Toilet HumorOK, so I did another dumb thing, but in the end it turned out to be funny--only to myself, of course. In order to make a bathroom story cute and humorous, what better way to illustrate it than with our ol' friend MS Paint, yay! So here's me. The two hands extended towards my groin area would obviously indicate my need to go to the wash closet. You can also see the uncomfortable expression. Pretty self-explanatory--here's me walking to the bathroom. As you can see, I grew an afro on the way there, too. So, I arrive at my destination, and in our bathroom there's only two stalls and a urinal on the left side. I proceed to take stall A (for our purposes, A is stage-left) and do my business (check out my Nike's). I then pull out my trusty pda and start fiddling with it. I was on the precipice of showing the default high score of Bejewelled what's-what when, out of pure excitement, I fumbled the pda, dropped it, and it slid into the next stall. My heart sank as my Bejewelled high score now had to wait another day. I was now frozen in terror because I didn't know how exactly to get it back, so I blurted out the contents of the above bubble to my commode compatriot. It turns out, this is one of my colleagues who I speak to just about every day. He usually jaws my ear off about the Yankees and the Knicks and then he can actually talk for another 30-45 minutes about everything else. Some days he repeats stories, and sometimes he'll tell a story that he told just a day before-hand. As a postscript, in case you were all wondering, my colleague and I continue to talk about the Yankees starting rotation every day and we don't bring up what transpired in the bathroom. But, it's a secret between us that we'll both bear for a lifetime. |
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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Sunday, March 25, 2007
| I called it before the tourney, Georgetown and Florida for the championship. Yes, people, the Big East is still around. Unfortunately Florida's gonna repeat and take this one 90-75. |
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Foregoing the option to buy new skis, I decided instead to get something I've had my heart set on for a long time: A Fender Stratocaster, yay! It's a 60th anniv. version--now I'm like Hendrix and Jimmie Vaughan, but without the musical talent... well, yet, at least. Enough waxing poetic, here're the money shots:
And this is me sleeping with my guitar:
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
A riddle for the road...A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time? |
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Huzzah! Apple just showcased the iPhone and I just found out that it's being sold with Cingular. Double Huzzah! Now I have the option of wasting $600. For anyone who hasn't seen it, get in the know, fool: It's "supposed" to have 4 gigs of memory, 5 hours of talk/browse time and 16 h of audio time, which seems pretty good. The most important thing they have to focus on is battery time. It seems that's what most people care about but nothing out there really seems to deliver on that nowadays. Another thing they need to start thinking about is how to make them theft-proof. You figure that people are now carrying mini-computers on their waste and they're attaching them with a $5 leather strap, or maybe nothing at all. In completely related news, Bush is making a speech about Iraq policy tonight. Hopefully everyone can tune in and watch. Comments sometime this week when I feel like talking about it. |
Monday, November 20, 2006
Kumusta kayo, Si Manny Pacquiao ito. I busted headz on Saturday. For anyone who didn't hear/see the fight, Pacquiao beat Eric Morales in the 3rd with a KO. It was awesome. Just like the last two fights, it felt like Filipinos vs. Mexicans. Instead of Pacquiao Morales III, they should have billed it Revenge of the Spanish Colonies, or something to that effect. Anyway, I'm starting a campaign to move my favorite fighter, Floyd Mayweather Jr., to come down in weight and fight Pacquiao. I love Pacquiao but PBF is still my favorite. So, let's say Pacquiao-Mayweather in '08...yeah, right. Well, for now we'll just have them battle it out by Youtube training clips: Vs. |
Friday, November 17, 2006
Dear Mommy, Can I have a West Coast Customs 2007 customized Mercedes S550 for Christmas? Oh, with leather interior, thanks. --Me |
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Black and Blue and Red...The election coverage was funny last night. I watched CNN first and I chuckled when I saw the "panel." I thought to myself, here we go... I chuckled first when I heard Paul Begala mention Limbaugh and called him a "drug-addled gasbag" or something to that effect. Then I laughed again when James Carville came on because Limbaugh always refers to him as "the forehead." Then I switched over to Fox News and it was so depressing, I felt like I was gonna jump out the window. The coverage was a bit confusing, too, so I left it on CNN the rest of the night. Well, I didn't think Bush would win re-election and, now, I didn't think the Democrats would win so easily in this year's mid-term elections. Right now, the Dems have 227 seats in the house as the Republicans have 195. There are still some undecided races, but the Dems will still have the majority. In the Senate, it's actually tied 49 seats to 49 with Montana and Virginia still being decided. The Democrats would need to take those last 2 seats to have the majority but if it becomes split 50-50, then VP Cheney (since he is the Senate pres. by authority of that thing we call a constitution), would most likely side with the Republicans, thus establishing a Republican majority. What complicates matters even more is that there is the ability for any candidate who loses by less than 1% to ask for a re-count, and that still can't even be done until the official count is announced which is sometime later this month, I think. In other boring news, the Nets are 1-1 (but they should be 2-0; that last game against Miami was a fluke). They're looking good so far and I'm liking Marcus Williams. I think the Knicks are gonna be sorry they didn't pick him up. Actually, the Knicks are gonna be sorry for a lot of things as the season goes. Giants are looking great even with injuries and for the first time in a very long time, Rutgers football is nationally ranked. This might not be big news outside of the state, but it's huge over here, and we might actually see Rutgers playing in a BCS game. They're undefeated and playing another undefeated team this Thursday. Lastly, I just wanted to slip in that we saw The Departed this past weekend. It was GREAT! I checked on IMDB.com afterwards and found out it was a Hong Kong movie remake. Scorcese says he was "inspired" by the film, but from what I'm hearing, both movies seem to be almost identical. That's kind of a bummer because I've always liked the Hong Kong stuff eg, John Woo, Ringo Lam yadda yadda, but their stuff never seems to translate well to American audiences. And that sucks, because they've been making good flicks. Even more, I've heard Oscar buzz around The Departed, but if Scorcese got passed over for Kundun, the Aviator, Goodfellas, god, even Gangs of NY, and gets an Oscar for this one, then I would just see it as a pity Oscar. Kind of like what Morgan Freeman got for Million Dollar Baby or Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man. OK, I'm gonna end this now because it's pretty clear I'm not doing any work. If anyone's got a good movie review for me, lemme have it cause I want to hear what's good. |
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
