I hate headaches. I’ve been fighting one all day, with predictable results. Grrrr. I’m still trying to decide if I want to go to the speaker on Urban Archeology from the San Fernando Valley Historical Society tonight.
Two recent memes have gotten me thinking about things: the Unique Things I Have Done meme and the Significant Accomplishments in my Life meme. At least for me, most of the “unique” things were done in high school and college (and I could name more, like celebrating Soylent Green Day). However, most of the Significant Accomplishments have been in my professional career. Is this a demonstration of high school and college preparing you to do the “big things” in real life? I don’t know.
In the news:
- AP is reporting that an appeals court has said that a man can sue for emotional distress after a women took his sperm, after oral sex, and used it to impregnate herself, and then sprung the pregnancy on him by filing a paternity suit two years later. However, he cannot sue for “theft”. The court noted: “She asserts that when plaintiff ‘delivered’ his sperm, it was a gift — an absolute and irrevocable transfer of title to property from a donor to a donee. There was no agreement that the original deposit would be returned upon request.” Just speaks for itself, doesn’t it.
- CNN/Money is reporting that Walmart is going to have to look for another venue to build a store in New York City. However, the more telling part of the article is the part that says:
And Scott [CEO of WalMart] defended buying cheap goods from places like Bangladesh where factory workers earn very little, one of the ways Wal-Mart is able to keep its prices so low. “I’ve been in the factories in Bangladesh,” he said. “It’s not the life you want to lead, it’s not the life I want to lead. But it’s a life that is very much a step up from the life that those people would otherwise lead.”
This raises an interesting question: Are we so territorial that is it more important to pay workers minimum wage in the US, as opposed to paying significantly lower wages, but significantly improving life in the third-world?
Well, back to my wimpering…
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