Current event - Holidays are so fun

Third weekend in a row of christmas. This week with the mates side of the family. Very loud. Been up since four a.m., worked all day, drove almost four hours, ready to go get a hotel room and get some sleep.

Have a happy new year. Let's hope we don't fuck this one up as bad as we fucked up 2005.

Cheers.

Personal - Graphitti Designs T-shirts

In case anyone was looking for a birthday present for me, try Graphitti Designs. I especially like the Nightwing t-shirt.

You know... if anyone was looking...

Event - Happy Birthday, True Believer!

Today is Stan "The Man" Lee's birthday!

Thanks for the stories, Stan!

Passing - Rest in Peace, Vincent Schiavelli, 1948-2005

One of my favorite character actors who was, apparently, quite an accomplished chef, has passed away.

He also wrote three cookbooks and many food articles for magazines and newspapers, possibly inheriting his love for cooking from his grandfather, who had been a cook for an Italian baron before moving to the United States, the Internet Movie Database said.

RIP.

Blogs - Adam McKay: Cheney Gets His Schwerve On

The Blog | Adam McKay: Cheney Gets His Schwerve On | The Huffington Post

"Does Dick Cheney know he's evil? I mean it. Does he occasionally look up from his breakfast of one hard boiled egg and a plate of heart pills and say to himself, 'Man, I'm an evil fuck”?"

Made me laugh!

Politics - War on Whoever I Damn Well Fell Like

George W. Bush is dangerous. He is either unstable or incompetent and either way... I shudder to think where we'll be in the next three years.

His belief in his own power is going unchecked, and I fear for where this could lead us. The United States of America and her people deserve better than this. We deserve better.

Video proof here.

Current events - Tis the season, part 2

Congressman John D. Dingell (MI-15) recited the following poem on the floor of the US House of Representatives concerning House Resolution 579, which expressed the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected. “Preserving Christmas” has been a frequent topic for conservative talk show hosts, including Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly.

Twas the week before Christmas and all through the House
No bills were passed ‘bout which Fox News could grouse;
Tax cuts for the wealthy were passed with great cheer,
So vacations in St. Barts soon would be near;

Katrina kids were nestled all snug in motel beds,
While visions of school and home danced in their heads;
In Iraq our soldiers needed supplies and a plan,
Plus nuclear weapons were being built in Iran;

Gas prices shot up, consumer confidence fell;
Americans feared we were on a fast track to…well…
Wait--- we need a distraction--- something divisive and wily;
A fabrication straight from the mouth of O’Reilly

We can pretend that Christmas is under attack
Hold a vote to save it--- then pat ourselves on the back;
Silent Night, First Noel, Away in the Manger
Wake up Congress, they’re in no danger!

This time of year we see Christmas every where we go,
From churches, to homes, to schools, and yes…even Costco;
What we have is an attempt to divide and destroy,
When this is the season to unite us with joy

At Christmas time we’re taught to unite,
We don’t need a made-up reason to fight
So on O’Reilly, on Hannity, on Coulter, and those right wing blogs;
You should just sit back, relax…have a few egg nogs!

‘Tis the holiday season: enjoy it a pinch
With all our real problems, do we honestly need another Grinch?

So to my friends and my colleagues I say with delight,
A merry Christmas to all,
and to Bill O’Reilly…Happy Holidays.

Music - Google Music Search

Google Music Search

Search by artist, album, lyric, almost anything.

Personal - Tis the season...

Happy Non-offensive Holiday Greeting of Your Choice!

Tech - Build a MAME Cabinet in 24 Hours

Sweet instructions on building a MAME Cabinet in 24 hours.

Politics - Opinions are like butt-holes...

Once again, Dubya proves me wrong. He's obviously not at all out of his ever-loving gourd.

Personal - Just in case you need XMas gift ideas for me

Alienware Liquid Cooled Computers

Miniature MP3 Player

Widescreen LCD HDTV

For starters...

Sports - Words fail me

Seriously, Chiefs... damnit.

Current events - Seriously, this crap is getting embarassing...

Kansas Ranks Last in School Science Standards

A national education group says Kansas has the nation's worst science standards for public schools.

And the Thomas B. Fordham Institute condemns the state for rewriting its definition of science and treating evolution as a flawed theory.

The assessment comes after the State Board of Education approved the new standards last month. The Washington-based institute said Kansas' treatment of evolution "makes a mockery of the very definition of science.''

Supporters contend the new standards will expose students to valid criticisms of evolutionary theory and promote openness in the classroom. Board Chairman Steve Abrams called the institute's assessment "fraudulent.''

The institute described such changes as the result of a "relentless'' promotion of intelligent design. The concept holds that some features of the universe are best explained by an unspecified intelligent cause because they're orderly and complex.

Current events - Professor beaten; attackers cite KU creationism class

Professor beaten; attackers cite KU creationism class

This is typical of the rightwing imbiciles we have in Kansas. Unable to defend their fairy tale beliefs they revert to physically beating a professor.

Savages.

Games - Learn to Play D&D Free from Barnes & Noble University

Barnes & Noble University is offering a free basic Dungeons and Dragons course. Perfect way to learn to play this great game!

The Web - Why you should be reading TheAgitator.com everyday

Radley Balko is a voice of reason. As he puts it,

"I'm a "libertarian," not a "Libertarian." "Libertarians" are sometimes nuts. Many of them, anyway. But "libertarians" I think are probably closer to the values most people hold than either Republicans or Democrats. We believe in free markets, limited government, low taxes, free trade, individual rights, personal responsibility, and peace. On fiscal issues, we generally side with the right. On cultural and social issues, we generally side with the left. We don't like Jesse Jackson or Pat Robertson.

Go. Read. Think.
TheAgitator.com

Edit: I ran across Mr. Balko's site years ago and lost it in numerous computer rebuilds. I'm currently re-reading his archive to see what I missed and am, again, taken back by how eloquently and accurately he expresses many of the thoughts and beliefs I have. Great site.

Current events - Coolest. Grandma. Ever.

The Michigan Daily has a report about an 83 year old grandma who stopped to see her grandson and ended up hitting a three story beer bong.

Many students were standing around the bong, a large funnel at the top, followed by nearly 30 feet of tubing. Few students were attempting the beer bong and those who did were getting drenched in beer. But Frances decided to give it a chance.

“My mother got closer and closer and said ‘I think I’m going to give it a try,’ ” Murray said.

