Feb
20

Monday Ramble

- Today does not feel like a Monday.
- It feels more like a really weird Wednesday.
- I think a lot of people took the day off.
- The weekend seemed to have gone by way too fast.
- Trying another Indian Restaurant failed again.
- The bar is maybe set too high from our favorite place back in KC.
- I keep on saying that its the service, but that is not true.
- Food should not make you sick after you eat it.
- We are spoiled having a Colombian bakery to make up for bad food.
- Old posts seem to be getting comments lately.
- I want to revisit some of those posts.
- I make tons of simple mistakes when writing because I write too fast.
- I try to edit every post before I hit publish.
- If i edited everything to perfection I would never post anything.
- I actually have a day off mid week!
- Looking forward to the break in the middle of the week.
- I never realized how much I miss my good dentist in Michigan.
- At least we found an awesome ophthalmologist.
- KU graduate nonetheless.
- I did not set an alarm for this morning and still woke up in time.
- I went to bed kind of late too.
- I am still concerned that we might have to pay for the nice weather.
- I love being able to feel the sun on my face in the morning.
- I have not listened to podcasts in a couple of weeks.
- I guess it is time to start my podcast with DeGuia then.
- Thanks to him I am reading The Game of Thrones.
- So far so good.
- The Hunger Games movies comes out in March.
- My little niece wants to see it.
- It is interesting that she is old enough to enjoy things I like.
- She had no clue who Madonna was.
- We got into an e-mail war over Lady Gaga > Madonna.
- Madonna is def the chicken with Lady Gaga being the egg.
- Per DeGuia, Lil Kim is the chicken, Nicky (Manige?) is the egg.
- The older I get the more I like some country pop music.
- Dam you DeGuia, I also love me some Rockabilly.
- Nuke and I agree that youth is wasted on the young.

Feb
16

Accused of Ignorance

I honestly don’t mind being called ignorant, in fact I love it when someone does it because 9/10 times they have no clue what they are talking about so it makes it ironic and amusing. There are plenty of things I am clueless about, but I love to learn when the opportunity presents itself. I sometimes forget about posts that caused “controversy” but a nice comment today reminded me of one of my favorites.

Look people…You need to get a life! If you don’t like the exhibit then don’t go, problem solved! Stop trying to get people to boycott or shut down the exhibit just because you don’t approve. That is completely ignorant! So to all of you out there that think this is in humane Grow Up and get over yourselves.
-Samantha

As one of the people posted, our boycott was not successful. The company is alive and traveling the country. It makes me sad that some people can put aside the fact that some of those bodies were not donated to science, but someone is commercializing what can be described as organ trafficking. Yeap, stolen bodies! that is what you are going to go “learn” from.

So to reply to my latest poster Samantha!

First, lets see… I need to get a life. Dam it Samantha! you got me, I have no life! I play video games so I am constantly told that I need to get one. Where can I buy a life? Please help me Samantha. I long for a life. The fact that I have a job and a twitter account does not count for a life. I guess maybe I will be lucky enough to some day have Samantha come back and tell me how I get a life. At least she did not call me a loser.

Second, I did not go Samantha… and neither did most of my lazy blogger friends (thanks Burro) because we took a moral stance against something most of us found disgusting and just plain evil to profit from someone’s remains which are sacred to a lot of people. Even if I was atheist, which Tim Teabow might accomplish, I still would not be ok with someone’s remains being displayed like this against their will. So Samantha, I had already solved my one problem.

Third! the definition of a boycott

“A boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons. It can be a form of consumer activism.”

so sorry, but as much as you are within your right to go see prisoners plastiniced, I am in my right to try to spread the message that people should not. I find it deplorable that so many people hide behind the whole “science” and something that was just available to the “few” before can now be seen by ALL! OMG now I can be just like that celebrity scientist!

There are WAY better educational routes, and even the 1% of me that thinks that Burro made a great point saying that some kid might be inspired by seeing this is quickly overruled by the reality of how the bodies were obtained.

FOURTH! and the most important part of this whole thing… how is me wanting to boycott something that I don’t believing ignorant? I guess my inferior intellect is keeping me from understanding the magnitude that Bodies Revealed has as an intellectual tool… screw the iPad, screw google, screw computers and 3D models, screw MEDICINE… bodies revealed is all I need not be ignorant! group rates available.

Cinco! “in humane” is right, IN went the polymer into the dudes from that Chinese prison.

So Samantha, I am not against science or the study of the human body. I personally find some of this grotesque even though have seen and held human tissue in my hands for educational purposes. Ok that sounded like I was self sex educating myself, but no, what I was trying to say is that I have handled the organs of a dead body. Oh wait that sounds even worse. Ok, lets try again. I did take a physiology “honors-woot” class which included seeing a dissected human body and handling some of the preserved organs. Those bodies were donated to science and were a great educational tool. Now if those people would have been ok with being put through plastination, AWESOME… but I still find deplorable that a company uses Chinese prisoners bodies to make money in the name of science.

In conclusion, no I am not going to get over myself! I am still in love with myself and want to stay that way. I am not breaking up with myself just for you Samantha! so please quite patronizing me and tell all your friends to come read this! better yet, post it on facebook and tell them how mean I am. The more people that learn where those bodies come from the better.

