tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291742572024-03-23T14:29:53.106-04:00Jane Lake Makes a MistakeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-81707354652776356712018-04-23T11:22:00.001-04:002018-04-23T11:28:02.456-04:00Some of Her Parts<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/589991247/some-of-her-parts-a-short-film-by-radical-rhinocer?ref=37fawn">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/589991247/some-of-her-parts-a-short-film-by-radical-rhinocer?ref=37fawn</a><br />
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In the movie, a young woman named Vanessa visits the hospital to celebrate the 173rd birthday of her grandmother Miriam, who is now a box. Unfortunately, Miriam isn't doing so well. Vanessa is forced to make a decision that could dramatically alter what remains of her grandmother's life....</div>
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Why It's Important</h1>
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This is a cautionary tale about a medical system much like ours, which too often treats us as things rather than people. When technology and medicine advance and allow us to reshape our bodies, how will we preserve our humanity? How will our relationship to illness, aging, and death change?</div>
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If we hope to prevent the dehumanizing aspects of modern healthcare from becoming far more literal, we need to promote empathy as a primary value in medicine. After all, we are more than just our bodies.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-75325493418317525652008-09-29T08:46:00.003-04:002008-09-29T09:08:16.063-04:00JANE LAKE INTERVIEWS MCCAIN AND OBAMA!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62O5cPA6lXTEXADwURwyrmVaXulzLkHZkOuhh-k40I4fl1Zod8kwLEwxAovg448wdcLK1u2caouSj7nhcLtj66qIRrOi2TlFdPqldMRj-SlNz5Ve7SWGTBg5WamHzfzi9sZb6Tg/s1600-h/mccainobama.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62O5cPA6lXTEXADwURwyrmVaXulzLkHZkOuhh-k40I4fl1Zod8kwLEwxAovg448wdcLK1u2caouSj7nhcLtj66qIRrOi2TlFdPqldMRj-SlNz5Ve7SWGTBg5WamHzfzi9sZb6Tg/s320/mccainobama.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251428301192675282" /></a><br /><br />Being in the right place at the right time is everything! I only got in one question but I think the answers say it all!<br /><br />JANE: <br /><br />Would you rather have a cupcake from the famous Magnolia Bakery in New York or a bag of M&M's?<br /><br />OBAMA: <br /><br />First off, I would like to thank you Jane for allowing us to answer questions from someone not on Wall St., but on Main St. I think the question you ask is one which many Americans are posed on a daily basis. I truly believe that this is something I would research in depth before making a rash decision. Yes, people have remarked on the quality of the cupcakes at Magnolia, but on share volume alone, M&M's certainly have a strong following. Who are we really helping by eating cupcakes at a well known, well off establishment who could well afford to give cupcakes away for free? It is the people of Hershey, PA that need to know we are behind them, that we support them, and they need to get out to vote on election day. I am having a rally soon with tens of thousands of M&M supporters and believe me, I plan to make sure that all Americans can continue to enjoy a candy staple for years to come.<br /><br />MCCAIN:<br /><br />Jane, Obama just doesn't get it. He doesn't understand at all. I've been to Magnolia Bakery many times in the past 20 years and I have experienced first hand how good these cupcakes are. Yes, M&M's are popular, but I'm not pandering for votes here. I'm giving you the blatant truth. The cupcake wins hands down. Now lets get over to Bleecker Street right now. The cupcakes are on me.<br /><br />JANE: Thank you both for your candid responses!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-8961971811790229912007-02-09T08:57:00.000-05:002007-02-16T08:35:33.573-05:00Jane Lake and Anna!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqn_a7bpNfkMlUsUybJ-4h7Mr0qdyOL6gfYaAHXVGSoSHlrxi6MzcLhAzMXIIpmkkug3YxdOy_ACuDOiil7MWO0HhIXhyphenhyphennDjPNopvyPsn8QiSUoKOawSMdwABmHhx-ttup8MRybA/s1600-h/anna.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqn_a7bpNfkMlUsUybJ-4h7Mr0qdyOL6gfYaAHXVGSoSHlrxi6MzcLhAzMXIIpmkkug3YxdOy_ACuDOiil7MWO0HhIXhyphenhyphennDjPNopvyPsn8QiSUoKOawSMdwABmHhx-ttup8MRybA/s320/anna.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029540915430662738" /></a><br />Let's face it. This is the most important event that has occurred in the last 50 years! Every major website had it blasted across its breaking news. Every talk show was centered on it. Front page in every newspaper!<br /><br />ANNA NICOLE SMITH DEAD!<br /><br />Can you imagine the folks scrambling right now for the rights to her life story for a book, a movie, or even a broadway show (made into a reality tv show to pick who will play Anna)? Could Pamela Anderson pull it off?<br /><br />Can you imagine the lawyers trying to figure out what happens to the child, the money, the future royalties?