Image from Mail Online.
What unlucky soul brought on this flight restriction? What poor sap spent his whole life savings on a holiday to or from Europe only to have some obscure fissure open up in a country hardly anyone travels to? *joke-- call off the Icelandic Chamber of Commerce please.
Being the little ray of sunshine that I can be, I just reminded one of our missionaries that he won't be seeing mail from home for a while... Our military mail is grounded as are some of our supplies for the commissary and BX. We'll live, compared to what this is doing to farmers and businesses, we'll live.
For us, it also means I have a birthday boy who was very lucky that his paternal grandparents mailed early.
How did Iceland's Volcano affect your life? And how do I know when to use effect or affect?
So, did you hear the one about Brittney Spears?
No, of course you didn't.
If the girl was pregnant, shaving her head, getting a quickie divorce/marriage, her drunken face would be plastered (pun intended) on every surface available.
Listen closely. Pay attention. Because this is the only time you will hear me praise Brittney Spears on this blog:
Here is her latest headlining news.
Bravo. I wish more celebrities would do this. It didn't lessen the impact of the ad to let us know that a human girl was photographed for it. Truthfully, there was nothing wrong with her body to begin with. People aren't supposed to be shaped like Barbie Dolls.
Mother's of daughters (and fathers with daughters), it's time to demand more from the media. It's time to tell our little girls they are beautiful just the way God made them.
Nothing wrong with a little PhotoShop nip and tuck, just as long as we all know the truth.
As long as this post is going to be be another deep, thought provoking entry, have you seen the new Britain's Got Talent sensation that we're all talking about?
Here's something for your viewing pleasure while you're waiting for your travel plans to resume.
There's more.. don't say I didn't give you a heads up on Cloe Hickinbottom.
Now go do something useful. You know, like PhotoShop some of that hair out of your 80's photos.
*I'm aware the whole YouTube box isn't fitting. You can click on the video to go directly to YouTube if it is too annoying.
That volcanic ash is really amazing and a bit scary isn't it. Hard to believe how far reaching the effect of it is.
ReplyDelete[Btw, I remember it this way--a (as in "affect") is for action verb. By default then, "effect" is used as a noun.] :-)
Loved both of the talent acts. They were great! Thanks for sharing them.
Good for Britney. I really don't see why any touching up was even needed. Good grief!
ReplyDeleteLove the two video clips. Amazing.
Huh'! I didn'g even know a volcano had erupted in Iceland. I'm so out of tune with the news these days. All I watch is Playhouse Disney or Nick Jr.
That volcano really is something!! It is so hard to believe that it has such far reaching effects on people and places. And it looks like it will be continuing for a long time. Yikes! So much for travel plans overseas. (Of which I had none) Just saying!!!
ReplyDeleteThe talent acts were fabulous!
Oh and so much for global warming. The last time a volcano did this, we had a ice age come in.
Sigh!
Hugs
SueAnn
That video is FREAKY. I think that Britain might just have more talent in the Us.
ReplyDeleteI love that you were that missionary's Debbie Downer.
Not at all what I expected from Miss Cloe.
ReplyDeleteHopefully this ash cloud doesn't last until Dec when I hope to fly overseas again.
I LOVE that she did the unretouched photo thing. Good for her. And I agree- we MUST make more of an effort to let our girls know they are beautiful just the way God made them.
ReplyDeleteAnd the volcano thing astounds me. I had no idea it could cause such huge problems.
AND I NEED TO KNOW when to use affect and effect because I can never remember. Teach me oh wise one!!
What more could you ash for in a post...? :)
ReplyDelete/Jo.
I think Jo summed it up perfectly. :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great day.
I have been so sad for the farmers...and the flights? Well, stuff happens. Acts of God/Nature are beyond our control.
ReplyDeleteMy father-in-law was in Denmark for work and is stuck there now thanks to the volcano. He is having fun but so ready to come home
ReplyDeleteI should think I would LIKE (or even LOVE) to be stranded somewhere else right now. Perhaps not by a tempermental volcano wreaking havoc on the earth, but still. ;)
ReplyDeleteBrittany Spears. Hmm. I actually saw this peice of "news" today and all I could think of was that she wanted the same type of attention Jessica Simpson got when she did something similar. Whatever. Good. Great. But is still doesn't change the fact that she allowed them to USE the touched up photo. Ya know? Ugh.