Author: ranginui

60%girl? (if you wanted to know)

…its got a penis sticking out, but out of the leg… haha. not really. (i’m reading a really interesting book about medical ‘mutants’ by armand marie leroy, and the biology that happens behind the creation of physical oddities. fascinating, but maybe not the best read when you’re pregnant…)

scanner did good look at the heart, and so far so good. and the hands (which they couldnt see the last time) were very peek-a-boo across the face or thumb sucking/nose picking – so those look good as well.

initially the scanner thought it was a boy, but legs were tightly curled up bound around that area, so she spent 20 mins trying to persuade baby otherwise. no such luck. however, from the investigations she did do, she said it looked like a girl. bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. crayon being coy.

…however, we got 2 full fledged yawns on screen. so it has a very cute yawn – be it boy or girl.

so i’m left not being able to make my floral baby duvet arrangements for another 4 weeks until next scan.

c’est la vie.

The parents must be doing something right

I went to Courtney Central yesterday to watch Fearless (which incidentally is a pretty good watch) and while I was sitting in the foodcourt waiting I overheard this conversation.

A mum asking her 6 (I’m guessing) year old daughter (again guessing),
“Do you want a McDonalds Happy Meal”. The young girl answered, “Yuck, no I want butter chicken.”
Multi million dollar marketing budget vs food that actually tastes good, and for once the good food wins.

In response to the ludicrous Warrior gene claim

Scientists don’t discover ‘coloniser’ gene

The elusive coloniser gene, which makes Europeans prone to taking over other people’s land and resources hasn’t been discovered. “Nobody’s even looking for it, we’re really not interested,” says Igor Blimey of the Centre for Research on Non-Whites. The gene may explain why Europeans display a tendency to use extreme violence to control other countries. “It’s true that there must be some genetic disposition in Europeans toward imperialism – packing troops into leaky sailing ships and sending the half-way around the worlds to steal other people’s land doesn’t make much sense when you’ve got plenty land of your own. Scientifically speaking, White people are a bunch of dangerous maniacs,” says Blimey.Dick ‘Chalky’ Miller of the group Honkies for Shonky Deals says the gene is a great excuse. “We can’t help ourselves, theft and murder is just part of our biology and we want that recognised in law. “The group is demanding Maori return the axes and blankets colonisers handed over in return for land. Police advise anyone owning land to keep it out of sight when people of European ethnicity are around.

SNAP! Publishing: Scientists don’t discover “coloniser” gene

Sometimes you have to wonder

And check out this article from Asheville, NC. “Maya Leoni, who is held by Angela Perez, cries as her mother, A.J. Leoni, pours the last of her drink into the receptacle while in line for the security checkpoint at the Asheville Regional Airport.”POUR IT INTO A RECEPTACLE? Don’t you think that some of these potentially explosive liquids might be more dangerous when, I don’t know, mixed in a big vat in the middle of an airport?Christ, why don’t they just have people put their liquids into a big bonfire?

Boing Boing: If the liquid could be explosive, why are you dumping it in a crowd?

technorati tags:Airline, Security

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