May 08, 2008

Damn you, EA!

Ya know, I've been looking forward to Spore for a little while (like since forever!!!). And it's really disheartening to...

May 01, 2008

And tomorrow night looks even more better!

I don't expect everyone to be, um, like into all that history stuff. But you'd think that someone would have...

April 02, 2008

We hold these truths to be self-evident...

If you are not a regular listener of This American Life, you should be. After hearing the March 28 episode...

February 07, 2008

Yeah, what he said.

Lawrence Lessig is a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder and CEO of the Creative Commons and...

January 10, 2008

Hey, what about the "Do not call list?" That was sweet.

One thing that bugs the hell out of me when the health care "debate" gets going is the knee-jerk reaction...

January 07, 2008

Stewart-Colbert: The Judas Twins?

Ack. I'm utterly conflicted about the impending return of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report tonight. On the one...

December 24, 2007

All I want for Christmas is NO MORE HILLARY!

There isn't much of a chance in hell that I'd vote for any of the Republican candidates, but I really,...

August 04, 2007

It's not the heat...

...it's the fucking heat! Either society needs to adopt a rule where we all stop mowing our lawns in August...

August 03, 2007

What good are nukes if you can't blow up a few shrines with 'em?

I know this shouldn't bother me. It's just random shit pouring out of the gaping maw of a doomed-to-failure presidential...

July 16, 2007

Well, that was fun...

I understand that when there is a thunderstorm there will be flight delays. So, please, don't sit there and keep...

July 08, 2007

For the planet's sake, just use YouTube!

I'm a big ole lefty with the requisite guilt complex about my role in destroying the environment (not enough to...

June 01, 2007

MLB: We don't cotton to that there internet thang...

Quick! Think of another organization more prone to stupid decisions and shooting itself in the foot than Major League Baseball....

April 24, 2007

Oh, cheese and crackers!

In case you have not seen it (and by the ratings, most of you haven't), Andy Barker, PI is one...

April 22, 2007

Feed My Sheep

Having just heard a wonderful sermon this morning on the core duty of a Christian being Jesus' exhortation to take...

End of an era

If you're a total geek like me (and I know that you are), you will be saddened to hear the...

April 02, 2007

What next? Leprosy???

Just about got over the bronchitis...now, I've caught my daughter's flu bug. Can we just pretend 2007 never happened?...

February 17, 2007

Still sick and this ain't helping...

Coulter, Limbaugh Team Up For Comedy Show Yep. Fox "News" is trying its hand at comedy. (Intentionally, for a change.)...

January 29, 2007

Thanks, guys. I think I'll pick something else to get pissed off about.

As someone who would have been the purported target of this Nationwide ad in years gone by, I should be...

October 20, 2006

Here we go...

"In a notice dated Wednesday, the Justice Department listed 196 pending habeas cases, some of which cover groups of detainees....

October 03, 2006

Bienvenue à la terre du libre!

Je promets de ne pas parler une langue étrangère sur mon blog plus, de peur qu'I soit accusé d'être dans...

September 06, 2006

Great Gobs of Godwin

Godwin's Law: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." Thus,...

August 03, 2006

Next you'll tell me they're not gonna show next season's Doctor Who!

Grrrr. I hate SciFi. They have such promise, and sometimes they come through with great stuff, but too often they...

July 18, 2006

Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.

I just about spewed my coffee when I read on Linkmeister's blog that our government, which is lagging behind all...

May 21, 2006

Sunday morning rant

This long, but stunning, rant by Mamacita drives home an excellent point. We're testing kids to death and taking all...

May 19, 2006

Can I have mine back in small, unmarked bills?

Damn it! I accidentally paid taxes this year when I wasn't supposed to!! Or so says Speaker of the House,...

May 08, 2006

Look! A new post!

No, I'm not going to start in on what a bad blogger I am for not updating my blog religiously....

April 15, 2006

Cry

http://www.jadedju.com/...

April 07, 2006

Um, it's not Bill Nye the RELIGION guy, dumbass...

The Emmy-winning scientist angered a few audience members when he criticized literal interpretation of the biblical verse Genesis 1:16, which...

March 03, 2006

Am I the only philistine?

I really hate the incorporation of Google Talk into Gmail. Totally. Completely. Hate. It. I'm not trying to hide from...

January 06, 2006

Why does Pat Robertson hate God?