Frances said her family was baffled by her curiosity and interest in the college tradition. “They said, ‘You can’t do this!’ and I said ‘Why not?’ ”

Current events - Unintelligent Design

Both Darwinism and Intelligent Design are preposterous. Obvously you can't get somthing from nothing, life can't come from non-life. And if the world had been designed intelligently, we wouldn't all need to spend our time reading cartoonist's blogs to keep our day interesting.

The only possible soloution here is Unintelligent Design. We were created as some kind of half-assed science fair project that probably got a D-minus.

After the fair was over, the janitor just tossed us away into the unfashionable part of the galaxy, to spin around until we eventually decompose with all of the other crap floating around. Hot, loose, alien women, on the other hand, that would be an example of intelligent design. - Dilbert Creator Scott Adams

Tech - 2,000,000!

InformationWeek > Browsers > Mozilla's Firefox Garners Quick 2 Million Downloads

Health - Coffee Boosts Short Term Memory

A cup of coffee is good for the memory, at least the short term memory, according to research reported today.

I was going to post this yesterday, but I forgot.

Personal - A dream, TV line-up and football

So I'm living in a house I lived in when I was about 12 years old. I'm married to my wife and my daughter is there. Through a series of events we determine that the house is haunted so I evacuate my family and go to the only group who could help... the Mythbusters.

Unfortunatly my first choice of help, Kari, was unavailable. So I got stuck with Scottie. She was nice enough, but claimed she couldn't do anything about the ghost. I was obviously frustrated and as I left she told me to say hi to the corporate office when I called to complain. I told her that I loved the show and wouldn't call them to complain, but that I was disappointed they couldn't help me.

Then I was on some kind of game show, kinda like the last scene from Mallrats.

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So I see that NBC wants to move My Name is Earl to thursday nights to replace Joey. Here's my idea... Scrubs and My Name is Earl on Thursday nights. Back to back. Two of the best shows on TV.

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It's Donkey week in KC, so... BUCK THE FRONCOS!

Current events - World AIDS Day 2005

In memory of W.K..

Personal - File under: crap I will never do

I came up with a great website idea. I call it "www.twentypoundturd.com". The tagline is "Worthless cool stuff" and we'll sell only cool gadgets and Chotzkes that serve no real purpose. Like... I don't know... how about a dog-doo paperweight. Or an Azeroth Kommunity Kollege t-shirt? (WoW fans will get it.) Or pre-printed blank copy paper? A kleenex box that has an eraseable surface so you could write messages on it.

Personal - R2-D2, where are you?

The Voice-Activated R2-D2 of my dreams.

*sigh* Someday I shall have a REAL astromech droid.

Personal - Turkey and Bond

Ate too much yesterday. Who did'nt, right.

I love Bond movies. Spike is doing a Bondathon so my fat arse is parked in front to the telly for the duration.

My top five Bond-girls (subject to change):
5. Jill St. John as Tiffany Case
4. Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight
3. Barbara Carrera as Fatima Blush
2. Sophie Marceau as Elektra King
1. Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp

Man, I wish I was as cool as Bond.

Politics - Lies, Damn lies and Bush Co.

Source: WSJ.com

Do you think that the Bush administration generally provides accurate information regarding current issues or do you think they generally mislead the public on current issues to achieve its own end?

Generally accurate ...................32%
Generally misleading ...................64%
Not sure/refused ...................4%

Do you think that the current situation with former Vice Presidential Chief of Staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby is an isolated incident or is this an indication of a larger problem in the Bush administration?

An isolated incident ...................35%
An indication of larger
problem in the Bush
administration ...................55%
Not sure/refused ...................10%

Current events - X Box 360 gets sacrificed

Xbox 360 suffers ritual sacrifice "A BRAND new Xbox 360 was ritually sacrificed in front of a large line of Xbox Fanboys waiting to buy the latest machines."

One said: "The person who did this should be dragged out into the street and castrated just for his pure disregard for the person who was the first one denied his 360 in that line. With the whole 360 shortage on launch, this is just a nasty asshole move that should not be tolerated."

Brilliant. There's no shortage of these machines kids. It's called marketing.

Politics - War on Freedom

Ok... So we've established that the president can impose a limit to our freedoms and that three years without charge if you are combatant in the "War on Terrah" is acceptable. So can Dubya extend this new presidential power to the "War on Drugs" or the "War on Illiteracy"? What about the "War on Poverty"?

Caught you with 1/4 ounce of pot? Three years in prsion, no lawyer, no trial, next!
Can you read this? No? Three years in prsion, no lawyer, no trial, next!
Give me a $100.00. Can't do it? Three years in prsion, no lawyer, no trial, next!

This needs to go to the Supreme Court before it happens again.

If Padilla is guilty, fuck him. Shoot him in the head on the street corner at noon. But give the guy a fair trial.

Personal - To do list

Add PAgent, Apocalyptic Blogger, and Kassi to my Blogroll.
Add the Agitator to Politics links.
Add salt to taste.
Serve over ice.

Personal - Well, it's not sterile, but...

Offspring wanted a bite of an apple I was eating the other day. Since she doesn't do too well with biting off from the apple, I reached in my pocket, pulled out my pocket knife and cut her off a slice. As she was about to bite into it the mate screamed, "Don't give her that!" I was a bit taken aback.

"That knife is not clean! Don't use it to feed my daughter!"

"Ummm... ok, but if it's clean enough to gut a fish it ought to be clean enough to cut an apple," I said.

She still doesn't think I'm as funny as I think I am.

Politics - Congress Helps Self to $3,100 Pay Raise

Congress Helps Self to $3,100 Pay Raise then postponed work on bills to curb spending on social programs and cut taxes in favor of a two-week vacation.

Disgusting. What's more disgusting is the people let them get away with it.

Humor - Comic Strips!

No more buying a paper just to read the Comic Strips. This site looks like it updates every day and has about two dozen strips. (some stinkers, some greats.)

Humor - Friday fun

The Webtender: Drinking Games

Bow Man

Copter

Personal - I went to the danger zone

The mate, offspring and I were on our way home from visiting the parental units when Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone came on the radio. I was in the far right lane and we were approaching an onramp. Another van started creeping out and directly in front of us and I deftly changed lanes, went around them and back into the right lane all the while singing at the top of my lungs. My wife just looked at me coldly.

When I realized she was giving me the evil eye I said, "What?"

She said, "You are not in a fighter jet. You could have slowed down back there."

I said, "Call me Iceman," and grinned at her. She doesn't think I'm as funny as I think I am.

Current events - Buncha clowns...

Politics - Why all the fuss over state sponsored propoganda?

