Last night, I got a green apple green tea with tapioca from Go For Tea. It was huge.
So I got them to put it into a take-out cup and promptly left it in the cupholder in the car overnight.
This morning, I had tea for breakfast. Green apple green tea, of course.
It has been about 1 month since I received my first Mac, and here is a brief rundown of how awesome it is, and also the not-so-awesome bits, in no particular order, based on my own needs and expectations.
AWESOME:
So I'm marking it here for posterity.
In other news, Brian Burke declared that the Maple Leafs have two top-six forwards heading into this season: Mikael Grabovski and Matt Stajan (!).
I am pleased, but at the same time a little bit puzzled.
Outside of this blog and probably his family members and his hometown of Mississauga, Matt Stajan does not receive much praise.
Last year, prior to the season's start, then-Interim General Manager Cliff Fletcher lowered fan expectations and singled out Nik Antropov as the only top-six forward on the team. He was promptly dealt to Atlanta at the trade deadline after racking up career numbers on a team in a tailspin.
Burke is a master at making deals, and a good portion of that mastery is a result of how well he can sell a player. Publicly declaring the viability of these two forwards serves more than one purpose. Higher expectations will likely produce better results in players who've been given the confidence of upper management. Better results mean those players will show up on the radars of other teams.
I believe the praise is deserved. Stajan's on-ice poise, hockey smarts and defensive play make him one of the most reliable forwards we have. He has shown improvement in each of his 4 seasons, though not quite reaching the initial expectations. He has spent the last 4 years honing his defense and centerman duties (face-offs, puck distribution). Now out of the shadow of Sundin, and backed by a larger, more physically imposing team, I think this will be another breakout year for Stajan.
I have not blogged in awhile. That does not mean I haven't written, it just means all that stuff is sitting in the blog post queue, waiting for me to finish them (or start them). To get back into the groove, I will write less ambitiously.
Anyway, my mom made me take vitamin B supplements. My pee is now neon yellow thanks to all the riboflavin that my body didn't need and flushed out.
dinosaurs, right? I think they are awesome. I love animals in general, but something about dinosaurs just takes it to the next level. They were so diverse and distinct in their size, shape and ability, with such a mysterious end, that one cannot help but be fascinated.
I went to the ROM last year as part of an exhibit promotion directed towards teachers (and would-be teachers). Even though all that I could see were merely fossilized bones (and replicas of extrapolated bones due to incomplete finds), it didn't take too much of a stretch to imagine those skeletons housing vast organs, covered in sinew and ligaments, layered with fat and pebbly reptile skin, teeth and claw and other biological weaponry jutting forth menacingly.
So when I see an institution defaming one of my few passions in life, I must say, I have to agree with this guy.
The Creation Museum is the brainchild of the Young Earth Creationist Ken Ham, founder of Answers In Genesis. I use the term 'brainchild' here very loosely.
I can only assume the goal of this museum is to educate the unwashed, heathen masses in the literal and inerrant truth of the Bible. I imagine the proposal went something like this:
"I want to build something to establish God's presence in the world and to teach everyone about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ."
"How about we feed the poor and serve the needy?"
"Mm, that's been done before. Let's do something new! Everyone loves dinosaurs, right? And everyone loves God too! Let's put them together in a museum!"
"Uhh, is that really a good use of our donated funds?"
"Of course it is! Can't you tell by all the exclamation points I'm using?!"
27 million dollars and 7 years later, we have this grandiose mockery of all that is reasonable.
Sigh.
I am not angry. I am just frustrated with the general slant of fundamentalist/legalistic religion in the American South. It is simply bewildering how they can do such a great disservice to God, science, education and dinosaurs, in one bullheaded move. They have my sincerest pity.
To my brothers and sisters in Christ, think about what you read earnestly and critically; just because it has one kernel of truth in it does not mean it is not a complete bumwaffle. To my brothers and sisters not affiliated with any Christian denomination, please don't be too hard on these folk; they are doing the best they know how, albeit severely misguided.
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