I just came back from a taping of Late Night with Conan O'Brien and it was awesome. It should be airing tonight. Details soon. I came across this the other day. Anyone have plans for Halloween? http://www.hauntedhousenyc.com
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It was announced a while back that Harvard, starting in 2007, will drop its early admissions policy. Essentially, students won't be able to apply in like October of their senior year and know by December whether they get into Harvard or not, and then agree to solely consider Harvard. So, jocks, you can stop thinking of joining that chess club in order to boost your extracurriculars because it probably won't matter that much. | |
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006
 Someone at work told me this looked like me if I wore a woman's wig. Is that true? Because if it is, I will be severely depressed. And then I will proceed to kick major ass at work tomorrow morning. |
Thursday, August 17, 2006
So, I was at the gym the other day and as I was walking by the TVs, I saw on the news crawl that a suspect in the 10 year-old JonBenet Ramsey case had confessed. The first thing I thought was, "What the hell, it's been 10 years?" It really doesn't feel like it's been that long. Well, anyway, when I read that this guy Karr said it was an accident, my question was how could it have been an accident when the girl was molested, beaten and killed? It seems like a basic question but it's strange that all the news reports don't seem to be trying to reconcile those facts. One of the legal advisers on NBC was saying that this still might not bring an end to this case because any whack-o can confess to anything but it still might not be supported. Another strange thing is that if DNA was found from JonBenet's body and John Mark Karr was already a suspect (AND a convicted child molester), then why didn't they try to match his DNA before? There's something bizarre about everything. Even the press conference in Thailand was creepy. Well, if this guy is guilty I guess the one good thing that you can take away from this, if anything, is that the parents of the child will be vindicated. It's crappy to think of all the indicted innocent people out there who don't have a John Mark Karr to come forward to prove their innocence. Sometimes the court of public opinion can doom you just as much as those prison walls. Meanwhile, midway across the world, things have been quieting down (somewhat) in the Middle East. But, now it's getting crazy over here in the office. Our chief broke the news to us that the UN is coordinating the movement of 45,000 extra people to the region. That's about 30,000 new potential compensation claims that I'll be handling. That's on top of the 40,000 people that I already handle, BY MYSELF! I don't even know why I'm writing this Xanga right now, I've got a stack of crap to get to. I guess when the amount of work just gets so absurd it fortifies your latent hatred of things to the point where you don't care too much about performing well anymore. Maybe all I need is a vacation. Sorry, I'm just talking to myself now. Are you still reading this? Well, the weekend should be fun. Yanks only 2 games up on Boston and after today's game they got a 5-game series against the Red Sox, in Fenway. Oh mercy. This is the stuff that dreams are made of. I have no idea what that means. |
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Find this magazine in your bookstore--you'll find the culmination of 6+ great years. |
Friday, June 23, 2006
Kool & the Gang dead in Maplewood?Most of you probably won't care for this.. Actually, scratch that, none of you will care for this, but I just read that a Kool & the Gang co-founder died in my town. It's odd seeing "Maplewood" in a national news story in connection with the writer of one of my favorite and sometimes hated Filipino party tunes. Apparently their house is on the other end of my street. Maybe he died from hearing the song too much. http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/23/obit.smith.ap/index.html |
Friday, June 09, 2006
Always Wear Your World CupAfter another four years, it's time for another World Cup. I probably wouldn't even know about it, but it's all anyone can talk about around here. I might be heading over to the German permanent mission to check out Germany's match against Costa Rica. The US won't play until Monday and it should be fun to follow the team--it's supposed to be the best US team ever assembled. I think I'll be more interested in the audience behavior than I will be with the games. Jeremy Schaap presented a crazy story on Sportscenter the other day about racism in soccer/football. In some matches, fans have been known to throw bananas on the field to provoke black players; they've shouted racial slurs at other players; and some bring in posters of swastikas and do the Nazi salute. Let's hope FIFA can take the proper action if things like that start to occur. |
Friday, May 26, 2006
NE Still Has Dumbest Drivershttp://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/05/26/dumb_driver_states/index.html Yes, CNN does not spare us any cruelty in naming the above article. What it says is that, according to the results of a driving test given by GMAC Insurance company, 1-in-11 licensed drivers would fail a state driving test. Rhode Island is at the bottom in terms of failure, followed by NY, NJ, MA and others. Yours truly took this test, and, like you I was thinking, hey, I've got a clean driving record so this should be a piece of cake. The result was a 40%. Try it: The state results were surprising to me. I would think NJ drivers would have scored higher. There's a lot of things to complain about in this state, but driving would be the lowest on that list. Although, I did see someone reversing on a one-way road once. But, in general, we know the roads because we have a lot of them. I mean, how is anyone going to know what particular vehicles have to stop before railroad tracks. I don't think the test is measuring driver intelligence, but rather intelligent people who happen to drive. So, I guess what I'm trying to say is that there are a lot of stupid people in the Northeast. Just don't insult our driving. OK, you can insult NY and MA. |
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Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Anniversary VIAn excellent weekend was had for Lynn and my's 6th anniversary. I think it might have topped our last year's celebration in Hershey but it's still a close call. We tried to conquer lower Manhattan, but it was tough. Here's the rundown, just to give some of you some ideas if you're looking for things to do in Manhattan: Friday--We came in and got to our hotel. It was the Millennium Hilton and it was bordering Ground Zero. I was told it was close but I didn't expect that we would get a window view of the entire area. It was breathtaking and haunting at the same time. Later that night we headed to South St. Seaport and it was a ghost town. Tried to hit up a bar (Heartland Brewery) but the kitchen was closed at 10PM and then the bartender tells us last call at 10:30, haha. Now I know why it was a ghost town. Good microbrew selection, though. Saturday--After breakfast, went back again to South St. Seaport to check out the Bodies in Motion Exhibition. I remember this getting some press a while back because the exhibit uses actual human bodies/remains as learning tools. Those into forensics or pathology out there would probably have an orgasm walking around this show, but even regular joes like me will probably have their mouths open as they look at everything. It was simply amazing. I highly suggest this one, even if you only plan to visit one museum this year. This is where my camera broke so the rest of the weekend went like this: -Shot over to St. Mark's Pl. to get the best hot dogs at Crif Dogs, and Australian ice cream two stores over. Well, that's all folks. Check this link out if you don't believe me: Ta ta, have a good week! |
