This is to announce the start of a new podcast network: SHiNe, the Self-Help Podcast Network. SHiNe seeks to collect all the podcasts that are about self-improvement, health and well-being in one place, so that people can find them more easily.
Check out the SHiNe Network at http://shinetwork.com
Actually, the don’t want to know how you feel. They want a very carefully selected group of people to answer their loaded questions as desired, so they can claim, as usual, that they did research that showed that “everybody” hates queers.
They ask:
Should corporations be promoting homosexuality?
Several corporations are now supporting the homosexual agenda. These companies have been convinced by homosexual activists and the mainstream media that in order to be “fair and tolerant,†companies must make special rules for homosexuals and provide company money and resources to help promote their lifestyle. Many companies, at the urging of these groups, have also begun to support same-sex marriage.
What they’re asking about isn’t “promoting homosexuality” at all. Have you ever actually encountered anyone promoting heterosexuality or bisexuality? No? Me neither. Actually, the only promoting I know about is all that pressure to be heterosexual. Methinks the AFA doth protest too much.
What they object to is domestic partnership benefits. They object to the use of matching funds for programs like Planned Parenthood or any other organization that doesn’t agree with the radical right’s agenda. That’s what they mean when they say “promoting homosexuality.
So let’s reframe this a little more accurately.
Do you believe that companies should offer the same benefits to all employees, without regard to their sexual preference or orientation? Would you be more to do business with a company that treats all of its employees fairly? Less likely to do business with them? Would it not matter to you at all?
Now go vote: http://www.afa.net/petitions/businesses/businesses.asp
As Strega pointed out in a comment on my LiveJournal, once again the AFA isn’t conducting actual research, or even a real survey. The numbers on the page never change, no matter how many people vote. They’ve set up a nice little graphic showing how they’d like the numbers to come out in their fantasy world.
I wonder if DriveSavers hires any telecommuters? Maybe I should get in touch with Kelly Chessen.
In any case, she has some very good advice in this ComputerWorld article, How to calm someone in a crisis
Chessen is alert for certain words and phrases that might indicate a person is in profound distress. “Sometimes I’ll hear someone say, ‘If I can’t get my data back, I don’t know what I’ll do,’ and that’s a tip to me,” she says, as are other statements such as “This is hopeless” or “My life is over.” In every case, Chessen asks the person directly, “Are you considering suicide?” Whether the situation involves a life event or the loss of a critical work product, it’s crucial to ask. “If they’re not thinking about it, they’ll say no. And if they are, the fact that someone asked them to talk about it will be a relief and a release for them,” she explains.
Her techniques sound very familiar, as I did similar things to manage calls when I worked in a call center. She uses different terminology than I would, which is understandable—she’s a former suicide hotline counselor.
But I’m not a video gamer, and I’ve never been a Trekkie/Trekker.
Still, I’m curious — which Star Trek race is it that has the most accurate hearing?
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From the Carroll County Times of Westminster, Maryland:
According to The Sacramento Bee, a family in El Dorado, Calif., is in trouble after spending a family outing making pipe bombs and then testing them.… According to the Bee, Justin Lee Brown, 29, was arrested on suspicion of several felonies. He, his girlfriend and their two sons, ages 6 and 8, had one of the more interesting family outings ever.… When asked about the activity, Brown said he learned how to make bombs from friends and “decided to try it so he could show it to his kids.” … Brown is in jail and Tiffany Dean, the mom, is being investigated for what deputies call “unimaginably stupid” conduct.
I’m holding my breath, hoping that no association with the pagan community or Spiral Scouts will come to light. That’s what came to mind first, honestly. If it had happened in Alabama instead of California, though, I’d be reasonably safe in assuming some degree of relation to Dean and Brown. I’ve never regretted moving to Georgia—specifically, to metro Atlanta. I’d be quite happy to move elsewhere, but as this story shows, you can find rednecks anywhere.
My goodness. I think somebody over at Home on the Strange might have encountered one of those people who makes life so hard for those of us who really have invisible disabilities! Go on over and read the comic. I don’t want to spoil the surprise!
In the Podosphere 6 degrees of separation I’m sure everyone is linked back to Joe Murphy of the KickAss Mystic Ninjas, Wingin’ It, Slice Of SciFi, etc, Podcasts. While today is April Fools day, no one that was ever touched by Joe will find humor today. This comic was written on the same day of Joes passing — its perfect. Goodbye Joe, you mattered!
Joe touched many lives. My thoughts are with his family and friends tonight.
