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First off, on a sad note, the actor James Avery has died yesterday. He was best known to me as uncle Phil on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I have an actual uncle Phil (who I'm rather fond of) and this was not the way I wanted to start the new year. Sometimes, you find out things you never knew about people when they die and today I found out he was also the voice of Shredder! Anyway, you were one of the best TV dads I've ever seen and by all accounts a genuinely nice guy. R.I.P. James 'Uncle Phil' Avery.
In that's-an-interesting-way-of-avoiding-death, today I read about a man from somewhere in Canada, in 2010, got lost in the woods and cut down a bunch of power lines so people from the power company would come to repair the lines and rescue him. Lucky for him it worked before he was eaten by cougars, wolves, bears or whatever else was out there with claws and teeth. So, if lost in the wilderness, draw enough attention to yourself and you might just live.
Speaking of drawing attention, it seems protests are all the rage these days, especially ones wanting pesky democratic governance. The latest flare up is in Hong Kong and while I can't say I fully understand the context of their protest, I hope the people of Hong Kong find representation that they're happy with and true freedom, not 'freedom' that the ruling power decides to let you have, as is seen sometimes in other parts of the world.
In other news, the U.S. customs personnel at J.F.K. seemed to have mistaken some flutes for weapons of mass destruction and annihilated them immediately. If by mistaken, they apparently asked to see the instruments and then destroyed them. All in a days work I guess. A U.S. district judge also brought down the hammer saying that the government doesn't need reasonable suspicion to search and seize any electronics at the border. Lesson learned, don't travel with anything you don't mind searched or can't replace.
Speaking of replacements, it seems Japan is really bad at it when it comes to people. According to the BBC, Japan's population fell by 244,000 in 2013, which means there are less people around to power the world's third largest economy. While there are lots of reasons populations dwindle, from what I understand it's those darn young people's fault for wanting a fulfilling career in the city instead of popping out babies left, right and center. Maybe one day they'll have less work and more play.
Turning to some people who didn't get enough play as children, terrorism has once again reared its ugly head. Vladimir Putin has said, nay, vowed 'total annihilation of terrorists' after the suicide bombings in Volgograd. While I feel for the victims of the attacks, I wish Mr. Putin would tell us all how he really feels and what he really plans to do. If I were cynical I would think since they were suicide bombers, they were already annihilated and so nothing else to see here, moving along.
I wonder if terrorists sleep aligned to the Earth's magnetic field. If they do, then it's one more thing they have in common with dog poop according to a paper published on the Frontiers of Zoology. I'm a little skeptical about this though, as the results could really just be that the dogs could not want to poop with sun in their eyes. Even if it's not true that dogs are little poop compasses, at least they don't use Facebook.
Ah, Facebook, the embodiment of a corporation using your private data for its own gain. While some people (teens and the like) have run off of Facebook to other social media sites, any posts on the site still sit there collecting computer bit rot. In the spirit of the new year, Jennifer Golbeck from Slate, tried to delete all her Facebook data and found the task more daunting than she expected. Unfortunately, that data is probably too valuable to Facebook and instead of deleting it, it's probably just hidden from you until you change your mind and re-join the site. With Facebook as with everything else on the Internet, it's probably wisest if you assume everyone can see everything you post, write or like because somehow, it's going to get out there. Better be prepared for it beforehand.
Consumers in general don't seem to appreciate spying (who knew?), which might be one of the reasons that, according to forbes, the WiiU apparently outsold the Xbox One before Christmas. Take that with a grain of salt though, because who knows what the stock numbers actually were for the Xbox One. Maybe Microsoft learned their lesson after stocking up on so many surface tablets.
Finally, let me wish all of you who happen to read this, whenever you do, a happy 2014! It's never too late to wish anyone a happy anything. For those of you going through something, never give up. It's never too late.
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