�Caballo-Bomba?
OK, ahora dicen que est�n usando animales para sus bombas en Colombia. �Qu� vergonzosos! �Por qu� no se usan sus proprios cuerpos? A lo menos los palestinos se suiciden, y no matan a animales. Probablemente, es porque valen m�s los animales en Palestina que los humanos. �Cu�nto m�s?
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Monday, September 08, 2003
Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money...
The day has finally arrived that our beloved, twisted Warren Zevon has passed on to that eternal resting place (�I�ll Sleep When I�m Dead�) where he can reminisce with Lynard Skynard (�Play that Dead Band�s Song�) about the virtues of Alabama, and look away (�Desperados Under the Eaves�) to the time when Roland, Norway�s favorite son, caught Van Owen in a barroom in Mombassa drinking gin (�Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner�), and wait until we send for him (�The Envoy�) because there�s guns in Damascus, woe Jerusalem.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall tell the truth.
The day has finally arrived that our beloved, twisted Warren Zevon has passed on to that eternal resting place (�I�ll Sleep When I�m Dead�) where he can reminisce with Lynard Skynard (�Play that Dead Band�s Song�) about the virtues of Alabama, and look away (�Desperados Under the Eaves�) to the time when Roland, Norway�s favorite son, caught Van Owen in a barroom in Mombassa drinking gin (�Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner�), and wait until we send for him (�The Envoy�) because there�s guns in Damascus, woe Jerusalem.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall tell the truth.
Friday, September 05, 2003
It Took a Canadian to Write This
Oh, those ten commandments! What was that about graven images? Hmmm...looks an awful lot like the monument.
Oh, those ten commandments! What was that about graven images? Hmmm...looks an awful lot like the monument.
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
The Noose Is Tightening?
Boy, it sure must take some strength to tighten that noose! It's been tightening for two full years, and it's not caught him yet.
Boy, it sure must take some strength to tighten that noose! It's been tightening for two full years, and it's not caught him yet.
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Monday, September 01, 2003
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
The Peace Is Deadlier Than The War
The number of dead US soldiers since the President declared victory on May Day has now outnumbered those killed during the war. Some victory!
The number of dead US soldiers since the President declared victory on May Day has now outnumbered those killed during the war. Some victory!
Monday, August 25, 2003
Rama vs. Allah
Allah, for the moment, has the upper hand in this battle. But, expect for Rama to get in some blows too.
Allah, for the moment, has the upper hand in this battle. But, expect for Rama to get in some blows too.
Saturday, August 23, 2003
Hardwood Floor?
Last weekend Jean and I went to Home Depot to see how much it might cost to get a hardwood floor in our living room, because the carpet in there was all worn out. We found these parquet tiles for $0.98 per sq. foot. Well, you can't beat that price! I mean usually the stuff costs $5.00 per sq foot. We measured the room and it's close to 350 sq feet. So we decide to buy it. She had heard a radio ad that said this company would come to your house and do 8 hours of work for $350. Well, putting all that together it's like $700 for a hardwood floor, when they usually cost around $4,000. So, Monday after work I go to Home Depot and buy the flooring. Jean called the company on Monday and they said yes they will do that work and yes it's $350. She called again on Tuesday to confirm that they would do the work for $350. Well, that afternoon a guy calls saying that she had been given the wrong price, that it would be more like $2000. So, we tell them to forget it. We try to find someone else and of course no one else does it that cheap either. Except for yours truly, of course.
Now, I'm not one of those guys that likes home projects. In fact, I hate them. I would rather pay too much than do the work myself. But, in this case, I really don't have any choice except to take the flooring back. So, I decide to do it myself. We spend last night moving furniture, and pulling up carpet. Today cleaning the concrete underneath, blah, blah, blah. So then about 11:30 this morning I started laying the wood tiles. I just stopped a little bit ago, and let me tell you, it is just as hard as I thought it was. It is not easier than I thought, and it's not harder than I thought (of course, I am naturally pessimistic and I thought it would be pretty nigh impossible to start with). Lemme tell ya, it's a bitch. My hands are used to typing as the most strenuous thing they do, so putting down adhesive, laying these interlocking tiles, and being on my hands and knees all day has just about done me in. So my hands and knees are all swollen and blistered. Poor me! Poor me! And I'm not even fucking through. I have the other half to go tomorrow!
Don't try this at home. Let someone else do it for you!
Last weekend Jean and I went to Home Depot to see how much it might cost to get a hardwood floor in our living room, because the carpet in there was all worn out. We found these parquet tiles for $0.98 per sq. foot. Well, you can't beat that price! I mean usually the stuff costs $5.00 per sq foot. We measured the room and it's close to 350 sq feet. So we decide to buy it. She had heard a radio ad that said this company would come to your house and do 8 hours of work for $350. Well, putting all that together it's like $700 for a hardwood floor, when they usually cost around $4,000. So, Monday after work I go to Home Depot and buy the flooring. Jean called the company on Monday and they said yes they will do that work and yes it's $350. She called again on Tuesday to confirm that they would do the work for $350. Well, that afternoon a guy calls saying that she had been given the wrong price, that it would be more like $2000. So, we tell them to forget it. We try to find someone else and of course no one else does it that cheap either. Except for yours truly, of course.
Now, I'm not one of those guys that likes home projects. In fact, I hate them. I would rather pay too much than do the work myself. But, in this case, I really don't have any choice except to take the flooring back. So, I decide to do it myself. We spend last night moving furniture, and pulling up carpet. Today cleaning the concrete underneath, blah, blah, blah. So then about 11:30 this morning I started laying the wood tiles. I just stopped a little bit ago, and let me tell you, it is just as hard as I thought it was. It is not easier than I thought, and it's not harder than I thought (of course, I am naturally pessimistic and I thought it would be pretty nigh impossible to start with). Lemme tell ya, it's a bitch. My hands are used to typing as the most strenuous thing they do, so putting down adhesive, laying these interlocking tiles, and being on my hands and knees all day has just about done me in. So my hands and knees are all swollen and blistered. Poor me! Poor me! And I'm not even fucking through. I have the other half to go tomorrow!
Don't try this at home. Let someone else do it for you!
Friday, August 22, 2003
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Levitra
From a report by the Associated Press emphasis added: "The FDA approved Levitra, known chemically as vardenafil, based on studies showing that men were on average five times more likely to achieve an erection suitable for intercourse when taking the pill compared with those given a dummy medicine."
From a report by the Associated Press emphasis added: "The FDA approved Levitra, known chemically as vardenafil, based on studies showing that men were on average five times more likely to achieve an erection suitable for intercourse when taking the pill compared with those given a dummy medicine."
