Listen, I know that everyone has their own beliefs. Some people believe in God, some people don’t. Some people believe in ghosts, some people don’t. Some people believe in aliens, some people don’t. And so on, and so forth. I don’t care what anyone believes in. Their beliefs and feelings are theirs, not mine and there’s nothing I can do to change them, even though I might feel like the world would be a beautiful place if everyone was like me. But seriously, believe what you want!

Whereas I feel that way about most things, the one issue I can’t look past is global warming. People believe this faux religion and are being guided by the self satisfaction they get because they think the little things they do are saving the world. Well, I hate to break it to you, global warming crowd, but that light bulb you use now, and that casket on wheels you drive, and that house hold cleaner that you use that got a new “all green bottle” isn’t going to do one single thing to save this world.

But don’t tell that to the 85-year-old American who just gave up his search for the Loch Ness Monster.

LEGENDARY Nessie hunter Robert Rines is giving up his search for the monster after 37 years.

After almost four decades of fruitless expeditions, he admitted: “Unfortunately, I’m running out of age.”

World War II veteran Robert has devoted almost half his life to scouring Loch Ness.

He started in 1971. The following year, he watched a 25ft-long hump with the texture of elephant skin gliding through the water.

Despite having hundreds of sonar contacts over the years, the trail has since gone cold and Rines believes that Nessie may be dead, a victim of global warming.

I believe in God, I am a Christian. I know there are wack jobs that call themselves Christians and I have no excuse for them and it doesn’t change the way I believe or how I feel and my convictions. But dude, you morons (no offense) who believe in global warming have this guy on your side. Someone who thinks that the Loch Ness Monster—THE LOCH NESS MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!—was killed by global warming. It’s time to abandon ship. 

That’s going to give me nightmares…

From what I understand, his ears are so big that things naturally gravitate towards them. Unfortunately, his finger got a little too close…

Could parts of Chattanooga, East Ridge and other cities on the Tenn-Georgia border become, in fact, parts of Georgia? The Georgia legislature has passed bills on both their house and senate to take back Tennessee land that they claim is theirs. All the way back in 1818, a Georgia surveyor laid out the borders on the north side of the state of Georgia. From then until today, this has been known as the border between Tennessee and Georgia. What the Georgia government now claims is that the survey made in 1818 came up a mile short of what it should have been, and they now want that land (which they never had) back.

But what’s really going on is Georgia, specifically Atlanta, is having increasing water supply problems, and the state of Georgia wants to tap into the Tennessee River to supply their most populous city with an abundance of water. So because GA feels is if they were wronged 200 years ago, by their own surveyor, they can just go and take what isn’t theirs. People who live in that proposed 50-square mile land grab would go from being Tennesseans to Georgians, against their will. They will go from paying no income tax to paying Georgia’s income tax. They will go from contributing their tax money to the schools of Tennessee to the inner-city schools of Atlanta. They will go from having Tennessee drivers licenses to GA drivers license, all because the state of Georgia wants to take something they’ve never owned and steal Tennessee’s water. People who work as government officials in these border cities (such as Lookout Mountain, Tenn.) will go from being Tennessee state employees to Georgia state employees.

Hopefully this travesty will be stopped.

Even though I’m a young adult (the ripe age of 25), I still enjoy the fun things in life. I love toys and even purchased a remote controlled helicopter just before Christmas which broke the second time I flew it. Regardless, it was fun and I got a bit of joy for the 13 minutes I played with it. But more than kids toys, I love techy toys. Every day, it seems, some computer or electronics company is coming out with some awesomely cool gadget which either makes life easier or makes life more fun. But when a toy comes out which completely infuses technology and entertainment, it becomes my favorite toy ever!

That toy for me is the AppleTV. I’ve had an AppleTV for several months and I liked it from the get-go. I was able to sync my music and TV shows to my TV and watch them in near Hi-Def. Then Apple pushed an update a few weeks later that enabled you to search and watch YouTube videos on your TV. It was so awesome, I didn’t think it could get much better.

I was wrong. Last week, Apple pushed an update out for the AppleTV which enables you to buy music, buy TV shows and rent movies directly from the comfort of your couch, without ever touching a computer. Everyone knows that the iTunes Store has an impressive collection of music. They even carry most TV stations and most shows. But their movie collection is incredibly impressive as well, and even have a good number of rentable movies that can be viewed in standard definition or high definition, enabling you to make the most out of your HDTV without having to spend $500 on a BlueRay or HDDVD player!

So when I see a new movie out which I just can’t wait to see, I don’t have to run to BlockBuster anymore. I flip over to the AppleTV, search for the newest flick, and download that baby in HD, making this toy my favorite toy ever! If you have a nice TV, the AppleTV is the best accessory you could possibly buy for it. So go buy one. Now!

The story below made me laugh.  It’s shocking how out of control teenagers can become.  This girl’s tantrum didn’t have quite the effect she had hoped!!!

Chattanooga fire investigators arrested a 15-year-old girl after she threatened her mother and set a small fire in her bedroom.

The incident occurred at the girl’s home shortly after noon Thursday.

Lt. Anthony Moore with the Fire Investigation Division said the youth was holed up in her own bedroom and angry because she had lost her cell phone privileges. To express her displeasure, she sent numerous text messages to her mother - who was in the next room - threatening to burn the house down if she didn’t get her phone privileges back.

One of her messages said, “I hope you have insurance on your house.”

Finally, to show she was really serious, the girl sent her mother a text message countdown starting at five minutes. When the countdown progressed all the way to zero, the youth used a cigarette lighter and tried to set the carpet on fire under her bedroom door, presumably so her mother could see it. Her mother called 9-1-1.

The Chattanooga Fire Department responded to the alarm, but there was no fire to put out. Lt. Moore said there was only a scorched spot on the carpet about the size of a quarter. However, the youth did try to set a fire and endangered the lives of herself, her mother and a one-year-old baby, he said.

After Lt. Moore charged the girl with aggravated arson, a Chattanooga police officer transported her to the Juvenile Detention Center.

Dudes. 

May 20, 2008 is a very important date.  It’s the release date of Jason Mraz’s new album.  SQUEEEEE!!!!!!  Which means at some point in the semi-near future, I will be hearing my love sing live because I’ll be attending one of his concerts (maybe more than one) even if I have to go by myself.  Now go download ‘I’m Yours’ from iTunes. 

So...Thailand teens aren’t having such a sexy Valentine’s day…

Alarmed by polls showing one in four Thai teens will celebrate St. Valentine’s Day by having sex, police plan to swoop on motels, malls and parks to ensure youths behave themselves on the “Day of Love”.  The annual campaign to ensure good behavior on February 14 will see city officials turn on all lights at public parks in the capital Bangkok, while parents are urged to make sure their teenagers come home early.  Police and “student inspectors” from the Education Ministry will be checking discrete “curtain” motels to make sure youths under the legal age of 18 are not using them for amorous interludes.

“We will send patrols to check out public parks, restaurants and shopping malls, which are the starting points for potential sexual activities that will be done at home or motels,” Bangkok police spokesman Suporn Pansuea said.  Thailand’s moral guardians are taking action after an Assumption University poll showed 27 percent of 2,400 Bangkok teenagers surveyed said they might have sex on Wednesday.  Despite Bangkok’s reputation as one of the world’s sex industry centers, predominately Buddhist Thailand is generally a conservative country.

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