Does anyone hear butt noises?

AWOL'ed

2011-06-22T20:15:00.000-07:00

It's been a long while...

I've been thinking a lot about a girl. Seen her on occasions since last summer but didn't approach her until the beginning of the year. Then, there were stretches where I didn't see her.

The last two weeks made me want to pursue something but I have to be careful. She's got a bf. But the bf is thousand miles away. *sigh*

We seem to get along great, so I remain cautiously optimistic.

How are you folks doing?

Yet Another Right-Wing Blowhard Busted

2009-07-29T06:48:00.000-07:00

By Jon Stewart

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c

Bill Kristol Extended Interview

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Full Episodes

Political Humor

Joke of the Day

Why do right-wingers hate their fellow Americans?

Jebus! Here's another conservative douchebag spreading more hate.....

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/07/29/2009-07-29_fox_news_glenn_beck_president_barack_obama_is_racist_with_deepseated_hatred_of_w.html

How the fuck are these assholes constantly dividing America when it's in such bad shape? I can't recall if they've ever been constructive to the country's rebuilding by offering clever and genuine solutions to national problems. It seems that all they could muster up are: (i) lower taxes for the wealthy, especially the capital gains tax for the folks with a portfolio and who don't have to work; (ii) a smaller government so that they can run it to ground as evidenced by W's exemplary administration; and, (iii) to whiplash America into a middle age theocracy (mind you that these religious schmucks are pushing a Christian world domination agenda much like their Muslim counterparts, except that they have wealth and better technology).

Seriously folks, why do these right-wingers hate their fellow Americans so much?

Here are some indications of their arrogant idiocy:

1. Bill O'Reilly: http://politicalirony.com/2009/07/28/bill-oreilly-is-a-complete-idiot/
(thanks to Political Irony)

2. Ann Coulter does the right thing but gets slammed: http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2009/07/when_youre_too_nuts_for_ann_co.php

3. W: At a Fourth of July celebration at Monticello (Jefferson’s home) President Bush misquoted Jefferson. Here’s what Bush said:

On the 50th anniversary of America’s independence, Thomas Jefferson passed away. But before leaving this world, he explained that the principles of the Declaration of Independence were universal. In one of the final letters of his life, he wrote, “May it be to the world, what I believe it will be — to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all — the signal of arousing men to burst the chains, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government.”

But what Jefferson actually wrote contains an anti-religious statement:

May it be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all) the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government.

It is ironic that Bush, who edited Jefferson, so actively promotes “monkish ignorance and superstition”.

(again, thanks to Political Irony)

4. Sarah Palin. Nuff said.

Random Sites

2009-07-12T16:15:00.001-07:00

For smiling, bewilderment and smirking. Enjoy!

http://www.davesdailydose.com/2009/04/30/girls-has-amazing-tongue-dexterity/

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/07/jebus_how_do_these_dingbats_ge.php

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5803300/Swearing-can-reduce-the-feeling-of-pain.html

WOOHOO!

2009-07-09T00:58:00.000-07:00

Massachusetts is getting its shit on!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/08/massachusetts.marriage.lawsuit/index.html

I'm so proud of the folks.

Great Bigotry Article

2009-06-07T16:15:00.000-07:00

http://www.atheistrev.com/2009/05/miscegenation-and-gay-marriage-both.html

Why is hate promoted when love is supposed to be the message of the good book? Just a damn shame!

Fo Real!

2009-05-20T20:21:00.000-07:00

Lebron is probably the second coming of Jordan. With less than 30 seconds left in the fourth period of Game 1 and down by two, Lebron drives, gets fouled by the league's Defensive Player (Howard) and King James floats one a la Jordan/Dr. J into the hoop. Of course, he makes the free throw to complete the 3-point play.

Orlando comes down and makes a clutch 3-pointer from downtown. Let's see how King James responds with 14.7 seconds remaining being down 107-106...

Homey had to dish and no clutch shot for Cleveland with a jump ball with 1 second left.

Doh...Cleveland loses.

Still, brother James is da shit, fo realz. Game 2 should be great as Cleveland was off for 8 days following its second series sweep in the playoffs.

Still pissed off...

2009-04-23T15:43:00.000-07:00

That they lost control of the White House and Congress...when will the Republicans and fellow right-wingers get over it and actually help fix/clean up the mess they made?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/23/meghan-mccain-slams-chene_n_190641.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/23/ed-schultzcheney-wants-th_n_190703.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/23/pelosi-bush-administratio_n_190661.html

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/probes-of-bush-administration/flashback-bushs-fbi-director-said-torture-didnt-foil-any-terror-plots/

Maybe I lean a bit too much to the left...

Speaking of which, I came across this article (http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-04-08/story/unmasked_blogger_blames_first_baptist_sheriffs_office).

Robber Gets Raped

2009-04-17T09:34:00.000-07:00

Ain't that some shit? Here's the story:

http://russiatoday.ru/Top_News/2009-04-14/Hairdresser_turns_robber_into_sex-slave.html?fullstory

Colbert's 435-part series

2009-04-15T20:47:00.000-07:00

It's quite comical that Congressmen and women are not so prepared nor informed when deciding to sit down with Stephen Colbert. They should know that Colbert is quick and smart and can trip up the best of them. It's great to see how our elected officials squirm on his show.

Kelly Lin

2009-04-12T13:13:00.000-07:00

Might have a decent body but she's a bad actress, especially in the movie 'Running Out of Time 2'. Miss Lin, having emigrated from Taiwan to Santa Barbara when she was 12 and graduating from UC, speaks horrible Cantonese and bad Engrish too. I wonder what she did to whom to break into the Hong Kong movie scene.

Were this blog in HK, I might get spanked by the underground folks. hahahahahahahaha...

Other comments about that shitty movie.

-they followed a CGI bald eagle to some warehouse whereby the protagonist started to chase the 'antagonist'; the chase's next scene was in the middle of Central
-during the chase it was raining hard, but only in front of the camera
-during the chase, neither person was drenched
-during the chase, movie extras are both carrying umbrellas and sporting dry clothes
-during the chase, cars are dry as are the streets amidst the rain except the last scene when bother are still dry

Thank goodness, the movie only cost C$2.00.

Knuckleheads

2009-04-11T02:31:00.000-07:00

Or Ignoramuses?

I don't doubt that there are positive and wonderful religious folks who find comforting passages in their holy books to live a constructive and morally correct life while being in tune with the times.

But DAMMIT!, these fucking idiots just reflect poorly on Americans, believers and non-believers. Did they fucking forget about the so-called "Melting Pot"? America once welcomed folks who helped to build this country. Somehow along the way, ignorant and arrogant bible-thumpers deluded themselves into thinking that (i) the U.S. is a Christian Nation (FUCK NO! Never was.), (ii) there's a Rapture coming for them (kind of selfish eh? And where did this Rapture shit come from?) and (iii) Islam and its prophet, Muhammad, are evil (had they actually did some research, they'd realized that the Koran reveres their main man, J.C., and one could deduce that they share the same God). Dumb delusional fucks!

I've been watching History Channel's latest series on the Seven Sins (caught anger, sloth, gluttony and envy). While intended to guide social behavior, it's so outdated. The funny thing is that it is NOT a part of the Bible. Just guidelines put together by some monk in 375 A.D. and refined by Pope Gregory The Great.

Were these schmoes truly Christian, they would realize that they're committing the sin of Ira, Superbia and Gula. Definitely fast-tracking to Hell, n'est pas?

Sam Harris so got it right: "Religion raises the stakes of human conflict much higher than tribalism, racism, or politics ever can, as it is the only form of in-group/out-group thinking that casts the differences between people in terms of eternal rewards and punishments."

Reason and Mockery

2009-04-03T00:50:00.000-07:00

Reason: http://www.atheistrev.com/

Mockery: http://www.landoverbaptist.org/

We should all get along. Unfortunately, theists don't see it that way. *SIGH*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY T-BILL!

2009-03-13T02:13:00.001-07:00

***MUAH MUAH MUAH*****

Welcome to Club 39!

Jon Stewart is DA MAN!!!!!

2009-03-13T01:10:00.000-07:00

Thankfully, Jon Stewart is both smart and affable enough to fight for the common man who doesn't know jackshit about finance or politics. If you haven't seen what the many news outlets have labeled as the War of Words between The Daily Show and CNBC, I posted the videos below from www.thedailyshow.com.

While many folks, especially Fox News and their band of ignoramuses in denial, will try to paint Stewart as a whiny liberal schmuck, viewers should take a moment to digest what's being said and mocked by Stewart of the real-world difficulties.

Here's an article from The Chicago Tribune:

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/technology_internetcritic/2009/03/delivering-to-jim-cramer-a-show-long-lecture-about-the-responsibilities-of-a-financial-news-network-jon-stewart-positioned-h.html

Even BusinessWeek is shaking its head:

http://www.businessweek.com/careers/managementiq/archives/2009/03/jon_stewart_vs.html

http://www.businessweek.com/investing/insights/blog/archives/2009/03/brawl_street_jo.html?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_news+%2B+analysis

Here's the interview:

The lead-in:

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Bern After Pleading

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

Part I:

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Interview Outtake Pt. 1

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

Part 2:

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Interview Outtake Pt. 2

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

Part 3:

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Interview Outtake Pt. 3

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

Jon Stewart is DA MAN!!!!!

Frozen Peach

2009-03-01T12:20:00.000-08:00

It's snowing in Atlanta!!! Huge ass cornflaks too! The locals were bugging out last night over reports that it might snow. Just before noon today, it started coming down but wasn't accumulating. After lunch at the Flying Biscuit, there appeared to be about 1.5 inches of fluff everywhere. The locals were amzaed and taking pictures as if hell hath indeed frozen over. The accumulation doesn't appear to hold up as it's warmng up a bit. Hopefully, it won't make for difficult driving in twelve hours.

GOP Response

2009-02-25T15:37:00.000-08:00

Last night was just sad. And I'm not the only one who thinks so. Both Democrats and Republicans were shaking their heads on Bobby Jindal's coming-out weak-ass response to Obama's address to Congress. Bobby should have been down on Bourbon Street throwing back some bourbon.

Moments later, I was watching bits of Larry King, which I never do, as I saw a familiar face: former NBA hoopster Kevin Johnson, now Mayor of Sacramento. They were discussing Obama's speech and the sole Republican protagonist was Rep. Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee.

I cannot come to any conclusion other than that she is a dolt and a mouthpiece of the right. She said nothing constructive other than to utter her party's platform of tax cuts and reducing federal government spending. UGH!

Are the Republicans in such denial that THEY are the ones who spent like the dollar was going out of style when their homies blew up the federal government in the last eight years? Tax cuts aren't the fucking answer to our economy's ills. I suppose these conservatives are trying to conserve their loot after looting the government.

Here's a nice editorial from Dilbert:

30 Rock

2009-02-12T21:06:00.000-08:00

Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin are perhaps the best actors on primetime television today. Tonight's show rocked! Salma Hayek did a great job, especially remarking on public comments by other actresses on how beautiful and enviable her boobs are.

Bailout Plan Revisited

2009-02-10T09:19:00.000-08:00

I do not side with the Republicans on their more tax cuts and the federal government should do nothing stance to fix the economy. However, I think the bailout funds are misdirected since it focuses on shoring up bank capital so that lending will begin again.

Even with the capital injection, the banks won't lend because their credit standards have tightened. This means credit analysts and loan officers will stringently scrutinize prospective borrowers' ability to repay. If borrowers already have debt, whether moderate or sizeable, the banks won't lend the money; thus, defeating the intended effect of providing credit to stimulate the economy. President Obama continues to say that he wants to put more money into the taxpayers' hands, the best way is to inject capital into the taxpayers' accounts. We could use OUR money to reduce debt (which enhances creditworthiness), increase savings (deposits into banks), pay bills (indirect funding to companies) and spend a little (elevate sales throughout the economy).

The worries that taxpayers are not prudent and will spend more than they have are well founded as evidenced by our large debt load and expenditures in excess of means. However, in these times, taxpayers are certainly more concerned with being able to make it through the recession. They will focus on paying bills to be current with creditors and putting food on the table. Moreover, with tighter credit parameters, they hey-days of wanton lending are gone as banks won't just approve any application to build a portfolio given their substantial losses from prior practices.