Thursday, August 14, 2003
Steak and Kidney Pie?
Idi Amin, gourmet cannibal and former Uganda dictator, is looking for a kidney donor. He doesn't need it to live, he just wants a snack.
Idi Amin, gourmet cannibal and former Uganda dictator, is looking for a kidney donor. He doesn't need it to live, he just wants a snack.
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Now, That's What I Call Humane
From Harper's website: Thailand announced that it will start using lethal injection to execute prisoners instead of shooting them with a machine gun while they hold a stick of incense and a lotus blossom.
From Harper's website: Thailand announced that it will start using lethal injection to execute prisoners instead of shooting them with a machine gun while they hold a stick of incense and a lotus blossom.
Friday, August 08, 2003
McArabia, It's Not a Joke
McDonald's in Egypt has launched a new sandwich called, get this, the McArabia. It's a chicken sandwich with two pieces of "Arab bread." It's their effort to win customers back after the boycott against American products. I'd like to try one, to get a taste of some "authentic Arab food."
McDonald's in Egypt has launched a new sandwich called, get this, the McArabia. It's a chicken sandwich with two pieces of "Arab bread." It's their effort to win customers back after the boycott against American products. I'd like to try one, to get a taste of some "authentic Arab food."
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
Hiroshima
Today is the day in 1945 that the US dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima. The mayor of Hiroshima has accused the US of "adoring arms as if they were a god." Our SAM missle, hallowed be thy name, thy warhead come thy will be done on earth as it is in Lockheed-Martin. Give us this day our daily violence, and forgive us our peace inklings as we forgive those who make peace against us. Lead us not into conservation, but deliver us from ecologists, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the depleted uranium forever. Amen
Today is the day in 1945 that the US dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima. The mayor of Hiroshima has accused the US of "adoring arms as if they were a god." Our SAM missle, hallowed be thy name, thy warhead come thy will be done on earth as it is in Lockheed-Martin. Give us this day our daily violence, and forgive us our peace inklings as we forgive those who make peace against us. Lead us not into conservation, but deliver us from ecologists, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the depleted uranium forever. Amen
Tuesday, August 05, 2003
Monday, August 04, 2003
Do What?
Someone who is about to admonish another must realize within himself five qualities before doing so [that he may be able to say], thus:
"In due season will I speak, not out of season. In truth I will speak, not in falsehood. Gently will I speak, not harshly. To his profit will I speak, not to his loss. With kindly intent will I speak, not in anger."
-"Vinaya Pitaka," translated by F.S. Woodward
Someone who is about to admonish another must realize within himself five qualities before doing so [that he may be able to say], thus:
"In due season will I speak, not out of season. In truth I will speak, not in falsehood. Gently will I speak, not harshly. To his profit will I speak, not to his loss. With kindly intent will I speak, not in anger."
-"Vinaya Pitaka," translated by F.S. Woodward
Friday, August 01, 2003
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
That Explains a Few Things
A new study says that if you wear your tie too tight, you run the risk of going blind. So, that's what's wrong with the politicians!
A new study says that if you wear your tie too tight, you run the risk of going blind. So, that's what's wrong with the politicians!
Friday, July 25, 2003
Just Say No to a Hard-On?
The (mis)use of Viagra in Brazil has spread to those young people that have no need for it, according to the government there. So now it is illegal to advertise Viagra in Brazil. Too many people getting the "benefit" of it. What's next, will use of "personal lubricant" become too widespread among those persons young enough not to need it? Do we have to make advertising that illegal too?
The (mis)use of Viagra in Brazil has spread to those young people that have no need for it, according to the government there. So now it is illegal to advertise Viagra in Brazil. Too many people getting the "benefit" of it. What's next, will use of "personal lubricant" become too widespread among those persons young enough not to need it? Do we have to make advertising that illegal too?
Thursday, July 24, 2003
Cuban Ingenuity
Cubans have been under an embargo by the US for 35 or 40 years. We haven't allowed any trade with them, so they have all these Chevys and Fords from back in the '50s that they have miraculously kept running. Now, they've made a '51 Chevy truck into a motor boat. We need those guys here! What did we send them back for?
Cubans have been under an embargo by the US for 35 or 40 years. We haven't allowed any trade with them, so they have all these Chevys and Fords from back in the '50s that they have miraculously kept running. Now, they've made a '51 Chevy truck into a motor boat. We need those guys here! What did we send them back for?
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Step Back from the Fan, 'Cause the Shit's About to Hit
This is the kind of stuff that'll getcha killed.
This is the kind of stuff that'll getcha killed.
Life After Death, What For? Isn't Once Enough?
Excellent thoughts on reincarnation. At least not everybody used to be Cleopatra!
Excellent thoughts on reincarnation. At least not everybody used to be Cleopatra!
May You Be Well...
May all beings everywhere plagued
with sufferings of body and mind
quickly be freed from their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid,
and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power,
and may people think of befriending
one another.
May those who find themselves in trackless,
fearful wilderness--
the children, the aged, the unprotected--
be guarded by beneficent celestials,
and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
- Buddha
May all beings everywhere plagued
with sufferings of body and mind
quickly be freed from their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid,
and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power,
and may people think of befriending
one another.
May those who find themselves in trackless,
fearful wilderness--
the children, the aged, the unprotected--
be guarded by beneficent celestials,
and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
- Buddha
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Yellowcake?
It looks like the only uranium that wound up in Iraq is the kind we put there in the two Gulf Wars. It's not yellowcake though, it's called depleted.
It looks like the only uranium that wound up in Iraq is the kind we put there in the two Gulf Wars. It's not yellowcake though, it's called depleted.
Monday, July 21, 2003
Can You Say Carlysle Group?
It looks like the Bush administration is trying to cover up the participation of the Saudi government in the attacks of 9-11. Hmm...would the Carlysle Group have anything to do with this? Could is just be coincidence that George Sr. is on the board, along with James Baker, et al?
It looks like the Bush administration is trying to cover up the participation of the Saudi government in the attacks of 9-11. Hmm...would the Carlysle Group have anything to do with this? Could is just be coincidence that George Sr. is on the board, along with James Baker, et al?
Friday, July 18, 2003
Is This Another Case of Incompetence in the Intelligence Community?
David Kelly, the man who many suspect of having broken the story to the BBC about the forged documents from Niger, had turned up dead. Now, really, this is complete incompentence! He testified before the House of Commons on Tuesday, for God's sake. They killed him two days late! When are they ever gonna learn?
