What the crap is this?

If I had the time or inclination, I would respond and have some fun with them, but I have better things to do with my time.

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“These worries that we have are so rare,” says Christie Barnes, mother of four and author of The Paranoid Parents Guide. “It’s like packing a snow shovel in case it snows in Las Vegas.” Based on surveys Barnes collected, the top five worries of parents are, in order:

• Kidnapping
• School snipers
• Terrorists
• Dangerous strangers
• Drugs

But how do children really get hurt or killed?

• Car accidents
• Homicide (usually committed by a person who knows the child, not a stranger)
• Abuse
• Suicide
• Drowning

Why such a big discrepancy between worries and reality? Barnes says parents fixate on rare events because they internalize horrific stories they hear on the news or from a friend without stopping to think about the odds the same thing could happen to their children.

link: 5 Worries Parents Should Drop, And 5 They Shouldn’t : Shots – Health News Blog : NPR

Honestly, I don’t think I have anything to add to this article. They hit the nail right on the head, parents are freaking out about shit that will probably never happen to their children.

In addition to the questionably safe items I did as a child, and mentioned yesterday, I spent most of my mouth wandering the streets of my home town until the street lights came on. There was no fear of being abducted or any absurd garbage of that nature, there was trust between my parents and me.

Get this, when I was in kindergarten, at the age of 5, I would walk from school to the bowling alley where my mother worked. Google says 1.1mi driving, but with the cut across we can drop maybe .2mi. And that was at 5!

Admittedly, I do not live in a large metropolitan area, but that doesn’t mean people around here are not afraid of the same things.

That is only addressing the one issue, stranger danger, but with the current thoughts most people in this country seem to have about terrorism, they almost seem to think that anyone with brown skin is one. Hell, just look at the fight over the community center they want to build close to ground zero. Guess what, folks, when you fight asinine shit like that, the terrorists have won, but I digress.

Parents, learn what is really dangerous for your kids, and stop thinking that Carlos the Jackal is going to bomb your kids school while a disgruntled white supremacist climbs the clock tower with his M40A3 and starts taking aim at the parking lot where the big van is parked while your kid is in the locker room shooting up heroin.

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“We know what shape, sizes and consistencies pose the greatest risk for choking in children and whenever possible food manufacturers should design foods to avoid those characteristics, or redesign existing foods when possible, to change those characteristics to reduce the choking risk,” said Dr. Gary Smith, immediate-past chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention and lead author of the organization’s new policy statement on preventing choking.”

link: Pediatricians Want Redesign of Hot Dogs, Candy to Curb Kids’ Choking – BusinessWeek

You have got to be shitting me!

Sure, small objects in children’s mouths are bad, but what about the costs involved in R&D to redesign all of these objects? Where is that cost going to be offset? Us, the consumer.
Never mind the fact that parents should be mindful of what their children are shoving into their mouths, not mommy and daddy government.

I am curious, of those pediatricians who want government regulation to change the shape of food items that may cause choking, how many of them ate the same items when they were kids? I think back to what I was allowed to do as a child: riding around in the bed of a pick up truck, sitting in the front seat of a car at the age of 6, putting the shoulder strap from my seat belt behind me, and probably too many others to name, and think that, according to what seems a majority of the population, I should probably be dead already.

Guess what, I am not dead, and I have even made it to the age of 32 without breaking any bones.

My parents must have been doing something right.

Thanks for the link on Twitter, Distroia.

What I mean is that I really need to start actually taking the time to write my damned thoughts down.

I have all kinds of crazy crap bouncing around through my head, and if I would let them escape in some way, I think it may help me find some clarity.

The problem is, I am not very good at following through with what I start. I think maybe it is time to work harder on that, start forming good habits, and see where the future will take me.

Religious delusions are common symptoms of schizophrenia. – SciForums.com

M*W: Scientists have concluded that there is a deeply manifested relationship between religion and schizophrenia. Common symptoms of non-treated schizophrenics include delusions of both spirituality and religiousness. Religious belief delusions vary across cultures. The impact of religion does not always have a positive outcome. In fact, religious delusions may play a part in substance abuse and suicide attempts. Psychiatrists have found that using religion as part of a patient’s treatment can often have adverse outcomes.

The potential implications of statements such as this are, to put it mildly, bad. I just finished reading “Under the Banner of Heaven” by Jon Krauker (thanks for the suggestion Kelly) and one of the items discussed during the trial of the Lafferty brothers was the attempt to get them off on an insanity plea because he heard the voice of God talking to him that told him to commit murder. Luckily that did not happen, because if it had then anyone who commits a crime because of his religious fervor could claim the same, when it is in all actuality the fault of the person committing the crime.

While I may personally find the idea of belief in a supreme being a trifle silly, that does not mean I think that people who actually adhere to their religious beliefs are classified as insane by any stretch of the word. Here in the states, we are so inundated with religion that to not believe practically ostracizes you from society (see this Slate article for an interesting look at that).

Genetically, we are also programmed to believe what someone in a position of authority tells us at a young age. As we grow, and learn to think for ourselves, we find that we can learn through trial and error, but some of what was there as a child still remains. This, of course, is how our children become indoctrinated in religion, and in my opinion it would be far better if they were allowed to make that choice for themselves when they reach a level of maturity commiserate with such a large decision in their lives.

So, does this mean that just because our parents told us that someone was watching over us, and speaks to us, makes us insane? In my thoughts, no.

I have decided that I am going to start replacing the word “Fuck” with the word “Thank” in all conversation.

There is no good reason for this other for my own personal enjoyment.

