DISQUS

Liss, you may not have something reassuring and wise to say, but starting this thread and the mostly respectful discussion here has enabled me to even deal with the subject.

@All hot air, I think your point about the way people in India are taught to look away is very valid. But I also feel that it is not right to exclude external factors from trying to explain how and why this happened. If Pakistan were more stable terrorism wouldn't happen with such ease. And Pakistan would be more stable if the Western World did more to actually ensure democracy there.

@stargazer, thank you for your comment, it is very insightful.

Concerning Michelle Obama, I am looking forward to another First Lady with the class and involvement of Hillary Rhodam Clinton. That is in my opinion something to look forward to.

Oh, how about a nice Balvenie with a glas of water?

What I always like about the Clintons is the way Chelsea so admiringly and lovingly looks at her mother. *goestocallherownmother*

Oh and the clean coal stuff is just bullshit it gets on my nerves every time (http://www.hdreioplus.de/wordpress/?p=254).

"Remarks
Michelle Obama
Wife of Presidential Candidate Barack Obama" Really is that all there is to say about her?

Hey, if this issue isn't resolved yet:
1) from 2.0.x upgrade to 2.3.x
2) uprgrde to 2.6.x

Upgrading works best if you disable all plugins first. Then upload the Wp-admin folder the wp-includes folder an all those single files in the wordpress folder right over the old files (which you backed up just in case). Then open www.whateveradressmyblogisatincludingthesubfold... and press the button there.

I think that should do the trick. I use an FTP protocol to transfer files so have only experience with that, but I always found it very easy to upgrade Wordpress. If anyone needs help email me. The adress is on my website.

Our german newspaper had really awful, condescending commentary on the birth like "how is he going to explain to his child when it is old enough to understand that he is her mommy?!!??ZOMG!!11!!!" Because parents are never able to be honest with their children from birth and because children at a young age are so full of stereotypes that they cann't understand what their parents are telling them. Oh and no one ever thinks properly about bringing babys into the world in such circumstances, like he's just a silly woman anyways that pretends he's a man and decides at will to still use those womans organs, I mean ick.... /snark>

And big YAYs for the familie. :)

Your paper would really be nice with some charcoal portraiture. hm... *inspired* Where was the link to your shop again?

Deeky, you might have spared us the "solid history of destroying things" part in your sentence. Its a genrealization that I strongly disagree with. Also, I might add, that Professor that is doing the research, Klapötke, is almost exclusively financed by American military and mining funds.

But then you know, American Military has a solid history of buying lots of explosives to blow up far away countries. *snark*

And I am so stealing this post next time I am in the same situation ;) but only if you permit it.

Yes, I know the feeling, but then I set myself a timer and publish whatever has come around after 15min. And they aren't even the worst posts I've written.

I wish you a succesful conference and lots of fun.

I'm sorry you got rejected. I still think the whole multilingual blogging thing is highly interessting. The second reviewer really didn't seem to understand what it is about though. meh.

Actually most countries have laws about rights to pictures and your own image. So you may feel like you own, or co-own your pictures, but in fact you do not.

In germany, if you are at an event like a conference, or on the street, you do not have any rights on the image. Unless, of course, you are the "content" of the picture. Then you have a right to not have the picture published. You never have the right to get the picture sent free of charge. But most conferences have small print concerning this anyway, so look there. When doing an interview, could you not make sure, that the terms let you use the pictures?

I understand how you feel, I have felt the same, but this isn't really about feeling. It is about rules and regulations.

To me online and offline social networks have always been two very different things, seperate. I think getting to know someone online, especially if it is not reciprocal, does not aleviate you from the necessity of getting to know the person offline and dealing with them according to their inclinations. Probably this isn't makin much sense yet.

I for example have met you before, but if I met you again, I wouldn't expect you to remember me or give me any of your time. Simply because it was in a very public situation and we only talked very briefly. That I regularly read your blog, doesn't mean you have any idea who I am. I'm not sure I'm making much more sense now.

What I'm trying to say is simply: you are responsible for yourself, in your relationships as well as your work as wel as your life in general. Sometimes hopes of relationships might be disapointed, sometimes you miss someone you would have gotten along with exelently. But then again you seem to have a great network of people and good friends, is there any reason to spend less time with them because you might meet someone else that is as interesting? I feel not.

Jokerine.