Tuesday, October 23, 2007

A Glimpse into the Gap



This is positively brilliant. A near-perfectly done, and very funny, article in the style of someone who isn't funny but thinks he is. I stand amazed, Roger Dudek. Amazed. I'm not sure if this is a look at a generational gap, a hipness gap, perspective gap, etc., but this article seems to embody something that a lot of us have wrestled with, meaning, something akin to the question of "what does he see that I don't or vice versa, and how can he honestly be entertained by this drivel?" One's sense of humor is a strange thing--and an insight into how the person thinks and sees the world, I would submit.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Patton Oswald

This is old and probably overdone already, but I'll bring it back up again just because it was so brilliant. Enjoy (and no, prolly not work-safe):

Birthday Cake

I had breakfast with my mother this morning at one our favorite breakfast places and she brought along a birthday present for me in an enormous gift bag that left no guessing as to what the occasion was. Our waitress asked who's birthday it was and wished me a happy one once she knew it was mine. We continued to have breakfast, enjoyed our conversation together, and then our waitress brought out a piece of birthday cake for me. She took the time to decorate the whipped cream, put a candle in it, asked me to make a wish, and all I could think of was "let this woman be my Lord and Master."

Doubt that will happen--particularly since I'm probably old enough to be at least her uncle--but she became the most beautiful woman in the world in an instant. I have not had the best few months lately and, without getting into any form of a sob story, her timing could not have been better. I actually almost became emotional. Yes, me. It's both scary and nice to think that small gestures like that can cut right through me.

So if you are ever in or around Mesa, AZ and are looking for a great breakfast place, go to TC Eggington's. You will very likely have to wait, but it's worth it. And if your waitress is an angelic looking young woman by the name of Tricia, count yourself doubly lucky--and give her a huge tip.

Friday, October 19, 2007

YESSS!

The Onion at its best here:


Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

"Hillary is wearing a pink rose sweater, a very warm color." I've heard that out loud by CNN "reporters." For a great take on Baby Boomer and MSM bullshit, look no further than here (wait for a couple minutes before he goes on a rant).

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

German "Eccentrics" Again

Not for the queasy.  A story of cannibalism.

The kicker: "Police estimate that around 10,000 people in Germany alone share Meiwes' fascination with cannibalism -- either eating human flesh or being eaten."  What is with Germans?

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Another Possible Reason to Visit New Zealand

I knew it was a beautiful place, but didn't know this...

Anatomy lesson in Pettiness

Perhaps the ugliest and most irrational quality in human beings exampled here. At least she's fighting back.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

The World is Upside Down

I'm not the biggest rugby fan, but wow! Not only did both the Aussies and the New Zealanders lose in the semi-finals of the World Rugby Cup, but the French beat the All Blacks of New Zealand. That's like the Canadians beating the Brazilians in the World Cup. No one is invincible, I suppose.

Damn Hillarah Redux



















I keep droning, and so does this guy and Andrew Sullivan, but too few are interested in listening thus far. Hillarah continues to be thrown up as the one with the experience and ability for the presidency, but just what the hell has she ever done in government? Thus far, her political career has been as a junior Senator and woman responsible for banging her husband (and, apparently, she's not too good at that or her hubby wouldn't be chasing the chubby chick at the office for a quick hummer). She did try to push Billy's health care agenda that, of course, was a complete disaster and that was close to 15 years ago.

Don't give me "politically active" crap, Hillarah. Jerry Falwell and Sean Penn qualify for that--doesn't mean they are experienced politicians or were ever fit for the Presidency of the United States. And everyone on the stage running against you has held elected office longer than you, save John Edwards. Yes, even Obama has more when including his state legislature experience. What have you done, Woman, officially, while in office?

And why are the D's so goddammed convinced that she is the answer for the GOP in a general election? A baby boomer with a warehouse full of baggage, intensely disliked by millions across the nation before she even opens her mouth, with nothing in the way of success to point toward political achievement, who is distrusted and even disliked by much of the base, almost no cross-over appeal, disliked by every single military person I've ever met (and I was in the Army during the Clinton administration), and is more transparent than ziploc bag in her feigned sincerity. Yep, there's a winner!

Does anyone honestly see any of the GOP candidates beating Edwards or Obama? Please. Hell, Biden or Dodd would pummel the GOP candidate as well. Gravel or Kucinich...ok fine, they can't win, but Good Lord! This year has to be year to win or it's time to dismantle the party. Can we not get out of this baby boomer psycho drama and elect someone who has actually had an original idea or two in his life? Someone who is not running as "GOP-lite?" Someone who can actually define an alternative to the current political landscape beyond some collection of boring wonk bills?

The D's have turned into battered wives. They hate it when they get beaten, but still go back to the same old crap because it's all they know and are afraid of making a stand on their own or changing their environment in any substantial way. It's ironically almost a reactionary, ultra-conservative stance. Hillarah is not a statement. Hillarah is an attempt to go into a cacoon of familiarity and a misguided attempt at not taking a risk. It might end up costing them the general election. But it will definitely cost them a chance to win a generation.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

A New Day Dawns

The Onion's crack reporting reveals an exciting new development in the Bush Administration.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Churchill was Right

About this, anyway, "Americans will always make the right decision after they've exhausted all other options." I may not have that verbatim, and corrections are welcome, but I believe I have the gist of it. Here we see Biden, the only person amongst the Democratic candidates talking like an adult with an idea or two regarding Iraq, finally gaining traction in the Senate.

It has gone almost ignored in the MSM, but a tri-partition settlement seems to make the most sense and, as mentioned in the above posting, it has large GOP support as well. What are the other options? How else can we save Kurdistan, keep a civil war from continuing unchecked, not give up the second (possibly the first) largest oil reserve in the world to terrorist organizations, and still get out before any of us die? I'm sure Senator Biden would be all ears should you have a better idea, but he has actually been in similar situations before and, nobly, called for action in Bosnia when Europe was inexplicably detained from doing anything about the genocide. He further helped craft agreements that stabilized the region after hostilities ceased. I see him far more qualified than any presidential candidate running for either party to address the issue and certainly more qualified to address the issue than our standing President, but who isn't?

I can only hope this gains even more traction. An idea that has this much support on both sides of the aisle must have some sort of compelling notion to it. I am hesitant to jump on the bandwagon with the majority most of the time, but this is far from populist and has been the minority view for quite sometime now. It's finally being viewed as the only real option left after, as I referenced above, all other options have been exhausted--and it has probably been the best idea for sometime.