In my head, whenever I say “Thank You” only I will know what I actually mean. I can tell someone to “Get Thanked,” or to “Go Thank themselves,” and with my simple word substitution I will mean something far worse than what they think.

Not only that, but it even still works as a single sentence, “Thank the thanking thanker.”

Or maybe, “I really want to Thank her.”

The possibilities are endless, and it will all be my only little secret.

Went to Bob Evan’s for lunch today, carry out. The girl at the carryout register gave me a $10 bil in change. Apparently she assumed I had money other than the $20 bill I gave her?

NO TIP FOR YOU!

Also, I had the conversation after the jump with a friend on YIM about it. Good stuff. I love that girl.

Me @ 12:49
well, seriously
if i had singles, i would have given her 1
if she brought to the car, 2
if she brought to the car, was hot (definitely not) climbed into the seat next to me, and sucked my dick, then she could have the 10

Her @ 12:52
MIKE!

Me @ 12:52
what?
its ok. i would video tape it so its porno and not prostitution

Her @ 12:53
michael!

Me @ 12:53
$10 was greater than what my food cost
also, you dont REALLY believe i would do that, now do you?

Her @ 12:54
no but STILL!!!

Me @ 12:54
what?

Her @ 12:55
$10, that’s not enough

Total Awesomesauce.

Recently, I was having a discussion with a very dear friend about “the perfect woman.” Maybe not so much a discussion as the topic being brought up, in jest, but it was still enough to make me think more about the topic. I know that, almost a year ago, I had posted some drivel about the woman I wanted to date, but honestly I was in a bit of a funk at the time and know that our ideas in a perfect mate are not necessarily static.

To that end, I think I know what, at this point in time, my idea of “the perfect woman” is. Nothing too shallow, I hope, but probably very universal.

Naturally, physical attractiveness is important. No matter how much someone says they do not care about looks, the fact of the matter is 90% of our impressions about people are based on appearance. This is genetic, of course. We have certain qualities that we find to be ideal in a mate and we think should compliment our own genes and help create better progeny. (It’s evolution, kids. Looking for transitionary forms? Your own children are transitionary forms. Deal with it.) Barring physical appearance, since we really don’t have that much control over it in the first place, what else is important?

Intelligence. There are many people who think that just learning something new is intelligence. Hate to be a hater (no I don’t) but that is not intelligence. That is knowledge. Intelligence is the ability to take the knowledge you have, assimilate it, and apply it to tasks at hand, find the relevant links between the different types of knowledge you have gained, and use in to further the knowledge of everyone else. Spouting facts is knowledge. Using those facts to find something new is intelligence.

Surprisingly enough, I honestly think that is it. Except for her ability to deal with my inane rhetoric, but that is a skill that few, if any, will ever acquire.

Every day, I feel more like Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer when I get sent to the warehouse to cover the day shift supervisors lunch.

I find a new reasons daily to say, “I’m just a computerguy. You ask me questions about supevisory things and it makes me want to run to my MacBook and hide in some RPG code…”

Hopefully, this will end soon.

It would appear that the same faith based tripe from the former Presidential regime is continuing under Obama. (Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, right?)

The White House Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 30, 2010

Presidential Proclamation–National Day of Prayer

A PROCLAMATION
Throughout our history, whether in times of great joy and thanksgiving, or in times of great challenge and uncertainty, Americans have turned to prayer. In prayer, we have expressed gratitude and humility, sought guidance and forgiveness, and received inspiration and assistance, both in good times and in bad.
On this day, let us give thanks for the many blessings God has bestowed upon our Nation. Let us rejoice for the blessing of freedom both to believe and to live our beliefs, and for the many other freedoms and opportunities that bring us together as one Nation. Let us ask for wisdom, compassion, and discernment of justice as we address the great challenges of our time.
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Basically my thoughts on this are summed up from a Twitlonger post that I sent out on Saturday.

@kaarbaak i undertand, but it does affect me. by its very nature, gov’t should be w/out religion, but pushing a proclamation about religion is not keeping the offices of church and state separate. while, unlike a lot of people, i do understand that it is not written in the consitiution about the separate of church and state (it was mentioned in a letter written by Jefferson) i also understand that the idea behind the second amendment is to keep a religious test out of trying to attain public office. unfortunately, this is no longer the case in the USA. how many openly atheist or agnostic politicians can you name? i can’t think of any. politicians are free to pray all they want, just like everyone else in the entire world. so long as what people do does not harm another individual, then it does not affect me, but the president does not have the authority to push belief of a higher power onto anyone but issuing a proclamation stating tha America believes in a higher power is wanton disregard for the office he holds and the freedom of people to choose to believe or not.

Things of this nature have often make me wonder if the USA truly is turning into an Oligarchy. Where is the room for the non-believer when the highest authority in the land claims that everyone has a belief in a higher power and that we all should offer lip service to non-existant deities that they will make the problems better? If prayer were actually effective, how many people would be winning the lottery? How many people would not need their treatments for cancer? Wy would anyone on the planet have need to suffer?

Certain elements of the religious variety claim that their deity is a benevolent person, so why would this omnipotent being punish less fortunate people? I know, all I am doing is asking questions, but aren’t these questions that anyone with faith in a higher power should be asking themselves?

I have a much better idea for the National day of Prayer, how about make it be the National Day of Help Your Fellow Man. I don’t necessarily mean giving large amounts of money to charity or flying to a country devastated by a natural disaster, but more along the lines of the people in your community that need help. Volunteer at your local food bank, help an old lady cross the street, whatever you can do. And do it not because you fear the all powerful being in the sky, how about you just do it because it is the right thing to do?

Also, National Day of Prayer is Unconstitutional