God who saved baby and mom in a miracle....later let the family go broke and dad go to prison. Hooray for omnipotence!
Coltyn Hermanstorfer, Tracy Hermanstorfer Christmas Miracle Recovery Still Awes Family
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Amazon patents procedure to let recipients avoid undesirable gifts
...Amazon is working on a solution that could revolutionize digital gift buying. The online retailer has quietly patented a way for people to return gifts before they receive them, and the patent documents even mention poor Aunt Mildred. Amazon's innovation, not ready for this Christmas season, includes an option to "Convert all gifts from Aunt Mildred," the patent says. "For example, the user may specify such a rule because the user believes that this potential sender has different tastes than the user." In other words, the consumer could keep an online list of lousy gift-givers whose choices would be vetted before anything ships.
Amazon's idea has raised the ire of the Miss Manners crowd, which thinks the scheme rather uncouth. After all, receiving an e-mail notification of a forthcoming gift - and thereby being able to check its price - is hardly the same as unwrapping the item at home.
Click here to read the rest of the story.Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Sally Ann bans Harry Potter and Twilight toys | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
The Salvation Army says it refuses to distribute Harry Potter and Twilight toys collected for needy children because they're incompatible with the charity's Christian beliefs.
The policy has alarmed a Calgarian who volunteered to sift through a southeast warehouse full of unused, donated items and was alarmed when he was told by Salvation Army officials that the two kinds of toys are "disposed of" and not given to other charities.
"I asked if these toys went to another charitable organizations but was told no, that by passing these toys on to another agency for distribution would be supporting these toys," said the man, who wouldn't give his name due to his occupation.
The man called himself an admirer of the Salvation Army and was impressed by the massive quantity of toys collected in city malls, schools and police stations through the Toy Mountain campaign.
But he questioned why the charity would be sifting out Harry Potter and Twilight toys, which involve sorcery and vampire themes, respectively.
"I was told to withhold a six-inch Harry Potter figure, but when I picked up a plastic M-16, I was told, 'That's for the 10-year-olds,'" he said.
"I was shocked...war-themed toys and toys from TV shows and movies with far more violence than Harry Potter and these were considered appropriate toys?"...
Click here to read the rest: Sally Ann bans Harry Potter and Twilight toys | Canada | News | Toronto SunSaturday, December 11, 2010
Saturday, December 4, 2010
FAITH HILL - A BABY CHANGES EVERYTHING LYRICS
FAITH HILL - A BABY CHANGES EVERYTHING LYRICS
Am I the only one who finds this song totally suspicious? Basically it's a Christmas song that talks about Mary being a teenage mother scared and unprepared for parenthood, but happy at the outcome. The moral of the story, of course: A baby changes everything, you will be happier as a teenage mother.
So, what the heck is this? A fundie pro-lifer attempt to get teens to avoid abortions? Yet the lyrics promote getting pregnant out of wedlock.
Yes, I know they eventually identify the family as the Holy Family, but the underlying message is clearly about teenage pregnancy being a great thing. They were illegal immigrants too. Will the fundie teabaggers be promoting illegal immigration too?
Am I the only one who finds this song totally suspicious? Basically it's a Christmas song that talks about Mary being a teenage mother scared and unprepared for parenthood, but happy at the outcome. The moral of the story, of course: A baby changes everything, you will be happier as a teenage mother.
So, what the heck is this? A fundie pro-lifer attempt to get teens to avoid abortions? Yet the lyrics promote getting pregnant out of wedlock.
Yes, I know they eventually identify the family as the Holy Family, but the underlying message is clearly about teenage pregnancy being a great thing. They were illegal immigrants too. Will the fundie teabaggers be promoting illegal immigration too?
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Faux African American Barbie?
Before I start my rant, let me say I am a lifelong fan of Barbie. When I was little, I wanted to be Barbie when I grew up. Not the blond hair, but the boyfriend, convertible car, multiple careers, jet setting, and Malibu home.
