Wednesday, July 15, 2009
I won the mental floss sidekick challenge!!!
Woohoo, after getting screwed in the tequila haiku contest, I won the mental floss "Become a Sidekick" contest." I won a book. Hooray!
Re: Fw: How you know my mom is back from vacation
I love my mom. I just wanted to say that, but she forwards more emails than anyone else I know. I'd say ~15% are good (usually the good ones have failblog style pics). Most are not very funny jokes, but every once in awhile I get sent some wacky religious or political stuff that doesn't make sense based on how she votes. She doesn't even go to church, but you'll get stuff about how if you don't forward this email you don't love Jesus. Also, I don't care if illegals are getting social security. It won't be there anyway thanks to a bunch of horny GIs back in the '50s.
I'd like to see some emails circulated about downsizing the elderly population:
My tax dollars are paying for gramps to keep on kicking until he's 100? No thanks. Have you been to a retirement home lately? You don't see your great uncle Jerry picking up trash or mowing the yard. He's sitting on a bench watching people walk in and out of the lobby while waiting for applesauce and bingo. Our tax dollars are being spent on BINGO! That's gambling. The bible says that gambling is a sin! If you don't agree with me, then you don't love Jesus or America. Forward this to 10 people to have a good day. Delete this and burn in hell for all eternity.
I'd like to see some emails circulated about downsizing the elderly population:
My tax dollars are paying for gramps to keep on kicking until he's 100? No thanks. Have you been to a retirement home lately? You don't see your great uncle Jerry picking up trash or mowing the yard. He's sitting on a bench watching people walk in and out of the lobby while waiting for applesauce and bingo. Our tax dollars are being spent on BINGO! That's gambling. The bible says that gambling is a sin! If you don't agree with me, then you don't love Jesus or America. Forward this to 10 people to have a good day. Delete this and burn in hell for all eternity.
The Dead Weather and Wilco
Last night, I bought the new albums from the Dead Weather and Wilco. I went ahead and bought them on my iPod then decided to go ahead and transfer them to our computer so I could burn copies for the car. All that was done easily. This morning, I plugged in the ol' iPod to find the new music missing. Wha happen? I've bought a few other albums through my iPod in the past and haven't had this happen. Now I'm stuck at work without new music to listen to make my day go faster. Neat.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Revolutionary Road
Well we watched it last night and I have to say, "Meh." Kate Winslet's American accent sounded like Daphne Moon's from Frasier. I kept waiting for her to say "sure" over and over again. It felt more like a play than a movie and much of the fighting felt forced to me, at least on Winslet's part. I usually like her, but I wouldn't call this one of her better performances. Take that Golden Globes! Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) or Meryl Streep (Doubt) should have won it this year. I just wanted more of John the mental patient. He made me smile.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Best name winners
While I won't mention the name of the place I work, I will hand out these awards. For best male name at work, we have Clive Gideon Diefenbacher. For female, we have a brand new entry from South Africa with Irmgard Donderwinkel. Congratulations all around for having parents with awesome naming skills or marrying someone with a great last name.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Michael Owen, Sarah Palin, and breaking a kid's tooth with my knee
First, Michael Owen has signed on as a striker for Man Utd. Wha-wha-what? If he can stay healthy, he'll be a nice edition with Tevez leaving any day now.
Palin is leaving office. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
And finally, I have managed to break an eleven year old's tooth in half with the might of my left knee. Lindy's cousin Mitch and I were outside playing ladderball and after the game he decided it would be funny to take my shoes and run. I took off after him. When I closed in, he dropped my shoes, but I went after him anyway just to mess with him. I barely touched him on the shoulders and he went down like Ronaldo. On the way down, his face found my left knee. I heard a crack and thought I had just clipped his chin and clicked his teeth together hard. I jokingly asked him if I had knocked a tooth out and then saw him picking up the lower half of one of his front teeth. Then I looked down at my knee only to notice a nice gouge in it from said tooth. So here we were, an 11 year old holding part of a tooth (clean break, no blood, but still painful) and a 31 year old with blood gushing out a hole punctured in my leg. Luckily, his mom and sister were laughing, but I still felt horrible about it. I've known this kid since he was born and now I've ruined a permanent tooth of his. Other than that, we had a pretty good time in Illinois. Happy 4th everyone!
