September 21, 2009
Like I said
Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs is cerifiabley insane. I was banned and I have no earthly idea why. I think if you believe that a higher power created us all, you get banned there. That's the basic theory.
July 01, 2009
Light posting
Nobody reads this anyway, but I'm kind of suspending my posting for a while.
Sparty's being a little bitch today, whining and whining. You got a clean box, plenty of cat food and clean water...what's your problem?
He does this thing where he comes up to me and meows and meows just sitting there looking at me. I pick him up and he starts clawing and biting me, albeit lightly.
It's time for the cat "taco" where I roll him up in a rug and stuff him in his cat house.
Some call it torture but I call it tough love.
Sparty's being a little bitch today, whining and whining. You got a clean box, plenty of cat food and clean water...what's your problem?
He does this thing where he comes up to me and meows and meows just sitting there looking at me. I pick him up and he starts clawing and biting me, albeit lightly.
It's time for the cat "taco" where I roll him up in a rug and stuff him in his cat house.
Some call it torture but I call it tough love.
May 24, 2009
I Love the Indy 500
...but I get terrible air signal on TV and don't have cable because I hate the cable company.
And since the race is not streaming online anywhere for free...I'm screwed.
But...I can listen to the IMS radio broadcast and watch the live scoreboard.
Along with the radio broadcast, they stream video from the broadcast booth. And so, during a commercial break, I got to see Paul Page inhale a hamburger. Dude ate that thing FAST. In about 15 seconds that guy swallowed a huge burger. And it's obvious that since his days on ABC, he's put on some pounds.
Paul...hint: mainlining hamburgers is not good for your health.
And since the race is not streaming online anywhere for free...I'm screwed.
But...I can listen to the IMS radio broadcast and watch the live scoreboard.
Along with the radio broadcast, they stream video from the broadcast booth. And so, during a commercial break, I got to see Paul Page inhale a hamburger. Dude ate that thing FAST. In about 15 seconds that guy swallowed a huge burger. And it's obvious that since his days on ABC, he's put on some pounds.
Paul...hint: mainlining hamburgers is not good for your health.
May 02, 2009
Retarded Idiot
While I am on my soapbox, I thought I'd post something also about Jon Stewart's idiotic comment (since retracted) that Harry Truman was a war criminal for dropping the bomb.
1. He said we should have held a demonstration. Hey dumbass, we dropped one directly on their heads. That was the demonstration. And they still didn't surrender.
2. Since I have a degree in History, I have studied this (and written papers on it). It is estimated that 1 million Americans would have been killed in an outright invasion of Japan. Based on the resistance on Okinawa, I'm inclined to agree. Out of something like 130,000 Japanese on Okinawa, only 7,000 surrendered. So you're talking about millions, tens of millions of Japanese who would have died in an invasion.
3. And finally, Harry Truman is one of my biggest heroes, and slandering the man is just plain wrong. Anyone who had the guts to make that kind of decision, and also had the guts to fire that ambitious asshole MacArthur, deserves the utmost respect.
And that's my take on it.
P.S....most people who know me would be surprised to find that my favorite President is a Democrat. Well, that was when Democrats were sane.
1. He said we should have held a demonstration. Hey dumbass, we dropped one directly on their heads. That was the demonstration. And they still didn't surrender.
2. Since I have a degree in History, I have studied this (and written papers on it). It is estimated that 1 million Americans would have been killed in an outright invasion of Japan. Based on the resistance on Okinawa, I'm inclined to agree. Out of something like 130,000 Japanese on Okinawa, only 7,000 surrendered. So you're talking about millions, tens of millions of Japanese who would have died in an invasion.
3. And finally, Harry Truman is one of my biggest heroes, and slandering the man is just plain wrong. Anyone who had the guts to make that kind of decision, and also had the guts to fire that ambitious asshole MacArthur, deserves the utmost respect.
And that's my take on it.
P.S....most people who know me would be surprised to find that my favorite President is a Democrat. Well, that was when Democrats were sane.
Charles Johnson has gone insane.
I know that I hardly get any traffic at all at this blog, but I don't care. It just soothes my soul to vent here and damn it, I've got to say this. Of course if it ever gets back to him, he'll ban me but I don't give a rat's ass.
Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs has gone insane.
Accusing the Tea Parties of being organized by the Paulians is pretty egregious, considering I found out about them from Robbie Cooper.
And to be honest, I find his daily rants against Creationism boring. Hey, believe what you want, but at the same time, his jihad against it is just becoming lame. It's not some insidious disease (for the most part). It's definately not the most dangerous thing in the world when you consider rogue nations with nukes or global jihad.
And finally, insinuating that Robert Spencer is a Nazi is pretty much beyond the pale.
I've always enjoyed LGF for its anti-jihadism, and I wish the Lizard King would return to that. But sadly, I think he's gone off the deep end. He's supposedly a moderate; so why so much virulent hate for those of us to the right of him? Aren't moderates supposed to be tolerant?
Charles, whatever meds you stopped taking, I suggest you renew your prescription.
Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs has gone insane.
