Apr. 23rd, 2007

Accent

Apr. 23rd, 2007 07:47 am
What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

New York City. You are most definitely from New York City. Not New Jersey, not Connecticut. If you are from Jersey then you can probably get into New York City in 10 minutes or less.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!
We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?





Yoinked from [livejournal.com profile] tikva.
If you live in MA, there are a few House budget amendments coming up that you should urge your Rep to vote on. Following that link will allow you to send an automatic letter to your Rep agreeing w/ the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) stance. Below are my one-sentence summaries of the amendments, all of which PPLM supports.

House Budget Amendment 704 would reject federal abstinence-only funding and make the Department of Public Health study whether abstinence-only programs are effective.

House Budget Amendment 652 would increase the funding for the state's comprehensive family planning program.

House Budget Amendment 987 would increase funding to teen pregnancy prevention programs.


There's one sentence in the whole thing that grabs me:

"For every $1 invested in family planning services, $3.80 is saved in other costs related to unintended pregnancy."

If that's true, it's amazing. They say nothing about how the number is calculated though, I wish I knew.

Science!

Apr. 23rd, 2007 06:45 pm
Letter to the Editor, Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Daylight exacerbates warning

You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. All of the trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two. This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Saving Time started almost a month early this year. You would think that members of Congress would have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of daylight would have on our climate. Or did they ? Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us believe that global warming is a real threat. Perhaps next time there should be serious studies performed before Congress passes laws with such far-reaching effects.

CONNIE M. MESKIMEN / Hot Springs


Yoinked from someone on my friendslist, but now I can't figure out who! [livejournal.com profile] meig.
From [livejournal.com profile] xtina_rss, it's the Gender Genie! Paste in a block of text from your blog, not stuff you've quoted, and see what it says. I had to go back a ways in my entries to get actual paragraphs, but I don't think it cares about paragraphs, just words. More specifically, it seems to look at pronouns.

Words: 867
Female Score: 1341
Male Score: 1482

The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!

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