Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Episode #156: I Refuse Her
Why would she pose like this? And why is that kid dang it five years old and still suckin on a tidday? I refuse her
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Episode #155:Tree Huggers
Kids send Marcus the lamb to slaughter
Mon Sep 14, 2:10 pm ET
LONDON (Reuters) – A group of schoolchildren who reared a lamb from birth and named it Marcus has overridden objections by parents and rights activists and voted to send the animal to slaughter.
Marcus the six-month-old lamb has now been culled, the head teacher of the primary school in Kent confirmed on Monday, after the school's council -- a 14-member group of children aged 6 to 11 -- voted 13-1 to have him killed.
The decision has provoked fury among animal-loving celebrities, animal and human rights campaigners and the parents of some of the children, and led to threats against Lydd primary school and its teachers, according to a member of staff.
Around 250 children at the school take part in a program designed to teach them about rearing and breeding animals.
The educational farm was started this year, with Marcus being hand-fed by the children. The children also look after ducks, chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs.
The intention had been to buy pigs with the money raised from slaughtering Marcus, but those plans have been put on hold following the furor created by the lamb's culling. The school said the program may now have to be stopped.
"It's all up in the air," said a member of staff. "There's been so much pressure on us as a result of all this."
Despite that, the school said there had been overwhelming support among the children, the staff and most of the parents to have Marcus -- a castrated male who could not have been used for breeding -- sent to the slaughterhouse.
But opponents branded it heartless and cruel, with animal rights campaigners asking why Marcus could not have been used to teach the children about wool, and human rights campaigners worried about the emotional impact of Marcus's death on the children.
A popular talkshow host offered to buy the lamb and give it sanctuary and Facebook groups sprung up to rally support to keep Marcus alive. But the children had the final say. The school defended the children's decision, calling it educational.
"When we started the farm in spring 2009, the aim was to educate the children in all aspects of farming life and everything that implies," the school said in a statement.
"The children have had a range of opportunities to discuss this issue, both in terms of the food cycle and the ethical aspect... It is important for everyone to move on from this issue, so the children can focus on their education."
Mon Sep 14, 2:10 pm ET
LONDON (Reuters) – A group of schoolchildren who reared a lamb from birth and named it Marcus has overridden objections by parents and rights activists and voted to send the animal to slaughter.
Marcus the six-month-old lamb has now been culled, the head teacher of the primary school in Kent confirmed on Monday, after the school's council -- a 14-member group of children aged 6 to 11 -- voted 13-1 to have him killed.
The decision has provoked fury among animal-loving celebrities, animal and human rights campaigners and the parents of some of the children, and led to threats against Lydd primary school and its teachers, according to a member of staff.
Around 250 children at the school take part in a program designed to teach them about rearing and breeding animals.
The educational farm was started this year, with Marcus being hand-fed by the children. The children also look after ducks, chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs.
The intention had been to buy pigs with the money raised from slaughtering Marcus, but those plans have been put on hold following the furor created by the lamb's culling. The school said the program may now have to be stopped.
"It's all up in the air," said a member of staff. "There's been so much pressure on us as a result of all this."
Despite that, the school said there had been overwhelming support among the children, the staff and most of the parents to have Marcus -- a castrated male who could not have been used for breeding -- sent to the slaughterhouse.
But opponents branded it heartless and cruel, with animal rights campaigners asking why Marcus could not have been used to teach the children about wool, and human rights campaigners worried about the emotional impact of Marcus's death on the children.
A popular talkshow host offered to buy the lamb and give it sanctuary and Facebook groups sprung up to rally support to keep Marcus alive. But the children had the final say. The school defended the children's decision, calling it educational.
"When we started the farm in spring 2009, the aim was to educate the children in all aspects of farming life and everything that implies," the school said in a statement.
"The children have had a range of opportunities to discuss this issue, both in terms of the food cycle and the ethical aspect... It is important for everyone to move on from this issue, so the children can focus on their education."
