Brain Rot
What is the fascination with the Kardashians? I happen to come across Diva watching an episode of “Kim and Klhoe do Men” or whatever the hell it is called and I found my brain rotting from the inside out. There was something about one of the younger Attention Whores wanting a tattoo even though she is 16. She goes to her dad, Olympian Bruce Jenner (who by the way looks really scary himself) and as any dad would say, told her no. Then this spoiled brat goes to her room and starts talking about how she will ask her mom. The scene cuts to her mom saying “He doesn’t understand her. I think she should get one.”
Huh?
Can someone tell me why this woman was able to procreate? Hysterectomy, please? This woman is an attention seeking whore herself who is milking her family for money. And we as a population are stupid enough to watch! I am really tired of these shows. Do you really think they are simply filming “a day in the life of ____”? You know the producers of these shows are instigating arguments and discussion and telling their “actors” to ham it up for show.
Jersey Shore is another one of these pieces of sh**. I read an article the other day about the fifth season beginning showing off these fake-tan, fake-parts, fake-name, fake-people’s exploits in Jersey. Now, in fairness and full disclosure, I have never been to New Jersey so by watching this show, am I supposed to assume that ALL New Jerseyians (?) look, act, eat, fight, sleep, drink, dance, tan, do drugs, and work out like these asses do? Frankly speaking, I thought NJ was more like the Sopranos! LOL! Maybe those Jersey Shore losers could be known as the Anti-Sopranos. Regardless, the shows are just trash.
Oh, and do you know who produces a lot of these so-called “reality” shows for E! and Bravo? That would be Ryan Seacrest. Did you see her on the New Years Rocking Eve? Her hair, makeup and lipstick were perfect. I am beginning to think she is just as fake as the shows she produces.
I’ll just stick with Survivor and Biggest Loser, thank you. At least those shows are civilized and in the case of Biggest Loser, really star real people.
And so it begins……again.
After a two-plus year hiatus, I have returned! I have recently realized that I need to get my thoughts out there more often. I think you, dear reader, are interested to hear my take on the world. You may laugh, cry, get angry, ignore, agree, or disagree with what I think or say but in the end, this is a good forum to preach to the masses.
Just some random observations to start off the New Year:
What do you think of the new look of the blog? I decided the old look hurt my eyes too much. I went back and read some of my old posts and had a good laugh. I am just glad WordPress kept them around.
I have absolutely no interest in the political climate right now. The fact that each side and all players are against everything and each other tells me everything is broken. I am not sure about you but I feel really betrayed by Obama. I was shown one thing and given another. In the real world, we call that bait-and-switch and it is illegal. I wonder if I can sue for damages. Now more than ever we need a legitimate third party candidate that will not pander to the far left or right. So far, there are NO candidates I am planning to support. I am sick of watching the slanted entertain-news. I am finding I do not believe anything I read or watch in the media or I listen for the slant in the stories. Far too many of us are brainwashed by FOX, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NYT, and the others. I am constantly made fun of because I do not drink the Kool-Aid of the bile piped out by the entertain-media. Have a laugh; at least I think before I join in the chorus.
In case you didn’t know already, I was assimilated into the iWorld. And I have to admit, I should have upgraded earlier. Bye Bye Blackberry. You suck balls.
I am planning to run a marathon in March 2013. I am setting the goal now. I need to drop at least 25 pounds though. For the first time since early college, I had to go to the next pant size. The last time was when Sperm was born; this time I have no excuse except for lack of activity. Sperm has said he will run it with me. That would be the most awesome-est of awesome if it happens. I will predict I will already be an emotional wreck at the finish line. Come take pictures. Back to the weight issue, I have never been this heavy in my life and it royally sucks. I am constantly miserable. I feel bloated and gross all of the time. Right after Christmas, I had an epiphany and said “that is it.” Now comes the hard part – implementation. I have the gym membership – I have the idea. Now, let’s buckle down. I told the Missus that I need to treat this like I did when I quit smoking. Just jump in and go forward. We’ll see. In the meantime, I need to remove certain things from my diet and get back in the gym. Of course, I will be frowned upon by the regulars who always complain about “newbies” starting in January every year. I need to ramp back up and then I can be the one complains!
The holiday this year was quite nice but as usual, I wish it had been longer. I was not ready to come back to work. When is the next holiday again? But I really am enjoying the commute though. I wish it would last longer too!