Via Wonkette... "Fair And Balanced"

Current events - Evolve? Not in Kansas you don't!

From the editors of Scientific American: Kansas, Where "Ignorant" is the New "Educated"

From the Times of London: Kansas schools take step against evolution

From the Washington Post: Kansas Education Board First to Back 'Intelligent Design'

I'm so proud.

Current events - Welcome to Kansas... set your clocks back 150 years

TOPEKA — In the face of blistering criticism, the Kansas Board of Education approved its anti-evolution science standards today.


The 6-4 vote this afternoon followed the board’s conservative-moderate split and had been expected for months. This morning, during the board’s public input session, board members faced a litany of complaints from educators, scientists and concerned citizens.

“The standards are bad science… an abuse of the educational system and they advance a particular religious viewpoint,” said Jack Krebs, a science teacher and vice president of Kansas Citizens for Science, a group formed to fight the changes.

The standards cast doubt on evolution and redefine science to allow for non-natural explanations. After nearly a year of debate, a final vote on the standards is set for this afternoon.

I'm embarrassed, sick and very angry right now...

INTELLIGENT DESIGN IS NOT SCIENCE.

It belongs in a comparative religions or mythology class.

Media - Manga hits the mainstream newspapers

AOL News - U.S. Papers Pick Up Japanese-Style Comics
TOKYO (Nov. 7) - 'Doonesbury' and 'Peanuts,' make way for 'manga.' Come January, the Sunday funnies of several major North American newspapers will have doe-eyed women in frilly outfits, effeminate long-haired heroes and other trademark images of the Japanese comic style."

Humor - Crime Scene KC

2 girls, 1 shower: Chiefs fan slips on soap

"A Chiefs fan from Oklahoma must have been thinking what a great town Kansas City is - no sooner does he meet a new friend, Tina, at a Quik-Trip - she invites him to her place and hops in the shower with him.

Stepping out, the man finds Tina and her friend Stephanie are gone, along with:

* His wallet, with a) all his ID b) $12.00 c) Two Visa cards.
* Three Chiefs tickets (his and two pals' from OK)
* His cell phone
* His car keys
* His car (black 1999 Mitsubishi Gallant)

The man called his cell phone, Tina-Stephanie answered and said they'd be right back. Then they didn't answer anymore.

Independence police are checking into the shower address - it doesn't seem to belong to Tina or Stephanie. From the police report:

RO gave the victim a ride back to the Comfort Inn where his friend contacted the victim's family and was able to obtain the VIN and license number from the stolen Gallant...The victim and his two friends are stranded as the car they come up in, is the stolen vehicle."

There's a moral in here somewhere...not sure where."

Politics - It passed the senate 90 - 9 and yet Dubya still wants to veto the anti-torture bill

"The enemy we fight has no respect for human life or human rights. They dont deserve our sympathy. But this isnt about who they are. This is about who we are."

- John McCain

Disgraceful...

Health - Beer's hops seen to inhibit tumor growth

Oh yeah baby!

Humor - Panexa (Acidachrome Promanganate)

PANEXA! Ask your doctor for a reasoon to take it!: "PANEXA is a prescription drug that should only be taken by patients experiencing one of the following disorders: metabolism, binocular vision, digestion (solid and liquid), circulation, menstruation, cognition, osculation, extremes of emotion. For patients with coronary heart condition (CHC) or two separate feet (2SF), the dosage of PANEXA should be doubled to ensure that twice the number of pills are being consumed. PANEXA can also be utilized to decrease the risk of death caused by not taking PANEXA, being beaten to death by oscelots, or death relating from complications arising from seeing too much of the color lavender. Epileptic patients should take care to ensure tight, careful grips on containers of PANEXA, in order to secure their contents in the event of a seizure, caused by PANEXA or otherwise."

Current events - KC 27 Oak 23

I was standing in front of my TV (thinking about becoming a religious fellow) when my wife walked by, glanced at the screen and said, "Relax... they won." I looked at her and said, "WHAT?!?! They are down by 3 with 5 seconds to go!" She says, "Oh... I thought that said 30-23."

As soon as Larry went over the top, I dropped to my knees and yelled, "TOUCHDOWN KANSAS CITY! TOUCHDOWN LARRY JOHNSON!"

Wow... what a finish for a rather dismal game.

Politics - Dubya's popularity hits rock bottom, grabs shovel

Bush's Popularity Reaches New Low
58 Percent in Poll Question His Integrity
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38 percent- think the Bush Administration was hiding important elements of what they knew
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Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

Approve, 37 percent (39)

Disapprove, 59 percent (58)

Tech - "Analog Hole" Legislation Proposed

Next-Gen "Analog Hole" Legislation Proposed: "Sometimes I think that people feel that the MPAA is a bunch of Luddites,' Brad Hunt, chief technical officer of the MPAA, said in an interview Wednesday afternoon. 'In this case, we are trying to incent the consumer to embrace the digital conversion, the digital connection...and that's why we need to drive this technology forward."

So... you can't "incent" the consumer to upgrade so you'll try legislating him into it? Luddite seems to be an understatement.

Politics - Fox News Paid for DeLay's Travel

"Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) filed a report with the Clerk of the House of Representatives indicating he received free travel valued at $13,998.55 from Fox News Sunday for 'officially connected travel' on October 1-2, 2005, from Sugarland, TX to Washington, D.C. and back to Sugarland, TX. Rep. DeLay appeared on Fox News Sunday on October 2, 2005, the weekend after his indictment on September 28, 2005.

Almost fourteen thousand bucks?!?! Did they hire Santa to fly his reindeer down th Texas and fly this tool to DC?!?!

To quote Luke Skywalker: "We could almost buy our own ship for that!"

Humor - George Carlin

From the George Carlin calendar for Thursday, November 3, 2005:

"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the resume of a supreme being. This is the kind of stuff you'd expect from an office temp with a bad attitude. In any well-managed universe, this guy would have been out on his all-powerful a$$ a long time ago."

Amen.

Politics - Washington Post-ABC News Poll -- Oct. 28-29, 2005

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

10/29/05 Approve 39% Disapprove 58%

58% disapprove? Now THAT is a mandate!

Current events - Alito nomination generates evil laughs from Reublican senators

Is... is that Bob from the Enzyte commercial?!?!

Politics - Says it all.

Current Events - Trick-Or-Treaters To Be Subject To Random Bag Searches

Things sure have changed since I was a kid.

Why is this news? - Sulu and Swoopes come out of the closet.

Who cares how athletes/actors/scientists spend their nights? I don't. Just play/act/cure what you are paid for and lets move on!

