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July 7th, 2009

10:41 am - Feminists and the mystery of Sarah Palin. "The fact is, Obama is an intellectually mediocre narcissist with a thin resume who’s lost without a teleprompter and whose entire campaign had all the substance and gravity of a Pepsi commercial. Yet people say Sarah Palin is a fluffy bunny diva." This, from a liberal feminist who voted for Obama. Interesting stuff - and the comments are fascinating. Current Location: In the State of Perpetual Debt - California! Current Mood: amused Current Music: Oddly enough, Whip It by Devo. NO idea why.

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June 18th, 2009

01:53 pm - "Five with one blow!" I've had a theory for quite some time now that PETA is actually secretly funded by a consortium of meat packing companies, fast food chains, fur retailers and Jello Brand Gelatin(tm). They created PETA specifically to make animal rights groups look as ridiculous as possible. And nothing that PETA has done in the last five years has disabused me of that notion. Current Location: Work now, but I WILL be going to buy meat, afterward. Current Mood: confused Current Music: Michael Buble - Come Fly With Me (GET it?)

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May 30th, 2009

10:15 am - GOP Warlords vs. the Cybernetic Monkey-Men! "So as you hear from different pundits on what the Republicans need to do to regain power, remember that the key is that any workable idea must start with a realistic look at what challenges lie before us. That means it must account for radiation, killing each other over food and gasoline, flesh-eating mutants, ape-men, and deadly robots." I couldn't have said it better myself... and I don't even think I could have said it any funnier, either, damn it. Wait, no, maybe adding something about weasels. Everything's funnier with weasels. Current Location: The future former United States? Current Mood: envious Current Music: Mike + the Mechanics - Silent Running

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May 28th, 2009

02:28 pm - I honestly cannot think of a better way to phrase my response to this than... "Oh, for fuck's sake." I have no problem with people who have this point of view. Hey - if you think you're a parasite on the planet, well the MTA sends buses by every five minutes or so. Pick a fast one. Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom I do believe that there are environmental problems - for instance, the oceans are being overfished (Yes, I'm looking at YOU, Japan.) The real problem with cretins like this is that they make all environmentalists look like loonies. Were I a tree hugger, I'd hunt down the people who did this film and whack 'em with a clue-by-four. Current Location: Earth! Current Mood: annoyed Current Music: Johnny Cash - Everybody Loves A Nut

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May 21st, 2009

11:25 am - No. Tell us how you REALLY feel. I dont' know about you, but I find the Toyota Prius kind of annoying. Well, okay, mainly I find the Toyota Prius owners kind of annoying. The Prius itself, although a bit underpowered and weird to drive when in 'silent running' mode is made fairly decently and isn't that bad a car. The Honda Insight, on the other hand, is apparently that bad a car. Wow. I have never read this scathing a car review: "It’s terrible. Biblically terrible. Possibly the worst new car money can buy. It’s the first car I’ve ever considered crashing into a tree, on purpose, so I didn’t have to drive it any more." Now, mind you, this IS the Brit version - but I can't see it being significantly differently (other than the obvious allowance having to be made for them driving on the goofy side of the road). Ford Fusion Hybrid, anyone? At least Ford has so far succeeded in telling the Feds where to stick their stimulus. No, wait, let me rephrase that... Current Location: I am beside myself. Current Mood: curious Current Music: Queen - I'm In Love With My Car

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May 18th, 2009

08:35 am - Two quick things. First, I've officially lived in California too long. Just as fritters and I were sitting down to supper last night we felt an earthquake. We both casually reached out and grabbed our glasses to keep them from tipping over, then afterward she looked at me and said "Three point five?" "Nah." I replied. "Those were mostly long waves - about twenty miles away. I'd say... maybe four point five or so." I was wrong. It was a four point seven, and twenty FIVE miles away. I've been in California waaaaay too long. In a completely unrelated item, though, I ran across a list from 1963 that contained tasty, tasty commie vindication: 22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms." 23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art." There we have it - proof of what I've been saying for years: Modern Art IS a communist conspiracy :) Current Location: California. Damn it. Current Mood: amused Current Music: The Cruxshadows - Winterborn

