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Get a Grip!: There is, in human society, an effect one might call "conservation of seriousness", whereby the amount of seriousness with which a person is taken is constant, and must be divided between himself and the rest of society. The more seriously a person takes himself, the less seriously everyone else will.
This, in my opinion, is why conservatives in the media always get mashed during "round table" discussions and the like. The liberals seem to know how to take the topic seriously, without believing so profoundly that they personally have to be taken seriously. It lets them "roll with the punches" as it were. The conservatives always seem to think that any attack on their argument is a personal one, and let anger take over long before it's warranted. Even when they're right, they still always seem to come off as blow-hards or buffoons.

Are you trying to make me cry?: After my last post, I've gotten a couple of emails to the effect of, "Oh those people are nuts, but you should have shown the actual text from the bumper sticker, so we could all get it!".
Are you kidding? Really? The text I posted, "Dont speak english? Dont live here!" *IS* the actual text. There are at least two separate English faux-pas in that quote, in three places. If you can't see that, you've proven my point. The end is nigh...
I'm going to go cry now...

Welcome to Ameriduh: I thought it was just an internet meme. I really did. Like everyone else, I just laughed when I saw all those pictures of obviously redneck folks protesting immigrants, or foreign languages in schools, or just Mexicans in general, apparently unaware that they had massive spelling and grammatical errors in their signs. I laughed because it was ironic, and a rare example of why stupidity and ignorance are so toxic.
Now I'm not laughing. Twice in the last week, I've seen anti-immigrant bumper stickers that were misspelled in real life. Not on trucks with gun-racks, but on 'normal' cars driven by 'normal' people. And I realized that we've already lost the war to drag America into a better day. We are living in the real-world downward spiral depicted in the movie "Idiocracy". The end is nigh!
Whatever your political beliefs, if America is at the point where a well-dressed man driving a $40,000 BMW is willing to festoon his bumper with a sticker reading "Dont speak english? Dont live here!", there is no hope.

Tastes Like...: So I've been watching a bunch of those "competitive" cooking shows lately, and I have a suggestion. I think all the judging panels should have at least one porn star on them.
That may sound odd, but hear me out. These folks are being asked to tell the difference between food that tastes great, and food that tastes like ass. I submit that there is no segment of our society more expert in discerning the taste of ass than porn stars. Ergo, any food judging panel ought to include a porn star!
Or maybe I'm just being anal...

Religious Wrong?: Can someone explain the anti-abortion, anti-birth-control people? I can see where you might think abortion is killing a person. I'm not sure I buy it, since I don't get my opinions from the crazed scribblings of 2000 year old desert hermits (i.e. I'd like to see some science one way or the other), but I get it.
What I don't get is that the same people who are so stridently against abortion are also the most vocally against birth-control! Wouldn't the one solve the other? Naturally, I have to question the rational faculties of people who are perfectly willing to murder a real person who might someday help someone kill a potential person (i.e. abortion), but aren't they just shooting themselves in the foot on this one?
Does their sick, perverted god really hate recreational sex more than murder?

She Said Yes!: So I finally went and did it! I asked my girlfriend Sabrina to marry me, and she didn't run away screaming!
I designed the ring myself, and had stones from my mother's and grandmother's rings set in it. While we were on vacation on the Mayan Riviera this week, I had it delivered to our dinner table at the bottom of a glass of champagne.
I guess I managed to be romantical enough, 'cause she won't take it off, and keeps squealing "Shiny!":

Dr Horrible: I don't normally post about this sort of thing, but I can't help myself this time. Check out:
Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog
A musical super-antihero live-action comic from Joss Whedon.

Adaptation: If at first you don't succeed, you're probably using a Microsoft product.

Home, Sweet Project: I've learned two things about assemble-it-yourself kits. First, the time they estimate on the box is usually just about right, IF you multiply it by 6. Second, whatever tools it tells you you'll need, always add a sledge hammer, a crowbar, and a bottle of asprin to the list.

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