Something that really annoys me these days is the way people pronounce etc. Some people pronounce it eK-setera.
This is absolutely incorrect, the second letter is a T for a reason, it's pronounced eT-setera.

I honestly don't know how people can pronounce it the incorrect way; I mean the sea comes after that T, is it that hard to pronounce the T???
A teacher I knew even emphasised the k sound when pronouncing the incorrect way.
It really gets on my nerves, as does all incorrect grammar - it's really not that hard to learn how to speak properly and to use words properly.

Come on people, learn to speak English properly.

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Senior members of Concerned Women for America (CWA) have condemned Hallmark's marketing of greeting cards aimed at gays and lesbians.

CWA is a women's Christian public policy group that opposes gay marriage, abortion, pornography and international organisations such as the UN.

I absolutely despise people like this. A group who is against international organisations is also really really stupid.

"Now parents will need to steer their kids from Hallmark's section of the greeting card aisle and away from its previously heart-warming movies for fear that they too will push homosexual messages."

Seriously? Grow up - and while you're at it, grow some brains and tolerance.
I really don't see this as a bad thing - in fact its a really good thing.
People who would steer their kids away from the hallmark section just because they have same sex greeting cards are simply afraid of having to explain why there are two men or two women holding hands on the front - they'd rather pretend we don't exist.

I believe that we need to educate the littlies of today that homosexuality is normal. The only problem with that is that people like the women in the CWA apply pressure to the government and the schools so that they bow to their will.
Children need to know that homosexuality is NOT wrong, that the word gay shouldn't be used as a bad word, and that they need to stand up for what they want to believe in, not just what their parents want them to.

I know that allowing equality for everyone can create paradoxes, such as that case where a woman convinced an employment tribunal to allow her to opt out of performing civil partnership ceremonies based on religious reasons.
People in that line of work should not discriminate against ANYONE. The woman involved should have to perform the ceremonies no matter what gender/race/sexuality/religion the people are. If she doesn't like it, she should not be in that line of work. Simple as that.

But, that's an unlikely solution, as the religious political parties and lobby groups (primarily the christian/catholic ones) are almost unstoppable. They lobby, they fight, scream, protest, harass, just to get their idea of what is "right" into law.
If all of their ideals were law, we would have no real freedom, no equality, more people would be homeless (most of them think women should be the stay at home mums from pre-feminist times, and since many families have both the parents working, well, you do the maths), and homosexuality would still be illegal.

Quite frankly, I think the world would be a whole lot better off WITHOUT religion. It would mean people develop their own opinions, not those of their pastor/priest/sheik.



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I did this 3 years ago i think... My photography class went to Hillarys to take photos, and this was what i came up with back at school. I was playing with layer effects in photoshop, and thought it looked interesting, and i also added the 240 volts sign from another photo i took that day.

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Finally I got this blog working on my webhost - seems it doesnt like compression...

well, if ur reading this, enjoy the site

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Futuristic based love story. Started out as a creative writing piece for English, and I ended up extending it. I didn't end up finishing this story, as i couldn't think of anything suitable to add to the end.


Yet another routine day begins for Zac and Jake as Steve, their personal robot maid gently wakes them after slowly opening the sky blue curtains. The golden light streams through the spotless window as Zac and Jake slowly open their eyes and turn towards each other. They look each other deeply in the eyes, as deeply as they love each other. Zac says good morning rather sleepily, and Jake, who is well known for never doing the same things in the same order every day, quickly leaned in and gave Zac a long lovingly delicate kiss, then kept his face close to Zac by touching their noses together, and whispered "Good Morning babe, I love you"

Their bodies were pressed against each other in a tight embrace under the soft bedcovers meaning Jake felt Zac's cock grow slightly as he replied softly "I love you too"

Jake smiled like the happiest man alive, as he knew Zac meant it with all his heart. Zac then gently turned over to look out the window and Jake put his long slender arms around him once again. Together they looked out the window. Earth was shining brightly and beautifully this morning. Earth's atmosphere was also very clear and cloudless; they must have had the air cleaners on overnight.

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