Zodiac killer

"Hey, Zodiac is on," is something that I said at least once a week for a few months this past winter. I love the movie and the case is fascinating. Now, a lady is saying that her dad was the Zodiac killer. They're looking into it, but it might just be an attention grab. I'll go with the Arthur Leigh Allen route until they show something strong.

Scientists spot oldest ever object in universe

And no, it's not Larry King (rimshot...).

But, how the hell do they know what they think they think they know? Seriously, detecting radiation and saying, "Oh, that came from an exploding 13 billion year old star that was anywhere from 30-100 times the size of our sun," sounds a bit ridiculous. But then again, all I know is what I read in these articles.

First the swine flu...

And now Creed is getting the band back together for a tour and a new album. Blech. They're coming through Indy too. Blech blech.

Tequila Haiku contest part 2

Well, volume (I think I had 11 entered) almost won out. I didn't get first place, but dammit, I got 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention. No prizes for me, but they'll be in the next Indy.com magazine.
http://www.indy.com/forums/contests/thread/pain-in-17-syllables

My new hero

Sorry Fronte, this lady has taken your place:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2009/04/23/moos.stripper.reunion.cnn

Condi, Ashcroft and others...

I don't care if they go to jail for approving torture, but I think all of the high ranking officials, senators, and representatives should be waterboarded three times each. That's right W, Condi, Dick and John, you need to be strapped down and waterboarded a few times. Then you can say whether or not it is a reasonable method to extract information. Also, all the nationalistic citizens who think it's just fine "cuz they done killed 3000 Merikens" should go through it once. Torture is not an American ideal. It is criminal as is stated by the Geneva conventions (hey didn't we sign some of those papers?). Put the terrorists on trial. Holding them indefinitely and torturing them only breeds more anti-American sentiment.

Pushing Daisies news

"Pushing Daisies" was officially cancelled awhile back, but the final three episodes will be aired starting May 30th, woohoo! Also I saw this little bit-o-news:

But despite the fact that “Kerplunk” was a sort of makeshift series finale, the "PD" people managed to tie up loose ends pretty well. There are of course some things that aren't quite resolved, but the “Pushing Daisies” comic book series which launches later this year will help answer those questions and probably raise more. Fuller recently signed with DC Comics, agreeing to do 12 issues which center around Chuck, Ned, Emerson and Olive versus 1,000 corpses. "It becomes a zombie [story]," he told E! Online. "But the zombies are articulate and smart and can do things that no other zombies can do."
As for the TV show, the audience gave it a standing ovation as the credits rolled. "Long live, "Pushing Daisies!" Fuller yelled as the event ended.
Will you buy the comics and continue to be a fan?

This show was very fun and just as it was getting really good they cancelled it. Ah, television, why do you do the things you do? Hopefully the comics actually happen.

Nice little article on spoiling kids with praise for nothing

Finally! More people are coming around to the fact that constantly praising our children for doing what they should be doing anyway is a big fucking problem. For some reason, kids feel like they deserve everything without having earned anything. When did it happen? I say when parents started pushing their kids like crazy in sports to try and make pro athletes out of them. How about when MTV started showing Cribs, My Super Sweet 16 and a bunch of other shows where assholes get the good life handed to them on a platter. If someone who can barely read has a castle for a home and a 15 year old is picking out a first car at a Mercedes dealer, then it has to make kids think they should be getting that treatment too. Now when they're little, kids should be encouraged to try things even if they completely suck at first, but there has to be an age when you can afford to crush their dreams a bit. Otherwise, they're going to get beat down later in life as opposed to being a little disappointed early. So go forth reader and find a kid performing badly at something, grab their little shoulders, look them in the eye, and say, "It was a good effort kid, but you may want to find something new because let's face it, you suck at this." Also, make sure the first car your kid gets is a p.o.s.. Or, you can go on patting them on the back for mediocrity and piss poor effort. Either way, save the kids.

More torture from CIA

Sweet Jesus, this story gives me a pit in my stomach as to the way we conduct ourselves in war. I don't support terrorism or anything like that, but using waterboarding at least 266 times on two guys is sick. This kind of behavior just creates more terrorists. Thankfully Obama is being honest about it all. Maybe integrity is back.

USA USA

Some memos were released on what was ok in regards to torturing during the Bush administration. We're awesome!