If you are a Wells Fargo account holder; congratulations! You now own my former residence! Ain’t foreclosure grand? (Related point: sadly, I guarantee I’ll be getting mortgage offers in the mail within two years.)
Got a topic you want me to address? Send me a comment or an email. I can talk about just about anything.
It’s alive.
I’m coming back. January 2012.
Friday Free-For-All
Yes, my friends. It is Friday. It is the free-for-all. It is kinda long this week – I had a lot to say! You know the drill. Topic. Read. Repeat.
Have I mentioned this condo is for lease? Only $800 a month! http://fmlslistings.marketlinx.com/SearchDetail/Scripts/PrtBuyFul/PrtBuyFul.asp?emailGUID=c7f645cd-1ab5-4e5a-93a9-affd6bafb63f&AgentID=SCHANCK
Paula Abdul is leaving American Idol. And this is news, why? I guess those who get their news from Entertainment Tonight think this is a big deal.
A lady drives the wrong way on a New York freeway, hits a car head-on and kills eight including three children – two of whom were hers. Her third child clings to life. Turns out she was drunk (with 10 drinks) and high after smoking pot. What the hell was this woman thinking? Those poor people who got killed because this white trash bitch can’t make smart choices. I hope St. Peter showed her the escalator down.
A married man in Wisconsin had three mistresses. He thought he was meeting one of them but ended up ambushed by all four women and had his junk super-glued to his stomach. Karma’s a bitch, eh dude?
Tommy Hilfiger, 57, a father for the fifth time after the birth of his latest son. This is wrong on so many levels.
In yet another example of double-standard, there is an Obama-as-the-Joker poster making the rounds on the Internet. The WH calls it “evil and mean-spirited” and the LSM screams outrage. Yet when a similar photo of GWB appeared in Vanity Fair in July of last year, no one seemed to care. Take a look here and make up your own mind: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/08/03/obama-joker-poster-starts-outrage-bush-joker-poster-not-so-much
Here are two “global warming (FRAUD)/climate change” stories. Number 1: From the WSJ: “A funny thing happened on the way to saving the world’s poor from the ravages of global warming. The poor told the warming alarmists to get lost.” LOVE IT!
Number 2: From a UK newspaper: “Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet overheating: move it to a cooler spot.” Seriously? Did these people get paid for this conclusion? Again, FRAUD!
Best Show on TV you are not watching: Rescue Me. Tuesday at 10 PM on FX. You must watch it!
On Thursday on the drive to work, this woman really pissed me off and I gave her the bird to which she promptly returned. After getting to work, I read a “road rage” story where a dude got attacked by a crowbar in Cherokee County. Is someone somewhere telling me something? Spooky.
I have made note recently that the Democrats (and their LSM outlets) have resorted to fairly strong language if you oppose the Obamacare plan. Those questioning the plan are classified as “right-wing extremists”, “members of an unruly mob”, “desperate to destroy the President of the United States”, “unwilling to change”, and/or “unwilling to seize the moment”. For the record, I am none of these things. I am simply concerned about saddling my son and future generations with TRILLIONS of dollars of debt. The government cannot even run the “cash for clunkers” program effectively – and now they want to run the healthcare system?
John Hughes, voice of my generation, dies at 59 of a heart attack. I am immediately reminded of every quote from every movie – “Bueller? Bueller?” “Demented and sad, yet social.” “I can’t believe they forgot my fucking birthday” “Hate that rock and roll rubbish!”
“Give me the Northern Arc and a traffic tunnel under Atlanta and I’ll take toll roads. Congestion relief needs dramatic, visionary solutions. The DOT staff has those projects on a draft list for the board to consider. I’d even take the Lovejoy commuter rail boondoggle, if properly tolled.” – Jim Wooten, AJPuke
Funny sign seen at an Obamacare town hall meeting: “If socialized medicine is best … why didn’t Ted Kennedy go to Canada?”
Friday Free-For-All
Yeehaw! It is the Friday. It is the Free-For-All. Pick it. Discuss it. Repeat it.
Cash for Clunkers program goes broke weeks before it was supposed to. Government-run programs never EVER turn out the way they are supposed to nor do they cost the same; it is always more. And this is the same government that wants to provide health care benefits.
Now that Beerfest 2009 is over, can we get back to the real issues facing the country? Like where are Michael Jackson’s kids going to live – or are Jessica and Tony back together?
And speaking of Beerfest – what about the lady who called 911 and is now being called a racist and getting death threats? Where is her “summit”?
