| Ninger fickin |
[Oct. 17th, 2010|11:51 pm] |
One of the ways that I amuse myseld is to seap the syllables of various words and phrases, similar to Spoonerisms. Today for lunch, Myra made chicken nuggets, which i started calling (to myself) "Nicken Chuggets". Doesnt that sound like some kind of racist or dirty phrase? Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone. |
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| You can pick your nose |
[Aug. 28th, 2010|04:47 pm] |
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It has been well established that you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your friend's nose. I have learned from experience that you can't pick your kids, but you can pick your kid's nose. It would appear that there is a "conservation of picking" law at work here. The test will be as follows. If you werr able to pick your child through adoption, are you then not allowed to pick their nose? Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone. |
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| Seemingly idiotic, surprisingly brilliant |
[Aug. 24th, 2010|10:14 am] |
I am generally opposed to the practice of playing with the names of things for manipulative purposes. For example, the Republican Party spent so long denying and attempting to trivialize concerns about global warming, that when reality finally smacked them upside the head in the past decade, they started calling it "climate change", presumably to save face. That's hardly the worst example, but rather than dredge up the history of Congressional bills with misleading names, I'll get right to my point.
Maybe I just want to start using these powers for (my version of) good. Maybe there's real value in re-framing a debate to get past people's pre-conceptions. Who knows, let's give it a try.
Evolution is a scientifically accepted fact*. It has been observed, it has been demonstrated. Sadly though, a large portion of Americans refuse to accept it, and actively try to promote alternative beliefs. Now, it would be untrue and unfair to say that most conservatives fall into that camp, but I believe that it is true that most of the people who believe and act this way are conservatives. So, I ask myself, what do conservatives usually like? The answer is Capitalism and the Free Market.
With that in mind, I hereby kick off my crusade to re-brand evolution as:
"Biological Capitalism"
The parallels are quite interesting. One could make a convincing argument that evolution is just a free market economy where life equates to money and genes equate to ideas, inventions, and business practices. Business is often described of as survival of the fittest. And, many of the free market ideologies of the late 19th and early 20th century were under the (admittedly broad) umbrella of Social Darwinism.
Maybe I'm being intellectually dishonest and manipulative. Could be. But, words have power, and we have millions of people who have been conditioned into a knee-jerk reaction to deny evolution. Maybe by presenting the idea in terms that are more palatable, it will allow those people to engage it with their forebrain rather than their brain stem.
* This is the internet, so I have to say: If anybody here wants to start a debate on this statement, I'm happy to dredge through that, but know that you're completely missing my point. |
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| Keepin' the faith |
[Aug. 19th, 2010|03:37 am] |
I wonder how many Billy Joel fans have ever actually made it with a red-head girl in a Cheverolet? Of those that did, i wonder how many felt like the Duke of Earl while doing so? Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone. |
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| New Rule |
[Aug. 16th, 2010|02:41 pm] |
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Please stop asking me if you've given me exemplary service. You're a Jack in the Boxdrive through. I'm happy if you manage to keep all the cow shit out of my burger. Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone. |
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| Reaffirming my faith in humanity |
[Aug. 16th, 2010|09:16 am] |
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Something nice happened on the way into work today. A guy in a truci pulled into my lane, not seeing me. I honked and avoided. Then, as i passed hime pater, he gave me the "my bad" wave. How refreshing Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone. |
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| XXX thoughts |
[May. 24th, 2010|12:07 pm] |
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One thread that seems to pop up every couple months is that once again ICANN is somehow or another avoiding making a decision on approving the *.xxx domain for pornography.
Now, this is a complicated issue that I don't have the time or energy to devote to proper understanding. My gut tells me that having the domain is a good thing, but like I said I haven't given it much thought, and I haven't really read anything to educate myself on the issues. I'm writing this because I just had a thought about one of the big strikes against adding the .xxx domain.
Everybody knows that if the domain opens up, there will be a huge "land grab" (and if you thought the fight over sex.com was bad, just wait for sex.xxx). What I hadn't considered was that most major corporations are also going to have to participate as well just to protect their brands. coke.xxx will be bad enough, but imagine Disney's predicament. They won't want to touch the .xxx TLD with a 10 gigabit pole, but they (or a wholly owned subsidiary) will have to snatch up (intentionally poor choice of words) disney.xxx for fear of what a pornographer would do with that side. In fact, if I were them, I would grab every other Disney property and related name that I could think of. Just a few PG-13 examples: disneysmut.xxx, disneysluts.xxx, areilswaterbondage.xxx, beautyandthebeastiality.xxx, . . . you get the picture. Just trying to protect their image (and the minds of innocent kids and tweens everywhere), Disney could become the single biggest owner of .xxx domains. |
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| Our little OSHA inspector |
[May. 24th, 2010|11:47 am] |
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| | Safety Dance | ] |
My daughter is the most safety conscious 22 month old I know. She closes the lid on the toilet seat if it's up, and she tries to close the safety cover on the stove knobs if they're open (usually while we're cooking) |
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| Things I ate at the fair |
[Aug. 3rd, 2009|07:52 pm] |
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Deep fried White Castle Burger: Sounds awesome. Turns out the burger was completely overwhelmed, so it was like eating an apple-sized blob of fried dough. And not in the good way.
Deep fried Oreos: Interesting mix of salty and sweet. Had potential, but would have been better with double-stuff.
Deep fried Zucchini Weenie: (notice a theme?) Actually the best of the bunch. I think the presence of actual vegetables brought this closer to the realm of real food.
and finally, the crowning glory...
Chocolate
covered
Bacon!!!
The most amazing combination of awesome and horrible I have ever had. It starts off with rich chocolate which is well enhanced by the saltiness of the bacon, so you begin well. But, you end up with the greasy tang of fatty meat and the sickly sweet aftertaste of cheap chocolate in a satanic melange in your mouth, and a queasy feeling hovering over the rest of your day.
Never do it again, but glad I did it this once, just to say I did. |
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| Duh!!! |
[Dec. 15th, 2008|02:44 am] |
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From CNN.com
A man identified as an Iraqi journalist threw shoes at -- but missed -- President Bush during a news conference Sunday evening in Baghdad, where Bush was making a farewell visit. In Arab culture, throwing shoes at someone...is considered an insult.
Really?
In what culture, pray tell, is than NOT an insult? |
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