The Regression

During a dinner discussion with my roommate we discussed sexism and how it has reversed. We discussed the change from the days of female oppression, to the empowering of women and now the almost favouritism of women and oppression of men. Affirmative action was introduced to balance and equalize the working environment for women and minorities. Scholarships that are exclusive to women and minorities were introduced to encourage them to attend post-secondary institutions. However now, the playing fields are closer to equal, and yet these advantages still exist for women and minorities. This is unfair. If there is an exclusive female only scholarship, there should be an equivalent male only scholarship. The best candidate for the job/scholarship/opportunity should be the one who receives it. We are creating a new type of oppression/discrimination now one that is towards males and Caucasians. This can be seen in many aspects of modern life, for example those shirts with the phrase "boys are stupid, throw rocks at them," imagine if the shirt was actually "girls are stupid, throw rocks at them," all hell would break loose. There would be such an uproar at the thought that girls are stupid, but it is ok to consider boys such. This is a trend appearing throughout the media, that the woman is the one that knows how to take care of everything.
Just one note that I think I should mention, things appear to be evening out in the work place, but women still make only about 60-70% of the income that men do at the same jobs, things are not quite equal just yet.
The original goal was to reach equality, not tip the scales from one end to the other. We are creating another type of inequality. There should be equal opportunity all around and the most qualified/deserving (depending on circumstance) should be given the opportunity, but I realise that bias plays a significant role in this and makes it quite difficult to achieve this for certain. I can be an idealist sometimes, can't I?

The Diagram

Ok this is the idea. I will try to post more often, but there is just not enough time.

The Idea

I know this is probably being worked on right now, but there should be a focus pill. That will defnitely be the highest purchased and manufactured drug on the market if ever developed. Everyone needs to take a focus pill. And an enlightening pill, but not everyone is ready for that one.

This idea is too expensive to actually happen, but I would for one would like to see it. Liquor bottles should come with shot glasses on the lid, much like mouth wash. But this would raise prices by about $10 per 26er, likely. Instead, these shot glasses should be sold separately for $10, or however much (they could be collector's items, have company logos, etc.) and the bottle itself should just have the ridges on it to place the glass. I think that my explanation is not clear. Diagram to follow, as soon as it can be done.

The Fine Art

This is an entertaining artist, Jeff Koons:
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/koons_jeff.html
I'm not much for understanding art, but his porcelain statues are gold. I mean, c'mon, giant balloon dog, nothing is better, nothing. "Made in Heaven" is a pretty gutsy collection, but he could just be really conceited. It is him and I believe a German pornstar in "artistic" poses, but those are also quite old.





This is all right:
Elvis Costello - Pump it Up
And this is pretty good:
The Brian Jonestown Orchestra - Take it from the Man

the Roll

This was in an article I read:
"Many more Israeli aircraft[s] have been downed by birds than by enemy air battles in the last three decades."
I'm not sure if this kind of information should be released, could this not be a danger?

I think this is a fair prediction or just entertaining, whichever:
"When the all planets are in alignment, the dark age will be ushered in, and the Spice Girls will reform."


This could be good:
Jack Johnson - "Taylor"

The Power

While this is still novel.

I want to make this about sharing the interesting and exciting, and the generally notable.

I got this link and since this is a Google blog, and everything is Google now, people should read this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/salon/story/0,14752,1331700,00.html

And like Google, we should all wander the office on Segways.

The Squandering

Ok.
This is the first entry... Mid-term tomorrow. This is pretty elaborate in terms of procrastination. Should I get some sort of recognition for going this out of my way to slack?

A lot of bizarre things cross my mind, lest us not forget scrababble. I'll try to put as many of these odd things up here, or just cool things I think everyone should know about.

Done.