Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Getaway Day


At the Gate
Cinci to Paris to Amman, Jordan. Eight PM flight. I'll meet many of our tour group in Paris (Charles DeGaulle) tomorrow morning.

I love international travel. I love travel in general. You know that if you've paid any attention at all to this blog. But, Getaway Day is a pain to me. All the waiting. You spend the whole day clock watching. "So many hours until I leave for the airport. So much time to get my workout in (I ran eight miles this morning, the last under seven minutes, a rarity any more), so much time to shower and shave, eat, finish packing, gas up." LEt me just get going. Once I clear security I'm happy.

I got to CVG around five PM, so lots of time. Looking forward to seeing my friends again. Sad to leave Saps. She always knows when I'm not just running to the store. How many more trips does she have to say goodbye? She's at my parent's. They'll spoil her. She deserves it. She's a good dog.

Now for some chow, a look at the bookstore (Borders, nothing jumped out at me. I've already got five or six books in my pack. I stopped to get gas and finished my latest Flashman, "The Mountain of Light," before arriving. Had to stop at a gas station for a half hour to finish the final 30 pages. Didn't want to take it nor leave it unfinished.), and for my favorite activity, people watching.

Dinner of choice appears to be Sbarro's Pizza topped off with a large Starbuck's Chai Tea Latte. This time tomorrow (more or less) I'll be dining on Jordanian Schwarma. Hot cha!

Thursday, October 26, 2006

The Flip Side of Political Correctness

So now we have renowned drug addict and flaming asshole Rush Limbaugh making fun of Michael J. Fox' Parkinson symptoms. All for the purpose of countering Fox' plea for stem cell research, which could prove useful in the cure and treatment of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other diseases. The point is not that stem cell research will or will not turn out to be the cure. That is the point of doing research.

People like Limbaugh decry what they call "Political Correctness." What some would take for good breeding Limbaugh and his right-wing ilk despise. Why? Because they feel it is their RIGHT to denigrate those who are not like them. Pity the poor boors. It pains them not to be able to openly drop N-bombs, label queers, fags, Kikes, Micks, Spics, Hebes, Slopes, Gooks, Nips, etc. etc. ad nauseum. At least without a wink and a leer. Always with a disparaging remark about being "PC."

So Limbaugh feels taking shots at someone's disease is fair game. You know, Rush would have fit right in with the Third Reich crowd.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

My Response (This is so much more fun than actually working!)

Dear Mrs. Wang Chung,

Thank you for your epistle. I am sure I would be a great misrespresentative for your company. I come from a family of rag merchants and feel I am highly qualified to fill your position.

Here are my contacts ifirmation as requested:


> [FULL NAMES]: Shitz A. McGuffney
> [FULL MAILING ADDRESs]: 69 Upyerass Avenue (Opp. police barracks)
> [COUNTRY]: Untied States of Amerika
> [REGION]: Furburger
> [STATE/PROVINCE]: Iowa
> [AGE]: 72
> [SEX]: Not for some time now
> [MARITAL STATUS]: polygamous
> [OCCUPATION]: Sales misrepresentative
> [CURRENT EMAIL]: lagiwekim@yahoo.com
> [TEL/FAX]: (608) 334 7734/ (608) 334 7733

A New Scam Approach

I got this one this morning. Interesting. They're looking for someone "trustwothy." Hey, that's me all over. Besides, they're offering 11:5% commission! AND they're illiterate. How hard can this be? Like taking candy from a baby. I think I'll answer and see what happens. By the way, there actually IS a Wujiang Wanlida Textile co., Ltd. Here's the letter:

Hello

How are you doing, I am Mrs.Wang Ceng,md/ceo wujiang wanlinda textileco;ltd.i am involved in the manufacture and exportation of textile materials to europe,canada,america and some part of the Middle East.

I really need representatives in these regions/provinces for my business to suceed as it is,and that is the reason why i am contacting you now.

