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15 Random Questions

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

*fill out ^ tag 13 ppl!*

1. Where was your profile picture taken?
- My Parents house over dinner one night

2. Where did your middle name come from (and what is it)
- It’s my dads middle name, I’m a Junior.

3. Have you ever sang in front of a large audience?
-um…no. There are a lot of things I am capable of doing.  Carrying a tune is not one of them.  I couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket.

4. What do you think people’s biggest misconception is about you?
- That I’m entirely too logical.  I do tend to act logically, but I have feelings too!

5. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
- Venti Caramel Machioto with an extra shot of espresso.  Since I live in the middle of no where,  I don’t get to go very often.

6. What’s your favorite smell?
-  Actually…I have no sense of smell.  Hit by a car when I was 15 (riding a bicycle).  Only lasting mark from the accident is the loss of my sense of smell and a few scars.

7. What is your natural hair color?
- Brown

8. Have you ever had two dates in one night?
- Um…no.  Keeping up with one woman is hard enough, no way I could keep up with two.

9. Have you ever been to a gay bar?
- No.

10. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve done while driving?
- Hmmm…nothing is coming to mind.  I must be boring or something.

11. How many shots can you do before you are totally wasted?
- I generally don’t drink, so I’m a light weight.  I can handle a couple and stay vertical.  Much more than 4 or 5 and I’m toast.
12. What are you listening to?
- Dogs playing in kitchen

13. Do you have to dress up for school?
- School…god these things make me feel old.  Um, no.  I DID not dress up for school.  Wait a minute, if question 13 is about school….why in the heck was 11 about shots of alcohol. Um, hello…not cool! :)

14. What is the last thing you planned to buy?
I’d say Brandy’s new Iphone 3gs

15. What is the last song you heard
- Martin Herzberg, Titan Faith.

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Cloned meat, are you kidding me…..

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
It’s been a while since I crafted a note, so I figured now was the time to knock down the cob webs and see if I could still stir the pot a bit. This one is semi-political in nature, but more metaphysical I think. I was just informed of something that really blows my mind. First off, we have no only cloned Dolly, the Lamb….but there are literally hundreds of cloned animals in existence today. Secondly, the FDA has approved it for human consumption. Let’s say that again, the FDA has approved cloned meat for human consumption. Excuse me? I didn’t get notice of this. I was never informed that, hey….my steak tonight might be from a lab somewhere. From a religious standpoint….the food I ate today might not have had a soul. Wow.

When did our government get the power to push something like that through. Lucky for us cloning animals is still a young science, so it isn’t likely there will be any cloned meat on the shelves for a long while. The problem is, as it stands now…when that happens, we won’t have a way of knowing. There is absolutely no mandate for a label of any kind be used to designate cloned meat from normal meat. A company can, if they wish, label their food as coming from non-cloned animals, but the reverse is not a requirement. How are we, as humans, supposed to know if there are going to be any ill effects. What studies have been done to ensure us that there won’t be any repercussions for ‘playing God’. What has anyone at the FDA done to guarantee everything is A-OK with feeding cloned animals to the masses.

I’m sorry, but I think someone very high up dropped the ball on this one….and I think the FDA should rethink the stance, or lack there of, on this entire issue. As far as I’m concerned, I could go the rest of my life not eating a cloned animal and I’d be better for it.

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