You cannot buy a king cake in Kansas City. None. No where.
I tried four different bakeries yesterday and just confused the heck out of the pleebs behind the counter.
I did tell one of them that, "it's a cinnamon roll cake thing that has a little baby in it."
He just stared at me. I left before security got there.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Politics - Would you do it again?
I live in the reddest of red states, Kansas. I see more "Bush-Cheney '04" stickers on my daily commute than any three people ought to see in a lifetime. Mostly I shake my head and feel sorry for the occupants.
Until yesterday. I was stopping to get gas and pulled in behind a big black pickup truck with a "Bush-Cheney '04" sticker on the window and no less than six magnetic ribbons expressing the owners patriotism and support for our troops in Iraq. Yellow ones, camouflage ones, red-white-and-blue ones.
He was already fueling and as I started he noticed me looking at his cadre of decorations. He caught my eye, and, smiling, gave me kind of a half nod. He obviously assumed I was a god fearing, NRA member, Bush lovin' 'Publican like himself.
I looked at him and said, "Would you do it again?"
He looked a bit confused. "Do what again?" he asked.
"Vote for Bush," I said.
"Hellyeah! He's a good man!" he said, "Damn sight better than Kerry. I hate that guy. Bush is takin' care of them damn Iraqis."
"Hmmm," said I.
He finished filling his truck and while walking back around to get in his truck, stared at me like I had purple horns sprouting from my forehead.
I realized, then and there, I no longer feel sorry for them.
We are so screwed.
Until yesterday. I was stopping to get gas and pulled in behind a big black pickup truck with a "Bush-Cheney '04" sticker on the window and no less than six magnetic ribbons expressing the owners patriotism and support for our troops in Iraq. Yellow ones, camouflage ones, red-white-and-blue ones.
He was already fueling and as I started he noticed me looking at his cadre of decorations. He caught my eye, and, smiling, gave me kind of a half nod. He obviously assumed I was a god fearing, NRA member, Bush lovin' 'Publican like himself.
I looked at him and said, "Would you do it again?"
He looked a bit confused. "Do what again?" he asked.
"Vote for Bush," I said.
"Hellyeah! He's a good man!" he said, "Damn sight better than Kerry. I hate that guy. Bush is takin' care of them damn Iraqis."
"Hmmm," said I.
He finished filling his truck and while walking back around to get in his truck, stared at me like I had purple horns sprouting from my forehead.
I realized, then and there, I no longer feel sorry for them.
We are so screwed.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Politics - Just in case you haven't been keeping score...
1. Selling port security to the United Arab Emerates, known for financing 9/11 terrorists.
2. Invading Iraq on false pretenses and causing the inevitable civil war in that country.
3. Allowing Iran/Syria/North Korea to develop nukes.
4. The Hurricane Katrina debacle.
5. Record defecit reaching into the trillions of dollars.
6. Oil prices shooting through the roof.
7. CIA Agent outed by Veeps assistant.
8. NSA listening to American citizens phone calls, with
no warrant or court oversight.
9. Jackie Abramhoff and the boys stuffing their pockets with dirty money.
...but all of that combined is not as bad as getting a blowjob in the oval office.
2. Invading Iraq on false pretenses and causing the inevitable civil war in that country.
3. Allowing Iran/Syria/North Korea to develop nukes.
4. The Hurricane Katrina debacle.
5. Record defecit reaching into the trillions of dollars.
6. Oil prices shooting through the roof.
7. CIA Agent outed by Veeps assistant.
8. NSA listening to American citizens phone calls, with
no warrant or court oversight.
9. Jackie Abramhoff and the boys stuffing their pockets with dirty money.
...but all of that combined is not as bad as getting a blowjob in the oval office.
Music - Seems prophetic, no?
"When the cowboys and Arabs draw down
On each other at noon,
In the cool dusty air of the city boardroom,
Will you stand by a passive spectator
Of the market dictators?
Will you discreetly withdraw
With your ear pressed to the boardroom door?
Will you hear when the lion within you roars?
Will you take to the hills?"
-Roger Waters, song called Home on the album Radio K.A.O.S. published 1987.
On each other at noon,
In the cool dusty air of the city boardroom,
Will you stand by a passive spectator
Of the market dictators?
Will you discreetly withdraw
With your ear pressed to the boardroom door?
Will you hear when the lion within you roars?
Will you take to the hills?"
-Roger Waters, song called Home on the album Radio K.A.O.S. published 1987.
Movies - Indulge a fanboy, please!
Variety.com - Warner's men in tights: "The superhero sequel engine is revving up bigtime."
Please, please, PLEASE make a World's Finest movie! PLEASE!?!?
Please, please, PLEASE make a World's Finest movie! PLEASE!?!?
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Personal - Thoughts on a long weekend
Long weekends are never long enough...
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I made the mistake of telling my two and a half year old daughter that the little fuzzies you get between your toes after wearing new socks was called "sock goop."
She has since refused to wear socks. Her mother is less than impressed.
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There's a sign up in the bathroom at work that reads:
No, I don't work at a kindergarten... I work in a United States government office building.
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ATTENTION NOVELHEAD!
Where you at?
If you read this, drop me a line.
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I made the mistake of telling my two and a half year old daughter that the little fuzzies you get between your toes after wearing new socks was called "sock goop."
She has since refused to wear socks. Her mother is less than impressed.