Because I am looking for a man/woman who is trustworthy to be in charge of receiving cash on my company's behalf in his/her country.if you know you are not trustwothy please do not bother to reply at all because there is a lot of money is involved here,all I am asking you is if you would like to earn. For the first 60days Reps will receive 11.5% commission on every transaction processeds.
After the 60day trial period, commission will increase to 20:5% from any amount you help us collect from our customers.

Things were not as difficult as this for us exporters in the east because checks from these countries never took any time before they cleared in our territory but now it takes weeks and this slows down production for us.some of these customers even send checks that will not clear eventually at the end of the day and this creates more financial problems for us eastern businesswomen/men.

The best part of this job offer is that you do not have to leave your present place of employment because it is on a part-time basis.You can ask any question concerning the areas where you are not clear and I
assure you that I will answer them to the best of my knowledge.




Please if you are interested to work with us in good faith and honesty, Contact MRS WANG CENG of this company Through this email address below:And also forward your contacts iformation list up below:
wanlindatextilecompany4@yahoo.com.cn

[FULL NAMES]
[FULL MAILING ADDRESs]
[COUNTRY]
[REGION]
[STATE/PROVINCE]
[AGE]
[SEX]
[MARITAL STATUS]
[OCCUPATION]
[CURRENT EMAIL]
[TEL/FAX]
Kindest Regards
Mrs Wang Ceng.
MD/CEO
WUJIANG WANLINDA TEXTILES

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

A Sad State of Affairs...

It's been four days since I've heard from my Nigerian scammer. He must be on to me.
What do you suppose it was that tipped him off, my calling him "Dumbass," the rumination about the heated seats and my case of 'Roids, or the bit about the British pounds?

It's a shame. I had a whole scenario worked out to string him along, murder, mayhem and mystery. Ah, you can't find decent scammers anymore! Back in the old days any response would have these guys salivating all over you.

What's the world coming to?

Off topic, I see where a 14 year old girl was given the third degree by the Feds for saying Bush was an idiot on her MySpace page. It's just like in the Soviet days when you could go to prison for revealing a State secret. Not much of a secret, I'd say.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

BMW scam update

It didn't take long for them to reply to my answer. Here is their latest posting:

Reference Number BMW:2551256003/23

Dear Shitz A. McGuffney,

How are you doing today? I am in receipt of your mail
and i must say that you should count yourself
extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our winners
in this years 2006 BMW LOTTERY PROMO. As you already
know your email address was randomly selected along
with others from a database of over 250,000 (Hey, the first Email said 50,000!)email
addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
Each email address was attached to a ticket number.
Your email address (Lagiwekim@yahoo.com) with
Reference Number BMW:2551256003/23 was selected along
with others as winners of a cash prize of £450,000.00
(four hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds)
and a brand new BMW 5 Series Car
A certificate of prize claims and some vital documents
will be sent along side your winnings cheque and brand
new BMW car.

VISUAL DISPATCH DELIVERIES has been contracted as your
delivery agent to send your winnings safely to you.
Contact their delivery Agent with the contact
information below for further instructions on how to
send your winnings to you.

DELIVERY AGENT.
Mr Victor Bloom
E-MAIL: visualdispatchdelivery@hotmail.com

Its is imperative that you add your Reference Number
BMW:2551256003/23 as the subject of any correspondence
with the courier company to ensure they respond in a
timely manner.
I will require a concise update on the proceedings
with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them.

Regards.
Dunace clem
FIDUCIARY AGENT

OK, here is my response. Notice I haven't contacted them in the way they suggest. they'll get around to pushing me for that soon. Maybe we'll get to the point when they ask for money. (Oh, and by the way, the Fax number I sent in earlier is an actual number belonging to a friend of mine. Wanna bet he gets some interesting faxes?)

