Accepting the Slurs -- In These Times

On sports mascots--namely those depicting Native American charicatures:

"The reasoning that links the purpose of such mascots to their debilitating effects, likewise applies to the stereotypes deployed (and still utilized) to depict African Americans."

Accepting the Slurs -- In These Times

Battle of the giants: python bursts eating gator - Science - Specials

Thanks to Helen for finding the photo online that I saw in the paper yesterday which prompted yesterday's post on this. Don't miss this photo!!!:

Battle of the giants: python bursts eating gator - Science - Specials

In fight between python and gator, both lose - The Boston Globe

"The 13-foot-snake and 6-foot gator both wound up dead after apparently becoming locked in a gruesome struggle."

Hey, maybe this is a good thing. Hopefully these pythons will get REALLY GIANT and reclaim some of the underappreciated Everglades for mother nature!

Unconstitutional Prerequisite -- Judging Harriet Miers -- In These Times

Does anyone know if it's true that Bush had the unconstitutional prerequisite of faith in god for his two Supreme Court appointees? --

Judging Harriet Miers -- In These Times: "she passes Bush’s unconstitutional prerequisite that federal judges have a religious faith. Her former pastor told The New York Times, “Harriet has placed her faith in Jesus.” This type of religiosity has been required by Bush of all his appointees, though Article VI of the United States Constitution unambiguously provides that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”"

NPR : Podcast Directory

Finally, the NPR podcast is here! Go here to find your favorite NPR shows and never miss a beat because now, it's on your iPod:

NPR :: Podcast Directory

Songs to make love to

Hope this one doesn't freak people out too much. . .Actually, I don't mind if it does!

I've been thinking of sharing lists of music in certain categories that my iPod has me thinking about. I got the idea from Mikostinko
. She listed her top 25 song based on the most played on her iPod.

I'd be too embarrassed to admit some of the stuff getting play on my iPod, so I've been trying to think of what would be interesting, and not embarrassing, to share.

Well, I'm not embarrassed to admit that I love to make love. I have begun to think lately about how my lover and I don't tend to play any music while doing the nasty though. It's odd because we both love music and both can name songs we think are sexy songs.

When I first got the iPod, the first thing I wanted to do was get ALL of my CD collection onto the thing. The thing wouldn't hold all my music at the quality I preferred, so as I started using the thing, I started using the song, star rating system on the iPod to remind me of which songs to remove from the player when I was at home synching. I would use the 1 star rating for this.

Well, time has passed, the wife took the smaller iPod and I bought the largest one. ALL of my music is now on the thing. So, now I've decided to start rating songs, as I hear them. (I, like most everyone else, am a big fan of the shuffle feature. It's a 6003 song, personalized radio station on my belt!).

I have only rated 3 songs so far as 1 star, "Songs to Make Love To." Now, please don't misunderstand, these are not necessarily just sexy songs. For me, this is a to-do list of songs I want to try out while getting down and dirty.

Here is the short list so far. It's short because I want to hear the song, not just remember it, before I add it to the list:

Song	Artist	Album
New Years Prayer	Jeff Buckley	Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk
Danger and Heartbreak Dead Ahead	The Marvelettes	Good Morning Vietnam Soundtrack
Face to Face	Siouxsie & The Banshees	Twice Upon a Time: The Singles

There will definitely be more soon.