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Blogger has made it a little bit easier to be a voyeur.

Here is a site that will show you what pictures are being uploaded right now on blogger.

I think it's pretty nifty and it would awesome as a screen saver!

A Different Take On Gnarls Barkley's Crazy

Football~Football~Football

So I have now had three completely different football experiences.

Game #1 I was about four rows from the top of the stadium with a bunch of people that were about as much fun as wet blankets. Got a $45 ticket for $10. There were literally people on every corner trying to sell tickets.

Game #2 I walked down to the stadium with the notion that if I got a ticket - Cool! If not I'd come home and watch it with friends. I scored a ticket about 3 blocks from my apt after kick-off for $30 - it was worth $55. Well I ended up in the second row behind the opposing the team's players with a cool bunch of people. It was completely different they were so nice and friendly and INTO the game! I even ended up on ESPN cheering! The game was awesome -- although it was a nail-biter it literally came down to the last 30 seconds.

Game #3 Started out tail-gating and watched half the game then walked around the stadium and am now luxuriating in the air-conditioned apt watching the end and hopefully cheering the Tide to victory.

~Some Other Thoughts~

• I still marvel at the sheer volume of the RV's and the fact that they arrive on Wednesday (What do these people do for a living and how do I get to do it?)
• The exact number of people that descend on T-town? The stadium alone holds 92k there has to be at least 8 or 9k people on the quad and the surrounding areas.
• Roll Tide Roll is kind of like Aloha in that it can mean Hello, Goodbye, How Are You?, Let's Kick Some A$$, etc...
• Roll Tide Roll is also RTR and MUST be said at TOP VOLUME!!

Etiquette Anyone?

What is the Deal?

There is a bus lane. It is specifically for buses only - no one else can use it. The buses should be in them at all times, not blocking both lanes making my trek to work longer in the AM. Then when the bus finally does decide to move - it goes 5mph.

People aka undergrads with cellphones on the elliptical machines. Yeah - You that was on the machine next to that yakked on your cell practically the whole time I was on the machine. I heard your whole conversation through my headphones. You inhibited my rocking out to Ricky Martin and when one is as fabulous as Ricky Martin -- NO ONE should inhibit him.

I am amazed sometimes at the cornucopia of stupidity that surrounds me sometime. I know I was once an undergrad -- but really was I ever that inconsiderate? I don't think so. I did many fun things in my time -- including the Time Warp in the middle of Main Street ala RHPS. But I was never inconsiderate -- I always tipped my waitresses and helped little old ladies cross the street. What gives with this generation?

Ok -- that said I had a fabulous day today!

Some musings on working out!

They have free towels for you to use for a reason -- you sweat -- take one and use it!

Please do not talk on your cellphone at volume level 10 when you are surrounded by people - It is RUDE!

ALA's 2006 Most Challenged Books List

"And Tango Makes Three" tops ALA's 2006 list
of most challenged books

CHICAGO – Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell’s award-winning "And Tango Makes Three," about two male penguins parenting an egg from a mixed-sex penguin couple, tops the list of most challenged books in 2006 by parents and administrators, due to the issues of homosexuality.

The list also features two books by author Toni Morrison. "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved" are on the list due to sexual content and offensive language.

The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) received a total of 546 challenges last year. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. Public libraries, schools and school libraries report the majority of challenges to OIF.

"The number of challenges reflects only incidents reported," said Judith F. Krug, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. "For each reported challenge, four or five likely remain unreported."

The "10 Most Challenged Books of 2006" reflect a range of themes, and consist of the following titles:

• "And Tango Makes Three" by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, for homosexuality, anti-family, and unsuited to age group;
  
  
• "Gossip Girls" series by Cecily Von Ziegesar for homosexuality, sexual content, drugs, unsuited to age group, and offensive language;
  
  
• "Alice" series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor for sexual content and offensive language;
  
  
• "The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things" by Carolyn Mackler for sexual content, anti-family, offensive language, and unsuited to age group;
  
  
• "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison for sexual content, offensive language, and unsuited to age group;
  
  
• "Scary Stories" series by Alvin Schwartz for occult/Satanism, unsuited to age group, violence, and insensitivity;
  
  
• "Athletic Shorts" by Chris Crutcher for homosexuality and offensive language.
  
  
• "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky for homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language, and unsuited to age group
  
  
• "Beloved" by Toni Morrison for offensive language, sexual content, and unsuited to age group;
  
  
• "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier for sexual content, offensive language, and violence.
  

Off the list this year, but on for several years past, are the "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.

For more information on book challenges and censorship, please visit the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom’s Banned Books Web site at www.ala.org/bbooks

The Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Association’s basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries.

Link to ALA Press Release