Accusing the Tea Parties of being organized by the Paulians is pretty egregious, considering I found out about them from Robbie Cooper.
And to be honest, I find his daily rants against Creationism boring. Hey, believe what you want, but at the same time, his jihad against it is just becoming lame. It's not some insidious disease (for the most part). It's definately not the most dangerous thing in the world when you consider rogue nations with nukes or global jihad.
And finally, insinuating that Robert Spencer is a Nazi is pretty much beyond the pale.
I've always enjoyed LGF for its anti-jihadism, and I wish the Lizard King would return to that. But sadly, I think he's gone off the deep end. He's supposedly a moderate; so why so much virulent hate for those of us to the right of him? Aren't moderates supposed to be tolerant?
Charles, whatever meds you stopped taking, I suggest you renew your prescription.
April 14, 2009
The government can EAT ME
I filed my taxes online at H&R Block today.
It seems that they have deducted last years stimulus check right the hell out of my refund for this year.
So instead of getting near a grand for paying my withholding, I'm getting about $406. I can make that in a damn week without even sweating.
I guess I could be grateful that I am getting ANYTHING back in today's climate, but the IRS can suck my balls. Blow me. You suck.
It seems that they have deducted last years stimulus check right the hell out of my refund for this year.
So instead of getting near a grand for paying my withholding, I'm getting about $406. I can make that in a damn week without even sweating.
I guess I could be grateful that I am getting ANYTHING back in today's climate, but the IRS can suck my balls. Blow me. You suck.
March 28, 2009
Final word on BSG
So I just watched the final episode of Battlestar Galactica (by the way, it should technically be abbreviated to BG).
A few things about this (spoiler alert to anyone who hasn't watched it). As far back as when the 4 Cylons in the fleet were revealed by Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower," I have been saying that we were going to find out we are all Cylons. Because Cylons are revealed by that song, so obviously Bob Dylan (and at the very least, Jimi Hendrix) are Cylons. Bingo!
Lots of early exposition where Lamkin for some reason is chosen as President. Nice. A sleazy trial lawyer, president of the colonies. Well, we almost got John Edwards so I guess that kind of makes sense.
1. Galactica jumps in right next to the Cylon Colony. Sam is hooked up to the Dradis and somehow this allows him to get the hybrids to shut down the defenses. Big space fight while the assault team fights their way to Hera. One of the Raptors hits an astroid and the crew is killed. It's the only Raptor with nukes on it.
2. Boomer kidnaps Hera back and brings her to the assault team. Athena kills her.
3. They fight their way back to Galactica while the Cylons counterattack and fight their way to the bridge. Baltar is part of the team repelling boarders along with Caprica Six. Now Baltar can see her Baltar ghost and she can see his Caprica Six ghost. Big reveal that CIC is actually the opera house. The Cylons make their way in and Cavil grabs Hera in the confusion and threatens to kill her. Big speech by Baltar about how this is all God's plan.
4. The five promise to give Cavil resurrection in return for Hera. Cylons and humans both stand down and the other four prepare to share their minds by putting their hands in Sam's bathtub. Tory doesn't want to do it. And of course Chief sees that she killed Cally. Chief pulls his hand out and chokes Tory, breaking the connection. The truce is over and people start killing each other. Simon dies. Cavil eats his own bullet. The raiders begin to attack.
5. The raptor that was hit by the astroid is adrift and hits another asteroid, which jolts the pilot's dead hand which lands on the launch button. The Colony is disabled and falls into the black hole.
6. Adama tells Starbuck to jump the ship. Starbuck doesn't have any coordinates, but she's figured out that the song Hera wrote is actually a set of coordinates. The ship jumps.
7. Cut to Galactica flying over the moon. Our moon. As it passes over you see Earth with Africa clearly visible.
8. They send a Raptor to bring the fleet to them since Galactica can never jump again. Everybody votes to leave technology behind and live here. They see early homo sapiens and Cottle says they bury their dead and that they're genetically compatible. Well, Neanderthals were too, so that may be what they are.
9. Anders flies the entire fleet into the Sun.
As for the endings for the characters?
Cylons: the good Centurions are given the base ship and they go off on their own, content that they finally have their freedom and free will. It is stated that they won't come back and destroy us, or that it's a risk worth taking, cause Adama says, "they earned it." Personally, I'd have let Anders fly those toasters into the sun as well.
Adama/Roslin: He and Roslin go flying off to find a place to build a cabin. Roslin dies on the way. He takes his wedding ring off and puts it on her. Nice ending there. Oh, and he starts the cabin as soon as he finishes burying her.
Lee: He says something to Kara about how he just wants to climb a mountain or travel the oceans. I think he becomes some sort of hermit/mountain man.
Starbuck: She vanishes while Lee is teling her this, so it's inferred she was an angel.
Athena/Karl/Hera: They argue playfully about who is going to teach Hera to hunt. The wander off somewhere with the same group as Lampkin.
The Tighs: in the same group as Lampkin.
Chief: He settles down on "an island just northwest of the northernmost continent," where there are no people. He says he likes the highlands there. I guess he's the father of the Scots.
