Anyone who reads this blog obviously knows I'm a big advocate for gay marriage (and human rights in general). On that topic I bring you something not only hilarious, but very true. I could talk all day about several things in this video, including the commentary on the Bible (and have previously talked a lot about gay marriage) but for right now I will let the video speak for itself and come back to those topics at a later date.
Prop 8- The Musical
featuring Neil Patrick Harris, Margret Cho, Jack Black and a host of other famous faces.
Enjoy!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Help! I've fallen and there's an Indian in my kitchen!
Gasp! A new topic! It is completely pointless, but a new topic none the less!
There are quite a few commercials that really make me laugh and make me mad and if I went on about them all, I'd been here all day and you would die from opinion overload, so I'll limit myself. One of my favorites at this time is the new Life Alert commercial, you know the "Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" company. They've always been amusing but the new one steps it up a notch or really two.
Now, Life Alert will not only pick you up when you've fallen, but if someone breaks into your house, they will scare the burglar away from their location by saying "This is Life Alert, you have been detected! Leave NOW!" Which, if you have seen the commercial then you know how funny it is. The voice tries to sound menacing but instead he just sounds like Ben Stein yelling at stupid people. That part, mildly amusing as it is always gets me going for the best part.
The life alert representatives call the woman when they detect "smoke signals" coming from the kitchen. Watching this commercial you should be thinking, 'okay, that is kinda nice, if there is a fire in your house they call to let you know so you can get to safety' (though I do wonder what happened to good old smoke alarms that I always manage to set off while cooking). But no, their phrasing leaves something to be desired. Instead of the image of a fire engulfing a poor helpless womans gas stove, I have an image of (and as bad as this is) a Native American sitting in their kitchen with his fire and a blanket sending smoke signals to the house next door!
I guess if they detected that, the would resort back to "You have been detected, leave NOW!" and then there would be a fire in the kitchen.
Everytime I watch this commercial I laugh so hard I have tears running down my face and I miss the first part of whatever comes next. I have no plans to buy a Life Alert for myself (If I fall down, I think I can get back up at this point in my life and if there's an Indian in my kitchen, I would love to learn from him) or for anyone I know, but I do get a good laugh.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ~E.E. Cummings
There are quite a few commercials that really make me laugh and make me mad and if I went on about them all, I'd been here all day and you would die from opinion overload, so I'll limit myself. One of my favorites at this time is the new Life Alert commercial, you know the "Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" company. They've always been amusing but the new one steps it up a notch or really two.
Now, Life Alert will not only pick you up when you've fallen, but if someone breaks into your house, they will scare the burglar away from their location by saying "This is Life Alert, you have been detected! Leave NOW!" Which, if you have seen the commercial then you know how funny it is. The voice tries to sound menacing but instead he just sounds like Ben Stein yelling at stupid people. That part, mildly amusing as it is always gets me going for the best part.
The life alert representatives call the woman when they detect "smoke signals" coming from the kitchen. Watching this commercial you should be thinking, 'okay, that is kinda nice, if there is a fire in your house they call to let you know so you can get to safety' (though I do wonder what happened to good old smoke alarms that I always manage to set off while cooking). But no, their phrasing leaves something to be desired. Instead of the image of a fire engulfing a poor helpless womans gas stove, I have an image of (and as bad as this is) a Native American sitting in their kitchen with his fire and a blanket sending smoke signals to the house next door!
I guess if they detected that, the would resort back to "You have been detected, leave NOW!" and then there would be a fire in the kitchen.Everytime I watch this commercial I laugh so hard I have tears running down my face and I miss the first part of whatever comes next. I have no plans to buy a Life Alert for myself (If I fall down, I think I can get back up at this point in my life and if there's an Indian in my kitchen, I would love to learn from him) or for anyone I know, but I do get a good laugh.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ~E.E. Cummings
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Definition of Marriage
First off, if you are a supporter of gay marrige, go take a look at whiteknot.org , I think it's a pretty good idea.
Now, I'm sorry I am stuck on this topic right now, but I am very passionate about this, so obviously I'm going to write about it. I'll try to find something else to write about soon! ;p
A response to my last blog made me think (which I love to do, so please if you agree or disagree feel free to comment!) if some think marriage is strictly religious, does that mean that people of other religions are not married? (I'm going to pick on Christianity here because I know more about it, but the same thing stands for religion in general.)
So do most Christians not think that Muslims, Hindu's, Jew's etc. are not married because they do not believe in the same God or that Jesus is not the son of God? Having grown up in a Christian household, I know I never thought that, but it seems to me that if you think that marriage is strictly a religious right, then if they do not believe in the same religion, they must not be married. The same goes for Christians who get married at a court house or by a Justice of the Peace. I know quite a few people who were married that way that are Christians and they do consider themselves married. Are they not? If your definition of marriage is strictly are religious one, then they must not be.