Monday, February 27, 2006
FYI - For Your InspirationAnything can happen, kids. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/23/earlyshow/main1339324.shtml (Autistic Teen's Hoop Dreams - Watch the video) |
Monday, February 20, 2006
Unfortunately at work today. I thought I'd post some comedy to get you all through the week. God knows I need it today... Russell Peters (Indian guy - one of the funniest guys you'll ever hear): Jo Koy, another Asian comic (Funny clip but he's better when he's uncensored): George Lopez: Dane Cook: Larry David: Bernie Mac (Watch Kings of Comedy if you haven't seen it yet): People getting roasted: And for anyone who missed the slam dunk contest: |
Monday, February 13, 2006
It's time for Freestyle Thursday: Murda Mook vs. P. 80 http://www.youtube.com/?v=VedZJkz8Hpc
Shellz vs. Jin |
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Clash of Civilizations ? Worthy of Violence ? Of course not. But, this is also not definitely a clear-cut case of fundamental differences or “they’re crazy and we’re not.” A recap for those whom aren’t following. The Danish paper, “Jyllands-Posten,” printed some “cartoons” showing the prophet Muhammad in different situations. Some of the more extreme images have led to rioting and, in some cases, deaths in various countries. The “why” is explained in an article by the Copenhagen Post: “Jyllands-Posten called for and printed the cartoons by various Danish illustrators, after reports that artists were refusing to illustrate works about Islam, out of fear of fundamendalist retribution. The newspaper said it printed the cartoons as a test of whether Muslim fundamentalists had begun affecting the freedom of expression in Well, I guess they found out the results of that test. Now, first off, before people start shaking their heads and wagging their fingers, I don’t think anyone who is a believer in the tenets of any faith and who has not gone through the same thing, should cast judgment. As a Christian, I have not had the experience of coming across anything tantamount to what Danish Muslims saw. Critics have tried to prove the contrary, by trying to draw comparisons; one that I heard the other day on CNN: “Well, Kanye West was on the cover of Rolling Stone posed like Jesus, but no one went ape-shit about it,” (emphasis and “ape-shit” added). That might not be a close-enough comparison—maybe if I saw a cartoon of Jesus molesting young kids in my paper, then we could start talking. But, I haven’t seen anything like that pop up in my Sunday Ledger or Times, yet. Secondly, I think the use of the word “cartoon” in these discussions, leads us to take their concerns less seriously. When I hear the word “cartoon,” it connotes images of Ziggy, Broom Hilda, Peanuts, and Family Circle (a kick-ass cartoon, especially when they drew the little trails behind the kids as they ran around the house). Finding images of Muhammad lumped together with these comics wouldn’t exactly be fitting. I guess that’s why the term political cartoon came about. Which leads to my last point: political cartoons are supposed to be satirical. Aside from a few boxes, where is the satire to be found? It’s pretty clear that these images were meant to incite and, if we are to deem the Copenhagen Post article as true, then even the editors themselves admitted that fact. How to prove it? Ask the cartoon designers to explain what they meant. If these were tools of free speech, then they must have had some opinion to express. My guess is that they would have nothing intelligent to add to the discussion. Violence is violence and it should not be condoned, that goes without saying. But this isn't a case of a clash of civilizations. This is about a few terrorists who got in the mix and started riling people up. On the Limbaugh station today, the guy filling-in pointed out that these cartoons were printed in September 2005!?!?! And, only now, in February, are people rioting over them? Someone got involved, and that someone had bad intentions. I think, from here on out, in order to slow the momentum, these papers should move on to other material and content on their pages and stop reprinting the cartoons in other papers. People can write op-eds supporting free speech, but reprinting the cartoons to support that fact does nothing. What do you all think? Oh, and before I end this, I read about a major major study that was undertaken, which shows that a low-fat diet does not cut health risks. Great article, but tons of caveats, as usual with these health studies: |
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Poe was one of my favorite writers. Maybe that's why I find this story to be so cool... http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/19/poe.mystery.ap/index.html
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
A New Year and new movies on the way. Pretty cool that even the trailers are in HD now: http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/apocalypto/ (Apocalypto--nice photography, not too much in the way of details) http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/da_vinci_code/ (A longer trailer than the one I saw before. Might be a good fit for Howard but I can't see how a film can present a story that's so narrative-based. Also don't see Tom Hanks in this role.) http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/supermanreturns/hd/ (Superman Returns) http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/x3/hd/ (X3; looks awesome. I wish they used CGI for Beast, though) http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/water/trailera/ (This looks great, like one of those old Satyajit Ray films) http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/freedomland/hd/ And some unexplainable ones: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/ladyinthewater/ |
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Strike 2 It's been relatively non-chaotic during my walks through the city to work. In the days leading to the strike, the news coverage led me to believe people were going to be running crazed in the streets, arms flailing, screaming that they were going to be stranded. Of course it hasn't turned out that way, although there have been some circus-like incidents. It's actually been generally quiet, and my train in from Jersey has been running better than normal. It isn't too bad for me because I just have to walk across town but some of my colleagues have to walk from farther out, like Queens. Fox interviewed people who spent 4 hours walking back from work last night. I guess all of this discomfort would provide greater leverage for the transit union, but I'm not really sure who's going to win out in this one. At first, I thought, if the transit union is willing to face huge penalties and possibly jail time, then the cause they are fighting for must be worthy and they must really need what they are asking for. But, looking at the last offer that was left on the table, greedy really crept into my mind. The MTA offered the union a 10.5% raise, over several years! They also dropped their demand to raise the retirement age, but asked the union to contribute more towards their pension. I also read that the average salary wage for a union member is $55,000. Hot damn! So, that average worker would have gotten $5,000 extra a year. Maybe the MTA shouldn't have thrown in that pension demand at the last minute, because it wouldn't have saved them that much money, but the union workers would definitely have been in a better position if they took the last offer. All I can say is that I'm getting great exercise and seeing a lot of little stores and restaurants that I've never come across before. I actually think that Bloomberg and the MTA are going to cave first, because as much as this pains New Yorkers/New Jerseans/Ct people, they always find a way. |