David Kelly, the man who many suspect of having broken the story to the BBC about the forged documents from Niger, had turned up dead. Now, really, this is complete incompentence! He testified before the House of Commons on Tuesday, for God's sake. They killed him two days late! When are they ever gonna learn?
Thursday, July 17, 2003
Now That's What I Call Good News!
A study conducted by an Australian doctor, Graham Giles, demonstrates that if men masturbate and have at least 5 ejaculations per week, they run a significantly smaller risk of prostate cancer. It says that men who masturbate 5 times a week between the ages of 20 and 50 have one third the chance of developing the illness. Alas, I'm already over 50! Maybe I can make up for all those years at once. See ya later!
A study conducted by an Australian doctor, Graham Giles, demonstrates that if men masturbate and have at least 5 ejaculations per week, they run a significantly smaller risk of prostate cancer. It says that men who masturbate 5 times a week between the ages of 20 and 50 have one third the chance of developing the illness. Alas, I'm already over 50! Maybe I can make up for all those years at once. See ya later!
Monday, July 14, 2003
Now Anyone Can Be a Star with an Internet Connection!
Sunday night I wrote an email to the editor of the Asia Times about what might have happened to Saddam's WMD. Well, lo and behold, it got published! Yes, from me of all people! Wow, I'm turning up all over the place! Now, if I could just get that Op Ed piece published in the Wall Street Journal...
Sunday night I wrote an email to the editor of the Asia Times about what might have happened to Saddam's WMD. Well, lo and behold, it got published! Yes, from me of all people! Wow, I'm turning up all over the place! Now, if I could just get that Op Ed piece published in the Wall Street Journal...
Sunday, July 13, 2003
Houston
Just got in from a quick weekend trip to Houston. It's a big city, and I like that. Most people speak badly about Houston, but at least you get to really drive there! You have to speed up when you get to the city limits, that's a good thing. Ate at one of my new favorite places, Fadi's. It's Middle Eastern food. I think the place is Lebanese, but whatever it is it's great!
Just got in from a quick weekend trip to Houston. It's a big city, and I like that. Most people speak badly about Houston, but at least you get to really drive there! You have to speed up when you get to the city limits, that's a good thing. Ate at one of my new favorite places, Fadi's. It's Middle Eastern food. I think the place is Lebanese, but whatever it is it's great!
Friday, July 11, 2003
Thursday, July 10, 2003
User Error
At my office we often work on very big Word files making very trivial (in my mind) changes. Anyway, we've had this terrible problem with Word losing our files and not saving our changes. That problem vanished this past week. One of us was on vacation last week. That same person is the one that always discovers the problem with Word losing files. Hmmm...do ya think there's a connection? Duh.
At my office we often work on very big Word files making very trivial (in my mind) changes. Anyway, we've had this terrible problem with Word losing our files and not saving our changes. That problem vanished this past week. One of us was on vacation last week. That same person is the one that always discovers the problem with Word losing files. Hmmm...do ya think there's a connection? Duh.
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Friday, June 27, 2003
Ayman Al-Zawahiri
Iran has announced the capture of the number 2 man in Al-Qaeda. This guy is really the brains and force behind Bin Laden. So, why isn't this showing up on American media? They must not believe it! It looks like Iran is trying to get out from under American pressure by claiming to have one of the most wanted fugitives and using him as a bargaining chip. Funny they didn't arrest him until they started having street demonstrations against the government. Hmm...
Iran has announced the capture of the number 2 man in Al-Qaeda. This guy is really the brains and force behind Bin Laden. So, why isn't this showing up on American media? They must not believe it! It looks like Iran is trying to get out from under American pressure by claiming to have one of the most wanted fugitives and using him as a bargaining chip. Funny they didn't arrest him until they started having street demonstrations against the government. Hmm...
Thursday, June 26, 2003
Sunday, June 22, 2003
We're Back
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday without any connection to the Internet. Actually, it wasn't bad. It turns out that Del Rio and Ciudad Acu�a are very, very much nicer than any other border town I've ever been to. They advertise that they are the "Best of the Border," and I'll give it to them...they really are! Well, tomorrow it's back to work, damn it!
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday without any connection to the Internet. Actually, it wasn't bad. It turns out that Del Rio and Ciudad Acu�a are very, very much nicer than any other border town I've ever been to. They advertise that they are the "Best of the Border," and I'll give it to them...they really are! Well, tomorrow it's back to work, damn it!
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Run for the Border
We're leaving this afternoon for the Border. That's an area about 100 miles wide (50 miles on each side of the border) that's a third country, it's not the US and it's not Mexico. It's La Frontera. Got to be one of the strangest places on earth. It's so strange I can't describe it. Anyway, this quote by Man-an a Zen master from the 16th century sorta sums it up: "You should know that there is that which is beyond even the beyond."
We're leaving this afternoon for the Border. That's an area about 100 miles wide (50 miles on each side of the border) that's a third country, it's not the US and it's not Mexico. It's La Frontera. Got to be one of the strangest places on earth. It's so strange I can't describe it. Anyway, this quote by Man-an a Zen master from the 16th century sorta sums it up: "You should know that there is that which is beyond even the beyond."
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Thursday, June 12, 2003
But What Will They FEEL Like?
Madame Toussaud's wax museum in London will have a wax Britney Spears with moving breasts. Evidently, they are going to make them out of balloons so they'll have some movement to them. Why would we care?
Madame Toussaud's wax museum in London will have a wax Britney Spears with moving breasts. Evidently, they are going to make them out of balloons so they'll have some movement to them. Why would we care?
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
Bastards!
Hans Blix has called certain members of the Bush administration bastards! Now, we're gettin' good. Let's hear what they really think!
Hans Blix has called certain members of the Bush administration bastards! Now, we're gettin' good. Let's hear what they really think!
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Austin #1 and #2
In results released this past weekend Fortune magazine named Austin as the #1 city for single people. This was based on entertainment, cost of living, etc. Austin came in just ahead of Denver/Boulder. On the same weekend Austin was also named #2 for problems with allergies, just behind Chappel Hill, NC. It's a good place to meet someone special if you can get them to stop sneezing long enough to introduce yourself.
In results released this past weekend Fortune magazine named Austin as the #1 city for single people. This was based on entertainment, cost of living, etc. Austin came in just ahead of Denver/Boulder. On the same weekend Austin was also named #2 for problems with allergies, just behind Chappel Hill, NC. It's a good place to meet someone special if you can get them to stop sneezing long enough to introduce yourself.
Friday, June 06, 2003
As If the Monica Affair Wasn't Bad Enough!
