Obama Omen

Obama's grandmother died today. The drama continues.

History is in the making...

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Cheech and Chong

Exciting news! C&C are coming to Radio City Music Hall!

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NYC Marathon

Today was the New York City marathon. I didn't participate in any capacity but I went to go see what the big deal was. All in all it was a fun experience because there were live music, street performers and people from all over the world cheering for everyone.

The one negative aspect of the marathon is the body odor. As waves of runners passed the spectators, waves upon waves of the foul B.O. wafted into my nostrils. I don't know how other spectators dealt with it.

The other negative aspect of the marathon is the maze through central park. Because of the way the marathon is routed, it is very difficult to get out of central park once you're in it. There are very few exit points and unfortunately, it requires you to run a marathon yourself to maneuver your way through what's seemed like endless miles of hellish maze. It took me over an hour to get home.

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Apple Nano Ads are fucking annoying

I saw this at one of the subway stops. The entire fucking subway stop was plastered with this shitty ad. In fact, I can't go a block without seeing this inane poster in manhattan. Apple has bought out the Big Apple. Ugh. I'm disgusted.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to head over to the Apple Store. I have this strange urge to buy an Apple Nano.

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S'Mac

I woke up this morning determined to get my New York Rooftop honey but alas it was not meant to be. That damn stand is nowhere to be found. Fuck.

I was bummed out so I decided I needed to drown my sorrow with comfort food. I decided to head over to S'Mac to get a Nosh Alpine Mac and Cheese with breadcrumbs. (See picture). Alpine consists of gruyere with slab bacon and elbow mac.

I was enjoying my cheesy treat when I saw some dog take a big piece of crap outside the window. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) I was unable to take a picture.

The food was fortunately good but now I have a cheese headache (tension headache caused by the rich savory cheesocity of cheesiness.

Only one thing can cure this. A big slab of porterhouse steak.

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Breakfast of Champions

First I'd like to point out I'm not a fan of the Lamb. I feel that lamb's gamey experience just doesn't do it for me. Having said that, I couldn't believe how much I enjoyed my lamb döner kebap this morning. I went to Sahara Grill to get my usual chicken döner kebap on pita but because I had arrived early, the chicken was not ready. The owner (a very nice Turkish man btw) shaved a few pieces of lamb telling me that I needed to "broaden my horizons". I reluctantly took the pieces and tasted it. It was delicious. It was still a bit gamey but the other flavors more than made up for it. I told him I was sold and ordered one. I inhaled my breakfast döner kebap smothered in yogurt sauce and went on my merry way.

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Rachel Ray is here. Let us rejoice.

It turns out Rachel Ray is filmed near the apt. Actually, I don't even know if that show is still on. And I'm not a fan...

Um..that is all.

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"Use Your Brain, Vote For McCain"

These people are supporting John McCain. This picture was taken at Times Square in New York City. They were chanting "Use your brain! Vote for McCain!" They held up the New York State Flag, American flag and the flag of Israel. When these people continued to chant their catchy phrase, an Obama group formed out of nowhere and started their chants of support for Obama.

It was interesting because McCain's group was right in the middle of the square near the police station and they were flanked on both sides of the street by an impromptu gathering of Obama supporters. A shouting match began and it was hilarious. One old lady started to explain to people why Palin was a great candidate. I'm sorry to say this but she was absolutely retarded. I feel bad for Republicans because of these morons. Actually, I don't feel bad because Republicans made a pact with Satan. How do I know this? Satan told me so.

In any case, I thank both sides for an amusing night.

Obama - Where's my hoodie?

I wanted to purchase an Obama hoodie at their store but they ran out. They ran out of all sizes and colors. I'm disappointed. I emailed them about the ETA of those items but they haven't responded. What up with dat?

Main Street vs Wall St

I am sick and tired of these stupid journalists using the phrase "Main Street as opposed to Wall Street". Please stop using it. I really hate these brainless reporters taking catch phrases and running it into the ground. Stop using analogies. Stop the inane use of colloquialism.

McCain loves Acorn....wait, what the fuck?

Obama Bucks....What the buck?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/10/obama-bucks-and.html

This was created by Diane Fedele, the president of the Republican women's club in San Bernardino County out in California. When approached for comment, this is what she said:

"If I was racist, I would have looked at it through racist eyes," she said. "I am not racist, which is why it probably didn't register."

Club member Kristina Sandoval agreed.

"None of us are racists," she said.

The use of watermelon, ribs and fried chicken was innocent, she said.

"Everyone eats those foods, it's not a racial thing."

They are arguing that the food depicted in that dollar were randomly chosen and has no alternate meaning. GOP is so awesome.

May they burn in hell for their lies.