The federal government should focus on infrastructure projects that build energy-efficient structures (outfitting buildings to save energy, widening/resurfacing major roads to improve mileage and reduce repairs, etc.), promote education to recapture America's once sterling lead in brainpower (contrary to the right's desire for masses of unquestioning dumb-asses in trying to recapture the government) and increase research facilities with incentives and penalties to lower health care costs while producing advanced life-saving technologies or medicine.

Tax cuts can come later once the economy has pulled out of this incredible slump. Tax cuts do NOT help when sales, profits and incomes are plummeting. They will be greatly welcomed and appreciated once everyone, corporations and, especially, taxpayers, become more liquid from profits and incomes.

Republicans need to present better alternatives than their standard soapbox economic model of tax cuts. It takes courage to govern and lead for the greater good than being conservatively selfish for themselves only. Move forward fuckers.

Pepperoni Mashed Potatoes

2009-02-05T20:12:00.000-08:00

Out of boredom and some hunger, I made Pepperoni Mashed Potatoes.

I boiled 9 potatoes for 40 minutes with salt. The mix included ground garlic powder, ground black pepper, ground cayenne pepper, ground oregano and Adobo along with 1/4 cup of half-and-half. I warmed up the sliced pepperoni with boiling water, about 30 seconds before straining them and adding the the already mashed potatoes.

It tastes good. A little kick from the cayenne. Next time, I'll add butter.

Half Past Dead

2009-02-03T09:48:00.001-08:00

Is a 2002 movie with Steven Seagal and Ja Rule. The latter person is probably the crappiest punk/thug to ever grace the screen. DMX was a tad better than him. Why do these rappers-actor-wannabes need to have such thuggish and flashy roles?

It was so unfortunate that the hottie Nia Peeples was shot dead, she was a baddie. She did her own kicks and beat the shit out of Ja Rule, quite fantastic. I'd bet she could do it in real life as well.

The top two rappers-turned-actors are definitely the Ice Homeys (T and Cube).

Message to Senator Charles Schumer

2009-01-13T08:17:00.000-08:00

Sir,

I refer you to my blog of 20 November 2008 here: http://dmonyar.blogspot.com/2008_11_20_archive.html. I will post this message on my blog today as well.

The idea hit me that November morning while tired and after a strong cup of coffee. The government is bailing out the wrong folks. We, the taxpayers, should get the money so that we can pay bills, put some away in savings and spend a little on necessities.

Money going to corporations bypass us taxpayers because the prevailing idea is that corporations which have been helped will help the consumers. Unfortunately, that train of thought is wrecked as is evidenced by the current state of our economy. They're not hiring (firing instead) and are trying to figure out ways to unload inventory (which we taxpayers can't afford to buy). We taxpayers have a double bullseye on us: stagnant pay and unemployment (no pay; thus, no spending).

With money going to corporations, how do we taxpayers/consumers benefit? Will the corporations make better products which they will sell to us at a lower price? No, they're in the business of making as much money as possible. No help to us. Will it cause them to hire? No, they rather sit on the money until the economy turns for the better, but the question is when. So, still no help to the taxpayers. This is the first bullseye.

The second bullseye is that we, the taxpayers, are on the hook through future tax increases to pay for this bailout. It is inevitable given the misuse of our tax money. The Treasury won't disclose where the earlier bailout money has gone. Abuse of our bailout tax dollars have been reported already. We taxpayers are getting virtually nothing for our money. If the money went to us, we'd at least could pay bills (to prevent delinquencies/foreclosures while payments passes through to corporations, aka lenders and banks), put some away to wait out the downturn (money in the banks <-- the banks get low cost funds for future prudent lending) and spend on necessary products (money is put back into the system to generate sales, consider that Walmart saw sales increases over the holiday season given their price advantage).

The obvious conclusion is that OUR tax dollars would be better spent if given to the taxpayers instead of corporations which don't provide US relief or benefit.

Sir, I met you once at Chinatown fund raising event in 2005. It was a brief handshake as you made your way through the dining room to greet the other local dignitaries. I believe my idea is one that will greatly benefit not only New York but our beloved country. Should you be in New York City soon, I hope you will grant me an audience of 15 minutes so that I can give you a more detailed outline of this proposal.

You are my Senator and have access to my President-elect Obama, who seeks positive and innovative ideas to rehabilitate and reinvigorate this country. I am sure I can persuade you of this economic solution which you could present to President-elect Obama whom we all believe and want to fix our nation's economic woes.

Having read that $7.7 trillion (NY Daily News, 25 November 2008: http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/11/25/2008-11-25_what_could_we_buy_if_we_werent_funding_t.html) is the cost of the bailout as estimated by Bloomberg News, my idea costs a smaller $1.55 trillion. Even at $3.1 trillion through doubling it to provide greater relief and help to the taxpayers, it is still less than 50% of Bloomberg News' estimates. The taxpaying people need the help more than tax-averse corporations do.

I hope you read this message and seriously consider my proposal. I am optimistic that any conversation you may have with your economic staff about this will produce various "hmmm, that's a decent out-of-the-box idea" looks. Sir, the economy has been blown out-of-the-box and we need out-of-the-box solutions.

Your fellow taxpaying American and State of New York constituent.

Heart Melter

2008-12-21T21:07:00.000-08:00

When I was a young boy
My mama said to me
There's only one girl in the world for you
And she probably lives in Tahiti

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her

Or maybe she's in the Bahamas
Where the Carribean sea is blue
Weeping in a tropical moonlit night
Because nobody's told her 'bout you

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Find out where they hide her

Why am I hanging around in the rain out here
Trying to pick up a girl
Why are my eyes filling up with these lonely tears
When there are girls all over the world

Is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere
Underneath the tropical sun
Pining away in a heatwave there
Hoping that I won't be long

I should be lying on that sun-soaked beach with her
Caressing her warm brown skin
And then in a year or maybe not quite
We'll be sharing the same next of kin

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Find out where they hide her

Whole Wide World by Wreckless Eric

Admittedly, 'Stranger Than Fiction' was a good movie. I wish I had been on a date.

Why bailouts for corporations?

2008-11-20T05:13:00.000-08:00

It dawned on me this morning that any federal money to be used to bail out corporations most likely won't help the U.S. economy because it sort of rewards, or saves the asses, of companies gone bad. Federal money, which is really the taxpayers' money and, to a large degree, borrowed dollars from foreign entities, should be used to bail out or help our citizens.

Mr. President-elect Obama, I hope your advisors find this post and bring it to your attention. I'm not the greatest nor brightest of minds nor am I an iota as smart as you or any of your advisors. However, it occurred to me while reading the Wall Street Journal this morning that federal money can be better spent by returning it to the taxpayers. Why?

Because:

-Taxpayers can ease their burdens (bills, credit card debt and mortgage) if we receive tax relief
-With burdens eased, alleviated, mitigated or brought to very manageable levels, taxpayers would likely start spending again (to stimulate the economy) or put money away should a depression set in over the near term (to increase the overall savings)
-Companies/corporations, upon realizing that they're not going to get help, will be forced to restructure or reorganize to improve its operations and introduce better products
-As taxpayers (a.k.a. consumers) will have liquidity, they'll choose higher quality and/or valued products; thus, forcing businesses to innovate and to cut costs (consider how long U.S. carmakers have been making so-so cars; this certainly would push them off their lazy asses to offer more fuel efficient products)
-Instead of banks getting capital injections from the Fed to promote lending, give taxpayers/potential borrowers the liquidity so that lenders will fight to provide loans (because potential borrowers have been credit-enhanced) but under prudent lending standards, which should be reviewed and monitored so that we don't have another credit meltdown or loan fiasco

Politically,
-You will own up to your words of providing tax relief to the middle and lower class who make up the engine of this great nation
-You were elected by us under the message of "Change" and "Hope"; the aforementioned tax refund to citizenry will be a major CHANGE from the historical lobbying that has pulled money away from the people and, once the people has received their refundss, we will have the eased HOPE of a brighter future
-We, the People, would rather have federal money sent our way instead of propping up mismanaged companies because we cringe at our situations not changing as billions, possibly trillions, of dollars are spent to which we have to ultimately pay for it
-We, Main Streeters, need the money to put food on our tables, pay for the roofs over our heads, dress our children and maintain health insurance for our families
-America needs you to reinvest, reinvigorate and renovate our country and this tax repayment to the citizenry is perhaps the best alternate out there: spend the money on us!

How?
A potentially fair way to refund money to the citizenry is based on the last three years' of tax filing. All taxpayers will receive money, including the affluent. Consider the following distribution:

Average of 3 years' filing (Adjusted Taxable Income or ATI):

Fiscal 2005 (000s)
Income Range Households Max. Refund Max. Payout
Under $2,500 2,566 $5,000 $ 12,830,000,000
$2,500 to $4,999 1,389 $9,998 $ 13,887,222,000
$5,000 to $7,499 2,490 $11,249 $ 28,008,765,000
$7,500 to $9,999 3,360 $13,749 $ 46,195,380,000
$10,000 to $12,499 4,013 $15,624 $ 62,698,108,750
$12,500 to $14,999 3,543 $14,999 $ 53,141,457,000
$15,000 to $17,499 3,760 $14,874 $ 55,926,804,000
$17,500 to $19,999 3,438 $14,999 $ 51,567,421,500
$20,000 to $22,499 4,061 $14,624 $ 59,389,485,350
$22,500 to $24,999 3,375 $15,624 $ 52,732,265,625
$25,000 to $27,499 3,938 $15,812 $ 62,267,360,650
$27,500 to $29,999 2,889 $15,749 $ 45,500,233,275
$30,000 to $32,499 3,921 $15,762 $ 61,802,860,815
$32,500 to $34,999 2,727 $15,750 $ 42,949,022,850
$35,000 to $37,499 3,360 $15,375 $ 51,658,622,400
$37,500 to $39,999 2,633 $15,000 $ 39,494,012,625
$40,000 to $42,499 3,378 $15,300 $ 51,682,183,920
$42,500 to $44,999 2,294 $15,300 $ 35,097,420,040
$45,000 to $47,499 2,700 $15,200 $ 41,039,136,000
$47,500 to $49,999 2,371 $15,000 $ 35,564,288,700
$50,000 to $52,499 3,071 $14,700 $ 45,142,840,120
$52,500 to $54,999 2,006 $14,850 $ 29,788,558,380
$55,000 to $57,499 2,420 $14,950 $ 36,178,370,800
$57,500 to $59,999 1,786 $14,700 $ 26,253,762,430
$60,000 to $62,499 2,566 $14,687 $ 37,687,521,990
$62,500 to $64,999 1,774 $14,625 $ 25,944,350,850
$65,000 to $67,499 2,101 $14,512 $ 30,490,310,785
$67,500 to $69,999 1,637 $14,000 $ 22,917,672,600
$70,000 to $72,499 1,978 $13,775 $ 27,246,574,180
$72,500 to $74,999 1,413 $13,500 $ 19,075,245,660
$75,000 to $77,499 1,802 $13,175 $ 23,741,043,660
$77,500 to $79,999 1,264 $13,600 $ 17,190,185,120
$80,000 to $82,499 1,673 $13,200 $ 22,083,332,320
$82,500 to $84,999 1,219 $13,097 $ 15,965,663,555
$85,000 to $87,499 1,418 $12,687 $ 17,990,669,390
$87,500 to $89,999 984 $12,600 $ 12,398,262,240
$90,000 to $92,499 1,282 $12,487 $ 16,008,801,930
$92,500 to $94,999 917 $12,350 $ 11,324,830,790
$95,000 to $97,499 1,023 $12,187 $ 12,467,684,625
$97,500 to $99,999 846 $11,500 $ 9,728,902,710
$100,000 to $149,999 11,194 $11,250 $125,931,660,450
$150,000 to $199,999 3,595 $10,000 $ 35,949,820,250
$200,000 to $249,999 1,325 $10,000 $ 13,249,947,000
$250,000 and above 1,699 $8,750 $ 14,866,190,535

113,199 $1,553,054,252,870

The above income ranges and households are based on the 2006 U.S. Census Economic Survey. The maximum staggering cost is $1.553 trillion dollars. How much has the government set aside to help companies? $700 billion for TARP, $144 billion for CPFF and $135 billion for AIG, about $979 billion. Mr. President-elect Obama, the needs of the many many American FAR outweigh the needs of the few. It's embarrassing that AIG executives threw lavish parties and set aside $503 million for bonuses just as they got $85 billion in help. Fellow Americans had to fret about the next meal and how we're going to pay bills. It's wrong that carmakers flew private jets to beg for money. Bills are piling up and Americans getting more fearful. If we get the refunds, we will have the relief you promised. Otherwise, I worry that, given our native need to survive, crime may go up. Please soothe and ease our fears.

