Castle Shima

I said he could throw the ball in the middle of the field. I didnt say he was supposed to throw it to the other team!
-- Joe Theismann during the Broncos vs Titans game

Tower View
The Christ in Christmas
Since I've been in the office so much lately, most of my observations come around then.

This past week, I've been hearing alot of people wonder about the blatent bias about Christmas. Most of the discussion revolved around non-Catholics saying that Christmas symbols, the tree, lights, Nativity scenes, are offensive to them. But then they have no problems with the Menora, Kwanzaa, and Hannakkauh (sp) symbols being everywhere.

My first comment was "Wtf?! If you dont like one, why the hell is the other any different? More importantly, if you dont want one showing, none of them should be showing."

The second comment was "And why the hell is it so offensive? Do these things make you less of a person because they exist? You would rather complain about it rather than get over it?!"

(Which was shortly followed by "Hey! Get your arses back to work so we can get out of here!" But thats another story...)

Even the Hindu guys I work with were confused by the "offended" comments.

They had been living in the US long enough to get used to the custom and even though they dont believe in the religious aspect, they understood it. One friend even bought his wife something just because he wanted her to have something in this "season of happiness" as he put it.

This conversation came to mind again when I saw the difference in these headlines today:
AP News - Troubles in Iraq
CNN.com - U.S. captures 2 key terror suspects in Iraq
Foxnews.com - Christmas Spirit Crisscrosses the Globe

No wonder I'm preferring Fox News more every day.

So is there a bias? Absolutely.

How are we going to get over it? Celebrate the day and be good to each other every day.

That is until I have to log into work tonight... Stupid after-Christmas deadlines. Some one needs to die for coming up with this schedule.
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Out In The Yard
Timmy Chang leads University of Hawaii to a win in the Hawaii Bowl. This was a great game especially with Chang being the one of the top Asian players in the NCAA.

Parents sell naughty kids' presents on Ebay. Yah! Thats what I'm talking about. We need more parents like this.
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Kevin Bacon is a sex offender. Its his newest role, people. Get your mind out of the gutter. Heh...
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Background Noise
Oh Shiela by Ready For The World

ew... I never liked this song, even when it came out in the 80s.

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* Days go by
* And still I think of you
* Days when I couldnt live
* My life without you
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