Dear Mr. Dumbass Clem,

It's very nice to hear from you. Since I'm from
Amerika I'm not sure how much four hundred and fifty
thousand British pounds weigh. Is it a lot? I mean
if I figure right in this country that would be 225
tons. But, 225 tons of what?

Also, could you tell me a little more about the 2006
BMW 5 Series car. What options are on it? Does it
have heated driver's seats? That would be very
important to me, because I have an acute case of
sub-clinical hemorrhoids. A warm seat is a must for
me, expecially here in the north where it is getting
pretty cold these days.

I'd like one of those Tom Tom's on it too.

Let me know what I have to do.

Your fiend,

Shitz A. McGuffney


Any apparent misspellings or mispronunciations are entirely intentional.

This Should Be an Interesting Drama...

So, I get this E-mail this morning from someone informing me I've won some kind of lottery. I get a 2006 BMW and 450,000 British pounds.

It's obviously another Nigerian scam. But, I can't resist toying with these idiots. So I filled out their little questionnaire and sent it back. They weren't long in replying. I'll copy the back and forth exchange for your pleasure until I get tired of it.

Here's the opening shot and my initial response:

--- AWARD 2006 wrote:

> �BMW MOTOR NOTIFICATION
> BMW COMPANY UK�.
> An Affiliate of Bmw Uk.
> 28 TANFIELD ROAD,
> LONDON, UK.
> Sir/Madam,
>
> We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the
> long awaited results of the BMW CAR
> INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 14TH
> october, 2006.You were entered
> as dependent clients with: Reference Number
> BMW:2551256003/23 and Secret pin code
> x7pwyz2006 and. Your email address attached to the
> ticket number: 2752246896 that drew
> the lucky winning number, which consequently won the
> sweepstake in the first category,in
> four parts. You have been approved for a payment of
> �450,000.00 (four hundred and fifty thousand Great
> British Pounds) and a brand new BMW
> 5 Series Car credited to file reference number:I
> BMW:2551256003/23. This is from a total cash
> prize of Ten million pounds shared among all our
> international winners in all categories.
>
> CONGRATULATION!!!!!!
> All participants were selected through a computer
> ballot system drawn from 50,000 (Fifty
> thousand) names of email users around the world, as
> part of our international promotion
> program. Due to mixed up of some names and
> addresses, we ask that you keep this award
> personal, till your claims has been processed and
> your funds remitted to you.This is a part
> of our security measures to avoid double claiming or
> unwarranted participants or
> imposters, taking advantage of the situation. You
> are to contact your/our-accredited agent
> for your claim now.
>
>
*************************************************************
> Mr. Dunace Clem
> BMW CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY.
> Email: dunaceclem012@hotmail.com
>
*************************************************************
>
> He is your agent, and he is responsible for the
> processing and transfer of your winnings to
> you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS BMW:2551256003/23.
> (keep personal) Remember, your
> winning must be claimed on time (AT LEAST 1-2weeks)
> . Failure to claim your prizes
> would result to forfeiting and will be used for the
> next 10,000,000 pounds
> international lottery program. Furthermore, should
> there be any change in your contact
> address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
> possible.You are also advised to provide
> him with the under listed information as soon as
> possible:
>
> 1.Name in
> full-----------Mr. Shitz A. McGuffney
> 2.Address------22 Skidoo Avenue, East Jesus,
Nebraska

3. Nationality---Egyptian----------------
> 4.Age------------69--------------------------
> 5.Occupation----Proctologist------------
> 6.Phone/Fax-----Tel: (617) 923 6646
Fax (617) 923-6025-------
>
> 7.Present
> Country---------America-----------------
> 8.Short comment on our
> products.
> [optional]------I'm happier than a pig in
shit!---------------
> 9.Male/female------sure---------------------
> 10.Fax
> [optional]----------------------------------------
> 11,Annual
> Income------------$153,789--------
> Once again congratulations.
>
> Yours Sincerely,
> (MRS.) JULIAN ROY (Program Co-ordinator.)
> Have Fun,
> The BMW AUTOMOBILE CO.LIMITED� Team

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Jason Combs IS David Puddy!!!



