Yet Another reason why I don't want kids.

Pregnancy is one of the most hormonal times in a woman's life. And it was bad enough that I went through my hormonal phase, adolesence & I don't wanna go through another very hormal phase in my life: Pregnancy.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2009/02/17/8420581-sun.html

Read the story above to find out why.

Happy Darwin Day.

200 years ago Today, Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury England. And am I forever grateful, for if it wasn't for him, the whole world would still believe the biblical story of Adam & Eve as how we humans came to be. Of course Darwin didn't introduce the theory of evolution when he was born. In fact it wasn't until 50 years later, in 1859 that he wrote The Origin of Species.

60 year Calgary woman gives birth to twinshttp://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/02/04/cgy-twins-60yearold-mother.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/02/04/cgy-twins-60yearold-mother.html.

I wonder, if she has been trying for 43 years to have a child & she miscarried almost every time, why wouldn't she adopt, say, 25 years ago? Not to mention, why would she start trying to conceive at 17? I mean wasn't she still in school then?

And in about 10 years, she'll be old enough to be a great grandma. So when her boys are in grade 5, they'll have a conversation with their peers that'll go something like: Ethan: My mom is 36.
Twin A and Twin B: Our mom is 70, Ethan: Gee, your mom is as old as my great grandma. That is, assuming she's still alive.

Twenty one years ago...

Today, abortion was legalized in Canada. And I for one am proud of that fact, well and also the fact that there are no laws regulating abortion & yet our abortion rate is two or three times lower than that of the U.S. Take a look at the above graph for example. Although it compares abortion rates among teens, but even though our abortion rate in general is lower than that of the U.S. even though politicians in various states are trying to outlaw it.

Sorry about the graph, I didn't think it'd be so blurry.

Whatever happened to personal responsibility?

By now you have probably heard about 34 charges being laid in the case of three teens drinking and driving. And quite frankly, I don't get why so many charges were laid when it was the teens that chose to drink and drive. Seriously, when did our society become a "everyone else is to blame except me" society? Cause I'd really like to know.

Why is it...

That Lincoln day is always celebrated on Lincoln's birthday, but Martin Luther King Jr day is tomorrow, even though his birthday was this past Thursday (Jan 15)?

My two cents on polygamy.

You probably know by now that arrests have been made in Bountiful, B.C. And of course, there has been some backlash by religious fundies saying "it's a violation of freedom of religion" or in other words, that it goes against the Charter. Well I hate to tell you this folks, but freedom of religion is not absolute. If it were, Muslims would legally allowed to practice Female Circumcision here.

Can someone please tell me what's the big deal..

About Obama's inauguration? Is it just because he's (half) black, or was there this much media frenzy back in '93 when Bill Clinton was inaugurated?

Censorship or freedom of thought, belief, opinion & expression?

The local library board has chosen to not put filters on its' computers to "protect the children" from viewing porn. And I for one, applaud them. After all censorship is a slippery slope & had they decided to cave in to pressure from parents, no one would be able to access sites that have info on things related to porn. Such as sexually transmitted diseases, teen pregnancy, heck pregnancy in general, etc etc.

Although of course parents are up in arms over this & I don't really get why. I mean why not supervise your kid(s) while at the library. And at home there are a couple of things you can do to make sure your kid(s) don't see what you don't want them to see.

1. Make sure that the computer is a place you can easily view. In other words, don't let your kid(s) have a computer in their room. And 2. Install parental controls. Yes, it is that easy folks.

Poor people should be sterilized.

I mean honestly, if you must decide whether to pay your rent/bills or buy groceries, you're too poor to have a child. After all raising a child from birth to age 18 is $200,000+, so if you can't afford to provide shelter food and clothes, you should be sterilized!