Silflay Hraka

Hola and welcome to another edition of Carnival of the Vanities. Because I have absolutely nothing worthwhile to say, I’m going to jump right into this week’s entries.

Or not. I don’t really feel like jumping right into this week’s entries. I feel like watching The History Channel. I’ve only had cable for a few short weeks. I felt it imperative to have cable since I had a new job in a new town. I got the whole deal. Internet, cable, digital phone service. 100 plus channels. The History Channel is the only thing worth watching. It’s all I watch, ever. Why they make me buy 99 other channels I’ll never know.

Now on to the entries.

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No particular order this week except for the order in which the entries were read. As always, not every post that was submitted made it into the Carnival. Most of what doesn’t make it in is commercial in nature. Some just isn’t that good. Some are not good and commercial. The ones that make it in…well, some of those are bad and commercial too. But mostly they’re not.

Greg starts things off this week sayingSometimes, you have to be a parent. If you aren’t a parent to your child, sometimes they become confused about their own gender and sexuality. Or maybe that’s because you’re being a parent. I can’t remember. Read it for yourself.

Kiril Kundurazieff presents Thoughts on Ahmadinejad Letter. It’s long. Looooooooooooooooooooooooooong. Long, long, long. Basically he says he doesn’t think we can negotiate with Ahmadinejad. I agree. I think the only way we can win in Iraq is by taking out the governments of Syria and Iran. Bring the troops home? Yes. By way of Tehran and Damascus. More on that later if I have time.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents How To Become An Insomniac. I’ll add a few to help Mad out. I’ve been sleeping like crap lately. Reason number one: bright lights right outside the window preventing it from ever becoming truly dark in your bedroom. Buy thin curtains that don’t clash with everything you own but only partially block out the light. Reason number two: get an apartment directly across the street from the Metro Atlanta Rail (MARTA). Sure it’s convenient to downtown and midtown and the airport. It’s also loud and runs from five in the morning until one thirty at night.

John Bambenek gives us The Antitheism of Richard Dawkins: A Review of The God Delusion. If you think religion is bad news, take a hard look at the godless societies of the world and see what a lack of religion has done to the world. Communist China and Soviet Russia come to mind.

Speaking of religion, David Parker talks about a great man who was Born on Christmas Day. And at least one who probably wasn’t.

I include the next post as a nod to Little Irish Stout. She’s been trying to quit Rotary for years but just can’t say no. Plus they feed her once every two weeks. Jack Yoest presents Self-Interest Rightly Understood: The Rotary. Good luck as another year of being on the Rotary board, LIS.

Buckley F. Williams covers the release of Islamic Rage Boy’s New Single “Infidels”, Closing Fast On “White Christmas” As All-Time Best Seller. WIth sound and lyrics.

bobbarama presents Going off the deep-fried end. And, no, the post isn’t about Mississippi.

Peace Moonbeam tells the tale of the medicated Mammal/Fish. Funny.

Nina presents The Great Divide in Compensation. Makes me want to move to New York and get involved in investment banking.

Christine Kane asks the question that’s on everyone’s mind: Are You Leaking? Well, are you?

Mark A. Rayner asks another pertinent question: If a blogger blogs in the forest, and nobody is around to read it, does it exist?

Richard Miles Orders a copy of the Quran from CAIR and shares his thoughts. He’s sinning already and he’s only gotten as far as the letter enclosed.

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And that’s it for this week. The Carnival is a little thinner this week but I left out a bunch. Quality over quantity this week. Plus, the quicker I’m done here, the more History Channel I get to watch before bedtime.

The Carnival of the Vanities will return next week and appear in this same space. If you’d like your post to be included, make it good and submit it through Blog Carnival.