thank goodness. most recent comeback attempts by bands have sucked. some people even pan his post-smiths solo albums, although i thought they were good. some of these reunited bands also are probably running out of money so they schedule some reunion tour to get a last round of financing before they all croak. it’s the wrong choice because it cheapens their whole image.

side note: i wonder if andy rourke (pictured above, far left) has any kids. hard to imagine any seeds surviving those tight jeans. it’s male cameltoe.

here’s the story.

why is this guy trying to get a picture of the back of her knee?

i can’t even imagine having to fight photographers all the time when i’m out in public. i would probably move to iceland or something where no one would want to hang out in front of my house just waiting for me to have a nipple slip, or some random skin showing. as it stands now, i would show my nipple to anyone who asked.

i can’t help but catch some of that michael vick crap just because it’s all over espn. the guy’s a thug and his friends already ratted him out for having illegal dogfights at his house. the dogs were trained to fight and if they were injured, he would euthanize them by drowning them or putting them to sleep. the entire thing is pretty sick.

this is what jamie foxx, the actor, had to say about it:

“It’s a cultural thing, I think. Most brothers didn’t know that, you know. I used to see dogs fighting in the neighborhood all the time. I didn’t know that was Fed time. So, Mike probably just didn’t read his handbook on what not to do as a black star. I know that cruelty to animals is bad, but sometimes people shoot people and kill people and don’t get time. I think in this situation,he really didn’t know the extent of it, so I always give him the benefit of the doubt.”

so i think jamie foxx is saying that if your culture allows it, then it should be given the benefit of the doubt. splendid justification technique there buddy. you must have gone to law school at santa clara university. just kidding.

this cartoon says it best:

at my curent job of about 9 months, we’re near a mcdonalds so i’ve eaten there a couple times for lunch. it’s not as appealing as it was when i was 18 and working at aimnet with minh long. i think we had mcdonalds at least 5 times a week. i remember i’d usually try and wolf the fries down in the car on the way back to work because they only have about a 6-minute shelf life before they get cold and nasty.

when i would vacuum out my car every few weeks, i would inevitably find some remnants of mcdonald’s fries and they would look at least half-eatable. if i were to sneak one of these week-old, under-chair fries into someone’s fresh batch at a mcdonalds when they weren’t looking, they wouldn’t be able to pick this one out. i think all my three readers know what i’m talking about.

morgan spurlock took this a step further and shot a little video about it

http://shizzville.com/how-nasty-are-mcdonalds-fries 

this guy is easily the best free-agent pickup of the offseason:

SIKE

if there was such a term as raticide. two rats met their untimely end in our garage over the weekend, falling victim to a peanut butter-baited trap expertly placed by mr hall. the first rat set off the trap but seemed to escape, only to be found later stuck in the crack of our garage door. the second rat, about the size of a chihuahua, was found dead in the trap a few hours later. both rats were disposed of and the trap was set again, as isaac spotted yet another rat running around the garage. i had no idea there were that many – i thought one or two, tops. i’ll take this moment to reaffirm that i am terrified of these animals, even when they are dead inside the trap. i’ll use the longest-handled shovel to dispose of them in the garbage.

this lady nearly wets herself after seeing clowns. you could substitute me for the lady and the clown for a rat, and this could be about me.

jim bob and michelle duggar of salt lake city, utah little rock, arkansas just welcomed their 16th child into the world.

i can already tell this is going to turn out well. it’s good that the parents aren’t selfish and trying to set some record for most kids with a name starting in j or something. seriously, can they really give them all the necessary amount of attention? i suppose you can rule out after-school sports because you can’t drive all those kids across town to their various events. i’ll give them 5-10 years before they all end up on a “maury” episode. just the fact that the father is named jim bob should already clue you in.

in the late 80’s, this guy could have had pretty much any girl he wanted in his junior high with the tall hair, tail, and the fancy-colored rayon shirt. he looks like a cousin of lapu yabut.