Tequila Haiku contest

As stated, there is a contest for the best Haiku about Tequila here. I have 9 so far. I'm trying to win on volume.

Funny article about doin' it

This was on MSNBC.com. It's about seven women who pushed their sexual boundaries. I don't really know why this is news, but the butt section made me laugh. Those Frenchmen are slippery fellows.

Oh Texas, why are you so silly?

Texas is starting to talk secession. Alaska has people who want secession too. The movements are both small, but go for it I say. Alaska is a beautiful place to go, but they produced Palin. Texas is big and hot and produced W. Chuck Norris wants to run for President of Texas if they ever secede. If he got into office, do you think an eagle would fly overhead every time he signed a bill? The people in both states are probably mostly normal, but the political voices in both states are a bit too big talkin', good ol' boy for me.

Also what's going on with all of these "tea parties?" Do the people in this country really think we are as oppressed as the people from the late 18th century? Are taxes really that bad? Do they not want anything fixed by the government? No school, transportation, or defense funding? Home schooling! Dirt roads! Militias! Hooray! Hyperbole is taking over America!

Will Ferrell and Bear Grylls

They went on a survival trip together in Sweden. It's two worlds colliding for Jess.

Worst fast foods

Here is an article that will make you say, "Holy crap!" I don't know how food with this much fat and sodium is even legal. Also, who the hell is buying the double cheeseburger "kids meal" at Burger King?

THE WORST DRIVE-THROUGH MEAL IN AMERICA
Carl’s Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger with Medium Natural Cut Fries and 32 oz Coke
2,618 calories
144 g fat (51.5 g saturated fat)
2,892 mg sodium
Of all the gut-growing, heart-stopping, life-threatening burgers in the fast food world, there is none whose damage to your general well-being is as catastrophic as this. Consider these heart-stopping comparisons: This meal has the caloric equivalent of 13 Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Donuts; the saturated fat equivalent of 52 strips of bacon; and the salt equivalent of seven and a half large orders of McDonald’s French fries!

Hand of giant space man

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/04/14/space.hand/index.html

Naked ladies part 2

Marilyn Chambers is dead. Back in middle school when they used to show the first 15 minutes of a pay-per-view movie for free, you could always count on her to be naked. On a late Friday night, you could find her on Cinemax. From my 13 year old self back in the early 90s, thanks for the boobies Ms. Chambers.

Naked ladies

Here's a link to Allure's website and it has a few lady celebrities with nothing on. Happy Monday!

http://www.allure.com/magazine/2009/05/nudes?showall=true

Nationalism

This is ridiculous. Some guy from Oklahoma City (this is why Tulsa is better, haha) is pissed that Obama bowed to the Saudi king. He says it shows subservience. It's protocol. The comments section is rife with statements about Obama not bowing to the Queen so how dare he bow to the Saudis. Again, it's protocol. With the Queen, the situation did not call for a bow or a curtsy. With the Saudi king, the protocol called for a bow. It's called respect in a foreign land. Stop the rampant nationalistic, America is number one stuff. What's happened to our country over the past decade?

Stupid PETA

They want the Pet Shop Boys to change their name. I hope the PETA folks get mauled by killer chimps.

Timbuktu

I have a Timbuk2 bag, but when Logan asked me where the city was, I couldn't answer him. It's in Mali in Western Africa. Learn more here:

http://www.history.com/classroom/unesco/timbuktu.html

Something new

A guy behind me in line at the Subway at work was clipping his fingernails whilst waiting for his five dollar footlong.

Sleet

I knew it was going to be cold this morning, but sleet? Seriously? Alas, sleet was just the first surprise of the morning. Upon opening the garage door, we found hundreds of these worm things on our driveway. They were either baby earthworms or larva of some kind. It was digusting. They were a bit squelchy to walk on too. Logan wanted me to run over all of them, but I only hit a few.

April snow. Worm plague. The end is nigh.

Rubidium, why do we leave you out?

My reactions are taking their sweet time, so while gazing at the periodic chart a question jumped into my head and it needs to be answered. Why do we skip rubidium? We use sodium, potassium and cesium carbonate, but not rubidium. It sits right between potassium and cesium in the alkali metals (group 1). According to "It's Elemental", the Earth's crust contains 30x more Rb than Cs. Maybe it occurs in a weird form that no one can use.