And once again I save your lives.

I was fine worrying excessively about my everyday problems- pregnancy, medical bills, a sniffly toddler, black widows in my home… but then I was introduced to a project that a company named Vivos is working on, and my anxiety has turned towards the end of the world.  There really could be a zombie apocalypse, people.  And if there isn’t, it’s still a real possibility that some crazy person is sitting around with nuclear weapons and their finger on the red button, or that mother nature will finally decide to unleash all her natural disasters on us at once.

People, the end could possibly really maybe perhaps be nigh.

And because I love my readers so much, I’d like to take this opportunity to save your lives… or some of them.

Forget saving money for a down payment on a house.  I’m saving for a bunker.  And I’m not talking a backyard bunker that most likely doesn’t do crap- I’m talking a government-style living facility meant to withstand 20-megaton nuclear blasts.

 

 

There are two in the making right now- one in Nebraska, and one in Indiana.

 

 

First class accomodations can be purchased for around $25,000 and come with medical, dental, and provisions for up to a year.

 

 

In an effort to save more lives, they have also introduced “budget friendly” bunkers starting at $10,000- but be advised, you’ll only get to live for six months, which they’re hoping is long enough for just about any disaster.

Go to the website-  www.Terravivos.com to learn about the myriad of disasters you should be fearing.

Watch  the videos and get your undies scared off like I did.

One more thing- you have to apply and then be invited to purchase.  Not everyone can be saved.  So make sure you make up some skill or some useful reason you will be an asset to this underground society.

I’ve already started saving, and so far I have $2.75.

I look forward to seeing some of you there.

You’re welcome.

 

A brief geek out on the Singularity.

The Singularity is an era in which our intelligence will become increasingly nonbiological and trillions of times more powerful than it is today—the dawning of a new civilization that will enable us to transcend our biological limitations and amplify our creativity. –from singularity.com

Superintelligence: A superintelligence, hyperintelligence or superhuman intelligence is a hypothetical entity which possesses intelligence surpassing that of any existing human being. “Superintelligence” may also refer to the specific form or degree of intelligence possessed by such an entity.

The possibility of superhuman intelligence is most frequently discussed in the context of artificial intelligence. Increasing natural intelligence through genetic engineering or brain-computer interfacing is also a common motif in futurology and science fiction. Collective intelligence is also often regarded as a pathway to superintelligence or even as an existing realization of the phenomenon. –from Wikipedia

 

Hot Nerd: The singularity is so going to happen. I believe in it 100%.  Some day in our lifetime we will have things like nanobots that we inject into our bodies and they will eat away disease while we sleep.

Me: You think?

Hot Nerd: Yeah! And we will be able to actually combine our brains with artificial intelligence.  We would have to. It would be the only way to keep up with the artificial intelligence we’ve created.  If we don’t, they’ll take over.

Me: Like the movie I Robot.

Hot Nerd: Mmm Hmm.  And I bet, you and I won’t have to die.  I bet before our lives are through, we would’ve figured out a way to have the option to live forever.

Me: Because of the nanobots?

Hot Nerd: AND because biologists have found these things called telomeres on the end of DNA strands. These telomeres actually shrink as we age. And now scientists think they have discovered a way to lengthen them.  We could possibly stop or reverse the aging process!  Technology is advancing so rapidly, that before our grand kids grow up, we may all have the option to choose if we want to die or not.  How amazing is that?

Me: Wow. That’s pretty cool. I bet it could happen. How ironic too that our drive for advancement and desire to live forever will eventually be what causes our extinction.

Hot Nerd: What?

Me: Well most people will probably choose not to die.  So eventually we’ll just have too many people and not enough resources.  The need to procreate won’t go away.  Babies will keep being born, but not enough people will be dying.

Hot Nerd: *blink*

Me: I imagine we would just start killing each other off for whatever resources are left.  Oh, or out of boredom… you know, from living so long.  Or just to remember what it was like to have someone die.  Or our super smart half-machine brains will realize we can’t all live, and just start killing people that aren’t “useful in moving the species forward”.

Hot Nerd: *blink*  *sigh*  Damn.

Me: I’m sleepy.

Hot Nerd: Me too.

 

I thought I was open minded, but Montana’s confusing the sh*t out of me.

My two year old son says penis, and I’m okay with that.

The ongoing recent debate about Helena, Montana’s Sex Education plans has, of course, caught my attention. If you haven’t heard, there is a proposed health curriculum guide for grades K-12 that has some parents very riled up. The 62 page proposal is, in short, a health, nutrition, anatomy, and disease prevention program. But it’s the very small section on sex education that has Montana in a tizzy.

