Has it really been 60 years since the second "war to end all wars" was fought?
The Vietnam era children (boomers in many cases)that were born to those people will be able to collect social security.
There are whole movies such as 'Casablanca' that are a full of people who are dead.
Japan still can't enter into war per their constitution-a stipulation of the war.
The United States is still in favour of internment.
How many people have had their knowledge of this war shaped by Hollywood?
What would Anne Frank have thought?
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Monday, May 9, 2005
Which Clamp book would I belong in-the Top 5
Thursday, May 5, 2005
The best sites ...
Find A Grave-It's just that. You can find famous and non-famous people.
http://www.findagrave.com/
Zora Neale Hurston
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2571&pt=Zora%20Hurston
Alamanzo Wilder:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Wilder&GScid=286603&GRid=3949&pt=Almanzo%20James%20Wilder&
Laura Ingalls Wilder:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1625
Rose Wilder Lane:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3683
Robert E. Lee:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lee&GSfn=Robert+&GSmn=E&GSby=
1807&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1870&GSdyrel=in&GSob=b&GRid=615&pt=Robert%20Edward%20Lee&
MZB:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6108448&pt=Marion%20Bradley
Hattie McDaniel:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1367
Cathryn Damon:
http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6440476&pt=Cathryn%20Damon
A ten year old I located randomly:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7151186
Vaslav Nijinsky:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4346&pt=Vaslav%20Nijinsky
Toshiro Mifune:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9232&pt=Toshiro%20Mifune
Butterfly McQueen
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5816373
And of course my favorite site-Dead or Alive:
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/viewdocs-nf/lastsixmonths
http://www.findagrave.com/
Zora Neale Hurston
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2571&pt=Zora%20Hurston
Alamanzo Wilder:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Wilder&GScid=286603&GRid=3949&pt=Almanzo%20James%20Wilder&
Laura Ingalls Wilder:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1625
Rose Wilder Lane:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3683
Robert E. Lee:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lee&GSfn=Robert+&GSmn=E&GSby=
1807&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1870&GSdyrel=in&GSob=b&GRid=615&pt=Robert%20Edward%20Lee&
MZB:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6108448&pt=Marion%20Bradley
Hattie McDaniel:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1367
Cathryn Damon:
http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6440476&pt=Cathryn%20Damon
A ten year old I located randomly:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7151186
Vaslav Nijinsky:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4346&pt=Vaslav%20Nijinsky
Toshiro Mifune:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9232&pt=Toshiro%20Mifune
Butterfly McQueen
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5816373
And of course my favorite site-Dead or Alive:
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/viewdocs-nf/lastsixmonths
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005
The Empire of Gollumidas and Nation States
Sometimes I check out the country I created on Nation States. (http://www.nationstates.net/) Unlike a total RPG game with a lot more control over variables, this site allows you to create a nation and daily or weekly you make decisions on the policies that affect it. The decisions are implemented in 24 hours. This is the state of my nation today:
Location: Axen
The Empire of Gollumidas is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its burgeoning crystal bat population. Its compassionate population of 146 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 47%, but much higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing industries.
Truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, drunk drivers are sentenced to death, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, and teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gollumidas's national animal is the crystal bat and its currency is the crys.
Gollumidas is ranked 1st in the region and 34,235th in the world for Most Rebellious Youth.
'Axen' is the region, which I created since the region where my country was located originally, the West Pacific, was not allowing us to grow very well. Too much competition. Right now it is just us. Perhaps we will let others in. I made a decision this morning to allow refugees into the Empire. It was either allow them to come, shut them out or allow them to come, take on the unwanted jobs such as trash pick-up and pay them slave wages. Admittedly the questions posed mirror real world issues that companies must grapple with. We haven't joined the UN yet and there is one country we are considering annexing for no other reason than I worked with the person who created it and he seems to have neglected it...
You have choices when you create your nation as to how you would like to govern it-dictatorship, communist state and so forth. I tried to be a monarchy but the only monarchy choice was a constitutional monarchy, which I did not want. I have often considered what Queen Elizabeth and the United Kingdom would be like if she had real legislative power.
I really like the fact that drunk drivers are sentenced to death even though when I voted for the measure, it was that they should face punishment. Apparently I am meaner than I thought. The "news" decision was unsatisfying because I had to choose between freedom of speech and state controlled news.
Here is the link to the Empire in case you want to keep tabs:
http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=gollumidas
I know that there are more involved ones out there but I like this "no muss no fuss" site.
Location: Axen
The Empire of Gollumidas is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its burgeoning crystal bat population. Its compassionate population of 146 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 47%, but much higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing industries.
Truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, drunk drivers are sentenced to death, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, and teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gollumidas's national animal is the crystal bat and its currency is the crys.
Gollumidas is ranked 1st in the region and 34,235th in the world for Most Rebellious Youth.
'Axen' is the region, which I created since the region where my country was located originally, the West Pacific, was not allowing us to grow very well. Too much competition. Right now it is just us. Perhaps we will let others in. I made a decision this morning to allow refugees into the Empire. It was either allow them to come, shut them out or allow them to come, take on the unwanted jobs such as trash pick-up and pay them slave wages. Admittedly the questions posed mirror real world issues that companies must grapple with. We haven't joined the UN yet and there is one country we are considering annexing for no other reason than I worked with the person who created it and he seems to have neglected it...
You have choices when you create your nation as to how you would like to govern it-dictatorship, communist state and so forth. I tried to be a monarchy but the only monarchy choice was a constitutional monarchy, which I did not want. I have often considered what Queen Elizabeth and the United Kingdom would be like if she had real legislative power.