Do you see where the problem lies? The US is in a tizzy over the definition of a word. People are arguing sometimes for the same thing (in some way) but sound to each other as though they are on opposite sides. I know some people who say that same-sex couples should be allowed to have the same legal rights as married couples but should not be allowed to marry. Obviously they ascribe to the belief that marriage is absolutely a religious thing. (What I find funny is that some of them were 'married' at the court house, or have friends that were and they still consider them married.) But ultimately, they say they agree with what same-sex couples want; to have the same legal rights as hetro couples they just are arguing over the definition without realizing it.
I think the definition of marriage is a legal one, and therefore all people regardless of religion and sexual preference have the right to be married to the person they love provided both parties are consenting adults. Should you want to also be married and in contract with your God, then that is wonderful for you, and that is your right but saying marriage is strictly religious is discrimination.
Perhaps at one time, the word marriage was a religious word or had religious connotation (though in the dictionary it is not and we had evidence of marriage before Christianity, but I doubt it was called that as it was a Middle English word, but again with the definition thing), and if it was, it has changed. Words change meanings all the time. The English language is fluid, not a fixed construct, words we use everyday do not mean the same things that they once did. You can find list after list of such words on the internet. Some of my favorites; Awful once meant full of awe, brave once meant coward (hence the word bravado), hussy referred to a respectable married woman today it means anything but.
So, maybe it is time to redefine marriage for our time and perhaps a lot more people would agree on this subject.
Now, I'm sorry I am stuck on this topic right now, but I am very passionate about this, so obviously I'm going to write about it. I'll try to find something else to write about soon! ;p
A response to my last blog made me think (which I love to do, so please if you agree or disagree feel free to comment!) if some think marriage is strictly religious, does that mean that people of other religions are not married? (I'm going to pick on Christianity here because I know more about it, but the same thing stands for religion in general.)
So do most Christians not think that Muslims, Hindu's, Jew's etc. are not married because they do not believe in the same God or that Jesus is not the son of God? Having grown up in a Christian household, I know I never thought that, but it seems to me that if you think that marriage is strictly a religious right, then if they do not believe in the same religion, they must not be married. The same goes for Christians who get married at a court house or by a Justice of the Peace. I know quite a few people who were married that way that are Christians and they do consider themselves married. Are they not? If your definition of marriage is strictly are religious one, then they must not be.
Do you see where the problem lies? The US is in a tizzy over the definition of a word. People are arguing sometimes for the same thing (in some way) but sound to each other as though they are on opposite sides. I know some people who say that same-sex couples should be allowed to have the same legal rights as married couples but should not be allowed to marry. Obviously they ascribe to the belief that marriage is absolutely a religious thing. (What I find funny is that some of them were 'married' at the court house, or have friends that were and they still consider them married.) But ultimately, they say they agree with what same-sex couples want; to have the same legal rights as hetro couples they just are arguing over the definition without realizing it.
I think the definition of marriage is a legal one, and therefore all people regardless of religion and sexual preference have the right to be married to the person they love provided both parties are consenting adults. Should you want to also be married and in contract with your God, then that is wonderful for you, and that is your right but saying marriage is strictly religious is discrimination.
Perhaps at one time, the word marriage was a religious word or had religious connotation (though in the dictionary it is not and we had evidence of marriage before Christianity, but I doubt it was called that as it was a Middle English word, but again with the definition thing), and if it was, it has changed. Words change meanings all the time. The English language is fluid, not a fixed construct, words we use everyday do not mean the same things that they once did. You can find list after list of such words on the internet. Some of my favorites; Awful once meant full of awe, brave once meant coward (hence the word bravado), hussy referred to a respectable married woman today it means anything but.
So, maybe it is time to redefine marriage for our time and perhaps a lot more people would agree on this subject.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
One small step for man and woman, one giant leap backwards for all
It has been a while since I posted to this blog, something I will try and remedy very soon. I should probably be working on my NaNoWriMo novel instead of this, but this election had really made me wonder, what is wrong with this country?
I say we took one small step for man and woman kind, which was electing Obama someone I hope can live up to his expectations and if he can, this country could definitly use it. But I say one giant step back because of a few states that have decided to put discrimination and hate into their state constitutions. Florida, Arizona and at this time it is looking like even California have banned Gay marriage.
I do not understand why such a thing is even an issue.
Marriage by definition is a legal entity that religious groups have also taken on, but first and foremost it is legal. I would bet a years salary that most people who voted to ban gay marriage did so for religious reasons who do not remember when they got married (or when they have been to a wedding) that there was one key thing said at the end "By the power invested in me by the state of ___ " yes, most of the time they say God as well, but them must say the state because marriage is a LEGAL contract, you are binding yourself legally to that person, debt, bad credit score and all.
No one really needs a piece of paper to tell them who they love, but they do need a piece of paper to show that they have the legal rights for that person should they not be able to make decisions themselves.
