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It must have been all the talk about Bush and Sasquatch and such!

 

I was looking at Sears for an intercom (you know, Sears has everything!) and came across this splash ad for furnishing dorm rooms (month and a half 'til Fall Semester). They have several different layout options to fit your kid's particular style. So I browsed through them to see what ideas I could get for doing stuff around the house as we clean and paint and fix-up.

But take a close look at the picture (click it to see it full size). Do you see something missing from this picture? Something like... books... notebooks... educational materials.... Yes, the room has an el grande TV, game station, gaming chair, but it seems to lack anything vaguely related to school. With all the toys, who has time to go to class, study, socialize (not connected to the 'net).

Back in the day, there used to be one TV in a lounge in the dorm (dark ages, I know), but that way you got to mix and mingle (and yes, fight over what to watch). Go to the library (OMG!) and actually read a paper book. I know, reality bites. But, hell, the bite might just be worth it!

Stepping off my high horse...

I have to create a new category for this one. Let's call it the NIHSEOW20 (Now I Have Seen Everything on Web 2.0). I was looking at the specs on a Panasonic wireless camera and came across this link to a webcam at a canine swimming pool. No way, I thought. Yes, way.

Now mind you, I think that animals deserve recreation like humans, but this is just far too much. I wonder how much this pet-minding service charges?

Look for the NIHSEOW20 category to increase as days go by... there are so many to fit into this category. I might have to make a whole web site for this one.

A bit of geology humor from the good folks at Something Awful in their Photoshop Phriday section entitled Reverse Magazines.

We all need a bit of humor in our lives - it is non-stop on this web site. Be aware some parts are NSFW*!




















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Oh my goodness gracious! The Borough of West Chester has become a den of iniquity! I just simply cannot believe that they would allow a SEX SHOP in such a family-oriented community! Oh the fires of hell will rain down upon all of us!

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I have to laugh out loud over this one. Enter the news item on the local NBC affiliate, Sex Shop For Women Causes Chester County Controversy. The article opens...

"A quiet Chester County community has become riddled with controversy. The issue is a sex shop some say must go." (emphasis added)

Geez, did I miss something? West Chester quiet? Oh that's right, between 5 and 5:01 AM on Tuesdays... I forgot. The article goes on to detail how the neighbors are in an uproar over the audacity of someone mentioning sex, let alone opening a store that has a real, live sexologist as the owner (yes, she has the degree to prove it).

At the forefront of the protest is the local Catholic parish, a mere two blocks from the sex shop! (Horrors!) Again, from the article...

"I think anytime you take something like that -- something involving human sexuality and pervert it -- that's wrong," the Rev. Edward Deliman said.

The monsignor of St. Agnes Church said he has written letters to the borough, spoken about the store at Sunday service and has been encouraging other parishes to protest the shop at Tuesday night's planning and zoning meeting.

"It is in the center of town. It is one block from our school. It's next to a pizza shop and an ice cream shop," Deliman said.

First, Monsignor, you need a geography lesson (and I have a degree that says I can speak about that). Your parish's address is 233 West Gay Street (surprised they have not gone to Borough Council to change the name of the street, too). The shop is located at 104 North Church Street (funny, you'd think a church would be on Church Street). By my calculations, that makes the shop a tad over two blocks and around the corner away. But then again, the Bible says that the earth was created 6000 years ago too, just a tad off.

My comment, though, is that I agree it is near a pizza shop and an ice cream shop. It is also across from a coffee place, Fennario Coffee and Tobacco, damn fine coffee and they let you smoke (Heathens!) not to mention within walking distance of at least 10 bars and other inns of potential ill-repute (Temperance!). Oh, but they're okay. They don't blatantly advertise that sex is normal (Blasphemy!) and not just to be a matter of procreation.

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I still cannot understand how a religion can condemn abortions, but not stand up against capital punishment and the outrageous death and destruction of war, let alone the shuffling of pedophile clergy from one parish to another.

