You lie! So do I.

I'm not sure what is going to happen on the blog the next few days. Tomorrow I start a daunting schedule that doesn't end until a week from Thursday. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday is at Mom's. Next Monday and Tuesday is a two day seminar on new tax laws. Then that Tuesday and the following Wednesday night will be at Mom's. At minimum there probably won't be a Who Am I until late next week. I'm hoping to do a daily blog entry but no promises.

Did you ever wonder how many lies a man tells by the time he reaches the age of sixty? How about how many lies women have told by the time they reach the ripe young age of sixty? Do you wonder what men and women lie about?

http://www.aolhealth.com/2010/12/06/top-4-lies-men-and-women-tell/?icid=main%7Chp-laptop%7Cdl3%7Csec3_lnk2%7C188707

I'm fine, thanks for asking. I don't think I lied that many times. I really don't have a good enough memory to lie. Are you surprised at either the number of lies or what the lies are about are both? Do you think you would be above or below the average?

"Phone Home" ET says in the famous movie. If he does are you going to take the call?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101208/ap_on_sc/us_sci_alien_life

Do you think there is life elsewhere besides earth? Would it scare you?

Words Macy's said to Santa Claus "You're Fired!"

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2010/12/07/could-santa-sue-macys-fired-john-toomey-speaks-out/?icid=main%7Chp-laptop%7Cdl10%7Csec1_lnk3%7C188718

Santa didn't update his joke to reflect what is going on in society and he paid the price. The joke would have probably scared a lot of parents. Was a firing in order? Or would have you given him a warning and sternly told him not to use the joke again? A fine? A suspension?

Lies, Aliens, and Santa. That is enough for the day. Comment at will.

WHO AM I?

I was born in 1847 and died at the age of eighty-five. I was known as a Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self rule. I was married at age nineteen to a clergy man whom I had two children with but we separated over religious differences. I was prosecuted for publishing a book by a birth control campaigner. After being prosecuted my husband persuaded the court that I was an unfit mother and I lost my children. I became involved with Union organizers including the Bloody Sunday demonstration and the London matchgirls strike. I would later travel to India and help establish the Central Hindu College. I established the International Order of Co-Freemasonry in England and over the next few years established lodges in many parts of the British Empire. I became President of the Theosophical Society and began to steer the society away from Buddhism and towards Hinduism. I abecame involved in politics in India, joining the Indian National Congress. When war broke out in Europe in 1914 I helped launch the Home Rule League to campaign for democracy in India. After the war I continued to campaign for Indian independence until my death. I was born into a middle-class family of Irish origin. I was always proud of being Irish and supported the cause of Irish self-rule throughout my adult life. My father died when I was five leaving the family almost penniless. My mother supported the family by running a boarding house for boys. Mom was unable to support me and persuaded a friend to care for me. The friend made sure that I had a good education. I was given a strong sense of duty to society and an equally strong sense of what independent women could achieve. When I married women did not have the legal right to own property and my husband was able to take all the money I earned. I fought for the causes I thought were right, starting with freedom of thought, women's rights, secularism, birth control, Fabian socialism and workers' rights. For me, politics, friendship and love were always closely intertwined. My decision in favor of Socialism came about through a close relationship with George Bernard Shaw. My most notable victory was my involvement in the London matchgirls strike. Workers at Bryantand May's match factory in Bow, London, who were mainly young women. They were very poorly paid. They were also prey to horrendous industrial illnesses, like the bone-rotting Phossy jaw, which was caused by the chemicals used in match manufacture. I led demonstrations by "match-girls". They were cheered in the streets, and prominent churchmen wrote in their support. In just over a week we forced the firm to improve pay and conditions. At the time, the matchstick industry was an immensely powerful lobby since electric light was not yet widely available and matches were essential for lighting candles, oil lamps, gas lights and so on. My campaign was the first time anyone had successfully challenged the match manufacturers on a major issue and was seen as a landmark victory. I was a prolific writer and a powerful orator. After WWI broke out I launched the Home Rule League modeling demands for India on Irish models. For the first time India had a political party to fight for change. Do you wonder "Why I became a Theosophist"? Who Am I?


Inspirational fact of the day:

Did you know that the father of the sculptor Rodin [The Thinker Statue] said, “I have an idiot for a son.” Described as the worst pupil in the school, Rodin failed three times to secure admittance to the school of art. His uncle called him uneducable?