I’m one of those that fear the radiation the comes from my mobile phone, so I try to keep it at a “safe” distance from me when I’m not using it.
I just learned that Equifax, and I’m sure others, offers a service to employers to verify past employment history and income. So be careful padding that resume and income history.
In the next 50 years, I bet asteroid mining will be popular and a very lucrative investment.
Because John Oliver has the same writers as Stewart, the jokes are about the same, but Stewart definitely has a better delivery.
I’ve never been a big fan of the filibuster, but watching last night was gripping, it’s something in Texas politics I thought I’d never see.
I think the most retweeted thing last night was, “At what point does a female senator need to raise her voice to be heard over the male colleagues in the room?”
I’m one of those that feel you can’t legislate morality, and prefer to do want we can to bring the unwanted pregnancies down, which will bring down the abortion rate. Easier said than done, I know.
You know Sen. Wendy Davis had to be wearing adult diapers. But that sacrifice will be worth it to walk on to the national stage and motivate the normally quiet Texas Democrats.
I can’t believe no local news station was airing any of this, thankfully The Texas Tribute had a live stream on YouTube. Which leads me to this tweet: The #standwithwendy livestream is now >170k viewers, beating all but 1 cable news network’s ratings from last night. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/06/25/cable-news-ratings-for-monday-june-24-2013/188811/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29 …
I’m a fan of Jerry Seinfeld’s series of taking well known comedians and actors on car rides and a cup of coffee. His latest is with David Letterman. The car they ride in actually is quite unique. It’s a Volvo station wagon with a modified Ford supercharged racing engine that was given to Letterman by Paul Newman. Their conversation about their time on Carson was interesting. At one point they just walk into a True Value and meet a few strangers. I wonder what that must have been like to just go to the store and run into Letterman and Seinfeld.
Secretly (well, not so secretly now…), it bothers me when I see people condemn others for having abortions. It feels so much like casting stones. I can't imagine its an easy decision. And, if someone is making the decision easily, I'm sure they aren't swayed by the protesters. We should not be so arrogant to think that raising a child is the *only* best option for someone. I actually knew someone in my family past who got a back-alley abortion and died as a result of it. Someone I love very much would have had a very different life today if this had not happened. But, I look at the decision being faced and often wondered how difficult it must have been (and scary) to feel like this was the only option.
So, as you can imagine, I'm staunchly pro-choice. At the same time, I'm very, very open about wanting to adopt. I tell everyone in my family and my neighborhood and at the school. Everyone! Unfortunately, we can't afford it and my husband isn't quite on board with actively going through the paperwork at this time. So, I'm leaving this to God. It's my sincerest prayer that if **anyone** in my circle ever needed to face that decision, that they would – hopefully – seek me out first and know that my entire family would love their child till the end of our days and ensure they were forever cared for with love, compassion, support and praise. And, my kids know this too. We talk about it often. Sometimes there are things in this world we don't understand but we should always be the good. And, if our prayers are answered, this would mean we get to share the love in our home with someone else someday!
I wish pro-life folks would put as much energy/passion into fixing our adoption system. I'd love to be able to apply for grants or sponsorship to fund an adoption. Or, perhaps, create a *loving* network for women/families facing this decision. Make the alternative solution (being adoption or raising the child) affordable and realistic.
Re: Bono and his comments on U2's tax evasion and moving their business to a lower tax jurisdiction….the big issue to the Irish people and government is that for so many years U2 benefited off the backs of Irish taxpayers. When the law was changed due to the Irish economy falling apart the U2 organization packed up and moved overnight to Holland.
Secretly (well, not so secretly now…), it bothers me when I see people condemn others for having abortions. It feels so much like casting stones. I can't imagine its an easy decision. And, if someone is making the decision easily, I'm sure they aren't swayed by the protesters. We should not be so arrogant to think that raising a child is the *only* best option for someone. I actually knew someone in my family past who got a back-alley abortion and died as a result of it. Someone I love very much would have had a very different life today if this had not happened. But, I look at the decision being faced and often wondered how difficult it must have been (and scary) to feel like this was the only option.
So, as you can imagine, I'm staunchly pro-choice. At the same time, I'm very, very open about wanting to adopt. I tell everyone in my family and my neighborhood and at the school. Everyone! Unfortunately, we can't afford it and my husband isn't quite on board with actively going through the paperwork at this time. So, I'm leaving this to God. It's my sincerest prayer that if **anyone** in my circle ever needed to face that decision, that they would – hopefully – seek me out first and know that my entire family would love their child till the end of our days and ensure they were forever cared for with love, compassion, support and praise. And, my kids know this too. We talk about it often. Sometimes there are things in this world we don't understand but we should always be the good. And, if our prayers are answered, this would mean we get to share the love in our home with someone else someday!
I wish pro-life folks would put as much energy/passion into fixing our adoption system. I'd love to be able to apply for grants or sponsorship to fund an adoption. Or, perhaps, create a *loving* network for women/families facing this decision. Make the alternative solution (being adoption or raising the child) affordable and realistic.
Next month TCM is starting a new series, Carson on TCM hosted by Conan O' Brien. Looks like some great stuff.
Re: Bono and his comments on U2's tax evasion and moving their business to a lower tax jurisdiction….the big issue to the Irish people and government is that for so many years U2 benefited off the backs of Irish taxpayers. When the law was changed due to the Irish economy falling apart the U2 organization packed up and moved overnight to Holland.