The luck continues

I believe I am currently going through a tough time in my life. Nothing has really gone my way and the weight of the world is crushing my spirit. Those who know me remember all the crap that has happened in the last few years. For those who do not know me well, I will try to give a brief recap of my life's events (the not-too-personal examples):

1) My car blew up (literally blew up causing a huge ball of fire) while it was being transported from one coast to the other. The driver of the transport was drunk, made a wrong turn and ....well, it's a long story.
2) First TV I bought in my new place was broken on arrival because the cathode tube was cut in half (i thought it was impossible but it happened)
3) My computer was crushed, rendering it useless during transport
4) My first roommate turned out to be a racist psycho.
5) Ikea ripped me off
6) I have received more wrong orders from the fast food drive thru windows than correct ones.
7) While waiting at a stop light, a kid with no license and no insurance crashed into the back of my car.
8) I was the victim of identity theft and someone spent $4000 from my checking account (money I received from student loans) in Florida.
9) and more... (I don't have my list with me)

In any case, this morning T-mobile-fuck-up was added to this list. Tmobile was supposed to send me my new phone. First of all, they sent it to the wrong address. Secondly, they sent the wrong phone. Third, now they want me to pay for the phone up front and pay for more shipping. All of this will take another week to sort out. BULLSHIT. I regret staying with Tmobile. oh well, I'll tell everyone not to go with T-mobile. Hopefully, they'll go out of business and I can switch to the other shitty network AT&T. T-mobile is now on my shit list along with Ikea.

Who will you gamble on?

It’s always interesting to hear two sides of the story. It’s provides perspective.

The question is which candidate will you gamble on? It is a gamble because I believe nothing in this world can predict how well an individual will perform as president. I believe nothing can prepare you for the position of POTUS and the responsibilities that come with this job. However, without a doubt, I believe the individual must be learned and have in their arsenal sophisticated analytical skills to properly evaluate situations presented to them and have the ability to make an educated decision to the best of his her ability. Life is not black and white and many problems do not have a perfect answer. This is why the office of POTUS is such a difficult position. Having said that, I believe both candidates are qualified for the position.


With Obama’s classical education in an internationally recognized university, I have no doubt he would be able to tackle the problems presented to him. With a good broad knowledge of the modern world and his years of service in his community, I believe that he will be able to adapt to the dynamic national and international political environment. Clearly he is gifted, as he had to work and study extremely hard to attend Harvard Law, one of the most prestigious and internationally recognized law schools in the world. I have no doubt he has a command of the language and will be able to converse and negotiate comfortably with other educated men and women around the world.

With McCain long service to this country and his years of hands on experience in politics, I have no doubt he will also be a competent leader of this nation and will be able to go toe to toe with international leaders. It is frankly shameful to question his character and his loyalty to the people of this country and I believe that his intent has always been for the good of the country. Although some of the people he had to court to win votes reflect badly on him, I still believe that when you pull the Republican machine aside, he is a decent and intelligent man.

But all of that do not matter to me at this point because my problem lies with Mrs. Palin. Although it is indeed true that one cannot judge a person’s intellectual and political prowess solely on merits written on paper, I can’t help but take a wary look at her credentials. Palin attended several community colleges with variable attendance rate. In between her attempts to receive a general studies degree, she took time off to enter beauty pagents. She did a semester here and a semester there until she finally graduated with a communications degree from University of Idaho. She seems like a decent human being with a modest knowledge base. But therein lies the problem. She IS the poster child for mediocrity. There is nothing wrong with that in the microcosm of Alaskan politics but there is no room for mediocrity on the international stage when billions of lives are at stake.

My problem is that voting for McCain\Palin duo is a big risk. He has had melanoma (please look at the statistics with regards to five year survival) and his health is not what it used to be. This is why the position of vice president comes into play much more in this election. If heaven forbid, McCain dies in office, how will Palin lead the country and the world? Picture in your mind’s eye any scenario between President Palin and say…PM Putin. Pit PM Putin, an ex KGB and former leader of one of the most powerful nations on earth against Gov. Palin, a former beauty queen and moose hunter who currently leads 675,000 citizens in Alaska. Picture in your mind’s eye dinners involving the leaders of various countries around the world and try to predict her ability to converse with them in a sophisticated manner.

Folksy talk and a simple mind may be cute for a few minutes but when millions or billions of lives are at stake, I cannot tolerate such unprofessional behavior. Just look at the devastating impact George Bush the dullard had on the world.

Americans have the unique privilege of not only electing the leader of this great nation but also a leader of the entire free world. I hope that people will take this into consideration when they vote in November.

Palin the Community College Dropout

http://online.wsj.com/article/declarations.html

You should read this. This is from a republican. The reason I'm telling you to read this is because she ripped off my argument. Where's ma' royalties?

Good news for McCain: His numbers are improving because people are confused by what socialism is. People don't like socialist programs like public education, social security, medicare, medicaid, firefighting, police, etc. Apparently, people don't like these things. I'm beginning to lean toward McCain right now. I think poor republicans need to be taught a lesson. When they are denied healthcare and get thrown out on their ass on the street to die in the gutter, perhaps they will start using their atrophied brain and wonder, what have I done?

Is this cruel? I mean, these people vehemently want to fuck themselves in the ass.

I have given up on these people.

"There's a new class at West Beverly Hills High..."

They have GOT to be kidding me. They are bringing back 90210? Do we really need another series with predictable writing and romance? Spoiler alert, by the end of the series (which I hope is only 4 episodes), everyone will have slept with everyone, going through every permutation. Ugh.

