It hasn’t gotten any better.
If it gets any darker, we’ll have to slit our wrists.
There must be a Hollywood contest going on. The first person to take a happy and positive franchise and run it into the ground wins.
Ronald D. Moore is well in the lead.
Prayers are needed. She lost her job. I’m not sure when this happened but my parents just informed me of it.
Please keep those prayers coming.
We all need them.
Stem cell research has never been banned by anyone.
The government won’t FULLY fund embryonic stem cell research which so far has produced nothing.
The government under Bush decided not to fully fund the research but not fully funding research isn’t banning the research. The government just isn’t paying for all of it.
I’ll say it again. Just because the government (our tax dollars) aren’t funding all stem cell research doesn’t equate to anyone banning it.
To say that it’s been banned by anyone is a complete and total lie.
There has been no court ruling and congress hasn’t passed a law against stem cell research.
Stop freaking lying about it.
For anyone who may be confused about the differences between Adult Stem Cell Research and Embryonic Stem Cell Research, I offer this video. Spend the 12 minutes and you’ll learn a great deal.
Jill, you can have your soap box back now.
Just an old picture that I came across this morning. Probably one of the last pictures that Tina, Kayla, and I were ever in together.
and no. I don’t think I was even 20 years old yet!
Former Presidents have dodged this issue because it was such a hot potato. At least, it was until now.
from Reuters…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration would gain new power to regulate cigarettes and other tobacco products under legislation passed by a U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday.
The proposal, which passed 39 to 13 but must still win approval by the full House and Senate, would authorize the FDA to oversee the controversial, multibillion-dollar tobacco industry, including its advertisements and product designs. The FDA already oversees drugs, devices, most foods, cosmetics and animal drugs.
If the term “government intrusion” doesn’t hold any meaning for you now.
It never will.
Today we move into the new house.
Not so big of a deal.
Today, my father is still in the hospital recovering from his heart bypass surgery and he’s still in a lot of pain.
Much bigger deal.
Please include him in your prayers.
Thanks.
Agree that Battlestar Galactica (the new one) is a big pile of crap.
I just read something he posted in 2004 before the show went on the air. His article in it’s entirety is definitely worth reading. This was before the new show even came out. We got the wild rumours that Starbuck was going to be a girl? Boomer wasn’t a black Viper pilot but now a female Asian?
Here’s part of what Dirk said…
For you see, TV Shows (and movies) are made and sold according to the
same business formula as hamburger franchises. So that it matters not
if the `best’ hamburger, what matters is that you `think’ it is the
best. And you do think it’s the best, because you have been told to;
because all of your favourite celebrities are seen munching it on TV.
The big money is not spent on making the hamburger or the television
show, but on the marketing of the hamburger/show. (One 60-second
commercial can cost more than it does to film a one-hour episode.) It
matters not to Suits if it is Starbuck or Stardoe, if the Cylons are
robots or lingerie models, if the show is full of optimism and
morality or pessimism and amorality. What matters is that it is
marketed well, so that all you people out there in TV land know that
you must see this show. And after you see it, you are told that you
should like it. That it is new and bold and sleek and sexy and best
of all… it is Re-imagined!So grab a Coke from the fridge (not the Classic Coke, but the re-
imagined kind with fewer calories) and send out for a McDonald’s
Hamburger (the re-imagined one with fewer carbs) and tune in to
Stardoe and Cylon #6 (or was it #69?) and Enjoy The Show.And if you don’t enjoy the show, or the hamburger and coke, it’s not
the fault of those re-imaginative technocrats that brought them to
you. It is your fault. You and your individual instincts, tastes,
judgement. Your refusal to let go of the memory of the show that once
was. You just don’t know what is good for you. But stay tuned. After
another 13 episodes (and millions of dollar of marketing), you will
see the light. You, your instincts, your judgement, are wrong.
McDonald’s is the best hamburger on the planet, Coca-Cola the best
drink. Stardoe is the best Viper Pilot in the Galaxy. And Battlestar
Galactica, contrary to what your memory tells you, never existed
before the Re-imagination of 2003.I disagree. But perhaps, you had to be there.
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