Robertson suggests God smote Sharon He also pointed out that fires, volcanoes, avalanches, tsunami, earthquakes, landslides, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts,...

December 22, 2005

Last chance for government-issue blindfolds!

Dear FTC, I realize that it may be confusing you to have so many holidays happen right around the same...

December 09, 2005

Where's Linus when you need him?

For the first time since I started going to church, Christmas falls on a Sunday this year. We're gonna have...

September 04, 2005

Heartbreaking

I've tried very hard to keep out of the blame game while people are in such need of help. I...

September 03, 2005

Leadership

Not trying to backseat drive here, but I wish there were more guys like these two involved in coordinating rescue...

June 08, 2005

Zzzzzzap!

"Come to Florida," they said. "We have year-round sunshine and no snow," they said. "And sandy beaches... and theme parks..."...

April 23, 2005

Can't we just open up a jungle theme park back there?

As previously reported, I hate yard work. Hate. It. It's not just the work part, either. I hate the outdoors....

March 26, 2005

Christians? Where? I don't see 'em.

As I sat down to peruse a few blogs of my friends and favorite reads before heading for bed (early...

March 25, 2005

How about we call it "Not So Good" Friday, hmm?

I hate making tough choices. For example, this morning at the car doctor's: ME: Just change the oil and rotate...

March 09, 2005

"The game indicates a weak personality."

Yeah? Tell me something I didn't know... Israeli Army frowns on Dungeons and Dragons A security official tells Ynetnews there...

March 04, 2005

Oh, good grief... Improperly link THIS!

I'm not a big political blogger. I've made my views known at times, and I snuck a couple of lefty...

March 02, 2005

All it's gonna take is your complete co-operation, absolute secrecy, and twenty live turkeys.

My hero, my idol, my role model, the fictional character that represents all that is good in the world (or...

February 21, 2005

I hate my brain

Man, you miss one little self-imposed deadline, and your brain won't shut up about it! It's not like I sat...

February 18, 2005

Eeeeeeasy, sthomack. Don't turn over, boy. Eaasy...

WARNING: Do not click on the following link, if you have high blood pressure. A Small Victory - Kill the...

February 09, 2005

It was a good idea

Make your own tombstone. If you want a guide to disabling trackback (hint: it's not just turning off the...

February 02, 2005

Jay Allen is a god

Look in the extended entry (if you dare). It's from my MT access log between 6:11 am and 2:03 pm,...

January 07, 2005

Ads that make NO sense

I wrote this big post about how profoundly disappointed I am in Google's lack of response to the AdSense initiative...

January 04, 2005

That's it! I'm in love (or lust anyway)

Since I just spent half the night de-spamming a friend's blog, I have come to know the true soul of...

November 24, 2004

Hey! I avoided Godwin's Law... barely...

I haven't witnessed the "Our Leader" billboard personally, because I tend to stay off I-4 at all costs. However, since...

November 13, 2004

Lawyer Man smash puny humans!

Marvel has just Disney-fied itself by suing the makers of City of Heroes because it allows players to create characters...

November 12, 2004

A country without a memory is a country of madmen

Oh, man! I really, really wanted to write about the similarities between this election and the one in 1800 (seriously),...

November 11, 2004

Just one more for old times sake

Remember the scene in Star Trek II where the dying Khan says, "From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For...

November 08, 2004

Exposing the Threat

Take a peek inside the horror that will take our nation into the sewers of depravity, as the sanctity of...

November 05, 2004

Mensa Veterans for Truth

As much as you'd like to believe it, this chart that shows the average state IQ and whether they voted...

November 03, 2004

It's all over INCLUDING the whining!

This is my last post on the 2004 election. Huzzah! Despite some criticism from Republicans who swore there was no...

See what I mean?

"With a bigger majority, we can do even more exciting things," DeLay told a local TV station in Texas. Yes,...

We welcome our (same old) Republican masters

Technically, there are still enough electoral votes out there to give Kerry the win, but it's all over but the...

November 01, 2004

Calm and vote, Beavis!

No matter what, you should go out and vote without fearing the consequences. Contrary to what it sounds like on...

I can vote against whoever I wanna!

Well, here we go. Tomorrow is Election Day. About damned time! I don't think there's anyone out there who isn't...

