Current Star -- 1/24/2005

Another reason not to smoke.


"...And, unlike communism, democracy does not mean having just one ineffective political party; it means having two ineffective political parties. ... Democracy is welcoming people from other lands, and giving them something to hold onto -- usually a mop or a leaf blower. It means that with proper timing and scrupulous bookkeeping, anyone can die owing the government a huge amount of money. ... Democracy means free television, not good television, but free. ... And finally, democracy is the eagle on the back of a dollar bill, with 13 arrows in one claw, 13 leaves on a branch, 13 tail feathers, and 13 stars over its head -- this signifies that when the white man came to this country, it was bad luck for the Indians, bad luck for the trees, bad luck for the wildlife, and lights out for the American eagle. I thank you."

- Johnny Carson, 1991


Most people our age don't remember Johnny Carson that much. They don't understand the Leno-Letterman controversy. They don't understand or appreciate how TV is different than it would have been.


And maybe you could argue for why anyone should care why or how a societal toxin like TV changed? That's fair enough in itself, but there was a man with a gift who devoted his life to making others laugh, sometimes when it seemed they had nothing to laugh about. And you have to understand that once famous and rich, he could have stopped. But the money and the fame became less important over time. Even when it was leaked last week that he has been secretly writing jokes for Letterman the last 5 years, it wasn't JC that went to the press, nor did he even comment (to my knowledge). It showed his character, as best as I know it. And for that, he gets 5 minutes of my busy day to write this so that others may join in and feel sadness that he is gone, and appreciation for his life.








In other news:
Tthe Iggles will fall, schadenfreude will commence (even though it seems to have been on vacation since the ALCS in October).
I may or may not have had a Christine-constructed snow tunnel collapse on me with half a bottle of JD in my belly. More and more of a grown up everday.
I have resisted all avenues of poker since Mexico.
Yes, my hands are shaking.

stumbled upon

Looking up a word in a medical dictionary online, the following was listed:

"September is National Mesothelioma awareness month! Mesothelioma is hard to detect, easily mis-diagnosed, and always fatal. Have your doctor check you for Mesothelioma or Pleural Mesothelioma today!"

If it's always fatal, what's the rush?

I mean, right???






Oh, and apparently Spongebob Squarepants is gay. We all had suspicions but finally those righteous Christians smoked the fucker out.

I know if my kid ever became *shudder* tolerant of sexual preference differences, not only would my all-loving God hate him, so would I.

Mexico

Nice!

(BYOW)

Current Star -- 1/20/05

Makes you wonder.

Not in college.
Didn't claim it to be a bet.
Hmmm....

Stories like this need full interviews.

4 more years!

So we have a newly inaugurated president.

(looks like the same tired one to me)

Now with less cowboy talk!

A kinder, gentler America.

Peace...by any means necessary.
Freedom to all, or be damned.

I think he'll do a...job.


And I wish him safety and health.


If, for no other reason, than to prevent a Dick Cheney America.




Now that would be scary.



Canada, you're getting too close. Consider that your warning.

if you fail at succeeding, succeed at failing...in life

this guy can eat me

This guy just cost me 2 minutes of my life.

Current Star 1/7: Richard Hamilton

0-10 from the field.
14-14 from the line.
Led team in scoring.
1st time this has ever happened.
Big fat loss (no surprise).

Movie: "Garden State"--skip this if you haven't seen it

Pretty good movie once you come to grips with the fact that the most important thing to the director was showing how clever he could be. Yes, they were clever scenes, but allow it to sink in before socking us with another.

And it made Christine cry "just a little". Being a barometer of the ever unpredictable phenomenon of feminine emotions, it must have been touching to some demographic.

I'd have preferred it if dude left her crying at the airport, but that's just me.
....little more realistic.

And if a friend jumped through hoops to give me back the jewelry he stole from my mother's corpse, I wouldn't be thanking him for his consideration. Would have been "buckwheats" for him...what an asshole.

"buckwheats": see "Things to do in denver when you're dead".

Randomness: Macking on the ugly girl

Watched a terrible show yesterday.

How disappointing it must be to reach the age when you realize that you're self-image is not only the best thing you've got going, but you're also a slave to your hormones and to a sadist, mocking pop culture that cultivates you just to put you on stage for the entertainment of/reassurance to others.

Playa, people laugh at you. Ugly, stupid girls have sex with you. And soon they'll stop.

I hate MTV.

Current star 1/5

In a vicious ring of narcissism, the current star is this fledgling drivel.

But here's something fun to look at anyways:
Proof that being a washed up male pop vocalist pays dividends. Ye God. She cheats in 9 months, guaranteed, with a guy named Esteban who doesn't speak her language. (and somewhere a Seal cries).

A play on words

I wanted to title it "In everyone else's shadow".

Don't expect me to wax intellectual (does anyone wane intellectual?) or bring you all on a journey through my inner suffering or some shit.

This will be a place of randomness, with anticipated long droughts of silence.

Excited?

Let's do this...