I was gonna lay off the political scene for a few postings, but this one caught my eye. You may have seen the meme on Facebook along this line: "We should drug test people on welfare, because if I have to pass a drug test for my job, they should have to pass one for their welfare check."
Ugh. How did our country get so stupid? Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Gah! Breathe in... ok, where do I start?
Let me start by saying I do not take drugs. Wait, one of my inmate students from many years ago corrected me on this, telling me that I was a caffeine addict. I initially told him he was ridiculous, but after drinking non-caffeinated soda for a week, I had to admit he was right. So let me rephrase, I do not take illicit drugs. If my employer wanted to drug test me, I would comply and, I assume, would pass with flying colors. My first reaction to the idea of "testing people on welfare because working people have to pass drug tests for their job" is to call bullshit on working people passing drug tests. Outside of a minimal number of federal and state employees in very specific job lines, I have NEVER heard of anyone having to take a drug test to be employed. I have held over 50 different jobs in my life - NEVER took a drug test. And I worked for the New York State Department of Corrections. So, bullshit on your claim working people regularly take drug tests.
Next. I have a news flash for all of you in favor of this policy. Are you sitting down? Okay. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DRUG TESTING FAIRY WHO MAGICALLY DRUG TESTS AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU WANT FOR FREE, YOU DUMB SHITS!!! The idea behind drug testing is that all kinds of welfare recipients waste their money on drugs, right? And we can take away their welfare checks and save money, right? If that's not what it's about, then please, tell me what it is about. This policy was implemented in Florida. 4000 welfare recipients paid $30 to be drug tested and 3900 had to be reimbursed by the state because they they tested negative. That's $118,000 wasted on drug tests to "catch" 108 welfare recipients. Your stereotype that welfare recipients are a bunch of drug smoking/sniffing/injecting addicts just went down the toilet. That's just 2.7%. That's practically nothing.
But wait, there's more! Surely, you're not naive enough to think that those 108 who tested positive will suddenly get the urge to go get a job and become productive citizens? No, some will claim, rightfully or wrongfully, that the drug test was wrong and demand to be retested, and perhaps they may pass a second test. The others? Some may take to the courts. Hoo-boy, I have no idea what it is going to cost taxpayers to defend these suits, but I think I've already established that THERE IS NO MAGIC FAIRY PAYING FOR THIS!!! These legal costs may go into the millions.
I haven't convinced you yet? How about this? Suppose a welfare recipient who takes drugs has kids and they fail their drug test. I'll concede a few, a very select few, will take it as a sign to get their act together and go out and get a job. What is more likely to occur is that over time they will be unwilling or unable to find adequate work, and their children will be taken from them. Once again, THERE IS NO MAGIC FAIRY TO PAY FOR THIS!!!
Are you really willing to paying a million dollars to clear 1, as in one single, welfare recipient off the roles, because when you add it all up, that's probably not far from what it is going to cost. Is their such a surplus of tax payer money laying around that we have nothing better to spend it on? I am as much appalled at people on welfare wasting money on drugs, money intended to help them and their families pay for the bare necessities in life. But there's got to be a better way to solve this problem.
Oh yeah, by the way, you come across as mean spirited, petty, and prejudicial when you stereotype welfare recipients as drug addicts. Just sayin'.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
My Latest Brilliant Polical Assessment
You've seen these before, right? I think they are very clever.
With the Sequestration looming, I'm reminded of this meme, but let me back up...
In the past couple of weeks, the liberal talk radio that I listen to has become very angry. OK, I tend to be liberal, I'll own up to that, but nobody is 100% liberal or 100% conservative or 100% anything. I'm not looking to convince anyone that "my side" is correct here, so let's not quibble about who is right and who is wrong*. Anywho, I noticed that the libs seem even angrier about the Sequestration than the days leading up to the election, and I was wondering why that was.
I think it has to do with the way this is all playing out. I think the Sequester is going to be a BFD**, unlike the Fiscal Cliff***, and I think most liberals would agree with me. I think if the Sequester happens, our economy is going to be significantly hurt. What I think the Republicans ought to be worried about is catching the blame for this potential economic shit-storm. And again, I'm not looking to ascribe blame here, I'm looking to talk about the perception of who is to blame. What I would be worried about if I were a Republican, is that America, that is the voters of the next election, would pin this on the Republicans like they did when Gingrich shut down the government. And remember, that shutdown ended Gingrich's political career and ended that whole "Contract With America" conservative/Republican movement. How the similarities between these 2 situations are not seen by the current Republican leadership, I do not know.
