The wonderful English Language- Spellings

Hmm, the truly wonderful English Language. Does anybody realize just how much of a pain in the neck it is! I mean, come on, the spelling is a nightmare, you can't just have a word looking the way it sounds, NO, its has to be confusing as hell. I feel so sorry for basic school children, but then, sensible university graduates haven't even perfected the thing...nehoo lets look at some typically annoying words

Lieutenant- pronunciation: Loo-te-nant or (this is what gets me) lef-ten-ant
How on earth from that word, do u get that pronunciation?...sigh

One- pronunciation: wu-on
Hmm, what the...can you imagine teaching letter sounds to a preschool class and the child says "one" begins with the letter "W" can u really say NO?

Schizophrenia- pronunciation: skit-so-fre-ni-a
Where in that word is there a "T" why couldn't they just spell the blasted thing as it sounds?

Centre- pronunciation: Sen-ter
Well thats the English spelling, at least the US came close with "center"

these are just a few examples but you know i could go on forever.

Have you noticed that no other languages have Spelling Bees? Clearly the fact that only English has these, just points to the fact that English spelling is absurd and difficult.

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Side effects of a Painkiller

Side effect of a drug issued for relief of Dysmenorrhoea- note thats menstrual cramps, pain in the abdominal area, stomach region usually accompanied by feelings of dizziness, vomiting, etc...

Common Side effects:

• constipation
• cough
• diarrhoea
• dizziness
• flatulence
• flu or flu-like symptoms
• headaches
• indigestion
• infections
• nausea
• oedema
• pharyngitis
• stomach pain
• tiredness
• vomiting

So you can chose to have these symptoms either as primary symptoms of cramps or as side effects from a drug used to relieve cramps? Hmmm

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No Shirt no service?

Has anyone every noticed the sign down by Sovereign Centre in Liguanea? A lot of restaurants have similar signs. Basically it says you are not allowed there without a shirt, some say you aren't allowed without sh0es. The one at sovereign also says no bicycles allowed, etc. But has anyone else ever noticed that it never says YOU MUST HAVE ON A PANTS/SKIRT ETC. It's rather careless of the owners of these establishments to assume that people will opt to wear clothing to cover their bottom halves, don't think you? There are some crazy people, like me for example who would love to test the theory. If i went there without pants on, do you think they would allow me service? Better yet, could they kick me out, drag me away, if I didn't have on pants, considering the sign outside says NOTHING about me needing such clothing?

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Is it Really Free Will?

Religion is one of those things that i try not to get into an argument about. It's too close to home, it's rather personal for most persons and frankly people get really offended when you start to dissect what they hold to be true and holy and show that it might not be quite so whole. Anyway, here is my problem; and I'm sure to step on a few corns and maybe somebody out there can explain this to me...ok ready.........

The Father, the son, the holy spirit...(i don't really understand the whole trinity thing. I know Jesus, God and i don't really know what/who the third is) is supposed to be All Knowing...which, to me means, he knows all that will happen to a lowly life like mine before i am even born right? Ok, so if i am born and turn out to be a total bum etc etc "He" knew this.
We have Free Will. So, we aren't forced to make choices, we can, if we so desire, turn to a life of crime and fornication or we can be all saintly. Ok, fine so we have so far All knowing, free will for all and then there is the premise that "He" is the ultimate in Benevolence. So "He" essentially wants the best for us. So let me recap the assumptions

1. "He" is All Knowing
2. We have free will
3. "He" is benevolent

This is where i get confused:
If "He" is all knowing how then can we have free will. He knows what we will do before we do it, he knows which choices we make and will make, he knows everything about our lives.

My next query is this:
Some of us, have some damn hard lives, seriously hard, i haven't always had it easy and i have had a pretty good life compared to most. So, how then does the ultimate benevolent being "allow" us to have such a difficult life? Because we have to make the right choice you say? Well that brings me back to my point; can we really have free will.

It baffles me, even though i must admit I try not to even fathom it because as far back as i can remember, logic and explainable reason were never really religion's strong points. But i would love if someone could shed some light on it for me. Is there are part of the equation that i have omitted?

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Flavoured Animal food

According to the laws of nature and cartoons, (mostly cartoons i guess) dogs always chase cats and cats always chase the mice right? Well i was watching an advertisement on TV today for dog food and for some strange reason it hit me! How is it that I have never seen anybody advertising cat flavoured dog food, or mouse flavoured cat food? Maybe thats a market that someone can capitalize on. Hmm maybe what we are actually trying to do is change the order of things in the universe, trying to get cats, dogs and mice to live harmoniously on God's green earth...maybe it's all orchestrated by THE MAN!

By the way, why do dog's chase cats...

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Welcome to My World

What's up. Welcome to the thoughts inside my head! Don't be alarmed i'm not certifiable, crazy, confused etc. Most days the thoughts in my head are coherent and sensible. Some days i am even profound, i have epiphanies and I'm an absolute genius. But, then there are days when, well people around me wonder how I even manged to finish a degree, much less be allowed to work with young and impressionable minds. On these days i baffle and thoroughly amuse myself. So sit back, hopefully you get a good mixture of all sides. You really would not believe the things that go through my mind.

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