It seems that Sharon Stone is going to portray Hillary Clinton in a movie biography made by A&E about the Clinton White House years. Poor Hillary! Sharon Stone is such a cunt, I wouldn't think Hillary would be pleased with the choice.
It seems that Sharon Stone is going to portray Hillary Clinton in a movie biography made by A&E about the Clinton White House years. Poor Hillary! Sharon Stone is such a cunt, I wouldn't think Hillary would be pleased with the choice.
Wednesday, June 04, 2003
The Results Are In
The 2003 Atilla Award goes to...ahem...George W. Bush for the Iraq war, his disregard for environmental agreements, and his record on human rights. My vote went for the US Military due to its destruction of the Iraqi environment, but I'm very please with the ultimate winner. Don't Mess With Texas!
The 2003 Atilla Award goes to...ahem...George W. Bush for the Iraq war, his disregard for environmental agreements, and his record on human rights. My vote went for the US Military due to its destruction of the Iraqi environment, but I'm very please with the ultimate winner. Don't Mess With Texas!
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
No $ 4 U
This takes the cake, or something like cake. The Accident Group, a name that could cause all kinds of jokes, fired 2500 people by text messages on their phones. Seems they went out of business, and thought text messaging was the best way to inform everyone. In turn the former workers sacked the company's call centers, taking computers, coffee makers, etc.
This takes the cake, or something like cake. The Accident Group, a name that could cause all kinds of jokes, fired 2500 people by text messages on their phones. Seems they went out of business, and thought text messaging was the best way to inform everyone. In turn the former workers sacked the company's call centers, taking computers, coffee makers, etc.
Monday, June 02, 2003
Now, There's a Thought!
Iran has requested (demanded) that the US apologize to the international community for supporting Al-Qaeda in the past. Hey, guys, uh...we're not supposed to talk about that...uh, that could bring up all kinds of stuff.
Iran has requested (demanded) that the US apologize to the international community for supporting Al-Qaeda in the past. Hey, guys, uh...we're not supposed to talk about that...uh, that could bring up all kinds of stuff.
Friday, May 30, 2003
So, What's the Big Deal? Just Bring 'Em to Texas!
The Aussies and Brits are shocked that the US is planning a death camp at Camp Delta in Guantanamo. What the hell to they think Huntsville Death Row is? As blood-thirsty as we Texans are, just bring 'em here, we'll kill 'em.
The Aussies and Brits are shocked that the US is planning a death camp at Camp Delta in Guantanamo. What the hell to they think Huntsville Death Row is? As blood-thirsty as we Texans are, just bring 'em here, we'll kill 'em.
Thursday, May 29, 2003
Well, He Has to Do Something!
Mike Tyson has admitted that he wants to rape the woman he was convicted of raping back in 1991. That's PRESENT tense, not past. You see, he says he didn't rape her back then, but his conviction made him so mad that he wants to now. Maybe we should have him share a prison cell with Dr. Kevorkian.
Mike Tyson has admitted that he wants to rape the woman he was convicted of raping back in 1991. That's PRESENT tense, not past. You see, he says he didn't rape her back then, but his conviction made him so mad that he wants to now. Maybe we should have him share a prison cell with Dr. Kevorkian.
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
At Least It Wasn't a Self-Inflicted Shotgun Blast to His Back
The brains behind the suicide bombing last week in Casablanca has died in prison from heart and liver disease. According to the authorities the autopsy confirmed that it was from natural causes. Yeah, right!
The brains behind the suicide bombing last week in Casablanca has died in prison from heart and liver disease. According to the authorities the autopsy confirmed that it was from natural causes. Yeah, right!
Synchronized Swimming Censored!
Yes, friends, that subversive activity called synchronized swimming has gone overboard. The Brazilian Synchronized Swimming Team has had to change their routine due to excessive violence. Say what? Yes, it has too much violence to be used in the Pan-American Games. The team was making hand pistols and pointing in unison (of course) toward the audience. Oh my.
Yes, friends, that subversive activity called synchronized swimming has gone overboard. The Brazilian Synchronized Swimming Team has had to change their routine due to excessive violence. Say what? Yes, it has too much violence to be used in the Pan-American Games. The team was making hand pistols and pointing in unison (of course) toward the audience. Oh my.
Saturday, May 24, 2003
Now, That Sounds Like a Good Idea!
Looks like the Algerians have a unique way of petitioning the govenment. Maybe we Americans should adopt something like that.
Looks like the Algerians have a unique way of petitioning the govenment. Maybe we Americans should adopt something like that.
Friday, May 23, 2003
Don't Touch Me! I Mean It!
Now you too can kick ass! Just buy this Electric Jacket. No, it's not a new execution device invented in Texas. It's for "self-defense." Sorta like our attack on Iraq was in self-defense.
Now you too can kick ass! Just buy this Electric Jacket. No, it's not a new execution device invented in Texas. It's for "self-defense." Sorta like our attack on Iraq was in self-defense.
Thursday, May 22, 2003
May All Sentient Beings Be Happy
Studies confirm that Buddhists really are happier that the rest of us. This has been verified by some brain scans that reveal more activity in the centers responsible for pleasant emotions. Namo Amitabha, Namo Amitabha...
Studies confirm that Buddhists really are happier that the rest of us. This has been verified by some brain scans that reveal more activity in the centers responsible for pleasant emotions. Namo Amitabha, Namo Amitabha...
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
One Already Got Thru to the President
The Canadian Agriculture Office has announced that Mad Cow Disease has been found in Canada in the province of Alberta. The US government has decided to stop importation of bovines from the province.
The Canadian Agriculture Office has announced that Mad Cow Disease has been found in Canada in the province of Alberta. The US government has decided to stop importation of bovines from the province.
Sunday, May 18, 2003
Have You Been Wondering About Jerry Hall's Life? I Haven't
I don't know what to call her, model maybe, groupie maybe, hanger-on...anyway, Mick Jagger's ex (that's her real claim to fame) is going to have a TV show on the BBC about what it's like to be a superstar. I wonder how she would know?
I don't know what to call her, model maybe, groupie maybe, hanger-on...anyway, Mick Jagger's ex (that's her real claim to fame) is going to have a TV show on the BBC about what it's like to be a superstar. I wonder how she would know?
Friday, May 16, 2003
Chickenhawks Beware!
Modeled after the top 55 most wanted Iraqi Ba'athists, there is now available the Chickenhawk Cards. They list the 54 top Republican Chickenhawks. Chickenhawks are defined as bellicose, prominent persons who avoided service in the military themselves. They just want someone else to fight for them!
