On a long enough time line we are going to be able to create new lifeforms. How do we know we were never made the same way in a lab in some far off galaxy?
creation of life
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
dream dream dream....
I had a dream about a room full of people like us, you know what I mean.
The room was all cramped and hot and poorly lit by only a few yellow lights but faces were clear when you looked at them.
Some were obviously good people they seemed to have a kind of white aura. Some were blatantly evil and you could only feel their stares unless you really tried to pierce the darkness and see their face, but most did not know why they were there and were just scared.
As is always the case you and i kinda knew everyone...not like we knew their names but like you recognize something from De ja vu or a small piece of a dream that you can never remember completely.
It was weird, the scared people would not meet our gaze cause they were scared.
The good people were looking up in the air like there was a TV up there and the trade towers were falling again.
The thing I remember best was all the bad people were watching us...like they were waiting for judgement from us... or a perfect moment to all band together and kill us.
I am not sure what it means but it was not a normal dream.
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Two days ago I had a dream about 4 tornados touching down in the heart of downtown core and ripping the city apart. That also seems really strance cause I cant see the city from my house but in my dream I could. Yeah four at the same time and they were just huge.
The room was all cramped and hot and poorly lit by only a few yellow lights but faces were clear when you looked at them.
Some were obviously good people they seemed to have a kind of white aura. Some were blatantly evil and you could only feel their stares unless you really tried to pierce the darkness and see their face, but most did not know why they were there and were just scared.
As is always the case you and i kinda knew everyone...not like we knew their names but like you recognize something from De ja vu or a small piece of a dream that you can never remember completely.
It was weird, the scared people would not meet our gaze cause they were scared.
The good people were looking up in the air like there was a TV up there and the trade towers were falling again.
The thing I remember best was all the bad people were watching us...like they were waiting for judgement from us... or a perfect moment to all band together and kill us.
I am not sure what it means but it was not a normal dream.
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Two days ago I had a dream about 4 tornados touching down in the heart of downtown core and ripping the city apart. That also seems really strance cause I cant see the city from my house but in my dream I could. Yeah four at the same time and they were just huge.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Dads have it rough...?
Ok so if you read this please weigh in and tell me what you think...
Article link
--Todays father can't Win--
Many fathers these days are well acquainted with carpooling kids to after-school sports, changing diapers and other stereotypically “mom” duties. But the do-it-all dad is not happy with his performance, and he lags behind mom and even the household pet in terms of closeness to the kids. He's lucky if he even gets a card on Father's Day, statistics show.
For respect, the modern family guy has to turn to his wife.
A recent survey finds that while it’s tougher being a dad today than it was a generation ago, most moms give them gold stars for their domestic work.
The researchers suggest the rise in dual-income families provides much of the push to get dads onboard in family matters. “Dads used to just have to go to work, come home, dinner was on the table,” said researcher Kim Parker of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press in Washington, D.C. “They didn’t have to get as involved in the nitty-gritty of parenting as they do now; that’s my instinct.”
Dad scores
The results are based on the Pew Research Center’s Social Trends Survey conducted between February and March of this year, which included more than 2,000 telephone interviews with a nationally-representative group of U.S. adults ages 18 and older.
About 60 percent said fathers have it tougher now than they did 20 or 30 years ago.
Dads’ biggest fans are working moms. More than 70 percent of married women who work at least part-time and raise young children said fathers are doing as good a job or better at childrearing compared with a generation ago.
Men are their own harshest critics, with 55 percent of those surveyed believing they are doing a worse job parenting today than in the past.
Mom (and pets) rule
Domestic dads have yet to edge out their wives when it comes to “motherly love.” In a 2005 Pew survey, twice as many respondents reported they would turn to their mothers in times of crises as opposed to their fathers. Nearly 90 percent reported close ties with their mothers compared with less than 75 percent reporting the same for dads.
The sentiment (or lack thereof) could be reflected in kid turnout on parent’s special days. While Mother’s Day is the second most popular holiday for gift-giving (following Christmas) and the third-largest card-sending holiday, Father’s Day ranks fourth on the card-sending list, according to Hallmark research and the National Retail Federation.
Pets outrank dads, too. On average, pet owners gave higher relationship ratings to their cats and dogs compared with those given to fathers. Men may not care much, though, because they don’t base their personal wellbeing on bonds with their kids.
“Men’s relationships with their kids are less central to their own happiness,” Parker told LiveScience, “whereas women are so wrapped up in their relationships with their kids.”
Men generally say the most important aspect of their personal happiness involves their relationships with their wives, not with their kids. The opposite is true for women, who place more stock in mom-child ties than husband-wife relationships.
Re-posted from Livescience.com
Article link
--Todays father can't Win--
Many fathers these days are well acquainted with carpooling kids to after-school sports, changing diapers and other stereotypically “mom” duties. But the do-it-all dad is not happy with his performance, and he lags behind mom and even the household pet in terms of closeness to the kids. He's lucky if he even gets a card on Father's Day, statistics show.
