So Daylight Savings Time is Useful?

Studies show that daylight savings time actually does something. I thought it was just there to make me thoroughly annoyed when I end up waking up an hour late or early two Sundays of the year. Research conducted in Sweden showed that "the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, possibly because people got an extra hour of sleep" but also has the reverse effect in the spring. "But moving clocks forward in the spring appeared to have the opposite effect. There were more heart attacks during the week after the start of daylight saving time, particularly on the first three days of the week." So moving your clocks doesn't just annoy you, I can save or end your life. That makes me very happy for the fall daylight savings time, but extremely concerned for next spring. Sleep aparrently effects the cardio vascular system. Sleep effects blood pressure, inflammation, blood clotting, blood sugar, cholesterol and blood vessels. So, those few extra hours of sleep can really make or break your week. So what I'm saying people is, this doesn't just have to apply to daylight savings time. Students need to stop stressing and go to bed at reasonable times. When you go to bed at three and wake up at seven you wreck havoc on your poor body's health. So move away from the essay and go to sleep, or that essay might very weel be the death of you yet.

Ancient Greek Sexism

So, was Homer and old fashioned sexist or an early feminist. There's the arguement that Athena is portrayed as a strong woman. But, she's not a women is my argument. She's a goddess and therefore gets respect along with the other godesses. In myths when Hera, for example, would be insulted by a human, like when her husband would cheat on her with some princess, she would get angry. I mean she turned Io into a cow and then sent a fly to sting her forever. I would repect her if I lived at the time and knew what was good for me. Or when a man gazed upon Artemis while she was bathing, she turned him into a deer and made his own dogs eat him.

Another arguement for Homer being a sexist is how Penelope is portrayed as a housewife, sitting at home while her husband is away. Sitting, fretting for her husband's return. She doesn't go out looking for him or anything. And, Helen! Helen walks out on her husband and daughter to go on a romantic escapade witha younger man. Because all young women are so easily seduced and naive enough to leave their life behind for an attractive, foreign partner. Homer could have had the Trojan War start for another reason that didn't involve silly little girls. So, in my opinion Homer was the unfashioned sexist type.

Obama 08

Yes finally Barack Obama is getting the lead he deserves over John McCain. "The Illinois senator was up 8 points over presidential rival McCain in an average of polls released during the last week" Obama is slowly completing his journey to the White House. I certainly hope that Obama can keep his lead, but why wouldn't he? Two words for why John McCain won't win. Sarah Palin. With other articles coming out stating that even McCain is fed up with her antics, how on earth could she become vice president? With the continual hilarity of Palin's actions among other things, there's one thing we can all be certain of, Obama is going to keep his lead in the polls. He's neck and neck with McCain in states like North Carolina, which in the past have always voted Republican. McCain can boast no such feats. Obama also is also leading in states that are critical for winning the election such as Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio. "Obama leads by 11 points in Pennsylvania, 6 points in Ohio and 2 in Florida, according to the Realclearpolitics.com average of polls in those states. " This coming election represents change, and most importantly hope for the future of America.

Zeppelins! No, not Led.

Zeppelins are making a comeback in American skies. It's a whole new (old) way to go from point a to point b. Zeppelins went away after "1937 when the LZ-129 Hindenburg — the largest airship ever built — caught fire and burst into flames in front of thousands of spectators in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 35 of 97 people on board." It wouldn't want to ride one either after that happened. In fact I don't really want to ride one now. It's incredibly slow. But for those people out there who want to ride one but are still afraid, the public is assured that "While the Hindenburg was fueled by flammable hydrogen, the modern version is kept aloft by nonflammable helium." It's a learning experience and they did an very good job fixing the problem.
My only question though is why? Why would you want to ride one? It's not as if it would be an epic journey. Zeppelins is basically a metaphor for slow. So, although there is new hype about their comeback, I find myself unamused.

End of an Era

Ahhh, the nostalgia. It can't believe that polaroid is going out of business. But it's true " Polaroid is getting out of the Polaroid business." So the pictures were grainy at best, they were still really cool. When I was six I had my picture taken with Blue and Magenta from Blue's Clues. Even cooler than the characters was watching the picture develop. Not only is it sad, but what about those people who only have a polaroid camera? Polaroid is only going to have "Three plants that make large-format instant film will close by the end of the quarter, and two that make consumer film packets will be shut by the end of the year" It's so sad to think that those old albums full of polaroids are going to be the only things left of the original polaroids.

A Sad Day For Toyland

Hello again!

So this is my new language arts blog. Once again, hopefully everything is deep and intellectual. let's hope this one doesn't get deleted.