No Morals

Hilarious quote found via Digg on a post regarding high school students padding their college applications with jobs and volunteer work designed to make them seem

I lied like a rug just to get into the best university here in Canada and I don't feel guilty at all! They never followed up on my references. In my eyes, it doesn't matter how you get ahead, it just matters that you do. I have no morals or integrity, I am pretty much greedy and cheap so when I want something, I always do my best to get it.

The Puberty Problem

I have an 8 month old daughter, and lately I have been thinking of things such as sex education.

The current Bush administration and a large number of conservative-minded people seem to want to keep kids in the dark about sex. They don't want schools to provide contraception, they want a very basic curriculum for sex ed (read: "Here is how babies are made, THE END), and they preach ABSTINENCE, ABSTINENCE, ABSTINENCE!

Here is what is wrong with their plan:

1. The onset of puberty is much earlier for children today. I reckon most kids have begun puberty anywhere between the ages of 9 and 14.
   


2. Adults from a generation in which the onset of puberty was typically 13-17 really aren't the best judges of how modern children handle puberty and sexual urges at a younger age. But then again, when has the older generation EVER been any good at trying to relate to the younger generation?
   

Let's roll back the clock about 50 years when the onset of puberty began late in Junior High School or in High School. Under those conditions you only had to deal with handling puberty, etc., for 2 or 3 years. That would mean that most people's first sexual experiences would occur when they were truly adults, not just biologically. I reckon that a 20 year old getting it on for the first time would be much more aware of the consequences of his/her actions and much better able to deal with any unforeseen/unfortunate happenings brought about by their sexual activity.

In modern times when children experience puberty in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is it really reasonable to ask them to "keep it in their pants" for 5, 6, 7, 8 years? It is not only unreasonable, it's pretty fricking stupid to expect a 16 year old High School student who hit puberty 6 years ago to not be extremely curious and extremely RESTLESS to finally "do the deed."

Three Chick Flicks and Their Unintended Message

Here is an excellent article/argument that I found titled, "Three Chick Flicks and Their Unintended Message." The basic premise of the article is this:

"...films aimed at women regularly glorify women who cheat on a loyal husband because her emotional needs are unfulfilled. The underlying premise seems to be that physical attraction is shallow but emotional needs are deeper and more legitimate.

Sorry, I reject this premise completely."

Found via Digg.

Why am I blogging again?

Because I don't talk.

Because I don't talk I have to express myself somehow, yes?

Here is a general overview of what I'm trying to do with this new blog:

• Review products that I use. Frequently I search Google for products and services that I'm interested in and can't find anyone who has written an honest and unbiased review.
• Offer some light political commentary. Yes, I know that no one gives a damn about my political views (just like I don't give a damn about yours), but let's think my expression of my political views as some sort of product review, ok? Sound better? I thought so.

Another Blog

About 5 years ago I started a blog that I ran faithfully for 2 years until I got sick of it. I started it on Blogger and then moved the hosting to my own domain first using Movable Type and then using Pmachine.

I killed my blog because I got bored with it. But then I noticed a funny thing while trying to read other people's blogs. They bored the hell out of me and they didn't write about anything that I gave a damn about!

I haven't run a written word blog in over 2 years now. In my time off I've learned a few things.

1. Trying to read a blog everyday written by someone that you don't know personally is boring.
2. Google is the r0xx0r and using it to search blogs for specific topics is better and more productive than bookmarking a bunch of blogs and hoping that they write about something you give a damn about.
3. Nobody writes on a consistent basis about things that I care about.
4. Most people are horrible writers.
5. Myspace sucks.
6. I've never visited Facebook, but I'm sure it sucks too.