And one more thing, I still want to know what the cops in Cambridge did that was wrong? Belligerent man harassing the cops, he gets handcuffed and taken downtown. Police have the right to protect and control the situation. I do not care who it is.
Michael Moore = gross.
If you run out of gas in today’s modern cars, you are a super idiot. Seriously.
Have I mentioned this condo is for lease? Only $800 a month! http://fmlslistings.marketlinx.com/SearchDetail/Scripts/PrtBuyFul/PrtBuyFul.asp?emailGUID=c7f645cd-1ab5-4e5a-93a9-affd6bafb63f&AgentID=SCHANCK
A 7-year-old steals the family car, takes it on a joyride places people in danger and then flees when police finally stop him. And then the Today Show puts him on TV saying he is cute and rewards his behavior. Am I the only one who thinks this is wrong? If Sperm did this, he’d be in jail. I’d lock him up personally.
Music rediscovered this week: Kate Bush, The Whole Story. Good CD, check it out.
More baseball players rumored to have taken steroids. Yawn.
Music rediscovered this week, part 2: Heart. “If Looks Could Kill, you’d be lying on the floor….”
Friday Free-For-All
Yeah! It is Friday! It has been a long week but I always have time to publish the Free-For-All. You know what to do dear readers: pick, discuss, repeat.
We’ll start with some driving advice: if you think I am following too close, tough. Perhaps if you paid more attention to your dumbass driving, I would not be so close. Pfffff.
I like it when people cut me off when a lane drops to be at the front of the pack and then they get stopped at the next light. It makes me giggle like a Catholic school girl.
White cop arrests a black man on his own porch after the black man acts belligerent; then the black man screams racism. Is this what this country has turned into? Certain people get a pass for their behavior simply based on the color of their skin?
And I think the President should not have weighed in on the issue. He is the President of ALL Americans – not just those who happen to be black. Next time, sir, butt out.
Ronnie from Big Brother 11 tries to play both sides and fails. I guess he’ll be saying goodbye next week.
Slower traffic keeps right dumb woman in Toyota minivan yesterday.
Headline: NFL to reinstate Michael Vick next week. Like I have said over and over – the NFL is nothing more than a bunch of felons and thugs.
OK, so the economy is in the tank and we’re going to raise the minimum wage by 70 cents? Where is my 10% raise? I’m really thinking I should just quit doing the right thing and live higher on the government’s hog like so many people do. All I need is 4-6 children and live in a “mixed-income” community.
“…And why, regarding climate change, the U.S. government, rushing to impose unilateral cap-and-trade burdens on the sagging U.S. economy, looks increasingly like someone who bought a closetful of platform shoes and bell-bottom slacks just as disco was dying.” – George Will. (Pretty much sums it up for me.)
Note to New Wave 44 on SiriusXM radio: the music world has other artists besides The Pretenders, The Cure, or Elvis Costello. And it is not necessary to play any songs from these three bands every hour. Please.
Have I recently mentioned I love my job? If not, I do!
Friday Free-For-All
It is Friday! It is the Free-For-All! Pick it. Discuss It. Repeat!
I saw a picture of Morris Day from The Time in the AJpuke yesterday. He does not wear plastic surgery well! He must’ve gone to LaToya’s surgeon.
Atlanta to start booting cars for moving violations. I wonder how long it will take before they are stolen like the parking meters.
What is with the fascination of Michael Jackson’s hair catching on fire during the filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984? Wasn’t this already a news story? IN 1984? And I heard on Today that it was this single event that “began the downward spiral in Michael Jackson’s life.” Really Matt Lauer? Are you now a psychiatrist?
Discussing the Obamacare bill to the AARP: “…the president knows, and I know, that the status quo is simply not acceptable. It’s totally unacceptable. And it’s completely unsustainable. Even if we wanted to keep it the way we have it now. It can’t do it financially. We’re going to go bankrupt as a nation. Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’ The answer is yes, that’s what I’m telling you.” Spoken by Joe Biden, Vice-President of the United States of America. (And they said Dan Quayle was an idiot.)
A 17-year-old kid just finished circumnavigating the globe on a sailboat. Here is an example of kid that has a good head on his shoulders. Unlike some of his peers who are still walking around with their shorts down around their knees talking skateboarding lingo.
Russell from Big Brother 11 MUST GO! Arrogant prick.
