1) Black Friday
Of all the people who camped outside of stores for days for Black Friday just to buy stuff, I wonder how many of them are the same ones who say "I don't have time to vote", even though the voting lines are a lot shorter!
2) Actor Leslie Nielsen has passed away recently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Nielsen
Don't let the first name fool you, Leslie is a man! A very funny one, famous for being in the "Naked Gun" movies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Gun
Those Naked Gun movies were comedies involving police detectives. Nielsen was the main star, though the movie also had Priscilla Presley (Elvis' wife) and OJ Simpson (this was before the infamous murder case)
These were true classic comedies, in which I couldn't even stop laughing at all the silly antics going on! Check them out if you got the time
3)Future World Cup hosts
It has just been announced where the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be held!
2018 will be held in Russia! While Russia has hosted several Olympic games, this will be its first World Cup!
2022 World Cup will be held in Qatar! It will the 1st World Cup in the Middle East! Just like how 2010 World Cup in South Africa showed there's more to Africa than starvation and warfare, the 2022 World Cup will show the world there's more to the Middle East than terrorism!
Even before the announcement, I did hear plans for a Middle Eastern World Cup, though I honestly didn't expect Qatar to be the only host! I was thinking it would've shared hosting duties United Arab Emirates (with it's famous Dubai and Abu Dhabi) and Bahrain! While Qatar is one of the wealthier Arab countries, I thought it was too small a country to host the World Cup by itself! I was thinking, since Japan & South Korea shared hosting duties back in 2002, the same arrangement would've been done for a Middle Eastern World Cup!
Either way, I wish the future World Cup hosts good luck!
4) Facebook Status Updates
I keep seeing people making status updates making guilt trips like "(hunger/breast cancer/diabetes/poverty/etc affects millions, 93% of you won't re-post this"
I'm all for spreading awareness of the problems of the world, but I can't stand that lame guilt-trips like "93% of you won't re-post this". As if we're supposed to feel un-earned guilt by not re-posting such statements! No one is going to die if we don't feel like re-posting such statements!
Now, people are posting cartoon pictures as their profile, supposedly as a protest against child abuse! I'm all for ending child abuse, but those cartoons won't even come close to convincing parents to stop over-reacting to their kids antics! Plus, any child abuser can post cartoon pictures as their profile picture! Post those cartoon pictures if you like, but don't think everyone posting it is sincere about ending child abuse!
It reminds me of the time when facebook users were posting their bra-colors, supposedly to spread awareness of breast cancer. The only awareness spread was the awareness from the males about what their former high-school crushes are wearing under their shirts!
As for me, I prefer to spread awareness by spreading information about stuff, without the guilt trips of "93% of you won't re-post this". I do post links on facebook to my blog posts, but I'm not going to put lame guilt trips on those who aren't interested in reading it! As far as I'm concerned, my blog posts are available to whoever is ready to read them, without worrying about guilt trips!