Monday, December 12, 2005
| This past weekend was long and, most definitely, emotionally exhausting. Over the span of three days I witnessed an eloquent and moving celebration of a woman's full-life lived, and in the same day, I was part of the celebration of a friend's new phase of life just begun. Going through these experiences, I came to the realization that I've lost "it." That awe of life; looking out the window as a kid and wondering where the snow comes from; taking some time out to go on a walk instead of driving somewhere. I'm not saying I need to be more naive or childish, but, just through the rigors of daily life, I know that I became jaded. I know that somewhere along the line, I forgot the things that I should relish every day. This past weekend got me thinking a lot about mortality, about legacies that one leaves behind, about the future, about transitions in one's life, about great family and great friends and about God. 2005 held a lot of lessons for me. Actually, I think everyone should have been able to learn a lot from this year, that is if you opened your eyes and wanted to learn from those experiences. I know for a fact that 2006 will be a stellar year. I'm going to set my own standards. I will expect much more from myself and I plan to fulfill those expectations. Yeah, 2006 is gonna be a great year, and I'm gonna keep my eyes open the whole way through. |
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be? |
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
What did they really eat at Thanksgiving?: http://www.historychannel.com/thanksgiving/?page=meal I guess it's Happy Fowl Day, then. 37 million heading home, travel safely! |
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, October 28, 2005
EDIT-Don't forget to turn the clocks back tomorrow. I'm not one for Bush-bashing nor for forwarding forwards, but this one was funny: 1) Go to www.google.com and type "failure" (sans quotes) 2) Hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button 3) Observe the hilarious hijinks. Anyone know how this is even possible? And a treasure trove of clips: Full House uncensored: http://www.compfused.com/directlink/958/ Funny: http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/946.html http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/965.html What the hell?: http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/970.html Cool: http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/986.html And, I'm old: http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/948.html |
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
On Montgomery buses, the first four rows were reserved for whites. The rear was for blacks, who made up more than 75 percent of the bus system's riders. Blacks could sit in the middle rows until those seats were needed by whites. Then the blacks had to move to seats in the rear, stand or, if there was no room, leave the bus. Even getting on the bus presented hurdles: If whites were already sitting in the front, blacks could board to pay the fare but then they had to disembark and re-enter through the rear door. Some other interesting things in the news: Nasa is now seriously considering the idea of an elevator to space. One cable would be tethered to some point here on Earth and the other end would be held under tension somewhere in the atmosphere because of centripetal forces. It was never thought of as a reality before because they didn't have the right material for the cord, but they recently discovered a material that could be used under those conditions. An interesting article: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_elevator_020327-1.html And... the NBA Commissioner has recently instated a dress code requiring players to wear "business casual" during public functions, press conferences, pretty much anywhere where non-family members are going to see you. Now, there have already been claims that this is racism and claims by others that it is treading on a player's personal freedom. But is it? In my opinion, David Stern brought all this on himself. For years he's been courting the 'hip-hop' culture and now the slippery slope has gotten too slippery for him. When you authorize games like NBA Street to represent the image of your league, when you let your players make millions off sneaker contracts who now won't even be able to wear those same sneakers to the games, he deserves to be in the mess he's in. So, what about those claims raised by players? On the racism point, I say no. I think the confusion comes when people automatically tie "hip-hop" to "black." Hip-hop isn't owned by black people and it never was. It might have been created overwhelmingly by black people but hip-hop, at its core, is an idea, and ideas can't be owned; they're fluid and subject to evolution. A doo-rag isn't germaine to a black person's history/identity. So, when David Stern tells people how to dress according to certain standards, he does it as a businessman, not as a white man. On the point of trampling personal freedoms, well, yes it does trample on their freedoms. But, in this situation, these guys have no personal freedoms. You might say, "their business is on the court, so why do they have to dress a certain way off the court," then I would say their business extends off the court also. Everywhere that they're seen by the public, they're a living representation of the business called the NBA. I guess I'm in favor of this because I always enjoyed seeing Jordan arrive at a game looking like the smoothest mofo that ever lived--it gave me something to shoot for. I'd rather see guys walking around like that instead of this: |
Sunday, October 09, 2005
18,000+ people dead and 45,000 people injured in Pakistani earthquake. God help them: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/quake.pakistan/index.html |
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Here's something I want you all to see. My brother made a movie--some thought-provoking social satire, with a poignant ending: http://home.comcast.net/~maridon/Donut.mov Let me hear your thoughts. I just read the Nets' slogan for this season. Are you ready? It's "BRING IT." wtf!?!?! |
Monday, September 19, 2005
The Emmy Awards were surprisingly entertaining yesterday. It got me excited about this upcoming season of shows. But, it also reminded me of a lot of shows which the world seems to have fallen in love with, but either I've never seen one episode of or I've watched a few mins. of an episode, didn't like it, and never watcehd again. If anyone follows any of these shows, please let me know if they're worth watching: (feel free to add your own) Lost, Entourage, Arrested Development, Deadwood, Oz, 24, Six Feet Under, Medium, Monk, Alias. And some older ones which I never followed - MASH, Frasier, Mary Tyler Moore, Wings, Murphy Brown, Welcome Back Kotter. Actually scratch that last one, that show is a gem. One thing that annoys me about the Emmys is that they consistently pass over The Simpsons for the best comedy Emmy. They're always relegated to the animated category, and that sucks because that show is 10x funnier and smarter than Will & Grace. Maybe they'll get their due someday, but most likely not. And, there's a handful of friggin' awesome shows that no one talks about. Namely, Rides (Chip Foos makes over cars for some damn-lucky person), Miami Ink (tattoo artists in Florida), and Deadliest Catch (about the guys that catch that stuff that ends up on your plate). Now, those are some great reality shows. |
