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Archive for January, 2006
January 31, 2006 at 1:30 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
I always get shit for reading it, but I only read the “celebrity-ask-a-question” on the first page, I swear. This week there was a question posed about international adoption:
Q: Why do stars like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie adopt foreign kids when many are waiting here?
Parade’s answer was: In Hollywood, it’s fashionable to adopt infants from the Third World. “Also, many believe there’s less red tape outside the U.S. Often it’s worse,” explains actor Henry Winkler. He works with the Children’s Action Network, which says 119,000 foster-care kids in the US are eligible for adoption.
The folks at the Research-China blog have taken them to task, with a great breakdown on numbers of adoptions domestically. But this paragraph, I think, answers it just fine: “I guess the point that bothers me most about the question asked by the reader of Parade Magazine is that it is almost always posed by those who have not adopted at all. Instead of impugning the characters of the Meg Ryans and Angelina Jolies of the world, why don’t these same people simply adopt a child from the foster care program? Calling their adoption “fashionable” demeans the great thing they, or anyone adopting a child, has done. I guess I would respond to those that ask this question, “Unless you have adopted an orphaned child from anywhere in the world, either here in the U.S. or overseas, keep your cynical questions and comments to yourself!”“
January 29, 2006 at 4:55 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
No, not the Captain Tractor album, though I highly recommend it. The McMenamin Empire is looking to buy the Multnomah County Correctional Facility in Troutdale, aka The Farm. Those of you familiar with the Edgefield will remember the jail that sits just up and behind it. If they do buy it, expect to be able to spend the night in a cell.
Like most other McMenamin establishments, there will probably be numerous bars. An expansion of the Edgefield Challenge sounds like it will soon be in order. Perhaps if you lose, you spend the night in the hole?
January 29, 2006 at 4:34 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Per Dictionary.com:
compassion
n 1: a deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering [syn: compassionateness] 2: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
Signals is selling this bracelet with the word “Compassion” stamped on sterling silver, which is attached to a leather bracelet.
< scratches head in puzzlement >
Perhaps the cow was suffering and someone really wanted to do something about it, so they turned it into a bracelet.
January 18, 2006 at 5:11 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Canada. Beer. Can’t think of one without the other, really. Bob and Doug, the archtypal Hosers in Strange Brew (”This movie was shot in 3-B, three-beers, and it looks good, eh?“). Check out what “beer is bigger than…” in the Great White North. Thanks to Steven Page, I discovered that Rick Mercer has a blog. This Hour Has 22 Minutes was one of the single greatest reasons to have a big ugly dish in the backyard… before CBC got all snotty and went digital on us.
At any rate, Rick Mercer has a blog post about the current beer climate in Canada.
“Remember: children may be our greatest resource but beer is our greatest beverage. And besides if it wasn’t for beer most of these kids wouldn’t have been born anyway.” He has even gone so far as to have a petition: Beer Not Kids.
If this post has heightened your interest in Canadian Beer, I suggest you take a look at Real Beer’s Canadian Beer Index, or Beer Advocate’s Canadian Beer Forum. I think I’ll move my (empty) can of Molson Canadian to a more prominent place on my shelf of favorite things. From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
January 15, 2006 at 1:39 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Friday was Owen’s birthday, and we had a little party with family on saturday. I was afraid the party would lack that party feel, so I drew up a Pin the Tail on the Donkey Game. After I drew my donkey, D said “we need an X for where the tail goes so we know who is closest”. So I drew an X (not seen in the picture). It looked remarkably sphincter-like, and Owen said something like “I can see his poop hole!”
We told O that it wasn’t his poop hole, but the place to aim to put the tail. So, he drew a poop hole for us.
Only after the party was over did Derek remember that maybe the donkeys of our childhood didn’t stand with their bums facing you, but sideways. A quick search on google revealed that to be true. Oops.
January 11, 2006 at 3:27 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
The trailer can be viewed here. More info here. I find all this very exciting. I am indeed a fan of dick and fart jokes.
January 10, 2006 at 6:42 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Judging by the 6 stores I’ve been to in the Portland area in the last week, there is absolutely no demand for rain coats for kids. Gigantic poofy snow jackets for that trip to Siberia - yes. Average lightweight waterproof jacket with a hood - not a chance in hell. Mindboggling.
Fun lego pics - including Adam Ant, The White Stripes, Fatboy Slim, and Pulp Fiction.
I decided to check out Photostamp, so I could make bitchin’ stamps with my dog or O or whatever. But unless I’m an idiot, it appears that a sheet of 20 stamps costs $17.99. That is $10.19 more than a regular sheet would cost. Um, yeah.
January 10, 2006 at 12:23 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
This guy decided to join the Habs during practice, even though he isn’t a member of the team. Good thing Theodore was up to the task.
“The man had spent most of the practice sitting in the seats in hockey gear. Winger Alex Kovalev wondered if he was a player waiting to go on after the Canadiens practice. Then the man moved down next to the boards, tightened his skate laces and jumped on the ice.”
January 5, 2006 at 9:56 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
So O’s preschool has a little clipboard where teachers and parent helpers can jot down funny things the kids say.
After school today a teacher asked me, in all seriousness, “did you tell Owen the story of baby Jesus and the manger at Christmas?” After a couple of “uh, ah, er” I said no, thinking “why would I?” and then “oh yeah, some people equate Jesus with Christmas”. She then pointed out to me what was jotted on the clipboard:
Owen playing with felt story board: “Look, the baby is sleeping in the chicken nest!”
January 4, 2006 at 10:01 am · Filed under Uncategorized
By Joss Whedon. Short guest column that is high on teh funny. Trust me! For I am a t.v. nerd.
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