Humor - Overheard on the web, again

"As it was explained to me - the next time you think you will be able to make a difference, stick a clenched fist into a bucket of water, then pull it out really fast. Then look at the impression you left." - PAgent

Humor - Short joke

A three-year-old boy was examining his testicles while taking a bath.

"Mom", he asked, "are these my brains?"

"Not yet," she replied

Sports - Paul Tagliabue... American Idiot.

So my beloved (and often less than loved) Kansas City Chiefs are being forced to fly into a hurricane evacuation zone, get off a plane and six hours later play a professional football game in Miami, Florida. Why? Why is comissioner Paul Tagliabue so set on this game being played? Doesn't he have the frickin Weather Channel? The NFL obviously isn't concerned with players safety.

This game can be rescheduled so Miami doesn't lose a home game and they wouldn't be adding to the chaos and confusion of a hurricane evacuation!

Stupid, stupid move.

Good luck guys.

Humor - Sort of... it's very accurate.

From my linkfilter buddy manGina:

A major research institution has announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet know to science - "governmentium." It has 1 neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons and 111 assistant deputy neutrons for an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons that are further surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like sub particles called peons.

Governmentium has no electrons and is therefore inert. It can be detected however since it impedes every reaction it comes into contact with. A tiny amount of governmentium can take a reaction that normally occurs in seconds and slow it to the point where it take days.

Governmentium has a normal half life of three years. It doesn't decay but "re- organizes", a process where assistant deputy neutrons and deputy neutrons change places. This process actually causes it to grow as in the confusion some morons become neutrons, thereby forming isodopes.

This phenomenon of "moron promotion" has led to some speculation that governmentium forms whenever sufficient morons meet in concentration forming critical morass. Researches believe that in Governmentium, the more you re- organize, the morass you cover.

Personal - No e-mail for you!

Mydomains.com is my host for my domain. The morons there say their email servers are "bogged down" and are expecting new hardware by the end of the week. Until then I get no email sent to my domain address.

Screw them. By the time they correct it I hope everyone has moved to another hosting service. I am.

Media - I have no reason to doubt News.Com.Au.

According to them,

No sex could kill you!!!

Men who cannot have sex are as much at risk of having a heart attack as smokers and diabetics.

Odd - Overheard on the web, too

About the teleconfrence with the troops: Comedically, Bush is horrible at improv, but his ventriloquist act is second to none. - Kevin2

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About Apples new 200 Gig iPod: If you were to only ever legally buy music, how much money do you think you would have to spend to fill a 200GB iPod? - fabulon7

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He did the math: One 700 Meg CD, encoded at 128 kbit is appx. 58 MB. 200000 MB / 58 MB = 3448 Albums. 3448 Albums * $12 USD (Cheap, but for the sake of argument) = $41,376 - Aaron Spew

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About... no idea: No matter how many chickens a human kills, he wouldn't be king of the humans... but if one chicken killed just one human, he'd be king of the chickens. - The King of Durf

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Movies - They're baaaack...

in Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks.

Media - Stupid Nissan commercial... STOP PLAYING THAT!

Because of that commercial, I will never, never, never buy a Nissan.

Humor - Lord of the World of Warcraft

Greatest. Gif. Ever.

Edit: Crap... need a place to host this... I'll get back to you.

Current Events - I'm just sayin'

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Humor - How to become a 'Publican

Tired of losing elections? Tired of tolerance? Tired of science? Tired of thinking for yourself?

Then it's time for you to become a REPUBLICAN!

Current Events - Chewbacca to become an American citizen

"British-born Peter Mayhew will be among 441 people from 77 countries who will become naturalized Americans in a ceremony in Arlington, Texas.

Mayhew, 60, played the fur-covered warrior Chewbacca in the original 'Star Wars' trilogy of the 1970s and 1980s, and the latest movie, 'Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.'"


Me and Peter at this summers KC Comicon.

Odd - Wait... the nuclear what now?!?!

"Kansas State University’s nuclear reactor deserves a failing grade for lapses in security, according to an ABC News investigation of college research reactors.

The investigation, in which ABC News interns attempted to gain access to the reactors on 25 campuses, found that K-State’s reactor “would get an F and zero for protection,” according to Ronald E. Timm, a security consultant who analyzed reactor security for the ABC report.

Most of the other reactors fared just as badly in the ABC investigation, which airs at 9 tonight on Primetime Live. The University of Missouri at Columbia’s reactor was also criticized for poor perimeter security.

Officials at both schools questioned whether the interns really knew enough about nuclear reactor security to point out flaws. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has promised to investigate any security lapses and make changes if necessary, according to NRC spokesman Eliot Brenner.

When the two interns — who told reactor operators they were prospective graduate students — went to the K-State reactor, they toured the facility with a video camera and were able to gain access to the control room and the reactor room. ABC also criticized the reactor for having no metal detectors or guards. The reactor is open to tours, but all visitors must present identification and subject their belongings to a search.

K-State spokeswoman Cheryl May said the reactor doesn’t have enough radioactive material to be a target for terrorists. She said the university uses the reactor for research and instruction, and opens it up to tours so the public can become more educated about nuclear science.

K-State reactor director Mike Whaley worries the ABC report may bring an end to the tours, which he said attract about 2,500 people a year.

The MU reactor is one of the largest research reactors in the nation and does not allow tours. Still, the ABC interns were a"

Personal - Bits and pieces

The Kansas City Beers are now 4-1 for the season. Beers! Beers! Beers!

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The Adam Corolla Project is actually very entertaining.

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If you buy a Kia Spectra and try to pull a fully loaded horse trailer, it will break down. The question is, do you admit it's the wrong vehicle for what you want to do and get something else, or do you shoot the horse, leave it in the ditch and tow the damn thing empty?

If you chose the last option, Congratulations! You are government employee material!

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Wish I had some extra money, I'd love to get back into collecting comic books.

Personal - What Kind of Candy Are You?

Evidently I'm a...

Butterfinger

They call you sticky fingers for a reason!

What Kind of Candy Are You?

Personal - A weekend, a holiday and a day off.

I treated myself to a four day weekend courtesy of Columbus Day and a vacation day. (Seriously... why is Columbus Day a federal holiday?)

Friday my folks came up and spent the day and evening with my daughter. They don't even care if I'm around anymore. It's all about the grand kids.

