| Friday, November 20th, 2009 |
| 8:47 pm |
Break Out the Tiny Violins!
In a signature example of douchebag navel gazing, the Washington Post decided to devote an article to the slacker kids of wealthy parents whining about how HARD life is when you've inheritted millions of dollars: Grappling with a wealth of guiltTypical quote, courtesy of Janelle Treibitz, a "part-time waitress who performs with the Puppet Underground performance group": | In Vermont [this year], I broke my finger and didn't have insurance. I got my X-ray and gave [the hospital] a fake name and walked out. Is that okay that I am doing that -- taking up resources because I am refusing to take money from my parents? |
No, it's not. You see normal people have to actually get full time, or multiple part time jobs rather then spending most of our time playing with puppets at political protests. And we'd far rather you take money from your dad then take it from us, which is what happens when you skip out on your emergency room bill. Hat tip to Hit & Run Current Mood:  annoyed |
| Monday, November 16th, 2009 |
| 9:42 pm |
Ah, the 80's
Presented without comment: The 1987 Crystal Light National Aerobic ChampionshipHat tip to The AgitatorUpdate: I lie! I will present a comment. One more subtle, yet extremely 80's, thing to notice: if you look at most of the women, the skin tone of their legs doesn't match the skin tone of their arms or faces. That's right, they're wearing pantyhose to exercise! Current Mood:  amused |
| Thursday, November 12th, 2009 |
| 6:38 pm |
Yay Capitalism!
For making my cold just a little less miserable. I discovered an awesome new product today for cold sufferes: Puffs makes tissues impregnated with Vicks Vaporub. Also, NyQil. Which is still pretty awesome, although thanks to government meddling, not quite as awesome as it was when it still had pseudoephedrine in it. Current Mood:  sick |
| 10:52 am |
Glenn Beck Pwned
Glenn Beck has, for some reason, been trying to pass himself as a libertarian lately. Which made it all the more awesome to see some real libertarians, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, take him back to the woodshed for a first class spanking: South Park S13E13: Dances with SmurfsAdding to the humor was listening to Beck on his radio show today trying to condemn South Park for being some left wing show, which only makes him look even more foolish to anyone who has ever watched it. Current Mood: amused |
| Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 |
| 10:12 am |
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| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
| 7:21 pm |
An Observation
As more information about Major Malik Nadal Hasan, I can't help notice that the military seems to have put far more effort into investigating accusations that Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach might be gay than they did investigating accusations that Hasan might be planning to kill a whole bunch of people. Because apparently gay cooties is considered a bigger threat than crazy suicide attackers. Current Mood: annoyed |
| Friday, November 6th, 2009 |
| 4:07 pm |
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| Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 |
| 8:45 pm |
So apparently the House leadership has decided that what the healthcare reform debate really needs right now is a big abortion fight: Abortion funding a sticking point in House health care billIf that wasn't bad enough, the bill is loaded up with crazy things like requiring insurers to pay for "prayer treatments": Healthcare provision seeks to embrace prayer treatmentsI'm starting to wonder if Democrats aren't deliberately sabotaging their own reform bill so that they can use the issue in the 2010 congressional elections. I can't come up with another explanation. Current Mood:  confused |
| Sunday, October 25th, 2009 |
| 1:32 am |
Hehehe...
Cracked.com held a contest to create a photoshop depicting what the world would be like if the internet was permanently shutoff tomorrow. I got a kick out of the winning entry:  You can see the other winners here. Current Mood: amused |
| Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 |
| 7:47 pm |
Cooking Lessons from Today
If you are boiling beer and the pot overflows, the burning fumes from it hiting the burner: 1. Are invisible 2. Set off smoke detectors very easily 3. Get you really buzzed Current Mood:  weird |
| 7:16 pm |
Ways Humanity is Slowly Driving Me Insane
Some lady in Fairfax, VA calls the police at 5:30 AM to tell them that while she and her 7 year old son were creeping around someone else's house in the middle of the night and staring into the windows, they saw some guy in his kitchen without any clothes. So instead of coming to arrest psycho stalker lady for being a peeping tom, the police come and arrest the homeowner for indecent exposure: Man arrested for being naked in his own kitchenAUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!! Hat tip to The Agitator Current Mood:  crazy |
| Monday, October 12th, 2009 |
| 9:24 pm |
Yay Capitalism!