Verdict on FireFox 3 - Mixed Bag

So the new firefox is out and everyone is excited...except me. I have used Firefox 3 since launch and I must say that I am not impressed. It's not terrible but it's not end all be all product that everyone has been jacking off to. I must say that the product deserves perhaps half a stalk at best.

I can only go by my personal experience. I consider myself a unique user because I usually end up browsing with about 30 sites open at the same time. My ADHD/hypomanic state prevents me from focusing on one wesite at a time. Usually, I end up searching for many many topics because the 1 second it takes to load a site is 1 second too long and I must be distracted by another. I go through tab after tab in quick succession making rapid decisions on what link to click on or what topic I will explore next.

And in this type of browsing firefox 3 fails. It continues to crash on both my vista ultimate box and winxp pro fresh install lappy. It continues to crash when I visit certain sites with flash heavy/java running at the same time. How do I know it's firefox 3? Firefox 2 works fine. IE 7 works fine. Opera 9 works fine. Hell, even my mobile phone running opera 8 opens these pages with no problem. Plus, the same websites that I've been visitng with firefox 2 are now giving me problems. Who knows? It still may not be firefox's fault but the fact of the matter is my lifestyle is hindered and I don't like it. I'm sorting through the error to isolate the problem but I smell a firefox update coming soon.

So in conclusion, I give it a 'meh' rating for now

IKEA's bait and switch (They rip you off)

I ordered a bunch of stuff on the IKEA website for the house and then charged it to my account. I got a confirmation number, my credit card went through and all was well. I got a quote for my delivery and an estimated delivery time period and everything was peachy.

And then a few days went by and I didn't hear anything from them.

I called the customer service and I was told that the order had been canceled. I was a bit annoyed by this but if I could put the order back in there was nothing lost except a few days of my precious time.

Then the customer service representative told me that all of the prices of my products have gone up and that my total was 200 dollars more. $200 more?!!?? That was when I lost my cool.

Their shitty justification for this was that my credit card, which I have been using all this week and last week and the last 5 FUCKING years without any problems was "declined". But they obviously couldn't tell me why. I called my credit card company and they told me that there were no problems and the cancelation took place on the IKEA end. The customer service gave me the run around, trying to say that my address on the card did not match. Too bad my address was the same address I've been using for the last 21 fucking years. Nothing has changed.

But what really changed? Their prices. Since I purchased their products a day before the massive price increases, my order was conveniently canceled and an attempt to collect on the higher prices was made. What a fucking scam. What kind of shit is this? This is bait and switch! I am pissed off. So I called their corporate number and they tried to justify their scam this way and that way. I wouldn't have any of it. They finally gave me some "resolution reference number" and that they will be investigating this crap. Of course, since it's July 4th weekend, it won't be done until Monday. Bullshit.

Eyata, the smug ass bitch of a supervisor, was basically blaming me for their mistakes. I'll be writing a letter on this one. REMEMBER THIS NAME FOLKS, EYATA <--this is the worst customer service representative on the planet.

Antoinette at the "corporate number" was a bit more helpful but not by much since the scam i'm sure goes all the way to the top.

This is the last time I purchase anything online with these fuckers. And I will now begin a campaign to stop people from purchasing from IKEA.

IKEA "corporate relations" number is:
1-610-834-0180

Just in case you get ripped off too, call them directly. If I find out any more helpful numbers, contacts that people can annoy, I will post them for future reference.

I hope they all believe in God so they can burn in hell for their lies and deception. 8th level of Hell is waiting for them. I'm also working on a voodoo curse that I am going to place on Eyata.

Fuck you patches! Fuck you upgrades!

Patches and upgrades are the most annoying shit on the planet.

Games:
Why are the patch upgrades not readily accessible? I REALLY REALLY HATE going through hoops to download the fucking thing. EA has their Crysis website but no direct link to their patches. I don't give a shit about their fancy flash intro. I don't give a flying fuck about "origin" of the hero or whatever the hell their selling. I don't want no wallpaper or some other "graphic bonus extra". I don't want to know about your "modular tacticle exoskeleton." Just give me the fucking patch. There should be a big button on the front of EA crysis page that says, upgrade patch. When you click on it, you shouldn't be taken to another fucking page to wade through another set of bullshit just to download fixes to your fucking game. You should automatically get a download prompt that allows you to download the God-forsaken patch. After you download, there should be a little message that says, "I'm sorry we suck so hard that we have to patch the fucking game every other week to that you can play it with some stability." EA support page? Why do i have to go there? LINK YOUR PATCHES ON THE FRONT PAGE YOU ASSHOLES! STOP WASTING MY FUCKING TIME. They should stop wasting their money on front page flash intro that I always skip. Just put the links right in my face. Fuck you game publishers. And this kind of shit isn't just for Crysis. It's every other fucking PC game out there. Try finding shit for Neverwinter Nights 2 on the Bioware site. Of course, NWN2 was created by Oblivion dudes so although the forum is on bioware site, the patch is on the other....blah blah blah. This is how retarded it is.

