I was busy cruising the blogiverse and just stumbled across one of the most interesting thoughts on modern society I've heard in a long time (maybe it's just hit me at the right time, but I had never thought of society in these terms before):

I was watching a show on Animal Planet or possibly on The Discovery Channel (even I'm a victim of the vicious claws of television), and it was about the history of dogs. How they were bred from the wild into varying types. Lap dog, herding dog, hunting dog, and on and on... The most suitable ones were bred over and over to make them the loyal, obedient, tail-wagging, best friends of today. Which makes me wonder, are we doing this to the human species? Are we (in America) breeding people who are more apt to spend time on television, popular music, mass media paperbacks, all thrill-seeking adventures, Starbucks coffee, video games, cell phones, lunchables, and everything that has the term "maxpack" "supersaver" and "bonusbuy"? I'm sure there is some heated discussion out there about the influences of advertising and media and all of that on American consumerism and such. All sides probably have some validity to their arguments. (I'm a firm believer in gray, not black and white issues) And I don't mean to take a stand for any specific argument. It's really just me wondering if the way society is today is some result of breeding. And if it is, I'm not sure I'm all too pleased with the result.

via [Girl Come Undone]

11:21:40 PM  #  

Ween's unreleased Pizza Hut jingle. Pizza Hut's ad-agency hired Ween to write a hep jingle for its new "cheese-inside" pizza, but Pizza Hut rejected all the tunes they came up with. Ween, who describe the jingle as "one of the best tunes we wrote all last year," has posted it in MP3 to their site.  via [Boing Boing Blog]
6:08:40 PM  #  

Well, Audrey's finish time for the half marathon ended up at 02:13:49.  Not too shabby for her first time doing it.   I was pretty impressed since she looked strong the whole way.  Here she is at around mile 9.
6:06:55 PM  #  

Sat Jan 11,10:25 PM ET

A man plays with an electronic game called 'Laden versus USA' which shows the faces of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) and U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites), that was on sale on a street in Baguio City, northern Philippines, January 12, 2003. The toy, made in China, is on sale for P250 ($4.70 ). The game plan is to defend the twin towers by shooting down the bombers. REUTERS/Stringer

[Yahoo! News Photos Baby]

4:55:53 AM  #  

Who says MS-Word has feature-bloat? via [Michael Radwin's Blog]

4:38:12 AM  #  

Just wanted to let everyone know that we are leaving for downtown Houston soon so Audrey can race in the HP Houston Marathon.  She's running the half marathon (13 miles) and her race number is 22554 so you can track her through the website if you're so inclined.  Wish her luck!
4:27:29 AM  #