Wednesday, October 22, 2008

how... halloween-ish.

i went to the kitchen at work to refill my water (which reminds me... i seem to have neglected to do that... and i left my kanteen in the kitchen... i'll get to that when i finish this post), and i ran into this little guy:


(sorry for the crappy image quality--taken with my cell phone)

i'll admit that i let out an "eep" at first. he was shockingly large (for an indoor spider), and right next to my foot! but isn't he cute and fuzzy? okay, you can't see the fuzziness in the photo, but i promise you... he was fuzzy like a cuddly thing. anyway, i was half tempted to keep him as a pet and call him my halloween mascot... but i don't like halloween. and i don't know how to care for a spider. nor do i have room for another pet.

i released him into the wild.

now... about that water...

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also, when i was running around the office with him (i had to show people!), he had a terrible time standing still. apparently the plastic window of the cd sleeve was too slick for him. he just slid adorably from side to side. poor thing had to suffer for my amusement.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

why does the race have to be about race?
oh, right. money.

Time Magazine asks: Is Obama Doing Enough to Get Out the Black Vote?

wtf? this is their supporting evidence?
"The Democrats will spend pennies on black voters, when they spend dollars on the general population..."

-Charles Cherry II

he's saying saying that as if black voters aren't part of the general population...

honestly, this reeks of a smarmy businessman trying to guilt campaigns into buying ads from him, especially since he's admitted that he courted mccain's campaign "for weeks," and ran a retaliation ad when they turned down (i.e. "mccain won't give me money because he doesn't care about you.")

why the hell is time picking this up?

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

why does this need to be said? again?

reporter who looks like she's trying to surreptitiously eat her own face states what should be obvious (but apparently isn't):

We've all been too quick to accept the idea that calling someone Muslim is a slur.

I feel like I am stating the obvious here, but apparently it needs to be said: There is a difference between radical Muslims who support jihad against America and Muslims who want to practice their religion freely and have normal lives like anyone else.


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i should probably add that i'm not actually trying to slight campbell brown--it's just an extremely awkward picture of her.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

dear senator mccain: i am not your friend.

please stop addressing me as such. it's getting awkward and uncomfortable.

thank you.

borrowing against the future

the american people do it. the american government does it. but why?

yes, in some cases, it can be necessary, or even beneficial. it can make fiscal sense. but borrowing against the future to create a bubble now seems like the worst idea ever. when the bubble pops (i.e. you run out of that future money), and you need a stable base to cushion the fall... the base will miraculously disappear--into the past.

are people just hoping that the bubble will outlive them? seems like a stupid gamble and a bleak outlook on life to me.

creating a problem to solve a problem isn't problem solving. it's problem displacement.

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before you try to tell me that the purpose of the future money *isn't* to create a bubble, and that it's meant to grow... i'll pose one question: apart from a few large names, aren't we placing the future money in the same hands that lost all the current money?

good intentions don't automatically mean good actions.

Monday, October 06, 2008

please don't be offended...

... if i seem to be using the imaginary brake pedal on the passenger side of your car. i've noticed that i'll use this motion to keep myself from physically sliding forward. it likely has nothing to do with your driving ability, or my trust in your driving ability.

honestly, the larger indication of my trust in your driving ability is whether or not i'm checking your blind spots for you (unless you ask me to) or look around when you're turning. of course, this behavior is also activated when i don't trust a particular area's traffic...

the imaginary brake pedal? an anti-wedgie measure (after all... my pants are likely *not* sliding forward with me...)

g.o.p.

for some reason, my brain is now appending "yeah, you know me!" to "g.o.p."

(it should be noted that i've never really listened to old dirty bastard *or* wu tang clan. i have no idea where i picked it up, and i had to google it just to figure out what the hell my brain was talking about)

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i'd also like to say that i've taken note of compactor removal twice since that last post about it, and it's been a relatively short process both times. it's really just not *supposed* to take that long.