an inconvenient truth

how do you feel about the environment in general? how do you feel about global warming as an issue? how much do you know about the issue? have you tried to learn more? have you taken any steps to save the environment? do you sometimes feel that as a single person whatever you do will not make an impact? what if everyone in the world thinks like you, and therefore doesn't do a thing? think about that.

everyone can do something about it. here's 10 things you can do immediately that will start making a difference today to your carbon dioxide emission contribution..

ignoring the fact that global warming is here today, and is making a huge impact even as we speak, makes you as much of an ignorant, profiteering, morally bankrupt idiot as George W. Bush and the people in his administration. if you read or watched or heard a news item about global warming and said to yourself "Not my business", then you are guilty. yes, guilty. this is your business. you can do something about it. you are morally responsible the second you read this line. now. and for every minute you live after you read this, you are responsible for your actions, and their consequences to the environment. if you choose to ignore this, then i can only wish you a good night's sleep, because you must be really deaf to your conscience to be able to look yourself in the eye knowing that you did nothing to save this world, for ourselves and our children.

i take it you're still reading because this is something that interests you. i watched 'An Inconvenient Truth' today, i don't know why i had been putting it off. it's Al Gore's documentary about his struggles as he tries to tell the world about global warming. now all of you who know me also know that i am deeply distrustful of politicians and their gimmickry, but having been in science as long as i have, i was able to verify every one of the things he spoke about. in fact, i have no reason to believe the man, i hate his wife Tipper Gore with a passion, because of her stand on music censorship! but yet, this time, i had to listen to my conscience, because i am responsible for what i do, and the consequences.

what can you do? you can learn as much as you can about global warming. convince yourself first about the problem, before you try spreading the word. watch 'An Inconvenient Truth', get the DVD from somewhere. if you are in the US email me with your address and i will mail you a copy. go to the website. talk to people around you. believe it or not, you can make a difference.

pledge to do your part.. and thank you for reading this. this is your responsibility too now.

camels anyone?

some off my fave off-color jokes involve camels.. here are three of the best..

1)

This guy named Joe was going into the desert for a week and he needed a camel for the trip. Joe was a stranger to the desert but was able to locate a rent-a-camel office. Joe tells the rent-a-camel man that he will be making a long trip through the desert for one week. The rent-a-camel man says even his best camel can only go 4 days without water. After some discussion, the rent-a-camel man says "I don't like to suggest this, but you know a good camel can go an extra 3 days or more if he is bricked." Joe agrees to take the best camel. As he leaves the rent-a-camel office, the rent-a-camel man reminds Joe to brick the camel. Not wanting to display his ignorance, Joe doesn't ask about the procedure for bricking the camel. Well Joe knows that it is a long difficult trip for the camel and lets it eat and drink its fill. He encourages the camel to take on all the water it can by offering it often. Sure enough 4 days into the trip the camel drops dead.

Poor Joe barely makes it back to town alive and can't wait to confront the rent-a-camel man. "You rented me a poor camel", Joe says, "It died after only 4 days in the desert, and I almost perished with it." The puzzled rent-a-camel man looks up at Joe and says, "He was my best camel. Did you brick him?" Mad as hell, Joe replies, "Brick him, what the hell do you mean?!" The rent-a-camel man explains that when the camel bends over to take water, you take two bricks and slam his balls, as the camel gasps with his head in the water he takes on another 3 to 4 day supply of water. "My God!", Joe says, "Doesn't that hurt?" The rent-a-camel man answers, "No! Just keep your thumbs out of the way when you slam the bricks together."

2)

After enlisting in the French Foreign Legion, Joe found that he sorely missed the company of a woman. One day while on guard duty, he asked his buddies what they do when they need a woman. They both chuckled and pointed over to where the camels were kept. Joe thought about it for awhile but decided that it wasn't for him. After several more weeks passed, Joe reluctantly decided he would give his friend's suggestion a try. After the first time it became easy, and Joe visited the camels frequently. Sure enough one night, Joe was discovered doing the wild thing with the camels. His friend yelled, "Joe what do you think you're doing?" Joe was embarrassed and tried to explain, "But you were there, you guys told me to use the camels." Joe's friend laughed, "Yeah Joe, but we usually ride the camels into town and find a woman."

3)

Joe was stranded on an oasis in the desert with his camel for a long time. He hadn't seen a woman for so long that he became interested in mounting the camel. He would set up a box behind the camel, climb up on the box and attempt to mount it. And every single time, the camel would just take a few steps forward. After trying this technique over and over for several days, Joe became increasingly frustrated and obsessed with his desire for the camel. So obsessed in fact that he hardly noticed this beautiful young woman who had luckily found the oasis. She came over to him, and gasped "Oh my God, I am so glad I find this place, tell me what I can do for you, you have saved my life!" Joe looks her up and down, in her skimpy, bedraggled outfit, and then says, "No, there's nothing you can do." So she says, "Are you sure? I will do anything, I really will!" Finally Joe relents and asks "Can you hold the camel for me?"

sex in iraq?!

how is the American military presence in Iraq similar to having sex?

the Democrats want to pull out, the Republicans wanna stay in there and finish the job.. it's like the angel and devil on your shoulders, when having sex..

funny, i think i'm Republican!

check out Ted!

it's a hard life, that i'm going through..

