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August 24 Ok, This Is Just StupidIt seems that some morons in Denver don't care for Fox News. Fine. I'm down with that. It's their right.
But when a reporter is asking people what they are protesting and why, it's a great opportunity for the morons there to bring their cause to the public.
But these morons essentially started a chant "F*ck Fox News!" repeatedly, and waving the middle finger at the camera. There was zero time for the censors, and feed was cut off after about ten seconds.
The reporter repeatedly said it was freedom of speech question he was asking.
Freedom of speech. Kind of ironic that just because these morons don't like Fox News they protested their presence on the spot. Fine. I'm down with that as well.
My problem is these zealots willingly used offensive language and gestures on a national broadcast. Basically, you morons did more damage to your cause by doing that. I'm not a fan of reporters myself, but they do their job. Let them do their jobs.
If I hear of Republican zealots do this in St. Paul to MSNBC or CNN, I'll be just as critical.
Because, it's not right. This is epic fail of not using your brain.
Now I'm going to eat my Gummi Bears in peace. August 23 Randm Videos Of the Day: 8-23-08I present the music that I think Heath Ledger's Joker would have listened to.
Korn: Shoots And Ladders
Korn: Clown
Korn: Freak On A Leash
Staind: Mudshovel
Staind: Outside
Staind: Epipany
Limp Bizkit: Counterfeit
Tool: Vicarious
Dream Theater: Lie
Korn (with Amy Lee accoustic): Freak On A Leash
The Doors: The End
Obama-BidenInteresting pick. August 20 FAILIt seems that the word FAIL has kind of grown on us at work, mostly because the meaning of the word fits so well with IT processes in general.
1). If a program doesn't work, it FAILED.
2). If a piece of hardware causes issues, it's a FAIL.
3). There other categories, but they're generally are catch-all FAILS.
However, if something just does not work no matter how hard you try, or crashes horribly, it's called an EPIC FAIL.
Considering that George Carlin loved word play, I'd love to see what he would have come up with..:( I'm sure he would have had a routine similar to his classic usage of one of those seven words you can't say on televsion. Ironically, it starts with the letter 'F'. August 16 Michael PhelpsTo quote the movie Team America:
HELL YA!
I seriously do not know what to say, because I didn't see the other telecasts.
But I can see why he won.
The one that got him the Gold for a clean sweep wasn't just him.
His team of three others helped. Watching them work together. Wow.
It's like "It's not for us, or our country, but for Michael."
Good for you, Michael.
BatsConsidering that I'm a fan of the Joker, and I own a black cat, I think this is funny. I'm going to write this 24 style, as it's logical way..:) Note: I wore my The Dark Knight shirt on this day.
24: The Bat
The following takes place between 6:00AM August 14th, 2008 and 6:00AM August 15, 2008
6:15 AM
Scott wakes up, draws bath. He places himself in the tub, waking up. He hears a noise, thinking it's Janis running around. As he is waking himself in said bath, he looks, and notices Janis is laying on the bathroom floor, her eyes staring at the wall behind Scott, and he hears a scratching-like sound.
6:25 AM
Scott continues to hear weird noises behind him. Janis mews. Scott gets out of bath, dries himself off, dresses himself in his undies, and follows the noise to furnace closet. Scott opens the door, and sees a small animal.
6:30 AM
Scott turns on TV to listen to the local news. Scott turns on the computer and googles for mouse traps, as he feels what is invading his home is a mouse. He finds possibilites, and plans to go to Lowes to pick up a mousetrap.
6:55 AM
Scott talks to the bus driver who picks him up daily for work about the incident.
7:00 AM-5:00 PM
Scott works, and tells various co-workers about his rodent issue. Janis' qualifications are questioned.
5:00 PM-11:00 PM
Scott and co. spend time at a few bars to send off a co-worker to new horizions.
11:15PM
Scott arrives home, and crashes on his bed.
2:00AM-3:00AM
As Scott tries to sleep, he feels something flitter across his face. Thinking it is a moth, he swats at it several times. He starts to wake and realizes that it's not a moth.
He quickly climbs out of bed, and switches on the bedroom light. A small bat is flitting around. Janis looks at said bat, but does nothing. Scott runs to the kitchen, finds his weapon, and brings it into his bedroom.
The bat is still fluttering, but Janis does not act. Taking the situation in hand, Scott swats at the bat with his broom, and misses. The brush portion of the broom flies off as Scott misses.
Somehow, with just the shaft of the broom, Scott manages to hit the bat, making it fall. Noting that the bat was not moving, Scott uses the broomstick to beat the bat to ensure it is either dead, or unconscious.
Taking precautions, Scott uses a sock to pick up bat, opens his back door, and throws out both sock and bat for disposal.
3:00AM-6:00AM
Scott goes back to bed. He decides to fire Janis on her cat skills as he sleeps.
