Well it has only been six months since this website had its last makeover, but due to some issues with the old theme making it very difficult to write new articles, I have updated the website once again. The brighter imagery of a sunrise represents the fact that I will be posting more of my writing and fewer opinions on things that annoy me. The darker imagery of a moonlight pasture represents the undercurrent of angst that still lingers and permeates my articles.

Who am I trying to kid? I just thought it would look cool so I made it happen. So yes, now that my theme is no longer black & white or sepia, I am once again at liberty to upload photos in full color. Sunny skies are here again!… OR ARE THEY!?

For the two people that actually read this website (thanks mom and dad) I wanted to let you know that it is currently being revised in both appearance and content. The new content will be focused less on my opinions about things and more on my writing. Hopefully, this will encourage me to write more, which is the whole point about having a writing website. (What? Blog? I don’t know what you’re talking about)

So yes, come back every 45 minutes to see if the new website is ready.

Republican power grab? Maybe. But take a look at this California congressional district map and tell me that the Democratic party in California isn’t mobbed up. Go ahead, click on the map. Notice that these districts curve any which way they want and have nothing to do with city limits or counties.

That’s right, until Proposition 11 was passed, the people drawing up the district boundaries were the ones being elected to those very districts. Of course, this is obvious, because otherwise why would the districts look like a first-grader drew them? (No offense to my daughter.)

Which leads to the question, since the previous system was so corrupt and such a crime against democracy, then who are the 4,781,082 morons who voted against Proposition 11? They can’t all be party-line democrats because nearly ever newspaper in California came out in support of Proposition 11, including the papers that lean far-left. So again, who are you people? Did you just not “get” the concept? Do I need to have my daughter draw a map for you in crayon?

I was teaching my English students this morning, (I teach junior high English for those of you who didn’t know) and I found that many of them were still on their Obama-is-our-savior kick. Meaning, despite the fact that the election is over, many of the kids still wanted to trumpet their parents’ preferred candidate.

Now normally I squash such discussions because I have neither the time to entertain these merry diversions nor the stomach to listen to the ignorant drivel from the mouths of babes. Today, however, one student, who particularly dislikes school, shouted that Obama had promised to shorten the length of the school day. Seeing an opportunity to ridicule such a notion, I corrected the student and reminded her that it was actually McCain who had promised to make the school day shorter (Not really of course).

To my surprise, the students who had been championing the cause of President-elect Obama moments before had now turn their support to Senator McCain. The student who raised the issue herself even shouted that she “hate(s) Obama now!”

In conclusion, children have brains of clay, and can easily be swayed with lies. It’s no wonder that some liberal teachers are notorious for indoctrinating their students with a particular religious or political leaning; it’s so easy to do. Just ask Obama… or was it McCain?

According to extreme liberal slanting Huffinton Post reporter David Bauder, “More people watched Obama speak… on Thursday than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing.” I guess the Huffington Post doesn’t consider viewers in China to be real people, because 393 million people viewed the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony in China alone, compared with the paltry 40 million viewers of the Obama speech. That’s some fine reporting you’ve got there Ariana.

We have moved to a new server because our old web host decided to increase the monthly price without telling me. Have they no shame? Indeed, they do, but only a little.
     If you run into any strange errors on the website, please let me know what you were doing at the time the error occured: spilling soda on your keyboard, picking your nose, etc.

It was reported by The Independant on Friday, 27 June, 2008 that the ice at the North Pole is melting at such a rate that it might be possible to sail directly to the pole during the warmer months. The paper reports this as being the outcome of Global Warming™, and I agree, but not for the same reasons.

While some scientists believe that the earth is warming ever so slightly as a result of mankind’s influence on the environment, others don’t believe mankind is affecting the planet at all, or at least not enough to make a catastrophic impact.

Unfortunately, the Global Warming™ doomsayers are right. Global Warming™ is impacting the planet, in a big way. Just as animals will migrate to the north during the summer months and the elderly will migrate to Florida during the winter, so too has the polar ice been migrating as a result of Global Warming™. Look closely at this diagram provided by the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). It shows the sad fact that the thickness of ice in the Northern Hemisphere has been averaging a decline over the last 30 years.

Now the First Law of Thermodynamics states that, “Matter and energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only changed in form.” If this is true, and it is, then that ice must be going somewhere. So, is it being changed in form into water? No, if that were true we would see a rise in the ocean levels that would make Katrina blush. So where has the ice been going? The following diagram shows where that ice has been going, to the South Pole!

While the ice thickness has been shrinking at the North Pole over the last thirty years, it has been growning at the South Pole, all thanks to Global Warming™.

So is Global Warming™ real? You bet your igloo it is! It’s warming up the top of the globe and making all of the icebergs (which are really quite put off by warm weather) move to the bottom of the globe.

Don’t cry for you Argentina? I won’t; the tears would freeze to my cheeks.

I went to bed the night of April 11th promising myself and the millions of future fans that I would update my website daily, and when I woke up it was June 23rd and my website theme was changed to this wicked awesome sepia one! Now, normally I would complain about losing two and a half months of my life, but you have to admit, this website theme was worth it!

Liberty Names of America sent me a notice in the mail stating that two of my internet domain names were going to expire soon, including varpness.com. The form is very simple and includes a few check boxes and a payment slip, allowing me to renew my domains for the low price of $29.00 each. I appreciate the reminder, and if I didn’t know any better I might have checked the boxes and mailed my payment in. The only problem is, Liberty Names of America is not the company I currently use to register my names, and I only pay $8 for each annual renewal, not $29.

The official-looking notice uses a header that says “Domain Name Expiration Notice” which could easily confuse people into believing that this is their official renewal notice from their current domain company. Not realizing that it is a different company charging almost four times as much per year, many people probably have already been tricked into transferring their domain names to Liberty Names of America at the much higher price. Shame on you Liberty Names of America. Shame on you.

It has been reported today that Italian police are investigating two individuals who may have been trying to sell clothing and watches under a false fashion line called “Clooney Clothes.” The investigation began after the actor himself filed a complaint. Clooney told reporters in Rome that, “if someone tries to sell you clothes or watches that are based on me, don’t buy them.”

Don’t worry George. We weren’t going to anyway.