October 07, 2004

Re-assessing the debate

"Unlike Cheney, Edwards is not spending today explaining any falsehoods." - Boston Globe "Now, in my capacity as vice president,...

October 06, 2004

Get your factchecks straight

It's FactCheck dot ORG, dumbass....

September 21, 2004

Is it November 3rd yet?

Great. Some brilliant thinker decided to overlay the map of Florida counties and how they voted in 2000 with the...

September 17, 2004

Day not starting well

Not only did the DJ this morning confuse the not-quite-dead Marky Ramone with Johnny when reading the news of the...

September 09, 2004

I just can't resist...

Robyn sent me this yesterday. After getting it e-mailed to me by my boss today, I feel it is my...

September 06, 2004

The One Thing That I Hate Almost As Much As The Yankees...

...is my frickin' cell phone!...

Another Reason To Hate The Yankees

I don't have a Solonor update for you as I type this. I called around 5:30PM, and got an answering...

August 23, 2004

Solonor Sez

Here's a new feature of the Ink Well in which the author (who has been the answer to life, the...

August 17, 2004

Parenting 101: Be Specific

DO: Tell your teenagers to take their cell phone with them if they leave the house. DON'T: Forget to tell...

August 09, 2004

No, YOU'RE a doody head!

Personally, I don't understand why organizers of Bush-Cheney campaign stops are limiting access to registered Republicans who swear an oath...

July 08, 2004

Look! Behind that Bush!

CNN.com - Ridge says al Qaeda planning attack - Jul 8, 2004 Say it with me, children... DUH! So, if...

July 06, 2004

Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer gets my vote!

After the announcement of Edwards as Kerry's running mate, it only took a nanosecond for the "ewwww, he's a trial...

July 02, 2004

Doctor! Doctor!

BBC News | Entertainment | No Daleks in Doctor Who's return Argh! What next? No Tardis? [ via ***Dave ]...

June 28, 2004

Michael Moore is a big fat idiot...but look behind him...

We went to see Fahrenheit 9/11 on Saturday night. The 10 PM showing packed two theaters, and it was obvious...

I paid for this barometer

NOAA issued a new draft of its policy on disseminating information on the Internet in January. The old policy limits...

June 15, 2004

Good news for vegans: Meat declared a vegetable!

This Reagan tribute stuff has really gone overboard. A judge has ruled that the USDA is clear to repeat their...

June 06, 2004

Long Distance Dedication

You may not believe in kharma or whatever, but man sometimes coincidence is just too much. The first song in...

June 01, 2004

Wowie Kazowie!

Bozo lied? I'm not a big clown fan, and I never really liked Bozo that much. But I hate it...

May 21, 2004

There! He just moved!

And they wonder why no one trusts the news anymore... Yahoo! News - Andy Kaufman Returns After 20 Years Oy....

May 20, 2004

Just the facts, ma'am

I hadn't weighed in on the whole Movable Type licensing controversy, because I figured there were enough people like Les...

May 12, 2004

Evil

I finally was able to do it. I entered my instant rage and incoherent screaming into a blog post and...

May 07, 2004

Breathe, stupid, you forgot to breathe again!

I apologize for my last entry. I should always step away from the keyboard and count to 100 before I...

May 06, 2004

Why does anyone still listen to this asshole?

I am so fucking pissed right now, I can barely see straight. Excuse my language, but this big, fat idiot...

May 04, 2004

Where's Joe Camel when you need him?

Flavored Asian Cigarettes are Extra Harmful Mmmmm... *cough*... cherry... *hack*......

April 29, 2004

And now a word from our sponsor...

I have a new entry in the "Most Disgusting Thing I've Ever Eaten" hit parade: Dried Seaweed Canned Dog Food...

Mourning Edition

Yeah, yeah, I read your fricking, answer-avoiding little chat room transcript about how taking Bob Edwards away from my morning...

April 28, 2004

I'll take a bit more Imaginary TV, thanks.

Until now, Fox had the most offensive reality show premise yet. But it's ABC's turn to wear the back end...

April 14, 2004

Radio Free Hackistan

My brother was having a problem using MSN Radio Plus on his laptop. Here's the reply he got from their...

April 05, 2004

Tangled Up In Boobs

I am officially depressed. The last bastion of anti-corporate greed has finally sold out... to fricking Victoria's Secret, no less....

