Main Stream Media
Posted on November 23, 2007
Filed Under politics, paranoia, stupidity, Corruption, TV, nausea, clusterfuck, general misanthropy, barf, Revulsion, Pathetic | 4 Comments
The problem with the media is not just that they suck, not just that they pander to the lowest common denominator, and not just they prize a pretty face above all other attributes.
The real problem is that they are proudly and aggressively stupid. Witness this exchange with Dennis Kucinich:
An Addition to the Blogroll
Posted on November 17, 2007
Filed Under Science, religion, Random blogreading | Leave a Comment
I know I’ve been pretty lax in my blogging for the last few months, but I just have to point out this addition to my blogroll:
I’m sure this means that I’m destined for eternal hellfire, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take in a good cause.
Anyone Wondering What’s Happened To Me
Posted on October 20, 2007
Filed Under Work, shrug, autopublished-americans, better than sex | 2 Comments
You need look no further than here. At Quiblit Magazine, I am the Publisher, Managing Editor, Webmaster, Forum Moderator, Recruiter, Designer…oh, yeah - I do the crossword puzzles, too. And…loving it. Luckily, I am blessed with people with far more talent than me to do the writing (whew) - anyone who hasn’t read it yet should really go over there and take a look.
Of course, the magazine isn’t the problem. It’s a major time sink, but an extremely enjoyable one. The real problem is the job. Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t done any actual work there for nearly three years. It’s the fact that they insist that I keep showing up or they will stop paying me. Horribly inefficient, but they refuse to listen to reason.
Oh, well…I soldier on…
[And a shout-out to Bob Harris for the plug]
Election Day Today
Posted on October 10, 2007
Filed Under politics, Pathetic | 2 Comments
I find myself unable to vote.
Choices:
- Liberal (incompetent promise-breakers)
- Conservative (hijacked by evangelicals)
- NDP (socialist weinies)
- Green (also socialist weinies, but with added evangelical fervour)
Bleh.
Happy Birthday, Sputnik
Posted on October 4, 2007
Filed Under global domination, politics, paranoia, Science, web 2.0, conquest, global culture, empire | 2 Comments
You crazy, shiny, beeping ball, you. Fifty years young today.
It was supposed to herald the dawn of the new Space Age. But, it didn’t. That one is still a few generations down the road, if it’s ever coming at all. What it heralded was the Communications Age, when information became instantaneously available around the globe. Within minutes, the actions of Burmese monks and the counteractions of their military oppressors can be seen by hundreds of millions of people virtually anywhere on earth.
Somehow, I don’t really think that was what Khruschev had in mind.
My 251st Post
Posted on October 2, 2007
Filed Under boredom, autopublished-americans | Leave a Comment
I missed the fact that the last one was my 250th - that is, if you ignore the 150 or so that I accidentally wiped out in the lamentable circumflex incident.
Quite a milestone - uh-huh - a quarter of the way to a thousand. In less than a year. While holding down a real (well…paying) job. And building my business empire-lite. And not quitting smoking (again (yet)).
I do believe that deserves a snifter of cognac. Ooohhh…and maybe a Cuban (or maybe just a cigar).
Working for a Living is Unnatural Torture
Posted on September 28, 2007
Filed Under ego, identity, laziness, Work, nausea, business, employment, global culture, general misanthropy, narcissism | 2 Comments
Is there really any doubt?
Salaried employment interferes with our natural sleep cycles - where’s my goddamned afternoon nap? It forces us to spend our day among strangers, which naturally induces anxiety among humans. It forces us to be answerable to a near-stranger, who is quite likely to be stupider, less qualified and, now that I’m a bit older, younger and less-experienced. Sometimes we wind up being answerable to a complete fucking dipshit (been there, done that).
Inevitably, we wind up spending a significant portion of every day associating with people whom we would rather never have met. Occasionally, we wind up spending it with people we would much prefer dead and yet, again contrary to our natural instincts, we must let them live - even be nice to them.
Sorry, I can’t go on - it’s far too depressing…
How Could I Have Missed This?
Posted on September 21, 2007
Filed Under paranoia | Leave a Comment
Apparently, MC Hawking has been around for several years and nobody told me? Find him here.
Trying to Keep Up
Posted on September 21, 2007
Filed Under confusion, autopublished-americans, Aging, Blogroll | 1 Comment
Nothing stays the same. Everything changes. But, you protest, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Well, sure, but how does that help me to maintain my blogroll?
People moving back and forth, deleting blogs, hiding blogs, renaming blogs, moving to quiblit (my own damned fault, that one), not moving (which is even more confusing), restarting dead blogs, changing the name back again, and so forth. It’s too damned much.
Part of the problem is that I haven’t had time to keep up with reading everybody on my blogroll, or even to keep up my own blog (that would be this one), or even to read my own blog (had I actually written anything, that is), for that matter.
Sorry…where was I?
Plug for a Friend
Posted on September 18, 2007
Filed Under paranoia | 1 Comment
Any of you who read Bob Harris’s Prisoner of Trebekistan will know what a warm, funny guy he is (and he really is just like that).
Bob has a new book coming out - Who Hates Whom. I don’t have an advance copy of this one, but it looks like it’s going to be more of his political viewpoints. While I disagree with him about much of that, I certainly respect his sincerity and thoughtfulness on the subject.
One thing I can promise is that you won’t be disappointed.
keep looking »