For respect, the modern family guy has to turn to his wife.
A recent survey finds that while it’s tougher being a dad today than it was a generation ago, most moms give them gold stars for their domestic work.
The researchers suggest the rise in dual-income families provides much of the push to get dads onboard in family matters. “Dads used to just have to go to work, come home, dinner was on the table,” said researcher Kim Parker of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press in Washington, D.C. “They didn’t have to get as involved in the nitty-gritty of parenting as they do now; that’s my instinct.”
Dad scores
The results are based on the Pew Research Center’s Social Trends Survey conducted between February and March of this year, which included more than 2,000 telephone interviews with a nationally-representative group of U.S. adults ages 18 and older.
About 60 percent said fathers have it tougher now than they did 20 or 30 years ago.
Dads’ biggest fans are working moms. More than 70 percent of married women who work at least part-time and raise young children said fathers are doing as good a job or better at childrearing compared with a generation ago.
Men are their own harshest critics, with 55 percent of those surveyed believing they are doing a worse job parenting today than in the past.
Mom (and pets) rule
Domestic dads have yet to edge out their wives when it comes to “motherly love.” In a 2005 Pew survey, twice as many respondents reported they would turn to their mothers in times of crises as opposed to their fathers. Nearly 90 percent reported close ties with their mothers compared with less than 75 percent reporting the same for dads.
The sentiment (or lack thereof) could be reflected in kid turnout on parent’s special days. While Mother’s Day is the second most popular holiday for gift-giving (following Christmas) and the third-largest card-sending holiday, Father’s Day ranks fourth on the card-sending list, according to Hallmark research and the National Retail Federation.
Pets outrank dads, too. On average, pet owners gave higher relationship ratings to their cats and dogs compared with those given to fathers. Men may not care much, though, because they don’t base their personal wellbeing on bonds with their kids.
“Men’s relationships with their kids are less central to their own happiness,” Parker told LiveScience, “whereas women are so wrapped up in their relationships with their kids.”
Men generally say the most important aspect of their personal happiness involves their relationships with their wives, not with their kids. The opposite is true for women, who place more stock in mom-child ties than husband-wife relationships.
Re-posted from Livescience.com
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Do you understand boss...
I only seen this movie once and it was right around the time it came out on video. This little monologue made me sad because I could relate to the character and wondered how many people felt the same. I think about this bit of drama at least once a week and I am sad all over again. Anyone else feel the same?
" I'm tired, boss. Tired of bein' on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. Tired of not ever having me a buddy to be with, or tell me where we's coming from or going to, or why. Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world ever' day. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head all the time. Can you understand? "
-The Green Mile
Screenplay by Frank Darabont
From the novel by Stephen King
" I'm tired, boss. Tired of bein' on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. Tired of not ever having me a buddy to be with, or tell me where we's coming from or going to, or why. Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world ever' day. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head all the time. Can you understand? "
-The Green Mile
Screenplay by Frank Darabont
From the novel by Stephen King
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Is there any greater honour..
Canada and Britain will mark the end of a generation with a tribute after the last World War I veteran dies. There are four or five living veterans in Britain and at least one in Canada, according to historians. In the U.S., the VA and historians have only begun talking about how to commemorate World War I veterans. Paul said the story of "the war to end all wars" has been eclipsed by the "Greatest Generation" of Americans who fought in World War II.
In the shadow of their children
"These World War I veterans raised a generation that did them one better," said Paul, who added that museum visitors regularly comment that they hadn't realized the scope or importance of the war. "They got overshadowed in this country on Dec. 7, 1941, and never got out of the shadow."
This is an excerpt from and article in the Chicago tribune
I could not imagine a better salute to my efforts as a human and as a father then if my children's were called the " Greatest Generation ". A generation of heroes and geniuses of mortals leaving legacy's of honor and courage. No don't remember me as the hero, please, remember me as the father who raised the hero. I don't want to be the hero and I most likely wont be but if I could raise a hero, teach my boy to grow into a man who songs and stories will be written about then that is good enough. At lease I could teach him to have courage.
In the shadow of their children
"These World War I veterans raised a generation that did them one better," said Paul, who added that museum visitors regularly comment that they hadn't realized the scope or importance of the war. "They got overshadowed in this country on Dec. 7, 1941, and never got out of the shadow."
This is an excerpt from and article in the Chicago tribune
I could not imagine a better salute to my efforts as a human and as a father then if my children's were called the " Greatest Generation ". A generation of heroes and geniuses of mortals leaving legacy's of honor and courage. No don't remember me as the hero, please, remember me as the father who raised the hero. I don't want to be the hero and I most likely wont be but if I could raise a hero, teach my boy to grow into a man who songs and stories will be written about then that is good enough. At lease I could teach him to have courage.
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