Lies, Filthy Lies and Damn Dirty Lies
Category: News and Politics

Read this article...

Can you spot the huge lie in this article?

Should I give a hint? They get 8 miles per gallon, if you're lucky.

The story says the American Humvees, which were "thefted" by Russian soldiers were getting ready to be shipped BACK to the United States.  If that makes any sense, I'm wondering to who, and how.  Obviously, the Humvees had just arrived, and the American press doesn't want to let you in on a little secret: the US has a hand in this war, and even though we have officially denounced any involvement, this is the beginning of what could turn into a bloody and violent proxy war.  Again, it's all about the oil.

Can't miss this opportunity to throw in a McSame sound bite:

in the 21st century nations don't invade other nations (Unless that country has some slight chance of having WMDs, and they hate us for our freedoms)

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Guess what today is!
Current mood: Older
Category: Older Life

If you said "Independence Day in Chad" you'd technically be right, but...

I am thinking of an anniversary of sorts...  Something that happened in the past.

Now, if you said "Start date of the 1965 race riots in Watts."  You'd again be technically correct, but I am thinking of something a little more personal...

Yes, that's correct, it's "Hulk Hogan's birthday."

So, I hope all my little Hulkamaniacs out there are celebrating while I'm at work, working.

Oh, it's my birthday too, but I'm not a pseudo-surreality-celebrity.  Thanks to all those folks who MySpace reminded of a friend's birthday and dropped by.

Currently listening : Birthday Party Singalongs By Various Artists Release date: 2001-05-01

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It sucks to be 6
Category: Automotive

First personally owned Tesla gets wrecked in San Francisco.



It happened at 6 PM on Friday afternoon, near Geary and Gough street in San Francisco.  That will teach you to drive in The City 6.  Take a bus next time, or ride your bike.

This was the 6th Tesla Roadster produced.

The Tesla folks assured Wired magazine that 6 was delivered earlier in the week to it's unnamed (male) owner.

Read about it here

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Wha’gwon
Category: Life

So, my Nike+ thing worked again today. 4 Miles, fast with the house mates doggy. No dead children or teacup doggies. She tried to attack the first teenager we came across. He was in a leg cast, I was like "Oh fuck, she's gonna scare him on his ass and he's gonna break his other leg." Well, she eased up, and didn't actually bite him.

Other than that, a good day. Home made burritos for dinner, my new speciAlity. That's a word, you know.

So here I have a hard drive with like 120 gigs of music, and a bit tipsy. Gotta love Bacardi and OJ. I leave you with the best lyrics I found so far:

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Just an update on me
Current mood: naughty
Category: Life

I'm back in Cali after 2 weeks in Central Oregon. It was productive and fun. As much as some people complain about hotel living, I am a fan. Nothing like having your bed made and room cleaned for you every day.

I went mountain biking twice in the last two weeks. It was seriously the first time I rode a bike in ten years. I only managed to crash a few times, but never fell off the bike. Although one time I punched a tree pretty hard and still have a hole in my knuckle where I ripped out the scab today.

Oh, and the front tire popped on my bike. Since the bike I rented had 29" rims, and everyone else had 26 (That's how I roll, nothing less than 29s) there was no spare, and I had to carry the damn bike for like a mile, cause the entire tire ripped off the rim, and left a foot long hole in the tube.

So ya... A good trip, just watch out for trees, they are faster than they look.

I went to Portland over the weekend to visit my brother and a few other friends. Got super drunk at my friend's party on Friday night. My brothers wife drove us home, since she's pregnant and can't drink.

My Nike+ thing stopped working today, what a rip off. Maybe it just got too much sweat on it or something, and it will come back to life after it dries out. If it doesn't, I'm gonna make em give me a new one.

I went to Target today and somehow left behind the bag with my yogurt and cheese in it. As is my custom I tossed the receipt on the way out the door. I came back 2 hours later and they wouldn't give me my stuff without a receipt.

Well, no problem, next time I go shopping, I'll save the receipt. And then I will "forget" a bag full of bacon and ice cream. Bastards. It's $5, but damn, did they think I'm really cheap enough to lie about 6 yoghurts and bag of shredded cheese.

I went to Costco instead and bought 4 times as much yoghurt for twice as much, now I have a challenge to eat 24 yoghurts before they expire. I also got a 2 pound block of cheese. I have already conceded to the cheese.

Currently listening : The Recession By Young Jeezy Release date: 2008-09-02

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Tony Snow is Dead at 53
Current mood: content
Category: Life

No comment.

Currently listening : Mamacita, Pt. 1 By Collie Buddz Release date: 2007-05-29

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iPhone 2.0
Current mood: anxious

A little birdie told me that you can get the update from here

Make sure and backup your iPhone before you update. It WILL erase all your data from the phone, then you'll have to restore from the backup. Whole process took me 15 minutes.

I am remote controlling my iTunes on my laptop from my iPhone. While playing Super Monkey Ball and updating my MySpace status.

Basically, the App store is already live and there are like millions of free apps and a few that require payment as well.

Currently watching : Entourage - The Complete Fourth Season Release date: 2008-08-26

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How was your day?
Current mood: accomplished
Category: Life

Well, I completed Guitar Hero 3 on EASY. For the first time on PlayStation 3. I was able to get all 5s, except on that damn Raining Blood. That is really the shittiest song on Guitar Hero III. Every other song I got a five on the first try. I tried about 15 times, and my ears were raining blood, but still I only had 4 stars to show for it.

Other than that, another productive day at work. Preparing for a week long business trip to Oregon next week. Hopefully I can accomplish what I need to while I'm there, and get in some good beer drinking as well. Deschutes River Brewery, here I come...

What else, I ran farther and faster than I have in a long time. Maybe years. I haven't run with a watch in years, because it was just a painful reminder of how slow and out of shape I was. Those days are over. Today I did 8.6 miles in under 7:20 per mile. OK, so I won't be going to Beijing for the Marathon or anything, but still a damn good effort for my fat self.

I've planned out which iPhone app I'm going to release first, and you'll never guess what it's going to be. Well, don't hold your breath, because it's not nearly going to be ready for tomorrow's big iPhone 2.0 release date. I'm going to market it as beerware. Buy me a beer, or send me $2 which I promise to contribute to the delinquency of a sober adult. It's going to be great for those long boring airplane trips that no one can afford any more with oil at $148 bucks a barrel and airlines bending us over said barrel.

I did half my laundry tonight. The important half, which includes my socks. I wore black socks today, and if I hadn't done laundry I would've had to wear sandals to work tomorrow.

Hopefully this heatwave ends tomorrow like they predicted, because as much as I like hot weather, I like to sleep at night too.

Hope you are having a good day as well. Talk to you later.

Currently listening : Nas By Nas Release date: 2008-07-15

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Happy 4th
Current mood: animated
Category: Life

Just a few quotes for you:

The preamble...
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Some complaints for King George:

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

One last quote from TJ:

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is
wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions,
it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ...
And what country can preserve its liberties, if it's rulers are not
warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as
to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost
in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure."

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Nelson Mandela: No Longer a Terrorist
Current mood: annoyed
Category: News and Politics

BBC Story

Apparently, we no longer see him as a threat in his old age. He is now allowed to come to Washington DC.

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