Saturday my wife and I volunteered at the Weston Irish Fest. Free admission, free food and drink and a t-shirt in exchange for a couple hours of labor. Wow. We worked our butts off, but had a great time. We had volunteered to work the beer tent because, let's face it, I loves the beer. My wife took tickets (4 tickets for one beer or one shot and 6 for an Irish Car Bomb) and I poured beer from 1 to 6. Turned out that of the four guys pouring the beer, I was the only one who knew how to tap a keg. (It's like riding a bike...) So in the five hours there, I moved and tapped 26 kegs. Also I got really good at making 1/2 and 1/2's.

After our shift, we ate and drank for free and watched a few bands. I highly enjoyed Fuchsia and Jiggernaut, though Jiggernaut was less celtic and more alt-rock-ish. Brigid's Cross wasn't bad, but they tried to do too much comedy in between songs and came across as forced and scripted. The Prodigals I was very un-impressed with.

We couldn't get a hotel in Weston because there was a Nascar race in town and every redneck west of the Mississippi was in town, so we had to not drink much because of the drive home.

Sunday we took the offspring to the pumpkin patch and to buy her Halloween costume. She's walking around the house as a princess. I think it's type casting.

Monday was a lazy day. Just some couch time with the family. I did make Irish stew though. It turned out great. As my wife wouldn't let me back in the house if I tried to add Lamb to the stew (as is proper for Irish stew,) I made it with just chicken stock, potato, onion, carrot, celery, salt, pepper, thyme and parsley. Poured it in a couple of bread bowls... very, very tasty.

Tuesday I broke down and went to see the doctor. I've been wheezing and coughing for over a week. I tried Mucinex, NyQuil, cough syrup, everything I could think of, but I wasn't getting better. Turns out I have an upper respiratory infection. I'm on anti-biotics and am now an inhaler carrying nerd. Oh yes, my journey to the dork side is now complete.

I'm off to put some tape around the bridge of my glasses.

Media - Law and Order and Occasional upset stomach

What is it with Law & Order having, at minimum, one prescription drug ad each break? Shouldn't that be saved for Murder, She Wrote or Matlock re-runs?

Politics - Six Democratic War Vets Seek House Seats

Lawyer Patrick Murphy and five other veterans of the
Iraq war are asking questions about
President Bush's policies in Iraq as part of their broader Democratic campaigns to win congressional seats in next year's elections.

Good luck guys!

Media - And with this, her takeover of television is complete...

Rachel Ray is getting a one hour talk show in the fall.

Yes, the same Rachel Ray that is currently host of Food Network's 30 Minute Meals, $40 a Day, Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels, and Inside Dish with Rachael Ray. By my estimation, Ms. Ray will now be on air for more hours a week than I am awake.

Odd - Overheard on the web

About Billy Bennet and his dumbassed remarks : "the 1st Amedment does not have a stupidity exception"

About Dubya and ticking off his base support: "he truly is a 4th grader trapped in a man's body"

About Paris Hilton: "Look at her eyes. Go on, take a good, long look. No soul. You're looking at her, but there's nothing looking back at you. Disconcerting, isn't it?"

Event - Time interviews Neil Gaiman and Joss Whedon...

TIME.com Interview: Neil Gaiman and Joss Whedon

TIME: I think there's actually a law that you guys can't be in the same room at the same time. It's like the President and the Vice President, or something.

Joss: Like the two Ron Silvers in Timecop.

TIME: That's exactly the simile I was looking for. So you guys both have movies coming out on September 30th.

Neil: It will be National Geek Day.

Two of my favorites... I think I just had a nerdgasm.

Odd - Let the wookiee pitch

"An actor dressed as Chewbacca throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game between the Red Sox and Blue Jays."

Event - Since I found Serenity...

Main Title Theme Written by: Joss Whedon
Performed by: Sonny Rhodes

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...

Get the MP3 here: The Ballad of Serenity

Event - 2005 Weston Irish Fest

My wife and I are volunteering to help out at this years Weston Irish Fest. If you are in the KC metro area come by.

Personal - Meme du'jour

10 Favorites...
Favorite Color: Gray
Favorite Food: Burritos
Favorite Band: The Cars
Favorite Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Favorite Sport: Football
Favorite Season: Fall
Favorite Day Of the Week: Sunday
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Pumpkin Pie
Favorite Time of Day: 11:00 p.m.

9 Currents...
Current Mood: Disgruntled
Current Taste: Salty
Current Clothes: Shorts and a t-shirt
Current Computer Background: Serenity (Firefly)
Current Finger/Toenail Color: N/A
Current Time: 9:45 p.m.
Current Surroundings: Basement of my house
Current Annoyance(s):Something in my eye
Current Thought:Wish I could get this thing outta my eye

8 Firsts...
First Best Friend: David Smith
First Love: Dana
First Screen Name: Suckerpunch
First Pet: Queenie (britney spaniel)
First Piercing: N/A
First Crush: Trinette
First Music: Kenny Rogers
First Car: 1977 Chevy K-5 Blazer

7 Last...
Last Cigarette: Lost track
Last Drink: Saturday night
Last Car Ride: Home from work today
Last Text Message: No idea
Last Movie Seen: Anchorman
Last Phone call: Father-in-law wanting help with his computer
Last CD Played: A Celtic mix CD I made

6 Have You Ever...
Have You Ever Dated One Of Your Best Friends: No
Have you Ever Broken the Law: Yes
Have You Ever Been Arrested: Yes
Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: Yes
Have You Ever Been on TV: Yes
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: Yes

5 Things...
You're Wearing: Shorts, t-shirt, watch, wedding ring... that's it
You Did Last Night: Watched the Chiefs get humiliated
You Can Hear Right Now: My wife upstairs talking to the dog
You Can't Live Without: The net
You Do When You're Bored: Surf the net

4 Places You've Been To..
1. Las Vegas
2. St. Louis
3. British Columbia
4. Seattle

3 People You Can Tell Anything To...
1. My wife
2. My dad
3. My dog

2 Choices...
1. Black or White: Black
2. Hot or Cold: Cold

1 Person You'd Do Anything For:
Amanda

Personal - Pancakes make the world a better place

Made pancakes for the crew again this a.m.. That's two days in a row of me playing chief cook and bottle washer. No complaints, but I think every breakfast tastes better when you don't have to cook it.

Stayed up with my brother-in-law and watched 8 hours of Firefly. He's going to be in KC next weekend to see the opening of Serenity with me. Damn what a great show.

Non-sequiter moment: Wolf Blitzer looks like he's turning into an albino.

Personal - Final Tractor count... 4

Plus two fire trucks, a hearse, two mustang convertibles, a semi truck and several flat beds carrying the classes of 1970, 1950 and 1955.