We do not need more FEAR as has been drilled into us during the last eight years. Give us the CHANGE so we can all HOPE again.

Blu-ray

2008-11-12T15:51:00.000-08:00

Netflix isn't releasing new blu-ray movies fast enough that I picked Zombie Strippers with Jenna Jameson. Holy shit, it's the worst movie I've seen. Jenna still has a nice body, namely her butt and legs. I'm not impressed by her fake boobs or the excessive makeup. The guys who were selected to be in the movie probably had a great time, especially the one who got the private lap-dance...until Jenna's zombie character bite his dick off.

Up next in the queue are Starship Troopers 2 and 3, the straight to video movies of the commercial bomb.

But it's blu-ray...

Proud to be AMERICAN

2008-11-04T21:18:00.000-08:00

President Obama better deliver on his promise because I gave him my vote.

The sniveling right-wing better want to work with him to restore America's image and prestige. They ought to look back to 1994 when they took over Congress and hassled Clinton. They were given the power to make change but they wrecked America, led by their head douchebag, W. The 2008 elections are proof that Americans are sick of the Republican bullshit.

Go Obama! Get your shit on!

Sad day...

2008-10-16T18:03:00.000-07:00

For Tea Leoni, the goddess. Her husband of 10 years, David X-Files Fox Mulder Duchovny became David Douchebag Duchovny.

I don't understand nor condone cheating, especially with affairs of the heart. The guy had the hottest woman in the world (well, in my eyes) and did something stupid like sex addiction, probably involved some kind of affair. While there are other beautiful women in the world, how many could be so lucky to spend the honeymoon holed up in a really nice hotel room watching sports and, presumably, fucking like rabbits as if fucking were to become illegal.

Damn David, how could you fuck up so badly?!?!?!?!?!?

Tea, you're still the best, bar none.

Vice Presidential Debate Tonight

2008-10-02T09:27:00.000-07:00

I hope all concerned Americans will watch tonight's VP debate. Why? Because there is the chance that McCain/Palin could win the White House and that would bring about a very scary 2009-2013 because of Palin.

Below is an excerpt from Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post written today:

For days now, television viewers have watched Sarah Palin unable to explain the significance of her home state's bordering Russia, unable to name a Supreme Court ruling she disagrees with, unable to name a single newspaper she reads.

Her halting, unfocused answers in a series of interviews with Katie Couric have left an unmistakable question hanging in the air before tonight's vice presidential debate: Is Palin going to fall on her face?

Even as some conservative commentators have panned her performances and fretted about how the Alaska governor will fare against Sen. Joe Biden, Palin has challenged the ethics of those interviewing her. Her running mate, John McCain, has complained about "gotcha journalism." And a top campaign official says female journalists are being especially mean to Palin.

Mean to Palin? What the fuck?!?!?!?

Sarah, you are running for the no. 2 position in the nation. You NEED to be vetted, examined, questioned and probed to see if you can handle the job as opposed to just saying that you can. Fuck, I like to think that I can too. The process involves questions requesting details and specifics as to how you might handle situations, issues or confrontations based on your experience and understanding of the dynamics involved. Saying that you won't 'blink' isn't strong nor convincing enough to manage the complexities of leadership.

When you cannot provide specifics to soft questions, what should intellectuals on both the left and right think? To say that being able to see Russia constitutes foreign policy experience is utter bullshit. Many folks in Buffalo or Detroit can see Canada just as many folks in Texas and New Mexico can see Mexico. Are you more versed in foreign policy than them? Certainly not. There are probably folks in those states who have traveled the world many more times than you and have gotten to understand the folks of where they've gone. Where have you been when you've only gotten your passport in the last 24 months that gives you the edge? How long were you there that you were able to absorb the local life? Are you ready? NYET!

Another perplexing scratch-the-head thing is your inability to bullshit about having read any media publications like, Time, Newsweek or the local newspaper. If you indeed did read 'all varieties of publications', why can't you name one? Or would doing so make you an intellectual; thus, an elitist which is a terrible thing. I saw your response to the Supreme Court question and it was clear that you were evading the question. Was Katie mean to you when she lofted that meatball question for you to smash? What was unethical about her questioning your understanding of Supreme Court decisions (often quite major and society-changing)? The executive branch has the privilege of selecting justices to the bench or did you not know that?

While I don't think you're dumb or stupid, you just haven't shown that you're ready for the job of Vice President. Having moxie and fortitude is good but that's not the foundation for a leader. Consider the younger Bush. He has moxie and fortitude like you and look how he fucked up this country. Invading Iraq on a gut feeling and belief that god told him so really did a number on our country and the world. He still tries not to blink but has been rapidly blinking in the last few months. By the way, Jon Stewart makes a solid point that blinking is necessary action, otherwise our eyes would dry out. So moxie/fortitude won't cut it as we all NEED to repair our country.

I hope you can quell the doubts from both the left and right tonight. Otherwise, you're toast and I recommend that you do not resign from your governorship.

Please vote on 4 November 2008

2008-09-13T21:48:00.000-07:00

Hopefully not for McCain/Palin.

Here's an article to read as to why they should NOT be in the White House:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1221365201-+pfB0pYbRfvWjMxE9l/nhA

For any Republicans that come across this post, please take a moment to consider the state of our beloved country and then feel free to provide a well-thought-out thesis to vote for McCain/Palin. I really do want to know why I should cast my vote their way instead of for Obama/Biden. And NO, I'm not being sarcastic.

I voted for Bush, not the current idiot in the White House. Senior Bush knew what needed to be done to fix America after the massive deficits rang up by his predecessor. Also, his Democratic opponent, Dukakis, was dull and lame.

I'm interested in knowing what reforms Johnny and Sarah will bring to Washington. So far, their campaign has only slung mud at Obama/Biden whom have been presenting ideas on revitalizing America.

It's already blatantly obvious that Johnny sold his soul to the Satan. Could it be that that's what he meant when he mentioned "the gates of hell"? I thought he was a respectable option in 2000. Frankly, I lost respect for the guy when he couldn't answer a direct question for his position on women NOT receiving birth control benefits as opposed to that for Viagra. Fuck, women are an important half of America, even the curiously secretive and vindictive Palin. His stuttering response about needing to speak with his staff about his position is just pathetic.

So...can anyone change my mind?

Well said...

2008-09-11T06:44:00.000-07:00

On Palin:

When I heard that McCain selected Palin, my first thought was that he's going after the disheartened Hilary supporters and this is his gimmick. As I watched and read about her, I liked that she fought against Alaska's old boys club and is slightly tomboyish. However, I began to dislike her upon further reading; most notably, when she affirmed her pro-life stance even in the instance of rape and incest.

Incest is just wrong, not for concentrating the genes and rape is plainly fucked up. Why can't a woman, who was most likely victimized, get an abortion? Surely, a woman would not want to have a child with her father-brother nor the cocksucker who attacked her (could be the same asshole father-brother).

Her position, along with other right-wingers and Republicans, presents an interesting political hypocrisy: the right-wingers' right-to-life concept and the Republicans' small government / leave-me-be platform are merged together so that big government gets all up in yo bidness about what you can or can't do wid yo body.

Today I read a story which described how Palin's hometown of 7,000 bills a rape victim for the rape kit used to collect evidence. In 2000, FBI statistics show that there were 497 rapes reported in Alaska. That's a rate of 79.3 per 100,000 residents, the highest in the nation. Whoa!

Does she really care about women's rights and issues?

Enjoy this tidbit:

Eight is enough...

2008-09-08T06:18:00.000-07:00

Not because that's the Democrats' line for getting Obama elected so that the party controls both the White House and Congress. But because the U.S. is in desperate need of serious fact-based education. This writing springs from several days of reading and hearing constant Republican nonsense.

1. Conservatism: these right-wingers want to keep things the way they are because their following of dumb-asses, fueled by religious and nationalistic fervor, totally believe their bullshit of God and USA being united into a Christian Nation and will fight to keep things the way it is. Historians would confirm that Hitler ran his Third Reich in much the same way. I'm not saying Republicans are Nazis but the party certainly exhibits many of the traits of fascism: exclusion, hatred, fear-mongering, blaming others, encouraging individuals to give up rights for state security, among others, see below.

2. Anti-intellectualism: this particular one makes me laugh because the Republican must really think lowly of its followers. For all their bullshit about liberal elitism, the common Republican folks don't hear the smugness of their leaders talking down to them. Perhaps people just like being on the side of the accusers and it's so much easier to hate and ridicule than it is to overcome fear and to learn. VP-nominee Palin's daughter being pregnant was described as the family "making a decision" to keep the baby. When approached by The Daily Show's best-fucking news team to describe that decision, no one could utter the word "choice". As Stewart cut through the bullshit, the Republicans who are for smaller government won't let you choose your actions because their government will have chosen it for you. Simply, you will learn all that you need to know when they tell you what to know. Genius eh?

3. Religious nonsense and fervor: this has been the strongest driving and divisive force of all mankind. The right uses it divide and conquer whilst the left are afraid of arguing that the founding fathers understood that religion, while well-intentioned, corrodes the underlying structure of good government. The Christian right's claim of the USA being a Christian nation foments antagonism against others with different beliefs and views and leads to internal strife. Nowhere in the Constitution is "god" ever uttered; rather, it clearly states that religion shall not be discriminated against. So where the fuck do these mopes get the idea of a Christian Nation? It wasn't Islam that struck American, it was a bunch of over-zealous nut jobs who, like the Republicans, want human civilization to regress to the days of living under their respective god and then fighting holy wars against each other. Pure nonsense, especially when there exist too much evidence of there never been any god to have existed.

4. Sexual education: the notion that abstinence prevents unwanted pregnancies and the spread of sexual disease may be a good idea but IT DOESN'T WORK. Why? BECAUSE kids, teenagers and adults are inherently curious and sexual creatures driven to reproduce as humans are a lucky species to actually enjoy sexually-induced orgasms. So the religious right choose to punish and deride sex and related activities as evil. Since it's evil, they rather not talk, discuss or educate people about it as it's simply much better to slam people for getting messed up with sex. The worse is their pro-life idea to not allow women to get abortions from rape and incest. Wouldn't it have been easier to teach young folks how to use condoms to prevent pregnancies and STDs than allowing the bombings of clinics, murders of helpful physicians and the complicated emotional process of growing up?

5. Delusional leadership: if the public hasn't noticed, Fox News is the Republican's media mouthpiece as practiced phrases and catchwords are uttered repeatedly and incessantly to the point that undereducated mopes begin to believe it. Recently, Jon Stewart busted Karl Rove, Bill O'Reilly and Dick Morris for being the pompous hypocritical right-wing mouthpieces they are. Karl mocked some guy in Virginia running a town of 200,000+ while heralding Sarah Palin's administration of Alaska's 2nd largest city of 7,000. Bill wagged his finger at America for inquiring about Palin's daughter's pregnancy yet ridiculed Jamie Spears' own pregnancy, perhaps it was Jamie being 16 and Bristol was 17. Dick Morris decried sexism against Sarah Palin from the undecided and the media while, in the past, he chided Hilary for whining about the glass ceiling and that she's lucky to have gotten out of the kitchen. The constant repetitive brainwashing is certainly a core strength of the right to delude the masses. Why read or think when your right-wing leaders will tell what to do and believe? Sounds like Big Brother eh?

6. Denial: During the RNC conventional, the constant drumbeat rode on McCain's drive to change how Washington does business. Mitt yelled that the angry left and liberal media are destroying values needed to undo Washington's stagnation and Rudy needed to throw in his bit about 9/11. Do these folks not know (they probably do and won't admit it) that it was their party that controlled both the White House and Congress that got America into the mess that is today? The Republicans, however, suggest that since the Democrats got control of Congress, nothing was done to fix the mess. Are they serious? The Republicans have filibustered and undone proposed fixes and W broke out his veto stamp. In other words, the Republicans continued to mire the US in broke-ass economics and policies but are blaming the Democrats for it.

While I lean left of the political spectrum, I am amazed by the number of folks who believe the constant bullshit that stream from these right-wing leaders' mouths. What's also incredible is the many intellectuals who advocate this right-wing crap, certainly as it helps to maintain their comfortable lives. The biggest rub so far was the message from Republicans as Gustav made landfall: taking the Republican hat off and putting on the American hat. WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?! They should always wear their American hat! That's just proof that Republicans don't give a shit about America.

