Turkey Pardon

Happy Turkey Day! Everyone who knows me and who has been reading this knows I'm not a big fan of tradition... or holiday's in general for that matter. But one tradition I actually like is the pardon given to a turkey by the President of the United States. Just think of all the things we can now do with that turkey! We could use it for food....no, no that just defeats the purpose....maybe we could dress it up in a funny little outfit and make it run around, entertaining children of all ages.....no, no that would humiliate the turkey....perhaps we could give it to an enemy as a peace offering....ya, ya that's my fav idea yet! But seriously, I would like to know what happens to the turkey. Last check there weren't too many pet turkey caretakers. Oh fuck it, just let Cheney shoot the thing.

Cucumber Spit

On my flight to Las Vegas (ya, that's why a couple of weeks with no post) I sat next to a "Cucumber Spitting Kiwi Lady." Let's see how best to describe her further......well......she ate a cucumber while she was talking with me......and as she ate, two small crumblike pieces of cucumber shot out of both sides of her mouth simultaneously. I didn't know if I was more curious of her eating a cucumber on a plane, or how the two pieces always fired at the same time! It's like her mouth was a Star Trek Space Ship armed with a duo green proton cannon. At least that's what came to mind. And she was born in New Zealand...hence the "kiwi lady" part. Our conversation was about how she found the holy spirit....which I would rate a 2 out of 10 on the interesting meter.....spitting two pieces of cucumber out while speaking....9 out of 10!

Site Update

It seems like everytime I am close to doing a full scale launch of this site, there is something that turns into many things, which take up a lot of my time. But that is not necessarily a bad thing, just a little thing I've learned over the last month or two. To keep you up to date, I have been working on the shopping cart for the site, and reworking the entire "button" pages. Which includes new categories of buttons, new navigation (which is unique...and I hope not too confusing....you always have your browser's back button if you get stuck) and new pictures. Between riding my bike, never saying "no" to a friends request, and other minute issues, I have been spending some time on this....let's hope for a full launch in January '07. (fingers pessimistically crossed) izunotravel.com

Stay The Course

I'm going to do something I don't do very often....or maybe even ever. I'm going to defend Bush for something. Regarding this whole business in Iraq and a little phrase "stay the course." Lately, Democrats (my team) have taken a swing at Bush saying that he no longer wants to "stay the course" and now he is saying...."change"...."adopt new strategies..." etc. I don't believe that is a fair bullet to fire at Bush. Bush is still staying the course, and he is still doing exactly what he has been doing in Iraq so far. Nothing changed....maybe he's talking to more people....different people....but that is all. And in my opinion, that is a good thing. Bush can not win this and please everybody. We pull out to early....Iraq is left a mess, which means Iraq is going to blame the US for bailing (at least the Iraq government). We pull out to late....more soldier's die for a country that they didn't sign up to defend. He can't have it both ways. IF Bush is talking to EVERYBODY...he is doing the right thing. Although, I doubt anyone is talking to the insurgents to see what they want....maybe we don't have that privelage....but at least listen to those who want to talk. The US (and the Republicans escpecially) need an OK from 1. The new govt. in Iraq, 2. The Iraqi's themselves (which as I hear we already are getting from the educated youth...which I feel has a lot of merit) and 3. The US citizens (which shouldn't be difficult to get). But Bush dug himself a hole when he put ultimatems on what "winning in Iraq" actually is. Don't classify it, don't define it, just get the 3 OK's and claim success.....that's Bush's best move at this point. But to attack him and try to convince America that Bush made a mistake is not the right move for Democrats. Both parties already know he won't back down (which is stupid), so give him a light at the end of the tunnel...maybe he will see it, and get his 3 OK's. Just a thought.

Fame in Politics

Fuck if Patricia Heaton didn't do it again...using her stupid ass fame to voice her stupid ass opinion. And she wasn't alone this time, with Michael J. Fox, Kurt Warner, Jeff Suppan, and other "famous" persons making political statements as well. I am not arguing against freedom of speech, I'm arguing against using fame to persuade voters. I don't care that the people on this list make $millions....I even like some of their work...but they have absolutely no reasoning when they choose to express their opinion in politics. Please tell me what kind of credibility these people have in politics. The answer is none. I don't trust society with the ability to separate fame with being "right." And superstars shouldn't either. Fame is adored, fame is admired, so fame must be "right." NO IT'S NOT! These actors and sports superstars need to realize they are no more important than anyone else....they need to see the reason why it is wrong. Credibility is everything when expressing opinions. Go figure...everything boils down to personal responsibility again.

Comedians

Just the other night, I ran across this funny, fairly new, comedian...Dimetri Martin on the Conan O'Brien show. This guy is HILARIOUS. He does stand up and apparently did some work on the Daily Show with John Stewart. Funny stuff, he's got some of his work on his site, or just hit up YouTube. I think it's fair to say that he's my new favorite comedian, but still second place to the late Mitch Hedberg. Oh...and I also miss the 'Croc Hunter'....damn that was bad news.

Censorship

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