Worst Beauty Pageant Response Ever?

This is truly pathetic. I'm not sure she even makes one complete or coherent sentence.

Texas Whacks the 400th Inmate

Today, Johnny Ray Conner was put to death by the State of Texas. Conner marks the 400th inmate to be executed since 1976 when the U.S. Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume. Three more are scheduled for next week.

A recent acquaintance of mine and I were talking and she indicated that she was against the death penalty. She is an admitted liberal. I don't personally share her viewpoint. I struggle a bit with the moralistic side of the equation, but I completely agree with the philosophy behind it.

My father was telling me that one guy was proposing that if you are against the death penalty that you could "sign up" to make sure that if anyone ever committed a capital offense and you were the victim, that the state would fore go the death penalty based on your personal beliefs. I don't think that is a 1/2 bad idea. I think that we could do apply this same type of "put your money where your mouth is" behavior to a lot of different ideas.

Anyway, I'm tired....outta here!

Shit Man!

Today we are in class and we are getting ready to break for lunch. One of the guys (student) gets up and I notice something dangling out from the waistband of his jeans that looks suspiciously like toilet paper.

I tell the guy about it and he is kind of big so he blindly reaches back there and pulls it out and it falls on the floor. it IS toilet paper, and it also has shit on it. Now I'm not talking a lot here, but clearly there is a nice brown smear all over the paper. Ick.

The guy reaches down and GRABS the paper and wads it up in his hands and then throws it away without being mindful at all about not getting shit all over himself.

So now I am standing there, kind of in shock at what just happened. I am fully expecting him to excuse himself to go wash up.....but he doesn't!!!!! He goes to lunch just like that. Not once did he go and wash his hands or anything.

Needless to say I made sure I didn't touch a DAMNED thing that this guy was near for the rest of the day.

How gross can you be?

Pillow Fight!

Sometimes when I am eating and I am bored I check out what games are available for download on my phone. If it's free for a little while, I might get it and play it until it expires.

One of the games featured today was "Pillowfight." I love the description:

"Join an elite and sexy crew of hot women in the exclusive world of competitive pillow fighting."

No, I did not make that up. I am not sure I am creative enough to make that one up.

But as it turns out, I did Google it and there is an "official" sport of pillow fighting.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=competition+pillow+fighting

About God***n time!

The title is a direct quote from Bling!!! A while back he sent me a fairly interesting article and I am just now getting around to posting on it. Sorry for all the delays, but it’s just been nuts lately.

The article is from http://www.politico.com/ and is entitled “Bush Orders New Crackdown on U.S. Border.” The article goes on to mention and list various elements of the newly proposed package. It also has several quotes from bush.

One of my favorites is:

After the announcement, President Bush released a statement in Kennebunkport, Maine, saying that despite the failure of Congress to pass a new law, his administration "will continue to take every possible step to build upon the progress already made in strengthening our borders, enforcing our worksite laws, keeping our economy well-supplied with vital workers, and helping new Americans learn English."

Are you kidding me? Does the Bush administration really believe that everyone is that stupid? Well, perhaps, but let’s face it America….most of you have earned it. Aside from that fact, let’s pick this one apart a bit.

“….Every possible step….in strengthening our borders, enforcing our worksite laws….” Ok, let’s just take that little tidbit and work with it a bit. The Bush administration has been consistently weak and lackadaisical with any regards to protecting our borders. If anything the administration has gone out of its way to allow illegal aliens IN to the U.S. The administration has also been great at ensuring that local law enforcement has been hamstrung and not allowed to create, enact, or enforce laws that would make it tough on illegal aliens to reside in the U.S.

How about some more of this quote…. “….keeping our economy well-supplied with vital workers…” See my above paragraph. The Bush administration has worked hard to ensure that illegal aliens are practically protected by allowing cities to pass their own laws with regards to making it very difficult to investigate illegal aliens and have them deported as well as fining business owners. This stuff isn’t new. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while I have cited this type of behavior by cities and municipalities over and over again.

And I love the last part – “…and helping new Americans learn English.” Let’s get a few things straight, here. Number one, these are NOT Americans. They are illegal aliens that have violated federal law by being in our country illegally. I don’t care what the color of you skin is, and I don’t care where you come from. If you enter the United States illegally you are committing a felony. Most of these illegal immigrants are making an exaggerated effort to circumvent United States law and culture. Mexican immigrants are borderline hostile towards the U.S. and are trying to reclaim it for their own. They are doing a good job, too!!!! Muslim immigrants are already having laws bent and created for their own means including trying to impose Shira law and having local, state, and federal funds used to build schools just for them. Does anyone else see a problem with this?