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book-smart

i got this tag off Kfarmer.. name the books that made you..

A book that made you laugh: Anything by P. G. Wodehouse
A book that made you cry: The IITians - Sandipan Deb (only cos it reminded of good ol' college days!)
A book that scared you: Cujo - Stephen King
A book that disgusted you: Godplayer - Robin Cook
A book you loved in elementary school: William - Richmal Crompton
A book you loved in middle school or junior high school: The Hardy Boys - Franklin W. Dixon, closely beating out Alfred Hitchcock & The 3 Investigators - Robert Arthur
A book you loved in high school: Louis L'amour - the Sackett series
A book you loved in college: the Bill Bryson travel series
A book that challenged your identity: The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
A series that you love: The Willard Price animal adventures
Your favorite horror book: Needful Things - Stephen King
Your favorite science fiction book: Prey - Michael Crichton
Your favorite fantasy: The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien (wait, did you mean sexual fantasy?? hmm..)
Your favorite mystery: Alistair Maclean
Your favorite spy thriller: Fist of God - Frederick Forsyth
Your favorite biography: Immediate Action - Andy McNab
Your favorite "coming of age" book: How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie
Your favorite classic: Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain or Treasure Island - R. L. Stevenson
Your favorite romance book: now when you say romance and mean Mills & Boon type thing, then y'know i don't read those.. but the closest in that category i can think of is 'The Godfather' - Mario Puzo.. c'mon, you know you've opened Pg. 27 where Sonny is groping Lucy Mancini at the wedding!!

what women want

finally someone tells it as it is, the Ten Commandments, what men really want to hear from their women! and written by a guy no less.. from the horse's mouth et al (from Yahoo Health, by David Zinczenko)

1. "Your arms are definitely looking bigger."


Men can be just as paranoid about the way their bodies look as women can be. In fact, nearly 90 percent of men say there's at least one body part they'd like to change.


2. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."


Guys spend all of high school, most of college, the better part of the work day, and at least 12 times a day via e-mail trying to make people laugh. A hearty, genuine laugh is as flattering as it gets.


3. "Wow."


Doesn't matter whether it comes as he's getting undressed or after you've finished having sex, this short, sweet word (best done in a whisper) may just be the ultimate ego-stroke.


4. "You the man."


Guys hear this all the time. From other guys. But if it comes from a woman -- no matter the context -- the message is that, hey, we're buddies, too. Which is actually pretty darn sexy.


5. "The kids just adore you."


More than 50 percent of men say that their families -- more so than work and salary -- are what defines them most as men. So when a woman affirms that he's a familial hero, it's a compliment that stretches way beyond anything you could ever say about his haircut.


6. "What do you think?"


When neither can concede on anything - whether it's the best way to move a piece of furniture or the fastest way to reach the interstate - then this is a good impasse-breaker.


7. "Cute feet."


Typically, guys care for the word "cute" about as much as Paris Hilton cares for the penal system. One exception: The part of the body that is classified as being especially gross. Tell a guy he has good feet, and somehow he takes it as a double-bagger compliment -- that you not only like his genetics, but also that you appreciate he can keep himself better groomed than the rest of the gnarly-nailed heathens out there.


8. "Meow."


The stats show that 61 percent of men think their partners aren't sexually adventurous enough. While a feline one-liner doesn't automatically qualify as adventurous, it does show a bit of inhibition, and the message is one he likes to hear: That perhaps he's brought a little bit of the animal out of you.


9. "Impressive."


Guys love feats and they love being acknowledged for their strength, power, and their masculinity. So a well-timed observation like this one - whether it comes after he carries a TV to the family room or figures out a way to fix the pipes without having to call the plumber - feeds into his need to feel like the family protector.


10. "I want you."


Women don't need to go on about a guy's eyes or hair or clothes. What a guy really wants to hear is that he's the total package, and this acknowledgement of that - whether it's referring to bedroom behavior or relationship stability - is the ultimate compliment of them all.

PMS = Project Management Stress

you wouldn't think i'd be whining already two days into a course.. but i am! this part-time grad school degree is in no way part-time, i think the only way of keeping on top of it is if i have a part-time job, not the over-time thirteenth task of Hercules i am currently wrestling with.. the full degree program is the same length as a full-time class program, but more time-intensive cos everything is summarized and abbreviated into online lectures and notes, which i have to go research and expound on in my own time

my own time.. now that's an oxymoron if i've ever heard one! and soccer season has already started, football season kicks off tomorrow and hockey season is already starting to dust off its skates.. but for all my moaning and groaning, a compromise shall be found.. sleep shall be sacrificed (alas!) at the selfish altar of hedonism, and a Critical Path Analysis will determine the SOW, and the WBS will prevent Scope Creep..

enjoy yourselves folks, football is here!