Do you care about America? If so, please take 30 minutes to consider which candidate will best help America. Even as a liberal, I do think that some Republican policies are positive (strong national defense, lower taxes - not for the rich but for the poor and tough on crime). However, that won't make America a better nation as we need to have comprehensive education, healthcare and energy policies that lift all Americans, not just the few. With smarter, healthier and self-reliant American, we can become the gold-standard of the world once again.

XXVI years ago

2008-08-26T19:10:00.000-07:00

I miss you dad.

Closing Ceremonies

2008-08-24T18:58:00.000-07:00

Damn.....the Chinese put on a fantastic show! I only wish I saw the opening ceremonies. doh....

The NBC folks said that China spent $40 billion on the Olympics. That's a lot of moolah....WOW!

USA Hoops

2008-08-24T01:01:00.001-07:00

Spain just brought the game to within 2 points in the 4th quarter. Our boys just seem so damn lethargic by not going after the ball. The one true star so far is Dwayne Wade. The cause is probably the referees calling the game really tight. So far, Lebron has 4 fouls and Kobe has 3 fouls. The Spaniards are nailing practically all of their free throws.

A weak attempt by Kobe to steal the ball leads Rudy Fernandez to take the ball to the rim for a monster jam and the foul. Nasty!

103-95 with 4:22 remaining. U.S. is in the penalty. The Spaniards are putting some serious bodies in the paint and their guards have sweet handles too.

I think the refs was the U.S. to lose because Gasol just forearmed Bosh and no foul was called. On the next possession, Kobe nails a 3 and got fouled by Rudy (he fouls out at the same time). Kobe hits the free throw.

Fucking bullshit! Dwayne is tripped going into the lane and no foul is called. Spain hits a 3 coming down. However, Dwayne answers back with a 3 to bring the lead back up to 7 with 2:02 left.

The FIX could be in as the ref called Kobe for his 4th with a pussy body bump. Wide oped 3 by Spain misses and a monster rebound by Lebron. Kobe slashes and makes a runners.

113-105, 58 seconds. Chris Paul to the line with 47.7 seconds left. Makes both. 115-105.

115-107, 26.1 seconds. Two techs on Spain, unsportsmanlike and tech. Kobe shoots both free throw and cans it. Looking good.

I wonder what the line was in Vegas. Probably U.S. laying 15+.

They're celebrating yet but there's still 26.1 seconds. Chris Paul makes 1 of 2 shots for the foul on him. From the other fouls, U.S. gets the ball back.

Chris Paul loses the ball and Spain misses an easy breakaway because the guy goes for a reverse layup. Dwayne gets called for travel with 3.1 seconds left.

U.S. wins gold, 118-107.

Phew.........

But BIG UPS & PROPS to the Spanish team.

Right at it again...

2008-08-19T11:58:00.000-07:00

Two lesbians tried to have a child via imsemination at a San Diego County fertility clinic in 2000 but was turned away by doctors because their religious beliefs prevented them from doing so. So this couple filed a lawsuit which the California Supreme Court upheld yesterday. These same doctors claimed that they wouldn't help unmarried couples do the same either.

I can't imagine how these Jesus-folks have such vile, contempt and despise for those different from themselves. Especially when their main man, Christ, was teaching about loving everyone.

While I understand that everyone has their right to refuse service to individuals deemed having the lack of funds to pay or have been unruly in their place of business, how could they just blatantly hate by hiding behind their bible?

Homosexuality does NOT destroy families or marriages. In fact, straight people are often the ones to wreck families or marriages because of their silly beliefs or acts. That is the hypocrisy of being holier-than-thou sexually straight individuals.

For all you selfish straight bible-thumpers, you should pray that almost every guy was gay because the demand for the remaining straight men would go through the roof by women. Furthermore, the sexually-repressed-but-looking-for-an-outlet right-wingers should pray that all women were bisexual so that they could gets their menage-a-trois on.

Stupid fucks.

W's clarity

2008-08-18T06:20:00.000-07:00

I couldn't help but laugh this morning when I read this:

President Bush criticized China's record on human rights and religious freedom in a speech he made before going to China for the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics. "I have spoken clearly, candidly and consistently with China's leaders about our deep concerns over religious freedom and human rights," he said. "And I have met repeatedly with Chinese dissidents and religious believers. The United States believes the people of China deserve the fundamental liberty that is the natural right of all human beings."

'Fundamental liberty' that is the 'natural right'.....what the fuck does that mean? That certainly isn't clear.

'Fundamental liberty' sounds like 'free will'. If that's the case, let the Chinese be. It's their choice of governing and being governed.

'Natural right' is a tough one. To do what? To believe in whatever? So long as it is the cruel and unusually false New Testament and other spiritual nonsense that's constantly promulgated by crackpot evangelicals who spew hate and fear in order to fatten their coffers? So let the Chinese believe in whatever.

Frankly, I'm not sure if there really is either a 'fundamental liberty' or 'natural right' for human beings. We're lucky to exist. We should be thankful for the Mount Everest-sized meteor that killed off the dinosaurs. Surely, that was NOT the work of a mysterious all-knowing and all-present deity.

Then again, the bible-thumpers don't believe in dinosaurs since the Earth is less than 10,000 years old.

The Sun Is Out Today

2008-08-01T06:02:00.000-07:00

Like every morning Monday to Friday, I don't want to wake up. But I did. When I got to work, Murphy was warming up already. The dopes in HK did not proceed with presenting my proposal for approval and Netflix did not receive all three discs that I returned Wednesday. Normally, my feathers would be a ruffled a bit. Today, it's different because of a few words written in an email.

I see myself as a provocateur, an encourager or an incorrigible misfit of sorts. Not this morning, for a tiny shiny moment in time, I had inspired someone. WOOT!

Needle please...air needs to get out lest dementia take hold...

Write, screech, snort, jump, spin, record, mix, snarl, whatever...

Thank YOU!

Latest choon that I'm lovin'

and here's an oldie:

Enjoy and have a fantastic weekend!

Right-wing anger

2008-07-30T08:13:00.000-07:00

Everywhere that I look, right-wingers are hating. I get the impression that they view change so adversely that they need to spew venom, raise the hate temperature and repeat unfounded verses of fear to the populace. While The Daily Show isn't the greatest source of news, it is a good way to get acquainted with current events from a different perspective as they don't rib on both sides of the aisle despite their liberal leanings. That said, the writers' jobs are so easy when right-wingers constantly whine and scare folks while not offering any solutions to their hyped problems.

Recent right-wing gaffes:

-Bush says that the economy is this way because Wall Street was drunk even though he keeps telling the public that it is sound
-Bush ambushed Fed Chairman Bernanke with a simultaneous appearance at the White House to tout the economy while Bernanke was on the Hill dropping data about on the recession-like economy
-One of McCain's advisers said that "we become a nation of whiners"
-Then McCain bitched that the media is in love with Obama, notably during Barack's trip to Iraq, Israel, Germany and England
-McCain tried to emulate Obama's trip to Germany by going to a German restaurant in Pennsylvania and declared that he wouldn't acted as President even though Obama was there as a senator
-When McCain was pressed by a reporter for his position on why birth control wasn't covered by insurance as opposed to Viagra, he couldn't answer and needed to speak with his people about his previous position
-Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was just indicted on bribery charges and claims these charges were sadly brought against him
-The Justice Department just released a report that criticized hiring practices under former Attorney General Gonzales that were politically biased
-Former Press Secretary Scott McClellan accuses the administration of shady dealings and felt he was lied to about the outing of a CIA operative

I suppose that they should be screaming and shouting now that all their bullshit has circled back and smacked them in the face. Angry at getting busted.

High Definition

2008-07-28T08:24:00.000-07:00

I'm glad that the blu-ray vs hd-dvd war is over. I hope the studios will crank out more titles in blu-ray to saturate the market and to usher in a new video era. Also, the law requiring all stations to broadcast in digital is nearing (February 2009). In the meantime, I hope Netflix increases its offering of blu-ray as I got my first taste last Thursday. Yummy...

Current feel-good choon (many many many thanks to my friend Alex for hunting this bad boy down):

Here's an oldie but goodie:

Six months to go

2008-07-09T06:20:00.000-07:00

And W's crew is still starting trouble. Recently, it was revealed that the White House got $400 million of funding from Congress to engage in special operations to destabilize Iran as a preparation to invade or to instigate a regime change. Can't we leave them to their own devices?

In the last few days, the price of oil has fallen as Americans fight their addiction with stay-at-home-cations. Oil fell from $146 to $136 but had yet to trickle down to the consumers. Then the schmucks in charge had to say a few words and Iran fires off a couple of missiles.

Oil jumps instantly. Dammit! There goes my roadtrip to Montreal as it might be cheaper to fly instead of taking in the scenery. Feck!

Terrific and typical news...

2008-06-25T06:39:00.000-07:00

No more than five minutes after I've gotten into bed last night, the phone rings and the voice gives me shit for not picking up the phone quickly enough. I retorted that it took them long enough to call. As it happened last June, I figured out the reason for the call. Just one year and viola!

While on Facebook this morning, I went through the routine of buying pets, a silly app, and noticed that someone had changed their default picture. Wow! She looked better in that picture than in person. I IM'ed her and told her so. The chat got excruciatingly dull so quickly that my final text was "ditto". It's disappointing that this decent specimen doesn't have any oomph! beyond the initial moments.

Then again, I don't follow the general guidelines. I suppose my verbage falls under "where the fuck did that come from?"

The Rightists

2008-06-24T11:15:00.000-07:00

I find it interesting how the current hatemongers in the U.S., being populated mostly by evangelicals, have the balls to accuse folks of the blatant hypocrisy with which they themselves blare over the airwaves. For example, here's a paragraph I copied from an article on the CNN website today:

"I think he's deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view, his own confused theology," [Focus on the Family founder James] Dobson said, later adding that Obama is "dragging biblical understanding through the gutter."

That is his response to a speech given by Barack in 2006:

"Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy?" Obama asks in the speech. "Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating shellfish is an abomination? Or we could go with Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith? Or should we just stick to the Sermon on the Mount?

I read it as Obama being open to religious consideration when it comes to governing but not governing under religion's edicts and canons. As an atheist, I see absolutely no point of mixing governing and religion. Does "an eye for an eye" make more sense than diplomacy?

Dobson later threw this into the mix:

"Evangelicals are people who take Bible interpretation very seriously, and the sort of speech he gave shows that he is worlds away in the views of evangelicals."

Here's something I'm borrowing from Alpha Bitch to rebuff this last statement:

"Myth: America is a Christian Nation...Suffice to say for now that any country with ZERO mentions of god, and only two mentions of religion (both of which pointedly exclude religion from the government and legislative process), in its foundational documents is pretty clearly not a religious nation of any stripe. Read the Constitution sometime, mm'kay? I know it's usually not required in school, but it's very enlightening. So what difference does this little delusion make in today's society? Well, ask any teen girl who got pregnant, because the only information she got about birth control was from an "abstinence only" sex-ed program … where all you learn is how often birth control fails, never mind how to use it properly, because premarital sex is a sin. Visit a school where science teachers have to include a unit on "Intelligent Design", aka. God Created the World (which is not any kind of scientific theory), right along side the theory of Evolution, or where the library had to remove books which somehow offended the sensibilities of a loud local church. Or how about NGO foreign aid organizations receiving government funding who, thanks to Reagan's biblical policies (enthusiastically upheld by both generations of BushCo presidencies, while suspended during the Clinton administration), cannot educate women in Third World countries about abortion, because that's a sin too? The US does guarantee that you can practice whatever form of holy superstition you like, but the Founders were really quite clear that you have no right to try legally forcing your religious values down other people's throats."

Here's another tidbit Alpha Bitch wrote earlier this year:

"Creationism is bullshit. Seriously. A big magic guy in the clouds did not wiggle his fingers and create the earth in 6 days. Didn't fucking happen. And I think anyone who professes to believe such a thing ought to be barred from political office. What if there was a religion claiming the world was flat, and the whole "round" thing was just an optical illusion created by God to test our faith? Would ANYONE be suggesting we teach it in schools? Would anyone vote for a politician who claimed to believe it? For fuck's sake, people. It's 2008. We have fossils. We have carbon dating. Get a clue!"

I'm sure to have pissed a few folks off. But take a moment and think about it please. Then ask yourself this:

Why do we yearn for explanations about what's happening or happened only to make up explanations that cannot possibly be true but that which we wish and demand it be true without any proof?