And last, but certainly not least…. Where, just WHERE do we mandate that anyone has to learn English? It’s not the official language of the U.S. and as far as I can tell there has never been any real political pressure to make it so. We now have municipalities making Spanish their official languages. State and Federal governments are mandating that school systems have bi-lingual teachers available. Hospitals and health-care institutions are also doing the same thing. This is not a push to learn English. Look around you and open your eyes.

I may have been born at night, but it wasn’t last night. This is an insult to my intelligence and is not appreciated.

To take it a step further, why is Bush suddenly trying to do something about all this? Well, in short, he’s trying to butter people up. His last effort at granting amnesty to illegal aliens and increasing the number of illegal jumping the fence every year failed. A large reason for that failure was due to poor enforcement of existing policies. So, now Bush figures he can throw us a bone to appease us and then try to push it through again. It’s coming, so watch out!!!

Political T-Shirts

Thanks to Bling! for one of these, and the other is something that I found. One for each political preference......Can you guess which one of us contributed which shirt?

ARRRGGHHHH!

FUCK! I am kind of pissed off right now. I am VERY stressed out from work. I am getting a whole whopping ONE day off from the 6th up until the 31st. Out of all that time I am going to be out of town predominantly the whole time.

Let's also pile up all my regular work, plus the extra stuff I am trying to take care of. Then consider that ALL of my professional certifications expire at the end of the month. I told work about this MONTHS ago and requested extra time to study. I was allocated TWO fucking days, and they are passing and I have barely gotten anything done because I can't get ONE hour to myself without being interrupted.

But, that doesn't matter because I only ONE free day to take the exam anyway, and if I don't pass I have to wait a week to re-take it..... but due to the only day available, if I don't pass then I am history because my certs expire before I can re-take. Nice, huh?

I also have to still get ready to fly out of town tomorrow, I have a client that is having severe problems and keeps bugging the shit out of me, the guy there barely 'spaks' English, and I am supposed to be meeting up with friend tonight, but i can't do that, yet, because I can't get in the goddamn shower to clean up!

And Bling! and I may be cancelling our trip to the Dragon because of the LEO's being a bunch of cocksuckers http://www.tailofthedragon.com

So, I am REALLY not in a good mood at the moment and there are so many other things I wanted to write about on here but I just haven't had the time.

Crazy Schedule

I am getting ready to fly out to Chicago as I write this. I JUST came from San Jose (about a day ago)

Wed - back from Chicago
Sat - Fly to North Carolina
Get back from NC and then fly to Montana
I may be in Montana for about a month, but it's not known for sure as of yet.

If I do that, I'll have to fly home to get things prepped for my vacation!!!

My Pointer Is Too Small!

The last class I taught in San Jose was interesting. It was a little too large and difficult to manage. I had about 25 students. I like it when it's about 15 or less.

In any case, I actually had a student ding me on my evaluation because.....

“Recommend instructor replace his current laser pointer with one that displays a larger light point….”

I've never had anyone tell me that my pointer was too small!!

Is He Black?

I was having a chat with my friend the other night. She has a Suzuki Hyabusa and has been riding it for about a year, now. She really enjoys the bike and I was telling her that I was looking forward to the new ones that are coming out.

She told me there was a guy at work that asked her for some help picking one out and learning to ride it. So here we have a first time rider that wants to get a bike that weighs in at about 450-lbs and lays down over 190+ bhp to the rear wheel. This is an accident waiting to happen. I asked her if she directed him to take the MSF (motorcycle safety foundation course) and get into a used 600cc bike to start with.

This guy wasn’t interested. He wanted to get a new ‘Busa, extended the swing-arm, drop (lower) the bike, custom paint it and chrome it all out. He does not, however, want to raced it.

So I asked if he is black. She asked does it matter? And I said, not really, but typically only a black guy would take a bike like that and sink a ton of money into it to customize it in such a manner and never ride it or use it for what it was made for.

Not Wired!

A few days ago I was working out at the gym and went to hit the elliptical machines for some cardio. I grabbed a “Wired” magazine and started reading it. I hadn’t read something like that in a long time, but it’s technology based so I figured I’d enjoy it.