Software:
People wonder why microsoft gets such a bad wrap. I'll tell you why. Microsoft has become a big retarded mess. Have you visited their "download center"? It takes an hour to wade through that shit just to get the right update. There was a "required" update to my OS and i was taken there by my computer through some magical process. I started to follow the directions (click here, click there, validate this, validate that). I went through all of this shit just so that i could get a screen saying my genuine advantage validation tool, which I just downloaded because they forwarded me to a webpage telling me to do it, is out of date. Long story short, it turns out the webpage, when linked from another outdated page directs you to an older version of this intrusive piece of shit validation tool to supposedly "fight piracy". I am so fed up with this shit that I think I'll start pirating software because it's EASIER to use since everything is cracked and I don't have to go through hoops to use the fucking software!! You wonder why people pirate shit Microsoft? I'll bet half the people pirate because they don't want to pay for it and half the people do it so they don't have to constantly waste time validating this and that everytime they want to use software they purchased legitimately.

Here's my solution Microsoft. Make all of your products free for 5 years until the next big update after Windows 7. Clean up the websites. Streamline. Find ways of cutting shit down to the minimum. Start over with Windows 8 Extreme or whatever the hell you want to call it. Just stop this insanity.

-out

"This is 12 years of Catholic school talking..."

I really fucking hate that phrase.

Just because you went to Catholic school, it doesn't mean you know everything about the Bible. In fact, I'm pretty sure those educated in Catholic school know as much about the Bible as John the agnostic living across the street.

Unless the Bible is the only thing you studied for 12 years, I really doubt that you know much more than the average joe. You have to be a fucking genius at the age of 5 to fully understand the repercussions of plenary indulgence. I'm sure your time in school was not solely devoted to YHWH. Catholic school is still a school (I imagine) and you learn shit like Math, Reading, History, etc. and I found that learning all of that takes quite a bit of time. You may throw a little passage here and there and learn the rituals etc with regards to the religion but I doubt the students analyzed the pros and cons of the doctrines formulated by the Ecumenical council throughout history to much depth. And even if you did, I doubt as a teenager you lost sleep over the contradictions scattered throughout the historical papers. Don't kid yourself. I'm sure you learned a few things about Jesus and his pals like I did in Sunday school.

So don't tell me that you know more about the Bible because you heard a few excerpts from Mathew from your priest between your daily ritual of jacking off in the bathroom and having pre-marital sex during your teenage years. Don't tell me you are Bible dude because your priest spoon fed you Biblical interpretations. Unless you have ACTUALLY read the Bible from cover to cover IN ORDER and with a critical eye, you can suck my balls.

I have no problem with Catholicism. I just really hate the self-rightous pricks "practicing" that fascinating religion.

In summary, go fuck yourself.

Damn it! I'm constantly surrounded by a bunch of cocksuckers. (5 years ago, I would have written here Goddamnit! but I don't do that anymore. I'm trying to improve as a person.)

Very bad day

Today was a very bad day. Shit hit the fan. I really hate people that are out of touch with reality. Stupid ass fucking director.

Coffee is Whack

In high school, I never experimented with recreational drugs. I really didn't do much of anything other than study. I still had tons-o-fun but they were good-clean-fun of the bible sort. I didn't smoke, I didn't drink, and I didn't even drink coffee.

This trend continued in college, although alcohol was imbibed in social settings. I still did not do any recreational drugs and I did not smoke. AND I still didn't drink coffee.

Now that I work at Sax Fifth Ave, I drink coffee all the time. In fact, I drink about 12-14 cups of coffee a day. That's right...12-14 in a 24 hour period.

My collection of thermos cups and my Bean Vac

I drink because it's the only way I can stay awake. You see, I work very long hours. I work about 80 hours a week. I would be lucky if i had two days off on the weekend. So the only way I can survive is to utilize stimulants. Since I do not want to use illegal stimulants, caffeine is the only option for me.

I am also poor. So I really can't afford to purchase all of those cups of coffee at Starbucks or other fancy coffee shops. I started to make coffee at home and I would carry it with me and drink it all day long.

However, I soon realized that regular Folgers just was not cutting it for me. I wanted to grind my own beans. I wanted to make my coffee drinking experience at home as close to the boutique coffee experience as possible.

So invested in a cheap grinder and I bought a 2 lb bag of decent quality coffee to brew at home.

But then I realized that these large bags usually last me about 3-4 weeks and the fresh roasted smell and fresh taste disappear towards the end of the month. Even if I froze the bag, the amazing freshness of a newly opened bag was usually gone. I wanted to maintain that amazing aroma as long as I could so I looked around the internet for some options.

I came across an article talking about the advantages of vacuum containers for coffee. I read some reviews and found that most of the affordable devices were mediocre at best. Some were hand pumps and some were automatic. The one that caught my eye (and was relatively affordable) was the Bean Vac:

The reviews for this device were not that great. A lot of people were having problems. I guess quality control was an issue. However, because I live on the edge, I figured "what the hell" and went for it.