<br /><br />This is ambulance chasing at its best! <br /><br />Anna was at best on the fringe of the entertainment industry but as big a celebrity as it gets. Marilyn Monroe reincarnated. This was the perfect example of how marketing and perception rules.<br /><br />Love her or find her despicable. It doesn't matter. She will continue in death what she was in life - a creation of the media, an exploitation of women, and a sad reminder of what we have all become.<br /><br /><strong>I entered this in the Philosophy Blog War. Pleases vote for my entry here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.notbean.com/content/addVote.php?entryId=734">VOTE FOR JANE!</a></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-52197809354952929302007-02-07T08:35:00.000-05:002007-02-07T09:00:55.365-05:00Jane Lake and President's Day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRi5grdUNovRFPYeE8Gzi5PsXLrMgEG2mwAZmeUk6mTo_c0hWG5hsHUYg_Lxhp5RlmsdJEyreLSy2eBdMfJvZQWC9o90_8MTJffT45HDnfePl0F6TkRfFWdZFk9lQ1LEdBe0HgXQ/s1600-h/president.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRi5grdUNovRFPYeE8Gzi5PsXLrMgEG2mwAZmeUk6mTo_c0hWG5hsHUYg_Lxhp5RlmsdJEyreLSy2eBdMfJvZQWC9o90_8MTJffT45HDnfePl0F6TkRfFWdZFk9lQ1LEdBe0HgXQ/s320/president.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028791778187156930" /></a><br />As we approach Presidents' Day (correct to put the apostrophe after Presidents and not President's as most people think!), I think it is interesting to note that, even though it sounds like we are celebrating alll of the Presidents, everyone knows that we are celebrating the birthdays of George Washington, and we throw Lincoln in because his birthday is also in February although it was never a Federal holiday.<br /><br />And although Alabama celebrates it as Washington and Jefferson Day, I think it is a sad commentary that not a single President since Lincoln has been deemed worthy to be added to the list, or singled out for anything in particular.<br /><br />I really hope the next President will be the one we look back on and say, "This is someone we must always remember." Unfortunately, it is more likeley we will be saying, "To impeach, or not to impeach. That is the question!"<br /><br />You can't turn the clocks back and return to an age of innocence, with true leaders and heroes. But you can improve things by not voting for political machines with personal agendas.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-90014841502719252352007-01-31T08:43:00.000-05:002007-02-01T11:04:11.332-05:00Jane Lake and Moodspins!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Y1WbMt2RZUV1xgYtS9g3K_cQPjDZlLghErGW6wZdXn6880hJfskZXXIWaqpvRXfe6QOvSVGRsaZx-upvYCsAb-eEnnTnuM91RfCqzI_J_qVZ-t9-sZq4sdXKZw86AReUM7DQ3g/s1600-h/moodspins_01.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026192184806743474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Y1WbMt2RZUV1xgYtS9g3K_cQPjDZlLghErGW6wZdXn6880hJfskZXXIWaqpvRXfe6QOvSVGRsaZx-upvYCsAb-eEnnTnuM91RfCqzI_J_qVZ-t9-sZq4sdXKZw86AReUM7DQ3g/s320/moodspins_01.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div>I have joined the illustrious writing staff of Moodspins, an InsidePulse Zone.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Inside Pulse is a community of enthusiastic, opinionated writers covering a broad range of topics and subjects that span the entirety of modern popular culture. Unlike traditional, mainstream media, Inside Pulse has no corporate parent to pander to, and the result is a no-holds-barred take on the world that is a rarity in modern media. </div><br /><div></div><div>Come visit as I plan to post once a week there, and feel free to comment!<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://moodspins.insidepulse.com/">MOODSPIN</A></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-47886522270234164542007-01-30T09:58:00.000-05:002007-01-30T10:13:49.900-05:00Jane Lake and Vista!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3Had3plFNBkZpAJIaWiFYw50fsdDf0dw5VtwZGaAE-FXN9tUhUZPyahRt1bCtY-JK0oF0738EWKHuyWIb5jYHtRRb1hC5tPuYNlVtY8ZXx5ZTPZvtMLjELlVPVYGA78Jk-OUfg/s1600-h/vista.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025841828822623026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3Had3plFNBkZpAJIaWiFYw50fsdDf0dw5VtwZGaAE-FXN9tUhUZPyahRt1bCtY-JK0oF0738EWKHuyWIb5jYHtRRb1hC5tPuYNlVtY8ZXx5ZTPZvtMLjELlVPVYGA78Jk-OUfg/s320/vista.jpg" border="0" /></a>As Microsoft rolls out Vista, I must take a mental snapshot of the world that I know today for tomorrow it will be different.<br /><div></div><br /><div>Whether I like it or not Microsoft shapes how we look at the world and how we access the world. Today, Vista is a new thing. Tomorrow you will not be able to imagine a world without it and XP will look and feel like a dinosaur.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I am always a little queazy when my computer world is reshaped beyond my control, and it is always a little uncomfortable at first. But I must credit the techies with the vision that allows them to recreate what seems like a perfectly acceptable world and manage to make it sleeker and better.