Friday, September 16, 2005
A lot of stuff happening, who knows where to start... Firstly, forget the wild card, the Yanks are gunning for the division: I don't know why all the talk about the Yankees has been focused on whether they will get the wild card spot or not. They have never been that far out of first place and they have never settled for less. I think the real story is going to be the postseason, win-or-lose, because Gene Michael, the head scout is being benched. And, God knows we need great scouts now more than ever, unless we can use the money to keep hiring veterans. And, it's also news to me that Cashman is dissatisfied with the current structure. The article that put a dent in my day: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/346961p-296090c.html On another topic that some would say is completely unrelated, I've been reading about Bush's poll numbers. They've gone down big-time and rightly they should. And y'know what? So should the performance ratings of the Governor of Looziana and the Mayor of N'awlins, based on that fiasco two weeks ago. All 3 of them should be thrown out of office. I've read some things that shocked me and made me question the capability of people in charge, e.g.: --FEMA conducted a hurricane exercise 13 months ago to assess the results of a Class 3 hurricane. The study theorized that the Lake's waters would topple levees and through a gap, flood the city. Officials estimated that half of the residents won't evacuate and that many will be trapped. WTF?!?!! --FEMA Director Brown asks Bush to call officials to evacuate cities, Bush responds, "Mike, you want me to call them?" --Only 20 hours before Katrina makes landfall, Mayor Nagin calls a mandatory evacuation. This is after it's upgraded to a Category 5 storm. --Empty Amtrak trains offer to take away people, Mayor refuses. Later, Mayor denies the offer was ever made. --In a speech on Medicare, Bush says "we've got equipment in place. And once the -- once we're able to assess the damage, we'll be able to move in and help those good folks in the affected areas." 1 day after Katrina, Bush says "we're beginning to move in the help that people need." --Governor Blanco, when asked about the toxic water, during a press conference: Blanco: It didn't -- I wouldn't think it would be toxic soup right now. I think it's just water from the lake, water from the canals. It's, you know, water. Q: Well, something could be underneath that water. Blanco: Pardon? --Red Cross denied entry into New Orleans because of potential conflict with military/security planning. --Brown says he did not know about the food and water situation in the Superdome until 3 days after. --Bush says Brown is doing a fine job, then later he is removed as FEMA director. |
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
For anyone interested in donating to the Hurricane Relief fund: https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp Insurance officials estimate $25 billion worth of damage, which would make Katrina the costliest in history. |
Thursday, July 21, 2005
First time in history a game gets an Adults Only rating, and after seeing the clip, I can see why: http://www.filecabi.net/host/file/gta/wmv The rest for your entertainment: http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=23721 http://www.wimp.com/caughtdancing/ |
Monday, July 04, 2005
A funny thing happened... A funny thing happened in the office a few weeks ago, and what better way to illustrate it than with our good, ole' friend MS Paint. Here I am arriving at work. This has nothing to do with anything. So, if anyone has never worked in an office before, imagine a room chock full of papers, computers, people, and desks, crammed so tight and organized so badly, that you would think Helen Keller helped plan these things. With that, here's an inaccurate sketch of my office: In my own cubicle I have someone sitting on the other end of my desk. The good thing is that we are tucked away in a little alcove, where someone has to actually walk into the cubicle to talk to us. Bad thing is that someone can sneak in without us knowing (obviously, this is the set-up for y'all). This particular day I got in a little bit later than usual, and everyone was already in, hard at work. Now, it's my normal ritual to check the news websites and see what's going on in the world first thing when I arrive. See, there I am, checking away. Well, after a few mins. of surfing, I was going to check one more site and then start the day's work. I think I was going to go to the CNN website and then I hit the wrong keys by mistake. That's when this happened: I stumbled onto some kind of site with flashing boobies and ipod / girls gone wild advertisements. It wasn't a porn site per se, but probably some stupid frat guy's site trying to be a porn site. This wouldn't have been bad at all, except that my boss chose to walk in at that moment, and that the guy had some friggin' Slipknot song playing loud as hell on his site. (at least I think it was slipknot, unless someone can confirm what band sings:"guts on the floor, but you want more") Needless to say, I tried to X the window, but maximized it instead, and after some fumbling, I managed to close the window. I turned to my boss, who didn't look too happy, and retrieved whatever stupid papers I handed to her for a signature a few days earlier. But, I think it was made all better by my laughing co-workers. So, there you go, I continue to do stupid things, and I will continue to use Paint to detail my stupidity. Happy Birthday to the greatest country in the world! Hope you're all having good summers. |
Friday, June 24, 2005
| Probably one of the bigger stories on the world front in recent weeks was the Newsweek publication of Koran desecration at GitMo. Unfortunately, the incident was a little bit more than a holy book being trashed. There have been a lot of times when I've seen people on the street handing out pocket bibles like they were flyers for the next reggae party, and some of them even wind up in the trash a few yards away. Now, if this doesn't provoke outrage here, why should its equivalent action do so in the Muslim world. First, it has to deal with the way in which it was allegedly desecrated and, probably, the more important, our feelings toward symbolic actions. The controversy is deeper than a simple act of desecration because it involves a convergence of many symbols that were spawned from the actions and emotions of the post/911 period. Everything is seen as a symbol to everyone and that's what people have to realize. GitMo is seen as as a base of torture that is an insult to Muslims. Our soldiers are probably seen as a intruders representing an aggressive, imperial power. To us, Saddam represented every authoritarian leader in the world that has to be replaced. The insurgent represents the minority trying to sabotage the good work of the US. It's like this anti-flag-burning bill that is likely to pass the Senate soon. The important thing to remember is not to generalize these symbols to the broader population. While someone might burn a US flag as an act of freedom of speech against the US, another one who criticizes the US will do so in more convincing ways. Symbols can be very telling but only if we interpret them correctly. |
Monday, June 13, 2005