I am very happy with the purchase...for now. I set the vacuum timer on a 24 hour cycle and it removes air from the container everyday. I have used this device for over a month now and I must admit it has made a big difference in taste and experience. I hope it doesn't break.

I wonder however if I can continue this lifestyle. It's crazy. It's only a matter of time before I get an ulcer since I often have to counter my hunger headaches with nsaids. What has become of my life? Why must I suffer so? Help.

I need to stay awake but if i continue this coffee binge, i'll be coughing up blood in no time from the ulcers. This is one dilly of a pickle...

MicroSD card fuxxxx0red.

Retarded. My microSD card crashed/died/got-jacked/etc and I lost everything I had for my Tytn. Actually, I almost lost everything.

Fortunately, File Scavenger recovered all of my files. All 4 gigs of it. It did it perfectly. Kudos to that software. I don't know if it's the best out there but it worked for me.

File Scavenger

There was still a problem though. I couldn't reformat the damn thing. Something was really wrong with it. I tried EVERYTHING on my PC to get that damn thing to format. It didn't work. I tried every commercial program available.

Fortunately for me, I remembered how awesome my digital camera was. I popped that sucker in an SD adapter and with a few adjustments, I was able to format that microSD back to normal. Huzzay for robust Digicam software/firmware! (BTW, I have a Casio Exilim s-770.)

Casio FTW.

Frustration

This week has been a fucking nightmare. Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.

The worst part of all this is that my desktop computer has been acting retarded lately. Plus, the ISP as well as the IT department in this god-forsaken place are absolutely stupid. Everything that uses electricity around here has broken down. My PDA is fucked. My microSD card with everything i have on it failed. My harddrive on the desktop is fucked. My laptop is fucked again with all of these device drivers going haywire. Plus, it's goddamn hot. The air conditioner cools my room down to only 81 degrees.

This is absolutely retarded. I need some medication.

Coming soon: 'On My Way To Work'

I will soon post a walking photo essay. I've been meaning to do it for a while. I have no idea why but it's something to do.

Mogo is cool

I hate using the touchpad on my laptop. I really prefer to use the mouse. However, most of the mice that are sold on the market are really inconvenient for a variety of reasons. I like the Mogo because I can store it in my PCMCIA slot and it charges when not in use. So far it's working very well. And with the recent drop in price, you can't go wrong.

And so it begins again

I need to resurrect this blog.

It's a shame...

I can't believe I abandoned this blog. I need to start writing again.

Vegas!

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Someone is stalking me

Someone keeps checking my blog. I have no idea what this person wants and what this person needs. But go away! Power of Christ compels you!

Happy Ash Wednesday!

Praise Jesus

Lazytown

I found this new show that's strange and funny. The best lines in this clip are:

Stingy: "You get to be in the front row?!"

Steph: "Yea, I *am* the mayor's niece...remember?"

Freaking hilarious.

Why Macs Suck

A video in which a guy rants about why macs suck. Very creative approach.

Bush 'unaware' of Pakistan threat

Full article here

So basically, Bush is telling us that he is either a) ignorant about what is going on with his staff and country or b) he is lying to everyone.

I personally think he's lying his head off. I'm just apalled by this. This is ridiculous.

Bush's Jesus quest seems to include either burying his head in the sand or lying to everyone for the "good of the country" and for Jesus.

This is why we have to keep Church and State separate folks. If you don't have that, you get places like Iran. Right wing dumbfucks can't seem to understand that. Why can't the armpit* of America understand this?

*armpit refers to flyover states

The Hoff

Smoking question....again

(Pink - Every girl's role model)

The television at the local grocery store was playing an anti-smoking ad when the guy next to me said in a smug manner, "I don't know why the hell they're trying to stop me from doing what I want. It's my body and if I want to smoke it away, I should be able to. It's my right."

I just smiled back.

Smiling has become my gesture of choice (or rather reflex) these days because I don't feel much like arguing with people.

However, what I really wanted to say is, "Hey fuckface, usually I wouldn't give a rat's ass about what you do to yourself. I agree that if you want to smoke yourself to oblivion, it can be your choice. But the reason they're running these ads is because your sorry ass is going to cost America and me $157 BILLION dollars a year treating you when you get sick. If you can promise me that when you do get sick, you'll just bury yourself alive in an unmarked grave so it'll save me some money, then I'll be the first to write my congressman to stop running those fucking ads."

But, I didn't say those things and I just get smiling back.

One of these days though...

Pope vs the world, Part 3

Give me a break.

I don't give a shit about either religious group but I have seen plenty of so called "leading" Muslim clerics talk shit about every other fucking country and race and I haven't heard any apologies.

All these religious nuts in all countries need to calm the fuck down. They're all going to hell or some form of shitty afterlife anyway so they might as well enjoy life on Earth while it lasts.

They should try to make the world a better place instead of getting worked up about nothing.

Cletus was right. We should stop all this "fussin' and a feudin'".

The real black widow

Weird

This is really strange. Everyone is dying around her.

Bookmark

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Remember quid pro quo?

I hate watching news.