Palin is leaving office. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
And finally, I have managed to break an eleven year old's tooth in half with the might of my left knee. Lindy's cousin Mitch and I were outside playing ladderball and after the game he decided it would be funny to take my shoes and run. I took off after him. When I closed in, he dropped my shoes, but I went after him anyway just to mess with him. I barely touched him on the shoulders and he went down like Ronaldo. On the way down, his face found my left knee. I heard a crack and thought I had just clipped his chin and clicked his teeth together hard. I jokingly asked him if I had knocked a tooth out and then saw him picking up the lower half of one of his front teeth. Then I looked down at my knee only to notice a nice gouge in it from said tooth. So here we were, an 11 year old holding part of a tooth (clean break, no blood, but still painful) and a 31 year old with blood gushing out a hole punctured in my leg. Luckily, his mom and sister were laughing, but I still felt horrible about it. I've known this kid since he was born and now I've ruined a permanent tooth of his. Other than that, we had a pretty good time in Illinois. Happy 4th everyone!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Neda Agha-Soltan
From CNN.com -
Agha-Soltan was with a family friend who is a music teacher when she was killed. He appears to be the man who spoke to Press TV.
"There was no sign of a protest," he said. "We crossed the street to the other side to get a cab. ... When we reached this spot, a gunshot was heard. There was no shooting here. ... There were no security forces in this street. There were around 20, 30 people in this street. One shot was heard, and that bullet hit Neda."
"The bullet was apparently fired from a small-caliber pistol that's not used by Iranian security forces," the Press TV anchor said.
Iran has strict gun-control laws that bar private citizens from carrying firearms.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he had seen the video of Agha-Soltan's death and called it "heartbreaking."
"And I think anyone who sees it knows there's something fundamentally unjust about it," he said.
The shaky video of her death -- probably made on a cell phone -- shows her walking with a man near an anti-government demonstration.
After being stuck in traffic for more than an hour inside a subcompact car with a poorly working air conditioner, Agha-Soltan and the friend decided to get out of the car for some fresh air, a friend of Agha-Soltan's told CNN after her death.
The two were near where protesters were chanting in opposition to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Agha-Soltan, wearing a baseball cap over a black scarf, a black shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes, did not appear to be chanting and seemed to be observing the demonstration.
Suddenly, Agha-Soltan was on the ground -- felled by a gunshot wound to the chest. Several men knelt by her side and put pressure on her chest in an attempt to stop the bleeding.
"She has been shot! Someone, come and take her!" shouted one man.
By then, Agha-Soltan's eyes had rolled to her right; her body was limp.
Blood streamed from her mouth, then from her nose. For a second, her face was hidden from view as the camera went behind one of the men. When Agha-Soltan's face came back into view, it was covered with blood.
And now you've got Ahmadinejad calling the whole thing "suspicious" and the Iranian ambassador to Mexico (seriously, Mexico) saying it could have been the CIA.
We live in a world of fools.
Here is a video of the scene. It's very hard to watch.
Agha-Soltan was with a family friend who is a music teacher when she was killed. He appears to be the man who spoke to Press TV.
"There was no sign of a protest," he said. "We crossed the street to the other side to get a cab. ... When we reached this spot, a gunshot was heard. There was no shooting here. ... There were no security forces in this street. There were around 20, 30 people in this street. One shot was heard, and that bullet hit Neda."
"The bullet was apparently fired from a small-caliber pistol that's not used by Iranian security forces," the Press TV anchor said.
Iran has strict gun-control laws that bar private citizens from carrying firearms.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he had seen the video of Agha-Soltan's death and called it "heartbreaking."
"And I think anyone who sees it knows there's something fundamentally unjust about it," he said.
The shaky video of her death -- probably made on a cell phone -- shows her walking with a man near an anti-government demonstration.
After being stuck in traffic for more than an hour inside a subcompact car with a poorly working air conditioner, Agha-Soltan and the friend decided to get out of the car for some fresh air, a friend of Agha-Soltan's told CNN after her death.
The two were near where protesters were chanting in opposition to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Agha-Soltan, wearing a baseball cap over a black scarf, a black shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes, did not appear to be chanting and seemed to be observing the demonstration.
Suddenly, Agha-Soltan was on the ground -- felled by a gunshot wound to the chest. Several men knelt by her side and put pressure on her chest in an attempt to stop the bleeding.
"She has been shot! Someone, come and take her!" shouted one man.
By then, Agha-Soltan's eyes had rolled to her right; her body was limp.
Blood streamed from her mouth, then from her nose. For a second, her face was hidden from view as the camera went behind one of the men. When Agha-Soltan's face came back into view, it was covered with blood.
And now you've got Ahmadinejad calling the whole thing "suspicious" and the Iranian ambassador to Mexico (seriously, Mexico) saying it could have been the CIA.
We live in a world of fools.
Here is a video of the scene. It's very hard to watch.
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