Nice weekend for sports fans. The big talk was probably about Mike Tyson. I remember watching my first Tyson fight, when he fought Larry Holmes. I didn't know much about boxing, so I couldn't really understand how great he was, technique-wise, back then, but what I could comprehend was that he was a nasty pit-bull who was just gonna kill a guy. Fast-forward to this past weekend, and that is no longer the case. It's funny because I just saw Cinderella Man and hearing the post-fight analysis of the Tyson fight and seeing some highlights, it seems as if Tyson's talent is so far drained that he had to resort to dirty tricks like Max Baer. He may be back or he may not, but I don't see how he can be as exciting as he once was...unless he pulls off a Jimmy Braddock. And then, my Yanks. Thank goodness there will always be a Tampa Bay to look good by comparison. But, the team isn't in dire straits, yet. If they have a good upcoming homestand it could put them right back into the race. The real story in baseball is the Washington Nationals. Those guys are blazing. It would be bizarre to see them in the World Series. And my prediction of Detroit in 7 is still a reality. Although, it is very convincing to see the Spurs play basketball. It's like Basketball 101... pass the ball and move. With the Pistons it's as if a play breaks down in the first 15 seconds and then they have to depend on the talent of the individual players. But, Brown is excellent at adjusting and that is why I'm still holding on to my prediction. |
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Another brush with greatness... As I was walking into my gym I noticed a small billboard to my right. It had a picture of some supplements, so I thought there was some promotion going on because near the board was a small table with some people crowded around it. When my mind actually caught up to what I was seeing, I noticed the "Iceman" Chuck Liddell (A UFC fighter who's won like 20+ matches) sitting at the table. For some odd reason he picked that gym at that time to be signing autographs and promoting a supplement. I'm sure you would all understand my confusion if you saw my gym. It's a broke-ass gym in Newark, where all the seats on the machines are ripped up, no one puts the weights back and everyone smells. That night, there also weren't that many people there. So, once I got over the bewilderment, I waited behind a dude and then stepped up to him. He's a little taller than me, but a lot skinnier than I thought. Of course, he looks like one of those guys in high school that could kick your ass just for sneezing, except a lilttle more neo-Naziish, although the chinese symbols tattooed into his head are a little inconsistent with that image. So I asked him for an autograph and I tried to start up a conversation. "Chuck, when's your next fight?" "August 28th," and then he looks at me dead in my eyes and I swear a small amount of pee-pee came out. "OK, good luck," and with that, it was all over. For about the next hour, it was even more bizarre because I was doing bench presses with Chuck Liddell standing a yard away. I should've asked him for a spot. He looked extremely bored, too. While I was looking at the guys around me in the gym and a UFC fighter to the right of me, it really got me thinking about what people think "power" really is. Is it the ability to really hurt someone, or putting on as many muscles as you can, or the ability to sway people with your words? Because just because you can bench 350 doesn't mean you can fight, nor get people to vote for you. I remember reading a good article by Bruce Lee on the physical side of power: WarmMarble: http://www.mikementzer.com/ So add this knucklehead to the list of other notable encounters: Taimak, from the Last Dragon, in Hollywood, Method Man and Redman by their tour bus in Boston, Warren Beatty at a film screening, Ian something-or-other at a subway stop (one of those MTV VJays). Yes, some people have met the Pope, others have met the President, but I'm stuck with the likes of Bruce Leroy. The lesson learned: if you're usually broke and travel to places like the dirty parts of Hollywood, or buy cheap memberships to crappy gyms, don't plan on running into Prince Charles anytime soon. Anyone else have more interesting sightings? |
Friday, June 03, 2005
Anyone catch the show Hit Me Baby One More Time last night? The show where they ask old bands to perform their hit song again. That's the kind of show I like to call a generation cutter--40% of the nation was probably saying, wow, they're performing again, and 60% was saying, wow, what the fuck is this crap? To some of us it was like watching a Woody Allen movie where most of the audience didn't get the jokes. But, it was interesting that the host was British, which led me to believe that it's only foreigners who still have Loverboy records in their jukeboxes. This leads to an interesting thought, because there does seem to be a preponderance of cover music, actually, a resurgence of all things "redone" i.e. music, movies, plays, TV shows, video games... I'm still watiing for a "cover" novel, but I guess copywright protection actually works in that area. I think the reason for this is not that we exactly enjoy the inherent high quality of the original work, but more so, the memories that we associated with that period when we initially lived through all that. For instance, when I was watching that show, I wasn't thinking, "Damn, Speech and Tiffany really held up well, or Flock of Seagulls used some great guitar riffs," I was thinking about the collection of Umbros I had, or the Zubaz pants I wanted, or the ice cream guy stopping near our house and me buying those red, white and blue pops, or me killing time at the mall for a dozen hours and then heading back home to watch the Bulls wreck shop. Blame it on a lack of quality stuff today, our disillusion with the times, or a failure to create good, lasting memories, whatever it is, we're losing our creativity fast and that could really suck in the long run. |
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
I was just reading a little bit about the electronic entertainment expo this year. It's gonna be pretty crazy for gamimg this fall on into next year. The new Xbox console is coming in November along with about 40 new Xbox games. I haven't heard anything about the specs of the machine itself, but Gates' just confirmed that Halo 3 is going to be released next year about the same time as the Playstation 3 is launched. From what I've seen of the PS3 it looks really impressive. It runs on a new "Cell" processor and it's supposedly 35x faster than a PS2. Although, I've heard that the CPU for the Xbox is faster than the PS3's. The machine is HDTV compatible, can be played on two screens side-by-side, has wireless Bluetooth controllers, and uses discs that hold more data than a DVD. It looks pretty sleek, too. I didn't know what to expect until I saw a trailer from a PS3 game and an Xbox 360 game and they both look incredible. Judge for yourself. Killzone for PS3: http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/748/748475/vids_1.html Gears of War for Xbox 360: http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/747/747891/vids_1.html In the meantime I think I'll be happy with Ghosts n' Goblins on my Genesis. |
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, May 19, 2005