Personal - Fall Fest in a small town

Took a much needed day off from the office. Woke up to a rain storm and to Baby Q crying. She's been sick and had a rough night.

We're in my wifes hometown for the weekend. We're going to a Fall Fest tomorrow morning. It's a very "Mayberry" type town. Lots of old people. I predict many tractors in the parade.

Mrs. Q doesn't really like Kansas City. She's a small town girl and I think she wishes we were still here. (We lived here for a year after we were married then I drug her off to the city.) Her Dad and Grandma live here and she feels beaucoup responsible for their happiness. Neither of them are in great health and now that we're 3 hours away it's always rough on her to see how lonely they are.

To further complicate things, it was four years ago tomorrow that my wifes mother passed away. Can't believe it's been four years...

Politics - Bush Waives Saudi Trafficking Sanctions

"President Bush decided Wednesday to waive any financial sanctions on Saudi Arabia, Washington's closest Arab ally in the war on terrorism, for failing to do enough to stop the modern-day slave trade in prostitutes, child sex workers and forced laborers."

This speaks for itself and makes my stomach turn.

Tech - Firefox updated to 1.0.7

Firefox - Rediscover the web

Blogs - Silent Bob Speaks

My Boring Ass Life? This clown (and by clown I mean wonderfully talented writer/director) is living the life I was supposed to have, and he calls it boring.

Music - Molly O'Poverty's Guide to (Mostly) Free Music

Molly O'Poverty's Guide to (Mostly) Free Music

Lots of electronica. Some good stuff.

Humor - "Freedom" Quarter

Bush to rename rebuilt French Quarter "Freedom" Quarter

Politics - Just in case you are keeping score.... part 2

A short, but funny letter to the President from Bill Maher.

"Mr. President, this job can't be fun for you any more. There's no more money to spend--you used up all of that. You can't start another war because you used up the army. And now, darn the luck, the rest of your term has become the Bush family nightmare: helping poor people. Listen to your Mom. The cupboard's bare, the credit cards maxed out. No one's speaking to you. Mission accomplished.

Now it's time to do what you've always done best: lose interest and walk away. Like you did with your military service and the oil company and the baseball team. It's time. Time to move on and try the next fantasy job. How about cowboy or space man? Now I know what you're saying: there's so many other things that you as President could involve yourself in. Please don't. I know, I know. There's a lot left to do. There's a war with Venezuela. Eliminating the sales tax on yachts. Turning the space program over to the church. And Social Security to Fannie Mae. Giving embryos the vote.

But, Sir, none of that is going to happen now. Why? Because you govern like Billy Joel drives. You've performed so poorly I'm surprised that you haven't given yourself a medal. You're a catastrophe that walks like a man. Herbert Hoover was a shitty president, but even he never conceded an entire city to rising water and snakes.

On your watch, we've lost almost all of our allies, the surplus, four airliners, two trade centers, a piece of the Pentagon and the City of New Orleans. Maybe you're just not lucky. I'm not saying you don't love this country. I'm just wondering how much worse it could be if you were on the other side.

So, yes, God does speak to you. What he is saying is: 'Take a hint.'"

-Bill Maher

Current Events - Katrina : The Gathering

The next big CCG? Katrina: The Gathering, in which you tap Dick Cheney to take control of Dubya or tap an intern to destroy Bill Clinton.

Brilliant.

Food - Damn, I loves me my Slurpee!

The Slurpee is 40 years old!

Current Events - Exxon's not making enough money

"Do you realize President Bush has just given a tax break to ExxonMobil?'' thundered Rep. Ed Markey (D-Malden). "Of all the companies in the history of the world that needed a tax break, this month, ExxonMobil should be at the bottom of the list."

Current Events - Bush: 'I take responsibility' for federal failures on Katrina

CNN.com - Bush: 'I take responsibility' for federal failures on Katrina : "'Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government and to the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility,' Bush said during a joint news conference with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani."

Here's the deal... whether he says he's responsible or not, as the president he IS responsible! He's the guy that all the secretaries answer to.

Remember when Reagan had a sign on his desk that read, "The Buck Stops Here"? It did and still does. Only Junior has a sign on his desk that reads, "Fool Me Once... Won't Get Fooled Again" and no one knows what the hell that even means!

He’s not responsible for the weather. He’s not responsible for the dead and dying. He is responsible for how well or how poorly the Federal Emergency Management Agency, under the direction of a man HE put there, is run.

They are failing.

He has failed.

Again.

Humor - Balcony, please...

One night, George W. Bush is tossing restlessly in his White House bed. He awakens to see George Washington standing by him. Bush asks him, "George, what's the best thing I can do to help the country?" "Set an honest and honorable example, just as I did," Washington advises, and then fades away.

The next night, Bush is astir again, and sees the ghost of Thomas Jefferson moving through the darkened bedroom. Bush calls out, "Tom, please! What is the best thing I can do to help the country?" "Respect the Constitution, as I did," Jefferson advises, and dims from sight.

The third night sleep is still not in the cards for Bush. He awakens to see the ghost of FDR hovering over his bed. Bush whispers, "Franklin, what is the best thing I can do to help the country?" "Help the less fortunate, just as I did," FDR replies and fades into the mist.

Bush isn't sleeping well the fourth night when he sees another figure moving in the shadows. It is the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. Bush pleads, "Abe, what is the best thing I can do right now to help the country?"

Lincoln replies, "Go see a play."

Media - Visa "Metaphors"

Is that Tom Brady's wife in that Visa commercial?

What, winning three Super Bowls wasn't enough?

Games - Iron Realms

Iron Realms offers four unique text based MMORPG's for free. I'll post my impressions of each later.

Games - Blizzard gets greedy

WoW General Discussion -: "Character-Transfer Service
Another feature of the Web site we'll be implementing is fee-based character transfers. This is a feature that's been very frequently requested and one which we want to provide for players as soon as we can. We'll offer character transfers from one realm to another, as well as allow players to move characters from one account to another. While we want to offer this service as a convenience, we also want to prevent its use for exploitive reasons, so there will be a time restriction to limit the frequency that a character can be moved."

So, basically, I can level a character and sell give it to another player?!?! How is that fair? The Chinese farmers are probably drooling all over themselves.

Current Events - New Orleans Flood in Your City

Most individuals across the country have no idea the magnitude of the disaster and the enormous need and help that is needed. Using the maps below, individuals can accurately imagine the size of the disaster by comparing their city. With the "hitting home theme" more individuals may be inclined to help or support relief efforts.