Modeled after the top 55 most wanted Iraqi Ba'athists, there is now available the Chickenhawk Cards. They list the 54 top Republican Chickenhawks. Chickenhawks are defined as bellicose, prominent persons who avoided service in the military themselves. They just want someone else to fight for them!
Thursday, May 15, 2003
Wouldn't a Handgun Have Been Easier?
A man walked into a grocery store, went into the meat department, and cut off his ownhead with a bandsaw designed for cutting meat. He only made it half-way through before he fell to the floor.
A man walked into a grocery store, went into the meat department, and cut off his ownhead with a bandsaw designed for cutting meat. He only made it half-way through before he fell to the floor.
Now, That's What I Call Public Health!
China has warned sufferers of SARS that they can be executed if they spread the disease. Just violating a quarantine can get you 7 years in prison. Nothing like blaming the victim, I say!
China has warned sufferers of SARS that they can be executed if they spread the disease. Just violating a quarantine can get you 7 years in prison. Nothing like blaming the victim, I say!
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
The Right to Strike?
As far as is known, the members of the Texas Legislature are the only employees of the State of Texas with the right to strike. Well, maybe not really the right to strike (since the DPS is out after them), but at least the right not to come to work and still not lose their job. Well, maybe not the right to stay home and not lose their job, but at least the right to not do any work and still keep their job. Well, maybe...
As far as is known, the members of the Texas Legislature are the only employees of the State of Texas with the right to strike. Well, maybe not really the right to strike (since the DPS is out after them), but at least the right not to come to work and still not lose their job. Well, maybe not the right to stay home and not lose their job, but at least the right to not do any work and still keep their job. Well, maybe...
Monday, May 12, 2003
Yeah But, Do They Have Seat Covers?
Naked-Air is now offering nude flying to nude resorts in Yucatan. If you think you'd like to do that, click here for reasons to reconsider.
Naked-Air is now offering nude flying to nude resorts in Yucatan. If you think you'd like to do that, click here for reasons to reconsider.
Ain't It the Truth!
"Normal" is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car, and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.
� Ellen Goodman quoted in Stepping Lightly by Mark A. Burch
"Normal" is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car, and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.
� Ellen Goodman quoted in Stepping Lightly by Mark A. Burch
Sunday, May 11, 2003
Movie Review
Review: The Lost Dutchman (Click here to see promotional poster)
Harry Arp, who wrote, scripted, produced, directed, and starred in the autobiographical �The Lost Dutchman,� has created his masterpiece work. In this wonderfully complex yet simple film he breaches the metaphysical divide between movies and the existential condition of postmodern life. His narrative works on several levels.
This story of a Dutchman lost in his world and seeking shelter is a captivating story on the surface-narrative level which guarantees its box office success. The global audience will be enthralled and drawn into the story which is so universal in its expression of the human condition as to cross all cultural boundaries from the pre-modern tribes of Papua New Guinea, to the more modern societies of the Indian subcontinent, to the postmodern mega-state of the European Union and North America. Mr. Arp has succeeded where no other filmmaker has even dared to tread.
On a symbolic level, Mr. Arp makes use of the symbol of water which takes us to the archetypal level of birth, life, and the always changing yet always same aspects of life on this planet. An early scene in the film shows Mr. Arp wandering as if in a drug induced stupor near a large river where he falls to his knees in worship of a phenomenon that is visible only to him. The vision, withheld from the audience, is so powerful to Mr. Arp that he removes his clothing and dives into the river wherefrom he later emerges draped in a purple robe. This universal image of rebirth resonates with all religions, but it evoked in this viewer parallels with the first chapter of Mark in the New Testament where Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist and emerges from the water touched by the Holy Spirit. With the epiphany still fresh in his mind Harry leads us (and we willingly follow) to an astonishing revelation about the power of the Horse of Holy Faith represented by El Caballo de Santa Fe which grazes in peace by the river calling to mind the 23rd Psalm. Arp juxtaposes the primordial symbol of power under control, El Caballo, with the stone tablet on which it is carved, heralding the handing down of divine law. The following scene in which he eats grass and drinks river water on all fours alongside El Caballo finishing with the simultaneous evacuation of his and El Caballo�s bowels brings us to a depth meaning never before seen in the history of film.
On the subconscious level Mr. Arp succeeds as he has his character wear a crown of question marks to denote the immortal and constant question-maker which is the human mind. He masterfully touches our depths with the deeply moving symbol of the octagon-shaped stop sign wherein the expected word �Stop� is replaced by the less comforting and personalized word �Lost.� Arp emphasizes this contrast of the anticipated with the actual later in the film when he finds himself confronted with the appearance of another similarly shaped sign bearing the word �stop,� guiding himself and us to a profound understanding of that word. He masterfully brings to the screen the sense of meaninglessness, abandonment, and fear in which our species encounters an impassive universe. Yet he never allows us to lose sight of the life-affirming potential of hope as he deftly displays the name of his film on a street sign perpendicular to the esoteric SR 88, a subtle reference to the �morning-after� pill RU-486 from which the viewer infers the God-like benefits that postmodern relativism has conferred on us. Here he engages us in our own quest for meaning, and encourages us to define for ourselves what life as we know it can mean within the confines of our sexual instincts.
I heartily recommend this soon to be Oscar-winning film. Five stars, two thumbs, and one penis up!
Marcos Arroyos
Review: The Lost Dutchman (Click here to see promotional poster)
Harry Arp, who wrote, scripted, produced, directed, and starred in the autobiographical �The Lost Dutchman,� has created his masterpiece work. In this wonderfully complex yet simple film he breaches the metaphysical divide between movies and the existential condition of postmodern life. His narrative works on several levels.
This story of a Dutchman lost in his world and seeking shelter is a captivating story on the surface-narrative level which guarantees its box office success. The global audience will be enthralled and drawn into the story which is so universal in its expression of the human condition as to cross all cultural boundaries from the pre-modern tribes of Papua New Guinea, to the more modern societies of the Indian subcontinent, to the postmodern mega-state of the European Union and North America. Mr. Arp has succeeded where no other filmmaker has even dared to tread.
On a symbolic level, Mr. Arp makes use of the symbol of water which takes us to the archetypal level of birth, life, and the always changing yet always same aspects of life on this planet. An early scene in the film shows Mr. Arp wandering as if in a drug induced stupor near a large river where he falls to his knees in worship of a phenomenon that is visible only to him. The vision, withheld from the audience, is so powerful to Mr. Arp that he removes his clothing and dives into the river wherefrom he later emerges draped in a purple robe. This universal image of rebirth resonates with all religions, but it evoked in this viewer parallels with the first chapter of Mark in the New Testament where Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist and emerges from the water touched by the Holy Spirit. With the epiphany still fresh in his mind Harry leads us (and we willingly follow) to an astonishing revelation about the power of the Horse of Holy Faith represented by El Caballo de Santa Fe which grazes in peace by the river calling to mind the 23rd Psalm. Arp juxtaposes the primordial symbol of power under control, El Caballo, with the stone tablet on which it is carved, heralding the handing down of divine law. The following scene in which he eats grass and drinks river water on all fours alongside El Caballo finishing with the simultaneous evacuation of his and El Caballo�s bowels brings us to a depth meaning never before seen in the history of film.
