You know, if you use the word “penis” in a blog title, you are never short on people stopping by. Especially when you blog has the word “hole” in the title.
I get some of the oddest search word groupings…..
Occupy This October 13, 2011
I’ve been following the Occupy Wall Street movement and some of it’s cross country clones with interest these last few weeks. I love that these guys are out there sleeping in the rain, being degraded, and getting assaulted for their beliefs. I applaud the determination. I do also have to say that while they make a few valid points, those points are generally occluded by their problem solving skills.
I do think the government and the business circles need to uncopulate, and stay away from each other. The large corporations being paid billions of our tax dollars which they then pay to the politicians (I think it’s referred to as “money laundering” in many circles) needs to end. Governments giving tax breaks to large corporations to get them to locate someplace needs to end. Governments forcing small businesses to pay taxes while the box stores driving them under do not have to pay, needs to end. There is something shifty about the Federal Reserve. I will wholeheartedly agree with these statements.
However….
The rest of it guys? Come on.
You can’t pay for your student loans? Well you shouldn’t have taken out the loan. Can’t pay your mortgage? Shouldn’t have taken out the loan, or you should have unloaded before you got to this point. You are acting just like the government you claim to despise. You are spending money you do not have, and have no hope of making; and now you want someone else to pay for it. You’re making Karl Marx blush.
You cannot get government out of business by sticking the government further into business. Think about it.
Suck it up or find a real solution. You have the power to make lasting change, you just don’t seem to want to make logical change. (Of course, since logic rarely makes a good slogan to yell while marching down the street, I doubt you will.) If you don’t want to pay insane interest rates on credit cards, don’t get credit cards, then you don’t have to pay them. If you don’t want to pay BoA’s bank fees, boycott BoA, then you don’t have to pay them.
Take some tips from the commonsense brigade. If you don’t want to deal with drunk people, don’t go to bars. Don’t like porn, don’t watch it. If you don’t want to support sweatshops, don’t buy the clothes and you won’t. If you want to eat organically grown food, buy it and don’t buy the food grown with pesticides. It’s called responsibility people, get some.
Unfortunately too many of you want the convenience of a billion BoA branches, so you would rather have the government stop them from charging high rates for their services, so you can still bank there. Do you have no self control? Too many of you want to go to college and not pay for it, so you would rather have the government stop banks from collecting the money they lent you. Too many of you have a sense that you are some how special, that you deserve to have someone else work their ass off so you can draw stick figures on the sidewalk. Do you have no self-respect?
Come on people, as long as you’re cluttering up parks across the country, at least you could make it count for something.
1984 Spoken Here September 30, 2011
I have to say, I’m getting tired of people spouting whatever slogan some famous politician, athlete, actor, religious leader, (or whatever else people worship these days) say. The constant screaming of jingoisms back and forth is really becoming almost unbearable. No one is attempting to argue a point, show an inconsistency, or even win adherents. People seem only interested in attempting to shame others into falling in line behind a slogan.
This has been happening for years, but it seems to have reached a fever pitch recently, at least I hope it won’t get much worse. After 9/11 I noticed it really kicked up: if you didn’t like the PATRIOT Act, armed searches at airports, constant surveillance, or invading various countries, you were for the terrorists. Wave your flag and quietly fall in line with whatever the government said, or you were for the terrorists.
Everyone now days seems to be into this mode. If you didn’t like invading Iraq, you were for the terrorists. If you don’t support PE in school, you want fat kids. If you don’t support Obama, you are a racist.
Even today, if you don’t support the president’s “right” to order US citizens killed without trial it means you support the terrorists. There are few people discussing the constitution, presidential orders, or citizenship issues, only “support us or support the terrorists”. It’s our way, or you are a traitorous, ignorant, whack job who hates the US (or children, or blacks, or whatever) and deserves to die.
Is anyone out there thinking before they open their yap to spout whatever thing their leader has said? Does anyone out there think it through. It’s like watching a group of cults arguing in the street. No thoughts, no dissension, only blindless obedience to which ever cause they want to parrot about today. It feels like a constant barrage of peer pressure, much worse than high school ever could be.
That’s all there is to these “arguments”, nothing but jingo slinging. Why can’t I hold the opinion that Obama doesn’t have a clue about how economics work, the PATRIOT Act is a violation of the constitution, and the president cannot sign an executive order to have US citizens assassinated without being labeled as a traitor to my country?
I really don’t understand.
Doin’s July 18, 2011
Celebrating the arrival of Buffy seasons 5 and 6! Yeah me. Getting ready for my 20th class reunion in two weeks.
Also, if you are looking for something fun, check out the Tomato Battle guys. We did the Colorado tomato battle and it was awesome! There are pictures on facebook. Couple of tips if you decide to attend: Do not wear flip flops, they do not stay on when you attempt to walk through ankle deep tomato guts (lots of people did this, and lots of flip flops floated away). Goggles larger than your typical swimming goggles would be advantageous. The smaller goggles get smacked around too easily when you are hit in the face with a tomato. Do not take cameras unless they are completely waterproof, you may be surprised how damp a tomato fight can get. Take about 20 gallons of water, a couple of buckets, and washcloths to clean up afterwards. Just trust me on this one.
As an aside, let me know if you are on facebook.
