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Interesting.

August 29th, 2008. Published under General. 3 Comments.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think Gov. Sarah Palin is going to “win over” the so-called “Hillary Democrats” for a variety of reasons:

1. Palin is Anti-Choice.
2. Palin is Anti-Gay.
3. Does there really *need* to be any more reasons?

Yes, she’s a woman. But I hope to god that women voters aren’t so blind and shallow that they will vote for someone with those stances on the ticket just because she owns a vagina.

I found this story on a political humor site with this introduction on the site’s homepage:

In a surprise move that shocked qualified Republican women everywhere, John “Women’s Rights Aren’t Really My Thing” McCain announced today that Alaska Governor and pinup model Sarah Palin is his choice for Vice President, narrowly beating, McCain said, “that whore at Starbucks that gives me my coffee, AHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Pat Buchanan, a Staunch Conservative and thus a Foe To Women Everywhere, is expected to enjoy the most internally conflicted self-induced orgasm of his long, bitter life later this afternoon in the MSNBC men’s room while clutching a photograph of Gov. Palin in one clammy fist.

And yes, that is Palin in the photo. Now, the slathering horde are declaring “she’s hot” - which gives me pause in thinking that had Paris Hilton be older and have two years of being mayor of a town of 8,000 that she would’ve been asked to be the VP candidate. Or perhaps Jenna Jameson?

I’m not too concerned. I just think now I’m going to have to enter radio silence until the election because I’ll want to strangle other people. Out of love and unity, of course!

P.S. - I think the woman has a hair helmet because I can’t find any recent pictures where her hair isn’t up in that foofy ponytail.

Too Good Not To Share

August 28th, 2008. Published under General. 2 Comments.

My friend Barrett posted this over on LiveJournal:

I. Can’t. Stop. Laughing. At. It.

Especially Michelle Obama’s expression…and Hillary’s. So funny!

I needed that laugh today!

Yes We Can!

August 26th, 2008. Published under General. 3 Comments.

I just happened to find a number of stories in today’s news that I needed to comment on and thus this post will be a bit disjointed. You have been warned.

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This story about 9-year old Jericho Scott being told he can’t pitch on his baseball team anymore because he’s “too good” really pisses me off.

He’s too good? What in the hell is wrong with our society?

Tim and I had this discussion during the Olympics after the backlash that Michael Phelps was (and still is, to some extent) getting about how “dorky” and “ugly” he is after he did one of the greatest feats in sports history. I did notice, however, that most of the criticism is coming from heterosexual men - because just about every woman I know (and my gay male friends) thinks he’s a hottie.

Getting back on point, what we talked about was the fact that in our society, it seems that nobody is allowed to be great anymore. Nobody is allowed to be “better than” someone else. It’s prevalent in schools where they can’t give poorly performing students an F because it’ll hurt their self esteem or the tee-ball games where they don’t keep score because they don’t want any “losers” or not letting Jericho Scott pitch because he has a 40mph fastball at 9 years of age. Michael Phelps has to be “ugly” and “grotesque” because he won 8 gold medals. Who cares what he looks like? (I think he’s adorable, btw) What he did is amazing! Why not give him some damn credit for a change? And they should let little Jericho pitch and obliterate the competition if he wants to.

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Regarding the Rednecks for Obama - I want a t-shirt.

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I can see this picture coming in handy sometime:

The “K” cracks me up every time.

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Tim’s first day of (going back to) college is today! I’m so proud of him. It’ll be rough financially while he is in school, but it’ll be worth it in the long run.

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Also, Hillary supporters just need to get over it and STFU.

I Finally Gave In

August 25th, 2008. Published under General. 3 Comments.

Well, that’s a bit misleading - I should say that I finally signed up for a Facebook account.

Up until now, I’ve been using LinkedIn for my professional networking. However, it’s pretty obvious that LinkedIn is not going to grow as much as Facebook has already. I’m using it mainly to network, and since my LinkedIn account filled up with people I don’t want on there and/or acquaintances that have no relevance to my career - I’m only adding people I really want to have in my network to Facebook. If you friend me and I don’t do the same, it’s nothing personal - I’m just crafting a network full of people I want to be associated with. Some are contacts I’ve made through podcasting, some through Pownce, and some are close friends - but all of the ones I’ve added I’ve at least spoken to personally. If I’ve met you once or twice, have a friend in common but I don’t know you that well, or you’re someone I’m not friends with anymore - I’m probably not going to add you unless it makes sense to do so.

The place where I’m not as discerning who is my friend or not is on Pownce - I’ll add just about anybody on there. But then, Pownce is a whole different animal than most social networks - there’s a concentration for personal interaction and not a psycho friend grab so you can tweet* at me. I’ve made some great contacts and met some awesome people on Pownce - and I attribute that to my liberal friending policy. However, I do think there should be a disconnect between social networking and career networking.

I know that there are people I know that will most likely go to Facebook, track me down and add me. There are only a few people that I want on my list that are not on Facebook, everyone else I wanted to add were on there already. Down the road, I’m sure former classmates will find me on there and add me - and that’s OK. Same goes with family. One of my brothers is on there already, and I can see other family members doing the same. But that doesn’t necessarily mean I’m going to add you in return.

Where was I going with this? I’m just trying to avoid any misunderstandings when it comes to whom I friend and whom I don’t “friend” on there. Because I can see it being a problem.

Wow. That came out a bit more draconian than I intended. Oh well. :-)

On a side note, I’m still trying to figure out how the site works. Some of the “find your ~whatever~” search boxes don’t work the best and I’m still trying to wrap my head around the applications and all the other things so prevalent on the site. I guess I’ll figure it out eventually. Not too worried about it.

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I went to a baby shower this weekend and met an NFL Hall of Famer. That was interesting!