However, sometimes I can't avoid it because when I'm flipping through the channels, I inevitably come to the foul newschannel called CNN. Then, my morbid curiosity forces me to watch.

The other day, I saw our beloved leader, George "W stands for Freedom" Bush, give a speech about nothing.

Karl Rove's game plan is in full swing once again.

I am surprised that people are still surprised by the administration's tactics. You knew that Rove was going to move those high profile prisoners to Git-mo. You knew the GOP was going to use security as a midterm election issue. You knew Bush was so ignorant that he thought previous incarnations of the electric car did not exist.

Here's what he said on July 27th 2006:

"We're working on battery technologies," Bush said in Washington at a speech to the National Association of Manufacturers. "They say we're pretty close to a breakthrough in a battery where you can drive the first 40 miles on a battery, and your car doesn't look like a golf cart."

Obviously, he has never heard of this.

I'm fascinated and frustrated by politics. I'm in awe of sleazy manipulations and intricate word games that are often associated with politics. If politics had no effect on real life, I could say it's fun to watch. However, politics affects us in more ways than one and so it makes me sad.

Political Paradox

Penis

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TNG rocks the Hazbatah

Stop sending men into outer space

We need to stop sending men into outer space. Don't get me wrong, I would love to colonize Mars or build a fleet of starships to explore strange new worlds.

But first, we need to do a lot more things to get to that end.

What we need to do is send instruments and unmanned space labs to the moon. We also need to send solar panel drones that can fan across the surface of mars to create an energy grid. We then can send construction robots to the moon to prepare the surface for men to live there.

Only then should man head into space again. We're spending too much money and time on manned trips to outer space with retarded results.

VERIZON ONLINE RIPS PEOPLE OFF

This is what I got from my DSL provider today:

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Dear Valued Verizon Online Customer,

Effective August 14, 2006, Verizon Online will stop charging the FUSF (Federal Universal Ser vice Fund) recovery fee. We will stop being assessed the fee by our DSL network suppliers. Therefore, we will no longer be recovering this fee from our customers. The impact of the FUSF fee is as follows: for customers of Verizon Online with service up to 768Kbps, the fee eliminated is $1.25 a month; for customers of Verizon Online with service up to 1.5 Mbps or 3Mbps, the fee eliminated is $2.83 a month (based on current FUSF surcharge amounts). On your bill that includes charges for August 14, 2006 you will see either a partial FUSF Recovery Fee or no FUSF line item at all, depending on your bill cycle.

Starting August 26, 2006, Verizon Online will begin charging a Supplier Surcharge for all new DSL customers, existing customers with a DSL monthly or bundle package, and existing DSL annual plan customers at the time their current annual plan expires. This surcharge is not a government imposed fee or a tax; however, it is intended to help offset costs we incur from our network supplier in providing Verizon Online DSL service. The Supplier Surcharge will initially be set at $1.20 a month for Verizon Online DSL customers with service up to 768Kbps and $2.70 per month for customers with DSL service at higher speeds.

On balance your total bill will remain about the same as it has been or slightly lower.
For more information, see the Announcement in the Help section of Verizon Central, located at http://central.verizon.net

We regret the need to add this Supplier Surcharge, but we thank you for choosing high speed Verizon Online DSL. We appreciate and value your business.

Sincerely,

Verizon Online
Broadband Customer Care Team

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This is such bullshit. Since they lost a revenue stream, they're making shit up to charge customers now? These assholes can't get enough of our money? I don't believe this. I think I'll switch to cable.

I'll bet these assholes were thinking, hmm...since FUSF fee was $2.83...and since we're losing that, let's make up a service charge and make them pay slightly less, making it seem as though we're helping them save some money.

I hope there is a God so these fuckers can burn in hell. May these corporate executives see their children suffer from horrible diseases. Remember Moses' plague and the death of the first born son from that movie? Yeah. That's right.

A POX ON THEE!

Wha...?!?!?

I...uh...err...wha...

Forums are up!!

http://forum (dot) jeffyen (dot) com

Go go go!!

Japanese Gameshow

From the country that brought you Takeshi's Castle and the country that has become one of the world's biggest exporter of fetish porn comes another hilarious entertainment for all to enjoy.

It is called Gaki no tsukai ya Arahende, and this is "Silent Library".

It's a pretty funny show. Just watch.



Sure it's not as exciting as the other TV shows in Japan where a human being was placed in a sealed room for a year and given impossible tasks to carry out, or that other show where a person was given a million dollars for circling the globe with no money, friends, or help, or that other show where people were boiled alive, but I think this show is up there in terms of craziness.

Kew.Tee.Pie

Carrot Song



Egg Song



You know you love it.

NEW I Love Lucy

There are new episodes of I Love Lucy on network TV!

Well...actually, they're not NEW episodes per se but rather they're re-edited versions of I Love Lucy with extra scenes added. You see, for 20 years or so, I Love Lucy episodes have been butchered on network TV so that they can sell more commercial time. Recently however, with the release of all seasons of I Love Lucy on DVD, networks have decided that the old edited version of I Love Lucy wasn't "cutting it". So, they re-cut and retooled the episodes so that more of the hilarious original scenes were included in each masterpiece.