As it turns out, I was wrong. The magazine does focus on technology. But it focuses on trendy technology. The latest cell phones, PDAs, game machines, laptops, etc. Not much on how this stuff works, but a lot on what bells and whistles they have. The formatting of the ‘zine is also geared towards the trendy folks that just have to be connected all the time.

I find it slightly ironic that my career and job is focused on making this technology work so that you can have access to things like this blog on your cell phone, but at the same time I don’t want anything to do with being connected all the time.

I don’t really give a ratt’s ass that my cell phone can surf the web, act as a camera, play videos, play music, etc. I don’t use these features and I certainly don’t want to be in a position where people can get in touch with me via phone, SMS, email, or some other form of communication 24 x 7. And because of this, I also don’t care what the latest cell phone / pda / MP3 player wizardry is that would allow me to do this.

All you hip, trendy, wired to the hilt folks can enjoy living in your virtual world. I’m going to go ride my bike and relish in the sights, sounds, smells, and experiences of the real world.

A Terrorist No More!

The TSA must think I chucked my turban and denounced my ways of terrorism. I just checked with the gate agent for my outbound flight to SJC and they said I was no longer on the “no fly” list. I guess they caught “the other guy.”

I never received any acknowledgement from the TSA on my request. So I don’t even know if they properly received my request. Nice, huh?

The whole security thing is a joke. Especially after I found out that employees of the airport and airlines can pretty much skate right through security without a check after-hours. You don’t enforce security some of the time, you enforce it ALL the time.

I don’t mind that we have tighter security. I DO mind that it’s a farce and not effective. I guess you could say it’s the illusion of security. Considering that my hard-earned tax dollars pay for this and I am the one that is standing in lines and wasting a lot of the time at the airport it really pisses me off.

Dream Theater In Concert!

Last night Dream Theater played at the Nokia building. The first two bands weren’t that good and I’m surprised that anyone even opened for DT as they typically don’t have opening acts.

DT started up about 9:00pm and it took about an hour to get through four songs. So far so good!!! Over all, it was a totally awesome concert! Those guys are just wrong, though. People shouldn’t be able to play that well for that long.

The only critical things I would say are that:
1 – James Labrie (lead vocalist) is getting pretty thin on top and needs to cut that shit off!! He’d be better off doing something different.

2 – James also flubbed a few lines on a song. I think he forgot the lyrics for a moment. Either that or the sound system was having a problem.

3 – I was slightly disappointed that they only played for a little over 2 hours! They usually play for closer to 3 hours.

Otherwise a most excellent show!

BTW – a big Thank You to Hopper for buying me a few beers and loaning me a few bucks for a shirt. I didn’t exactly have a way to spend much cash (see previous entry!).

I’m a Dumb-Ass!

Yesterday, I was talking to a trainer at the gym about signing up for some sessions. I told him I’d take 5 sessions just to tweak my training regiment. He said that was great and asked how I’d like to pay. Credit card, of course.

Then it hits me like one of those times when you are stuck on the freeway in rush-hour traffic in downtown Dallas and you suddenly have to go to the bathroom. Really, really bad.

I lost my wallet.

Not just a credit card or something, but the whole freaking thing! I went to the grocery store (which I lothe to do anyway) after working out and bought some fruits and veg to eat. Since I had my gym shorts on, I didn’t have a pocket to put my wallet in and stuck it on the little tray that is part of the grocery cart. I even remember telling myself not to do that because I’d forget it.

Sure enough, I did.

Scramble back to the grocery store (three hours later). The carts have all been taken inside. I go in and check, but they haven’t had a wallet turned in. Scramble back home and start calling banks and what-not to have my credit cards cancelled and re-issued.

I also went to the DPS today to get a new photo ID issued. Something tells me that this picture wouldn’t fly anymore.

Dream Theater was last night, and while I couldn’t go to the ATM to get any money out I was fortunate enough to keep a few spare bucks stashed in the house so I had a little money to spend.

It was really strange, though. I felt pretty nekkid out there. Not in the same way as not having my wallet with me, but in the way that I didn’t have a choice. I couldn’t show ID, couldn’t get any money, and couldn’t pay for anything beyond the few bills I had in my pocket.

So now I am waiting for the fallout. I have new credit cards on the way, but I can’t buy airline tickets, rent cars, or get hotel rooms for work. I also am going to have to wait until the new cards come in to setup some of my e-payments again. And, of course, I need to call my insurance companies so that they can re-issue me some new insurance cards.