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Episode #153: I Don't Understand
Body Worlds plans cadaver show dedicated to sex
By Jason Rhodes Jason Rhodes – Fri Sep 11, 1:47 pm ET
ZURICH (Reuters) – German anatomists plan a new show dedicated solely to dead bodies having sex as part of the Body Worlds exhibitions.
Gunther von Hagens and his wife Angelina Whalley show corpses prepared using a technique invented by von Hagens called "plastination," that removes water from specimens and preserves them with silicon rubber or epoxy resin.
"It's not my intention to show certain sexual poses. My goal is really to show the anatomy and the function," Body Worlds creative director Whalley told Reuters in an interview, adding the sex exhibition may open next year.
Body Worlds exhibitions, visited by 27 million people across the world, have been criticized for presenting entire corpses, stripped of skin to reveal the muscles and organs underneath, in lifelike and often theatrical positions.
Von Hagens has already triggered uproar with a new exhibit which shows just two copulating corpses.
German politicians called the current "Cycle of Life" show charting conception to old age "revolting" and "unacceptable" when it showed in Berlin earlier this year because it included copulating cadavers.
The way a plastinate is exhibited can vary from country to country to reflect local sensibilities. A vote of local employees decided that one of the copulating female cadavers should wear fewer clothes in Zurich than was the case in Berlin.
"Switzerland is the first country that already said from the outset that we could show whatever we wanted," said von Hagens.
"Zurich is ready ... but it's maybe not so easy in every other town," he said. "We have discussed whether it is proper to show homosexuality and in what way. This is a very delicate subject."
Von Hagens and Whalley said they both intended to donate their bodies for plastination, but would not leave instructions about how to display them, dismissing this as vanity.
"I find it a great opportunity to give something to others by donating my body, namely self-awareness," said Whalley.
Von Hagens said he and some other body donors even saw plastination as an alternative to burial or cremation, giving them more certainty about would happen to their bodies after death.
"Cremation for me is hell," he said.
By Jason Rhodes Jason Rhodes – Fri Sep 11, 1:47 pm ET
ZURICH (Reuters) – German anatomists plan a new show dedicated solely to dead bodies having sex as part of the Body Worlds exhibitions.
Gunther von Hagens and his wife Angelina Whalley show corpses prepared using a technique invented by von Hagens called "plastination," that removes water from specimens and preserves them with silicon rubber or epoxy resin.
"It's not my intention to show certain sexual poses. My goal is really to show the anatomy and the function," Body Worlds creative director Whalley told Reuters in an interview, adding the sex exhibition may open next year.
Body Worlds exhibitions, visited by 27 million people across the world, have been criticized for presenting entire corpses, stripped of skin to reveal the muscles and organs underneath, in lifelike and often theatrical positions.
Von Hagens has already triggered uproar with a new exhibit which shows just two copulating corpses.
German politicians called the current "Cycle of Life" show charting conception to old age "revolting" and "unacceptable" when it showed in Berlin earlier this year because it included copulating cadavers.
The way a plastinate is exhibited can vary from country to country to reflect local sensibilities. A vote of local employees decided that one of the copulating female cadavers should wear fewer clothes in Zurich than was the case in Berlin.
"Switzerland is the first country that already said from the outset that we could show whatever we wanted," said von Hagens.
"Zurich is ready ... but it's maybe not so easy in every other town," he said. "We have discussed whether it is proper to show homosexuality and in what way. This is a very delicate subject."
Von Hagens and Whalley said they both intended to donate their bodies for plastination, but would not leave instructions about how to display them, dismissing this as vanity.
"I find it a great opportunity to give something to others by donating my body, namely self-awareness," said Whalley.
Von Hagens said he and some other body donors even saw plastination as an alternative to burial or cremation, giving them more certainty about would happen to their bodies after death.
