My cell phone sucks so bad, I can’t stand it anymore. Its antenna is broken and falls off once in a while. It fell off again this weekend in front of Macy’s! It was not fun trying to find it on the sidewalk with lots of people walking by. And the place it fell off last week was a dark bar. Luckily, the bar was not crowded as much. I was going to wait until my contract ends with t-mobile in November to get a new cell phone because I brought this on myself by dropping my cellphone into the toilet. But I decided I suffered enough and the opportunity cost of waiting should factor into my decision

Steve Jobs is supposed to announce the 3G iPhone today at Apple’s developer conference in San Francisco. (I always wondered what they talk about in those conferences but never once watched a video of it). It is going to have geotagging, which is great because I love creating Google maps with my favorite restaurants, places to go, etc. Plus, I will not have to carry a digital camera, a music player and a cell phone. It will be so much more compact. I am looking forward to seeing if it lives up to people’s expectations including mine.

If you are a woman, good luck finding a job as a priest or a terrorist.

On Thursday, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a decree against the ordination of female priests. Bishops who perform such ordinations and the women who get them will be automatically excommunicated, which means they will no longer be Catholics. Ordaining a woman priest, or seeking ordination as a woman is now a crime at the same level of laying violent hands on the pope.

This is so not cool! To me, one of the problems with most of the religions is their view of women. Why would I, as a woman, willingly accept that I am a second class citizen? Why do women have to be submissive in the first place? I simply cannot comprehend it, seems immoral and harmful (at least emotionally). Luckily, I am married to the best guy in the world, whom I see as my true partner in life. So, no complaints there.

Also in the news is how Al-Qaida’s stance on women sparked extremist debate.  Basically, al-Qaida No. 2 leader Ayman Al-Zawahri said in April that the terrorist group does not have women. A woman’s role, he said, is limited to caring for the homes and children of al-Qaida fighters. This is something I would expect him to say of course. What is hilarious is that his remarks have since prompted an outcry from fundamentalist women, who are fighting or pleading for the right to be terrorists. One of the women wrote:  “How many times have I wished I were a man … I felt that my heart was about to explode in my chest…I am powerless.”

Be it being a priest or being a terrorist you are after, it must be frustrating not to be able to do it because of your gender.