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I will probably resist going over to Vista until I can't do something on XP that I want to do that I would be able to do with Vista. But the day will come and I will inevitably move forward and contribute to Microsoft's coffers.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Viva Vista!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-51387080260362024272007-01-26T08:30:00.000-05:002007-01-26T09:16:32.914-05:00Jane Lake and Cold Weather!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1G22VyizpHBWEVsFKcqw2KVEqd-5F44SIVCMa9yOmlCrPaRxSXlH7_ldwPwkavf-NTcipgd0ghOyLLgegzN-JzMB3_0sgOMRQ-wo1VvWFVyBIBPLd6-cZvnul5izidJIiLOap2g/s1600-h/cold.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024342833696711458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1G22VyizpHBWEVsFKcqw2KVEqd-5F44SIVCMa9yOmlCrPaRxSXlH7_ldwPwkavf-NTcipgd0ghOyLLgegzN-JzMB3_0sgOMRQ-wo1VvWFVyBIBPLd6-cZvnul5izidJIiLOap2g/s320/cold.jpg" border="0" /></a>It was 8 degrees when I left for work this morning. -4 degrees with the wind chill factor.<br /><div></div><br /><div>These five things went through my head.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>1) Thank God for long underwear! They should make long underwear fashionable so that you can wear them on the outside. Then once you get inside you can take them off. Another billion dollar idea that someone else will actually do!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>2) Why do some people wear a thin coat with a scarf and thing they will be warm? And then if you ask them if they are cold, they say "No, I love this. I'm from Minnesota." Then their ear falls off!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>3) How many people will actually get their tongue stuck to a pole today?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>4) How hard will I be laughing at the smokers who stand outside their office building 10 times a day frantically trying to light their cigarettes, taking 3 long puffs and then running back inside barely avoiding frost bite?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>5) As brutal as it can be, there are only about a half dozen cold days like this all winter. It is part of the variety that makes the Northeast interesting. It does wear thin though.</div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-16623249347932032852007-01-23T09:14:00.000-05:002007-01-23T09:33:55.531-05:00Jane Lake and Sam Brownback!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T_cy5yc1vQKJ59YaoNefH6Z4RTxDlkA261e1fl8YJwG8S2sRysdfvMhP2FBXhsJQXg76bCaAEIc34twwEWYBRa62HqE7bGe8dnSfvV1oUdYbXNzjccOprrXniYpWTpZG4FsDfw/s1600-h/brownback.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023233971925132050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T_cy5yc1vQKJ59YaoNefH6Z4RTxDlkA261e1fl8YJwG8S2sRysdfvMhP2FBXhsJQXg76bCaAEIc34twwEWYBRa62HqE7bGe8dnSfvV1oUdYbXNzjccOprrXniYpWTpZG4FsDfw/s320/brownback.jpg" border="0" /></a>Once in a blue moon (which of course really isn't blue!) there is a presidential candidate that rises above the others as someone you would actually vote for, not because they are the lesser of two evils, but that they would actually make a great President.<br /><div></div><br /><div>Sam Brownback is that candidate. Now, typically that means that he will be pummeled early and hard so that he doesn't even have a chance to represent his party in the general election. But the eternal optimist that I am, I hold that glimmer of hope that others will notice the humanity, wisdom, and honesty that Brownback represents.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>He certainly at this point does not have the name recognition of the other Republicans that have announced or will announce their candidacies. But neither did Jimmy Carter at this point analogously in his campaign.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>And this I know for sure. I can not stomach Hilary. I do not like her Sam I am!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-61070067970047895402007-01-19T09:02:00.000-05:002007-01-19T09:39:13.122-05:00Jane Lake and Snow!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuUkfRaVnBcKbNfrcYxBCh8Ell95Qfsin65ziv9Q2VsRyhrdsGkEYusCe5INVqYML5AXEqeFZVA8-G4Sia6lcbQe1cOLQ09_QxUbEWMivqTrSY3TRsyHGuMG9jf0UiadpHwIXCA/s1600-h/dirty+snow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021750554645603058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuUkfRaVnBcKbNfrcYxBCh8Ell95Qfsin65ziv9Q2VsRyhrdsGkEYusCe5INVqYML5AXEqeFZVA8-G4Sia6lcbQe1cOLQ09_QxUbEWMivqTrSY3TRsyHGuMG9jf0UiadpHwIXCA/s320/dirty+snow.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This morning brought big flakes of snow,<br />As Manhattan woke from slumber,<br />They melted quickly don't you know,<br />And soon had lost their number.<br /><br />And that's the best the city brings,<br />For if the snow should stick,<br />Black and yellow and brownish things<br />Will begin to make you sick.<br /><br />Snow is meant for rolling hills,<br />Where sleds and kids can play,<br />For kids on streets will give you chills,<br />throwing snowballs that are grey.