I really like the fact that drunk drivers are sentenced to death even though when I voted for the measure, it was that they should face punishment. Apparently I am meaner than I thought. The "news" decision was unsatisfying because I had to choose between freedom of speech and state controlled news.
Here is the link to the Empire in case you want to keep tabs:
http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=gollumidas
I know that there are more involved ones out there but I like this "no muss no fuss" site.
Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Things I can watch over and over
It will please you to know that:
The current time in Jewish Autonomous Oblast', Russia is
1:02 AM
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
DST +1100 UTC
Things I can watch on television, DVD and tape over and over:
The Incredibles
The Ken Burns' Civil War Series
Scrubs
A Pup named Scooby Doo
Certain episodes of ER
Soap
Lost In Space
The Apprentice
The Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera
The Emperor's New Groove
Blue Crush
House
Law And Order original, SVU, CI and TBJ
Cowboy Bebop
The current time in Jewish Autonomous Oblast', Russia is
1:02 AM
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
DST +1100 UTC
Things I can watch on television, DVD and tape over and over:
The Incredibles
The Ken Burns' Civil War Series
Scrubs
A Pup named Scooby Doo
Certain episodes of ER
Soap
Lost In Space
The Apprentice
The Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera
The Emperor's New Groove
Blue Crush
House
Law And Order original, SVU, CI and TBJ
Cowboy Bebop
Sunday, May 1, 2005
My thoughts on the Apprentice 3-Episode 14
This is taken from a post I made at another site:
Trump is the funny one. I have watched the tape of that boardroom a few times and I think as Trump was thinking over the track records he probably reflected on the fact that:
A) As badly as Tana screwed up with this task, on the whole she has been a winner and a contributer to winning teams both as PM and as a team player. Trump could probably pick at random moments of her success.
B) Carolyn, Trump and George said that Tana had no fire and may not be able to handle the killers his organization deals with. However, his second Apprentice, Kelly was spoken of as having no fire either but he got hired over the outspoken and combative Jen M, who was described by George as being rough around the edges but a good fit.
C) Alex's last win as project manager was the graffiti project where he benefitted by my girl Tara's overpersonalization.
D) Alex flew under the radar-there was no doubt. Not unlike Chris or last season's Ivana, he got over because someone else committed the greater sin in Trump's eyes. Trump also had to see that in the last boardroom sessions, Alex was a common denominator.
E) Trump respects someone who knows how to defend themselves. Tana brought up the record, which was the one thing that Alex had no defense again. She brought her success as a PM and team player. Trump has the freakish memory. Sometimes he forgets and sometimes he remembers when something sparks it. He also will get fixated on something that he personally disapproves of (Chris's tabacco habit or Season Two Bradford's giving away his immunity or Erin's wisecracking). Then it will come out that he has been paying attention all along. He did notice that Alex and probably remembered the sleeping and so forth and on this task he was like "well she didn't tell me to do marketing..." So much for initiative.
I know that the interviewers will probably bounce Craig. This is exactly good since he can't blame it on anyone. I am hoping he doesn't cry racism because it would not be in this case.
I also note that the last person to be fired from regular competition was a former Magna or "book smarts" player...
Trump as seen over the last two seasons, does not like people who shade their mistakes or who don't admit them. I personally think the latter cost Jen M. the apprenticeship since she defended herself and really did hear what George and Carolyn had to say on what she didn't do right as opposed to Kelly who defended what he did right and acknowledged what he did wrong especiallythe critiques from Carolyn since Carolyn arranges the golf tournaments for a living and he could only benefit from her experience.
Hurray to the mom from Iowa and her beadazzler.
Trump is the funny one. I have watched the tape of that boardroom a few times and I think as Trump was thinking over the track records he probably reflected on the fact that:
A) As badly as Tana screwed up with this task, on the whole she has been a winner and a contributer to winning teams both as PM and as a team player. Trump could probably pick at random moments of her success.
B) Carolyn, Trump and George said that Tana had no fire and may not be able to handle the killers his organization deals with. However, his second Apprentice, Kelly was spoken of as having no fire either but he got hired over the outspoken and combative Jen M, who was described by George as being rough around the edges but a good fit.
C) Alex's last win as project manager was the graffiti project where he benefitted by my girl Tara's overpersonalization.
D) Alex flew under the radar-there was no doubt. Not unlike Chris or last season's Ivana, he got over because someone else committed the greater sin in Trump's eyes. Trump also had to see that in the last boardroom sessions, Alex was a common denominator.
E) Trump respects someone who knows how to defend themselves. Tana brought up the record, which was the one thing that Alex had no defense again. She brought her success as a PM and team player. Trump has the freakish memory. Sometimes he forgets and sometimes he remembers when something sparks it. He also will get fixated on something that he personally disapproves of (Chris's tabacco habit or Season Two Bradford's giving away his immunity or Erin's wisecracking). Then it will come out that he has been paying attention all along. He did notice that Alex and probably remembered the sleeping and so forth and on this task he was like "well she didn't tell me to do marketing..." So much for initiative.
I know that the interviewers will probably bounce Craig. This is exactly good since he can't blame it on anyone. I am hoping he doesn't cry racism because it would not be in this case.
I also note that the last person to be fired from regular competition was a former Magna or "book smarts" player...
Trump as seen over the last two seasons, does not like people who shade their mistakes or who don't admit them. I personally think the latter cost Jen M. the apprenticeship since she defended herself and really did hear what George and Carolyn had to say on what she didn't do right as opposed to Kelly who defended what he did right and acknowledged what he did wrong especiallythe critiques from Carolyn since Carolyn arranges the golf tournaments for a living and he could only benefit from her experience.
Hurray to the mom from Iowa and her beadazzler.
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