Baltar/Caprica Six: They settle down together somewhere between a couple mountains. Baltar's dad was a farmer so he says he'll farm.
Finally, at the very end it is revealed that Hera is the "mitochondrial Eve" of the entire human race as it exists today. Ghost Baltar and Ghost Six are in the middle of New York City. They have a little spat about how this has all happened before, on the first Earth, then Caprica, and now this Earth. Caprica Six says that it might work out this time, that it's part of God's plan. Baltar says, "He doesn't like to be called that." Obviously they are angels. He says, "maybe it'll work out," and they walk away to a kind of montage of various progressively more anthropomorphic robots on big screens in the city, all of which actually do exist, to the tune of Jimi Hendrix playing "All Along The Watchtower."
I told you, we're all Cylons. We all share a common half-cylon ancestor.
A few things about this (spoiler alert to anyone who hasn't watched it). As far back as when the 4 Cylons in the fleet were revealed by Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower," I have been saying that we were going to find out we are all Cylons. Because Cylons are revealed by that song, so obviously Bob Dylan (and at the very least, Jimi Hendrix) are Cylons. Bingo!
Lots of early exposition where Lamkin for some reason is chosen as President. Nice. A sleazy trial lawyer, president of the colonies. Well, we almost got John Edwards so I guess that kind of makes sense.
1. Galactica jumps in right next to the Cylon Colony. Sam is hooked up to the Dradis and somehow this allows him to get the hybrids to shut down the defenses. Big space fight while the assault team fights their way to Hera. One of the Raptors hits an astroid and the crew is killed. It's the only Raptor with nukes on it.
2. Boomer kidnaps Hera back and brings her to the assault team. Athena kills her.
3. They fight their way back to Galactica while the Cylons counterattack and fight their way to the bridge. Baltar is part of the team repelling boarders along with Caprica Six. Now Baltar can see her Baltar ghost and she can see his Caprica Six ghost. Big reveal that CIC is actually the opera house. The Cylons make their way in and Cavil grabs Hera in the confusion and threatens to kill her. Big speech by Baltar about how this is all God's plan.
4. The five promise to give Cavil resurrection in return for Hera. Cylons and humans both stand down and the other four prepare to share their minds by putting their hands in Sam's bathtub. Tory doesn't want to do it. And of course Chief sees that she killed Cally. Chief pulls his hand out and chokes Tory, breaking the connection. The truce is over and people start killing each other. Simon dies. Cavil eats his own bullet. The raiders begin to attack.
5. The raptor that was hit by the astroid is adrift and hits another asteroid, which jolts the pilot's dead hand which lands on the launch button. The Colony is disabled and falls into the black hole.
6. Adama tells Starbuck to jump the ship. Starbuck doesn't have any coordinates, but she's figured out that the song Hera wrote is actually a set of coordinates. The ship jumps.
7. Cut to Galactica flying over the moon. Our moon. As it passes over you see Earth with Africa clearly visible.
8. They send a Raptor to bring the fleet to them since Galactica can never jump again. Everybody votes to leave technology behind and live here. They see early homo sapiens and Cottle says they bury their dead and that they're genetically compatible. Well, Neanderthals were too, so that may be what they are.
9. Anders flies the entire fleet into the Sun.
As for the endings for the characters?
Cylons: the good Centurions are given the base ship and they go off on their own, content that they finally have their freedom and free will. It is stated that they won't come back and destroy us, or that it's a risk worth taking, cause Adama says, "they earned it." Personally, I'd have let Anders fly those toasters into the sun as well.
Adama/Roslin: He and Roslin go flying off to find a place to build a cabin. Roslin dies on the way. He takes his wedding ring off and puts it on her. Nice ending there. Oh, and he starts the cabin as soon as he finishes burying her.
Lee: He says something to Kara about how he just wants to climb a mountain or travel the oceans. I think he becomes some sort of hermit/mountain man.
Starbuck: She vanishes while Lee is teling her this, so it's inferred she was an angel.
Athena/Karl/Hera: They argue playfully about who is going to teach Hera to hunt. The wander off somewhere with the same group as Lampkin.
The Tighs: in the same group as Lampkin.
Chief: He settles down on "an island just northwest of the northernmost continent," where there are no people. He says he likes the highlands there. I guess he's the father of the Scots.
Baltar/Caprica Six: They settle down together somewhere between a couple mountains. Baltar's dad was a farmer so he says he'll farm.
Finally, at the very end it is revealed that Hera is the "mitochondrial Eve" of the entire human race as it exists today. Ghost Baltar and Ghost Six are in the middle of New York City. They have a little spat about how this has all happened before, on the first Earth, then Caprica, and now this Earth. Caprica Six says that it might work out this time, that it's part of God's plan. Baltar says, "He doesn't like to be called that." Obviously they are angels. He says, "maybe it'll work out," and they walk away to a kind of montage of various progressively more anthropomorphic robots on big screens in the city, all of which actually do exist, to the tune of Jimi Hendrix playing "All Along The Watchtower."
I told you, we're all Cylons. We all share a common half-cylon ancestor.
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