Month: November 2007

  • Tagging

    Is it just me, or is it annoying when people tag you for every post?

     

  • Test Tube Babies For Lesbians

    The UK is currently considering legislation that will allow lesbian couples to become parents of test-tube babies.

    Currently the law in the UK requires that test-tube clinics “ensure that a father is involved in the upbringing of any child they help create.”  The legislation could change that requirement.  Here is the link:  Link

    Is a father a significant factor in the upbringing of a child?

                                                                           

  • Writer’s Strike

    NBC has fired “nearly the entire production staff” of “Saturday Night Live” because of the writer’s strike.  Here is the link:  Link

    <b>STRIKE DAY 2</b></p> <p><b>HIGHLIGHT:</b> Cast solidarity</p> <p>Most of the cast of “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” including star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, joined the striking writers in disrupting filming of “Desperate Housewives” in Toluca Lake, and many cast members from “ER” congregated outside the gates of Warner Bros. Not since “Battle of the Network Stars” have this many actors rallied together.’ src=”http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2007-11/33660970.jpg” width=500></P><P>Here is a video I have seen in a few places explaining the writer’s strike from the position of the writers:</P><OBJECT height=355 width=425><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://www.youtube.com/v/oJ55Ir2jCxk&rel=1"><PARAM NAME="wmode" VALUE="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oJ55Ir2jCxk&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></OBJECT><P>Are you sympathetic to the writers that are on strike?</P><P>                                                                  </P></p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> </div> <div class="itemfooter"> <ul> <li class="itemtimestamp"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/18/writers-strike-2/">12:54 am</a></li> <li class="itemcomments"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/18/writers-strike-2/#comments" title="Comment on Writer’s Strike">87 Comments</a></li> <li class="itemedit"></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="item"> <div class="details"> <h4 class="itemtitle"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/17/the-hooter-swat-team/">The Hooter SWAT Team</a></h4> <div class="itembody"> <div class="entry-content"> <p><P>A police SWAT team came under fire after photos surfaced with them having fun with Hooters waitresses.</P><P><IMG src="http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/photo_servlet?contentId=4945780&version=1&locale=EN-US&subtype=MIMG&siteId=1001&isP16=true"></P><P><A href="http://blog.nj.com/hobokennow_impact/2007/11/hooters1.JPG" target=_blank><IMG src="http://blog.nj.com/hobokennow_impact/2007/11/large_hooters1.JPG"></A></P><P><A href="http://blog.nj.com/hudsoncountynow_impact/2007/11/JJ_071117_1HA_016.jpg" target=_blank><IMG src="http://blog.nj.com/hudsoncountynow_impact/2007/11/medium_JJ_071117_1HA_016.jpg"></A></P><P><IMG alt="" src="http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_2696_images/1117070853_M_hooters16.jpg" _extended="true"></P><P>The SWAT team was disbanded.  None of the officers were fired.  Here is the link:  <A href="http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=4961189&version=7&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1" target=_new>Link</A></P><P>The members of the SWAT team were off duty and they say the guns were not government issue.   </P><P>Do you think the SWAT team officers should be fired or do you think it is just good clean fun?  </P><P>                                                                                                                               </P></p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> </div> <div class="itemfooter"> <ul> <li class="itemtimestamp"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/17/the-hooter-swat-team/">7:45 pm</a></li> <li class="itemcomments"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/17/the-hooter-swat-team/#comments" title="Comment on The Hooter SWAT Team">72 Comments</a></li> <li class="itemedit"></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="item"> <div class="details"> <h4 class="itemtitle"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/17/bertrise-part-2/">Bertrise Part 2</a></h4> <div class="itembody"> <div class="entry-content"> <p><P>In the post before the last one, I mentioned that my son said his new girlfriend’s name was Bertrise.  I asked if she was black.  A few people thought it was inappropriate to ask if she was black based on her name.</P><P>I guess if he had said her name was ”Ahn,” I would have asked if she was Asian.  If he would have said her name was “Maria,” I would have asked if she was Hispanic.  If he said her name was “Tom,” I would have asked if she was a boy.</P><P>Was it wrong to ask him if Bertrise was black?</P><P>                                                         </P></p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> </div> <div class="itemfooter"> <ul> <li class="itemtimestamp"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/17/bertrise-part-2/">3:49 pm</a></li> <li class="itemcomments"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/17/bertrise-part-2/#comments" title="Comment on Bertrise Part 2">130 Comments</a></li> <li class="itemedit"></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="item"> <div class="details"> <h4 class="itemtitle"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/17/the-bible-2/">The Bible</a></h4> <div class="itembody"> <div class="entry-content"> <p><P>Do you consider yourself faithful to the teachings of the Bible?</P><P>                                                               </P></p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> </div> <div class="itemfooter"> <ul> <li class="itemtimestamp"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/17/the-bible-2/">10:25 am</a></li> <li class="itemcomments"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/17/the-bible-2/#comments" title="Comment on The Bible">119 Comments</a></li> <li class="itemedit"></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="item"> <div class="details"> <h4 class="itemtitle"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/bertrise/">Bertrise</a></h4> <div class="itembody"> <div class="entry-content"> <p><P>Son:  I like going to the dances.  