In the 50s, Lucy fans were treated each week to half an hour of the best variety show man has ever known. In fact, I remember reading in the Bible that Jesus was a I Love Lucy fan. Now, with the re-edits, a new generation can experience I Love Lucy again. Though I have all the DVDs, I still enjoy watching the episodes on television and watching the antics of the red-headed genius with my fellow fans all over the United States and world.

I still hope that maybe within the next decade, network television will show the COMPLETE uncut episodes for all to enjoy. The original episodes have little nuances that made the show even better and if people discovered those gems too, I believe that there will be more fans than ever.

Next time, maybe I'll talk about why Star Trek: TNG should come back on the air as reruns on network television...

Egao no Rensa - Rakuen

Pineapple Drink of the Gods...Now with benzene!

So, it turns out that I was drinking poison during college.

My beloved Crush Pineapple has benzene in it...an agent known to be linked with leukemia.

Remember the book Fever by Robin Cook? The daughter was exposed to benzene from nearby tire plants and got cancer. The father ends up "sort of saving" his daughter but I won't be so lucky.

It looks like drinking many gallons of pineapple drink may have had a similar effect on me. Maybe my apathy and laziness are caused by benzene from pineapple drink.

Who knows? I'm just sad because Pineapple drink is the best in the world and now I'm hestitant to drink it.

Curses!!

M.S.S.S.

My Super Sweet Sixteen has to be one of the most vile television shows on TV.

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with 16 year olds spending $10,000 on a dress or $250,000 on a car or $400,000 on a birthday party. That is part of Capitalism and I accept the consequences of adapting this economic philosophy. If rich 16 year olds want to become spoiled and slutty, that's their choice.

The problem is they are putting this behavior on television. And if you have watched entertainment shows featuring girls or have visited any myspace websites, you will see that many girls seem to hold these MSSS girls' behaviors with high regard.

Watching this show makes me vomit. It makes me pissed off. I can't even surf the channels when that show is on for fear of catching a glimpse of this vile show.

The show celebrates the pompous, greedy, mean, whiny, ungrateful, terrible human beings.

Maybe I'm just afraid that if I ever have a kid, the child would turn out to be just like the girls portrayed on that show. Even if I had billions of dollars, I would never do that to my child. I would resort to good ol' fashioned child beatings before I give in to that nonsense.

Or maybe, I'm just getting too old for this shit.

I hope you get cancer and die!

Merck, the makers of the beloved Vioxx, has just released their Anti-human papilloma virus medication Gardacil on the market. It would prevent women from becoming infected by this virus. HPV has been reported to be the cause of ~70% of cervical cancers in the United States.

Some Christian conservative groups, however, do not want this drug on the market because they argue that it would allow more kids to have premarital sex. Because HPV is usually trasmitted during intercourse, these groups oppose the vaccination of young girls.

This makes perfect sense! Not giving this vaccine will keep kids from having sex right? HIV and AIDS isn't scary enough. If you have premarital sex, you should be punished with cancer so you can wither away and die! That's how God and Jesus would have wanted it, right?

Give me a fucking break.

Smartest man in the world

Bush recently signed a Tax cut bill that would help rich people get back on their feet.

The nation's Federal Debt limit has been set to 9 TRILLIAN dollars on March 16th because 8.2 trillian dollars in the hole wasn't big enough. The Iraq war has cost $280 BILLION dollars so far. Some may think this is ridiculous but I disagree.

These are BRILLIANT maneuvers to get the Republicans back on top.

It looks like the next election is going to go to the Democrats. The Republicans know that they are in a bad position. They are facing a political Kobayashi maru.

I think they came to the conclusion that they need to make sure that they fuck up everything before they leave. They want to make life as hard as possible for the next group of East Coast Ivy League liberal poli-sci majors.

Bush is making sure that all of these tax cuts are in place. When the Democrats come into power and see that the government is fucked, they'll have no choice to roll back the tax cuts or raise taxes to pay off the debt.

What will the citizens of the armpit states think of that? Well, they'll blame the Democrats for "destroying America" and they will all vote for Republicans again.

Brilliant.

This is exactly what I would have done.

Quote of the Day

"Imposing Democracy is an oxymoron." - Odin's Beard

Instant Celebrity

Online videos seem to be creating fads that create instant celebrities.

One kid's performance at the UC San Diego's Kollaboration Show (Korean American Talent Show) earned him a career. David Elsewhere's performance at the 2001 show got him a spot on Jay Leno, and now he's a dancing fool. He has been in several commercials with the most recent one being the Discovery Channel Promo that featured his original performance. At least this kid got something out of college education...

(Picture Above: David Elsewhere - Video Below: Original Performance)


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Here's another guy at a talent show showing his stuff. I'm not sure if he'll get any recognition but it's fun to watch anyway.

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Here are some Religious kids doing the Mario thing.

Fun times. Fun times...

South Park to the future

I saw a picture of Kerry Mclean's design of the monowheel. He says it "drives like an airplane". I seem to remember Mr. Garrison designed a device just like it to fight the airline industry. Interesting.