Right-Flingers

2008-06-20T12:34:00.001-07:00

I think it's admirable that Obama is foregoing using public campaign financing. After all, it's our taxes dollars that can be spent on.....say, infrastructure, or, better yet, education, for dumb ass Americans. The surprising thing is that McCain's people feel odd and are opposed to this; yet, McCain once trumpeted campaign reforms as well. I suppose he thinks that Obama will be bought by the left-wing lobbyists whereas he's the bigger person who shuns the right's money while pushing their agenda.

On last night's premier of Penn & Teller's Bullshit, the illusionists were railing against those who seek to bring down pornography by mocking a trio of anti-porno'ists. Two suggested that it leads to rape and child pornography. The third implied that it was an addiction greater than heroin and destroys families. Countering these hypotheses are studies (funded by the federal government during LBJ and RR) that said porn does NOT damage society and, in many cases, helped relationships.

The anti-porno'ists claimed that porn is violent and dehumanizes women. I can agree that women are objectified (isn't it the actresses' choice to get humped for money?). But, porn isn't violent as the actors are generally in a great mood as they get their freak on. How does a bridge exist between porn and rape?

I tried to see the anti-porn folks' points but just couldn't. I have viewed my fair share of porn and found a few quite exciting. However, I have NEVER EVER thought about rape nor child exploitation. It's just not right. Penn & Teller did set it straight by saying that rape is a violent crime and that all rapists should be caught and punished, as should those who are involved with child porn.

Of interest was a passage that Penn quoted from the bible that was porn-speak from the days. I'd wish I remembered the verse so I could post it here.

Watch some porn with your special person(s), smile, be loving and enjoy yourselves.

Funkagenda

2008-06-12T20:56:00.000-07:00

I want this song!!!!!!!

What global warming?

2008-06-10T13:56:00.000-07:00

We should all be happy that the wonderful Triple-H (Hot, Hazy & Humid) days have arrived to our beautiful wilting Apple. The women are in skimpy clothes. People's faces are shades of pink and red as most forget to use SPF. They're so unlucky compared to me as I continue to get jazzed up in the mornings donning my tie and suit. After all, the recently introduced new trains spit out freezing air that so irk the barely-dressed female commuters. Pobre mujeres.

The heat does have drawbacks. First, I have to take cold showers in the morning and when I get home. Second, it causes my electricity bill to drastically increase as roaming spirits in my apartment scrawl on the walls for me to blast the air conditioning lest they tossed items at me. Thirdly, I can't sleep bundled in my comforter.

On the bright side, my appetite for spiced foods has soared. I get to use lots of napkins to wipe my mouth and waves of sweat. The frostbite epidemic will be kept at bay. Should it get any hotter, folks will not drive and, thus, create the low demand that will lower gas prices as inventory builds. Lives will be saved as who wants to shoot bullets and explode bombs. Life's a beach and we should all head there for breasts and volleyball.

This global warming hypothesis is crap conjured up by fascist liberals who are educated unshaven and assertive women and men like that who like other men; hate America; and, blaspheme God's great representatives such as Pat Robertson and George W. Bush. But that's cool as this heat is a prelude to their damnation in Hell.

Note: heat does cause circuitry to cross, send wrong signals and burn out.

Bullseye Necklace

2008-06-04T08:43:00.001-07:00

Since May, I've been working quite furiously when in the office. Not that I want to but because I have to as I was given a sparkling invisible necklace made of bullseyes from management. It all started with the re-restructure that occurred at the beginning of 2Q08. My group consists of three people (me boss, me-self and me co-worker).

The boss doesn't really do much other than push things onto me while he reads the paper, Stumbles online, checks out the Manhattan skyline and inhales a pound and change of sunflower seeds everyday. Me co-worker is ever the model worker as she helped me with a few annual reviews and other mindless shit that was handled by other folks prior the re-restructure. As for me, I'm inundated with demands from the front, middle and back office.

I get the privilege of hitting the group's quota for this year, writing up the bundles of annual reviews myself & correcting Credit's shoddy contributions (or lack thereof since they're worse copy-and-pasters than me-self), maintaining the quarterly financial statements & compliance certificates, reviewing & preparing closing documents, filing all necessary paperwork to the cabinets and responding to all waivers and inquiries from HK.

For all these perks, I get a key to the penthouse office where we've been re-restructured to. I'm not allowed to smoke on the balcony (me co-worker told me the big cheese asked her to spy on me). In fact, I'm not allowed outside but I go anyways and occasionally have a smoke. At least, I still have my music, my net links for time/space dislocations and a bathroom for 3 people only (they're not messy at all).

While I've asked for help, the assurances I get are that it's coming shortly, soon or in the near future. So far, ZIP, NADA, BUPKISS. But I shouldn't complain. After all, I have a job, especially in this shitty market when many companies are letting go of staff. Hell, I should work harder since they haven't fired my ass yet though they're so itching to do so. In fact, I should grateful to take their abuse as I put myself in this precarious position by performing so well at the beginning of my tenure that it created unrealistic expectations. Dammit, it's my fault that I'm not living up to those lofty aims despite the massive economic realities against it.

I should be so lucky to be adorned with the bullseye necklace.

Eye Opener

2008-05-07T13:51:00.000-07:00

I'm reading "Bloodthirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power" by Gerry Spence right now. It's an eye-opener just like those magic shades that Rowdy Piper wore on "They Live". Instead of aliens, it's W and his gang of right-wing thugs of hate.

I love how he breaks down the illusion of the basic freedoms we're guaranteed by the Constitution, especially by the fuckers with money and power.

Quick review: I went to the Jay Z and Mary J. Blige concert last night at the Garden. The energy wasn't there. There was a somber lull during MJB's act. The folks down below did not have 10% of the energy the technotronicstrancemasters could muster with a changing of the beats. One of the folks in the corporate box wanted to jam but she lasted only 15 seconds before sitting down again. It was cool when Method Man came out and busted some rhymes with MJB but the energy faded once he left. Fatigue grew and, after 3 songs by Jay Z, the other bankers and I broke out.

Though a bit tired now, I'm ready for ARMIN tonight. I hope he'll somehow recognize my friend and I from Bal en Blanc.

Nostalgia

2008-05-02T13:13:00.000-07:00

I helped two co-workers' iTunes to share their music in early January. Only today did I go check out what they had. One had sappy tunes. The other.....OMFG!!!!!

She has: Billy Idol, Corey Hart, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, Erasure, Eurythmics, Expose, Go Go's, Hall & Oates, Human League, INXS, Jody Watley, Joe Jackson, KLF, Level 42, New Order, OMD, Paul Young, Pet Shop Boys, Robert Palmer, Sheena Easton, Simply Red, Stevie B, Thompson Twins, U2, Wham!, When In Rome and Whitney Houston.

I'm spending the afternoon reminiscing and being nostalgic.

17 years later

2008-04-30T18:37:00.000-07:00

I got my college ring back this afternoon. I'm wearing it now as I write this. However, it just feels strange as I'm not used to it. In fact, I'm not used to wearing rings and any kind of jewelry other than my watch and the chain that's been on me since I was a kid. It's quite possible I would have gotten used to having a ring but that's not going to happen now. Right Dickhead Bob?

During senior, Bob would have a fellow Navy ROTC guy come to the house. Actually, this guy had two keys: one for the front door and Bob's room. When they were at the house, they'd stay in Bob's room with the door locked. The rest of the house would wonder what 's going on upstairs. We didn't think he was gay. Or was he?

Maybe it was I who asked/remarked to the housemates about his possibly conducting gay activities within and it got back to him. Bob and I weren't really friendly throughout the year after that. Dunno.

Like I wrote earlier, I hope something mechanical that he really loves/cherishes breaks. So long as no one is hurt. Perhaps the pocket-butt-rocket he got from his college ROTC love. Brokeback Submarine?

Ahahahahahahahaha........

Bal en Blanc again

2008-04-28T18:55:00.001-07:00

Woot! More pictures from random photographers at the party.

Blast from the Past

2008-04-23T18:35:00.000-07:00

After my dentist appointment today, I called my office to check messages and one was especially particular. A woman said that she had something that belonged to me. I called her back and discovered that she is now the former wife of a former housemate of mine from college. She told me that she had my COLLEGE RING. What the fuck?!?!!?!?

Partly shocked yet calmed by her gentleness, I listened to her tell me the story her ex-husband told her about my ring. Supposedly, I bet my ring during a card game and lost it to him. UTTER BULLSHIT! Broke as we were in college, we'd rather spend money on beer and cigarettes than play cards. Moreover, my mother had bought me the ring for graduation so I was not going to lose that.

After we spoke, the memories came back to me. I remember taking the ring off and putting on a bookshelf in my room. When I came back from class, it was missing and I was searching everywhere for it. In fact, I asked all my housemates if they might have seen it and they ALL said "No".

So...the fucker stole my ring and conjured up some bullshit story. While I'm not mad, I am a little pissed off. I don't wish him any harm but it would be nice if something awful happened to his most cherished piece of machine. Like a meteor destroying it. Not with him, his new wife nor anyone else in or near it. I don't want anyone hurt.

It's been 17 years since I last saw the ring.

Alan Shore

2008-04-22T19:51:00.000-07:00

Is quite possibly one of the best characters ever created for television. Tonight, he argued against the death penalty for a convicted rapist who happens to be mentally retarded (IQ of 70 but never declared so). What a fucking speech he gave! Many many kudos to the speechwriters too!

Bal En Blanc Videos

2008-04-19T09:58:00.000-07:00

This party was OFF THE FUCKING HOOK!!!!!

See my post below for some videos of the 14th Edition of the White Party in Montreal.

Can't wait til next year.

daylight savings time on the train

2008-04-14T08:32:00.001-07:00

As some folks know, the Transit Authority installed new trains for the N line about 5 months ago in its systematic upgrade. The new trains are well air-conditioned, run faster and smoother and provide a bevy of information for the casual idiot. This morning was interesting though.

As I waited at the 59th Street station, in comes one of these new trains. The first car's lights are out and brought back a fleeting memory of older trains with spotty lighting. But the second, third, fourth and fifth cars' lights were also out. The only light that was on was in the door conductor's booth.

The silver lining I found was that I could get a 15-minute nap instead of reading the paper as usual. The ride seemed a bit nouveau-tech as the LED displays of time, next station and other stations along the route seemed a bit futuristic with the occasional passing of tunnel lights to indicate that we were moving.

I'm sure the other commuters at the 36th Street station had similar thoughts that I did. However, before heading out, the lights came on.

So I chuckled, read my paper and, upon the sweet caffeine finally hitting my nervous system, I realized that these new trains were conserving power. How green!

Restructure

2008-04-10T07:22:00.000-07:00

Following Labor Day weekend last year, I returned to work and saw that my computer was missing. The first thought was "they finally fired me". Alas, it wasn't true. They moved me upstairs to a corner office. A friend called me "Napoleon". Moreover, I found out that I had a new boss and that I lost have my portfolio and coverage.

Six months later to April Fool's Day, I get a call from the guy who hired me and he tells me that it's his last day (he got canned as I'm told). My boss got bumped up and I got my portfolio and coverage back. However, I'm not happy about it.

I think I was a happier and more motivated person prior this job. It's probably time to leave but the stinking economy is in the crapper. With a bunch of available talent in the pool, it's unlikely that I'll score something fabulous. Perhaps, I should get a second job (a thought that comes up every so often) to diversify from being a DVR-addict.

By the way, the hottest woman on Beauty and the Geek this season, Jillian, was so booted when she volunteered to be on the Geek flag football team, which lost to a bunch of girls. The biggest cock is Cowboy Joe because he's (i) unkempt/smelly (according to his teammate Tara), (ii) generally obnoxious with his long-winded speeches and (iii) unable to open up to new ideas and progress. I find myself digging Leticia because she's (i) a different pretty, (ii) open and athletic and (iii) a blond.

Pretty Villains Alert: Battlestar Galactica's bevy of bad chicks are Tricia Helfer (Six) and Grace Park (Boomer).

Supporting Cutie Award: Goes to Julie Gonzalo, she's definitely rocking lead Natasha Henstridge, a fading favorite.

If the rare or random reader is interested, download (free) this mix while you can:

http://www.newmixes.com/paul_van_dyk-live_at_club_space_miami_wmc-sat-03-29-2008.html

It rocks!!!!!