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May 7th, 2009

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May 6th, 2009

08:09 am - Free food? Yes, free food. Supposedly, Oprah arranged with KFC to provide coupons for a free meal (two pieces of chicken, two sides and a biscuit). I'm guessing it was mainly a KFC thing to tout its new grilled chicken. But whoever's responsible, free food's free food. The coupon itself is right here. You have until midnight tonight, Central Standard Time, to print the coupon, but once you print it it's good until the nineteenth. You can print up to four. Okay, so it's not fine dining. But I figured with times like these, I would think the word 'free' would nicely cancel that out. I have NO idea if it's applicable only to the US, so if anyone overseas want to try it, let me know what happens. I'm curious. Current Location: Not in Kentucky. Current Mood: hungry Current Music: Ray Stevens - Thus Cackled Henrietta

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May 4th, 2009

12:00 pm - Danger, geek stuff. "My whole life has been spent engaged with friends in intellectual debate ... like whether Captain Kirk is tougher than Spock or if Middle-earth is a more difficult place to live than Tatooine. With Ultradome, we can bring these debates to the public and settle them in the most logical way possible: through armed combat." Okay, admit it. The first thing you thought was some variant of either: A) "Aw, Kirk would hand Spock his logical Vulcan butt in a bucket!" ... or... B) "Grow up, will you? I mean, who cares whether Kirk or Spock would come out on top? I wanna watch Ivanova and Seven Of Nine going at it hammer, tongs and jello!" NOTE: If you don't know who either of the last two people mentioned are, you might as well not read the responses. They'll just confuse you. If you don't know who the first two people mentioned are, then how ARE things on Mars these days? In your cave? With your fingers in your ears? Yes, it's an obscure reference. Current Location: The Land of Fourdoor (Yes, it's also an obscure reference.) Current Mood: geeky Current Music: Styx - Mister Roboto. Nope, I don't understand, either.

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April 29th, 2009

10:36 am - A new entry for the 2009 "Cognative Dissonance" contest. Imagine forking over two thousand bucks for your top of the line Macintosh laptop and, upon getting the sealed package home, you discover that you now own a rock. Please note that this is not a metaphor. You. Own. A. Rock. That's gotta be disconcerting. I must admit that I also liked the writer's comment about the Mac (semi)Portable, aka 'The Lovable Lugable'. Lord, was that ever a back snapper. Current Location: Upright and slowly precessing toward the upper left. Current Mood: amused Current Music: Dean Martin - Standin' On the Corner

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April 17th, 2009

08:37 am - Recommended sequels. In a surprising move, the SciFi Channel has actually produced something that relates to science fiction. Well, to media SF, anyway. Okay, it was actually on their website: a list of the top five science fiction movie sequels they want to see made. I especially liked the writeup for the proposed Serenity followup. So, for you science fiction fans out there, what did they miss? What would you like to see as a sequel, and where would the story go? Me, I want to see The Day The Earth Stood Still II, where humanity finally goes out to the stars and discovers that Klaatu and Gort actually told Mankind what they did as a Fraternity initiation, and that all the heavily armed and infighting alien races had been snickering at our gullibility ever since :) Current Location: The Planet Urf. Current Mood: amused Current Music: Klaatu: Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby III (yes, it's real)

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April 12th, 2009

09:35 am - Tax Facts to Make Your Head Explode! Reason TV's two minute discussion of the tax laws and the idea of "Hey, let's soak the rich! They don't pay anything in taxes!" Flat tax, people. Come on, this ain't rocket surgery. Because if this keeps up, Ronald Reagan's old joke about simplified tax forms is going to stop being all that funny: "There are some in government who have a very simple tax proposal in mind. There will be only two lines on the tax form: How much did you make last year? Send it." Current Location: I'm not sure, but there seems to be lots of plaid, here. Current Mood: Oy Current Music: Pink Floyd - Money