I discovered this closely kept secret while watching yet another Seinfeld rerun. Jason is actually Patrick Warburton (aka David Puddy). Especially since Jason got that corporate "adult" haircut.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Revolt in the Desert


I'm reading T. E. Lawrence's account of his WWI campaign in the Middle East. Not only was that guy among the toughest men I ever heard of he was a damn good (even great) writer. In the midst of all those battles and other trials he must have kept a ton of notes.

Also cool when he mentions places I have been.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Keith Olbermann Does it Again!

Heard Keith Thursday night on his show. The text of his commentary is below. Here is a MAN who is a voice in the wilderness. From a wise-cracking, smart-ass sports reporter on ESPN Keith has developed into the conscience of the true patriots of this experiment called America. (Would that the Democrats had a leader of his stripe.)

To wit:

"While the leadership in Congress has self-destructed over the revelations of an unmatched, and unrelieved, march through a cesspool ...

While the leadership inside the White House has self-destructed over the revelations of a book with a glowing red cover ...

The president of the United States — unbowed, undeterred and unconnected to reality — has continued his extraordinary trek through our country rooting out the enemies of freedom: the Democrats.

Yesterday at a fundraiser for an Arizona congressman, Mr. Bush claimed, quote, “177 of the opposition party said, ‘You know, we don’t think we ought to be listening to the conversations of terrorists.’”

The hell they did.

One hundred seventy-seven Democrats opposed the president’s seizure of another part of the Constitution.

Not even the White House press office could actually name a single Democrat who had ever said the government shouldn’t be listening to the conversations of terrorists.

President Bush hears what he wants.

Tuesday, at another fundraiser in California, he had said, “Democrats take a law enforcement approach to terrorism. That means America will wait until we’re attacked again before we respond.”

Mr. Bush fabricated that, too.

And evidently he has begun to fancy himself as a mind reader.

“If you listen closely to some of the leaders of the Democratic Party,” the president said at another fundraiser Monday in Nevada, “it sounds like they think the best way to protect the American people is — wait until we’re attacked again.”

The president doesn’t just hear what he wants.

He hears things that only he can hear.

It defies belief that this president and his administration could continue to find new unexplored political gutters into which they could wallow.

Yet they do.

It is startling enough that such things could be said out loud by any president of this nation.

Rhetorically, it is about an inch short of Mr. Bush accusing Democratic leaders, Democrats, the majority of Americans who disagree with his policies of treason.

But it is the context that truly makes the head spin.

Just 25 days ago, on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, this same man spoke to this nation and insisted, “We must put aside our differences and work together to meet the test that history has given us.”

Mr. Bush, this is a test you have already failed.

If your commitment to “put aside differences and work together” is replaced in the span of just three weeks by claiming your political opponents prefer to wait to see this country attacked again, and by spewing fabrications about what they’ve said, then the questions your critics need to be asking are no longer about your policies.

They are, instead, solemn and even terrible questions, about your fitness to fulfill the responsibilities of your office.

No Democrat, sir, has ever said anything approaching the suggestion that the best means of self-defense is to “wait until we’re attacked again.”

No critic, no commentator, no reluctant Republican in the Senate has ever said anything that any responsible person could even have exaggerated into the slander you spoke in Nevada on Monday night, nor the slander you spoke in California on Tuesday, nor the slander you spoke in Arizona on Wednesday ... nor whatever is next.

You have dishonored your party, sir; you have dishonored your supporters; you have dishonored yourself.

But tonight the stark question we must face is — why?

Why has the ferocity of your venom against the Democrats now exceeded the ferocity of your venom against the terrorists?

Why have you chosen to go down in history as the president who made things up?

In less than one month you have gone from a flawed call to unity to this clarion call to hatred of Americans, by Americans.