I always have a girlfriend by the end of the dance.</P><P>Me:  So you got a girlfriend tonight?</P><P>Son:  Yes</P><P>Me:  Who?</P><P>Son:  Bertrise</P><P>Me:  Is that a black name?</P><P>Son:  Yeah, she is black.</P><P>Son:  Is there a problem with that?</P><P>Is there a problem with that?</P><P>                                                            </P></p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> </div> <div class="itemfooter"> <ul> <li class="itemtimestamp"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/bertrise/">11:54 pm</a></li> <li class="itemcomments"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/bertrise/#comments" title="Comment on Bertrise">157 Comments</a></li> <li class="itemedit"></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="item"> <div class="details"> <h4 class="itemtitle"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/perfectionists/">Perfectionists</a></h4> <div class="itembody"> <div class="entry-content"> <p><P>This is part of a message I received from <A href="http://www.xanga.com/Vivi_Kitty" target=_new>Vivi_Kitty</A>.  </P><P>“I know that I can be a bit of a perfectionist, and when I’m browsing through my old posts and come up a misspelled word or a grammar error, I’ll edit the post to fix it, even if the post is years old. I was wondering if others did that as well.”</P><P>If you came across one of your old posts and it had a spelling or grammar error, would you fix it?</P><P>                                                           </P></p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> </div> <div class="itemfooter"> <ul> <li class="itemtimestamp"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/perfectionists/">7:46 pm</a></li> <li class="itemcomments"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/perfectionists/#comments" title="Comment on Perfectionists">104 Comments</a></li> <li class="itemedit"></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="item"> <div class="details"> <h4 class="itemtitle"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/technology-and-communication/">Technology and Communication</a></h4> <div class="itembody"> <div class="entry-content"> <p><P>I was just reading an article about how young people are abandoning their email accounts for IM and text messaging.  Here is the link:  <A href="http://www.slate.com/id/2177969" target=_new>Link</A></P><P><IMG height=141 alt="Illustration by Mark Alan Stamaty. Click image to expand." src="http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/2126996/2156597/2177239/071114_TECH_deathEmailTN.gif" width=205></P><P>The article itself appeared sort of funny to me because it appears to me that young people have abandoned email a long time ago.</P><P>1.  Email</P><P>2.  IM</P><P>3.  Text messaging</P><P>4.  Talking on phone</P><P>5.  Social Network</P><P>What technology would you say is the one you most often use to communicate?</P><P>                                                                      </P></p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> </div> <div class="itemfooter"> <ul> <li class="itemtimestamp"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/technology-and-communication/">3:46 pm</a></li> <li class="itemcomments"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/technology-and-communication/#comments" title="Comment on Technology and Communication">116 Comments</a></li> <li class="itemedit"></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="item"> <div class="details"> <h4 class="itemtitle"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/internet-harrassment/">Internet Harrassment</a></h4> <div class="itembody"> <div class="entry-content"> <p><P>One story that continues to stay in the news locally is about a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide after she received mean messages on her myspace account.</P><P><IMG height=250 alt="MySpace Prank Leads Teenager Girl to Suicide" src="http://www.halflifesource.com/img/news/meganmeier.jpg" width=333></P><P>Megan Meier was a young lady who suffered from depression.  She was overweight and suddenly made friends with a boy named Josh Evans on Myspace.  He was an attractive boy and she started to talk with him.  What she didn’t know was that the account was started by an adult who was the mother of her friend who she had recently had a falling out.</P><P>All of a sudden the message turned mean.  The people behind the myspace account wrote bulletins about the girl being overweight and started to harass her.  She went up to her room and hanged herself.  </P><P>Here are a few links about the story:  <A href="http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2007/11/11/news/sj2tn20071110-1111stc_pokin_1.ii1.txt" target=_new>Link1</A> <A href="http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2007/11/15/news/doc473c629800bb7940817680.txt" target=_new>Link2</A> <A href="http://www.halflifesource.com/news/2007/11/14/article10088.htm" target=_new>Link3</A></P><P>In response to what happened to Megan, Dardenne Prarie officials are attempting to make cyberspace harassment a crime.  The desire is to make it a Class B misdemeanor.  It could include up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.</P><P>Do you think cyberspace harassment should be a crime?</P><P>                                                                           </P></p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> </div> <div class="itemfooter"> <ul> <li class="itemtimestamp"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/internet-harrassment/">10:33 am</a></li> <li class="itemcomments"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/16/internet-harrassment/#comments" title="Comment on Internet Harrassment">161 Comments</a></li> <li class="itemedit"></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <ul class="pagenav nav-below" id="nav-below"> <li class="pagenav-previous"><a href="http://thetheologianscafe.xanga.com/2007/11/page/5/" ><strong><span class="arrow">« </span>newer</strong></a></li> <li class="pagenav-main"><a href="//thetheologianscafe.xanga.com">TheTheologiansCafe

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