"Cremation for me is hell," he said.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Episode #152: Teacher of the Year
Ill. teacher accused of giving girls alcohol, pot
Wed Sep 16, 8:40 pm ET
FOX LAKE, Ill. – A northern Illinois teacher faces felony charges after allegedly giving two teenage girls marijuana, alcohol and prescription drugs in exchange for work around her home. Kym Krocza was arrested Tuesday on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She is free on bond.
Lake County authorities said the girls attend Grant High School in Fox Lake, where the 41-year-old Krocza teaches algebra and calculus. She's been suspended from the school.
Police said Krocza met the girls in her neighborhood before they started attending Grant High and approached them about helping her with laundry and cleaning.
In exchange, she allegedly gave them pot, alcohol and Zoloft, an antidepressant.
A message left at Krocza's home wasn't immediately returned Wednesday.
Wed Sep 16, 8:40 pm ET
FOX LAKE, Ill. – A northern Illinois teacher faces felony charges after allegedly giving two teenage girls marijuana, alcohol and prescription drugs in exchange for work around her home. Kym Krocza was arrested Tuesday on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She is free on bond.
Lake County authorities said the girls attend Grant High School in Fox Lake, where the 41-year-old Krocza teaches algebra and calculus. She's been suspended from the school.
Police said Krocza met the girls in her neighborhood before they started attending Grant High and approached them about helping her with laundry and cleaning.
In exchange, she allegedly gave them pot, alcohol and Zoloft, an antidepressant.
A message left at Krocza's home wasn't immediately returned Wednesday.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Episode #151: Busted
I've never understood the point of gold teeth. And why do they have to have matching grillz? What's going on with her hair. On a positive note, it looks like her dress may have been pretty.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Episode #149: From My Life
My mom called me today. We hadn't talked in about a week or more, so I wasn't entirely surprised that she was calling.
When I picked up the phone, the first thing she said was, "Have you heard the latest about Craig*?"
I probably pass through my hometown equally or even more times than I actually stop and stay and shoot the breeze with people. I can barely keep up with what is going on in my own family, so suffice it to say, I don't keep up with anything that is going on in the 'Black Community' at home.
Of course this fact is lost on my mom.
"No," I said. I couldn't imagine what could be going on.
Craig is a long time friend of my family. When he was a teenager, about 15 or so years ago, he used to come to my grandma's house just about every evening and spend time with her. He was also the head of the Usher's Ministry at the church I spent many of my formative years in.
He had convinced my Grandma, who was in her 70s, to become an usher at the church. Grandma served faithfully as an usher until she died of lung cancer in 1997. Craig asked if she could be buried with her usher's pin. My family did him one better and buried her in her best white and purple usher's uniform.
Craig has pretty much been family since that time. He had always been as straight as an arrow, so I couldn't imagine what was going on with him.
"What's going on?," I asked.
"Craig cheated on his wife...with another man," my mom said.
"What?," I said. Maybe Craig wasn't as straight as an arrow.
Craig isthe kind of guy that had a lot of 'stereotypical' traits. He dresses well. Likes shoes. Plays the piano. Fairly effeminate. But then again, there are plenty of straight guys who have these qualities. I know a few. I know several gay guys who do not have those traits.
I think that pretty much everyone gave him the benefit of the doubt, especially after he got married and had a kid.
"Are you sitting down?," Mom asked.
I couldn't imagine what more she could add that would be any more of a shock.
"He also messed around with Robbie," she said.
"WHAT!!!WHAT????????YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!," came my flabbergasted reply.
Robbie is about 4 years older than me. He lived down the street from my grandma. During the summer, he would come to my grandma's house and hang out with my cousin and I. Robbie was very popular with the girls. He was a basketball star when he was in high school. He is one of the last people I would think would be gay. He seemed to like girls too much.
So yeah, that in and of itself was quite shocking. But here's the kicker. Craig and Robbie are FIRST COUSINS! That's right, blood relatives.