If the New Orleans flood hit Kansas City.

Current Events - Katrina Relief, part 2

I added a small banner to the upper right corner of the blog that was provided by Brian Alvey. You can add it (or one for the Salvation Army) to your blog there at his site.

Thanks Brian.

Politics - Just in case you are keeping score....

Arbusto - FAILED
Harken Energy - FAILED
bin Ladden - FAILED
Iraq - FAILED
Katrina - FAILED

Follow up - When is looting not looting?

Romenesko has a quote from the AFP caption writer on the couple who "found" the bread in NOLA.

Meh, I guess it could be sincere. Maybe I'm just that jaded.

Politics - August 30, 2005

Personal - Good, Bad, Worst

Good: Going to the bathroom at work and seeing someone has left a newspaper there.
Bad: It's the USA Today.
Worst: It's the business section... from last monday.

Event - It's the end of the world as we know it...

Exit MundiI: A Collection of End of the World Scenarios. Kind of cathartic to see all the many ways we could go out.

I was always pulling for the revolt of the sentient cyborgs type scenario.

Personal - Nothing to see here

Move along... move along.

Humor - Dinosaurs of the Lost Ark

Scene: Noah's Ark, day 94 after the flood, mid-afternoon.
Noah is sitting at his desk looking over some paper work.

Noah: (into clam shell speakerphone) Ok, who's next Edith?

Voice of Edith: Ummm... a Mr. Rex here to see you sir.

Noah: Fine, fine, send him in...

T. Rex enters Noah's office and tries to extend his hand in friendship. He realizes his arm is not long enough and they exchange an awkward glance. Rex and Noah sit across the desk from each other.

Noah: So, Mr. Rex, what can I do for you today?

Rex: Well, it's like this... We dinosaurs have been meeting and...

Noah: Now wait a damn minute... I told you when you came on-board I'd have none of your attempts to organize the dinosaurs into some kind of union...

Rex: No, no, nothing like that... we were just talking, you know, over some brews...
Noah: Okay then, what's on the minds of the Dino Contingent?

Rex: Sir, as you know we dinosaurs, most of us anyway, have always lived in perfect harmony with the rest of God's creatures. It's just that... well…

Noah: Spit it out son.

Rex: We really just wish we could have some meat. Nothing extravagant, just a morsel or two to tide us over.

Noah: I... see. And what, Mr. Rex, did you have in mind?

Rex: We want... the unicorns.

Fade out.

Current Events - When is looting, not looting?

According to Yahoo, white people find things and black people
loot things.

Yahoo! Morons!

Current Events - Katrina Relief

DC Media Girl has a listing of organizations accepting donations for Katrina relief. Give something. Anything.

Politics - U.S. Attorney's Top Priority? Nekkid adults

"When FBI supervisors in Miami met with new interim U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta last month, they wondered what the top enforcement priority for Acosta and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales would be.

Would it be terrorism? Organized crime? Narcotics trafficking? Immigration? Or maybe public corruption?

The agents were stunned to learn that a top prosecutorial priority of Acosta and the Department of Justice was none of the above. Instead, Acosta told them, it's obscenity. Not pornography involving children, but pornographic material featuring consenting adults."

That's right kids, all the terrahists is dead, mobsters are arrested, drugs are off the street, and everyone is keeping things neat and tidy in the corporate boardroom. We can all relax.

Politics - One nation, under Halliburton

Bunnatine Greenhouse, a senior civilian auditor of military contracts for the Army Corps of Engineers, went public last year with her concerns about a no-bid contract given to Kellogg Brown & Root... today, she was fired.

Will this story be played up on tonight's newscasts? No, probably not. I'm sure there's some cute, upper-middle class, white girl missing somewhere...

More info:
Halliburton Watch

Personal - Trust

I've been thinking about trust and what it means to trust other people.

It's not easy for me to trust someone. I think it stems from an incident in college. I was rooming with some guys whom I trusted and though I could depend on. At one point there were three of us sharing a dinky little two bedroom apartment and a fourth guy who basically lived there when he wasn't at his girlfriends. It was a tight fit, but we did what we had to to make the rent. We were all involved in the colleges theater department, so we saw a lot of each other. I was the only one of the four that had a regular 8-5 job. (I worked in the colleges print shop.) So it was work in the morning, a class on my lunch hour, work in the afternoon, a class or two in the evening, rehearsals at night, sleep, repeat.

I used to crash as soon as I could upon returning from rehearsals, but the other three usually stayed up late drinking. It wasn't a real problem for me. They respected my privacy and my schedule, and I cut them some slack on the noise.

One night when they thought I was asleep, they started talking about me. Not good stuff either. I stayed in bed listening to this group that I thought were my friends tearing me apart and laughing at me. It tore me up inside. I walked out of my room and told them that if they were going to talk about and mock someone who was in the next room, they want to make sure he was asleep.

They all moved out within the month. I didn't speak to any of them for quite some time. I even stopped all my participation in the theater.

I was naive and not very world wise when I went to college. I was raised catholic and was pretty sheltered. That night I changed.

Since then I've had few close friends (and had some of them turn on me too). I've always tried to learn from it and move on, better myself, all that B.S..

Today something happened that has shaken my trust in someone close to me. Not sure how I should handle it.

Humor - TrendWhore Bracelets

TrendWhore Bracelets

Are we terrible people for capitalizing on these bracelets? Probably, but as a proud owner of your TrendWhore Bracelet you can legitimately act high and mighty around your friends.

Brilliant.

Politics - Damn good question...

Books - Anansi Boys

Neil Gaiman's follow up to American Gods is due out September 20th.

Politics - American Legion Declares War on Protestors

Thomas Cadmus, national commander, The American Legion "...explained, 'No one respects the right to protest more than one who has fought for it, but we hope that Americans will present their views in correspondence to their elected officials rather than by public media events guaranteed to be picked up and used as tools of encouragement by our enemies.' This might suggest to some, however, that American freedoms are worth dying for but not exercising."

Humor - Hope this is included in TCP/IP V 7.0

Tech - Bender Case Mod

Bite my shiny metal case mod

Blog - Link me! Link me! Link me!

My good buddy Cornpone made me a link button!



He's a good guy, I don't care what everyone else says about him!

Games - Frag Dolls search for a new member

The Frag Dolls, an all girl professional video game group is looking for a new member. (hehehe... "member"... get it?)

So, if you are a girl, at least 18 years old, are hot, and don't mind being a corporate whore, go give it a shot!