If 6 months or a year from now we are looking back and trying to remember who caused this debacle, I do not see how the Republicans are not going to get blamed. What I think is angering liberals so much is that the Democrat leadership is trying so hard to avoid the Sequestration right now, while it looks like the Republicans are standing by letting it happen, so that it happens on Obama's watch. And yes, it does anger me as a college instructor because I believe my job is more secure when there are more available students, and a poor economy more likely means less students capable of going to college.
I repeat, I am not writing to point fingers. I just want to be on record that this could have been avoided and that I am predicting it is going to dramatically affect Republicans, image-wise in the next round of elections.
Getting back to the meme...
This is what I think Republicans think they look like:
And this is what I think Republicans look like to the rest of us:
In closing, I hope some miracle politicking occurs and the Sequester is avoided. I'm doubtful, but I hope that happens. Republicans, don't kill the messenger, if it does and America blames you.
*We all know I'm right anyways.
**Big Fucking Deal
***Yo, I'm Fiscal Cliff****
****Not a BFD
With the Sequestration looming, I'm reminded of this meme, but let me back up...
In the past couple of weeks, the liberal talk radio that I listen to has become very angry. OK, I tend to be liberal, I'll own up to that, but nobody is 100% liberal or 100% conservative or 100% anything. I'm not looking to convince anyone that "my side" is correct here, so let's not quibble about who is right and who is wrong*. Anywho, I noticed that the libs seem even angrier about the Sequestration than the days leading up to the election, and I was wondering why that was.
I think it has to do with the way this is all playing out. I think the Sequester is going to be a BFD**, unlike the Fiscal Cliff***, and I think most liberals would agree with me. I think if the Sequester happens, our economy is going to be significantly hurt. What I think the Republicans ought to be worried about is catching the blame for this potential economic shit-storm. And again, I'm not looking to ascribe blame here, I'm looking to talk about the perception of who is to blame. What I would be worried about if I were a Republican, is that America, that is the voters of the next election, would pin this on the Republicans like they did when Gingrich shut down the government. And remember, that shutdown ended Gingrich's political career and ended that whole "Contract With America" conservative/Republican movement. How the similarities between these 2 situations are not seen by the current Republican leadership, I do not know.
If 6 months or a year from now we are looking back and trying to remember who caused this debacle, I do not see how the Republicans are not going to get blamed. What I think is angering liberals so much is that the Democrat leadership is trying so hard to avoid the Sequestration right now, while it looks like the Republicans are standing by letting it happen, so that it happens on Obama's watch. And yes, it does anger me as a college instructor because I believe my job is more secure when there are more available students, and a poor economy more likely means less students capable of going to college.
I repeat, I am not writing to point fingers. I just want to be on record that this could have been avoided and that I am predicting it is going to dramatically affect Republicans, image-wise in the next round of elections.
Getting back to the meme...
This is what I think Republicans think they look like:
And this is what I think Republicans look like to the rest of us:
In closing, I hope some miracle politicking occurs and the Sequester is avoided. I'm doubtful, but I hope that happens. Republicans, don't kill the messenger, if it does and America blames you.
*We all know I'm right anyways.
**Big Fucking Deal
***Yo, I'm Fiscal Cliff****
****Not a BFD
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Rodriguez - The Feel Good Story of 2012 (Rock's Most Amazing Story)
If you have not heard the story of Rodriguez, I highly recommend checking out Searching For Sugarman, the movie about the search for the truth of the life and "death" of the rock musician who was the voice of South Africa's white anti-Apartheid movement. While Rodriguez was bigger in South Africa than Elvis or the Stones, he sold next to nothing in America WHERE HE'S ACTUALLY FROM.
I don't want to give away too much of the movie for those who haven't seen it (as if anyone reads this blog), but I do want to talk about one scene that makes the movie worth watching for anyone. Once Rodriguez has been "found" living in Detroit after giving up on a music career that went nowhere, he was quickly rushed to South Africa to perform.
From the perspective of a South African rock affectionado, this would be like us hearing that Jim Morrison or Jimi Hendrix has been found secretly living in some far off land and that he was being flown in to perform. Of course his fans were skeptical, but they bought the tickets and showed up anyway.
Looking at it from Rodriguez's side, he seemed doubtful and skeptical about how it would turn out, a perfectly normal reaction, given the uniqueness of the circumstances. One of his daughters who flew in with him even explained that she was just hoping 20 people would show up.