A 29-year-old middle school teacher is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old in his car in a restaurant parking lot. First, GROSS. Second, in a car in a parking lot? Third, GROSS!
Headline: Jon or Kate; which one do you hate? Can I answer both? Why are these losers even news?
Your tax dollars at work. The Social Security Administration spent $700,000 to attend a conference at an Arizona spa, which included airfare, hotel entertainment, dancers, motivational speakers, and food. And the government can run healthcare, car companies, and banks any better?
According to an audit by the U.S. Department of Justice, Chastain Park Amphitheater and numerous other city buildings violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. Now the City of Atlanta will have to pay $13 million to fix all of the things wrong. Does this mean property taxes are going up again? Maybe a surcharge on cable/satellite TV?
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When did TMZ become a legitimate news source? I was watching Today this morning and they were doing a story on the “on-going investigation” of Michael Jackson’s death. The reporter kept saying “as reported by TMZ” or “according to TMZ”. Am I to believe that TMZ is now a reputable news source similar to AP or Reuters? I mean I understand that we live in 24-hour society where news happens and needs to be on the air within minutes but has NBC now sunk so low as to give credibility to a paparazzi website that publishes falsehoods and outright lies about celebrities? Next, ABC will be quoting sources from X17.com or from the National Enquirer. I guess I need to remember that these sites only exist because we want them there. We just HAVE to know what Angelina Jolie’s new child is named, or that Tom Cruise is NOT gay, or that Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Annison had sex last night. As a society, we feed on it. We crave it. Why?
I don’t know about you, but when I watch NBC or ABC news, I would hope they are trying to provide news in as close to neutral fashion that their editors would allow. But by quoting TMZ, I feel NBC has “jumped the shark”.
Speaking of the investigation, it appears the original doctor who was there when MJ died is now the primary focus of investigators. Somebody will go down for this. And then, as is always the case, we’ll move on to the latest headline: “Jolie-Pitt to adopt another 15 children” or the like.
And have you noticed MJ’s pimp dad, Joe getting his fat, ugly mug out there on ABC telling “the whole story” and LaToya is out there saying MJ was murdered. Um, it figures the two most psycho members of this family would be the most “available” for the media. They both should be flushed with the rest of shit.
Meanwhile, has the man been buried yet? I’m just askin…
Friday Free-For-All
Yes, we are here again. It is Friday. It is the Free-For-All. You know the drill, pick a topic (there are a lot of them). Discuss. Repeat.
Was the MJ memorial a concert or a service? Seems there was a lot of makeup and hair being did around the Staples Arena.
And what is it with The Jacksons? Was it really necessary to push MJ’s children to the microphone at the end? Oh, that’s right, it is all about remaining relevant. Once MJ is buried, the rest of the Jacksons (except Janet) will fall back to obscurity.
Speaking of burial, they STILL have not buried the man.
Was it me or has LaToya HIDEOUS? Crawl back to the porn business, LaT.
Did Al “Race Pimp” Sharpton really say that because white folks liked MJ’s music that it lead to the election of a black President?
Headline: “Dad fears ‘foul play’ in Jackson’s death”. Yeah Joe, YOUR foul play. Loser.
Although I think she is waste of space, I have to give credit where due. Nancy “Moonbat” Pelosi will not put a resolution sponsored by a race-baiting representative from Texas honoring MJ on the floor for a vote. MJ was an entertainer, not a President. Now, watch for the calls of racism.
I was really pissed off about the LSM’s coverage of MJ’s “funeral”. What about the military people who died that day? Or the child who went hungry? Or the fact that a security guard at a Federal building is running a porno site on his computer? Did we really need wall-to-wall coverage for a celebrity? This is the same media who took pleasure in lambasting this guy for his entire adult life.
Who is going to pay the City of Los Angeles the $3.5 million needed for crowd control, street detours, and the like for the MJ “funeral”. Apparently the promoter was asked to contribute but they respectfully declined. Where is the story on the LSM?
The GAO tests the security at four Federal buildings by trying to smuggle bomb-making materials through they succeed at all four buildings. The GAO report mentions guards asleep at their posts, guards not at their assigned posts at all and includes one report of a guard using a government computer (on taxpayer time) to run a for-profit adult web site. The union representing the guards blames it all on lack of training. Training? Really? Try incompetence. Time to rehire some of these positions. And get rid of the union while your at it.
Obama goes to Russia to “reset” relations with the US and basically the Russians tell him to piss off. I guess Obama is not used to people not believing the “change”.