This should not be a religious issue at all, the church does not have to marry anyone at all if they so choose, the government has no say in that (they do have a say if they are legally married, but not if they are married in the eyes of God , or whoever you choose to believe in.) I was told by a church official that when my fiance' and I were going to get married that he had the right to refuse to marry us, and I am fine with that. He is a religious official not a legal one, if I went to the court house to get married and they said I could not, that would be another matter entirely. There is a reason we have a seperation of church and state, and banning gay marriage simply because you think a higher power thinks it is wrong (don't even get me started on how there is homosexuality in many species of animals, not just humans) that is not a separation.
Allowing two men or two women to marry does not threaten your way of life, nor does it demean your marriage. It does nothing to you because it has nothing to do with you. If anything at all, it demeans your marriage that you have banned someone else from having the same rights as you, it says to me that you are better than other people and that an entire way of life should be forbidden. This has been done many times before and it did not work out well for anybody (WW II anyone??).
I have no doubt that someday this issue will be a thing of the past, something to learn about in history books while the children of the day wonder why people as they are now were so ignorant just like we look back at slavery, burning people for being witches, segregation, and womens rights.
Today should be a day where we are proud to be Americans, that we have the right to choose who will lead our country where we have freedoms that many do not, but today I will say that I am embarrassed to be an American, that I am associate with people who are still so eager to hang their fellow man because they are different than you.
I say we took one small step for man and woman kind, which was electing Obama someone I hope can live up to his expectations and if he can, this country could definitly use it. But I say one giant step back because of a few states that have decided to put discrimination and hate into their state constitutions. Florida, Arizona and at this time it is looking like even California have banned Gay marriage.
I do not understand why such a thing is even an issue.
Marriage by definition is a legal entity that religious groups have also taken on, but first and foremost it is legal. I would bet a years salary that most people who voted to ban gay marriage did so for religious reasons who do not remember when they got married (or when they have been to a wedding) that there was one key thing said at the end "By the power invested in me by the state of ___ " yes, most of the time they say God as well, but them must say the state because marriage is a LEGAL contract, you are binding yourself legally to that person, debt, bad credit score and all.
No one really needs a piece of paper to tell them who they love, but they do need a piece of paper to show that they have the legal rights for that person should they not be able to make decisions themselves.
This should not be a religious issue at all, the church does not have to marry anyone at all if they so choose, the government has no say in that (they do have a say if they are legally married, but not if they are married in the eyes of God , or whoever you choose to believe in.) I was told by a church official that when my fiance' and I were going to get married that he had the right to refuse to marry us, and I am fine with that. He is a religious official not a legal one, if I went to the court house to get married and they said I could not, that would be another matter entirely. There is a reason we have a seperation of church and state, and banning gay marriage simply because you think a higher power thinks it is wrong (don't even get me started on how there is homosexuality in many species of animals, not just humans) that is not a separation.
Allowing two men or two women to marry does not threaten your way of life, nor does it demean your marriage. It does nothing to you because it has nothing to do with you. If anything at all, it demeans your marriage that you have banned someone else from having the same rights as you, it says to me that you are better than other people and that an entire way of life should be forbidden. This has been done many times before and it did not work out well for anybody (WW II anyone??).
I have no doubt that someday this issue will be a thing of the past, something to learn about in history books while the children of the day wonder why people as they are now were so ignorant just like we look back at slavery, burning people for being witches, segregation, and womens rights.
Today should be a day where we are proud to be Americans, that we have the right to choose who will lead our country where we have freedoms that many do not, but today I will say that I am embarrassed to be an American, that I am associate with people who are still so eager to hang their fellow man because they are different than you.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Do As I Say...
Didn't you always hate it when your mother would say, "Do as I say, not as I do." I think most people did! So why is it that people continue to be hypocritical?
I'm a respiratory therapy student and I just started my clinicals last week. Low and behold some of the therapists that I was working with, smoke... including the supervisor. Why is this such a big deal you may ask? They are RESPIRATORY therapists! Most of what they deal with are smoking related disease (COPD, Lung Cancer etc.) Here they are giving breathing treatments, lecturing, and shoving tubes down peoples throats to help them breath, and then the go outside and puff the cancer stick. I don't get it! How could you watch and treat these people day in and day out and not be scared enough to quit.
I understand that nicotine is a very powerful drug and that quitting takes a lot of work, will power, and they work in a very stressful enviroment but come on! Take a look around... YOU are gonna be one of these patients one day and you will only have yourself to blame!
And don't even get me started on the patient smokers... grrrrrr!
I'm a respiratory therapy student and I just started my clinicals last week. Low and behold some of the therapists that I was working with, smoke... including the supervisor. Why is this such a big deal you may ask? They are RESPIRATORY therapists! Most of what they deal with are smoking related disease (COPD, Lung Cancer etc.) Here they are giving breathing treatments, lecturing, and shoving tubes down peoples throats to help them breath, and then the go outside and puff the cancer stick. I don't get it! How could you watch and treat these people day in and day out and not be scared enough to quit.
I understand that nicotine is a very powerful drug and that quitting takes a lot of work, will power, and they work in a very stressful enviroment but come on! Take a look around... YOU are gonna be one of these patients one day and you will only have yourself to blame!
And don't even get me started on the patient smokers... grrrrrr!
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