What happened then, or course, is that the concert sold out, Rodriguez took the stage, and the thousands in attendance went berserk. After a 10 minute standing ovation, BEFORE RODRIGUEZ EVEN PLAYED OR SPOKE, the crowd finally calmed down so that he could start to play.
I can't begin to imagine how he kept it together on stage that night. Suppose you have to give up a music career. Things just didn't work out. You live a humble life, raise your kids, and you have no regrets. Then, you receive news that people think you're the greatest musician to ever have played, and they'll do anything to hear you and see you.
I think about the shit that passes for music these days and the people that receive so much wealth and fame *cough cough Justin Bieber Taylor Swift cough cough* (well maybe not so much wealth these days, but for some, yes, wealth) who are sooooo undeserving. Then a guy like Rodriguez had to give up on his dreams, and it's all so unfair. Only, sometimes karma pays you back, and I mean in a good way.
This story is so unbelievable that when I first heard about the film, I thought it was fiction, but it most certainly is not. I leave you with my favorite track: Hate Street Dialogue. If you give it a listen, you'll hear that Rodriguez has a Jim Croce/Bob Dylan sound that was in vogue in the early 70s. If you like it, I recommend picking up Cold Fact, his first album.
And yes, Rodriguez is finally receiving at least some of those royalties, but he pretty much just gives it away to charity. Amazing guy, amazing story.
I don't want to give away too much of the movie for those who haven't seen it (as if anyone reads this blog), but I do want to talk about one scene that makes the movie worth watching for anyone. Once Rodriguez has been "found" living in Detroit after giving up on a music career that went nowhere, he was quickly rushed to South Africa to perform.
From the perspective of a South African rock affectionado, this would be like us hearing that Jim Morrison or Jimi Hendrix has been found secretly living in some far off land and that he was being flown in to perform. Of course his fans were skeptical, but they bought the tickets and showed up anyway.
Looking at it from Rodriguez's side, he seemed doubtful and skeptical about how it would turn out, a perfectly normal reaction, given the uniqueness of the circumstances. One of his daughters who flew in with him even explained that she was just hoping 20 people would show up.
What happened then, or course, is that the concert sold out, Rodriguez took the stage, and the thousands in attendance went berserk. After a 10 minute standing ovation, BEFORE RODRIGUEZ EVEN PLAYED OR SPOKE, the crowd finally calmed down so that he could start to play.
I can't begin to imagine how he kept it together on stage that night. Suppose you have to give up a music career. Things just didn't work out. You live a humble life, raise your kids, and you have no regrets. Then, you receive news that people think you're the greatest musician to ever have played, and they'll do anything to hear you and see you.
I think about the shit that passes for music these days and the people that receive so much wealth and fame *cough cough Justin Bieber Taylor Swift cough cough* (well maybe not so much wealth these days, but for some, yes, wealth) who are sooooo undeserving. Then a guy like Rodriguez had to give up on his dreams, and it's all so unfair. Only, sometimes karma pays you back, and I mean in a good way.
This story is so unbelievable that when I first heard about the film, I thought it was fiction, but it most certainly is not. I leave you with my favorite track: Hate Street Dialogue. If you give it a listen, you'll hear that Rodriguez has a Jim Croce/Bob Dylan sound that was in vogue in the early 70s. If you like it, I recommend picking up Cold Fact, his first album.
And yes, Rodriguez is finally receiving at least some of those royalties, but he pretty much just gives it away to charity. Amazing guy, amazing story.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Then Vs. Now
In late 2008, I had a great idea. For a book no less! Not one that I would write (though that would be 12 shades of awesome). No, my idea was to take Pistols At Dawn's Save Your Generation blog and boil it down to his best postings, best comments, and his replies to the comments. Oh, and I would do the bulk of the editing, because, well, it was my idea. "What experience do you have as an editor?", you ask. Admittedly very little. OK, none. But, I do know what is funny and what is not. I gave myself 2 hours to work on this project as though I was doing it for realsies, and what I came up with was pretty impressive, mostly because Pistols was the man and the lunatics who commented on his blog were pretty damn hilarious too. So I ran the idea by Pistols. Only thing was, he didn't think it was a winner. I still say it was a great idea.