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* - I fucking hate Twitter and everything associated with it. I especially hate the people who send their Twitter blather to other sites (i.e. Pownce) - if I wanted to read your stupid Twitter posts, I’d sign up for Twitter.

Golden Boy

August 18th, 2008. Published under General. 6 Comments.

You know, I was so damn excited watching Michael Phelps win his 8th gold medal of the Beijing Olympic games. Just ask Tim: I was jumping up and down screaming like I was his mom.

Yeah, that’s pretty much how I looked, but with more jumping up and down.

People don’t view him as an underdog, but if you look back in his personal history he was most definitely the underdog. The quiet, skinny, full of energy kid that got picked on in school and in swim meets because he was quiet, skinny and full of energy. He overcame a lot to get where he is today.

But what impresses me more than anything is his grace in winning. Other people in the media are trying to downplay the monumental achievement by saying that “oh, it’s easy to win so many gold medals in swimming” - if that were the case, why had Mark Spitz’s record stand for 36 friggin’ years?

There was relatively no drama (aside from the 4×100 freestyle relay taunting from the French) in any of his races, he didn’t blow everyone out of the water (the 0.01 margin of victory in the 100m butterfly), he had problems (he swam virtually blind with water-filled goggles the last 1/2 of the 200m butterfly) and he relied on his friends and teammates to get him to that goal. He has been gracious and humble after every victory, despite the fact that he wanted to win so much.

I don’t know why people are getting their panties in a bunch over the whole story. He is one of the greatest Olympians of all time - period. To split hairs over the fact just makes one look petty.

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Keeping with the Olympics theme, I just cracked up at the reaction to Usain Bolt’s 100m sprint win. You know, the one where he slowed down and started celebrating with 20m to go and not only did he still win the race, but also broke the world and Olympic records? The post-race interview was equally as priceless. When asked why he slowed down and what would his time had been if he hadn’t, Bolt said simply that all he wanted to do was break the Olympic record and win the gold medal, and he had done both. What’s the big deal?

Of course now the accusations are flying that he’s doping, etc. What I think they forget is that he’s 6′5″ tall. If you get the sprinter’s physiology and speed on a 6 foot 5 frame, you’re going to have someone that runs faster than a 5 foot 10 sprinter. It’s just basic physics.

Can you see how long his damn legs are?

It’s also funny that the sports media can’t fathom an athlete with such a laissez faire attitude about the whole thing. It’s refreshing.

Can’t wait to see how he does in the 200m, the distance he’s “better” at.

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I discovered last night that Tim has never seen “Animal House.”

This will be rectified tonight.

What a difference a day makes.

August 7th, 2008. Published under General. No Comments.

I’m not as surly and pointy as I was yesterday. This is a good thing.

Today is going to be a day of not much work.

Every Thursday, I attend a Business Writing class, which is the first of a number of classes I’m going to take in the firm’s professional development program.

But on top of that, our group is going out to lunch at 2021, the Wolfgang Puck restaurant in the Walker Art Center. After lunch, we’re going mini-golfing in the Walker Sculpture Garden.

Should be a blast.

What a difference one day can make in a person’s outlook.

Crabby Pants!

August 6th, 2008. Published under General. No Comments.

I’m so surly today.

I moved from “tired and eat everything” to “fuck off and DIE” overnight! It’s a 2-for-1 special this month! Yee haw!

So, in the best interests of your safety and my sanity, I shall post this nice picture of a nice kitty to try and calm me down:

Awww…nice kitty.

T-Rex Arms!

August 5th, 2008. Published under General. 2 Comments.

It seems that this summer is slipping away. And what have I done lately? Not much.

Haven’t done any races, just did that one bike ride for breast cancer with Jennifer. I’m just in a *blah* state of mind right now. Tim’s getting ready to go back to college in a few weeks, settling into his “school job” and tinkering with computer parts (and being quite enthused by them) - but what have I been doing or looking forward to?

Nothing.

I’m taking some time off around Labor Day (because why not?), but I won’t be going anywhere or doing anything spectacular - just hanging around the house. Tim will be working anyway. We have his brother’s wedding in NY in mid-September and I know it’ll be fun, but I’m not stoked by it either.

It’s also possible that I’m not only noticing that the days are getting shorter again, but that I seem to have the “I want to lay around, do nothing and eat everything in sight and out of sight” PMS this month. It’s like spinning a wheel sometimes. Sometimes it’s the “why don’t you just fucking DIE” PMS or “I’m going to blow up like a puffer fish and retain water like a camel” PMS or “nothing whatsoever”. It’s like a game show, but horrible, food-filled and angry.

But I digress.

I have friends in varying stages of turmoil right now and I feel like a heel because I don’t feel like I’m doing enough for them as a friend. On the other hand, I want to do nothing but stay home like a hermit. It’s not a big sign of any malcontent that I have right now - it’s more of a combination of “everything’s pretty even” and “I’m a cheap miser”. There’s no “dear god I want to die” feelings, but there aren’t any “HOLY CRAP WOOOOO!” feelings either. But, that’s not a bad thing - is it?

I’m also being a hermit because of the aforementioned PMS and, as of right now, after 7pm on Friday my weekend has officially been commandeered. Friday night is Tech Snark. Saturday I work at Ye Olde Part Tyme Jobbe, then I head straight down to my sister’s house where I’ll be helping her with some home improvement stuff (to pay her back for all the help she gave me) and head back home by 4pm on Sunday to record the PownceCast.

So no time off for this kitten this weekend!

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Also, since I focus way too much on running in my fitness, my arms resemble a T-Rex: small, wimpy and nearly useless. So I’m going to do the One Hundred Push Ups Challenge. I’m pretty stoked. My upper body is going to look smokin’!