<br /><br />So a mild winter is what I see,<br />with the occasional pretty flake,<br />And keep the dreaded doggy pee,<br />Away from Miss Jane LakeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1169041518897497622007-01-17T08:26:00.000-05:002007-01-18T06:53:11.416-05:00Jane Lake and the Super Bowl!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/70221/cow.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/372712/cow.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I admittedly know nothing about sports, but there is something about the Super Bowl that is hard to avoid. <br /><br />At work, there are the "boxes". Buy a couple and you are hooked - at least in watching the end of each quarter.<br /><br />Socially, there are the "Super Bowl Parties" where boys will be boys and girls will be boys.<br /><br />Whether you watch it for the commercials or the half time wardrobe malfunctions, or for the thrill of watching someone throw a dead cow to a grossly overweight athlete, it is a once a year must for any good American.<br /><br />Being from Boston, I have to hope the Patriots make it again. It at least makes people think I care. Otherwise, I will claim I got 2 - 2 for my box and watch everyone look so sad for me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1168449576107494062007-01-10T11:53:00.000-05:002007-01-19T08:45:56.266-05:00Jane Lake and Amniotic-Fluid Stem Cells!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/665841/stem%20cells.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/814148/stem%20cells.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />One technology after another is developed that shows that embryonic stem cell research is Draconian. Between umbilical cord cells, adult stem cells, and now amniotic-fluid stem cells, a high percentage of any <em><strong>potential</strong></em> benefit that embryonic stem cell research might muster, if any, can be investigated using alternative methodology.<br /><br />Why continue to utilize methods that are considered by many to be unethical and potentially fruitless when we now have clear alternatives?<br /><br />1) Monetary gain - grants have been given for embryonic stem cell research. Both the grantors and recipients would lose out on funds already spent.<br /><br />2) Stubborness - people don't want to admit that all the energy and effort that they put into fighting for embryonic stem cell was for naught.<br /><br />3) Selfishness - If it will help me one day sooner than I don't care about the ethics!<br /><br />4) Political gain - many Democrats have used this issue as a stick against their Republican foes, and they wouldn't want to find themselves on the opposite side of the beating!<br /><br />The bottom line is that given the potential of all of the alternatives, it is an abomination to pursue any further a technique that millions of people in this country believe is killing innocent lives.<br /><br />Let's all grow up and do what is right!<br /><br /><strong>I entered this in the Philosophy Blog War. Pleases vote for my entry here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.notbean.com/content/addVote.php?entryId=549">VOTE FOR JANE!</a></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1168267243776847942007-01-08T09:13:00.000-05:002007-01-14T16:25:56.476-05:00Jane Lake and Personal Responsibility!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/955996/graffiti.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/726815/graffiti.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The other day I crossed the street, not at an intersection, but in the middle. I walked between two parked trucks to get out into the street and peeked out to see if any cars were coming. Just as I stuck my head out, a bicyclist swerved to avoid taking my head off. As luck would have it, I am still here to tell the story, and the bicyclist was okay as well as there were no cars coming.<br /><br />On Friday, a local 13 year old boy was hit and killed by a Long Island Railroad train as he was going home for dinner from spraying graffiti on the train signal box. He was running across the third of four tracks to beat out a train coming on the third track. What he did not know was there was a train coming on the fourth track as it was blocked by the train he could see.<br /><br />Both of us did something not quite right, and certainly not smart. For me it is a subtle wake up call, that we are responsible for our own well being and our choices affect not only ourselves, but also our families, our friends, and strangers alike.<br /><br />Taking unnecessary chances, because of impatience, the thrill, or just plain stupidity is something we all do at one time or another when we are driving cars, crossing streets, or just trying to get somewhere. <br /><br />Someone out there is telling me to think smart and slow down. I think that is sound advice.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1167918947025067272007-01-04T08:34:00.000-05:002007-01-11T12:53:26.773-05:00Jane Lake and Life on Other Planets!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/50503/spock.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/356755/spock.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I got to thinking about life on other planets and how it relates to religions and God. Certainly there is no place in the bible where life on other planets is either supported or rejected.