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There's a sign up in the bathroom at work that reads:
Please Note: Do not overfill the toilets with excess paper.
No, I don't work at a kindergarten... I work in a United States government office building.
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ATTENTION NOVELHEAD!
Where you at?
If you read this, drop me a line.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Personal - I'm a leaf on the wind...
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You scored as Serenity (Firefly). You like to live your own way and don't enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you.
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Religion - A Field Guide to Evangelicals
I have to admit, I'm a bit disappointed that I'm not listed specifically on the Field Guide to Evangelicals list of those going to hell.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Politics - You can not make this stuff up
Fox put in charge of guarding the henhouse
"DeLay, R-Texas, also claimed a seat on the subcommittee overseeing the Justice Department, which is currently investigating an influence-peddling scandal involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his dealings with lawmakers."
Scum investigating scum... this should be hilarious.
"DeLay, R-Texas, also claimed a seat on the subcommittee overseeing the Justice Department, which is currently investigating an influence-peddling scandal involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his dealings with lawmakers."
Scum investigating scum... this should be hilarious.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Religion - It's all about the profit... oh, I mean the prophet... yeah... prophet.
Reuters - Gaza shopkeeper stocks up on Danish flags to burn
"When entrepreneur Ahmed Abu Dayya first heard that Danish caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad were being reprinted across Europe, he knew exactly what his customers in Gaza would want: flags to burn"
"When entrepreneur Ahmed Abu Dayya first heard that Danish caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad were being reprinted across Europe, he knew exactly what his customers in Gaza would want: flags to burn"
Music - A Kind Of Magic by Queen
Is possibly the greatest song ever written and is definitely on the greatest soundtrack ever produced.
No, I'm not drunk.
No, I'm not drunk.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Politics - Bush = Nixon
Helen Thomas has a posse...
And the line forms behind me.
And the line forms behind me.
Helen Thomas: Does the president think he should obey the law? He put his hand on the Bible twice to uphold the Constitution. Wiretapping is not legal under the circumstances without a warrant.
Scott McClellan: Well, I guess you didn't pay attention to the attorney general's hearing earlier today, because he walked through very clearly the rationale behind this program.
HT: There is no rationale --
SM: And Helen, I think you have to ask --
HT: -- (inaudible) -- the law.
SM: I think you have ask are we -- well, he's not -- are we a nation at war.
HT: That's not the question.
SM: No, that is the issue here.
HT: The question is, the point is, there are means for him to go to -- get a warrant to spy on people.
SM:: Enemy surveillance is critical to waging and winning war. It's one of the traditional tools of war.
HT: But he says he doesn't have running room --
SM: The attorney general outlined very clearly today how previous administrations have used the same authority --
HT: That doesn't make it legal.
SM: -- and cited the same -- and cited the very same authority.
HT: (Inaudible) -- they broke the law, that's too bad.
SM: And we're going to continue doing everything we can --
HT: You know what happened to Nixon when he broke the law.
SM: -- within our power to protect the American people.
This is a very different circumstance, and you know that.
HT: No, I don't.
Friday, February 03, 2006
Religion - It's getting stupider by the minute.
"Denmark must be blown up," protesters in Ramallah chanted.: "Palestinian militants threw a bomb at a French cultural centre in Gaza City and many Palestinians began boycotting European goods, especially those from Denmark, where the cartoons where first printed.
'Whoever defames our prophet should be executed,' said Ismail Hassan, 37, a tailor who marched through the pouring rain along with hundreds of other angry Muslims in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
'Bin Laden our beloved, Denmark must be blown up,' protesters in Ramallah chanted."
This is like arguing with a bunch of three year olds. Correction... a heavily armed and mentally unstable bunch three year olds.
'Whoever defames our prophet should be executed,' said Ismail Hassan, 37, a tailor who marched through the pouring rain along with hundreds of other angry Muslims in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
'Bin Laden our beloved, Denmark must be blown up,' protesters in Ramallah chanted."
This is like arguing with a bunch of three year olds. Correction... a heavily armed and mentally unstable bunch three year olds.
Religion - Really? The whole US? I wasn't asked...
U.S. backs Muslims in European cartoon dispute "The United States backed Muslims on Friday against European newspapers that printed caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a move that could help America's battered image in the Islamic world.
Inserting itself into a dispute that has become a lightning rod for anti-European sentiment across the Muslim world, the United States sided with Muslims outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion."
Ummm... no... I still think it's a fucking cartoon and anyone offended by it to the point of homicide doesn't deserve squat, let alone to be apologized to. Any of these militant pricks going to appologize for chanting "Death to America"?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Inserting itself into a dispute that has become a lightning rod for anti-European sentiment across the Muslim world, the United States sided with Muslims outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion."
Ummm... no... I still think it's a fucking cartoon and anyone offended by it to the point of homicide doesn't deserve squat, let alone to be apologized to. Any of these militant pricks going to appologize for chanting "Death to America"?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Sports - T.O. to K.C.?
NFL.com - NFL News "Also, Chiefs president Carl Peterson is saying that Kansas City needs to take a look at T.O., shortly after Kansas City's division rival Broncos brought T.O. to Denver for a visit."
No. No, no, no, no, no!
No!
Bad Carl! Bad!
No. No, no, no, no, no!
No!
Bad Carl! Bad!
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