Burning Ones

Baby-name remorse — what do you do? - CNN.com

Who’da thought this was a big deal?

New Huckabee ad appeals to Christian conservatives - CNN.com

I don’t know the whole deal here, but the line about Huckabee reversing course and deciding to air ads that were about him and his values is impressive. :)  Hopefully, he’ll continue to have that sort of integrity.

Analysis: Romney attack ads misrepresent facts - CNN.com

Just like I vow never to vote for a candidate who is pro-choice, I almost feel like I want to vow to never vote for a candidate who launches an attack Ad campaign.  It’s the most ludicrous thing, that Americans (and human beings for that matter) seem to have a history of voting for the person who can beat the other people up best…

Ok, so we’re listening to the “making-of” and it turns out it is a commentary on the evolution of man… hahahahaha… should have gone with my first impression :-)

I just saw the freakiest movie of my life. Timmy suggested we watch a movie tonight. Now, I have heard absolutely nothing about 2001. Tim didn’t saw anything so when the monkey-men came on the screen I assumed it was going to be a creative commentary on the evolution of man.. WRONG! And as if Hal 9000 wasn’t scary enough I NEVER WANT TO GO TO JUPITER! You will be aged by the domino-gods!

It wasn’t until the end that I recognized the producer, Stanley Kubrick, the man who also produced Clockwork Orange (which I have never seen nor will ever see). I think if I had figured that out in the beginning Tim would have had a harder time convincing me that the movie was going to be ok.

I know it is most likely a very deep movie with lots of intellectual and philosophical suggestions about life and time, but I really can’t describe to you how scared I was at the end.. it was kinda akin to the feeling I got when accidently stumbling upon Poltergeist at age 7.

Recycling in its purest form — among the worms - CNN.com

Ok, this sounds awesome.  What a great way to bury yourself.  I wonder if, like everything else eco-friendly, this will cost a whole lot more.  I’m sure it will. :(

Commentary: You cant take Christ out of Christmas - CNN.com

Interesting article.

Ok, so, honestly, I know I’m not fat. I have, however, gained weight. And for some odd reason it’s only in my tummy area (or at least what I can tell). And even though I entertain the thought from time to time that I’m pregnant, I know it’s not true, and I really am just plain over weight. I didn’t think I was gaining weight until my family decided to make little comments here and there: “Jess, you’re gaining weight,” “… when you get health insurance you should go get your cholesterol checked- it’ll probably be high,” “doesn’t eating that cause you gain more weight?”

So because of all this and the constant eyeing of my tummy I had to ask my family to stop making comments about it because of how upset I was getting. I’ve realized how much power I let my family have over me. Now, whenever I’m somewhere I instinctively fold my arms across my stomach or I make sure to pull out my shirt when i sit down. Ugh, it’s horrible. I hate looking over weight because I feel like my parents have a reason to call me lazy. I mean, not that I agree, but outside of physical problems I really don’t think its biblical to be beyond a healthy weight limit. So now I’m struggling with the thought of exercising. If I exercise tomorrow morning it will be with the intent of proving something to my family. But I still think it’ll be good to exercise and its a real crappy idea not to. Ugh, oh, well. I’m probably going to learn (or am learning) some valuable lesson from God and maybe when I come out of it my family will have less power over me :-).

This would explain the dream that I had where I had on a beautiful red dress and my mom walks by and says, “that looks tacky.” So I hid under the covers all night so no one would see me.

GOOD 008 - Transparency - Vampire Energy

When I get around to it, I’m going to post a calculation of how much “vampire” energy is being used in the Biddle household.  I wonder how much we could be saving…

BBC NEWS | Business | US energy law comes a step closer

Not to remain ever gloomy, I’d like to draw everyone’s attention to this.  While I’ve been somewhat harsh on the U.S. lately, I think this is pretty darn cool.  Not that it will help improve the mpg of my old clunking Nissan.  :(