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04:13 - 02 February 2005
tuesday drivel de snivel!!!

white entertainment television:

I noticed a similar thought on another blog, and thought I�d post this. Before I say what I want to, though, please note: I�m not racist. This is just an observation that I find kind of funny (and irritating).

It�s alright to have a Black Entertainment Television. It�s just a cultural channel - that�s all.

And yet - what would be the reaction if there was a White Entertainment Television channel?

And as a friend of mine commented, why is it that many black people insist on being called �African American", but their TV channel is Black Entertainment? And how many of these people are from Africa? They�re not.

caution:children
i recently seen a van, which was serving as a bus. (Why they can�t call it a Day Care Center Van instead of a Day Care Center Bus, when it is obviously a van, I don�t know.) On the back of the van in big, bold letters was this:

CAUTION: CHILDREN

What, exactly, is the point of this? One would at first think that it means, �There are children in this vehicle - please drive safely". But wouldn�t one hope that people would be driving safely around other human beings, regardless of their age? I�d hope so (although I know that�s certainly not the case).

Or maybe they meant something more simple: �CAUTION! Rabid little beasts in this vehicle! Maintain a distance of at least 25 feet between yourself and this van!� At times, I can see where that meaning would be much more applicable. A funny mental image comes to me: through the back windows of the van, you see 10 or 15 little kids, bouncing off the walls, pulling on the driver�s hair, and stepping on his toes.

Caution, indeed.

A few days ago, I saw a similar warning on another van:

CAUTION: SENIORS

You could interpret this in two ways as well. There�s the one connotation of: �Senior citizens onboard. Please drive carefully for their safety.� The most obvious one. Then there�s the other one, that of: �CRAZY OLD PEOPLE ONBOARD! Back away! Back AWAY!�

Bless her soul, but I can see my grandma aboard that bus, grinning evilly out of the back window as she brandishes her walking cane and a stolen butterknife.

28 Days
Wouldn't it be nice to be in a coma for about a month? I think that we should be given the opportunity to hibernate for the month of February. Maybe we don't call it a coma or hibernation, but perhaps we call it hypersleep. Like the space movies we enter a chamber where for a period of 28 days, 29 during leap years, we get the choice to check out for that period.

I'm thinking there might be a few pros to this position.

� Weight loss: No food for 28 days, might allow us to actually keep that resolution;
� We don�t have to worry about that Hallmark� holiday of Valentine�s Day;
� Catching up on much needed sleep;
� No need to do any laundry;
� Those projects that need to be done at work might get done, but by someone else;
� That tooth might just come in during that period, allowing you to skip the sleepless nights of teething;
� Football is over and you get to skip right to �March Madness�;
� Waking up just in time for �Spring Break�; and
� Catching up on needed sleep (not duplication).

We could pipe in some nice music, or we could play a language tape and you could learn a new language. For that matter, you could have any subliminal tape played and you could learn just about anything. I guess I better find a guest blogger. Do you think I could find one, or do you think they would all be in hypersleep?


Ioannes Paulus PP. II
Karol Wojtyla
16.X.1978


hows ya italiano ? mine is so-so, so, heres a statement from the vatican news services on the condition of the pope:
DICHIARAZIONE DEL DIRETTORE DELLA SALA STAMPA DELLA SANTA SEDE, DR. JOAQU�N NAVARRO-VALLS (II)

Il Direttore della Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, Dr. Joaqu�n Navarro-Valls, ha rilasciato questa mattina ai giornalisti la seguente dichiarazione, in merito alle condizioni di salute attuali del Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II:

Nella notte trascorsa, sono proseguite le terapie di assistenza respiratoria che hanno consentito la stabilizzazione del quadro clinico. I parametri cardio-respiratori e metabolici, allo stato, sono nei limiti della norma.
Pertanto si conferma la diagnosi di laringo-tracheite acuta con episodi di laringo-spasmo come avevo gi� comunicato ieri sera.
Durante la notte il Santo Padre ha riposato per alcune ore.
In questa degenza il Santo Padre � seguito dall��quipe medica del Prof. Rodolfo Proietti, Direttore del Dipartimento di Emergenza.

basically what it sez is the holy father's doctor, dr. joaquin navarro-valls has relased a statement on his condition, and that the holy father is in hospital and is doin all right!

so, lets translate this and see the kings computer english version:

DECLARATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF KNOWS IT PRESS OF THE SEDE SAINT, DR. JOAQU? NAVARRO-VALLS The Director of Knows it Stampa of the Saint Sede, Dr. Joaqu?Navarro-Valls, has rilasciato this the following morning to the journalists declaration, with respect to the health conditions puts into effect them of the Saint Padre Giovanni Paul II: In the passed night, the therapies of respiratory attendance are continued that have concurred the stabilization of the clinical picture. The cardiorespiratory and metabolic parameters, to the state, are in the limits of the norm. Therefore confirmation the diagnosis of acute laringo-tracheitis with episodes of laringo-spasmo as I had gi?omunicato evening yesterday. During the night the Saint Padre has rested for some hours. In this stay in hospital the Saint?eguito Padre dall.?ipe doctor of the Prof. Rodolfo Proietti, Director of the Department of Emergency.

isnt computer translations wonderful?

say a prayer for the holy father, i know, you aint catholic, but thats ok, you can say a few syllables anyway! i was raised roman-catholic, and even though i dont practice catholicsm anymore, i stll have the catholicsm imbedded in my pea-brain, and i have reverant feelings for this man, who represents god in the largest church around the world.

i got a comment from a somewhat new diarylander: lolita is her name, so click on lolita to read her stuff, she needs good readers like you guys are!! and then drop her a few syllables and recommend her to all ya pals on here, so she will have lotsa readers!!

thats all the drivel thats fit to shrivel! hava slap-happy day, and dont forget to feed the cat!! otherwise he will do this:


thanky yous for the pic, chaosdaily!! i know ya feed ya cats chaosdaily, i just love this pic!!!



FACT OF THE DAY Today is the pagan festival of Imbolc as well as being the Christian festival of Candlemas. It is the first Quarter day - half way between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. Traditionally, if the sun shines today, winter is over, but if the sun is behind cloud, winter is still to come - a legend that has given rise to Groundhog Day.

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