<br /><br />Why would God want life on only one planet anyway? Maybe the Adams and Eves on other planets didn't eat from the Tree of Knowledge, and snakes still walk and talk. It seems a little like overkill to create a whole universe just to put life on Earth. <br /><br />I'm not even sure how we know there is nothing outside our Universe. We certainly have no way way of detecting something that might be a googleplex to the third miles away. <br /><br />What is my point? Well, it seems we are always searching for answers to the big questions. Discovering an advanced civilization on another planet would probably give us more answers (and more questions) than anything we can divine on this little blue marble.<br /><br />Go NASA!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1167746017568063292007-01-02T08:43:00.000-05:002007-01-15T12:36:48.060-05:00Jane Lake and Checks!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/255271/checks.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/388406/checks.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />A new year means trying to remember what year it is when writing out a check! Of course, who uses checks anymore?<br /><br />Anything that can be automatically paid, I do it. All of my monthly bills are paid through an online account. Quite frankly, I'm surprised that checks haven't gone the way of the subway token.<br /><br />Of course, now the IRS has decided that cash contributions for charitable organizations can not be deducted on your income tax, which means writing a check may be the only viable alternative in some cases. I guess I will be handing out checks to homeless people in the subway stations from now on. I just hope I put the correct year!<br /><br /><strong>I entered this in the Philosophy Blog War. Pleases vote for my entry here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.notbean.com/content/addVote.php?entryId=459">VOTE FOR JANE!</a></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1167401022446984142006-12-29T08:48:00.000-05:002007-01-01T11:08:14.633-05:00Jane Lake and 3-D glasses!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/170775/3dglasses.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/575500/3dglasses.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />To make the Times Square experience more bizarre this year, Target figured out a new gimmick and is supplying the revelers with 3-D glasses so they will see the famous Target logo coming out of the falling Swarovski crystal ball in Times Square on New Year's Eve. I won't even address the commercial ridiculousness of it all.<br /><br />I went to Times Square one New Year's Eve long ago and believe me once is enough. If you like to stand in the freezing cold for hours huddled around a TV camera with masses of people crushing up against you waiting to scream every time the red light goes on the camera then you have found your dream experience.<br /><br />Now you get to wear cheap 3-D glasses that will probably give you a headache, will keep falling off and in the worst case scenario you will be seeing bull's eyes for the rest of your life.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong. I will laugh with the rest of the country as some palooka from Minnesota will swear he is having the best time of his life as 50 people behind him jump in and out of the camera frame.<br /><br />Happy New Year to all! May 2007 be your bestest year ever, and may 22% of your dreams come true!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1166536800294349592006-12-19T08:33:00.000-05:002007-01-10T19:54:23.760-05:00Jane Lake and Hypothetical Questions!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/138046/question.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/989307/question.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Everyone likes to play "What would you do if" games until they come down to the two tough basic questions.<br /><br />1. Would you sacrifice your life to save your (mother, father, sister, brother, husband. wife, child, friend, stranger)? <br /><br />2. Would you kill 1 person to save 10? 5 to save 100? 100 to save a million?<br /><br />I will try to tackle these now. <br /><br />The first question needs to be clarified. If it were a matter of pushing someone out of the way of an oncoming car, I feel instinct kicks in. You don't know for sure if you will be killed. I think if I were related to or knew the person my instinct would be to try to save them at my own risk. I'm not sure if it were a stranger,I would do anymore than yell "watch out!"<br /><br />If it were the scenario of someone saying choose who dies you or the other person, I would refuse to answer even if that meant my own death. I would not be able to live with choosing the other person and I would feel choosing myself was tantamount to suicide.