"I refuse this," I said.
"It's true."
After I got off the phone with my mom, I immediately called my older sister who lives in another state. She almost died when I told her everything. We didn't have all of the wherefore and why, so we got on a conference call with my cousin.
My cousin told us that apparently Craig had made a list of every man he had cheated on his wife with. Apparently he had cheated on her with her brother.
And him and Robbie weren't just a one time thing. They had been together several times; as recently as the 4th of July.
Another facet to this sad tale is that Robbie also molested Craigs sister when she was a kid. Robbie and that little sister have 'hooked up' (meaning sex was involved) several times since. I believe that she graduated high school in 2008, so their hooking up had to have taken place while she was a teenager.
This mess is beyond Jerry Springer. If Satan had his own talk show, that family would be his first guests.
This is beyond crazy. I'm shakin' my head.
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* The names have been changed to protect the not so innocent.
When I picked up the phone, the first thing she said was, "Have you heard the latest about Craig*?"
I probably pass through my hometown equally or even more times than I actually stop and stay and shoot the breeze with people. I can barely keep up with what is going on in my own family, so suffice it to say, I don't keep up with anything that is going on in the 'Black Community' at home.
Of course this fact is lost on my mom.
"No," I said. I couldn't imagine what could be going on.
Craig is a long time friend of my family. When he was a teenager, about 15 or so years ago, he used to come to my grandma's house just about every evening and spend time with her. He was also the head of the Usher's Ministry at the church I spent many of my formative years in.
He had convinced my Grandma, who was in her 70s, to become an usher at the church. Grandma served faithfully as an usher until she died of lung cancer in 1997. Craig asked if she could be buried with her usher's pin. My family did him one better and buried her in her best white and purple usher's uniform.
Craig has pretty much been family since that time. He had always been as straight as an arrow, so I couldn't imagine what was going on with him.
"What's going on?," I asked.
"Craig cheated on his wife...with another man," my mom said.
"What?," I said. Maybe Craig wasn't as straight as an arrow.
Craig isthe kind of guy that had a lot of 'stereotypical' traits. He dresses well. Likes shoes. Plays the piano. Fairly effeminate. But then again, there are plenty of straight guys who have these qualities. I know a few. I know several gay guys who do not have those traits.
I think that pretty much everyone gave him the benefit of the doubt, especially after he got married and had a kid.
"Are you sitting down?," Mom asked.
I couldn't imagine what more she could add that would be any more of a shock.
"He also messed around with Robbie," she said.
"WHAT!!!WHAT????????YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!," came my flabbergasted reply.
Robbie is about 4 years older than me. He lived down the street from my grandma. During the summer, he would come to my grandma's house and hang out with my cousin and I. Robbie was very popular with the girls. He was a basketball star when he was in high school. He is one of the last people I would think would be gay. He seemed to like girls too much.
So yeah, that in and of itself was quite shocking. But here's the kicker. Craig and Robbie are FIRST COUSINS! That's right, blood relatives.
"I refuse this," I said.
"It's true."
After I got off the phone with my mom, I immediately called my older sister who lives in another state. She almost died when I told her everything. We didn't have all of the wherefore and why, so we got on a conference call with my cousin.
My cousin told us that apparently Craig had made a list of every man he had cheated on his wife with. Apparently he had cheated on her with her brother.
And him and Robbie weren't just a one time thing. They had been together several times; as recently as the 4th of July.
Another facet to this sad tale is that Robbie also molested Craigs sister when she was a kid. Robbie and that little sister have 'hooked up' (meaning sex was involved) several times since. I believe that she graduated high school in 2008, so their hooking up had to have taken place while she was a teenager.
This mess is beyond Jerry Springer. If Satan had his own talk show, that family would be his first guests.
This is beyond crazy. I'm shakin' my head.
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* The names have been changed to protect the not so innocent.
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