Thursday, November 20, 2008

Help TX pregnancy care center win $25k

CareNet Pregnancy Center of Central TX is in the running for a $25,000 office makeover from Perry Office Supply.
waco carenet.jpgCareNet is currently in 1st place. Voting ends Sunday. CareNet would use the makeover proceeds for a new office it is opening across the street from the Waco Planned Parenthood abortion mill. Great news.
Wherever we are in the U.S., we can vote.
1. Go to www.perryop.com.
2. Click on "See the finalists and vote now."
3. Click on "Go Vote" and then vote for CareNet.
Very easy. Please vote. $25k would go a long way toward meeting the needs of this PCC.

Go to Jill's site (link below) for the winner.

H/T to Jill Stanek

Update:

perry winner.jpg

The Pregnancy Center won! Followed by the Waco Humane Society.

Update #2: See Before and After Pictures!

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Recommended Read: "Harry and the Human Rights Complaint"

Suzanne of the conservative Big Blue Wave Canada blog has well-thought out fictional piece, entitled, "Harry and the Human Rights Complaint" about  a young man named Harry, Director of Library Services at a public library in futuristic Canda, where the ideals of free speech are supressed in the name of "Social Harmony" and maintaining the status quo on contraversial issues. When Harry features a book at his library which challenges the status quo, he is faced with a human rights violation lawsuit and a clash begins between those in favor of freedom of speech and those who wish to maintain the stutus quo, with Harry in the middle, unsure what to do.

Well written, the piece raises very real issues such as censorship and free speech (should we prohibit or allow contraversial literature and ideas in libraries for the sake of education or are we seeking balance "social harmony"?), the possibility of the internet drawing public attention away from reading, and classic and unique books are being pushed aside in favor of the newest novels and fad books. Also the story touches on more sentimental issues such as the feelings of the contentment one has at seeing the rows and rows of books at the library and the ideal that books are a gateway to knowledge.

Harry and the Human Rights Violation
Chapter1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Fun with Medical Terms

Another fun quiz to give us a break from the daily grind.

Can you match the fun (think Redneck) definition of these real medical terms?

Medical TermDefintion
1. Artery
2. Bacteria
3. Barium
4. Benign
5. Bowels
6. CAT Scan
7. Cauterize
8. Cesarean section:
9. Colic
10. Coma
11. D & C
12. Dilate
13. Enema
14. Fester
15. Fibula
16. Genital
17. G.I. Series
18. Hangnail
19. Impotent
20. Labor Pain
21. Medical Staff
22. Minor Operation
23. Morbid
24. Nitrate
25. Node
26. Organic
27. Outpatient
28. Pap Smear
29. Pelvis
30. Postoperative
31. Prostate
32. Protein
33. Recovery Room
34. Rectum
33. Secretion
34. Seizure
35. Serology
36. Tablet
37. Terminal Illness
38. Tumor
39. Urine
40. Varicose
41. Vein
Was aware of
A higher offer
A person who has fainted
Getting hurt at work
A fatherhood test
Distinguished; well known
Cousin of Elvis
A coat hook
A letter carrier
A baseball game in the Army
A place to do upholstery
Not a Jew
Dang near killed him
A small lie
Hiding something
Quicker
A Roman emperor
Not a friend
A small table
To live long
Getting sick at the airport
Where Washington is
More than one
A punctuation mark
Opposite of "you're out"
Made eye contact with her
Near by
Searching for kitty
Conceited; a large ego
A sheepdog
A doctor's cane
A neighborhood in Rome
Coal digging
A, E, I, O, or U
Church musician
What you are after you be eight
Study of English knighthood
What doctors do when patients die
Veins that are very close together
Back door of a cafeteria
In favor of young people
The study of paintings
Opposite of day rates

From: http://www.mtdaily.com/mt1/silly.html
No Cheating!! ;-)

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Let's Rock the Vote!

Ok, folks, it's time to rock the vote and make your voice heard! Let's get out there to our local polling stations and vote! And after you're done, you can get freebies from several food retailers, including Starbucks, Chik-fil-A, and Ben & Jerry's, but also you can get a free flu vaccine through the Vote & Vax project.