Joe the plumber 'fights' with Israeli reporter


The two biggest problems I have with the above interaction:

1. Asking if a country is 'bad' displays a complete lack of comprehension regarding modern international politics/warfare. Only someone with a sixth grade view of ethics would attempt to describe an entire country as 'bad' (especially in the context he does here).

2. Joe is exactly what he says he is against (unbiased reporting). only he doesn't seem to realize it, which is always dangerous.

i went looking for a interesting picture of oatmeal. i had designs to put it on this blog with the caption 'oat-meal'. just for kicks, really, but also a reference to amount of oatmeal on the menu plan below. anyway, some-one beat me to it - this is (or from, possibly) "Relah Eckstein’s OAT-MEAL"


yep. that's the ticket.

NEW YEARS


For the week starting 01/05/09

Listening to: Pacific Street by Hem

Reading: The Civilization of the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor


Looking to Move.

I need to be tested. I live a comfortable life, comparably (to those in poverty town). The biggest stress in my life right now is the fact that I lost the key to the mailbox. Of course, given my worry-wort tendencies, this is a big deal in my life at the moment. I was telling a co-worker today that the biggest lie that your parents tell you is in fact not told, but a lie of omission. They give you the impression that life takes care of itself. It does not. It is one crisis, or trouble, after another. If it's not finding the money to make the rent it's finding the money to pay the locksmith, buy a toothbrush, replace your broken ass car, or pay for your kid's braces. It could be that I am always preoccupied with minor crisis of my own making, but I suspect it's the same for everyone. ah adulthood. fuck it.

On to the testing
As I was saying, I need to be tested. not for HIV or herpes (I was and I am all clear - doc called last week), but to really see how capable I am. If I weren't such a pacifist I'd join the army or something. Or become a monk, if I wasn't so anti-religion. I think that's why I considered the Peace Corps. My job tests my patience, not my skill level or intelligence. c'est la vie.


Looking forward to: New Years in Vegas.

The National had it right: "it went the dull and wicked ordinary way."

I wanted to listen to some music and escape,
but everything I have
reminds me of me.

I've had it with Sarah Palin. She is being used in a cynical campaign, she is unfit for the vice presidency, and a complete joke. She is barely qualified to run a state that is less populous or diverse than an average gated community in Southern California. She should be ashamed of herself - or at least she would be, but she's not that smart.

HOLY CHRISTMAS, WE'RE FUCKED

On a wondering trip I came across a tired fellow traveler who pointed me in the direction of a famed waffle house. He said to me: "Ho, hungry wanderer, lift your spirits, lay down your burdens and sate your butter desires." I asked him why he had not satisfied himself at this spot of syrupy heaven and he said, "oh but i did, and it left me in such a state. I writhed in pain, my limbs convulsed and i did wreck my head against the wall. you see sir, a gypsy once cursed me. I may never enjoy carbohydrates."

Robin fights the power the only way she knows how.

So I thought, "Why not? Let's do this bitch, mmkay?"

And I promise that by the end of my first 90 days in office I will have doubled, that’s right - doubled, the flavors of ice cream available to American consumers. This is my promise to you.

HO, TO THE BRASSY FUTURE!

HOPE IS THE AD!




THE FUTURE IS THE PRODUCT!




RESIST - THE FUTURE IS FREE AND IN THE SKIES!

IN THE FUTURE, EVERYONE WILL LOOK LIKE ANTS!

DON'T WORRY, THE FUTURE IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND!

WOOSH!




THE FUTURE IS ALMOST HERE


AND IT SHINES!!!

Anthony's Points to Ponder While Looking at the Sky

1. The Sun will burn out in approximately 65 years.

2. There are many small gremlins living in the clouds. The make up many different tribes from all around the world. They are not a peaceful people. Most of their economy is based around the production of Machines of War. When they do war (which is often, and in some parts of the world constant) the blood of the wounded and dying falls from the sky. This is what we call "rain."

3. All color comes from the human eye. The top part of the eye is blue. That is why the sky is blue.

4. Birds are flying dinosaurs. Really.

5. The Sun will burn out in approximately 49.5 years.

6. Flowers go to die in ancient flower burial grounds, sometimes traveling for months to reach them.

7. The last item was actually one on "Anthony's Points to Ponder While Looking at the Ground" (Knopf, 1998)

8. Birds do not fly. They are picked up and hurtled from place to place by the gremlins living in the clouds. The flapping of the wings is a bird struggling to escape the grasp of a gremlin.

9. None of these are facts. They are merely points to ponder.

10. The sun will burn out in approximately 10 years.

I was rather certain that I had a blog. However, one can never be sure.

Older Women Have It Going On


Another February Sweeps, another "Survivor." This particularly sorry bunch of losers were split up according to sex and age. Four tribes; Younger Men, Older Men, Younger Women, Older Women. None of them seemed particularly memorable. Except maybe that one "older man" who used to smoke three packs a day-until his first day on Survivor. Now that's good TV. I can't wait until he starts to get the shakes and accidentally spears someone in the foot. Younger Women were the first to win immunity, with the older women close behind, leading host Jeff Probst to say, "older women have it going on!" My amusement knew no bounds, as it is commonly known that older women never have it going on. Ever. Except for Molly Pitcher. That bitch could throw down. So will I keep watching? You bet your blurred ass crack/partial nipple exposure I will.