U2 was absolutely amazing. We went last night to the Nets arena for a sold-out show (too bad Nets' games can't look like that). Bono had said before that they don't make as much off touring as people think because of what they spend to put a show together, and it was fairly evident last night. I felt like I was at a friggin light show let alone a concert. But, I think my favorite point of the night came in the middle of their set. They built this ring extending in front of their stage, where people could stand inside while they walked around them. Anyway, the lights dimmed and when they turned on again, Bono was at the top of the key (the ring) and Larry Mullins brought a small drum set out, too, and they started with Love and Peace or Else. Near the end of the song, the lights dimmed again and a spotlight was on Larry who was standing there banging the drums, and he was hitting them hard, almost like a war beat. Then, all of a sudden, on the main stage Larry launched into the opening drum beat for Sunday Bloody Sunday, my favorite U2 song. Before I could realize that it was Bono who was at the front drum set all along, I already had my hands in the air. It was so goshdamn beautiful I almost cried. God bless those men. A few things struck me while I was watching the show, though. One, namely that people are hypocrites. Throughout the arena, there were several humanitarian non-governmental groups and, repeatedly, throughout the show, Bono talked about peace, human rights, AIDS prevention, and they even flashed the first few articles of the UN Declaration of Human Rights on a huge screen. Now, whenever a reference to these things was made, people roared with applause as if they actually cared about these things, but they don't. You might say I'm making a gross generalization, and you're right but you also know that I'm right. Secondly, it's interesting to see how deep into religion the whole band is. I mean, obviously if you listen to the songs you get a sense of it, but in the middle of the set it almost turned into a praisefest. Bono mentioned Abraham at least 5 or 6 times and at one point he wore a headband with the Jesus fish Ictus symbol, pointed to it and said "Jesus healed the sick, it's true" like 10 times over. It really was a whole experience in every kind of way. And the final thing I was fascinated with was the thing about being a musician. Imagining the power of having 10 or 20,000 people listening to you for 3 hours; being able to control the rhythm of an audience and making them move like one big wave; having them sing your thoughts or celebrating your father as if they knew him too. Not to mention all the coke and whores you can get your hands on. And to be able to do all of that until you're 60 or more (Rolling Stones is a good example) is pretty unbelievable. Well enough of that and onto the next big thing, Revenge of the Sith probably this weekend. Anyone seen it? |
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Yes, my friends, the date of my naissance is here. Apparently I share my birthday with a lot of other people: Jessica Alba - April 28, 1981 Jay Leno - April 28, 1950 Harper Lee - April 28, 1926 James Monroe - April 28, 1758 Penelope Cruz - April 28, 1974 Ann-Margret - April 28, 1941 Lionel Barrymore - April 28, 1878 John Daly - April 28, 1966 Kari Wuhrer - April 28, 1967 Saddam Hussein - April 28, 1937 So, hot chics, golfers, late-night talk show hosts, authors, founding fathers, dictators, one-and-all, I salute you and wish you many fruitful years ahead. ...Except you, Saddam ...And Jessica, give me a call, maybe we can celebrate together "May you live to be 100, and may the last voice you hear be mine." -- Frank Sinatra |
Friday, April 15, 2005
Anyone heard about this story about drinking too much water? The NE Journal of Medicine came out with a study of patients exhibiting effects of hyponatremia. Whereas people were concerned before about being dehydrated during sports and drinking water to relieve it, now it's said that drinking too much water can dilute the body's system and lead to severe side effects--death, in some cases. It's pretty interesting... sodium is an electrolyte that helps our system when we exercise. While we exercise, we lose electrolytes, and therefore sodium. So, if someone drinks too much water, then they're diluting an already-sodium depleted system. Why is it that everytime you think you're on the right path of doing something, there's a study that comes out that says not to do it too well or don't do it at all. Oh well, this story makes me want to urinate. I think I'll do that, have a nice weekend all! |
Thursday, April 07, 2005
And so the Catholic Church commentary begins, just like Terry Schiavo, the death of a person has become bigger and representative of larger things than the individual involved. Terry Schiavo wasn’t a dying patient but a rubber band in the culture of life debate. In the same vein, we have barely heard anything about Pope John Paul II and his life and achievements, but more questions on the future of the church. The pope actually had a very interesting life as a priest in Poland and helped form a basis for revolution in that country. He wasn’t just a moral leader to many but he was a revolutionary to an entire country and region. But, the questions are appropriate in this case, because the next pope will have many issues to deal with, and will be central to the larger debate. It’s pretty exciting to read the talk of who is expected next. There’s a Honduran cardinal being considered, a Brazilian archbishop, a Milanese archbishop, and a Nigerian cardinal. People like to point out race and geography because they think the church is going to base most of their decision on the booming adoption of Catholicism in Latin America, Africa and Asia, or how the color of the next guy’s face is going to get more Catholics. But, I don’t think they will consider it much, if at all. Their chief concern is going to be someone who will continue to centralize the church like John Paul did and someone who sticks to church teaching, whatever they look like. Probably no one knew that John Paul was going to be selected in ’79, and the same will be true this time around. |
Thursday, March 17, 2005
A great commercial which I wish they would have run on TV: http://www.exbyte.net/showit.php?videoid=808
Prediction: Terminal Two = UNC and Illinois. UNC wins 95-90 |
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
And now for the first, and only, annual Xanga Awards for Terrible Posting. Through my various sojourns to other Xanga sites I've managed to compile some very disgustingly pieced-together entries and I've posted them here so that you can choose the winner. If you've happened to come to my site and it just so happens that one of these entries belongs to you, please don't visit again. Thanks, and good voting! (Note: these entries have not been altered by me in any way) Contestant #1 - Kinda interesting how i ended up liking the villian rather than the protagonist. i like how he's capable of controlling his emotion (if he does have any...well, he does get angry sometimes) and cool and reserve, full of confident. well.that's the good side of him. he is a demon (in a human form most of the time) and i guess he wants to be the most powerful or something DORKYFREAK #2 - yO! 2dae [saturdae] was funn... 'rOund 1o Or sumting mike 'nd kev came Over tO my hOuse... we chilled fOr a while... we were lOokin at da pixx Ob us when we went tO LA... haha "gOod times ::slaps knee::" hahaha then ehhh i gOt my suitcase full Ob my pOlynesian [hawaiian tahitian 'nd maOri] cOstumes fOr the shOw ready... my mOm 'nd us kiddOs left 'rOund 1.3o headin tO the SAN MATEO COUNTY FAIR... when we gOt there we had tO w8 like an hOur fOr my teacher LEILANI tO arrive sO that we cOuld get Our tixx... haha i was free since i was a DANCER hehe sam_sam_ster’s #3 - today happen many things......but i know now all the thing already settle down lu.........i know wtever how many thank you i tell my fds, still not enough.....but really in this 2 days i can feel that i have many many many REAL fds.....so that ' THANK YOU VERY MUCH~~~' this 2 days i have a big quarral with someone #4 - Hey! Today was awesome! My friend,and I through paper toilet wodes on the bathroom wall in the girls bathroom! |
Monday, January 24, 2005
Time to play... Add the Caption. Here's Mine: Mary, the village idiot, tries her hand at soap-making, with unexpected results. Now, you try.