Bal en Blanc

2008-03-26T08:34:00.000-07:00

Montreal was fantastic even while it was "brick cold". Below are highlights of the trip:

Travel - Two hour delay at LGA and had to fly back into JFK instead

Food - Didn't know what to eat and the dinners were so-so. FYI, L'entrecote Saint-Jean sucked and Mikasa Sushi's service blew

Shopping - The famed underground city is no joke. I presumed it for the folks who didn't smoke but was properly corrected as it kept folks out of the frigid weather

Chinatown - Was small and their pastries/ice coffee lacked the oomph of our own C-town

Geography - We stayed at a decent hotel downtown that was quite convenient

Couche Tard - Rocks as Montreal's 7-11

Chez Cora - We ate here three times; can't go wrong with the Western Omelette Bobby Botton or the Cora Special

Liberal - If you're 18 and older, you can drink and gamble. Folks recognize that alcohol and drugs will be taken regardless so it seems that they allow it to happen and promote cautionary measures as opposed to outright crackdowns like in the U.S. Just don't be so blatant about it

White Party - Took 3 hours to get into the party; must have been 15,000 or so people there; we caught Ferry Corsten's last 2 hours and made it through Armin's 4-hour set that ended at 9AM; Armin shook my hand twice after his set, BOOYA!

Deafness - One should definitely have earplugs when going to these events; my ears are still ringing

C'est la vie! Bal en Blanc 15th Edition is 12 April 2009.

I was going to write a play-by-play but I have lots of work to catch up on. Doh! Eh!

Republican Rage

2008-03-11T13:39:00.000-07:00

...directed at Democrats and homosexuals.

On Friday, an Iowa congressman by the name of Steve King warned that terrorists, notably those affiliated with Al Qaeda, will be dancing in the streets if Barack Obama is elected President. Rep. Steve King based his prediction on Obama's pledge to pull troops out of Iraq, his Kenyan heritage and his middle name, Hussein. King is the typical American Christian right-wing dumb-fuck.

On 22 January, talk radio host John Gibson seem to be rejoicing in Heath Ledger's unfortunate overdose. He and other Christian right-wingers claim that Ledger's death is proof that god hates homosexuals. As you know, Brokeback Mountain was a movie and Heath portrayed a reluctant gay cowboy. A woman claim that her ability to read the bible proved that she understands and knows the almighty's thinking in the ordering of Ledger's death.

What the fuck is wrong with these folks? Their good book teaches them to be kind to their neighbors but they're a bunch of backward whiny hating fucktards. If one does not conform to their good book views, then one is automatically damned to hell and worthy of their scorn and venom.

It seems all three major religions - Judaism, Islam & Christianity - seek a return to the days of "ain't got shit". The Jews constantly remind themselves of their people's past struggles. The Muslims want to bring back the pre-millennium days of their main man, Mohammed. The Christians want their homey, Jesus, to return.

Here are some reasons to let history be history:

-electricity
-air conditioning
-refrigeration
-vaccines
-way better explanations than "god made it so"
-better & quicker information sharing

I heard a good one last year: the American Christians are hoping and praying that the Anti-Christ hath cometh already because it means Jesus is surely to return to bring them into his bosom by way of the Rapture. Are they a cruel, evil and selfish bunch?

March Monday thoughts

2008-03-03T10:27:00.000-08:00

My right wrist still hurts. It happened on a Monday morning three weeks ago. I woke up and I felt pain shoot up my arm as I got up. I thought it would go away but it hasn't so I finally got around to immobilizing it last night. I'll need to see a doctor soon.

The on-going joke with folks who know about my mysterious injury is that I've been jerking off too often and much. Here's the sad thing, there certainly wasn't any jerking off that Sunday night, the night before, the week before, the month before, etc. Otherwise, it might have been worth it. Dammit!

Getting old sucks.

Other thoughts.....from news I read....

1. Yet another murder-suicide is reported. This time, it took place at a Wendy's in Florida. A guy walks in, starts blasting and then eats one himself without telling the clerk that he'd like some fries with the bullets. There seemed to have been one each week for the last month.

2. Eco-terrorists started fires that burned expensive homes in Seattle. Aren't eco-terrorists those who would sabotage corporate or political plans to wreck the environment? If so, what's the point of burning down the homes? Fires add to our carbon dioxide problem and cause the folks to seek new sources of wood for rebuilding their homes which, in turn, defeat that which the group wants to achieve. Dimwits with good intentions.

3. Iran's nutty president visited Iraq and said that "foreigners" should leave Iraq. Obviously, he meant the U.S. and its allies. What about the jihadists? These are the non-Iraqi Sunni folks who are blasting and blowing up the Shiites who are the majority in both Iran and Iraq. Presumably, these folks, being Muslim, are welcomed to practice and perfect their murderous techniques. Fuckwits.

The world is becoming a sad place. While a part of me still wants to be a father, I'm not sure if it's the right thing to bring a child into the world. Seems selfish.

....doh....

2008-02-29T10:31:00.000-08:00

Two close friends of mine that are brother and sister lost their father last night. And their grandfather is holding on in the hospital. ....doh....

Valentine's Day...PSSSSHHHHH....

2008-02-14T18:20:00.000-08:00

It's got to be the dumbest day around. Why do couples need to be kind to each other for one special day? What about the other 360 days? I'm taking into account each person's birthday, Christmas and the anniversary, if either remembers. I think 183 days of being nice to your mate is the minimum. For those who suck at math, that's 1 day more than half a year. Or simply, do something every other day.

So keep expectations low, smile, throw him/her a wink or two and hug each other. Every other day. Y'all should be so lucky to have someone to deal with your shit.

Another thing.... Roses and candy are so lame. Go to a flower shop, look at the flowers, pick the ones the evoke a nice memory and write it down on the card that you send along with the flowers. Pork chops, if they stuffed, are good too.

Roses....PSSSSShhhhh.......

I helped Dell

2008-02-10T13:34:00.000-08:00

Who would have thunk it? Some Dell tech guy read my XPS comment.

Maybe Dell should comp me the laptop for helping them figure out why Vista sucks.

Absence of Football

2008-02-10T13:14:00.000-08:00

I woke up at 930AM, 90 minutes before the alarm on my 5 year old deactivated cell phone went off. I had hoped to hear the ring tone, levitate kavallerie. It was loud and very different. I haven't figured out how to add that particular ring tone to subsequent phones.

After an hour of checking on my Vista-damaged XPS, I went to Verizon Wireless to activate my new phone, a black Chocolate. It was a nice that I only waited for 5 minutes before being helped. I told the lady that I wanted to activate my new phone and she replied "there's going to be a $20 charge." Uh.......bullshit. I am grateful that she gave me instructions to activate it at home.

So I spent the $20 on gas and 8 pieces of KFC dark meat with 4 biscuits. Half original and crispy. There was also a $2.11 cup of Dunkin Donuts too.

When I got home, Vista restarted itself and was noisily scanning for something I did to fix it. I suppose I annoyed it like a doctor would give a child an immunization shot.

It was noon and, for the first time since late August, I didn't have to call Fuzzy. There was no Sunday pre-game show on ESPN. So I watched "Dick".

Around 330PM, I moved the car and took a nice stroll home but could not figure out what to have for dinner.

Vista seemed to be well off and I surfed. I had bookmarked a wonderfully written site that I stumbled upon in December: www.f-ckingc-nts.com Yes, it is a real site. No, it's not some misogynistic site. Actually, it's written by an incredibly funny and intelligent woman who loves the word "cunt".

From there, I found a link to yet another hilarious site: www.mil-millington.com.

Great laughter. Especially in the absence of football.

恭喜发财

2008-02-07T10:35:00.000-08:00

There's a Chinese tradition that the first thing one is supposed to do upon awaking on Chinese New Year is to put something sweet into their mouth so as to have a sweet new year.

This morning (as in every morning), it was Listerine.

I think I have a cavity now as one my upper molars is aching.

D'oh!

Cinco Anos

2008-01-31T11:51:00.000-08:00

At the close of business tomorrow, I will have worked here for 5 years.

I just got back from an after-lunch walk as I was feeling quite stuffed. I did think about the job and what it's brought me but it was fleeting. I let random images, thoughts and memories float across the eyes.

As peristalsis kicked it, I felt better and started an internal campaign for walk more often.

I'm done raging.

hahahahahaha.....Full Tilt crashed!

Apolitical

2008-01-28T11:14:00.000-08:00

For most of my life, that was one of many adjectives that describes me. Nowadays, I'm becoming a baby-killing-left-winger, so those hateful-deluded-right-wingers would have you think. Really, it's my watching A Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report that I've gotten more politically sensitive about this beloved country of mine.

In a CNN online article today: "Romney took aim at McCain's past record of teaming up with Democrats on campaign finance reform, immigration legislation,...an energy cap and trade-bill."

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THAT?

I would hope that my elected representative would work together to stamp out lobbyists whose bosses are the fucking wealthy because legislation usually don't help the public. I'm willing to bet that there isn't one $2,000+ tailored suit wearing sumbitch in D.C. working to get health insurance for the uninsured or to lower the cost of healthcare.

Both sides probably have good ideas that, if meshed together, could keep this country from being a sponge for immigrants. It's unfair to the illegals that they're doing the shit jobs that fat, lazy and poorly-educated Americans won't do. Instead of working the unpaid border patrol, pick some fucking fruits, veggies or cotton.

There's got to be something wrong with alternative fuels because only the leftists and hippies are into that shit. Conservatives don't believe in conservatism. The status quo of gas-guzzlers canNOT be messed with. We must preserve and CONSERVE our right to maintain our addiction. What a travesty to see a fucking hippy driving them fairy-ass gas-sippers! Real God-fearing-STD-carrying men drive pick-ups and monster trucks!

The essence of outsourcing is someone offering to do it better and cheaper. Broke-ass foreigners, who worked hard to earn their degrees, are willing to get the job done even at a lower price. But these stupid jerks wished they was Americans so they takes our American jobs that I can't do. That's just messed up. Go back to where yous was and learn to love our American french fries!

While Rodney continues to be an idiot and get hisself in trouble, his famous question remains unanswered and ignored: why can't we just get along?

"Seriously" - asked/answered/commented by Meredith Grey

Obama, Hilary and Johnnie E were getting along. Then BLAM!. Each one of them wanted to the choke the shit out of the other. John McC is getting blasted for wanting to work with his fellow Americans? While I might not agree with a bunch of his positions, I don't see how I'm convinced to vote for Mighty Cap Gun Hunter Mitty.

I'm secretly wishing that Bloomie and Hagel will get together and make a run for 1600 PA Ave.

In the meantime, I continue to daydream like John Dorian.

So far, so good....

2008-01-03T10:49:00.000-08:00

It is now the 40th hour mark. I am faring much better than last year. It's probably because my will is stronger. Though I will admit to wanting to just give it up for a smooth toke or five.

Today's lunch coma is more pronounced that yesterday's. I think it's the body wondering where all the nicotine and seeing as there's no new supply, it's allowing the body to power down. In fact, I nodded off several times while writing this.

I'm awake now as work is slowly piling up. The new guy is taking a different approach this year and promised the Penguin that we'll put on $100 (a personal goal that I reached by June 30, 2007). However, given the current environment, the $50-$50 split may not be so easy. Plus, given my competitiveness, I'd probably want to close at least $75 just to keep my shine.

It's mighty cold today, so please get wrapped up.

Last day

2007-12-31T05:37:00.000-08:00

And I'm actually in the office at 815AM. That's because I got home at 700AM this morning after yet another marathon of rubbing tiles with the family, 16 on both Saturday and Sunday nights. Strangely, I'm awake but feel quite wired and I'm abstaining from caffeinated beverages. I think the four cups of noir is still working.

It's a beautiful morning with the overnight showers having moved into the Atlantic Ocean. The cold crisp winter air is so clean that I'm filling my lungs. But not fully. I'm quite motivated this morning to finally quit smoking. In the past, I've always rationalized that I'm only going to stop as I will smoke again after certain events. However, recent research has moved me towards fully embracing the complete and total cessation of the habit.

It will certainly be a trying January 2008 as last January was really fucking hard. I wanted to rip people's faces off, especially in the office. I think the difference is I wanted to stop last year whereas I believe I NEED to stop. Period.

So I ask my friends who read this to bear with me and to encourage me to stay clean. Thank you in advance. Have a wonderful forthcoming 2008!

The Rationale:

Life gets better because we become older, supposedly wiser and more aware.
Smoking will shorten it worse than the other diseases because it was self-inflicted.
Don't be a stupid ass anymore.

Cheers!