If this is not simply the most shameless example of the rhetoric of political hackery, then it would have to be the cry of a leader crumbling under the weight of his own lies.

We have, of course, survived all manner of political hackery, of every shape, size and party. We will have to suffer it, for as long as the Republic stands.

But the premise of a president who comes across as a compulsive liar is nothing less than terrifying.

A president who since 9/11 will not listen, is not listening — and thanks to Bob Woodward’s most recent account — evidently has never listened.

A president who since 9/11 so hates or fears other Americans that he accuses them of advocating deliberate inaction in the face of the enemy.

A president who since 9/11 has savaged the very freedoms he claims to be protecting from attack — attack by terrorists, or by Democrats, or by both — it is now impossible to find a consistent thread of logic as to who Mr. Bush believes the enemy is.

But if we know one thing for certain about Mr. Bush, it is this: This president — in his bullying of the Senate last month and in his slandering of the Democrats this month — has shown us that he believes whoever the enemies are, they are hiding themselves inside a dangerous cloak called the Constitution of the United States of America.

How often do we find priceless truth in the unlikeliest of places?

I tonight quote not Jefferson nor Voltaire, but Cigar Aficionado Magazine.

On Sept. 11th, 2003, the editor of that publication interviewed General Tommy Franks, at that point, just retired from his post as commander-in-chief of U.S. Central Command — of Cent-Com.

And amid his quaint defenses of the then-nagging absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, or the continuing freedom of Osama bin Laden, General Franks said some of the most profound words of this generation.

He spoke of “the worst thing that can happen” to this country:

First, quoting, a “massive casualty-producing event somewhere in the Western World — it may be in the United States of America.”

Then, the general continued, “the Western World, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we’ve seen for a couple of hundred years, in this grand experiment that we call democracy.”

It was this super-patriotic warrior’s fear that we would lose that most cherished liberty, because of another attack, one — again quoting General Franks — “that causes our population to question our own Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a repeat of another mass-casualty-producing event. Which, in fact, then begins to potentially unravel the fabric of our Constitution.”

And here we are, the fabric of our Constitution being unraveled, anyway.

Habeus corpus neutered; the rights of self-defense now as malleable and impermanent as clay; a president stifling all critics by every means available and, when he runs out of those, by simply lying about what they said or felt.

And all this, even without the dreaded attack.

General Franks, like all of us, loves this country, and believes not just in its values, but in its continuity.

He has been trained to look for threats to that continuity from without.

He has, perhaps been as naïve as the rest of us, in failing to keep close enough vigil on the threats to that continuity from within.

Secretary of State Rice first cannot remember urgent cautionary meetings with counterterrorism officials before 9/11. Then within hours of this lie, her spokesman confirms the meetings in question. Then she dismisses those meetings as nothing new — yet insists she wanted the same cautions expressed to Secretaries Ashcroft and Rumsfeld.

Mr. Rumsfeld, meantime, has been unable to accept the most logical and simple influence of the most noble and neutral of advisers. He and his employer insist they rely on the “generals in the field.” But dozens of those generals have now come forward to say how their words, their experiences, have been ignored.

And, of course, inherent in the Pentagon’s war-making functions is the regulation of presidential war lust.

Enacting that regulation should include everything up to symbolically wrestling the Chief Executive to the floor.

Yet—and it is Pentagon transcripts that now tell us this—evidently Mr. Rumsfeld’s strongest check on Mr. Bush’s ambitions, was to get somebody to excise the phrase “Mission Accomplished” out of the infamous Air Force Carrier speech of May 1st, 2003, even while the same empty words hung on a banner over the President’s shoulder.

And the vice president is a chilling figure, still unable, it seems, to accept the conclusions of his own party’s leaders in the Senate, that the foundations of his public position, are made out of sand.

There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

But he still says so.

There was no link between Saddam Hussein and al Qaida.

But he still says so.