Of course I would have written the foreword which would have gone soemthing like this:
"I almost didn't become a blogger because of Pistols At Dawn. My brother had blogged for several years before I became interested in reading any of his stuff. Once I did, I started blog surfing looking over the blogs of people who commented on his, then the people who commented on the commenters and so on. I kicked around the idea of starting my own when I came across Save Your Generation. I thought, "I give up!" If this is what the blogging universe is like, I concede that I do not measure up. It was sort of like practicing basketball in your driveway and thinking you were pretty good, then going to the YMCA only to find Michael Jordan there waiting to play you in a pick-up game, and thinking everyone played like he did. The only thing was, was that nobody wrote like Pistols At Dawn..."
Followed by more bromance-Pistols-At-Dawn-worshipping stuff and junk. You get the idea. I bring up the Save Your Generation book idea for 2 reasons. The first is that a fellow blogger has actually written a book similar to what I had in mind back in 2008 (minus the comments). That book is Things Go Wrong For Me by Moooooog35.
And it's a good one! I laughed my ass off reading it. I highly recommend it. Hell, Amazon's got a sample for you to read if you want a taste here.
The other reason for bringing this book up is the reason I've returned to blogging. Moog's book has definitely inspired me into thinking I can make a comeback. But Dr. Zibbs has great postings, and mjenks has got game, and Rassles still does a great job as well.
But it made me think "Why does one blog?" What is the core reason for spending so much time for such a low-yield result? And for me the answer is that I have found a scarcity of interesting people out there. Like 1% of 1%. That's 1 in 10,000 for you mathematically challenged. That sounds about right. Sure, there are plenty of nice people, people pleasant enough to work with or live next door to, but to interact with? Probably not so much.
When I "left the biz", as us bloggers say*, back in 2010, many of my contemporaries had either gotten out, or were close to getting out. I figured that some fizzle out, some new ones start up, eh, the blogospere will more or less be the same. I'm beginning to think I am wrong about that. Back in day, besides Pistols, there were the Karp brothers, Falwless, Doorknob Dan/Poo Bomber, The Imaginary Reviewer, Del-V (who BTW is the best poster on Facebook hands down, the best Jerry), the Guv, KatRocket, Grant Miller, Beckeye, as well as the others I've previously mentioned, and probably many others that don't immediately come to mind. Remember Constant Winter? And Ginormous Boobs?**
I've done some blog surfing, and I'm not seeing the level of creativity I saw back then. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places. Maybe 2008-2009 was the Golden Age of Blogging. We'll see in the monthes to come. It is certainly my hope to come in contact with more interesting people.
Finally, which is better, Moog's book or what Pistol's book woulda, coulda, shoulda been? I think that's like asking me to choose between 2 of my favorite foods. Sometimes fried shrimp would be what I have a hankering for, sometimes it would be Chocolate Creme Pie. I think Pistols was the most cerebral and literate blogger there was and a great story teller as well, but Moog's just as good of a story teller and no one can top his pics he uses in his postings. I can't say who is better. There are reasons to pick either.
*Nobody says this. And yes, I do know it's supposed to be "we bloggers" Mr./Ms. Grammar Nazi. I'm developing my street cred using improper grammar. Don'ts you know nothing?
**All kidding aside, if you are mentioned anywhere in this blog, mad props to you, as we say in the biz.***
***Nobody says this.
Of course I would have written the foreword which would have gone soemthing like this:
"I almost didn't become a blogger because of Pistols At Dawn. My brother had blogged for several years before I became interested in reading any of his stuff. Once I did, I started blog surfing looking over the blogs of people who commented on his, then the people who commented on the commenters and so on. I kicked around the idea of starting my own when I came across Save Your Generation. I thought, "I give up!" If this is what the blogging universe is like, I concede that I do not measure up. It was sort of like practicing basketball in your driveway and thinking you were pretty good, then going to the YMCA only to find Michael Jordan there waiting to play you in a pick-up game, and thinking everyone played like he did. The only thing was, was that nobody wrote like Pistols At Dawn..."
Followed by more bromance-Pistols-At-Dawn-worshipping stuff and junk. You get the idea. I bring up the Save Your Generation book idea for 2 reasons. The first is that a fellow blogger has actually written a book similar to what I had in mind back in 2008 (minus the comments). That book is Things Go Wrong For Me by Moooooog35.
Yeah, I know I stole the picture off Amazon.com. I'm a little rusty on the ol' posting photos thing so shut the hell up!
The other reason for bringing this book up is the reason I've returned to blogging. Moog's book has definitely inspired me into thinking I can make a comeback. But Dr. Zibbs has great postings, and mjenks has got game, and Rassles still does a great job as well.