This Year's Eve

2007-12-28T11:11:00.000-08:00

Will be the 21st consecutive Eve on which I could be partying. There's a slight possibility that I will. However, I also don't want to do anything. The proverbial "been there, done that" is making a strong case to just stay in and relax. Perhaps if the Eve were a Thursday, I would probably get myself out there and tear it up a bit. One day to recover isn't a lot at my age. I don't want to have residuals on Wednesday as I stroll into the office. It doesn't help that I haven't done any work since the end of November.

Hopefully, I'll get the next 3 DVDs from Netflix on Monday. I might just open a bottle of my favorite cabernet and fire up a ribeye. That's sounding like a good idea.

What are fellow bloggers doing this coming Monday?

Ho ho ho...hum....

2007-12-18T13:33:00.000-08:00

Just two months ago, the whips were cracking and we were behind budget. Was told to put $32.5 on, so my boss and I got cracking. Three weeks later, we had $30.5 set up. Booya!

Right after Thanksgiving, the powers-that-be must have ingested some funky-ass grub laced with retardness because they told us to do nothing until 2 January 2008. Huh?

Apparently, the loan-to-deposit ratio will get skewed and that will mess with some other metric and blah, blah, blah.

Since then it's been reading the New York Times, working on various levels of difficulty of Sudoku, Full-Tilting, blogging, online shopping and chatting. Also, there are those silly applications on Facebook to play with and Stumble, a great nifty toolbar thingy to numb the ennui.

Even then, there's only so much anti-short-attention-span pills one can take.

While I shouldn't complain about having to do nothing and getting paid, the crappy part is having to suit up Monday to Thursday to do nothing. Boo!

Happy Holidays!

Update

2007-12-17T10:35:00.000-08:00

While they've hid the sign, the 2-for-$3 sale was still on. And they corrected the $3.29. I paid $3.25 for two sausage egg mcmuffins today at that silly McDonald's in Chinatown.

YAY!

Subway Sardines

2007-11-28T06:38:00.001-08:00

Four years ago, I left Manhattan to become a Brooklynite again. The daily commute was easy as it is 1 local and 3 express stops. My hours were 9 to 5, then 9 to 6 but it didn't bother me. Occasionally, I'd quip about the funk of getting onto the express train. I thought it was crowded then.

Holy smokes! It's much worse today. I'd estimate a 25% increase, easily. As I was filing up the staircase this morning, I wondered if there was an opposite or negative or mirror word for "serendipity". I searched for a word while musing if moving work hours to 830-530 was actually an unintended good thing but suck balls because:

-I grown fond of sleeping and am often late. I stroll in around 930 and could care less what they say;
-being on the platform at 740AM under the new hours was crowd-light and, occasionally, I saw my cousin taking her daughter to school; and,
-there was a cutie who I think I knew from grade school but couldn't be sure. Eventually, she stopped showing up and I presumed that she moved.

Since Monday, I found myself back on the old 9-to-5 schedule AND when I was on time. Holy smokes, it was packed.

What will it be like in another 4 years? I would dread having to push myself to 8 to 6 hours just the avoid the morning rush.

Who saw Nip/Tuck last night? Aren't the writers doing a fabulous job this season? Also, which Beauty and the Geek would you vote for? It's a toss-up for me.

McDonalds Update

2007-11-16T07:07:00.000-08:00

I finally made it to the other McDonalds this morning. I didn't see a sign up so I asked the woman behind the counter if the special was still on. This is her reply:

"Yes, but it's 2 for $4 here."

Wonderful!

Chinatown McDonalds

2007-11-12T16:46:00.000-08:00

This morning I went to the McDonalds on Bowery Street to get 2 sausage egg mcmuffin for $3 as has been advertised on television. When the manager (so she seems since she wasn't sporting any standard fry girl or big mac gear) told me the cost was $3.57, I knew something was wrong. Despite a large sign behind the counter clearly stating that it was 2 for $3, she said that the register was showing $3.29 plus $0.28 in tax. She couldn't do anything about it but said that I could order something else or pay $2.59 for one sandwich.

Since it's been a while, I paid the $3.57. Plus, my friend rolled her eyes and said "it's only 30 cents more." Still, it's the principal. When I got home, I realized that I should have asked for a receipt.

I'm going to the other McDonalds in the Chinatown tomorrow morning to see if they're charging $3.57 too. If so, I'm definitely asking for a receipt.

Two fingers in the nose and pull...

2007-11-05T08:52:00.000-08:00

I want to rip this guy's face off this morning. The sonofabitch doesn't seem to want to do any critical credit analysis of proposals written up by myself or my boss or my other sales colleagues. Rather, his modus operandi is to point out negative comments from external sources and to embellish with his broken English. How the fuck are we going to get things done if he "recommends" deals but litters his write-up with fuck-shit-up bombs? This guy doesn't seem to understand nor grasp the idea that if deals get done and the portfolio grows, everyone gets paid. Stupid fuck.

By the way, his name is Geoffrey. I think it means "Get fucked by me" and "I'm just a cocksucker." Either way, I'll gladly welcome suggestions on how to rearrange his fucking face and/or to boot him from the company.

0.8 Chic

2007-11-02T10:42:00.000-07:00

As usual, I glance around the subway car to see what folks are there and what they might be doing. Then I return to reading the Times. This morning, a mother was nervously watching three kids (presumably hers since they looked varied in age). Upon my arrival, I glimpsed a woman dolled up with neatly coiffed hair just above her set scarf over her peacoat shouldering her Tumi (I'm guessing here) tote bag while donning jeans and pointed shoes. As my standards are low, I'd probably hit it.

Going with the exiting flow, I found myself behind her and came to the conclusion that I wouldn't hit it. Why? Because she didn't smell nice. In fact, she didn't have any scent to go with her chic-ness. Thus, 0.8 is subtracted.

As some friends told me once, you need to have standards, even the bare minimum. For me, it would be a mild and positive scent.

The Force wasn't strong enough until...

2007-10-30T22:12:00.000-07:00

I accosted these rebel scums...

Threatening them with imprisonment, I was bribed....

Then I needed a cigarette...

Happy Halloween!

Da Duck gets LAMER...

2007-10-26T11:50:00.000-07:00

In today's USAToday (online edition), I read this:

"President Bush accused Democratic lawmakers on Friday of wasting time by passing legislation to expand children's health coverage, knowing that he would veto it again. At the same time, he criticized Congress for failing to approve spending bills to keep the government running."

Let me see if I got my politics and angles correct...

Republicans are for a smaller government and lower taxes. Why then is he spending lots of our tax dollars to build the government, entailing an excessive amount of bureaucracy? Furthermore, a shitload of money is shifted to defense from programs that help our fellow Americans. So....why won't this fuckhead expand health coverage to our impoverished kids?

Possible explanation...
He is spending stupendous amounts of money (without raising taxes, I'll get to this later) on defense so that terrorists can't harm our sick and needy kids. He is protecting these kids' rights to suffer from (i) the lack of medical treatment and (ii) repetitive Nyquil/Robitussin dosing. To emphasis his benevolence, he has blocked or severely limited research into promising stem cell developments to cure sicknesses and diseases. The voice of God in his gut told him that he is the Decider and so he hath decided that these needy Americans need his ignorance and neglect to understand the suffering of Jesus Christ. After all, his evangelical base tells him that Rapture is soon upon us and that these ailing fools will be amongst the first welcomed into JC's bosom.

If the Rapture doesn't come for several decades, the neglected children will surely grow up and become a part of the massive labor force dedicated to paying off the debt burden he hath decided to unleash onto all Americans.

He is the coolest and smartest deciding fucking Duck. EVER!

Boston Legit

2007-10-17T06:29:00.000-07:00

Right after watching Infernal Affairs 2 and 3, I popped open a Blue Moon and kicked back to watch Beauty and The Geek and Boston Legal that I DVR'ed. The smooth buzz came on just before Boston Legal started.

I am a fan of Spader's Shore. When the alchyhall hit, my random thoughts gathered and formed dreamlike profiles. Shore's current (and past) infatuation, Lorraine, reminds me a woman whose neck and legs, have delighted my innards, and she is also in the law business. I don't speak gibberish when around her but I so dig her being a blue-collar football-loving appropriately-cussing babe.

Shore's boss, Shirley, continues to evoke comparisons with a beloved friend who likes to control her environment. And similarly, she's in a relationship where she's "allowing" herself to be swayed by "allowing" him to be there. Regardless, there's a glow and the incandescence is growing. Cheers!

Certainly, the alcohol was flowing as I thought about how I was a bitch to someone recently. Just Friday night, I made a comment into space and she claimed that she wasn't a culprit. I rolled my eyes and said "I wasn't talking to you...the world doesn't revolve around you...it ain't all about you." I wondered if I should apologize.

As I write this, my feeling is: she can bite me. The infatuation is gone and I enjoyed it while it lasted. I won't "allow" myself to be warped by her. Otherwise, my private "Shirley" would slap me upside my head.

Movie review:
Infernal Affairs 2: wasn't a bad movie; reminded me a bit of Michael Corleone's consolidation of power
Infernal Affairs 3: should have been called "Madness Descent" and was sort of all over the place.

Kelly Chen is fantastically cute. Sammi Cheng was cuter when she was fuller. The American version sucked.

OMG, it's ONJ!

2007-10-15T11:38:00.000-07:00

"A place where nobody dared to go, The love that we came to know They call it Xanadu

And now, Open your eyes and see, What we have made is real, We are in Xanadu

A million lights are dancing, And there you are, A shooting star, An everlasting world, And you're here with me, Eternally

Xanadu, your neon lights will shine, For you, Xanadu

The love, The echoes of long ago, You needed the world to know, They are in Xanadu

The dream, That came through a million years, That lived on through all the tears, It came to Xanadu

A million lights are dancing, And there you are, A shooting star, An everlasting world, And you're here with me, Eternally

Xanadu, Xanadu, (now we are here) In Xanadu
Xanadu, Xanadu, (now we are here) In Xanadu

Now that I'm here, Now that you're near in Xanadu
Now that I'm here, Now that you're near in Xanadu
Xanadu..."

Ecstatic nostalgia. In friggin HD too!

The Force is with Me

2007-10-07T15:13:00.001-07:00

TK0816 Reporting for Imperial duty...

What is your purpose here and where is your identification?

Freeze Rebel scum!

It just feels great to have gotten it done in a total of 3 afternoons. Many thanks to my namesake for his attention to detail and taking time from his family to do most of the work on this project. Cheers!

Becoming a StormTrooper

2007-09-30T15:37:00.000-07:00

May the Force be with my namesake who is helping me to build my StormTrooper outfit.

Here are some pictures of the progress:

I should be a fully functional StormTrooper next Sunday.

Standards

2007-09-25T07:40:00.000-07:00

I was told that I was acting very weird this morning. To top it off, "DAMN" was used to emphasize the particular degree of my weirdness. I don't mind these remarks and usually revel in them. However, I'm a bit more than annoyed.

It started with remarks presuming my being hungover today from yet another bout of unrestrained boozing. After the second swat of the allegations, it dawned on me that there exists a mental profile of me being a habitual booze-master. As I do enjoy my drinks with a certain passion, I am far from the daily lush. As it continued, I got the impression that I was being judged by a "I go near the fence but wouldn't dare touch it nor climb over it" person. In other words, a fucking talker and an err-on-the-safe-side person.

Grrrrr....I dislike these hide-behind-conservative-values folks who live vicariously through others' exploits and adventures while covertly wishing they had an ounce of moxie but overtly showing disdain and criticism. The top blew when it was asked "r u ok today? u wanna talk?"

Maybe I'm blowing this out of proportion. Maybe they're concerned. Maybe I am a lush.

Uh...fuck no. I have fun the way I like it. I'll apologize if it hurts anyone or anything. And thinking back on this person, I haven't judged them at all for the stupid shit they've done. Frankly, they should be the last to judge given their current state of flux. Hell, a drink or five would probably help them to see shit better and to express themselves.

Wanker.

Reconstruction

2007-09-06T14:26:00.000-07:00

Weeks later, the folks are still trying to get their lives back together.

The city, state and federal government and their silly agencies haven't really helped. My friend's cousin's house (the one with the folks on their roof) got a measly $150 per person in the house. The rest of the money probably went to government cronies.

Firing Blanks

2007-09-04T07:02:00.001-07:00

That's how I would characterize the bank I work for. Or "All bark and no bite."

I'm now back from a seemingly long vacation which started the second half of August with one day in the office and the next at the U.S. Open. followed by Labor Day weekend.

