The SETI@Home Project has identified over 150 signal candidates, from over 5 billion observations, to be rechecked in mid-March. The signal candidates are signals strong enough to be considered possible communications from extra-terrestials and worth a second look. |
Two Republican geniuses (I know that’s an oxymoron–I’m just being sarcastic) changed the names of “french fries” and “french toast” in the House cafeterias to “freedom fries” and “freedom toast” respectively. This is their cool way of “sticking” it to the French. What are we in fifth grade you dumb fuckers!? I hate to think that my tax dollars pay for the salaries of these two idiots. Surely, there has to be a more mature way of fighting the political battle with the French government. P.S. French fries are from Belgium! |
Disclaimer: The term “kook” refers to Kim Jong-Il’s crazy ass for being crazy–not for being Korean (i.e. it is not meant as a racial slur). Big ups to all my Korean-American peeps, especially Meerenai Shim. Experts are chiming in today on what I talked about yesterday–North Korea and their nukes, “While the Bush administration focuses intensely on what may be an imminent war with Iraq, there is increasing alarm that North Korea may be on the verge of going beyond threats and rapidly assembling a small nuclear arsenal. ” Duh!? |
Orville Canter, publisher of Turdpolish.com, brings us the “real” story of the Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 97 people. Needless to say, Satan is one tough negotiator. Check it out. |
North Korea test-fired a missile over water today in the Sea of Japan. All this missile stuff is making me nervous. North Korea is known to have nukes and are firing missiles all over the damn place. Yet, for some reason we are planning to attack Iraq first. The reason is oil, plain and simple. North Korea has no oil that we can control. |
Well, I broke down and watched Daredevil today even though I vowed never to watch it because Ben Affleck is in it. And as we all know Ben Affleck is a no talent hack who will always be Matt Damon’s bitch, but that’s another story. Actually I take it back. He’s no longer Matt’s bitch, he’s JLo’s bitch–she probably gives it to him with a strap-on. Oh, I can’t stop talking shit about Ben, please help me. Ok, here’s the review: the movie wasn’t great, but it was entertaining. Mostly because of the supporting cast. Jennifer Garner, of Alias fame, kicks ass as Elektra and provides real acting to an otherwise flat plot. Colin Farrell does a good job playing the psycho–Bullseye. Joe Pantoliano, of Sopranos fame, plays a reporter trying to uncover the Daredevil story, he’s good too. Not surprisingly, the lamest actor was Affleck. However, the movie has great special effects and is entertaining. It is worth watching on a big ass screen with a good audio system for matinee prices. |
Talk to Her was a pleasant surprise, as was All About My Mother a couple of years ago. I didn’t think that the story of two men discussing their love for unconscious women would be interesting at all. However, Pedro Almodovar uses very effective flashbacks to explain the emotional connection that both men have for their objects of affection. The friendship between the two men is as unexpected as the events that unfold for all of the principal characters. It is a great film. Even those that can’t understand Spanish will appreciate the beauty of spoken Spanish dialect from Spain. Check it out. |
From Fridayfive.org. 1. What was the last song you heard? 2. What were the last two movies you saw? 3. What were the last three things you purchased? 4. What four things do you need to do this weekend? 5. Who are the last five people you talked to? |
I am sitting at school hooked up to a wireless connection showing my classmate how to post onto my blog–fucking cool! We are using a Sierra Wireless access card. |
A lawyer was arrested late Monday at a public mall in New York after refusing to take off a T-shirt advocating peace that he had just purchased at the mall. What the fuck!? Is this the end of the world as we know it!? Do you want a mall security guard making judgments regarding the First Amendment!? I didn’t think so. If this guy sees prison time, I am going to get on a plane to Iraq and sign up to become a human shield. This is crazy. |
Well, it seems that gas prices are at a record high in the Bay Area. I thought I was on crack last night when I filled up my tank in San Francisco and saw the pump reading $24.78–it was $2.22 per gallon! This used to cost me $18-20 just a few months ago. What the hell happened? Apparently, the fear of war is driving the price of crude (and consequently gas) sky high. If the war starts, the demand will go up dramatically (for use of military vehicles, etc.) while the supply will shrink (Iraq’s supply of crude will have a hard time leaving the country and entering the world market). The result: double-effect pressure raising the price of crude oil. In the short term, this should make refiners happy, since they can charge more for gas created from cheaper crude supply on hand. I bet my friends employer, Valero, is making a grip of money right now. Bottom line, if we think the price is high now we better think of how high it will be once the first bombs drop. We might as well grab our ankles as we drive into a gas station. Stay tuned. |
Vanity Fair is running a story on Michael Jackson in which he purportedly paid $150k to put a voodoo curse on Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, and 23 other people on his hit list. The ritual allegedly required that Michael take a bath in a pool of blood taken from 42 sacrificed cows. The article also says that Michael wears a prosthetic nose, bleaches his skin because he hates being black, and calls black people “spabooks.” It’s official–this bitch is crazy. |
I’ve already asked this before, but current events beg the question again. It’s obvious Americans care about reality TV more than they care about the pending war in Iraq or North Korea. The networks are going to introduce 22 more reality shows for the next season alone. There’s no sense in fighting it–resistance is futile. So, what’s your favorite reality show? |
President Bush is obsessed with Saddam Hussein while the rest of America is enthralled with Reality TV, including me. The evening news and local newspapers are runnning stories about The Bachelorette and Joe Millionaire. Water cooler conversations at most places are centered more around Trista and Joe than the pending war with Iraq. Just today we figured out that among the staff at my office we have almost every reality show covered–except for the Star Search remake–that just sucks. You want reality TV!? Dan Rather’s interview with Saddam Hussein was very real, albeit subdued. Hussein did not appear to be a raving lunatic and never tripped on Rather. In fact, he was very articulate and calm. He mentioned he wanted a peaceful resolution to this whole crisis! Bush, are you listening!? I think the President is watching Reality TV too. So as a nation we wait for the start of the war with Iraq with as much anticipation as The Amazing Race 4 premier. We have no control as to when either one will start, so until then, we’ll just hope Star Search is cancelled.b |