Yes, folks, this picture pretty much sums up the weekend. Bottom-line--we still had work, though. So, it might as well have been 80 degrees and sunny all weekend. |
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
The death toll in the Indian Ocean countries is about to reach 45,000. A third of that figure might be children. Now, I have my problems with the UN, but situations like these are where the organization really excels. Last year almost 30,000 people were killed when an earthquake hit Bam, Iran. The world never even knew about it, but the UN did and they're still trying to repair the damage. Now, this happens, and just because there are a lot of relief organizations out there with money to contribute does not mean that that will automatically help the situation. There has to be coordination, and that is where the UN does its best work. I hope that these countries get the relief that they need, as well as Iran, as well as the Philippines, as well as Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq... just thinking about it now, I complain about things in my life, but it definitely pales in comparison to walking on a beach in Thailand and having your baby ripped from your arms by tidal waves. God help them. To donate: |
Monday, December 20, 2004
So I did this "bit" one time, I guess you could call it, which got a lot of laughs from people around me. And I decided to do it again this morning because the opportunity presented itself. What I do is, in the subway, if someone is hauling something heavy i.e. luggage, down or upstairs, they usually look like they need help. So, I offer a willing hand and take it for them. Once at the bottom of the staircase, I pretend to start running away with the heavy object i.e. luggage, only to walk back and show that it's only a joke. I do this if the person looks like they can take a joke and if it looks like they could use a good laugh. Unfortunately, this time I picked the wrong time to do it. In order to help you visualize my anecdote, I've employed some stick-figure drawings: I'm coming down to the R train and notice that a woman is struggling with some luggage. She makes eye contact and I ask her if she needs a hand. She obliges and willingly hands over the luggage to me and I begin to carry it the rest of the way downstairs. As I near the bottom I start taking off with the luggage. But, there's a wall on the right side of this staircase, so you don't see anything to your right until you round the corner. As I turned the corner, I bumped into a policeman who happened to be coming up the stairs (I didn't know how to draw a policeman, so I just drew a guy with a cowboy hat with the sheriff's badge signifying his martial authority). And that's when the confusion started. The woman thought I was going to steal her stuff, while I was explaining to the cop that I was just joking around. I was there for a while trying to explain myself and I somehow talked myself out of it, eventually. I got into work and I laughed at myself for a good 10 mins. What a dumbass! |
Saturday, December 18, 2004
| Kidd, Jefferson, Carter. A great addition to the West Coast offense. They might as well reserve a time slot on Sportscenter for the Nets highlights, cause I'm sure there are gonna be a few. On the other hand, there goes our defense, or what we had of it. |
Friday, December 17, 2004
My holiday movie list. There's a lot of them coming out now, presumably to be eligible for the Oscars. If anyone has seen one of these, please comment and give me your review, because it might be the deciding factor for the one I pick. Unless I don't like you, in which case I'll ignore what you have to say and might use that block user feature: Ocean's Twelve House of Flying Daggers Sideways Million Dollar Baby Blade: Trinity The Aviator The Life Aquatic Hotel Rwanda |
Thursday, November 04, 2004
My unique analysis of the US elections: Point 1- It's been said that the biggest factor pushing most people to vote for Bush was moral values. And what issues usually come to mind when we hear moral values in association with politics? Right, abortion and stem cell research etc. But, my view is that the average American who voted for Bush because of moral values, combined Bush's beliefs about domestic policy AND foreign policy. Meaning to say, that they agreed with his policies on abortion, gay marriage, stem cells as well as the perception that he stands up to terrorists and he "tells it like it is." A red carpet to the Presidency was laid out for him because people felt that his foreign policies were connected to his domestic policies. Point 2-The Democrats got trounced, no two ways about it. Kerry's loss wasn't a complete surprise though, because if you pull up a side-by-side electoral map of the 2000 elections and 2004 elections, they are virtually identical with the exception of NH, IO and NM (by the way, do we still not know what the result is in IO and NM). What is a surprise is that the Dems lost seats in the House, lost in the Senate (which is where our best chance was to gain seats) and no governorships. What does this mean for the party from here on out? It means a very difficult time because in order to come back from a defeat like this requires change. And what does change amount to in the political world? It amounts to weakness. So, the Dems are caught in a rough spot. For the present administration, it will also be interesting to see how Bush reshuffles his cabinet, and if he will take this election to mean that he can continue full-steam ahead with what he was doing or if we might see considerable changes in how he conducts business. Point 4-Redistricting is taking power away from Dems. If you go back to the electoral map, you'll see that Kerry continued to carry some very big states. But, in the future redistricting will take the power away from Democrats. I'll break it down for you. Every ten years after a census is released, districts are redrawn to reflect population shifts. If you go back to the map, you'll see that since the last general election, big states like NY and Mass are LOSING electoral votes. This means, that these terrorities are losing population and more power is going to Republican-held areas. Point 4-Vote or Die. Now, I ask Diddy, if I voted and I still die in some terrorist attack, how can that be possible? I mean, the alternative to not voting was dying. You can't do both, right? If that happens, I'll be screaming for the head of Diddy in the afterlife. I think for the '08 elections, he might have to change the slogan to Vote and Die. Point 5 - Maybe someone can enlighten me on this, but how is it legal to claim victory when votes have not been finished being counted? Please don't take this as sour grapes from a Kerry supporter, but if there is an election process that is to be followed in this country, how can one side take a shortcut in that process? And if a politician makes a concession speech, is it binding? Maybe not because Gore took back his concession speech the last time around. Some wrinkles really need to be ironed out in these things we call elections. |