http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/23/obama.abortion/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

I’m intrigued by the Population Action International quote in the article. They say family planning is about “basic health care and well-being for women and children.” I guess they are only talking about the well-being of real children — the children that are wanted.

Before the election, I remember someone scoffing at me for referring to abortion as an important issue in choosing a president. They said that the President hardly has a say in it. Hardly.

I was getting a ridiculous amount of spam on some old entries, so I had to enable moderation for first-time commenters. Just in case I actually start to blog regularly again..

xkcd is spot on again. I love this comic.

http://xkcd.com/513/

And we're back.. I've been silent on the web for awhile. I hope to make a return. When I do, I will get rid of some of these ugly colors.

In the mean time, I thought I would plug a site my colleague is working on. Due to the pending demise of the social networking site Pownce, my friend Joel is working on a replacement of sorts @ www.topixz.com. Register early and you might make it in for the beta testing.

The Writer's Guild has struck. No new episodes of many network TV shows are being filmed. I watch a limited amount of TV these days (something about trying to graduate on time), but what I do watch is being affected - The Office and Prison Break are among the shows on early hiatus due to the strike. I'd like to hold out that I'm not too addicted, that I'm not too distraught over this. But anyhow, like any strike, there's been a lot of debate over the writers' reasons for picketing. After all, they are Hollywood writers; they make a boatload of money, right?

As I was writing this entry I found a very well written blog on residuals - the main issue in the strike. Check out John August's post. For Myspacers, here's a blog entry from the perspective of an actress - Jenna Fischer of The Office. They beat me to the punch, so I don't feel the need to comment further on this.