<br /><br />The second question is the tougher one, but more clear cut from my perspective. I don't believe there is ever a justification for killing as one life is just as valuable as 100 lives. This is the hypothetical scenario that is used to justify wars, stem cell research, and a host of other evils. Nobody ultimately benefits from this as we have sold our souls to the devil to attain what we believe is a good result. Abortion is the extreme case of this as a life is sacrificed not to even save another life, but to just prevent a difficult or untimely situation.<br /><br />Those are my answers and I hope I never have to make any of those decisions in my lifetime, but I feel it is always good to know in the back of your mind what your answer would be.<br /><br /><strong>I entered this in the Philosophy Blog War. Pleases vote for my entry here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.notbean.com/content/addVote.php?entryId=397">VOTE FOR JANE!</a></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1166451267762598032006-12-18T09:08:00.000-05:002006-12-27T17:12:37.880-05:00Jane Lake and Losing!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/74652/loser.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/838986/loser.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The 2006 Weblog Awards are over and I tied for last place! There is something quite nice about not owning last place. It was actually very fun being a finalist and congratulations to all of the winners and thanks to everyone who voted for me.<br /><br />In regards to the cheating controversies, I will just say that if it can be done online it can be done in the real voting booths, so whoever wins the Presidency in 2008, we can just assume they cheated. And whoever ties for last place should be crowned the victor!<br /><br />Just my humble opinion.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1166107611327022812006-12-14T09:27:00.000-05:002006-12-17T17:14:09.243-05:00Jane Lake and Shopping!<strong>Please vote for me in the 2006 Weblog Awards for Best New Blog. You can vote once a day!:<br /><br /><a href="http://2006.weblogawards.org/2006/12/best_new_blog.php">VOTE FOR JANE!</a></strong><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/317395/store.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/804109/store.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I am certainly one of the benefactors of the online shopping world. <br /><br />I order food from FreshDirect. I order drugstore stuff through Drugstore.com. I order books through Amazon.com or Barnesandnoble.com (depending on price and coupons). All of my Christmas presents and Hanukkah presents were bought online. <br /><br />True, I haven't left my bedroom since 1995, but its sooooooo comfortable.<br /><br />I used to go into a large department store and within 10 minutes, I would be weak and dizzy. Maybe that's why I always needed socks and underwear. I never lasted long enough in the store to get them. I needed to prioritize when I went to a store. Only the first couple of items got bought as I faded out so quickly.<br /><br />But now there is macys.com, bloomingdales.com, ninewest.com, and victoriassecret.com. The list is virtually endless (no pun intended!).<br /><br />Malls and department stores still seem to be thriving but I have no idea why. <br /><br />Now if I could just get cash online! No more ATM machines!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1165933959362091372006-12-12T09:24:00.000-05:002006-12-13T20:08:09.903-05:00Jane Lake and Making Mistakes!<strong>Please vote for me in the 2006 Weblog Awards for Best New Blog. You can vote once a day!:<br /><br /><a href="http://2006.weblogawards.org/2006/12/best_new_blog.php">VOTE FOR JANE!</a></strong><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/21605/oops.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/208786/oops.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />We all make mistakes and face the consequences. The challenge is in not trying to defend yourself. The choices you have when you make a mistake are to blame someone else, try to justify it, lie about it, deny it is a mistake, or own up to it.<br /><br />Presidents face this issue in the most public of ways. President Clinton tried them all and found owning up to it actually got him off the hook. Yes, sometimes there are consequences to admitting a mistake, but I think it always brings you to a better place. I think President Bush made a mistake regarding Iraq and he is taking the deny it is a mistake route. He will own up to it twenty years from now I'm sure.<br /><br />I have certainly experienced many mistakes in my life and have tried any and all of the above. Sometimes the hardest part is owning up to the mistake to yourself. After all, you are your own hardest critic. As we approach the new year, I need to make a note to myself to face up to my mistakes quicker and with more resolve next year. Keeping an internal clean slate keeps Jane healthier, hopefully wealthier, and definitely wiser.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1165844811133773582006-12-11T08:29:00.000-05:002006-12-11T19:14:54.573-05:00Jane Lake and Competition!<strong>Please vote for me in the 2006 Weblog Awards for Best New Blog. You can vote once a day!:<br /><br /><a href="http://2006.weblogawards.org/2006/12/best_new_blog.php">VOTE FOR JANE!