Okay, this one I really don’t get at all. The United Church of Christ, in a wide departure from the message that most major Christian Religious sects are espousing these days, has launched an ad campaign welcoming gay and lesbian people into their congregations. This has to be a good thing, no matter what side of the debate you’re on. If you’re morally conservative, this means gay people are are getting the word of God and might, shall we say, have a change of preference (of course this theory is all wrong, but I digress). And if you’re morally liberal, well this gives the gay community a place to worship if they so choose. Everyone’s happy. Right?
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Don’t forget to thank Canada
Bush decides to thank Canada for the hospitality offered to Americans while stranded, as planes were grounded after the 9/11 attacks. Of course, the thanks is 3 years late and so overdue it’s almost irrelevant now…
Yeah, uptime sucked this weekend. Live with it.
So yeah, my server decided that after months of trouble free operation, it too should have Thanksgiving off and took a dump just as I was incommunicado. Sorry for the outage. Things do appear to be stable once again though.
Thanksgiving leftovers
As we all know, a vegan can’t really fully enjoy the customs and traditions associated with Thanksgiving, because of course, the idea of a holiday centered around the slaughter of millions of turkeys would no doubt repulse their activist little brains. Imagine the fun and exciting arguments that must ensue when these folks head home to family and sulk in misery as everyone eats dead bird while they nibble on peas.
Well, misery no more! Now Vegans, too, can enjoy Thanksgiving with their own turkey facsmile. Behold! Tofurky:
And it even comes with its own leftovers, “Tofurky Jurky.” Yummmy yum! Nothing says “day after Thanksgiving” like dried bean curd!
Of course, it probably tastes blander than cardboard, but considering few people really know the correct method for cooking a turkey, it’s probably not far off from the real thing at most feast tables.
Buy a ticking time bomb for Christmas :)
Yeah I know, I said no updates, but this came up before I left Wednesday, so I figured I’d give you something to look at while I was gone. 🙂
As we enter the holiday shopping season, it might be prudent to double check the quality of what you’re buying for your loved ones. Especially if it’s a cell phone:
WASHINGTON – Curtis Sathre said it was like a bomb going off. His 13-year-old son Michael stood stunned, ears ringing, hand gushing blood after his cell phone exploded. Safety officials have received 83 reports of cell phones exploding or catching fire in the past two years, usually because of bad batteries or chargers.
Now that’s a picture you want in your mind as you’re paying for that Kyocera pre-paid phone for your chatty relatives, eh? By they way, the reason I pick on Kyocera is because two of the three major battery recalls over the past two years have come from Kyocera. Nokia shares in the notoriety.
But it looks like for the most part, cell phones aren’t too prone to exploding as long as people don’t cheap out and buy knock-off batteries instead of original equipment. I too used to think cheap couterfeits were just as good, but let’s face it, Lithium Ion batteries are really effective incendiary devices if they’re not properly constructed or charged.
I am a little irked by by the last paragraph of this story though, talking about the same kid mentioned in the lede:
“It took my son two months to decide to even be near a cell phone,” said his mother, Cris. “But he needs one.”
Call me old school, but does a 13 year old really need a cell phone?