The LSM is so stupid. Sarah Palin quits the Governor’s office in Alaska and in usual fashion, the LSM is trying to WRITE a story where none exists. She wanted to leave the Governor’s office to pursue new interests, watch over her family, fish. Big deal. Even if she runs in 2012, will anyone vote for her? She has as about much political experience as Obama……what a minute….
Only 25% of the transportation stimulus money goes to urban areas where 66% of the US population lives. Mmmmmm…four-lane roads to nowhere? Calling GDOT, GDOT are you listening?
What happened to the Octomom? Who cares? Maybe she is still popular in Japan. Obscure, table for one? Obscure?
True Blood. You MUST watch this show! Sundays at 9 on HBO.
Can you believe that in about 30 days, I will be smoke-free for two years? TWO YEARS? One of my best accomplishments.
Cannot say it better.
I turn today’s post over to Dr. Anne Wortham, author of “The Other Side of Racism: A Philosophical Study of Black Race Consciousness”. Dr. Wortham is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University and continuing Visiting Scholar at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. She wrote the following letter on November 6th right after the election of Obama. I welcome and in fact, encourage your comments on this. Remember, she wrote it – not me.
Fellow Americans,
Please know: I am black; I grew up in the segregated South. I did not vote for Barack Obama; I wrote in Ron Paul’s name as my choice for president. Most importantly, I am not race conscious. I do not require a black president to know that I am a person of worth, and that life is worth living. I do not require a black president to love the ideal of America.
I cannot join you in your celebration. I feel no elation. There is no smile on my face. I am not jumping with joy. There are no tears of triumph in my eyes. For such emotions and behavior to come from me, I would have to deny all that I know about the requirements of human flourishing and survival – all that I know about the history of the United States of America, all that I know about American race relations, and all that I know about Barack Obama as a politician. I would have to deny the nature of the “change” that Obama asserts has come to America. Most importantly, I would have to abnegate my certain understanding that you have chosen to sprint down the road to serfdom that we have been on for over a century. I would have to pretend that individual liberty has no value for the success of a human life. I would have to evade your rejection of the slender reed of capitalism on which your success and mine depend. I would have to think it somehow rational that 94 percent of the 12 million blacks in this country voted for a man because he looks like them (that blacks are permitted to play the race card), and that they were joined by self-declared “progressive” whites who voted for him because he doesn’t look like them. I would have to be wipe my mind clean of all that I know about the kind of people who have advised and taught Barack Obama and will fill posts in his administration – political intellectuals like my former colleagues at the Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
I would have to believe that “fairness” is equivalent of justice. I would have to believe that man who asks me to “go forward in a new spirit of service, in a new service of sacrifice” is speaking in my interest. I would have to accept the premise of a man that economic prosperity comes from the “bottom up,” and who arrogantly believes that he can will it into existence by the use of government force. I would have to admire a man who thinks the standard of living of the masses can be improved by destroying the most productive and the generators of wealth.
Finally, Americans, I would have to erase from my consciousness the scene of 125,000 screaming, crying, cheering people in Grant Park, Chicago irrationally chanting “Yes We Can!” Finally, I would have to wipe all memory of all the times I have heard politicians, pundits, journalists, editorialists, bloggers and intellectuals declare that capitalism is dead – and no one, including especially Alan Greenspan, objected to their assumption that the particular version of the anti-capitalistic mentality that they want to replace with their own version of anti-capitalism is anything remotely equivalent to capitalism.
So you have made history, Americans. You and your children have elected a black man to the office of the president of the United States, the wounded giant of the world. The battle between John Wayne and Jane Fonda is over – and that Fonda won. Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern must be very happy men. Jimmie Carter, too. And the Kennedys have at last gotten their Kennedy look-a-like. The self-righteous welfare statists in the suburbs can feel warm moments of satisfaction for having elected a black person. So, toast yourselves: 60s countercultural radicals, 80s yuppies and 90s bourgeois bohemians. Toast yourselves, Black America. Shout your glee Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Duke, Stanford, and Berkeley. You have elected not an individual who is qualified to be president, but a black man who, like the pragmatist Franklin Roosevelt, promises to – Do Something! You now have someone who has picked up the baton of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. But you have also foolishly traded your freedom and mine – what little there is left – for the chance to feel good. There is nothing in me that can share your happy obliviousness.
Amen. Pass the plate.
