Michael Moore Is Not Crazy


Georgie is holding hands with Pudding Pie. Can you believe it? Holding hands... what a man's man. I mean, think about it. Georgie has cultivated this "Guy I'd have at my BBQ" image. Worked hard at it...and here he is holding hands with another dude. To me this speaks to the true power behind the throne. I mean, the Saudi leader made Bushie hold his hand. Only my father (when I was under his roof) could have made me do that. I'm not trying to imply that this is some sort of homosexual embrace I'm just saying that it goes against the image that he portrays to the trucker hat wearing America. He clearly must hate this but he obviously has no choice if he wants to keep that ranch of his financed into retirement. You can read about it yourself.

This is a funny relevant link. Thanks to Surj.

Okay, one of my real heros, sorry, zeroes of the day. Bill Friskie. He spoke at a conference organized to denounce Democrats as anti-christian. Well, I'm against christianity but, jesus christ, this is taking it too far. Remember, Friskie is the 'doctor' who diagnosed the dead woman in Florida by watching a video. Doesn't take a brain surgeon to know how wacked this guy is.

Want to feel better (or worse)? At least some people are trying to stop the Republican beast.

Back to basics
Today there is a decent article about Bruce Springsteen in the NYT. Sounds like the new album is pretty interesting. Hard to not have the sax though. He played a live concert for VH1 that I caught some of. He is still mesmerizing but it was distracting to have Patty make an appearance.

Yesterday my friend Ulu took us to the Gropius house which is evidently built in the German Bauhaus style. It was definitely interesting in the sense that I have no knowledge of architecture and learned quite a bit. The most interesting features of the house were the half-mirrored bulbs used in the bathrooms and other simple fixture places. I thought it was a pretty clever use of simple technology. I did appreciate the simplistic style of much of the house although I did find it to be a bit too oriented towards an upper-middle class professor with a servant than what I'd consider to be truly 'artistically, technically and practically balanced'. I did appreciate the Bauhaus style in terms of appliances and some furniture.

Rainy day, dream away..........

Apologies?
I'm still annoyed, but I guess it isn't necessarily a good thing to blast a person in cyberspace. Unless that person is the Pope, President, Senator, etc.... Actually, it is the point of cyberspace but then I probably shouldn't put things into my blog when I'm really angry. Upon reflection, I'm still annoyed, but it is a cumulative thing that has built up and it spilled yesterday. My cup can only fill so much. I'm generally not one to lose my temper but I really can't stand it when people don't consider the group before they consider themselves. But hey, I'm not perfect, I know that.

I had a fairly decent result in the lab today so I feel much better.

Shared space and people working in a group
Well I have to say that today I'm pretty annoyed ... (EDITED) ... it is funny how a few extremes can paint a picture for a whole group of people.

Actually, on this note, the lab here is pretty bad about shared space. Seems to have gotten a lot worse. I hate that.

This is now a good way to vent. Tomorrow I will have no comments about Germany....

Editors note...this guy isn't all bad. He just has the ability to drive a person insane.

Another arrogant bastard?!
Looks like I've found a fellow who has the courage to call himself the man. Too bad he spells his name wrong.


Speaking of German Cannibals. The Federal courts got a hold of this verdict (Manslaughter, 8.5yrs?) and overturned it. They agreed with me that killing and eating someone is grounds for life punishment. First, how does this guy get better? He is way too screwed in the head to be released. Second, he took another persons life. He had permission supposedly (was the other guy drugged?) but is that enough to kill a person who asks you to. If the victim had taken his own life it would have been suicide, no trial, no crime for eating human flesh. But...it didn't go down that way. He killed him first. He should be put away for a long time.

Silly Catholics, Religion is for kids
Okay, there is a new pope. That is great, but what is the deal with Catholics and their desperate need to see visions. I mean, why would the 'virgin' (Didn't she have more kids?) Mary appear appear on an overpass? I mean, come on. Actually, now I'm wondering if there is any money in this sort of thing. Religious people are pretty crazy. How else could Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell make so much money. Have you seen Regent University, Pat's baby? This place is pretty grotesque. I used to live near it and the money involved in building this modern day Golden Cow is crazy. Speaking of crazy, guess who is the newest member of their faculty. I'd give you a hint but it will ruin the pleasure of the surprise. Okay, I'll give a hint. He's Batshit crazy and I did mean to capitalize Batshit.

This actually reminds me of another 'virgin' Mary sighting that I actually had a chance to check out. This one was a tree in Salt Lake City that had a branch removed and the remaining stub oozed an image out of sap. It looked like this ---> which is a far cry from what the at-one-time virgin probably looked like. But hey, what do I know. Well I suppose I know that making an alter to a tree is just plain dumb. I guess the Rat's job may not be as hard as it seems with people like this in the world.

Hopefully in the next few days I'll be announcing my 'virgin' Mary sighting. Remember, cash only.



For the coffee folks, the sites of the Olympics

Too damn busy
Viva Italia!

As everyone now knows, we have a new Pope. By we, I mean the catholics and by the Pope I mean there is a new guy in Rome with a pointy hat making lots of decisions for millions of people he has no way of understanding. It's a good thing that god is on his side.

Of course, this all would have been true for Mussolini, except that he didn't wear pointy hats that I'm aware of. Unless this counts ==>.

It is interesting in this picture that ol' Moosey looks a little like he might have been a disgraced priest had he chosen a separate path. Anyway, congrats to the Rat and I hope he does something good for everyone and not just the Vatican treasury.

Why me god?

Tom Delay is the Devil
Why is this a Democrat issue? This guy is a bad guy. He has bent and broken all the rules. He has to go.





Today is the Boston Marathon. The weather is really nice in Boston right now. It is almost hot. We had our spring on Saturday. That was it. Here comes summer.

God's Gift
Really not much to say today. The weather is getting nice again which is good. Here is a picture for your viewing pleasure. This is a friends second child. If you look closely he seems to be preparing to give us the finger. Rock on.

JAZZ HANDS!

Who do you love?
Okay, I have an interesting poll for you people out there. Where do you rate this guy on a scale of 1 to 10? I'd like to hear your rationale for your score.

Want some fun? Check out the stuff that Srini has to offer. He's an interesting guy. I've bought a lot of stuff from him over the years.

I have learned a few things today. The first is that the -stan in the Stan countries stands for country belonging to. For example, Afghanistan is the country of the Afghans. Kind of cool right. I'm declaring the USA to now be called Idiotstan.

I also found this cool quote "Quelques arpents de neige" which is alleged to be made by Voltaire. The truth is that it is from Candide and is a comment on the war with the British over French Canada. I think that it is generally thought of as an insult because the implication was that the War wasn't worth the "few acres of snow".