While I was at the Open, management hired someone to be my new boss, which explains the exile (or banishment) to the 3rd floor. It is now 10:05AM and he's NOT here. Hahahahahahaha......

I was just remarking to co-workers that he wouldn't last 3 months. One said 2 months. It appears that we both may be wrong as it's the 2nd day and I haven't seen him yet.

Also, my former boss appears to be competing with me, as if I didn't have enough competition from the LA office. Such geniuses!

The daily mindfuck is offset by the coming of the football season. Booya!

Pai Gow

2007-08-16T01:02:00.000-07:00

My vacation started the moment I left the office today. I thought I would stay in tonight to catch up on television shows on my DVR. Around 10PM, I was utterly bored, so I went out to Chinatown to meet up with my cousin. A few beers later, I was watching a bunch of Chinamen, who got paid today, gather around a table to play Pai Gow. I had nary a clue what was going on but continued to watch.

Holy shit! These folks were flinging around $20s, $50s and $100s. It reminded me of an incident from college during freshmen year. My roommate was taking Sociology 101 and showed me an article that said "It is more natural for a Cantonese to gamble than it is for a baby to drink milk."

DOH!

Tornado!!!

2007-08-08T06:12:00.000-07:00

Yup, that's right. A tornado touched within 100 yards of my building early this morning. Here are some pictures from my window.

There's no train service so it looks like I'll be working from home.

Over-protective mom

2007-08-04T13:18:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I had dim-sum lunch with a friend who recently came back from a project in Florida. He told me a wonderfully funny story that I thought I'd share with you.

First, the background stuff for context. I was telling my friend about the difficulties that my 14 year old nephew was experiencing growing up as his mom is so crazy that she follows him everywhere. She walks him to and from school. She'll watch him play handball all day at the park. She's employing a whole bunch of counter-sneaky measures against him. The thing is that he's a good kid.

My friend then says that folks he met in Florida said that moms have an affinity for their sons and dads for their daughters. A neighbor/friend of his host in Florida is very over-protective of her 13 year old son and almost indifferent towards her recently born daughter. She'll come over to the host's place throwing down cocktails while toting the baby. Once, she even left the baby in front of the fake fireplace to go smoke pot upstairs. Not that she doesn't love her daughter, she's crazy about her son.

So crazy that she goes through his stuff, his myspace page and deploys various intelligence-gathering schemes. She once asked her son if he had sex to which he answered no. She pushed on the matter by saying that she could have him tested to find out if he had indeed had sex. A blatant lie by an overzealous and loving mother. At the point, he stammered and said that he's done other things but did not have sex. Again, she pushed for the truth and insisted that there are tests that can prove if he's a virgin or not. That's when he blurted out that he "beats his meat".

The mother wanted to laugh and puke but didn't. When the son walked away, she was gagging.

If my friend reads this, please feel free to correct my recollection of this awesomely funny story.

7th Book

2007-07-25T07:38:00.000-07:00

I finished the seventh and final book of the Harry Potter series. J.K. Rowlings did a nice job wrapping up lots of loose ends. Only four notable "good" characters die, one in the escape and three during the shoot-out. Spoiler alert: the very last chapter takes place 19 years later.

Yet another step back

2007-07-23T06:31:00.000-07:00

After finding a good parking spot two blocks from the subway entrance, I made my way to the station with a small umbrella as the regular large one was already in the office. With music pumping and my heart rate jumping, it was wonderful to soak in the cool humidity. Yes, I do dig this humidity because it's cool. A bit cooler would be nicer.

The R train comes in and there are plenty of seats but I choose to stand as I'm engrossed with the news. As we pull into 59th Street, there's an N train waiting for us. Nice! I make my way across the platform and into the train. As always, I make my way to the middle so as to not block the area by the doors. Plus, there's usually room and, if the air con is on, it's cooler. As I turn to my right, this young man gets up from his seat as it seems he just realized that he needed the R train that I just got off. I stop my advance to let him out.

Immediately, a young Asian (I hate this word as chances are he was Chinese) boy makes for the seat and get seated. Just then this older Mongolian-looking thrusts herself into the seat and with a right hip-check nudges the boy between her and the woman sitting at the end. I didn't think much of it and I made my way to the roomy middle. Mongola (as I shall call the older woman) completes the bum-rush and the kid is forced out of the seat. Damn!

Other folks were shaking their heads but did nothing. I think the woman at the end said something but Mongola didn't respond as she probably didn't speak English. Mongola seemed to possess a combination of "I'm older, respect me", "fight for it and it's yours" and "I don't give a rat's ass". For the next three stops, she held her position at Queen Toad on the lilypad which included leaning against the guy next to her (he fell asleep after shaking his head at her).

What's a witness to do?

P.S., where credit is due

2007-07-20T08:19:00.000-07:00

Armin Van Buuren came to town last Friday. He spun at McCarren Pool Park in Brooklyn and did a fantabulous job. Jennifer Rene, Susanna and Rank 1 were his guest performers. Unlike his set at the Tobacco Warehouse last year, he only spun for 4 hours (6PM - 10PM) this time around. Nevertheless, it great.

Photos were taken by my friend Pimpcess (aspiring future wife of AVB). Thanks!

Credit doesn't deserve credit

2007-07-20T08:10:00.000-07:00

It's frightening when the answer to this question "Are people really that stupid?" is an emphatic "Yes!". This is probably the worst week at work in the 4.5 years I've been here. Multiple closings happened almost simultaneously and the folks in Credit are claiming ignorance, wielding their ugly wrenches to stall the closing engines and whining about semantics. I especially laugh at the last part given how poor their English is. (Side note: bad and funny as Ebonics may be, at least it's understandable.)

The general manager is going to have a massive conniption when he gets back on Monday. A part of me is worried that he might fire me because he's a chickenshit punk-ass who believes that we should be safe rather than sorry. Unfortunately, this strategy doesn't really work in today's banking industry as the bank is now sorry for being safe. Furthermore, he's given Credit too much power/oversight to cripple the sales folks from growing the bank.

Six months of not having to work could be fun. Actually, three months as I would need to get a gig by the end of the fifth month.

Still deluded...

2007-07-12T13:30:00.001-07:00

Does our President realize he is a Lame-Ass Duck? For all of his gut-advised-by-God-feelings to lead this great nation of ours, why are we so disliked by the rest of the world and our own citizens are clashing with each other? Surely, he will have a lasting legacy as being among the worst leaders of this country rather than the delusions of grandeur when took over the Oval.

If I called for a revolution, I will surely be monitored by the government for subversive activities despite my guaranteed right to voice my disagreements and grievances of how my government is being run. The near-mockery that is Washington clearly cannot continue as I am sure I am not among the few who seeks drastic evolution of mindset in our leaders.

Frankly, I'm hoping Bloomberg will change his mind, throw $500 million into a campaign and win the 2008 presidency. He's done a pretty good job with New York City. I like his shun-the-lobbyists and his we-need-to-fix-this-mess mentality.

Run Mike Run.

Harry Potter

2007-07-10T20:42:00.000-07:00

I was invited to a private viewing of the fifth episode of Harry Potter tonight. I brought along my nephew as he grew fond of the books I had given him to read. Like him, I wasn't crazy about the movie but did like the direction it was going. Definitely darker.

The director did a wonderful job with Dolores Umbridge. I hated her so much as it brought back a few uncomfortable memories. I do relate somewhat with Harry's plight and was quite annoyed with his constant whining and selfish acts. I suppose I was the same at that age but I can't quite recall the memories to nullify the current bitching of those bitching days.

It seemed like the children and teens in the audience enjoyed the movie. Hopefully, the next installment will be much better, in my eyes. I am looking forward to receiving the last book a few days after its release. I already read the spoiler which many have disavowed.

I don't recommend reading any reviews of the movie or book as the power of suggestion is much too great and will likely swing your opinion.

Enjoy the movie. And book.

Spoiler: Voldemort kills someone. As if you didn't already know.

Kudos!

2007-06-28T11:19:00.001-07:00

Mika Brzezinski chose NOT to do the story on Paris Hilton which MSNBC's producer had as the lead. She took shit from her colleagues but I'm very proud of her for standing her ground on trying to relay real news. She tried to burn the story but was stopped. Later, she got up and shredded the story.

You go girl!

To see it on YouTube, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0

So tired........

2007-06-13T14:17:00.000-07:00

Public Service Notice: Always check to see if your flight is on time or delayed.

My friends and I learned the hard way last night after we got to the airport. Our flight was delayed from a scheduled 1030PM until an actual 200AM. Had we known, we would have gone into San Francisco for additional eats instead of lounging on the gate's uncomfortable seats.

Coffee is not helping and I'm so ready to pass out. Tired enough to not even have dinner and just sleep.................

h3h, I wasn't able to take as many pictures as I would have liked because the batteries died. But I did get some. We'll talk about it when we get together.

For now, I'm out of this friggin office and go home to bed.

Prison Envy?

2007-05-29T07:01:00.000-07:00

Lindsay Lohan crashes her car at 530AM and an usable amount of what appears to be cocaine is found. She isn't arrested as she is taken to the hospital to treat minor injuries. The authorities will be charging her with DUI with the arraignment date of August 24th. Think she's miffed or even jealous that former BFF Paris is going to joint and getting lots of attention?

Perhaps. Maybe she's just 20, stupid and the blond dye is affecting her neural connections. Then again, I'm older and know better, sometimes.

Satan made me do it

2007-05-21T06:07:00.001-07:00

Eva Maudlin claims that Satan made her husband, Joshua, put their recently arrived two-month daughter in the microwave for 10 to 20 seconds. For reasons unknown but for the Maudlins, Satan did not like Joshua becoming a preacher. Seems the Horned One felt threatened.

How dare they blame their cowardly problems on a man-made fantasy that is Satan? If I were Satan, I'd probably whisper in God's ear: "Dude, that's fucked up. You gave him Free Will. I don't want him in Hell."

Horrible...

2007-05-18T13:03:00.000-07:00

I'm reading "God Is Not Great" right now. The essential premise of the book is that God is man-made. Thus, religion was created in the heady days to conveniently serve those purveyors of the revelations while keeping the masses under control. As such, religion is a psychological poison.

This is so clearly demonstrated in the atrocity known as "honor killing" whereby a 17-year old Kurdish female was beaten, kicked and stoned to death while others (including the police) looked on because some relatives believed she shamed the family. You can read it on cnn.com's main page.

Such brutality based on outdated stupidity is still tolerated. I once read that a woman was ordered gang-raped by the village elders for a supposed shame by her brother. Just fucking gruesome!

Filthy pigs! Yes, it's a double-entendre on those fucks!

The Crazies

2007-05-17T20:07:00.000-07:00

Coincidences are just coincidences, not the flicks of some deity's finger.

As I came to highly respect Gene Simmons for his monogamous devotion to the mother of his two children for 23+ years, the season finales of Scrubs and Grey's Anatomy dealt with the the crazies of relationships, marriage and parenthood. Surely, a coincidence.

This leads me to want to believe that if there was a God its greatest feature is humor regardless of the situation's severity.

Crazy huh?

Incredulous!

2007-05-17T12:15:00.000-07:00

Paris' sentence was halved to 23 days because of good behavior, which was showing up at court on time. GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One is supposed to be at court on time.

Newsworthy? Like, OMG!

2007-05-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

The latest bullshit report from Hollywood is that Paris is emotionally distraught over her being sentenced to 45 days in jail. It seems that a psychiatrist has recommended that the judge be more lenient since Paris cannot fathom the "cruel and unwarranted" punishment of her violating her DUI probation. It's so bad that she cannot take the witness stand in a $10 million defamation lawsuit against her.

*cough*BULLSHIT*cough*

It would be great if Penn & Teller, who have a show on Showtime called "Bullshit!", would devote a show on her blatant stupidity and arrogance to be treated any more special than the regular Jane.

I can understand leniency if she had reported to the alcohol or consultation meeting(s) as required during her probation. But she didn't. Furthermore, she showed up late to her hearing; thus, costing the state time and money as if being fashionably late was a cool thing in court.

I think it's unfair that she will get special treatment in jail by being away from the general population. Unless, she is put in solitary confinement to work on her emotional duress and to put the little hamster between her ears to work. She's probably going to get her ass kicked but life is cruel.

Paris, grow up. Stop being a spoiled brat. Take these knocks as the nothing you bring to society. It's only 45 days.

Arnold, don't pardon her. Save it for someone who really deserves it.