Song of the Day

"Golden Ticket" from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
(Sariah knows why)

I never thought my life could be
Anything but catastrophe
But suddenly I begin to see
A bit of good luck for me

'Cause I've got a golden ticket
I've got a golden twinkle in my eye

I never had a chance to shine
Never a happy song to sing
But suddenly half the world is mine
What an amazing thing

'Cause I've got a golden ticket
I've got a golden sun up in the sky

I never thought I'd see the day
When I would face the world and say
Good morning, look at the sun
I never thought that I would be
Slap in the lap of luxury

'Cause I'd have said:
It couldn't be done
But it can be done

I never dreamed that I would climb
Over the moon in ecstasy
But nevertheless, it's there that I'm
Shortly about to be

'Cause I've got a golden ticket
I've got a golden chance to make my way
And with a golden ticket, it's a golden day

'Cause I'd have said,
It couldn't be done
But it can be done

I never dreamed that I would climb
Over the moon in ecstasy
But nevertheless, it's there that I'm
Shortly about to be

'Cause I've got a golden ticket
'Cause I've got a golden ticket
I've got a golden chance to make my way
And with a golden ticket, it's a golden day

This is a cool little Brain Teaser

Apparently this is an IQ test given to job applicants in Japan:

"Everybody has to cross the river".

The following rules apply:

Only 2 persons on the raft at a time
The father can not stay with any of the daughters, without their mother's presence
The mother can not stay with any of the sons, without their father's presence
The thief (striped shirt) can not stay with any family member,if The Policeman is not there
Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft

To start click on the big blue circle on the right.
To move the people click on them.
To move the raft click on the pole on the opposite side of the river.

http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf

I Am Yoda

A venerated sage with vast power and knowledge, you gently guide forces around
you while serving as a champion of the light.

Judge me by my size, do you? And well you should not - for my ally
is the Force. And a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy
surrounds us, and binds us. Luminescent beings are we, not this crude matter!
You must feel the Force around you, everywhere.

Yoda is a is a character in the Star Wars universe. More Yoda information is
available at the Star
Wars Databank.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

The song of the day is "Yellow" by Coldplay.
(Sariah knows why)

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah they were all yellow,

I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow

So then I took my turn
Oh all the things I've done
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know you know I love you so
You know I love you so

I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh all the things you do
Cause you were all yellow

I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know for you i bleed myself dry
For you i bleed myself dry

Its true look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine
look at the stars look how they shine for you

Al-Qaeda recruiting in plain view of the whole world

If you've watched or read the news recently then I'm sure you've heard of the protests raging throughout many Muslim countries. The protests are against the publishing of offensive cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammed. But, when you consider that the cartoons in question were published last September, questions arise as to why the protests are happening now, why not five months ago?

These protests aren't unusual, and the current protests hide two sinister purposes -

1) All this media attention on meaningless violent protests draw attention away from reall issues, such as Iran's progress toward achieving their nuclear ambitions.

2) These protests are prime recruiting camps for Al-Qaeda and similar terrorist organizations (it's naive to think that Al-Qaeda is the only one). What better place to find young Muslims already angry with western culture, and willing to express that anger in violent ways. It's not like Al-Qaeda can advertise in the local edition of Al-Jazeera. So, they incite these riots in Afghanistan and other countries, then recruiting agents start making contact with impressionable Muslim men in these mobs, and start selling them on the glory of martyrdom and virgins in heaven. Terrorism is like a virus that spreads, and so far we haven't managed to find an anti-viral agent to stop the disease.