Finally!!

After weeks of vainly hoping for snow...my wish has been granted!! We are in a Winter Weather Advisory until 5am tomorrow morning. And while the total accumulation will most likely only be 2-3 inches, that's way more than we've had - lately at least!!

This also affords me the opportunity to finally wear my new snow boots that my wonderful man got me for Christmas. Actually, I wore them to work today - long before the snow started falling. I figured maybe the sight of my boots would encourage Mother Nature to get going already. Guess it worked!!

So I'm a happy camper - boots, snow and all!! Finally!

An Open Letter to Japan's ICR on Whaling

It is NO secret that I am an avid animal lover and a staunch opponent to animal cruelty and especially whaling. Therefore, below is a letter I wrote to the ICR (Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research) who conducts their annual whale hunt under the guise of being "scientific research" when in reality it is commercial whaling. It was inspired after an article I read regarding their latest "scientific kill" of a mother whale and her calf (photo seen here):



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Dear ICR,

Your country and organization's stand that your whaling is done for "scientific research" is a lie. You should be ashamed of yourselves. The international community views your actions as dishonorable and should cease immediately.

Hideki Moronuki, chief of the Japanese Fishing Agency's whaling section, has been quoted as saying "The fleet is engaged in random sampling, which means they are taking both large and small whales. This is not a parent and calf," in reference to your recent pathetic murder of a mother whale and her calf. Killing whales indiscriminately is not scientific. Science is methodical and not random or indiscriminate. Your constant complains that Australian and other ships who are observing your shameful actions are harassment are simply pathetic as well. If you were not doing anything wrong, you would have nothing to be harassed about.

I urge you to restore a semblance of honor to your organization and country. Until you cease your pathetic rouse, the international community will continue to be horrified and consider you dishonorable.

{signed by me}
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Much ado (about nothing?)

I am making an attempt to revamp my blog. Well, basically the look of it. I spent a lot of time today researching sites and researching looks and blog templates and ended up with...basically what I started with. But the good part is that I'm starting to understand HTML a little so I guess that's one for my "go me" column!!

So hopefully within the next few days (or weeks, depending on my learning curve), I'll have a new look! Keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best!!