It’s pretty much a big pain in the ass and I’ll have to watch everything real carefully just in case someone decides to try to steal my identity (never had a problem with this before).

At least the extra rubber I kept in my wallet is easily replaced and not missed…..much.

Fat Bastard on the Rebound!

Well I have finally committed to getting my fat ass back in shape again. I find it odd that many people are telling me that I look like I’ve lost weight or that I look good. I can’t quite figure it out because let me tell you *I* know I’m a fat bastard. Your friend my lie to you while you are both horking down Crispy Cream’s faster than my truck sucks gasoline but the scale don’t!

Besides, just because I may be “average” to everyone else I feel like a fat bastard. I’ve always been skinny and in shape. Now I feel fat and out of shape. So, being the selfish prick that I am it’s really all about me. J

In any case, I had been trying to do more things this summer like biking but it rains all the time. If I want to hike, it’s boring compared to hiking 9000-foot mountains with 2000-foot vertical climbs. And I’m really not sure which is worse – being accosted by a enraged crack head with a bald guy fetish or checking over my shoulder for grizzlies, but something tells me that I enjoy being with the bears more.

In any case, it’s all an excuse. Ultimately, you have to make the decision to be a fat bastard and balloon up to epic proportions Al Gore style, or do something about it. So I’m trying to do something about it. I was hitting the stationary cycle in PA, and now I signed back up at the local gym. They gave me a smoking price (can you beat $15.00 / month?) because I used to work out there all the time and remembered me. “WTF happened to you? You fat bastard!”

So now that I plonked down my hard earned cash I feel motivated to go to the gym because I am also a cheap bastard and I hate throwing my money away. Today was my first day lifting weights again. It was all chest and triceps for today with a good solid 30-mins of cardio on top of a warm-up and however long it took me to rip off some sets. I really tried to take it easy because I know I am going to be hurting for the 1st week or two. So I tried to be good and just let my body know it was going to be dealing with this again and to get ready for it.

Tomorrow, if you ask me how I am I’m sure I’ll say I am fine, but please don’t touch my he-bitch-man-titties!!!!

My Terrorist Activities

Today's Guest Posting is yet again from Bling! Thanks Bling! (My name has been slightly altered to protect my terrorist identitity)

"In the news, Brad Muhammad Smith is being sought in connection with recent terror activities. Authorities claim that nationwide levels of alcoholic beverages have dipped dangerously low and attribute the drop with the presence of Smith and his associates. While many terror experts dispute the claims, since Muslims do not normally drink, witnesses have shown increased willingness to come forward with stories of late night binges and surreptitious partying. The prosecution's main witness, known only by the code name "The Weasel" has agreed to provide details about past activities of Smith. Police have requested that anyone knowing the whereabouts of Brad "Allah is All" Smith should not approach him, but instead to alert the authorities and order him a drink......."

Track Days

‘Priller is Just Fine

Last week, Hopper and I had a small accident in which we ended up colliding while on our bikes. We are both fine, but the bikes suffered some minor damage. I think mine got the least of it as his fender hit my back tire and got my right-side tail-pipe.

The pipe itself came out mostly OK with some minor scratching and a hairline crack in the carbon fiber weave – all on the underside of the pipe. The worst thing that happened on my bike is that the steel band that holds the pipe on got munched pretty good. I took it all off the bike and straightened it out yesterday. Nothing like sweating your balls off in the garage and getting metallic fragments buried into your skin while you try to straighten something like this out. Fortunately, with some very minor exceptions your average person probably can’t even tell that something happened to the bike.

His bike got it much worse as his dresser fender got wrinkled up and crushed the front running light.

I felt really bad for him because he’s only had his “new” HD about a month and so far:

The seat almost came off of it in mid-ride because the bolts vibrated out. He said that it was a “pucker” moment and that his eyeballs almost touched his goggles.

His check engine light had been coming on – unknown as to why at this point.

His front fender is now damaged and will be far more difficult to repair than my ‘Priller.

Why are Dems Trying to Snuff Out Common Sense?

There is a bill being proposed that originally started as a non-bipartisan bill to prevent people from being sued should they report suspected terrorist activity to the authorities. I think what kicked this off was the group of Muslim scholars that were about to board a plane when many of the passengers noticed them intensely praying and saying things like “Allah Akbar” – a common phrase yelled just before igniting one’s self into a fireball and taking out as many people as possible.

In any cases, these folks sued and I am not quite sure what happened with the lawsuit. Our government has been encouraging us for years now to report suspicious activities. