Race relations seem perfectly fine to me.
Current mood: distressed

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price objected to the use of the term "black hole" when describing a central collections office from which paperwork didn't seem to be able to escape, and cited racial insensitivity.  When explained that the metaphorical comparison dealt with stellar phenomenon, he was far from apologetic, and went further in stating that the naming of angel food cake and devil's food cake was similarly offensive.  

http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/07/dallas-county-meeting-turns-ra.html

I couldn't agree more, and offer this partial list of other things that are racist.  It is by no means comprehensive:

1) The Black Mamba snake

2) Eating the chocolate half of a black-and-white cookie first (or second)

3) Black and white movies (for a myriad of reasons)

4) Chess

5) Referring to power outages as "blackouts"

6) Voting

7) Johnny Cash

8) The national rugby union team of New Zealand

9) In accounting, making a profit (though losing money can be offensive to Native Americans).

10) Airplane flight data recorders

11) The Hindu deity Krishna

12) The day after Thanksgiving

Currently listening : Straight Outta Compton By N.W.A Release date: 1990-10-25

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Things I know
Current mood: confused

Things I know how to do:

- Use Border Gateway Protocol to advertise IP routes both within and to external Autonomous Systems thereby facilitating exchange of packet switched information via the global Internet
- Speak and read Mandarin Chinese (ok, not even near fluently, but I took it for 3 years in college).

Things I don't know how to do:
- date
- vote (what, do you go to the post office or something?)

Sometimes I feel smart because of things like the first two,  but those times are far overshadowed by times where things like the second two make me feel very, very stupid.

Currently reading : How to Fix Everything For Dummies By Gary Hedstrom

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Mike Yanagita

Do you ever feel like the Asian guy in the movie Fargo?  He doesn't really fit in the movie.  He's only around for a brief while, and then the only time he's referred to by the other characters, he's being discussed pejoratively behind his back.  Probably deservedly so, if you do creepy stuff like hit on a married, pregnant law enforcement officer, it's fair to assume they'll be gossip among mutual friends, but there's still something pitiable there.  It says something for the writing skills of the Coens and their deft handling of characters that when that movie ended, he was the character that I felt the most sorry for, despite the fact that it was (spoiler alert!) Steve Buscemi who got shoved in a woodchipper.

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I'm gonna start referring to my jokes as pieces, as in "I would now like to present to you a piece entitled...",  because I have been hovering somewhere in the vacinity of the borderline of "funny" for some time now, but I'm pretty sure I can nail "pretentious" right in the bullseye.

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If you face disappointment, just remember that life goes on....

and on...
and on....
and on......
and on.........

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Best. Headline. Ever.

As concerned as I am for global climate change and its effects on aviary populations, I think my love of this story centers more on the beavis/butthead in me.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7390109.stm

William Shakespeare has an IMDB page.  While most of his credits are (understandably so) as a writer, he does have some "Soundtrack" and "Miscellaneous Crew" entries.  My favorite is ensconced in all the "(play)" credits, he's listed on the BBC series Blackadder as the writer for "additional dialogue".  That was Rowan Atkinson when he was funny (pre-Mr. Bean).

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screening
Current mood: excited

i just found out that my company will be renting out a theater to have a private preview showing of some indie film about a crystal skull.  i dunno what the deal is with that,  but i love independent films, so i'm looking forward to it.

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overheard
Current mood: betrayed

Actual things overheard recently.

At a coffee shop:
Girl A:  Hey, I know that dude, he’s totally in my AA meetings!
Girl B: Uh, you know what the second "A" stands for?
Girl A: Yeah, Anonym-....wait, I get what you’re saying, but it’s not like I told you his name is Steve.

At a bus stop, as spoken by a clearly insane person:
"Fuck Muppets!!!"
Unclear if he hates the work of Jim Henson, or really likes the work of Jim Henson.

Currently watching : The Muppet Show - The Complete Third Season Release date: 20 May, 2008

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onomatopoeia

There should be a written form of "Name That Tune".  It would all be done with onomatopoeia.  Someone would write down "Bwah bwah bwaaaaah.....kuh chung kuh chung -- dee dee deeeeeeee" and their partner would have to correctly guess "Festive Overture Op.96 by Dmitri Shostakovich".

Then a pair would come along that can actually read and write music, and they would Ken Jennings it up for a while, and then the show would be cancelled.

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International fame and fortune is bound to be right around the corner...

While I would have much preferred they put up some of the new(er) stuff I did the last coupla times I emceed at Cap City to round out the stuff that's almost a year old, but I s'pose beggers can't be choosers, turns out I'm "Comic of the Day" on RooftopComedy.com

I'm pretty sure it comes with a sash and crown, or perhaps a scepter of some sort. Gonna go stand by the mailbox and await their imminent arrival.

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An observation....

After watching several hours of pop and rock videos from the '90s on youtube, i've come to the following conclusion:

Shirley Manson, lead singer of Garbage, is the ugliest hot chick, whereas Björk is the hottest ugly chick.

That is all.

Currently listening : Version 2.0 By Garbage Release date: 12 May, 1998

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