Nothing ever (ever) happens in this town
Feelin' low down (down), not a lot to do around here
I thought that I would go right outta my mind
Until a friend told me the news
He said, "(Hey), you know that vacant lot
Right beside the gas station? Well, somebody bought it
And on the spot they're gonna build a shop
Where we can go buy bolts and screws"
Since then I've been walking on air (air)
I can barely brush my teeth or comb my hair
'Cause I'm so excited and I really don't care
I've been waiting since last June
For this day to finally arrive
I'm so happy (happy) now just to be alive
'Cause any minute now I'm gonna be inside
Well, I hope they open soon
--- "Weird" Al Yankovich, "Hardware Store" |
Actually, I've been waiting since last March when I found the anchor store for the new shopping center they were building a mile down the highway from me was going to be a Wegman's. I fell in love with the one in Dulles during business travel to DC and I've was dying to have one near me. And now I do! And it opened today! I actually spent the whole day at work watching the clock because I couldn't wait to go grocery shopping afterwards. Best thing: I finally can get Weisswurst! *does the happy dragon dance* Current Mood:  ecstatic |
| Friday, October 2nd, 2009 |
| 10:04 pm |
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| Thursday, October 1st, 2009 |
| 7:50 pm |
Thank You, John...
Speech deactivist and professional Backpfeifengesicht Jack Thompson is suing Facebook because people have been saying mean things about him: Jack Thompson sues Facebook for $40MNow some of you are saying, "Why should we care about Jack Thompson, who raped and killed a girl in 1990? Should we even waste two seconds on Jack Thompson, who raped and killed a girl in 1990?" Well first of all, it's not true that Jack Thompson raped and killed a girl in 1990. So if you have any proof that Jack Thompson raped and killed a girl in 1990, STOP GOSSIPING AND GO RIGHT TO THE POLICE WITH IT! Hat Tip to Slashdot Current Mood: amused |
| Sunday, September 27th, 2009 |
| 8:32 pm |
Trivia Answer
A: It's the point in the contiguous 48 states where you are as far as you can possibly get from the nearest McDonalds (145 miles). Hat Tip to Strange Maps Current Mood: amused |
| 1:17 am |
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| Thursday, September 24th, 2009 |
| 8:46 pm |
Things I Notice
Blacking out for 2 minutes and 17 seconds seems a rather specific detail... Looking on the internet I notice: Revelation 2:17 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it." Current Mood: excited |
| Thursday, September 17th, 2009 |
| 12:57 am |
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| Friday, September 11th, 2009 |
| 8:35 pm |
Poetry Corner
On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: In a Parish
Were I not frail and half broken inside,
I wouldn't be thinking of them, who are, like me, half broken inside.
I would not climb the cemetery hill by the church
To get rid of my self pity.
Crazy Sophies,
Michaels who lost every battle,
Self-destructive Agathas
Lie under crosses with their dates of birth and death. And who
Is going to express them? Their mumblings, weepings, hopes, tears of humiliation?
In hospital muck and the smell of urine,
With their weak and contorted limbs,
And eternity close by. Improper. Indecent.
Like a dollhouse crushed by wheels, like
An elephant trampling a beetle, an ocean drowning an island.
Our stupidity and childishness do nothing to fit us
For this variety of last things.
They had no time to grasp anything of their individual lives,
Any principium individuationis.
Nor do I grasp it, yet what can I do?
Enclosed all my life in a nutshell,
Trying in vain to become something
Completely different from what I was.
Thus we go down into the earth, my fellow parishioners,
With the hope that the trumpet of judgment will call us by our names.
Instead of eternity, greenness and the movement of clouds.
They rise then, thousands of Sophies, Michaels, Matthews,
Marias, Agathas, Bartholomews.
So at last they know why
And for what reason?
--Czeslaw Milosz |
Current Mood:  thoughtful |
| Thursday, August 27th, 2009 |
| 12:54 am |
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