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Where was I? Oh, the sex shop. Geez, people, it is not like she had pictures of naked people on the front windows or had anything pornographic in full view of your precious children, the same ones who, by the way, hang out daily on North Church Street and smoke and carouse after school. Most of them don't appear to be of the legal age to be smoking - wonder why we aren't protesting the West Chester Police for not enforcing under-aged smoking? Oh that's right, the law is for the purchase (not consumption) of tobacco products. Funny, they aren't buying their smokes in that area of the Borough - far too expensive - probably 7-11 or Wawa (Ban them!).

So, let's sum this all up. Certain groups who live in the Borough are having problems with a very discrete store who's owner will be carefully insuring that no underage people will have access to anything that would be considered illegal. I saw pictures of the lingerie - looks like the same that you would find at Victoria's Secret (or by watching Fox News - 181,000+ hits on Google) or Boscov's. Click the links if you don't believe me! No warning signs there, no DANGER! YOU MAY FEEL SEXY! signs. On the contrary - those stores advertise in the Daily Local Snooze. Guess that means they're ok. So she sells other things (Oh Sweet Lord!), like massagers - yes, that is what they are called when you buy them at Sears or Macy's or Target (try the Small Appliances department). Sure, she sells other items of a more intimate nature, but they are not in full view from outside the store. Just like Playboy and the other "adult entertainment" magazines you can buy at your Rite-Aid or Barnes and Noble or the Chester County Book Company - they have a twenty-foot case, four shelves tall in FULL VIEW of the front window! (Gasp!)

So, I strongly urge all of you that are being so crabby to get a life. Hey, act like a parent, counsel your kids, teach them about life, but then again, that might require you to talk to them face-to-face, not on a cell phone. And if you are going to get rid of what you term a place of perversion, you might want to get rid of every bar, bookstore, and convenience store in the Borough.

And yes, a free plug for this enterprising business woman - stop by her web site at:


or better yet, stop by the store at 104 North Church Street (it's the pink one) and welcome her to the community. Unlike the hypocrites who open her shop door and yell "You're Going to Hell!" or similar idiotic phrases. No wonder they say the younger generation is going to hell... look at some of the adults who are setting the example. If it ain't your cup of tea, don't go in!

In case you get lost easily, here's a map! And while you're there, walk around the corner and wave at Jay and Randy doing the best Morning Show (7:30 am 'til Randy gets tired) in West Chester on WCHE, 1520 AM, where the static is! Also, do not open their door and yell in that they're going to hell for their great show... that's not nice to do to anybody!



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Postscript: Before someone flames me - I am not pro-abortion. Fact is that I don't know of anyone who is pro-abortion. I am, however, pro-Choice, the choice to allow a woman or a man the choice to choose their health options. Abortion is never the first choice, either. Only a fool or a total moron uses abortion as a means of birth control. It makes a lot of sense to educate everyone about safe sex practices and in the means of preventing unexpected pregnancies (and STD's too). Duh. Seems so simple. Education. What a concept! Much better than either ignorance or ignoring the problem. Put that in your thuriber and burn it!

While I feel like I resemble the Web 2.0 world described visually below, I much prefer Life 2.0 in the tangible world.



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...click here for what Randy is talking about!

Thank you, Randy! I guess that is my five minutes of fame, having the entire blog entry about radio in West Chester read on the air! Thank God I had no grammatical errors! And really, everyone should give a daily listen to the Jay and Randy Show on WCHE, 1520 AM or streaming, where the static is!

Take your pick or read 'em all! I started reading these three absolutely hilarious sites last night. You have to laugh at some of the stupid things that people say and think. My favorite so far was from Overheard at the Beach:

Or Was That Rottweilers?

Female tourist: So, how do they know where the islands are every day?
Male tourist: They're chained to the sea floor so they don't drift too far.

--Cinnamon Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands