forfront.
Favorite parts:
- Mini Van thrown over bridge
- Hamburger with two patties, cheese, bacan, like a head of lettuce and an entire tomato.
That’s BurgerTastic.