Feb
15

Being Single is OK!

That coming from someone that is currently married and has not been single for very much in his life sounds hypocritical, but a lot of the happiness that I have found in my relationship comes from that part. I am ok with being alone. I chose to be with my wife and share our life together.

I have written many love letters to my wife both public and private. The strands of our relationship include a lot of admiration for her, she is brave, she is extremely intelligent, eyes that I could stare at forever and smells wonderful… I wake her up in the middle of the night when I crawl into bed after gaming and love to just hug her. Yea, it would suck not to be able to do that, but before we were together I had to be ok with. I had to learn that when you live alone and have a big bed, picking a side sucks so sleeping in the middle is better.

I had to be ok with having a meal on my own, or learning to cook just for one. I had to learn to take care of my own clothes and rebuild my finances. I had to learn about independence both emotionally and in the real world. There is nothing wrong with being dependent in a relationship, but there is a certain power that comes from knowing that you are doing it as a choice and not because you feel you have to.

Dates like today make for great conversation. They are often hard for those without a significant other (or those that have lost one forever.) because the “ghost” limb effect is right there more than ever. I am not one to celebrate this or other “hallmark” holidays, but there is almost no choice. All around you there will be flowers, pink, red and cake.

So if you are single, call you friends, call your family and tell them that you love them. It is never a bad time to do so. Also, when you are single; remember you are not alone. Sometimes having good friends is more therapeutic than any other thing you can do.

Relationships are hard work, and even failed ones come with tons of lessons that will with time make your life better. So hang in there single people, eventually you will find someone that puts up with your bad jokes, your inability to put stuff away, your geekyness and love you for it.

Oh BTW, Bea got a new domain, she still will blog personal stuff in Betizuka.com, but her diabetes related stuff is now over at CrankyPancreas.com.

Feb
13

Whitney Rambling

- Two ramblings back to back.
- Have to give the people what they want.
- Whitney Houston is dead.
- They are saying prescription pill + alcohol.
- But she could have also drowned in the hot-tub.
- So much talent lost in part to substance abuse.
- Being famous seems to not be for everyone.
- I am sadder about her death than Michale Jackson.
- In a way they died to the same thing, trying to numb the pain.
- I think we are all addicted to something in some degree.
- I am addicted to caffeine for sure.
- Not sure why but I always found Whitney way more talented than Celine.
- It could have been Titanic, that murdered Celine for me.
- NEEEEEEAAAR, FAAAAAR, Gah! make it stop.
- I have never seen the Body Guard.
- Maybe it is not a good idea to see it.
- I don’t want to end up “I will always love you.”

Feb
10

Word Rambling

- I find it interesting that people see humor as one dimensional.
- Offensive is subjective and one size does not fit all.
- I am not a jerk, that is why I don’t try to offend people not because I worry about “readership.”
- To care about hits/followers/friends numbers when you don’t make money is silly.
- Brian has made some great comments on my religion post.
- I thought I know the line between honesty and personal.
- I am blessed by having people that challenge me to be a better person.
- I wish people would see that Travis and I have been friends since college and have inside jokes.
- I wish people would judge less and try to understand someones point of view.
- Smart people don’t try to say you are wrong, they try to make you see a point of view.
- Is the future of corporate America, do the job of as many people as possible to drive profitability?
- We killed Deathwing while I was drinking from his cup!
- Why is mainstream now thinking that electronic music is cool like its new?
- I have been working out in a very passive way with kettle bells.
- I might be upgrading to really pumping iron at the gym again.
- I wish I loved to run, but I hate it.
- I can take go up 7 floors now without being winded… the last 2 still a work in progress.
- I was so busy this week that 2 out of 3 days I did not get to fill my big water container.
- I think I am starting to get tired of the cafeteria food.
- I still enjoy their salads, the soups not so much.
- Colombian food is evil… too good.
- I have not played basketball in 4 maybe 5 years.
- I have not played soccer in almost as long.
- I have not looked for a martial arts dojo either.
- Read a short perspective from a Catholic on gay marriage, you might be surprised.
- Marriage is not what it used to be.
- I posted about race, but it was not the aspect of it I really wanted to discuss.
- It was more about marrying outside your race.
- After discussions with a couple of friends I think I need to let the subject stew a bit more.
- I am very lucky to have found my wife.
- I hope everyone that is married feels as luck as I do, it is a great feeling.
- I feel sad for the people that read that and think I am trying to minimize what they have or lack.
- Jealousy is something most don’t understand and therefore live with it constantly.
- Most problems in relationships are born out of jealousy.
- I sometimes wonder if social media is based on that, and not on connecting people.
- Do people really care that much about what other do or have?
- Do people really attempt to show others that their life is better?
- I guess I am even sadder for those people.
- I knew that we would pay for the good weather days we had, snow is coming!
- I want spring here already.
- I would like to start playing more chess, but I think I need a more physically active hobby.
- I hate cat litter.
- I think whoever came up with it is genius and making so much money.
- I think both of my cats would be easily trained to use the toilet.
- Having a cat poop in the same toilet as you still freaks me out.
- It would same money on litter though.
- I wonder if the hard part would be to teach them how to flush.
- I know that it is not part of the training, but one can dream.
- This year is going to be awesome, I have a feeling.

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