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April 10th, 2009

05:58 am - Gen. Adolph Takes Over If I didn't know better, I'd assume this was a modern spoof - but it was made by some unsung genius in London in 1943. Good on him. The only downside to this is that you'll have The Lambeth Walk stuck in your brain for hours. Worth it, though. Ganked, by the way, from Internet Archieve's six hundred searchable Universal Newsreels (which I found out about from fritters). Very cool source. And here, by the way, is the original at full size. (Cross posted to lol_nazis) Current Location: In the place, by the left of the thing. Current Mood: amused Current Music: Watch the video, then see if you need to ask.

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March 20th, 2009

08:37 am - EXTREME sheep herding! Hands down, this is the greatest waste of resources and talent I've ever seen. And it's awesome. Current Location: Sheep central. Current Mood: impressed Current Music: The last bit they played - the 1812 Overture finale. Needs more cannon.

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March 19th, 2009

09:23 am - New Safety Tip NEVER trust a product whose "tools needed for assembly" section lists "plastic or rubber mallet" immediately before "lubricant". Current Location: Not near the mallet. OR the lubricant. Current Mood: confused Current Music: MC Hammer - It's Hammer Time. Oh, come on, you HAD to expect it.

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March 17th, 2009

09:16 am - Book Nerd Humor Stupidly funny. Remember the "two cows" lists describing how different political systems work ("Socialism: You have two cows. The state takes one and redistributes the milk")? Okay, now figure the same thing with books. Okay, mainly books; some media has crept into the list, but there's also classic literature, so I suppose it balances. C.S. Lewis - You have two cows. They are a thinly veiled allegory. Star Trek TOS - you have 3 cows: one is a doctor, one has oddly pointed ears and one is out humping sheep. Warning - quite long. There's a lot of book geeks out there. ( More nerdy, please. ) Gleefully ganked from fritters. Current Location: Between two cows. Current Mood: amused Current Music: I'm not sure, but I'm certain it has something to do with cows.

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March 14th, 2009

09:25 am - Heh. My new favorite phrase of the day: "Obama is not Jesus. Jesus knew how to put a cabinet together." Current Location: In the blue chair, eating a crumpet. Really. Current Mood: amused Current Music: Hoyt Axton - I Am Less That the Song I Am Singing

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March 13th, 2009

08:47 am - Woodrow Wilson Smith LIVES! "... not one, but two, of President John Tyler's grandsons are still alive." For those of you who aren't up on their US History, Tyler was President in the Eighteen Forties. Wow. I want this guys genes. I want this guys genes bad. Um. Wait. Perhaps I should rephrase that... Current Location: Land of the Long Lived (I Hope) Current Mood: Awed Current Music: Oddly enough, Men at Work singing Land Down Under. No idea why.

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March 12th, 2009

09:44 am - *this space reserved for inarticulate screaming* "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that another stimulus package might be needed to help the ailing economy." Excuse me. I think my common sense gland just exploded. Current Location: The State of Perpetual Annoyance Current Mood: angry Current Music: Nancy Pelosi - Land of a Thousand Buggeries

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March 9th, 2009

12:35 pm - Oy. Just... oy. Just when you thought it was impossible for them to surprise you, the Obama administration raises lowers the bar. "There's nothing special about Britain. You're just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn't expect special treatment." I would like to apologize to my friends in the UK. I'm sure you understand that just because a government says something, it doesn't make it real. The UK has - actually, the nations of the Commonwealth have - been our friends for a hundred and fifty years... sometimes following up into things that weren't actually the right thing to do, but backing us when we needed it and berating us afterward. You're the best, most consistent friends we've got out there, and you didn't deserve to be bitch slapped by bureaucrats of our State Department. So. Sorry about that. We'll try to do better in 2012, okay? Current Location: A country run by what appears to be loons. Current Mood: Appalled Current Music: The Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen

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