probably not a good idea to rent a limo in san francisco, or at least a really long one unless you have a good driver:

so, someone was comparing clinton to bush the other day and i was thinking that there really was no comparison. clinton was a philandering mess, and not just any mess but a big mess because lewinsky was pretty damn ugly. clinton lied under oath and was generally reviled by the american public when that scandal hit. i won’t minimize his crimes, but lewinsky and whitewater seem pretty modest by bush’s current hot mess we’re in with iraq and the middle east in general.

i think it’s time to start looking at real estate in canada. i can’t remember the last time i heard about someone hating canada.

anyway, pardon my rant. i just think it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

a lot of things that i’m juggling at the moment all share the same finish date – next weekend. marcos birthday party, moving some work assets out of marina del rey, and accomplishing my work bonus objectives.

my father-in-law and i pulled up our old, nasty carpet in the tv room this weekend and everything underneath it in preparation to lay down some more pergo floor to match the other areas in the house. even though we’re watching our money closely these days, this was a good opportunity because we’ll get the money back if we sell the house sometime down the road. it’s not an immediate return on investment, but there’s no way the house would ever sell with that nasty white berber carpet installed. there’s just no way a family of 4 and our sundry boarders could ever keep that white carpet clean. the pergo arrives next week and we’ll get it all in before marcos’ birthday party this weekend.

i also am trying to maximize my bonus payout, which finishes out at the end of the month. i’ve managed to get the software licensing piece under control, as well as building out a monitoring system for our office.

for the next 10 days, my armpits will most likely be advising me that i’ve taken on too much work than i can manage.

interesting take on things

when you’re having a bad day, think of this guy, who traveled to pamplona, spain for the annual running of the bulls.

that’s gonna leave a mark.

A student at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair. He was attempting to show how conditioned we have become to alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment. In his project he urged people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total elimination of the chemical “dihydrogen monoxide.”

And for plenty of good reasons, since:

1. it can cause excessive sweating and vomiting
2. it is a major component in acid rain
3. it can cause severe burns in its gaseous state
4. accidental inhalation can kill you
5. it contributes to erosion
6. it decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes
7. it has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients

He asked 50 people if they supported a ban of the chemical.

* Forty-three (43) said yes,
* Six (6) were undecided,
* Only one (1) knew that the chemical was water.

The title of his prize winning project was, “How Gullible Are We?”

remember the album cover for nirvana’s nevermind album?

the baby in the pool is now 16 years old.

i wonder if there are any lasting effects on having his weiner exposed to 100 million people when he was younger.

to a fellow paki  who plans to fix it up with some aftermarket parts. i’m just glad to get rid of that extra monthly payment.

 

farewell mr. audi.

so, this morning i head to my car and find the center console door opened up with a couple things hanging out and also find the glove box door opened. i appear to be the victim of a simple auto robbery outside of my own house. i had an ipod inside the center console and that was gone. i had some other stuff in the car, but it was left untouched. i usually park my cars inside the garage but i had been storing the audi in there while i’m selling it and parking the civic in the driveway. so, i guess i was lucky that i only had a little bit inside the car. no sign of forced entry means that the door must have been unlocked. oh yeah, they took the flea medicine for the cats that was in the front seat. nice. the lesson learned in all of this? buy a gun and sleep on your porch.

i couldn’t find the right shade of brown that i am, so i picked the one as featured in my very own southpark character.

you can do the same at sp-studio.de. thanks to shelly for bringing this to my attention.

update: tri made what he thinks is my dead-on sp character. thanks buddy.

i could tell by about the middle of the third quarter that the warriors were slowing down. whenever i see a couple airballed three pointers (i have lots of experience with this), it’s a sign that you’re tired and don’t have your legs under you. when utah comes at you in the post with boozer, okur, ak47, millsap and harpring, you don’t have much of a prayer. those guys are big and don’t have to run much in sloan’s slowdown halfcourt offense.

it was a great run, though, and i’m excited to see what they can do next year as long as everyone comes back.