RedJen's Rearview Mirror

Spread my vacation through the year, rather than using it all during December.
Travel outside of the United States and cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Identify my needs and see that they are met.

Happy New Year!

• Happy Birthday to Madison
• Happy Belated Birthday to Nathan
• I found what appears to be the main issue preventing Roar using the new site style on his blog. There is a lingering issue, but I think the main one is resolved.
• Back to work, my email is (mostly) cleaned up. I have one piece of paperwork to finish before I can truely wave goodbye to 2006.
• At Claire's request, the Wish List has been updated.

As if you couldn't tell, I'm in the middle of some format changes.

Many things seem to be changing around you, I hope this year finds you new adventures and happiness.

Hope you have a great day!

(Edit 1/7 - Sorry, I forgot to make this as "published" yesterday.)

Tonight - #1 Buckeyes vs #2 Gators in Phoenix

Ohio State and Florida meet for the first time in history. In a battle of the top two teams in the nation, the Big Ten champion Buckeyes and SEC champion Gators will play for college football’s ultimate prize, the BCS National Championship.

GO BUCKS!

Least anyone think I ignored it, last night's game started on a wonderful high note for the Buckeyes and then quickly went south. Florida was the better team last night and while it hurt physically at times, I watched the entire game.

In more important matters, it is now 10:56 and Michigan still SUCKS!

You had a lot of good stuff happen in your life last year. I hope that is just the beginning!

... I seriously think I'd like to quit my job and become a hermit. I'm sick of little boys who don't what to share their toys with the girls. Especially when the toys aren't actually the little boys' at all. I'm feeling a bit destructive at the moment. The idea of wearing a sign that says "I'm sorry we got promoted to the same level on the same day & I'm more than 10 years younger than you. Obviously, I rock more than you do, so grow up and get a pair!"

You may be receiving communications that are below the threshold of consciousness as the Moon enters your 12th House of Mysteries. You could even waste precious time scrambling in order to sidestep an imaginary difficult situation. The energy you put into avoidance tactics could make matters worse. You will be better off just responding to the changing circumstances as they unfold.

I'm not sure exactly when this was recorded, but I've got to agree with Senator Spector (R - Pennsylvania) in saying, the "logic" being used goes completely against all common sense.

Are there any people in elected office that actually read the existing law BEFORE they try to write new ones? Every state in the United States of America has at least one law on the books that makes child abuse illegal. A proposed bill in California would make it illegal to spank a child under the age of 3 years old. The person who has authored the proposal says it will prevent child abuse. The governor has said that if made a law, it would be nearly impossible to enforce. If child abuse is illegal already, how will making spanking illegal make child abuse any more illegal? How many non-enforceable laws do one state need? California Dreaming

The Media Ownership Reform Act has been proposed to Congress by Maurice Hinchey. The work done to put this bill together must have been immense. Before you get too impressed, you should know that Hinchey has proposed this same act in 2004, 2005, 2006 and now 2007. A key feature of the bill is the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine by the FCC. The Fairness Doctrine was in affect from 1949 through 1987. The repeal of the Fairness Doctrine saw the state of the conservative radio talk show. The Fairness Doctrine would require that any conservative viewpoint be countered by a divergent viewpoint. The reason behind the doctrine is that people should want to hear all sides of a issue before making up their own minds. This assumes that people are not able to seek out as many different opinions as they want to hear. Some say that the fact that liberal talk radio has not been successful is an indication that the doctrine is needed. Some have said that liberals media has grown blind to its own bias. Others have said that network television, cable and print media is unbiased it their reporting.

If people are treated like sheep, is it wonder when they act like sheep? Has the fact that certain things cannot be legislated continued to elude people? Morality and fairness can not be forced on people through laws and penalties.

Morality and fairness are concepts that are learned through experience or taught.

Keep you laws out of my bedroom and my morality.

Today I noticed that the page also has links directly to "Use the Google Interface in Your Language"

While there are over 110 languages available, these highly specialized ones caught my eye:

• Bork, bork, bork! - http://www.google.com/intl/xx-bork/
• Elmer Fudd - http://www.google.com/intl/xx-elmer/
• Hacker - http://www.google.com/intl/xx-hacker/
• Pig Latin - http://www.google.com/intl/xx-piglatin/

As a side note - This entry is also the 1000th of RedJen's Musings