But it made me think "Why does one blog?" What is the core reason for spending so much time for such a low-yield result? And for me the answer is that I have found a scarcity of interesting people out there. Like 1% of 1%. That's 1 in 10,000 for you mathematically challenged. That sounds about right. Sure, there are plenty of nice people, people pleasant enough to work with or live next door to, but to interact with? Probably not so much.
When I "left the biz", as us bloggers say*, back in 2010, many of my contemporaries had either gotten out, or were close to getting out. I figured that some fizzle out, some new ones start up, eh, the blogospere will more or less be the same. I'm beginning to think I am wrong about that. Back in day, besides Pistols, there were the Karp brothers, Falwless, Doorknob Dan/Poo Bomber, The Imaginary Reviewer, Del-V (who BTW is the best poster on Facebook hands down, the best Jerry), the Guv, KatRocket, Grant Miller, Beckeye, as well as the others I've previously mentioned, and probably many others that don't immediately come to mind. Remember Constant Winter? And Ginormous Boobs?**
I've done some blog surfing, and I'm not seeing the level of creativity I saw back then. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places. Maybe 2008-2009 was the Golden Age of Blogging. We'll see in the monthes to come. It is certainly my hope to come in contact with more interesting people.
Finally, which is better, Moog's book or what Pistol's book woulda, coulda, shoulda been? I think that's like asking me to choose between 2 of my favorite foods. Sometimes fried shrimp would be what I have a hankering for, sometimes it would be Chocolate Creme Pie. I think Pistols was the most cerebral and literate blogger there was and a great story teller as well, but Moog's just as good of a story teller and no one can top his pics he uses in his postings. I can't say who is better. There are reasons to pick either.
*Nobody says this. And yes, I do know it's supposed to be "we bloggers" Mr./Ms. Grammar Nazi. I'm developing my street cred using improper grammar. Don'ts you know nothing?
**All kidding aside, if you are mentioned anywhere in this blog, mad props to you, as we say in the biz.***
***Nobody says this.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Oh, and Another Thing...
This was me. No, not the dork falling down in the picture while...while...geez, I don't know what the hell he/she is doing. I'm the one that started a Facebook group called De-Affirmations of Dysfunction, dedicated to the uninspiring musings that, if we're being honest, we're all familiar with. Not like those dumb ass motivational posters that others put out.
It lasted about a week before I ran out of material.
It was a pretty good week though.
I know, I do rock!
Cough, Cough, Man It's Dusty Around Here
I'm inspired. Wait, scratch that. Revitalized. No, not that either. Lost my mind again? Maybe... but I think I'm going to make a blogging comeback.
In the many years since my blogging departure, I have occasionally stopped by some of the blogs I used to run with. Most, like mine, ran out of gas or just found Facebook postings to be so much easier to do like I did. A few diehards, though, like Beckeye, mjenks, moooooog35, and Dr. Zibbs have been able to keep it going. How you guys have been able to do that, I don't know. I guess I'm not really a writer, and you are.
Anywho*, I'm thinking of making a comeback, not like the old days when I could crank out 3 or 4 postings a week. Maybe more like once a week. Some things have changed, and some haven't. I mean, I'm still a genius, and, you know, Dos Equis basically based their Most-Interesting-Man-Alive campaign on me.
So, stayed tuned, or ... keep the faith, or ... as Ryan Seacrest would say... wait, are the kids on the interwebs still into Seacrest? Damn, I may have to get some more relevent catch phrases... as Psy would say: "Oppan Gangnam Style" which I think means "Come back again because Mathdude ROCKS!".
Oh yeah, BTW, since I shut this thing down, I got divorced, moved to Georgia to teach math full-time at a state college, and I'm the Vice-President of a corporation my brother and I formed. Toodles.
*Aren't people who say "Anywho" the most pretentious assholes ever?
In the many years since my blogging departure, I have occasionally stopped by some of the blogs I used to run with. Most, like mine, ran out of gas or just found Facebook postings to be so much easier to do like I did. A few diehards, though, like Beckeye, mjenks, moooooog35, and Dr. Zibbs have been able to keep it going. How you guys have been able to do that, I don't know. I guess I'm not really a writer, and you are.
Anywho*, I'm thinking of making a comeback, not like the old days when I could crank out 3 or 4 postings a week. Maybe more like once a week. Some things have changed, and some haven't. I mean, I'm still a genius, and, you know, Dos Equis basically based their Most-Interesting-Man-Alive campaign on me.
