All Hail The "Ty-Agers"!!!!

Recently, I read an article about some celebrities protesting against their birth dates being published on certain web-sites for one-and-all to view. No surprise that most of the complainants were....ahem...."youthfully challenged"! This has been a perpetual problem for humankind (especially the female of our species, because their advancing age is made a far bigger issue of, despite the fact that they generally tend to outlive their male counterparts). Hence, here's my solution: After your "teen years", that is once you are done being a "teenager", you should formally start your "Ty Years" and be recognised as "Ty Agers" in society(an age group that includes every human from age 20 to age 99)!!!!

Now for the Nitty-Gritty details:

Twenty to Twenty-Nine (our Baby-Ty years), when we are actually proud of this new & special status!

Thirty to Thirty-Nine: Well, we're still proud Ty-Agers; we make it a point to mention in public that we're in our "early Ty-s"!

Forty to Forty-Nine: Mid-life crisis approaching? Well, we derive consolation from the famous saying that Life Begins At Forty!

Fifty to Fifty-Nine: Mid-life crisis??!! That would imply that you might live to be 100....c'mon now, what are the chances??!!

Sixty to Sixty-Nine: The only consolation is how the number sounds so akin to one of the biggest attractions in our society....just replace the "i" with the "e" in "Six", i.e. ....well, you figure it out! Now, isn't that "Sexciting"?

Seventy to Seventy-Nine: In your "late Ty-s" eh? What a pity! The only way to feel any youthful vigour is to compare yourself (hopefully) favourably with the rare octogenarians & nonagenarians around!

Eighty to Eighty-Nine: Every time you look around, your heart is filled with joy at the thought that all the younger "kids" around will be lucky to be blessed with your impressive longevity!

Ninety to Ninety-Nine: At this stage, you finally realise that it's almost embarrassing to be conscious about your age! Besides, chances are that senility has already deprived you of the ability to indulge in such deep thoughts. Now, the question that keeps you awake at night is: Shall I live to be a 103?

Of course, once you are past Ninety-Nine, you tend to feel this awful Dread in anticipation of your "Dred Years", the Hundreds!

Here's hoping this will soothe & calm the nerves of all humans depressed about their advancing age....

Some Things Should Be Private!

I am feeling quite disturbed & annoyed at the moment! I was going through some random blog sites & found this site entitled: F_ _K Compassion! Slaughter & Then Stuff Them! Then came the photographs! There were these horrid, bloody close-ups of slaughtered deer! I was tempted to leave a message of protest, but decided against it....their response to a protest would probably be to kill more animals & post even worse pictures!!!! Point to remember is that there are people who are pro-choice & others who are pro-life. How would pro-life folks like it if the pro-choice groups put up a laudatory blog sites on abortion, with some gross snaps "glorifying" the procedure?! After all, both hunting & abortion are legal! I personally hate hunters, but since the law permits that "sport", the "sportsmen" are welcome to go & partake in that activity (I do make a huge distinction btwn these "sportsmen" & people who hunt for survival, though). What I find unpardonable is their proudly setting up a blog site with these macabre snapshots! Unless people are willing to be bombarded with gross images of anything they detest, I think society should send this message to these proud blog site owners: Keep these things to yourselves! If you have to share such inhumane snaps, make sure only your friends have access to those sites!

I Insist On Having My Say:

OK, kindly allow me to present my case. The Yahoo Sports Blog section recently featured an article on Venus Williams, written by one of their sports experts. The article itself isn't the focus here; rather, some of the responses to the writer's thoughts about a Venus Williams vs. Serena Williams rivalry. A particular individual has posted the following entry 5 successive times: "76. Posted by Ason T Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:48 am EDT
how can venus wins serena, how can a chimpanzee upset a GORILLIA"

Educated readers, kindly ignore the grammatical errors in this single-sentence entry and pay attention to the message conveyed!!!! In response, I posted the following, which, for some reason, Yahoo has flatly refused to print! Friends, please read my "unprintable" entry & then you be the judge....
"The Yahoo blog authorities are so sensitive to words like F%$* & B@%&@, but seem to have no qualms whatsoever about registering posts like #s 76 through 80 above! Such "intellectually stimulating" comments are reminiscent of blog entries following news reports of Phil Mickelson's wife's breast cancer eg. "Now that Mrs. Mickelson will be out of service for a while, Phil needs a mistress", "If Phil's wife wanted the US Open trophy so badly, she should've married Tiger!" I can't speak for the rest of you guys, but I'd much rather take a few swear words than read such abhorrent remarks as those made by As(s)on T!!!!"