Some argue the age- appropriateness of it. Others say it borders on offensive. And some think it’s realistic, and basically a good idea. Here are some of the “hot points”:

  • At the kindergarten level, it is suggested that children be introduced to correct anatomical terms such as penis, breasts, nipples, vagina, and uterus.
  • In first grade, the concept of people loving someone of the same gender would be introduced. Homosexuality itself would be discussed in the fifth grade.
  • Fifth graders would also learn that intercourse “includes but is not limited to vaginal, oral, or anal penetration.”
  • Pregnancy, diseases, and drug and alcohol abuse education would begin in middle school.

The committee admits that there is no implementation plan yet, and it would need to be discussed thoroughly as to “exactly how” the teaching will take place.

A lot of parents are okay with this. A lot of parents are definitely not.

I thought I would be the former.

I consider myself about as open minded as you can get. I personally taught my son to say the word penis- just like I taught him elbow, and knee. That’s what it’s called. It’s a fact.

I will also teach him that sometimes men love men, and women love women, because that is also a fact.

But do fifth graders really need to know the different areas of penetration? It’s a fact, but…

I.

Think.

Not.

This is the part where some very instinctual need to preserve the innocence kicks in. Where exactly is the line between being honest with our kids, and stealing their childhood?

This where Montana is confusing the shit out of me! I’ve always been FOR sex education. But do we really need to teach our kids HOW to have sex, before they’re even learning HOW to do algebra? It’s the timeline that I think needs to be seriously revamped.

ALGEBRA FIRST!

The majority of what is in this proposal strikes me as reasonable. Some of it is just too soon. Too soon. Too soon.

I remember getting the biggest thrill out of holding hands with a boy in fifth grade.

I don’t feel right about taking the thrill out of hand holding.

Mary Ann Dunwell said in the Helena Independent Record, ”This is about reality and truth so our kids don’t grow up in La-La Land, and have sufficient knowledge to make informed decisions.”

I agree. I’m all about knowledge, and making informed decisions. And growing up in “La-La Land” probably isn’t the best idea. But the question is when? Who decides when they actually grow up?

Before I actually had a child, I touted myself as one who would be forthright with my kid (knowing, of course, that my son would be a genius and it would be hard to pull one over on him). I also believed that I should have faith in my child- faith that he could handle the truth. I told myself that I would give him the credit he deserves.

But now that I actually am a parent, I don’t know when that time is supposed to come! Fifth grade seems so soon! When do I start having that kind of faith in him? When? Can’t I just protect him from the truth for now?

Because right now I’m all about Santa, and I can’t wait to be the tooth fairy.

When do we cross that line between “La-La Land” and grim reality? And how much of it should be put in the hands of the educational system?

I don’t know.

But I can tell you what I’m leaning towards…


Algebra

first.


Text speak immersion therapy.

I spend a lot of time online, but just can’t bring myself to embrace the “net lingo.”  I’m a texter who hates text speak.

I feel like it’s cheating, or maybe I just love words so much, that I don’t want to cut them off at the limbs. That’s what it feels like to me.

There’s no poetry to it. And honestly, it looks weird! It kinda freaks me the hell out!

WHAT ARE ALL YOU PEOPLE SAYING TO EACH OTHER??

I’m very serious about this. I have a problem with it. And I feel like the internet world is passing me by. Soon everyone will be communicating in a different language, and I’ll be left in a corner talking to my dog about the good ole’ times when people used full sentences.

I don’t want to sit in the corner.

So, I’m trying immersion therapy.

Today’s post will be written in mostly text speak and chat abbreviations.

And yes, I had to look most of this shit up:

OMG, I was AH- it was SSDD, and DH walks in and says “Y? is it so dirty in here?”

At first I was like  ;S

But then, he did a little *w* and I knew he was JJA.

He actually started to do a little dance, and I wasn’t just LOL, or ROTFL, or even ROTFLMFAO, I was actually about to SMP- because at this point he was doing a “show” and it was SRO.

Finally, I had to say STFU, because my stomach hurt from SWL, and he got all SSC.

Sometimes I really do <333 that dude, I mean @TEOTD it’s 14AA41  &  FBOW in this house. Plus,  imma BUBU and he knows it.

DH helps me T+  & I hope I do the same.

+ , the 8 is good… & I hope that’s not 511.

Anyway, this at all I can muster because I’m AAK, and ICYMI- this freaks me out!!

So Dm, @me, or fb with ur A/S/L/P & we’ll ?^ L8tr

Or… u can TABOOMA.

XOXO,

MNBB

::poof::

Whoa- there’s an app for this.

Whoa-
I just discovered the WordPress app for my somewhat new iPhone.

Yes, I have been living in a cave. Why do you ask?

I can write a post from my phone!
See, look at me doing it right now. I’m lying in bed right now at a ridiculously late hour, posting from my phone. I can even take a picture of Hot Nerd trying to sleep.
Whooty whoot whoot.

Oh pah-leeze!

Shut up.

– seriously