Thomson’s Violin

Preface:
One day, you wake up in hospital. In the nearby bed lies a world famous violinist who is connected to you with various tubes and machines.
To your horror, you discover that you have been kidnapped by the Music Appreciation Society. Aware of the maestro’s impending death, they hooked you up to the violinist.
If you stay in the hospital bed, connected to the violinist, he will be totally cured in nine months. You are unlikely to suffer harm. No one else can save him. Do you have an obligation to stay connected?
If I were hooked up to the Violinist I would probably remain. However there would probably be a few factors that would be considered: is he a good person? How did I get there-I mean the story line did say that I was kidnapped… and the most important- will I be released promptly in nine months and return to normal? I regard human life the way people now in days regard animal life- very negatively. I really don’t see what humans have done for the world except for trash it with advances that have only distanced us from the real meaning of life which is still unclear. However, if I was hooked up to the violinist I would probably stay because of the fact that I am saving a human life and it is morally wrong to kill someone else. I mean nine months of my life to save somebody else’s forever. Seems worth it.

Barder and the flying turban- creative writting

“Here you go Barder”, says Check as he hastily shoves the spoon of peanut butters into Barders big, dry mouth. The dog gracefully accepts it. Graceful is definitely not a term in Chuck’s vocabulary. “Billy!” Chuck calls, as a young boy, about 4 appears sporting a blue shirt and ripped jeans “What have you been up to?” ignoring the question Billy precedes to the kitchen petting Barder. He tells Chuck that he is going to take Barder on a walk. All of a sudden Barder disappears outside before Billy gets the opportunity to tie the lease or collar to Bader. Quickly he runs outside after Barder; he jumps down the stairs and lands on Barders back. The dog all of a sudden hides under a bright orange table cover that later Billy uses for headgear because it gets stuck. Barder, attracted to the bright orange ball-like thing in the sky tries to jump for it. Billy says to Barder that it is just the sun. Barder doesn’t comprehend that. The dog continues to jump. Until finally he ascends into flight. Billy, being so excited decides to take off the bright orange head gear, as it couldn’t really see wit hit on. When he does this the boy and the dog both descend back into reality. Barder is sad; story of his life- reaching for something he can never have.

Vocab week 13

Disinterested: not interested; indifferent.

This is a picture of a student not being interesting, "Disinterested", in the task that they are completing.

Aggravate: to annoy; irritate; exasperate

This is an example of where my personal aggravation comes from. When you see me do this, and you shake on it, you have to have your shoulders touch the floor unless you intercept it by raising your hand into a monicle type but this cannot be done if you have already looked me in the eye. you get punched in the stomach if you don't go down. the sophomores claim to have made this game up, those kids aggravate me.



Blantant: offensively noisy or loud;

This is a picture of me and my two really good friends. we are very blantant both when were not together and when we are.



Zealous: Overly enthuastic

This is a picture of my co-worker Larry, Sometimes he appears zealous about his job as the sports chalet bike man. He got me a flower and I plan on keeping it forever. I was a little zealous myself upon recieveing my flower. If I was a 40 year old single women I would marry larry.

Current Event 3Dec07

Salvia: The legal Marijuana?
Experts are warning parents about a common houseplant that has been outlawed in several states due to its dangerous and potentially debilitating qualities. Salvia, a legal hallucinogen, is known to yield an intense high. The substance has been used by the Mazatec Indians in Mexico for centuries, but several states recently banned the plant after a child in Delaware wrote about how salvia changed his life then later committed suicide. Despite the remaining mystery behind the potential dangers, salvia remains legal. The real big problem is We really don't know the consequences of them. With botanicals you really don't know what the concentration is and, depending on how it's prepared, you don't really know necessarily what you're getting. There are just a bunch of unknowns

http://www.komotv.com/news/11336136.html

Reaction to: Smoke out

Thanks to Mike Aguirre, looks like its back to toking weed from apples and aluminum cans-

I truly thought that this is the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heardIn the days just before Thanksgiving, Aguirre, via the Drug Abatement Response Team (DART), sent out 200 letters to 52 smoke shops citywide, informing them that they must, by Nov. 30, stop selling anything that is considered drug paraphernalia by California law. Specifically, that means all the glass pipes, all the water pipes, all the little baggies, all the scales—all that stuff must go. Disobedience can be punished with a year in jail or a $1,000 fine per type of illegal equipment on display, which for some shop owners could work out to tens of thousands of dollars and an unpalatable chunk of jail time. obviously, he does not see that there is also an economic reason behind selling glasswork and other materials. This art work ranges from anywhere from twenty dollars to two thousound. Its glass work, not just a bong to smoke tobacco out of.

I'll just end with this- “What is the motive and intention here?” asked Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, the head of the local office of the Drug Policy Alliance. “Has it really been a long-neglected community problem, or is this an easy way to pretend to be doing something significant about drug use?”

http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=6415

Current event 16nov2007

This article was about how if you consistently drink throughout a pregnancy it can seriously harm an unborn child, however a single incident of binge drinking while pregnant probably will not harm the developing fetus. I found this extremly ironic becuase of the fact that I thought all alchol consumption was horrible for a developing fetus. There is not enough evidence linking binge drinking, a behavior that is becoming increasingly common among pregnant women, to pregnancy complications. Warning: The study does not, however, give women permission to go on drinking binges, defined as five or more drinks, during their pregnancy.

Fiore, Marrecca. "Study: Single Binge Drinking Incident During Pregnancy May Not Hurt Fetus." Fox News. 14 Nov. 2007. 14 Nov. 2007 .

Vocab 3

Metamorphosis-any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc
I chose this picture for metamorphosis because of the fact that butterflies go through metamorphosis.

Apathy-Absence of passion
I chose this picture because emo kids don’t have passion

Fatuous-Foolish or insane
I chose this picture because Ronald Mcdonald is OBVIOUSLY insane.