You tell me: Do you agree with Yahoo? Was my response more offemsive than Ason T's?

I Insist On Having My Voice Heard!

The Yahoo Sports Golf Blog section has the following entry in response to criticism of some asinine claim that Phil Mickelson is currently a superior golfer than Tiger Woods! I have repeatedly tried to post my response to this misogynist's note, but it seems like the guy in charge of publishing these posts is a greater misogynist....he has selected a whole lot of juvenile entries, but stubbornly refused to publish mine! Hence, I'm posting it on this blog. Here's Mr. Miosgynist's blog:
"Tiger fans you guys are like a bunch of jealous girls. If some guy says another girl is beautiful you take it as an insult and will do anything to slight your rival. If Arkush says Phil is playing better than anyone you guys have a cardiac. Get over the man crush!"
My Response:
Shouldn't we be thanking our lucky stars that the much-despised Tiger fans are like "a bunch of jealous girls" rather than their male counterparts? "Mean Girls", despicable as their behaviour might be, limit the expression of their animosity to catty remarks! The "Man Scorned", on the other hand, tends to think that there's only one solution to All Problems Great & Small i.e. The Gun! I would much rather deal with Tiger fans who are petty & bitchy than ones who think violence is the best policy!!!!

One Good Deed Deserves....What?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081218/ap_on_re_us/samaritan_protection

Heartwarming story! Or is it bone-chilling? I'm sorry the woman became a paraplegic, but that doesn't justify her attempts to make her co-worker's life a living hell! The only way she could justify this is by proving that she had repeatedly asked her colleague not to pull her out so roughly as she was being rescued! If she had told the good samaritan at the time of the accident that she'd rather wait for experienced emergency workers to arrive & help her, then she can claim that her colleague caused her permanent damage by ignoring her pleas. However, if she was screaming like a baby as she was being helped & expressing relief at the assistance she was receiving, she has no bloody business taking it out on her co-worker now! I'm even more amazed that the legal authorities have decided that she has a right to sue the person who rushed to her assistance!
Already we have adults refraining from extending a helping hand to small children, fearful of some nasty crime that they might be accused of! This, of course, is thanks to all the bogus legal cases of child abuse resulting from society's bizarre paranoia! Now, thanks to rulings like this, human beings will simply stop helping fellow humans under dire straits....and who can blame them?

"Saved: Rescued Animals & The Lives They Transform" by Karin Winegar (Photos by Judy Olausen)
I'm a genuine animal lover who thoroughly enjoys reading books about humans & their loving relationships with animals & birds. Although I liked most of the stories in "Saved", I was highly disappointed with the inclusion of one particular story in this collection. The story in discussion is "A Joy To Raise" (pages 181-190). This is a story about a hunter who "loves" & has spared the life of a stag named Li'l Buck! However, he has no qualms about regularly shooting other beings identical to his Li'l Buck, for fun & sport! I know that there are a lot of hunters around & also that hunting is legal, but I certainly do not think a hunter's story has any place in a book specifically about love for animals! It's an insult to the other dedicated animal-lovers featured in this book, to have Phil McIntyre's name taken in the same breath as theirs! I can understand the inclusion of a story about a former hunter who has converted into a dedicated animal-lover & given up his cruel hobby, but not a person who proudly hunts to this day! In future, it would be really nice if authors could issue "warnings" about such unique stories somewhere in the introduction or preface, so unsuspecting readers like myself do not have to endure the story of an avid animal-killer who has taken a fancy to one particular creature & kept it as a pet....in a book that is supposed to be about people's love & deep respect for all forms of life!

Dear Mr. Barack Obama,

Kindly accept my humble suggestion for a response ad to John McCain's latest petty attack ad on you (comparing you with Britney Spears & Paris Hilton!):

Show pics of John McCain & Woody Allen on the same screen, and announce: Both are undoubtedly talented, old men. But would you trust your child's future to this man (at this point show a sexy {yuck!} pic of Woody Allen & his adopted "daughter")? I know I wouldn't! Then, end with the slogan: No Country For (Dirty) Old Men!

I know you are way too classy a person to actually use this. However, I feel Mr. McCain truly deserves it.

Regards,
An American Well-Wisher.