When adults would tell me I would be a mother when I grew up, not a career woman, I'd point out how wrong they were, as evidenced by Barbie's life. My mother, whose main dream for me involved being in a kitchen without shoes and chronically pregnant, was maddened by this. Eventually she took away my Ken doll so I'd stop playing "career girl with boyfriend". I just borrowed my neighbor's Planet of the Apes doll, which in some aspects prepared me for actual dating.
Then there was Growing Up Skipper, Barbie's younger sister who would grow boobs when you cranked her arm. My mother returned it to the store once she realized what the doll did.
Barbie's had more than her share of criticism if you ask me. The folks who think she's a bad role model, she's too grown up for a young girl's toy, and her measurements are impossibly unrealistic.
But today I found something that's just a hot mess: African American Blow Dryer Barbie. I don't know what they're thinking over at Mattel.
You can check her out in all her glory here.
Notice anything odd? As in, she's not African American? Are we back in the 1920s when it was preferable to be light skinned? Very disappointing, Mattel.
When adults would tell me I would be a mother when I grew up, not a career woman, I'd point out how wrong they were, as evidenced by Barbie's life. My mother, whose main dream for me involved being in a kitchen without shoes and chronically pregnant, was maddened by this. Eventually she took away my Ken doll so I'd stop playing "career girl with boyfriend". I just borrowed my neighbor's Planet of the Apes doll, which in some aspects prepared me for actual dating.
Then there was Growing Up Skipper, Barbie's younger sister who would grow boobs when you cranked her arm. My mother returned it to the store once she realized what the doll did.
Barbie's had more than her share of criticism if you ask me. The folks who think she's a bad role model, she's too grown up for a young girl's toy, and her measurements are impossibly unrealistic.
But today I found something that's just a hot mess: African American Blow Dryer Barbie. I don't know what they're thinking over at Mattel.
You can check her out in all her glory here.
Notice anything odd? As in, she's not African American? Are we back in the 1920s when it was preferable to be light skinned? Very disappointing, Mattel.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Inflatable Religious Decorations
You know it's coming--Inflatable Yard Decor Season. Yes, right now it consists of ghosts and pumpkins, but pretty sure it will be Santa and reindeer.
I was wondering if they come in a Jesus model, so I did a Google Image Search for "inflatable Jesus". What I found was good for several full-on belly laughs. I give you Inflatable Jesus:
Here, Jesus has lost both his legs in a terrible skiing accident and they've been replaced with a double row of ginormous teeth. With shrunken legless children situated in their cavities. Holding hands, of course.
If Joseph was a clown, this is exactly how Jesus would have looked. He's got killer abs, swollen toes, and a strange Flintsone-esque shorts.
I am pretty sure these are the same ladies I saw on 9/11/02 posing with Ground Zero in the background, smiling. They really don't pay attention to what they're posing near. They just want pics for their MySpace page.
At first I said to myself, "Of course this is a joke." But then I realized there are actually people who make nativity scenes out of marshmallows and haunted houses with a Revelation Hell theme, without intending a joke, so it could be for real. Which would make it even more hilarious.
The makeup is a nice touch.
This is presumably from a nativity scene. Or Charlie Brown's newborn brother napping on a yellow mattress while people....what are they doing, exactly?
Oh.my.gawd. I SO want this one! It has wormy looking hay, a very evil looking Santa, and an odd red tree, all in one creche scene. Is there anything it does NOT have?
I have to stop now. My sides hurt.
I was wondering if they come in a Jesus model, so I did a Google Image Search for "inflatable Jesus". What I found was good for several full-on belly laughs. I give you Inflatable Jesus:
I am pretty sure these are the same ladies I saw on 9/11/02 posing with Ground Zero in the background, smiling. They really don't pay attention to what they're posing near. They just want pics for their MySpace page.
The makeup is a nice touch.
I have to stop now. My sides hurt.
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