Honesty optional

Just a quick thought before bed -- the business world is a nasty one in general. People say one thing in a room and say another ten minutes later. Or they schmooze and BS their way through interviews and meetings. Honest knowledge, skill, and effot seem to be underplayed, if not undervalued. We need to change that. I'm open to ideas . . . :-)

Anyone for a new start-up company? :-)

Cruisin' got a bruisin'

OK, Drudge had this intriguing story about a 70-foot wave that attacked a luxury liner -- to make it up to the passengers, the company said this:

All passengers would be given a partial refund, a credit for a future trip and access to the ship's open bar, Robison said. (emphasis mine)

<snark>...well, at least they won't have to remember the horror!</snark>

Pardon the Pause

Starting a new job; last two weeks have been more than hectic, and I'm heading out of town next week on business (I can finally say that!!!), so posts will be sparse.

In the meantime,

GO MINUTEMEN!!!

And will the MSM please find something worthwhile to cover?

First post on the Minutemen

Man, I love citizens like these!

Guts and brains and initiative, all of which seem to be in short supply in the world in general . . . and taking heat as "vigilantes" -- they're concerned citizens, not lynch mobs, for Heaven's sake!

I should make them a (big) batch of cookies.

(Hat tip: Drudge!)

Truly "adieu" to the Pope

Although I don't subscribe to the Catholic faith, I'm feeling a measure of sorrow at the passing of the Pope. I recall being variously annoyed and impressed (mostly impressed) with his outspoken manner and consistent moral and ethical positions on timely issues, for which he took a lot of flak from the "tolerant" progressives, inside the church and out. He's a strong man; he did a really noble job all the way till the end, and I have my fingers crossed that the new Pope, when things are figured out, will carry on his integrity.

Prenatal Euthanasia Case in Idaho

Okay, it gives me hope that this suit was dismissed by an Idaho court, but the fact that it was brought in the first place says some awful things about our society -- not the least of which is, "if we'd known it was going to be hard, we wouldn't have done it!"

And would the baby have been spared pain by dissolution or dismemberment? Oh, that's right -- I forgot that it's not about the baby; it's about the parents. I'll simply say "slippery slope argument" for the time being and spare you lines of ranting.

Plus, they named the poor child "Bailey" -- enough with the gender-less names already!!!

For Terri

A heretofore unfelt and clouded mix of sorrow and relief;
A sense of overwhelming indignation and confusion;
Abrupt sensations of resolution
And great tribute.

May she now live in peace and love,
and her family the same.

Another thing we didn't know we didn't know!

Apparently, just like bone cells and fat cells, hair follicles contain stem cells, too -- embryos don't have the market cornered on healing! How nice that we don't have to kill something/someone in order to heal ourselves . . .

Tsu-not-mi

Well, it appears that the risk of tsunami following the Easter Earthquake in Asia has ebbed . . .

My sympathies -- (those that aren't quite numb yet) -- go out to the traumatized survivors of this series of disasters . . . as far as analysis goes, just yesterday an expert asserted a "100% chance" of tsunami. After all, we understand that earthquakes cause tsunamis by releasing energy into the water, right?

Breathing a sigh of relief for the people in and around Indonesia, I'll venture a guess that maybe we don't understand quite as much as we think we do . . .

Back to posting...

Apologize for the long gap in publishing -- the primary issue weighing heavily on my mind has been Terri Schindler-Schiavo's unjust execution, and I'd decided not to say any more about it . . . I've done everything I can; it's time to simply turn it over to a more infinitely just and intelligent Being.