On the subconscious level Mr. Arp succeeds as he has his character wear a crown of question marks to denote the immortal and constant question-maker which is the human mind. He masterfully touches our depths with the deeply moving symbol of the octagon-shaped stop sign wherein the expected word �Stop� is replaced by the less comforting and personalized word �Lost.� Arp emphasizes this contrast of the anticipated with the actual later in the film when he finds himself confronted with the appearance of another similarly shaped sign bearing the word �stop,� guiding himself and us to a profound understanding of that word. He masterfully brings to the screen the sense of meaninglessness, abandonment, and fear in which our species encounters an impassive universe. Yet he never allows us to lose sight of the life-affirming potential of hope as he deftly displays the name of his film on a street sign perpendicular to the esoteric SR 88, a subtle reference to the �morning-after� pill RU-486 from which the viewer infers the God-like benefits that postmodern relativism has conferred on us. Here he engages us in our own quest for meaning, and encourages us to define for ourselves what life as we know it can mean within the confines of our sexual instincts.
I heartily recommend this soon to be Oscar-winning film. Five stars, two thumbs, and one penis up!
Marcos Arroyos
Friday, May 09, 2003
Why Do You Seek the Dead Among the Living?
According to the French newspaper, Le Figaro, Osama Bin Laden is dead. Their researcher has concluded that he died in December 2001 in the mountains near Tora Bora. All the tapes and videos since then are fakes or montages from previous ones, the researcher says.
According to the French newspaper, Le Figaro, Osama Bin Laden is dead. Their researcher has concluded that he died in December 2001 in the mountains near Tora Bora. All the tapes and videos since then are fakes or montages from previous ones, the researcher says.
Thursday, May 08, 2003
I Wanna a New Drug?
There's a new "drug" in India that will give you an illusionary and floating experience. But don't run out trying to buy it just yet. It's a scorpion sting. Yes, getting stung by scorpions will produce the sought after affect.
There's a new "drug" in India that will give you an illusionary and floating experience. But don't run out trying to buy it just yet. It's a scorpion sting. Yes, getting stung by scorpions will produce the sought after affect.
Atilla in a China Cabinet
I found a website in Spain where you can nominate a person or entity (like a company) for the annual Atila (as they spell it) Award. That's given to the person or entity that has caused the most environmental destruction. I nominated the Armed Forces of the United States for their massive destruction of the environment of Iraq.
I found a website in Spain where you can nominate a person or entity (like a company) for the annual Atila (as they spell it) Award. That's given to the person or entity that has caused the most environmental destruction. I nominated the Armed Forces of the United States for their massive destruction of the environment of Iraq.
Wednesday, May 07, 2003
Tuesday, May 06, 2003
That's One Way to Get Head!
A 24-year old man was running around in the border area of Germany near Limburg with a woman's head in one hand and a knife in the other. The article says he was arrested. He comes from Kosovo.
A 24-year old man was running around in the border area of Germany near Limburg with a woman's head in one hand and a knife in the other. The article says he was arrested. He comes from Kosovo.
Roll Out Those Hazy Days of Summer
Yes, summer is here. No it's not you say, it's only May 6th. Well, if you're in Austin, Texas you know damn well that it's summertime. Yesterday the temperature was over 90, and today it's supposed to be again. That's really not the bad part; the bad part is that it doesn't get any cooler at night than about 73. But, the real thing that determines when summer's here is the haze. It's so fucking hot that the ozone and the hydrocarbons combine to form a haze over the entire area (hell, over the entire state probably). When you get the haze the heat really has nowhere to go because the haze holds it in. Yes, it's gonna be a long, hot one. The rest of the world lives the winter months inside out of the weather. Here in Texas we live the summer months inside out of the weather, and summer starts in May and ends in November (when we're lucky and the summer is short). God help us all!
Yes, summer is here. No it's not you say, it's only May 6th. Well, if you're in Austin, Texas you know damn well that it's summertime. Yesterday the temperature was over 90, and today it's supposed to be again. That's really not the bad part; the bad part is that it doesn't get any cooler at night than about 73. But, the real thing that determines when summer's here is the haze. It's so fucking hot that the ozone and the hydrocarbons combine to form a haze over the entire area (hell, over the entire state probably). When you get the haze the heat really has nowhere to go because the haze holds it in. Yes, it's gonna be a long, hot one. The rest of the world lives the winter months inside out of the weather. Here in Texas we live the summer months inside out of the weather, and summer starts in May and ends in November (when we're lucky and the summer is short). God help us all!
Sunday, May 04, 2003
So, You Want to Kill Him?
Why not enter his Lotto for a good seat at the death chamber. Zacarias Moussaoui has offered a multiple choice quiz. If you answer the question correctly, and your name is drawn, you too can witness his execution. Good luck.
Why not enter his Lotto for a good seat at the death chamber. Zacarias Moussaoui has offered a multiple choice quiz. If you answer the question correctly, and your name is drawn, you too can witness his execution. Good luck.
Monday, April 28, 2003
Friday, April 25, 2003
Not SARS
I have come down with a flu or something like that. I'm having a sever burning in my chest, and I'm coughing a lot. When I cough it feels like something is tearing in my chest. I have a burning in the back of my sinuses, and I feel very exhausted. But, according to the little scrolling news on CNN, I don't have SARS. It says that if the first symptoms are respiratory, then it's not SARS. For all I know, it could be menopause.
I have come down with a flu or something like that. I'm having a sever burning in my chest, and I'm coughing a lot. When I cough it feels like something is tearing in my chest. I have a burning in the back of my sinuses, and I feel very exhausted. But, according to the little scrolling news on CNN, I don't have SARS. It says that if the first symptoms are respiratory, then it's not SARS. For all I know, it could be menopause.
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Put That Back!
No justice, no piece. It looks like the Imam's are taking drastic steps. This comes from harpers.org. "Some looters were surrendering stolen goods after learning that a cleric issued an edict forbidding Iraqi wives from having sex with their looter husbands." But, what about looter wives?
