Disabled Kids TV Presenter

Cerrie Burnell on CBeebies

Today I felt shocked and angry when I heard on the news that some parents had complained about kids TV presenter Cerrie Burnell because of her disability.

I am aware of this TV presenter because I watch C Beebies .. OK when I say I watch - I must clarify - technically it's my daughter who watches!

The other day I was sat with her and after In The Night Garden had finished she was still amused by the channel so we watched some more - this is when I first noticed Cerrie Burnell had part of her arm missing from the elbow down.

My initial thoughts were not the fact she was on TV but wondered if she had always been missing her hand and then led me to think about simple tasks like doing the washing up, putting on a pair of jeans, changing a baby etc being quite hard work .. but then I figured she prolly has just adapted to this and to her its what she knows. Then I wondered if she has a fake hand (Prosthesis) and then I went off on another line of thought about how they got them to work and how it was all quite clever stuff.

After thinking about that for some time I then thought about how it was nice to see a woman on TV not trying to hide her disability and how kids who watched this would then discuss with their parents about disability and hopefully grow up not being phased by people who are different to them.

Then another TV show came on CBeebies called Ballamory and there was a woman in a wheel chair - I notice people in wheel chairs because I had a friend who had to use one and he wanted an all singing all dancing model - he was quite amusing talking about how he might ask 'Pimp my ride' to mod his 'wheels'.

Today when I heard the news and I was utterly disgusted at the fact anyone could be so shallow as to complain! The people complaining are missing a great opportunity to educate their children in the comfort of their own home.

I think it's a great thing and when my daughter asks me about this I will enjoy explaining to her about different types of people on this earth. I will tell her the funny stories about my good friend who passed away this year after living with cerebral palsy. I will also tell her about when he was having a bad day and how being different could sometimes be quite upsetting for him because of other peoples reactions to his disability.

Full article on the BBC news website

Gordon Brown Disturbs Me

I've always felt that Gordon Brown kind of blagged his spot as Britains PM. The country didn't vote for him to get his seat .. So I always kinda felt I didn't really dig his situation and was waiting for a new general election.

Watching the news yesterday and Gordon Brown was speaking about Jade Goody and got her name wrong !!

Ok you would have to of had your head buried in sand for the last 8 years to not know who Jade Goody is !!

I find this terribley disturbing to think that our prime minister who is in charge and represents our county could get her name wrong .. Don't misunderstand me, it's not the fact that he doesn't know her name in particular .. It's the fact if you watch tv, read the papers, listen to the radio etc you know who she is .. This indicates to me he can't do any of the above and therefore has no idea where this country is at right now ..

New Canabis Advert

Woo.. scary stuff .. wtf? ..

The sad thing is somebody somewhere got paid shed loads of dosh to come up with the crappiest advert ever!

How is that advert supposed to put children off of smoking cannabis?

Then there has been all the programs about it with examples of people who have gone mental because they smoked cannabis ..

Ooooook .. Seriously the people I saw on these programs I would not say they are your 'average' cannabis user.

This one guy heard voices in his head and while watching coronation street (seriously.. right there!!) the characters were telling him to kill himself. Then it went to his parents - Now I do not by any means mean any disrespect to them but UH-OH!!.. The guy really had the odds stacked against him from birth.

Then this other guy was going on about how he was addicted to cannabis like he was addicted to heroin or something and the thing that really had me in stitches was he was on TV OK not pixalated out or anything but they disguised his name! Again .. they hit the nail on the head right there ..

So all this discussion around cannabis use and you can still go in to a shop and get a packet of cigarettes..

I swear to god people are not addicted to smoking cannabis its the nicotine in the tobacco they use to mix with what ever they are smoking ..

Last of all is the argument that people who smoke cannabis vs people who drink .. we don't need to go there, you get the point ..

So back to point of post - somebody has got paid a shat load of dosh to come up with an ultra crap idea .. where do I apply please ..

Galapagos Islands

I was watching BBC news today and they were reporting on the fact that the human race is serioulsy messing with the wild life on the Galapagos Islands. They were saying in so many words, 'Don't go there because you will be adding to the problem' .. then they went live to their reporter there .. go figure ..

• BBC Information on Galapagos Islands
• BBC News Story

Universal Phone Charger

So I am sat here with 3 Nokia phones right .. so thats all Nokia .. but they all have different sized chargers!! Seriously why on earth do Nokia feel the need to make phones all with different chargers. Where is the sense in that?

Why can't all these companies create a unviersal charger .. then in my house we would just need one charger instead of having a basket full of 30 of them for all the different gadgets we have or have had.

The worst charger I have ever had was on a motorola phone with little notches. A few of these charges died before the phone .. so on that principle I don't buy motorola anymore.

In the good old days .. Nokia did the male connection .. and the phones I had which use that still work .. then they switched to a really thin male connector and now the latest one I have is a (similar to) usb looking type of one.

If computer psu can all use the same connection from all the different companies why cant smaller gadget companies not do the same instead of letting some idiot design a new one!

Rant over ..

Search Engine Optimization

Today I was checking the spelling on above 'phrase'.

I always just google a word I want to check spelling of so I googled 'Search Engine Optimization' and felt amused by the paid links .. Surely if you are any good at what you do .. you would have a top ten ranking for the choosen search term and not need the paid links? ..