And thus, gripping firmly these figments of his own imagination, Mr. Cheney lives on, in defiance, and spreads—around him and before him—darkness, like some contagion of fear.

They are never wrong, and they never regret -- admirable in a French torch singer, cataclysmic in an American leader.

Thus, the sickening attempt to blame the Foley scandal on the negligence of others or “the Clinton era”—even though the Foley scandal began before the Lewinsky scandal.

Thus, last month’s enraged attacks on this administration’s predecessors, about Osama bin Laden—a projection of their own negligence in the immediate months before 9/11.

Thus, the terrifying attempt to hamstring the fundament of our freedom—the Constitution—a triumph for al Qaida, for which the terrorists could not hope to achieve with a hundred 9/11’s.

And thus, worst of all perhaps, these newest lies by President Bush about Democrats choosing to await another attack and not listen to the conversations of terrorists.

It is the terror and the guilt within your own heart, Mr. Bush, that you redirect at others who simply wish for you to temper your certainty with counsel.

It is the failure and the incompetence within your own memory, Mr. Bush, that leads you to demonize those who might merely quote to you the pleadings of Oliver Cromwell: “I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.”

It is not the Democrats whose inaction in the face of the enemy you fear, Sir.

It is your own—before 9/11 - and (and you alone know this), perhaps afterwards.

Mr. President, these new lies go to the heart of what it is that you truly wish to preserve.

It is not our freedom, nor our country—your actions against the Constitution give irrefutable proof of that.

You want to preserve a political party’s power. And obviously you’ll sell this country out, to do it.

These are lies about the Democrats -- piled atop lies about Iraq -- which were piled atop lies about your preparations for al Qaida.

To you, perhaps, they feel like the weight of a million centuries -- as crushing, as immovable.

They are not.

If you add more lies to them, you cannot free yourself, and us, from them.

But if you stop -- if you stop fabricating quotes, and building straw-men, and inspiring those around you to do the same -- you may yet liberate yourself and this nation.

Please, sir, do not throw this country’s principles away because your lies have made it such that you can no longer differentiate between the terrorists and the critics."
© 2006 MSNBC Interactive

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15147009/

Friday, October 06, 2006

Good Morning Class. Here is Your Question for the Day:

How many cats can you own before you qualify as crazy?
I'm betting it'll be different for a man than a woman.

Mick is working up a regression equation.

Please have your answers submitted, typed, double-spaced, in triplicate NLT COB next Shrove Tuesday.

More Unbelieveable Crap


You may have seen this ad or TV commercials for something called The Center for Consumer Freedom at consumerfreedom.com.

Who is behind these? Turns out the Center for Consumer Freedom is a front group for tobacco, alcohol, and restaurant interests. They've been buying tony spots in popular publications (NYTimes, LA Times, Newsweek, Wash Post, etc.) promoting their dubious health messages under the guise of respectable journalism.

Here are just a handful of the groups they take to task:

CDC (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest)
Greenpeace
MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
Ralph Nadar's group, Public Citizen
US Surgeon General

A look at ConsumerDeception.com reveals some of the companies backing this crapola are: Philip Morris (over $3 million in contributions to Consumer Freedom), Arby's, Burger King, Chi-Chi's, Coca Cola, Hard Rock Cafe, Outback Steakhouse, Tyson Foods, and Wendy's.

The guy behind all this is someone named Richard Berman, a Washington lobbyist.

So the obesity epidemic in this country is all hype, eh?

To reitierate, "If they were not sheep, they would not need to be shorn."

Thursday, October 05, 2006

The Readers Write:

Anonymous said...