March 19, 2004

Little Pink Houses

I just finished reorganizing my blog using the default MovableType templates. Now, all the tags are "standard" and it should...

March 11, 2004

Mission Accomplished, Assholes

If you ignorant terrorist bastards thought that by murdering a whole bunch of innocent people you'd get the populace to...

March 09, 2004

Put that out!

R-Rating Sought in Some Smoking Films Two words: oy and vey....

March 03, 2004

A pinch of irony?

Try a pinch of stupidy. UrbanOutfitters: Voting is for Old People Tee Tell that to my son who's pissed because...

March 02, 2004

Artifacts and/or Relics

In my little mini-rant about the commercialism of The Passion of the Christ, I was only partly sure that Mel...

And these people have nukes?

CBS News | If Anne Frank Only Knew ... If you think some members of the Left have been overzealous...

February 26, 2004

See? I knew I was a necessary evil.

"A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure, to provide stability." - Tom...

February 24, 2004

No Pressure

After all it's only "the most fundamental institution of civilization..." CNN.com - Bush calls for same-sex marriage-ban amendment Am I...

February 20, 2004

Resolve

Every time I start to think that politics don't matter... that there's nothing we can do about it anyway... that...

February 16, 2004

CBS is one sorry network

CBS responded to our complaints and apologized for the Grammy Awards. Oh, ok, I know it wasn't because of us....

February 11, 2004

Referrer Spam

This morning's little project was editing my htaccess file to try to block a little referrer spammage. I know I've...

February 10, 2004

With help like this...

Bush report: Sending jobs overseas helps U.S. Silly auto worker. Your job didn't go to Mexico for nothing. It's to...

February 09, 2004

Behold the power of Janet's boobs!

Here's an easy summarization of the intelligence of the Grammy Awards: Best Male Pop Vocal Nominees George Harrison Warren Zevon...

February 07, 2004

Whois you?

Wired News: False Domain Info May Mean Jail Apparently, there's a new bill in Congress designed to amend the Trademark...

February 06, 2004

Crap

Newsday.com - Missing Girl Found Dead There are times (like now) when I despair that there is no justice. In...

February 05, 2004

Amend this, buddy

Apparently, the President and others of his persuasion are not well-pleased with the Massachusetts supreme court approving gay marriages. In...

February 03, 2004

Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays

This terribly insightful article is for all you "latte-sipping, iMac-using, suburban-living, tertiary-industry-working WASPs": Why your Movable Type blog must die....

February 02, 2004

Ya think?

WALLACE: Dr. Kay, in the end, though, what you're saying is that Congress approved the use of force, and the...

January 29, 2004

Ignore the man behind the curtain!

So, firing all the animators, because "2-D is dead" and having the real Disney pissed off at you isn't bad...

January 13, 2004

It's the RIA-A Team!

In 1999, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for fileswapping. They promptly escaped from...

January 10, 2004

I smell smoke...

And I think it's coming from Washington... From the Treasury Department in the Federal Register: For the convenience of the...

January 09, 2004

No one listen to poor Zathras

We reported this months ago, but it takes a while for the big boys to make it down to our...

December 31, 2003

Orange You Glad We're So Alert?

NJ.com: Security alert halls mall walkers Gotta watch them retirees. They's a wiley bunch! It's not that I don't think...

December 29, 2003

Cuff Him! He's Got A Book!

Grump: First knives. Grump: Then box cutters. Grump: Now almanacs. Grump: CNN.com - FBI urges police to watch for people...

December 20, 2003

I couldn't agree more

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December 18, 2003

Got a cold? Just say NO!

"Excuse me, ma'am, do you have a license for that Sudafed?" Iowa Looks Into Tough Restrictions on Cold-Medicine Sales Holy...

December 09, 2003

Speaking of Intellectual Property

And while I'm in this ranty mood... will the idiots who keep going around making sure all the books by...

Microsoft trying to get FATter?

At what point do you give up the right to charge people for something you've given away for free? I...

December 04, 2003

Felgercarb!

I admit it. I was a fan of the original Battlestar Galactica, at least for the first season. Sure, it...

November 26, 2003

Canned Spam for the Holidays

As usual with things too good to be true, Ed Foster's Gripelog points out that the Anti-Spam Bill being rammed...

November 25, 2003

Please Refrain

We're tired of seeing these so-called computer geeks get away with offensive behavior. That's why we applaud the County of...