</a></strong><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/186895/howard.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/969088/howard.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I was never the best in popularity contests. The only office I have ever held was Vice President of my High School math club, and interestingly enough, I was out sick the day of the voting!<br /><br />As the 2006 Weblog Awards progress, and I am scrambling to keep out of last place, I realize that getting votes in a small competition like this is a tiny taste of what it must be like to run a presidential campaign. When you are an unknown going into a race, it is at best a shot in the dark. But it does happen.<br /><br />Now if I could just smear all of my competition on the front page of the NY Post!<br /><br />Just kidding! <br /><br />There is certainly some super quality and good looking blogs up against me. I will say in my defense that I have a certain style that sets me apart from the typical blogs that you see including my competition. If I could just convince a couple of thousand people out there to vote for me. <br /><br />Hey, Howard Stern, could you plug me on your radio show? That should be good for a few hundred thousand votes. Hmmm...not a bad idea!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1165500021896815202006-12-07T08:36:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:17:10.830-05:00Jane Lake and New Game Shows!<strong>Please vote for me in the 2006 Weblog Awards for Best New Blog. You can vote once a day!:<br /><br /><a href="http://2006.weblogawards.org/2006/12/best_new_blog.php">VOTE FOR JANE!</a></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/920666/shatner.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/78060/shatner.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Deal or No Deal, 1 VS 100, and Show Me The Money are the next generation of game shows. Glitzy sets, big money, and attractive models set these new shows apart from the classics like Jeopardy! It is like Wheel of Fortune on Red Bull.<br /><br />Deal or No Deal requires zero skill and allows contestants to make completely uneducated decisions and walk away with $100,000. Pick a suitcase from 1 to 26 from an attractive model (I aspire to hold suitcase 22!) and start getting offers to sell your suitcase from a mysterious banker.<br /><br />Dumb, Corny, and not as fun as Lets Make a Deal, but if the contestant is wacky enough, it can be worth watching.<br /><br />1 VS 100 is not long for this world. No attractive models, just 100 mob members that have included Ken Jennings (from Jeopardy fame) and Kevin Federline (from spousal fame). They have already changed the rules to try to revive it, but too many commercials, average intelligence of the contestants, and questions that are either too easy or too hard make it the Biggest Loser!<br /><br />That leaves us with Show Me The Money! Hosted by none other than William Shatner, this show actually requires some intelligence from its contestants. Mr. Shatner has a history of being in the right place at the right time, and even though he is a bizarre host, this just might work. The Million Dollar Dancers are reminiscent of the Fly Girls from In Living Color (J Lo's launching pad!). You can't quit when you are doing well which makes it more interesting. If they can find great contestants I predict this one will be around for awhile and Jane Lake will someday be saying:<br /><br />SHOW ME THE MONEY!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1165410674706642572006-12-06T08:07:00.000-05:002006-12-12T14:11:16.903-05:00Jane Lake and the 2006 Weblog Awards<a href="http://2006.weblogawards.org/2006/12/best_new_blog.php"><img src="http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3451/2006finalist170bn0.jpg" border="0" alt="The 2006 Weblog Awards" /></a><br /><br />I am a finalist for Best New Blog! I now know how Scott Savol felt on American Idol. I nominated myself as a lark, but didn't expect to make the finals. But now that I'm in it, I want to win it!<br /><br />Voting starts tomorrow for 10 days. You can vote once a day, so please try to vote for me all 10 days as I think I will need that support to have a realistic chance to win. <br /><br />You like me! You really like me!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1165239667235269042006-12-04T08:03:00.000-05:002006-12-08T09:47:53.643-05:00Jane Lake and Toys!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/225926/aggie.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/315291/aggie.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Is it me or did they stop making toys that don't overstimulate kids? Looking for Christmas presents that are appropriate for kids gets more difficult each year.<br /><br />Toys like the yo-yo, the hula hoop, a jump rope, an etch-a-sketch, jacks, and marbles are eternal classics. Now if it doesn't talk, move, interact with TV, or sing it is BORING!<br /><br />I remember as a kid putting a playing card in the spokes of my bicycle to make a cool noise as I rode. Now I would just press a button to sound like a jet plane, a motorcycle, or press another button to hear 1 of a hundred tunes (not that I wouldn't have an ipod in my ear anyway!)<br /><br />I think we are creating a society of overstimulated technophiles who are losing touch with the ability to revel in the beauty of a perfect aggie. You hear a lot more about anxiety and depression today then you did 10 years ago. Could this be a result of the loss of simplicity? <br /><br />Will toys someday have warnings on them from the Surgeon General saying "This toy may be hazardous to your psyche!" I think maybe they should.<br /><br /><strong>I entered this in the Philosophy Blog War. Pleases vote for my entry here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.notbean.com/content/addVote.php?entryId=350">VOTE FOR JANE!</a></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1164894614411494052006-11-30T08:26:00.000-05:002007-01-04T11:37:37.010-05:00Jane Lake and Shameless Promotion!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/1600/307966/pyramid.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5753/3101/320/777961/pyramid.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Don't you hate when bloggers use their blogs to promote "get rich quick" schemes, or things that you sign up for and get spammed for years to come.<br /><br />Ever since Blogmad announced their prelaunch of Exlinks, I see links to it on every blog from here to Timbuktu. Nobody even knows what it does or if it will work! I have not promoted it on my blog not because I think it is a scam, but only because every other blogger already has signed up and is promoting it. I have signed up 75 referrals just in case it turns out to be something worthwhile!<br /><br />So just to be a little different, I thought I would share two programs that are also just starting out, are free to join, never cost you anything and potentially could provide you with decent extra income. And before anyone screams "pyramid scheme", let me point out that programs that don't cost anything to anybody can not be a pyramid scheme by definition!<br /><br />The first is AGLOCO. This company was setup by Stanford MBA's trying to capture a nice chunk of the online advertising market. Basically they give you a viewbar, which you get paid to use for 5 hours a day. You also make money for every referral that uses the viewbar as well. You also get shares in their IPO if it makes it that far. They have a nifty referral calculator that will show you that you will potentially make 6 figures with a decent referral base. <br /><br />Check it out here:<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.agloco.com/r/BBBD9137">AGLOCO</a></strong> <br /><br />The other site is similar. It is called Take The Internet Back. Like AGLOCO, there is no cost to you, you get free downloads, a share of the advertising revenue and points which become stock shares for reading emails and referring others.<br /><br />Check it out here:<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.taketheinternetback.com/index.php?refId=3901">Take The Internet Back</a></strong><br /><br />I like these programs that with a little work you can build a few extra paychecks a month. It really does add up.<br /><br />Sorry for the shameless promotion, but for those of you that sign up, I really do hope that you make a lot of money!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174257.post-1164722885949686282006-11-28T08:40:00.000-05:002007-01-10T17:13:31.643-05:00Jane Lake and Celebrity Divorce!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5753/3101/1600/divorce.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5753/3101/320/divorce.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Jessica and Nick, Jennifer and Brad, Hilary and Chad, Britney and Kevin, Reese and Ryan, Pam and Kid. Lets face it. Celebrities get married so they can have a big party. Their concept of marriage as a lifetime commitment is nonexistent.<br /><br />It is ironic to me how the entertainment world will fight for gay marriage and rights when they don't even have a clue about traditional marriage. I think these "teen role models" make a mockery of love and marriage and flaunt it in front of teenagers and young adults that are easily influenced by their "turn it on, turn it off" relationships.<br /><br />I think we need to take a hard look at divorce in this country and consider making it a lot harder to do so. Marriages of convenience, of impetuousness, of lust need to be overhauled.<br /><br />I think you should be required to take a test about your spouse when you get married. If you get less than 80% correct the marriage is annulled. No prenups allowed!(sorry Donald) Divorce must be voted on by jury and should no longer be rubber stamped.<br /><br />Maybe if we make it harder to both get married and get divorced, we can return to the true intentions of this institution, love and commitment.<br /><br /><strong>I entered this in the Philosophy Blog War. Pleases vote for my entry here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.notbean.com/content/addVote.php?entryId=322">VOTE FOR JANE!</a></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15