Politics - Bullshit Protector

Bill Moyer, 73, wears a "Bullshit Protector" flap over his ear while President George W. Bush addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

Mr. Moyer, I salute you!

Politics - Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports

Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports Top 15 Countries

The top five exporting countries accounted for 67 percent of United States crude oil imports in June and the top ten sources accounted for approximately 84 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports.

The top five countries that import oil into the US?
Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Nigeria.

Comics - Kansas City Comix Scene

The Kansas City Comix Scene

I knew Aaron Williams was from here, but it looks like a lot more comic artists call KC home.

Plus I found a link to a human figure drawing class I'm going to try and attend!

Event - K.C. Irish Fest 2005

Kansas City Irish Fest 2005 at Crown Center - the Festival for all the Family 9/2 - 9/4.

Blog - I Hate Pat Robertson - Monitoring the Religious Right

I Hate Pat Robertson - Monitoring the Religious Right has been around since 2004 and is THE source for all things Anti-Pat Robertson.

Politics - You say tomAto, I say tomOto, part 2

Pat Robertson makes friends in Venezuela

They have jihads. We have crusades.
They have prisoners. We have detainees.
They have insurgents. We have freedom fighters.
They have rabid fundamentalists calling for the assasination of foreign leaders. We have... oh, crap. Better get the Department of Homeland Propoganda on this one!

Personal - Five hours of Battlestar and I look like a nurse.

Plopped my fat arse on the couch and watched five back to back episodes last night. Aside from some atrophy in my legs it was great. Unfortunatly last weeks BG was screwed up because of a storm in the area, and I missed out on the end. (Dishnet cuts out if it's just a bit humid outside.)

Still, it's a great show.

-----------------------------------------------

As I was coming in to work, a guy stopped me and said, "Don't take offense to this, but you look like a nurse."

"A nurse..." I said, looking at my light blue t-shirt and khaki pants. "How do I look like a nurse?"

"You just have that look like you'd be a good nurse," he says.

"Well," I begin, "My father is an RN, his sister is an LPN, my grandmother worked as a floor nurse in OBGYN for years, a bunch of my cousins were candy stripers or worked in the hospital business office, I basically grew up in a hospital."

He says, "See, I knew there was a reason. So, why didn't you go into medicine?" he asks.

"Because I don't like humans that much," I said walking away.

Comics - Extra Life - I've had this conversation more than once

Funny Extra Life comic.

Humor - Every OS Sucks

Three Dead Trolls present: Every OS Sucks

"Way back in the ninteen hundred and seventies, when computers were used for two things; you either go to the moon, or play pong. Nothing in between."

Football - Preseason Game 3

Preseason Game 3 Saturday @ 7:30

Games - Nintendogs

Nintendogs, quite possibly the last game I would ever own is getting some disturbingly high reviews.

Gamespot : 9.1 out of 10
SanJose Mercury News : 3.5 out of 4
IGN : 8.8 out of 10
HonestGamers : 9 out of 10
ClubSkill : 9.4 out of 10
Edge Magazine : 7 out of 10
Cube Magazine : 8.7 out of 10
AP Technology : 4 out of 4
(As an aside, why rate anything on a scale of four? There is very little room for detail when all you have is completely sucks, does not completely suck, not completely great, and completely great. And why is the San Jose Mercury reviewing games, anyway?)

What am I missing? I have a dog I love. She's a real living, breathing entity. She's a P.I.A. sometimes, but she's my dog. A real dog.

Politics - You say tomAto, I say tomOto

Dictionary.com/insurgent

Dictionary.com/guerrilla

Personal - My PVR is smokin'.

Trying to clean off the PVR this weekend/week. I watched 6 episodes of Justice League Unlimited today, but I still have five episodes of Battlestar Galactica, five episodes of Firefly, and two movies, (Van Wilder and Ghost World.)

If I didn't have to go to work, I'd be set for tomorrow.

Music - The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan

You can stream the entirety of the new album here.

Jack White is really an impressive musician. I love the sound on My Doorbell. Almost sounds like the Black Crowes recorded this.

Edit: Meg needs to not sing. Ever again.

Games - Swap Job

Kiss your free time goodbye. We've all played those "line up three to clear the board" games, but never one with such a catchy background music. (NSFW)

EDIT: OK, this has cured me of my WoW habit. I just spent the last two hours playing this damn thing.

Edit 2: I'm an idiot and forgot to include a link. Blogging is hard!
Here it is.

Music - Music Map

Music-Map - The tourist map of music
Type in the name of an artist and get results back for similar artists you might enjoy.

Religion - Catholic recruitment poster shows priest as Matrix hero

Yeah, that'll get em lined up for the priesthood.

Personal - Mate and offspring are gone for the weekend...

They left at about nine o'clock this morning. So far I've had coffee and pop tarts for breakfast, a Wild Cherry Slurpee and tacos for lunch and I'm planning on Jalapeno Poppers and beer for dinner.

Wow... I'm 24 again!

Media - NFL on CBS goes cutting edge... for 1982

From farts in the blimp to a hippie chick sacking a quarterback.

Religion - Science class is going to be loooong this year.

Links to Creation Myths from around the world.

Media - Jack Cafferty, Journalist

DC Media Girl recaps CNN’s Jack Cafferty as he realizes the media is failing humanity.

This is a ghoulish exercise on the part of the news media and if ratings are the reason, then I’ll say it again, we ought to be ashamed of ourselves.

Bravo, Mr. Cafferty.

Religion - Touched

Politics - "Fiscal con-what" now?

Games - Love to my 'Handbrake'

BOFH: Drunk gravity

"Clans are for people without lives," I blurt without thinking.

"Or handbrakes," the PFY adds.

"Handbrakes?"

"Social handbrakes - the little woman. You know - well you probably don't - but the person that stops you from playing shoot-em-ups over the net till three in the morning."

Music - Songfacts

Settle that bar bet over whether Counting Crows Mr. Jones is really about Adam's pecker at Songfacts.

Tutorials - Build your own astromech droid

Astromech.net

How have I not done this yet? Oh, yeah... I suck working with tools.

Toons - Crab feed!

I feel like that crab most days.

Music - Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead

Tech - OldVersion.com

OldVersion.com

That new version break everything? Check here for the version you know used to work. Newer is not always better.

Beer - It's the 30% increase that amazes me

gizmag Article: New beer tap pours beer four times faster and increases keg yield by 30%

Now that's science!

Tech - Vista feature exposes beta machines

Vista feature exposes beta machines

vista - A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening.

Tech - Beep?

Boop.