No justice, no piece. It looks like the Imam's are taking drastic steps. This comes from harpers.org. "Some looters were surrendering stolen goods after learning that a cleric issued an edict forbidding Iraqi wives from having sex with their looter husbands." But, what about looter wives?
Saturday, April 19, 2003
Home(ly) Depot
Last night my wife and I went to Home Depot to pick up some paint for touch up in the dining room. I admit I don't go there often, but I have been there quite a few times. Last night (Friday night) there was the ugliest crop of people I've ever seen concentrated in one place. There was not one person that looked even average. Maybe it was a Friday night thing, like if you're at Home Depot on Friday night, you're not good looking enough to be doing anything else. You just work on the house where you live alone. I can't remember the homely people being out in such force anywhere else I've been. Of course, you might say well, what were you doing there? If everyone else was so homely, you must be too, after all you were there on a Friday night, weren't you? Hmmm...
Last night my wife and I went to Home Depot to pick up some paint for touch up in the dining room. I admit I don't go there often, but I have been there quite a few times. Last night (Friday night) there was the ugliest crop of people I've ever seen concentrated in one place. There was not one person that looked even average. Maybe it was a Friday night thing, like if you're at Home Depot on Friday night, you're not good looking enough to be doing anything else. You just work on the house where you live alone. I can't remember the homely people being out in such force anywhere else I've been. Of course, you might say well, what were you doing there? If everyone else was so homely, you must be too, after all you were there on a Friday night, weren't you? Hmmm...
Thursday, April 17, 2003
Let's See That Lingerie
Sony has withdrawn their application for trademark and patent of the phraseshock and awe. Now, it's up to the other applicants to see who gets to use it. I'm pulling for the lingerie line that applied. I really want to see what they have in mind.
Sony has withdrawn their application for trademark and patent of the phraseshock and awe. Now, it's up to the other applicants to see who gets to use it. I'm pulling for the lingerie line that applied. I really want to see what they have in mind.
Bull Horns
Yesterday while driving home I witnessed something that I suppose you could only see in Texas. You know how when you are at a red light waiting to turn right? Well, it never fails that someone in one of those over-sized pick-ups pulls up in the lane next to you, far enough out to block your view of the traffic. That always pisses me off, but yesterday, I got a double dose. The first huge pick-up with the oversized wheels pulls up to my left and blocks my view. So, I inch up a little to see the traffic, and I notice that this truck has a wench on the front for pulling other over-sized trucks out of the mud. That makes the front of it stick out even farther. Just as I pull up so I can see traffic, another huge over-sized truck pulls up to the left of the first one. Of course, it pulled up a little further. There's something unconscious about blocking the person's view that's trying to turn right. This second truck has, yes I'm not kidding, a set of horns on the front. Not horns like honking, horns like from a bull! That's the kind of things you might see on a postcard, but in real life? Well, I guess they have to base those postcards on something! Horns on the front of an over-sized pick-up truck. What the hell does that mean? I guess it means you're in Texas.
Yesterday while driving home I witnessed something that I suppose you could only see in Texas. You know how when you are at a red light waiting to turn right? Well, it never fails that someone in one of those over-sized pick-ups pulls up in the lane next to you, far enough out to block your view of the traffic. That always pisses me off, but yesterday, I got a double dose. The first huge pick-up with the oversized wheels pulls up to my left and blocks my view. So, I inch up a little to see the traffic, and I notice that this truck has a wench on the front for pulling other over-sized trucks out of the mud. That makes the front of it stick out even farther. Just as I pull up so I can see traffic, another huge over-sized truck pulls up to the left of the first one. Of course, it pulled up a little further. There's something unconscious about blocking the person's view that's trying to turn right. This second truck has, yes I'm not kidding, a set of horns on the front. Not horns like honking, horns like from a bull! That's the kind of things you might see on a postcard, but in real life? Well, I guess they have to base those postcards on something! Horns on the front of an over-sized pick-up truck. What the hell does that mean? I guess it means you're in Texas.
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Remember the Crowd at the Saddam Statue?
Well, it wasn't really that big after all. What else has been fabricated?
Well, it wasn't really that big after all. What else has been fabricated?
Saturday, April 12, 2003
Can He Appeal for Reason of Inadequate Defense?
Yesterday, I served (endured) Jury Duty. I was called to a Justice of the Peace court to be a part of a jury panel. My great misfortune is that I was selected to be one of the 6 member jury that actually heard the case. The case was a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the truancy of a minor. The father of a 4th grader was charged because he had allowed his daughter to miss school repeatedly. He was one of these fundamentalist Christians that doesn't believe the schools are fit for his children. That's really no problem, because he has the choice of putting them in private schools or doing what's called home schooling. Of course, he didn't want to do that either. He wanted to be able to dictate to the school system what and how it would teach. He represented himself. There's an old saying that goes: "A man who represents himself in court has a fool for a lawyer." This guy certainly met that description. The jury endured around 7 hours of this guy repeating the same shit over and over. He successfully insulted everyone in the court room (including the jury) more than once. We found him guilty and fined him $250. If we had been able to put him in jail, I would have voted for that. In fact, I wanted to "max him out," ($500 fine) but the rest of the jury decided on fining him half of the max. Too bad! Anyway, yesterday's experience makes me wonder what the penalty would be for not reporting to jury duty. I really don't think it could be any worse.
Yesterday, I served (endured) Jury Duty. I was called to a Justice of the Peace court to be a part of a jury panel. My great misfortune is that I was selected to be one of the 6 member jury that actually heard the case. The case was a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the truancy of a minor. The father of a 4th grader was charged because he had allowed his daughter to miss school repeatedly. He was one of these fundamentalist Christians that doesn't believe the schools are fit for his children. That's really no problem, because he has the choice of putting them in private schools or doing what's called home schooling. Of course, he didn't want to do that either. He wanted to be able to dictate to the school system what and how it would teach. He represented himself. There's an old saying that goes: "A man who represents himself in court has a fool for a lawyer." This guy certainly met that description. The jury endured around 7 hours of this guy repeating the same shit over and over. He successfully insulted everyone in the court room (including the jury) more than once. We found him guilty and fined him $250. If we had been able to put him in jail, I would have voted for that. In fact, I wanted to "max him out," ($500 fine) but the rest of the jury decided on fining him half of the max. Too bad! Anyway, yesterday's experience makes me wonder what the penalty would be for not reporting to jury duty. I really don't think it could be any worse.
Thursday, April 10, 2003
If It Had Said, "Kill 'Em All," You Could Come In
Another one of those nasty T-shirts for peace shows up at the mall! Peace be upon you.
Another one of those nasty T-shirts for peace shows up at the mall! Peace be upon you.