Thanks Jac June 16, 2011
I would like to thank Jac for corrupting my sense of taste and encouraging gin. G&T is a lovely summertime drink. I never thought I would say that…………………………
Open Letter To Marvel May 13, 2011
OK, I have a confession to make. I love the superhero movies. I really do. What’s not to love about someone saving the world/universe with lots of explosions, weird-ass costumes, and idiot dialog. I do however have a problem.
What the fuck is up with ruining a great movie with warm fuzzy feelings about the JBTs from SHIELD?
What is up with this? Since when do superhero’s need government assistance? That’s why they are super heroes and not GI Joe. I have to say that I did enjoy watching a Norse god kick their asses until the attempt at a mental group hug at the end.
Stop ruining a good time with, “Woo Hoo the government is full of helpful guys”, “We’re the good guys”, and all that stupid bullshit! “We’re on the same side”!? WTF?? No they aren’t, the government is on it’s own side! I’m calling shenanigans! Even if this is just some heavy handed attempt at explaining the basis of the Justice League when you get around to making that, I’m still not interested! I won’t be watching Justice League by the way, even if you put in more explosions and worse dialog.
I want my superhero saving the universe, explosions, cheesy costumes, dumb dialog, and if you can work it in good looking guys without their shirts on. This has worked for a long time! If I have to give something up, you can write better dialog.
See, I Do Too Listen.
I would like to take this moment to offer my profuse thanks to Kirsten for the recommendation of the 2D glasses. I had the opportunity to try them out during a current screening of Thor. I must say, the glasses are AWESOME! They work great!
As an aside, the 3D is getting better too. I was able to watch an entire trailer, and I figured out how to get them to work, zone out. If I actively focus, it’s all over. I also got the spawn to admit that 2D is better (hehehe).
If anyone cares, the movie rocked. And as with all wonderful effects driven movies, the dialog was rather banal.
Avast! Shiver me timbers! And all that nautical talk! April 29, 2011
So this last week I went to visit my brother since I have nothing else to do, and we had a GREAT time. We haven’t really had a chance to visit for a while, and I got to know his wife better, since we barely had a chance to meet at the wedding. His wife is being deployed farther away this summer, but not as far away as I was worried about (I told him I wasn’t visiting in DC, end of story).
We were able to go to the Denver Museum, which I love, and the current special exhibit was on PIRATES! Yea Me!! It was very cool, an exhibit on the slave ship turned pirate ship The Whydah. They had tons of stuff from the excavation, and lots of information on American/Caribbean pirates in general. As a side note I found out that one of my great-aunts was (intentionally or inadvertently I do not know) named after an African slave fort, same spelling and everything. Weird.
I also thought I would nerd out and put all of my blood test results from the past few years on a spreadsheet, just for fun since I just got my newest results, and I now had three years of results. Not good. Really. While tracking trends can be fun, it can also be scary. Scary like, “Well, my triglycerides are a bit on the high side but firmly inside the “normal” range, but wait! They’re up 30 fucking points from last year!! What the hell!!” Along with the, “Gee, if my results continue along the same way they are, I’ll be borderline diabetic next year”. So now with a few critical results much higher than I feel comfortable with, my food options have become somewhat restricted (lp is currently saying , “I told you so”). And frankly I’m a rather cranky about it, but cranky ain’t solving the problem so no more onion rings, fried chicken, cake, and sweet tea. On the plus side, three result trends doing things I can’t find info for on the internet stumped my dad too, first time for everything!
Nail Polish vs. The Penis April 13, 2011
I initially thought the “Oh My God! J. Crew just turned this boy gay!” bruhaha over the new J. Crew ad to be lame, I now find it downright confusing.
Many people seem to be unable to look beyond stereotypes we grew up with, the idea that “It’s always been this way, so this way is Right”. Pink is for girls and blue is for boys. Hmmm, what if the kid wore purple, or green, or god forbid………….white. What could that do to a young developing mind that has NO FUCKING IDEA about pink is for girls and blue is for boys. Thank you Kirsten for this revealing link into gender appropriate colors. So I guess everyone my grandparent’s age are transgendered, however did we all get here?
The Christian Right (not be confused with Christians in general) seems to need a “crisis of the week”, possibly to keep up the idea that Christians are under attack and fighting a spiritual war on Earth, so vote for us or we’re all going to die. This seems to be this week’s addition to the “Homosexuals are evil, going to hell, and taking us with them” that seems to characterize an unfortunate attitude many Christians hold. Soon, someone else will “attack” their “way of life” by being gay, or pagan, or literate and this whole thing will go away.
I also happen to know that on the sly, lots of women have applied nail polish to their sons, generally in quiet situations where the son is watching the mother and expresses interest. Young boys put on dresses, women’s shoes, and raid their mother’s make-up. Young girls wear men’s shoes, ties, and slick their hair back. If these activities make transgendered people, there should be a LOT more transgendered people than the .3% of the 9% of Americans who are gay. It is how we try stuff out, try stuff on, and become comfortable with our selves.
Lots of men apply nail polish to themselves, it’s like body paint, a decoration, not to be confused with the surgical grafting onto the body of a vagina.
Making Coffee September 29, 2010
So, about two months ago I got a new job as a barista (the book I read said that a barista is an “Expert” in making specialty coffees, but what else do you call it?) and I’ve been enjoying myself.
I do have a question for you people who are smarter than me. Is barista a gender neutral title? It seems to be, but wouldn’t a guy be a baristo (or something else like that)?
Down The Rabbit Hole 