Cell phones linked to male infertility

Heavy mobile use 'damages sperm'

First laptops, now cell phones...looks like the women are going to have to do all the work from now on while the men stay home and do our housework! ;-)

Iraqi lives matter: 30,000>3,000

I read this in a column on ESPN.com today (TMQ by Gregg Easterbrook) and thought it was worth thinking about:

"Of the many moral questions regarding the Iraq War, the one the American political and media systems are not dealing with in any way, shape or form is the number of Iraqi deaths. A few months ago President Bush said the estimate he has been given by military intelligence is 30,000 Iraqi deaths caused either directly by our military or set in motion by our invasion. American forces have been trying to avoid killing the innocent. But no matter how carefully our armed forces have behaved, why is the American conscience not shocked by so many innocent people killed owing to our unilateral decision to seize another nation? Why did the media shrug when Bush used this shocking figure?

Had some other country or group done something that caused 30,000 deaths here, we would claim an unlimited right of self-defense and retaliation. Yet the death the United States has brought to the innocent of Iraq isn't even being discussed here. Some of the Iraqis who have died because they have been hit by our bombs, or in the sectarian violence our destruction of the Iraqi government set loose, would have died by now regardless; perhaps some of them would have been killed by Saddam Hussein, had he remained in power. But by invading Iraq we made ourselves responsible for what happened next, and what has happened next is killing of the innocent. When 3,000 were villainously slain here, we called it a crime against humanity. Since then we have caused or played a role in the deaths of perhaps 10 times as many in Iraq, and this is spoken of here as if it were some mere unfortunate side effect of policy. History may judge America harshly for acting as though Iraqi lives have no value. "

"A typical liberal"

A friend just gave me the link to "Wikiality: the truthiness encyclopedia" and I just had to share the entry on "liberal":

"A liberal is any individual who hates America, our Troops, Freedom, and everything that it stands for. The typical liberal is a henna-tattooing, tofu-eating, bear-hugging, whale-saving, war-protesting, marijuana-smoking, pornography-watching, Godless hippy moonbat bent on destroying American values."

For more, go to http://www.wikiality.com/Liberal

Stevie Y!!!!

I just walked down a flight of stairs directly behind Steve Yzerman...wow! I needed to share that!

Dr. Lindsey

Recently I received a letter addressed to me as "Dr.". Please see this PhD comic for an exact representation of my feelings on the matter:
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=376

Happy Birthday Colbert Report!

This week marked the 1 year anniversary of the Colbert Report! I can't believe it has only been one year...Stephen, it seems like you have been in my life for so much longer than that! How did I get by without you???

To celebrate his 1 year anniversary, Stephen is auctioning off (for charity) a portrait of himself that was part of the set of the Report for year 1. I just checked it out on ebay and the bid is already up to $6,200.00!!! I guess you guys are going to have to all chip in to get it for me... ;-)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290040269306

New look

I got sick of the green. Otherwise everything is pretty much the same. Enjoy the blue!

I'm a Presbyterian!

Today I officially joined First Presbyterian Church of Kalamazoo! I love how progressive the Presbyterian USA denomination is. (The first ordained female pastor in the P-USA preached at my new church back in the 1950s! Any church that had female pastors long before I was born is definitely thinking about things in the right way!) Also, First Pres has a huge focus on outreach to the community, which I really think is important and many times overlooked by churches. For instance, they started a health clinic that serves hundreds of uninsured people in downtown Kalamazoo each year and are also very active with Habitat for Humanity, tutoring in the local inner city school, world peace and justice activism, etc. It feels good to belong to a chruch where I finally really feel like I belong!

Snow=evil

I almost cried when I woke up this morning. Snow!!! NOOOOO!!!!! It is only Oct 12!!! Sad sad sad...

10/14 edit: Phew it melted! That was close!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. Now, (American) Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because of the FOOD, so if I get a chance to celebrate it twice a year I'm going to take advantage of it! Travis (from the Lansing gang) made a spectacular Thanksgiving feast on Saturday (although it is unclear whether the group knew it was actually Canadian Thanksgiving or not) and we all gorged. We enjoyed turkey, stuffing, mashed and sweet potatoes, apple and pumpkin pie, etc. Let me just say that Travis is a super cook anyway, and when you combine that with Thanksgiving food...heaven!

So, we can thank Canada for hockey and two Thanksgivings! I knew I liked our neighbors to the north (or east or south in some parts of Michigan).

Honk for the Christian Left

I just came across this site that sells "religous left merchandise" which turns out to be some really clever/cool bumper stickers, T-shirts, etc.

http://www.cafepress.com/turn_left

I'm not necessarily lobbying you to buy any of these things, but if you feel like procrastinating or something, surf around on the site for some interesting/funny/thought provoking ideas. Some of my favorites:

"GOD is not spelled GOP"
"Stewart Colbert 2008"
"Pro-life does not end at birth"
"Poverty is the worst form of violence"
"Who would Jesus torture?"
"The Christian Right is often neither"
"Why care about the poor when you can be a single issue voter?"
"You cannot be pro-life and pro-death penalty"
"War is a defeat for humanity -Pope John Paul II"

Now I just need to find an "Obama 08" sticker...I actually saw one on a car the other day!

The countdown continues...

Veronica Mars: 1 day
Red Wings' season starts: 3 days
Griffins' season starts: 4 days
Griffins' home opener: 12 days
Lindsey and Kath at the Wings: 71 days
Mexico: 75 days