Looking back, I find it comical, but sobering. You need to understand that I was sleepy and somewhat toasty from my bar hoppinging when the incident happened, and that the bat never got in leaping range for Janis to take him out. Personally, I am glad that she didn't, because of the rabies issue. Nuff said on that one.
So, Y so SRS? August 12 Random Video Of The Day 8-12-08I saw the Gatlin Brothers in Mitchell during Corn Palace Week with my mother. It was after Larry Gatlin was told he could not sing again, due to damaging his vocal cords.
That was back in the early 1990's.
I love this song.
August 09 #4Yesterday, I wore my #4 at work, and I got funny looks, laughs, and comments similar to "When you going to buy a Jets jersey?"
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog entry to plead Brett to end the FavreWatch saga. However, even though I do give him some blame, I think that General Manger TedThompson should be the one to take the real blame.
Here's my reasoning:
Bob Harlan was the man who ran the Packers for much of Brett's career, but he retired a couple of years ago. Ted Thompson took on the mantle, and with Brett hemming and hawing about retirement over the last couple of years, that might have got tiresome for Thompson. I don't blame him for that. I blame him for not considering that the team had better chances with Brett than with Aaron Rodgers. But also see his loyalty to Rodgers, since he did draft him.
However, as the ultimate competitor that Brett is, and yes, he's getting up there in age, decisions like retirement for him HAS become tougher. I mean, the man is the Iron Man of football. My fear is some defensive player with a chip on their shoulder will use dirty tactics to take him out. The classic Rocky scenario. However, I wish he would have stayed retired. He doesn't need to prove anything.
So now it all boils down on both sides is pride.
I trace Thompson's frustration with Brett back to last year, when Brett wanted Randy Moss in Green Bay, and the Packers refused it. I'm not a fan of Moss, due to some of his antics, BUT he does have talent. I think his stint in Oakland taught him a lesson. He's got talent, and he went to the Big Dance with New England. I think not signing Moss while on friendly terms with Favre was Thompson's mistake. Considering that the Packers got beat in OT by the Giants in such treacherous weather conditions (I will say that the NFC Championship game was the best one I saw in years), what if Brett had Moss in that game? It's total conjecture, sure, but it needs to be addressed.
I got asked several times yesterday who I am rooting for, Brett or the Packers. I said, "Both." Here's the trick. This reminds me when Coach Jon Gruden left Oakland, and went to Tampa Bay. And they destroyed the Raiders.
Knowing Brett, and his desire to stick it to the Pack, what if the Jets fulfill the harsh stipulations on the trade? 4th round pick for trade, but if Brett takes 50% of the snaps, it becomes a third round pick. 70% and playoffs. 80% and Super Bowl appearance, first rounder. I don't think the Jets would be stupid to trade Brett to the Vikings (which is what he wanted), because it would cost them FOUR 1st round picks.
What if they meet in the Dance?
As ESPN commentator Chris Berman always said:
"That's why they play the game." August 04 Mondays Have A Sense Of HumorAt work, Monday is the code-word we use via our IM messages to tell others we are having a bad day. As a joke, I decided to dress in black. My The Dark Knight T-shirt, black belt, black jeans, and black shoes. Johnny Cash would be proud.
Except it went straight to hell for me.
Yep. I taunted Monday. My IM thingy was I was standing up to Monday. I was warding it with being in black.
And Monday struck back. One of my friends jokingly said Monday was attracted to the silver shiny Batman logo. Mondays like shiny things, LOL!
Despite it being a stupid day, at least there's room for humor.
My master plan on defeating Monday by dressing in black FAILED.
As one friend put it, it backfired, LOL!
Oh well. Monday is almost done..:)
If it shows up tomorrow, I'll introduce it to a pencil..LOL! August 02 Babylon5: The Lost TalesBabylon 5: The Lost Tales is a DVD I just purchased on a road trip to Sioux Falls with some friends from work. As a huge fan of the sci-fi epic tv series from the mid-late 1990's, I saw it for dirt cheap at Best Buy, so I bought it. The DVD came out a year ago, but either I would need to order online, or go to Sioux Falls to get it.
It's direct to DVD, and a feeler for interest for more B5 stories that creator Joe Michael Straczynski created when the show was made first run. I liked what I saw. I want more, JMS!
What I think was fantastic, however were two special featurettes revolving around the deaths of two of the main principles of the original tv-show. Richard Biggs (Dr. Stephen Franklin) simply woke up one morning in 2004, got out of bed, and died of a brain anyeurism. He was 44.
The second tribute was to Andreas Katsulas, the alien G'Kar. He died in 2006 just short of his 60th birthday of lung cancer. Bruce Boxleitner has a wonderful story about Andreas holding his and Melissa Gilbert's child while Andreas was in full makeup. They show the photo, and it's charming..:)
The stories for the show are very solid. It's broken into three parts of 20 minutes each. They're not action packed, but they don't need to be, really. JMS wants to make more of these little gems. You'd need to see the entire series to really understand it all. |
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