Mike, sorry to say, but I don't think you would recognize a lie if you came across one. I think maybe you've been touched by too many environmentalist whackos over the years. There was a show on a week or so ago..I was channel surfing and came across it on NGC (National Geographic) and it surprised me to learn that volcanic gases and ash which go into our atmosphere almost daily at varying rates actually cause a cooling effect because they block the sun's heat from being absorbed..they block light..so much so that an eruption over a hundred years ago in Greenland, I believe, caused temps in the eastern US to drop an average of 10 degrees for a whole season. The weather changed dramatically for about a year. Part of way God designed it, I think. Say did you ever check out the book I recommended a couple of months back, Darwin's Black Box, written by a real scientist with no agenda?
Didn't think so. Your mind sounds like its made up permanently. Oh well, His Word says someday all will know the TRUTH.

Mike
Athens, OH

I figured Mike might miss my response in the Comments section, so here it is:


Sorry Bub, I READ Behe's book. It was full of such irreducable crap I could barely stomach it. Behe's problem is he thinks if something is too complex for HIM God must have made it.

Q.E.D., my friend. Q. E. D.

As to "an eruption over a hundred years ago in Greenland." Well, technically you're close. In 1783 Benjamin Franklin postulated that volcanic dust from the Laki volcano in Iceland caused a 1 degree Celsius cooler than normal summer in the northern hemisphere. You're probably think of Krakatoa, which blew in 1883.

It is a kanard of the right to cite naturally occuring phenomena and give great credence to that and toally ignore man's effect.

Talk about minds being permanently made up. Have you read Collapse?

You ignore man's effect on his environment at not only your, but your children's and their children's peril.

Thu Oct 05, 06:04:28 PM PDT

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

We Regret Mike Will Not be Able to Take Any Questions...

He has checked himself into Rehab for his long-term addiction to life.

Hey, everyone else is checking into rehab. I haven't been caught doing anything illegal, unethical or fattening. But, give me some time. I'm sure I'll work something out.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

So, CNN has this IDIOT Senatror James Imhoff (Republican of Oklahoma, of course)...

claiming Global Warming is a hoax. It is no wonder we are so screwed.
This man is clearly DEEP into the pockets of big oil. His "scientific data" he cites are all from biased, pro-business sources.

These guys never hesitate to tell lie after lie after LIE! All to suit their own purposes.

Monday, October 02, 2006

I'm A Newfoundlander Born and Bred and I'll Be One til I Die...


Hey, it's a song by St. John's band "The Navigators." Was up there last week. I was there in 2003. Such a beautiful place. Newfoundland is the Canadian equivalent of West Virginia. Everybody tells Newfie jokes. But, the people (like Mountaineers) are very friendly, the salt(water) of the Earth. Our group was at Trapper John's bar getting Skreetched. I got a certificate and everything. Might want to pick up one of these coonskin caps. Rather dashing don't you think?

My buddy Eddie and I are considering buying a cabin on a bay up there. Would be a great place to watch the icebergs, get naked and howl at the moon (We would be there at seperate times, before you start jumping to conclusions. I like the guy, but not THAT way.) Could be a kayak heaven.


The harbour of Quidi Vidi (Pronounced Kiddie Viddie)

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Some Books Read Lately

Guns, Germs and Steel
Collapse
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night (must read!)
The Town that Died (Munitions ship explodes in Halifax harbor, 1917. Wipes out the town)
Dying to Win (Suicide Terrorist reasons)
The Afghan Campaign (Historical fiction. Alexander the Great tries to subdue Afghanistan. Results no better than today's)

They Say Confession is Good for the Soul...

So I fell off the wagon up in Canada. Yep, that's right, I drank a few colas. It was bound to happen. I never had any illusions of staying off the stuff forever.

Sure, I had a few teas, frappuccinos, even the odd coffee. But, that kind of traveling is grueling. Sometimes you need a little more. So I broke down.

I hit the "Red Bull" pretty hard too. Some of my friends on the last trip to the Middle East were talking about the aftereffects of drinking three Red Bulls in one night. All I can say to them is..."Wimps!" I did it and never felt a thing.

I'm back on the Lipton's Citrus Green Tea now. That should clean me out pretty quick.

My body is a temple.