Georgia On My Mind

Somehow, I don't think Ray Charles had this on his mind when he composed this song.

Anyway, here's a question. Let's say you're a parent, and you catch your 15-year old daughter giving consensual oral sex to a 17-year old guy. How would you have punished this fiend? Would you call his parents and tell them to keep his son away from your daughter? Would you beat him up? Lecture him on the values of Good Manners and Right Conduct?

Genarlow Wilson was sentenced 11 years––a mandatory 10 years in prison and 1 year on probation––for being caught with his pants down. Georgia law can be harsh on them hormonally-charged teenagers.

Going Bananas

Whoever wrote these classic lines deserves a special place in hell. Thanks to Karen for the link.

If Only Life Were This Easy...

Your Language Arts Grade: 100%

Way to go! You know not to trust the MS Grammar Check and you know "no" from "know." Now, go forth and spread the good word (or at least, the proper use of apostrophes).

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Somewhere in heaven, my paternal grandmother is smiling.

Thanks to JM for the quiz.

I Picked Up A MacNugget While Surfing The Net

What happens when one combines creativity, a sense of humor, talent, and a Powerbook. Go to Happy Slip for more videos.

Macs: 4, PCs: 1

That's the score here at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Tomas Morato. There are two Powerbooks (including mine) and two MacBooks (one black, one white). The lone PC is a Dell laptop whose owner is camped out in one of the darker corners of CBTL, obviously hiding his less attractive piece of machinery.

He he.

There may be hope for Macs in this country yet.

Apple Introduces the iPhone

Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone yesterday at MacWorld Expo 2007. Like the iPod, it looks like it's going to be an industry-revolutionizing product.

Go here to read more.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, here it is:

The bad news? It won't be available in Asia till 2008. Damn.

(Those in the US are lucky. It'll be available in June 2007, and will be available in Europe in the last quarter of this year.)

The Golden Post

This is a milestone of sorts-- the 50th post of my first blog, Thinking Aloud.

I've often been asked why I blog. I might as well be also asked why I write, because my answers would be the same: because I enjoy it, and because I can. The first answer speaks for itself; the second is open to interpretation. "Because I can" may be interpreted as "because I know how to write," but that is subjective. By my own standards, I feel I write adequately, which is to say that I can at least get my point across without leaving readers befuddled.

But I digress.

I suppose the best way to interpret "because I can" is what millions of people have discovered-- that the internet has provided a means by which everyone can be heard. It doesn't matter if you can't put two phrases together to form a coherent thought (well, it does matter, but that's another story...), what matters is that if you have something to say, and you want people to hear it-- whether in carabao English or flawless insert language here, publishing a blog is just the way to do it.

That being said, thank God for the internet and free blog-hosting services.