Win or Fail Thursday

Hey Bloggers,
I'm starting a new segment on the blog called "Win or Fail Thursday". I chose Thursday because there's a W in win and Wednesday, and an f in fail and Friday, and Thursday is in between the two. At least once every Thursday, I'll link a photo or video and you tell me if you think it's a win or fail. Here's the first one. Is it a win or fail that this center has support for survivors of homicide?

Response to Westboro Baptist Church's high school protest

Back To The Blogging

Season's Greetings Bloggers,
I just realized it's been a while since I posted a blog. I know you've all been desperately awaiting my new post, just sitting on the site refreshing it every ten seconds. Well, probably not, but I'm sure at least one person will be excited to see that I've updated...and if that's not true, someone please at least pretend.
I'm going to forgo the usual anecdote and get straight to the topic at hand. There's a hospital in Maryland that recently banned cameras in the delivery room until five minutes after the birth. They say it's for the mother's privacy. That's very sweet and considerate of them, but aren't the cameramen usually the husbands, fathers or other people employed by the mother? How, then, are you protecting the aforementioned(dibs) mother by refusing cameras? I'm more inclined to believe that this is a preemptive measure to avoid evidence in a malpractice suit should something go wrong during the birth, as suggested by my comrades at Fox News. Further evidence supporting this theory is the fact that the mother in the case that made this matter public was delivering her eighth child. I'm pretty sure that someone who has delivered seven previous children isn't that concerned about privacy. The board at that hospital should find a new cop out.
Another big story emerging in the news: a group of journalists, or more accurately one member and blogger, is petitioning to have the term "illegal immigrants" changed to "undocumented immigrants". He sas that the current term is unconstitutional. I say whether you call them illegal, undocumented, undeclared, unregistered, or unofficial, they're still in the county how? Illegally. I'm all for rights for children of immigrants, who didn't have a choice in whether they followed our laws or not. I even support some kind of protection for those who are holding steady employment and doing honest work. Do I believe they should be forced to apply for citizenship? Yes. But instead of putting all of this time and energy into prosecuting the ones that we have here, let's beef up the borders to keep more from slipping through. Then we can decide what we want to call the ones still here.
In my last post( or maybe the one before that; they're all kind of a blur right now) I mentioned something about fruit having ovaries. According to my roommate and comrade Nick "TheOperation", this is true, because they have seeds. Fascinating.
Well that's all for right now. I'll try to be more consistent with my posts as we enter the new year. Also, I recently acquired the iPhone 4, so expect me to do a little bit of video blogging in the near future. Please let me know what you think of the videos as I post them. Until then, see you around...or, actually, I guess you'll see me, eh?
Many blessings to you and yours,
Sam

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Mind Warps and Heartbreak

Greetings fellow travelers,
I was sitting in the Union the other day, watching TV before class, when a 7Up commercial came on. Suddenly, the guy next to me said, "Hey, ya'll wanna know why it's called 7Up? It's because of the 7th element." One of his friends said, "Lithium?" "No stupid, that's number 3!" Another one said, "Yeah man, number 7 is platinum. What's platinum got to do with 7Up?!" A fourth member retorted, "Platinum is 78, what's wrong with you?!" This went on for about 5 minutes, then I googled the periodic table and said "number 7 is Nitrogen." There was a pause, and the group turned to the original speaker. "What's nitrogen got to do with soda?" "Man this dude lyin, it's not nitrogen! Now shut up the show's back on." Let me tell you, if you've never seen a group of guys with sagging pants and backwards hats arguing about the periodic table, you haven't experienced life.
Which would you like first, the mind warp or the heartbreak? Either one? Well, you're easy to please. I'll start with the heartbreak, because I feel like it's the more important topic, and a matter that should be addressed immediately. While I was on my road trip last week, we stopped at a hotel for the night, and went to Taco Bell for some sustenance(dibs). We got to the drive-thru, and I politely requested 3 chicken flat bread sandwiches. The voice in the talking box(because that's what I call it, you see, the talking box), politely responded that they no longer sold chicken flat bread sandwiches. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the best way to get business is getting rid of the best thing that ever happened to your restaurant. Apparently, they call it a promotion. Well I call it stupid. But let me be clear, Taco Bell is still a fine establishment, very nice indeed...despite the fact that they've taken away one of the happy spots in my life, I'll still give them my business...though I'll admit, maybe not quite as often.
Now I told you that the heartbreak was more important than the mind warp. That's because the mind warp is about Twilight. Question: If Cedric Diggory was turned into a vampire after Voldemort killed him, does that mean that Remus Lupin turned into a vampire werewolf? I think that would just squash the whole Edward/Jacob debate right there, don't you? It would certainly solve all of Bella's problems.
Fun fact for you: I recently found out the origin of the superstition about breaking mirrors. Apparently, back in the olden days, mirrors were uber(thanks to Soup for the word) expensive, and if you broke one, it would take 7 years to save up the money to replace it. It really makes you appreciate those reflective surfaces, doesn't it?
Hope you all have a great week. I won't, because I have finals. Right now I'm blowing a virtual raspberry to all of you who don't.
Live long and blog,
Sam
P.S.
Fruits have ovaries. I'll elaborate next time.