Living in the time of Harry Potter

(Harry is a Pervert.)

It is rare to be part of or experience literary history. I feel fortunate to be living during the time of Harry Potter. Book 7 will end the series and I hope it'll end well. There are, of course, speculations floating around regarding the possible deaths in this final volume.

Here is my take:

Hermione: Lives to become a Hogwarts teacher. Her life will be saved by Ron in an amazing selfless act. She will love him forever.

Snape: Dies. He will sacrifice himself to save Harry and help him destroy Voldemort. Although Harry's existence is a constant daily reminder of his love for Lilly that was never fulfilled, he will realize that he must avenge Lilly's death. He must also atone for his mistake of joining the Deatheaters. Snape’s precious second chance in life given to him by Dumbledore will be used to stop Voldy and save Harry.

Hagrid: Will live and lead Grawp in a battle against the death eaters. He will get married to Maxime.

Lupin: Lives. Will have a final confrontation with Greyback and kill him. They will fight in their animal form. Will save Tonk’s life. Will marry and love Tonks and have many hybrid kids.

Arthur: Will live and FINALLY become Minister of Magic. His love for Muggle products will allow him to become an expert in muggle affairs and will become a liaison between the two worlds. A perfect Minister of Magic.

Molly: Will live and become a proud mother-in-law of Hermione. She and her family will move on up to the east side.

Twins: Both Live and the joke shop will be an incredible success, not because of the joke goodies, but because their inventions will be critical tools/weapons against the death eaters for the young freedom fighters. Their inventions, although seemingly silly, will be used in clever ways against the death eaters.

Ginny: Will live, performing brilliantly against the deatheaters and will find love with Harry. Again, her love for Harry will push herself to sacrifice herself in someway to allow Harry to get closer to Voldy. Will be wounded but will live.

Percy: Will die after joining the deatheaters. His need for power will blindly lead him toward that path. His longly for absolute power will corrupt him absolutely. He will be fatally wounded and see the light before a dramatic death in the arms of Arthur.

Charlie: Will live. Will become a rich success.

Bill and Fleur: Both will live. Will have many kids. They will have a small cottage and live a simple life.

Lucius: Lives. Spends the rest of his life in Azkaban.

Bellatrix: Will LIVE. Continuing with the theme of protecting the innocence of children, she will be confronted by Neville and lose in a battle. Neville will be faced with the choice of killing the woman who tortured his parents or allowing her to live. He will choose mercy and have her spend the rest of her life in Azkaban. That is true power.

Draco: He will definitely live. His death would mean that Dumbledore and Snape's sacrifice would have been in vain. Dumbledore did not want the blood on Draco's hand and destroy the innocence of a child. There would be no turning back from the path of evil and destruction if Draco had killed Dumbledore. Dumbledore's plea to have Snape do the deed was the last attempt to save Draco's life. I also think that Snape's life in the past was also saved in a similar fashion. I think Snape was given a task to do a horrible deed and fall into the path of darkness. I think Dumbledore saved Snape from that in a kind of parallel/history repeats itself type of fashion.

Petter Petigrew: Lives to spend life in Azkaban (although death eaters will no longer be there). He will betray Voldemort by leaking information, at which point he will have no allies on either camp.

McGonogall: Will live to run Hogwarts.

Neville: Will live and fight brilliantly against Bellatrix. He will spare her life. Mercy is a great power. Will marry Fleur’s younger sister.

Ron: Lives but will be critically wounded. His sacrifice will allow Harry to get closer to Voldemort and the final battle. Will also sacrifice himself for Hermione and save her life. This will seal the deal and the R/Hr ship will finally go on that cruise.

Luna: Will live and become a brilliant Auror. Her dad’s paper will rise to become THE paper of the wizarding world.

Voldemort: Will die not by conventional clichéd means like wand/magic battle as Rowling deceptively “hinted” in book 4 (Harry vs. Voldy) or book 5 (Dumble vs. Voldy). It will be an act of irony that will end his life. His inability to love will be his demise.

Harry: He will live because if the books are about good and evil, an ambiguous ending where both Harry and Voldy dies would be meaningless. Good will triumph. He will get the girl…sort of (ie Ginny).

The only thing remaining at the end of book 7 of Voldemort’s mark on the wizarding world will be Harry’s SCAR. (That’s how I see the book ending)

I suspect Jo will leave many unanswered questions by the end of 7.

I also don’t think Jo will throw around “death” as a solution to many of the baddies. Death of this person and that person in book 7 will start to become meaningless and the impact on the reader will diminish as the story continues. Therefore, I believe there will be a few deaths that are key, such as Voldy, Snape and Percy. Beyond that, I don’t see others really dying. Also, killing someone is a big deal. I just don’t see how Jo could allow any of the kids to kill some being and then allow them to live happily ever after without repercussions. Evil characters in the book may be able to do so, but I just don’t see how someone like Neville can kill and then be on his merry way. I also don’t think revenge is a message Jo is trying to convey.

I hope that the final book is 5000 pages.

Cheers.