Hello World,
I have mentioned this before; the small man who sings songs to me. Well I heard this song about a month or so ago on a late night euro club dj spin and well it stuck. Finnaly took the time to figure out who, what it is. Thought I would share. I actual kinda like the video. Iit apeals to the geek in me.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Birthday
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Stupid fake news!
Do people think this is real?!
Hello World,
So I logged into my email acount this morning and started looking throught the news on Yahoo.com. There was an article in the news about how to sleep better. As some one who has a hard time falling asleep and does suffer from insomina at times; I thought great I'll click on this and see if its worth my time. Well it wasn't! Not that this is new in anyway, but I really hate when advertisments hide in plain sight as news articles. Disapointing, and I worry for how many people fall for these tricks.
People need to learn to read between the fine lines!! Grumble.....
Hello World,
So I logged into my email acount this morning and started looking throught the news on Yahoo.com. There was an article in the news about how to sleep better. As some one who has a hard time falling asleep and does suffer from insomina at times; I thought great I'll click on this and see if its worth my time. Well it wasn't! Not that this is new in anyway, but I really hate when advertisments hide in plain sight as news articles. Disapointing, and I worry for how many people fall for these tricks.
People need to learn to read between the fine lines!! Grumble.....
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Primeval
Hello World,
So this week has been an interesting mix of up and down. And while I read War Breaker like a mad man I then promptly ran out of steam and spent my insomiatic free time watching BBC shows. Now that I have Netflixs it so much easier then hunting for downloads and youtubing. So I decided that I was going to catch up on the show Primeval. I started into season 1 back when it first came out and then promptly gave up after 4 weeks because BBC has the worst slots on time ever! I love there shows and when I had BBC America I watched it all the time. I just realy hate having to make my life fit around a TV show. So I do what I do and catch up after 3 years of it being on air.
Basicaly Primeval is a show about scientist, dinosaurs, and rifts in time. Yes it is Quantom Leap
and Jurassic Park wraped up into one show. Its a fun show that for 45 minutes allows you to channel your inner child and dream about what would happen in Dino's realy could live in your back yard. Bassicaly a rift opens, some createure or other wanders through, the scientist go deal with the situation, some one almost allways nearly dies, and then they learn some insight to help them fight the time rifts.
This is a silly Sci-fi rump that is lacking in some areas but makes up for it in other places. There are a few plot holes and I did have issues with the quickly changing cast of chracters. The effects are decent for the production and I do enjoy it. Plus as a side note ladies there is some eye candy for you! and Jurassic Park wraped up into one show. Its a fun show that for 45 minutes allows you to channel your inner child and dream about what would happen in Dino's realy could live in your back yard. Bassicaly a rift opens, some createure or other wanders through, the scientist go deal with the situation, some one almost allways nearly dies, and then they learn some insight to help them fight the time rifts. I'm realy looking forward to the next season. Its almost done being aired over in the UK. Now I just have to find a good online channel to watch it on. The last season ended with a great cast and some realy fun banter and set up. Can't wait!!!
Warbreaker Book Review
Hello World,
So I am an avid reader... I think you might have figured taht out?! Not sure though...
Any who this book was recomended to me by a friend who noticed that I hadn't been reading anything but non-fiction and research books as of late. He thought it would be a good change of pace for a week. LOL little did he know I would read the book in 2 days!!! I don't just read I gobble books!
So the book of the week for me is "Warbreaker" by Brandon Sanderson. Its a dense fantasy novel (688 pages) in a very classic archetype story structure. It had no major plot surprises for me or interesting character development.
Sanderson is a pretty big author and has many published titles. While I'm not a major fan of his I have read a few of his other books. Most of his stories take place in the same world or universe. and the thing I love the most about his writing is how rich the setting, scenery, history etc is. I just wish he would put more of that richness into his characters. I've felt more invested in characters from short stories then I did in this big book.
Now the only surprise to me in this book was how he approached his concept of magic. In this world "magic" is called breath and uses color and sound to gain strength and power. While not all of the elements are unique they way they were put together and used was very interesting.
For me "Warbreaker" is a 3 out of 5 stars. Interesting soft piece of fantasy that I didn't mind reading but will not read again. For the hard core fantasy lover I think they would enjoy.
So I am an avid reader... I think you might have figured taht out?! Not sure though...
Any who this book was recomended to me by a friend who noticed that I hadn't been reading anything but non-fiction and research books as of late. He thought it would be a good change of pace for a week. LOL little did he know I would read the book in 2 days!!! I don't just read I gobble books!
So the book of the week for me is "Warbreaker" by Brandon Sanderson
. Its a dense fantasy novel (688 pages) in a very classic archetype story structure. It had no major plot surprises for me or interesting character development.Sanderson is a pretty big author and has many published titles. While I'm not a major fan of his I have read a few of his other books. Most of his stories take place in the same world or universe. and the thing I love the most about his writing is how rich the setting, scenery, history etc is. I just wish he would put more of that richness into his characters. I've felt more invested in characters from short stories then I did in this big book.
Now the only surprise to me in this book was how he approached his concept of magic. In this world "magic" is called breath and uses color and sound to gain strength and power. While not all of the elements are unique they way they were put together and used was very interesting.
For me "Warbreaker" is a 3 out of 5 stars. Interesting soft piece of fantasy that I didn't mind reading but will not read again. For the hard core fantasy lover I think they would enjoy.
Friday, February 25, 2011
The next time ANY OF YOU want to complain about teachers salaries or benefits......
Found this on Facebook from a note someone made. I thought it was great and wanted to share. This puts a lot of jobs into perspective of pay rates for me. So many family's are supporting themselves on one minimum paycheck! It's sad and I just want to make people try to stop being such jerks about how and what people are paid. For the BS I have had to put up with at my jobs sometimes I thought it would be better not to make a damn paycheck...
Are you sick of high paid teachers? Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! Not counting all those days off in between! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan — that equals 6 1/2 hours).
Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.
Now how many do they teach in day…maybe 30? So that’s $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
LET’S SEE…. That’s $585 X 180= $105,300 peryear. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master’s degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children
X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
Wait a minute — there’s something wrong here!
The average teacher’s salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student–a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!)
WHAT A DEAL!!!!
Adjust for changes in minimum wage now! Ohh and FYI because of cut backs and lack of support by the community and family's; teachers are digging into their own paycheck to make sure your kids have supplies!
Are you sick of high paid teachers? Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! Not counting all those days off in between! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan — that equals 6 1/2 hours).
Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.
Now how many do they teach in day…maybe 30? So that’s $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
LET’S SEE…. That’s $585 X 180= $105,300 peryear. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master’s degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children
X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
Wait a minute — there’s something wrong here!
The average teacher’s salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student–a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!)
WHAT A DEAL!!!!
Adjust for changes in minimum wage now! Ohh and FYI because of cut backs and lack of support by the community and family's; teachers are digging into their own paycheck to make sure your kids have supplies!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Shakespeare Resources
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