| | Now we're back here at Sunday, ready to do it all over again? This week has been a good one, relatively. The news has been scandalous too, no doubts there.
Monday February 20
The week started with the cultural editor from the Jyllands-Posten newspaper publishing an article explaining why he thought publishing the inflammatory Mohammed cartoons was a bright idea. I think his intentions would have been better served by an article. Images that can be interpreted in various ways do not clearly speak ones intentions. Which is why the violent protests (which I'm sure you know I was against) got out of hand: various interpretations from various locus of controls. So, bravo Mr. Editor, you did not get your message across in the best way. Richard Cohen had a willfully ignorant article about how Algebra ruins kids lives. I couldn't agree with him less. Jon Stewart is gearing up for the Oscars, I'm excited that he is hosting. Stewart is my favorite public intellectual! Someone I have known since elementary school wired a house my dad is building on Monday!
Tuesday February 21
Congress started their vocal opposition to the Dubai Ports World deal on Thursday. I think their anti-Arab xenophobia has resulted in paranoid dilusions, which has been fueled by the press who think it's a damn good story to sensationalize. Bird flu has spread to many countries, more and more people are concerned about this. VeriSign wants to take complete control of the .com domain name registry, which could result in them having monopolistic control over the .com domain market. Write your representatives. I figured out how to claim my Myspace blog on Technorati Tuesday and provided instructions to help others.
Wednesday February 22
India is saying they do not need or welcome any outside assistance or inspection of their nuclear program. Bush is pushing them to clearly seperate their civilian and military nuclear programs before congress can approve aid for their nuclear energy program. There are valid concerns that if not seperated India could use assistance intended for civilian aid to bolster their arsenal and use it against neighboring Pakistan, a close US ally. A very good article has been published by Dick Meyers of CBS news in defense of the Dubai Ports World deal. It debunks many of the myths and misinformation being thrown about, which is causing much of the hysteria. It's a very good read, I hope you'll take the time to look it over before rushing to form an opinion about this deal. Berlin's Love Parade will be back this year, after a financial crisis caused them to be unable to have the giant rave fest the past two years. Fun times!! Wednesday was a pretty day and I talked the weather, sleeping in, and starting my new Garfield inspired blog on Michelle Mashraqi's blog. I took a few photos of my first knitting project but found my laptop won't recognize my Lexar USB 2.0 Multi-Card reader. No fun!
Thursday February 23
Justin Raimondo published another very good article debunking much of the spin about the UAE DPW deal at AntiWar.com called Hating Arabs. Again, like Meyers' article, please give it a read. There is so much untruth behind the arguments of the opposers, it boggles the mind. There is a new top secret Microsoft project in the works called Origami. See a flash movie at OrigamiProject.com. If you want to try out $50 in free search engine marketing click here.
Friday February 24
I found a doubleplusgood blog which is published entirely in Newspeak. A must see. Also I feel quite bad for the girl unwillingly involved in the sex scandal of the week, Tammy Nyp. It has to be illegal for someone to steal your phone and publish the private sex videos you took of youself on the Internet without your consent, right? I found some really cute animal sculptures from KittyCritters.com on Friday. We went to Kabob Korner in Anderson to eat on Friday, and when we called to pre-order our food the guy knew exactly what we wanted to order. We have reputations. My younger sister went to the ER Friday night, thinking she might have appendicitis. She has a kidney stone. My sodium enriched meals made my head hurt.
Saturday February 25
Seeing all the traffic that I got from the, shall we say pervs looking for Tammy Nyp videos, I decided to play with them a bit on Saturday. What did I do? Just said this: Want the videos, click here. >=D I organized with my mom on Saturday, it was a rainy and cold day.
Sunday February 26
More Tammy Nyp discourse today, with commentary on some of the bloggers who are also blogging about Tammy Nyp, like one drama prince who thinks Tammy Nyp wants to be Singapore's Paris Hilton. Hardly seems the case here. In sad news, Don Knotts has died.
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