She Was Playing Both Sides Twice
Retired FBI agent, James Smith, has been charged with having an affair with a double agent for the People's Republic of China. Now, this gets complicated...but I guess all double agent stories are complicated. Okay, she was working for the FBI spying on China while she was spying on the US for China. Her "cover" was that she was a Republican Party activist. Her lover, Mr. Smith, worked in the office that investigated allegations of suspicious campaign contributions to the Clinton White House from China. She was working for the FBI, the Chinese, the Republicans, and investigating the Democrats. Wow!
Retired FBI agent, James Smith, has been charged with having an affair with a double agent for the People's Republic of China. Now, this gets complicated...but I guess all double agent stories are complicated. Okay, she was working for the FBI spying on China while she was spying on the US for China. Her "cover" was that she was a Republican Party activist. Her lover, Mr. Smith, worked in the office that investigated allegations of suspicious campaign contributions to the Clinton White House from China. She was working for the FBI, the Chinese, the Republicans, and investigating the Democrats. Wow!
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
Don't Mess with This Jewish Mother
In Jerusalem a 49 year old woman killed her 26 year old son for not putting his computer game up and making up his bed. She asked him to do that and returning to his room saw him lying on his bed without having done it. She asked him why he hadn't dont anything, and he chewed her out. She went to the kitchen, got a knife, came back, and stabbed him to death.
In Jerusalem a 49 year old woman killed her 26 year old son for not putting his computer game up and making up his bed. She asked him to do that and returning to his room saw him lying on his bed without having done it. She asked him why he hadn't dont anything, and he chewed her out. She went to the kitchen, got a knife, came back, and stabbed him to death.
Generalisimo Francisco Franco Sigue con Vida
Many years ago Saturday Night Live had a running joke about Francisco Franco staying alive for years after he really died. It was because the Franco government kept announcing that Franco was sick, but still alive. I think we're running into the same thing with Saddam. We keep killing him, and he keeps turning up alive!
Many years ago Saturday Night Live had a running joke about Francisco Franco staying alive for years after he really died. It was because the Franco government kept announcing that Franco was sick, but still alive. I think we're running into the same thing with Saddam. We keep killing him, and he keeps turning up alive!
Monday, April 07, 2003
Of Course It Has Industrial Uses
The town of Novozybkovo has been ridiculed for putting a cannabis emblem on its town flag. The government has ordered all towns to adopt a flag. Let's see, if we had to do that in Austin, it would be a young man in sloppy clothes lying on the grass with a backpack for a pillow.
The town of Novozybkovo has been ridiculed for putting a cannabis emblem on its town flag. The government has ordered all towns to adopt a flag. Let's see, if we had to do that in Austin, it would be a young man in sloppy clothes lying on the grass with a backpack for a pillow.
Get Back to Work!
Okay, okay, vacation is over, but does that mean I have start working right away? I opened my email this morning and had 147 emails waiting for me. Out of those I answered two, I think. Getting that many emails might make one think he's important, but only answering two puts the lie to that! By the way, both of those I answered were personal. Like I've said before: They pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work.
Okay, okay, vacation is over, but does that mean I have start working right away? I opened my email this morning and had 147 emails waiting for me. Out of those I answered two, I think. Getting that many emails might make one think he's important, but only answering two puts the lie to that! By the way, both of those I answered were personal. Like I've said before: They pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work.
Sunday, April 06, 2003
Texarkana In The Spotlight
Texarkana is hosting the National Narcotic Detector Dog Association conference for 2003. I learned this not from the local news, but from a website in Spain. Texarkana on the world stage!
Texarkana is hosting the National Narcotic Detector Dog Association conference for 2003. I learned this not from the local news, but from a website in Spain. Texarkana on the world stage!
Wednesday, April 02, 2003
Texas Fight, Texas Fight...
It turns out that the woman in charge of Saddam's chemical and biological weapons program, Houda Salih Mahdi Ammash, attended the University of Texas back in the '70s. US General Tommy Franks, who is in charge of the whole Operation Iraqi Freedom, is also a UT graduate. We're No. 1!
It turns out that the woman in charge of Saddam's chemical and biological weapons program, Houda Salih Mahdi Ammash, attended the University of Texas back in the '70s. US General Tommy Franks, who is in charge of the whole Operation Iraqi Freedom, is also a UT graduate. We're No. 1!
Americans Are from Mars, Europeans Are from Venus
Americans are like adolescents infatuated with their power and unilateral, while Europeans are more subtle, indirect, and multilateral. At least that's the way Robert Kagan sees it. Interesting way to look at the latest dispute. W as the hyperactive, prideful teenager, and Chirac as the smarter more nuanced adult. Let's bring in a marriage counselor!
Americans are like adolescents infatuated with their power and unilateral, while Europeans are more subtle, indirect, and multilateral. At least that's the way Robert Kagan sees it. Interesting way to look at the latest dispute. W as the hyperactive, prideful teenager, and Chirac as the smarter more nuanced adult. Let's bring in a marriage counselor!
Tuesday, April 01, 2003
Monday, March 31, 2003
They Got the Idea from Geraldo
It has come to light that the government owned radio station in Swaziland has been airing reports from a special "envoy" named, Phesheya Dube, in Iraq. The on air personalities have been admonishing him to stay safe and out of the way of bombs. Only one problem, there is no Swazi correspondent in Iraq. It's all theater! Makes ya wonder about ours, huh? Maybe all those fuzzy looking pictures on the videophone are really coming from the desert in New Mexico.
It has come to light that the government owned radio station in Swaziland has been airing reports from a special "envoy" named, Phesheya Dube, in Iraq. The on air personalities have been admonishing him to stay safe and out of the way of bombs. Only one problem, there is no Swazi correspondent in Iraq. It's all theater! Makes ya wonder about ours, huh? Maybe all those fuzzy looking pictures on the videophone are really coming from the desert in New Mexico.
Sunday, March 30, 2003
Vacation Time
Since I work for the government, I earn lots of vacation time. It's supposed to make up for the low salaries they pay us. Anyway, I'm taking this week off from work. After I do that, I'll only have 5 1/2 weeks of vacation left available. Since, I'll be off, I'll have lots of free time, so I should be posting a lot. No money to go on trips, but a whole lot of time!
Since I work for the government, I earn lots of vacation time. It's supposed to make up for the low salaries they pay us. Anyway, I'm taking this week off from work. After I do that, I'll only have 5 1/2 weeks of vacation left available. Since, I'll be off, I'll have lots of free time, so I should be posting a lot. No money to go on trips, but a whole lot of time!
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