IOL: Lawyer determined to get The Simpsons off air

IOL: Lawyer determined to get The Simpsons off air

Moscow - A Russian lawyer plans to take his case against The Simpsons to the European Court of Human Rights.

It comes after a Moscow Court rejected Igor Smykov's appeal to have the show banned from Russian TV.

Mr Smykov wanted to have the cartoon series taken off the air in Russia, or at least shown at a later time, claiming it promoted drugs, violence and homosexuality.

He also demanded £6 000 (about R4,5-million) in compensation from TV channel REN-TV saying the show had morally damaged his nine-year-old son.

FOXNews.com - Politics - Capitol Holiday Tree Is a Christmas Tree Again

Let's hear it for small victories in the ongoing fight against petty people with counter-culture agendas. FOXNews.com - Politics - Capitol Holiday Tree Is a Christmas Tree Again

Amazon.com: Nintendogs - Labrador Retriever: Electronics

Here it is. How Eric would prefer to raise a Labrador Retriever.

Amazon.com: Nintendogs - Labrador Retriever: Electronics

Can the Canadians save us from the Evil George Bush starting an intergalactic war?

Click here to send your letter to the Parliament of Canada requesting public "ET" Hearings:  PEACEINSPACE.NET

“From 1963-1967, Hon. Paul Hellyer was Minister of National Defence of Canada in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, who won a Nobel Peace Prize.  On September 25, 2005, at the Toronto Exopolitics Symposium held at Convocation Hall, University of Toronto, former Minister of National Defence Hellyer stated: "UFOs, are as real as the airplanes that fly over your head," and "I'm so concerned about what the consequences might be of starting an intergalactic war, that I just think I had to say something."

Former Minister of Defence Hellyer went on to state: "The time has come to lift the veil of secrecy, and let the truth emerge, so there can be a real and informed debate, about one of the most important problems facing our planet today."  Mr. Hellyer stated the Canadian people may be threatened with the consequences of war in outer space over our sovereign territory: "The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning."    

I’m glad to know that the Canadians are working on “the most important problems facing our planet today.”  If they weren’t how could we possibly take them seriously?  All hail Canadia!

Train Depot Track Designer

Free download Lego Track Designer

Train Depot Track Designer

Otter Key

Some notes on the Otter Key anchorage Yacht Club Colony - Florida Sea Grant

Pet Friendly Anchorages Along the East Coast

Pet Friendly Anchorages Along the East Coast

Orlando's median home hits $261,300

Orlando's median home hits $261,300 - OrlandoSentinel.com:

Orlando was the second-hottest market in the country for existing-home sales during the third quarter. The median price of a single-family home soared to $261,300, a jump of nearly 45 percent from a year earlier, a national trade group reported Tuesday.

Orlando's median price in the third quarter was up from $180,500 a year earlier. Nationally, the third-quarter median was $215,900, and the 14.7 percent year-over-year gain was the second-greatest on record for the Realtors association, a spokesman for the trade group said.

Dogs: A Heart Patient's Best Friend - Yahoo! News

Dogs: A Heart Patient's Best Friend - Yahoo! News

"Dogs are a great comfort," says study leader Kathie Cole of the UCLA Medical Center. "They make people happier, calmer and feel more loved. That is huge when you are scared and not feeling well."

Anxiety scores dropped 24 percent among patients interacting with a dog. Scores dropped 10 percent when only a human visited. The group that got no visit exhibited no change.

"This study demonstrates that even a short-term exposure to dogs has beneficial physiological and psychosocial effects on patients who want it,"

Lab Foster Photo Diary

I added a photo diary blog of the joys of fostering Labrador retrievers.  You can find it here at http://labfoster.blogspot.com and I added a permanent link on the right hand side of this blog.

Eric Playing Soccer

 
Upward Soccer season is almost over and we finally got the camera out to get some pictures. 

Happy Halloween!
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We Love Our Vacuum

Dyson DC14 Complete Here is our new vacuum cleaner. With tax it was about $600 which is 3x more than we've ever thought about spending on a vacuum cleaner. Why blog about a vacuum cleaner? Because it's the COOLEST thing we've bought since David came home with his iPod mini. Everything they say about it is true. It eliminates dirt that the old Hoover swore wasn't there. And boy do we need it with 145 pounds of black labradors lying on the carpet all day.

Bentley

 
This one looks pretty good! 

Who wants a cookie?

 
 

Hoover at Sea

 
OK Here is another attempt to post from within Picasa2 to blogger. Maybe the third time is the charm.

This picture was taken in the Gulf around Fathers Day. 

Bentley

 
 

Here is a nice picture of Bentley. It's a little dark, but the brighter shots all show either a blue or gray haze in his eyes.

I kinda like this one. But we need to try more shots, probably some on the back porch and maybe the front yard.

Long trip to Taipei

Long trip to Taipei, but I’m learning how to travel it a bit better.  This time I brought two books which is good because I finished the first one on the way over.  I bought a neck pillow at the LA airport, which helped a great deal.

Blogger for Word

O.K.  This is pretty cool.

Eric should go to www.blogger.com and download “Blogger for Word” at this link:

http://buzz.blogger.com/bloggerforword.html  

Blogger for Word is a free add-in that makes it a snap to edit and post to a blog from Word.  When you install the program it adds a new menu into Word.  The menu items include:

Blogger Settings;  start here to tell the program your blog sign-on.

Open Post:  This is a real cool feature.  You can grab a post straight from your blog in order to edit it.  A drop down menu lets you choose what blog you want, and another lets you pick out which post to edit inside Word.

Save as Draft:  If you don’t want to post right away.

Publish:  Gives you the option of either Updating an existing post or Creating a New Post.

This is a really useful tool for playing with Blogger.

SUN-SENTINEL INVESTIGATION: FEMA has always been a disaster!

Free money, poor planning, poor response. It's the FEMA way!

SUN-SENTINEL INVESTIGATION: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The view from our room in Jacksonville, FL. We went up for the weekend to see the Jags play the Denver Broncos.
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Jaws in 30 seconds with bunnies.

"Jaws" reinacted in 30 seconds using bunnies!

Jaws in 30 seconds with bunnies.

Alerts go out on dog influenza - OrlandoSentinel.com:

This makes me think we should keep Bentley away from the adoption days until more is found out.

Alerts go out on dog influenza - OrlandoSentinel.com:

Advice Goddess Blog

Heh. From now on, I'm going to reply to all interupting cold calls with:

"I'm sorry, I'm busy right now. Can you give me your home phone and I'll call you back later."


Advice Goddess Blog

Hurricane Katrina: Folklore vs. Fact

Hmmmm. Used to be you could trust what you read in the papers and heard on the news.

Gateway Pundit: More Hurricane Katrina: Folklore vs. Fact