So, stayed tuned, or ... keep the faith, or ... as Ryan Seacrest would say... wait, are the kids on the interwebs still into Seacrest? Damn, I may have to get some more relevent catch phrases... as Psy would say: "Oppan Gangnam Style" which I think means "Come back again because Mathdude ROCKS!".
Oh yeah, BTW, since I shut this thing down, I got divorced, moved to Georgia to teach math full-time at a state college, and I'm the Vice-President of a corporation my brother and I formed. Toodles.
*Aren't people who say "Anywho" the most pretentious assholes ever?
Friday, January 29, 2010
Stick A Fork In Me
After checking up on a couple blogs and coming across A Crown of Thistles, I decided it was time to close up shop here at Eating Chicken Vindaloo. The inDefatiguable mjenks had the right idea. It's time to close shop here and take a new direction in the blogosphere. Facebook has deeply cut into the blogging world. I've met quite a few like-minded people here on the ol' interwebs, and many of you are Facebook friends with me now, which is awesome, because now I can mock you there daily without the "trouble" of going from website to website.
Here are some of my most proud accomplishments at ECV.
- First off, I pretty much got Obama elected. He was clearly taking his cues from my keen political insights.
- I won numerous Caption Contests over at Lots Better Then Your Blog. And when I didn't win, I was clearly the people's champion. My favorite was my entry for a photo taken of a bunch of costumed losers at a comic book convention. It said, "Like a kid in a candy store, Falwless knew she wasn't going home alone tonight!" Coincidently, Falwless stopped the Caption Contest when most of my entries mocked her.
- Judge Judy and the Geico Caveman commercials are now universally recognized as the best TV show and commercials. By a mile.
- The Yankees are World Champs. UNC is the NCAA Men's basketball champs and their football team has been to 2 bowl games. The 12 Shades of Awesome Two Time Reigning NFC West Champion Arizona Cardinals, Probably the Greatest Team Ever Assembled - EVER! has been to the Super Bowl (if I'm being honest, I still don't know how that happened), and they've made the playoffs 2 consecutive years.
- I have made those who read my blog cooler and edgier with my incredible musical critiques, although I wash my hands with Red. I mean, come on, I can't perform miracles.
- The contestant I rooted for on American Idol successfully released a historical debut album, universally recognized as one of the greatest debuts of all time.
- Pretty much all the other good blogs out there are by bloggers who have basically stolen everything they do good from me.
- I completely fooled all of you with my "Guest Postings"! Ha! Those were written by me all along! Don't you feel foolish now?
This doesn't mean the end of blogging for me though. I plan on being better about getting postings up at my other 2 neglected blogs. I've already got 3 or 4 good ideas for postings at the West Point Skateboard Gang blog, so check in there if it interests you. And I still plan on stopping by your place to harass you every now and again.
See you around.
Here are some of my most proud accomplishments at ECV.
- First off, I pretty much got Obama elected. He was clearly taking his cues from my keen political insights.
- I won numerous Caption Contests over at Lots Better Then Your Blog. And when I didn't win, I was clearly the people's champion. My favorite was my entry for a photo taken of a bunch of costumed losers at a comic book convention. It said, "Like a kid in a candy store, Falwless knew she wasn't going home alone tonight!" Coincidently, Falwless stopped the Caption Contest when most of my entries mocked her.
- Judge Judy and the Geico Caveman commercials are now universally recognized as the best TV show and commercials. By a mile.
- The Yankees are World Champs. UNC is the NCAA Men's basketball champs and their football team has been to 2 bowl games. The 12 Shades of Awesome Two Time Reigning NFC West Champion Arizona Cardinals, Probably the Greatest Team Ever Assembled - EVER! has been to the Super Bowl (if I'm being honest, I still don't know how that happened), and they've made the playoffs 2 consecutive years.
- I have made those who read my blog cooler and edgier with my incredible musical critiques, although I wash my hands with Red. I mean, come on, I can't perform miracles.
- The contestant I rooted for on American Idol successfully released a historical debut album, universally recognized as one of the greatest debuts of all time.
- Pretty much all the other good blogs out there are by bloggers who have basically stolen everything they do good from me.
- I completely fooled all of you with my "Guest Postings"! Ha! Those were written by me all along! Don't you feel foolish now?
This doesn't mean the end of blogging for me though. I plan on being better about getting postings up at my other 2 neglected blogs. I've already got 3 or 4 good ideas for postings at the West Point Skateboard Gang blog, so check in there if it interests you. And I still plan on stopping by your place to harass you every now and again.
See you around.
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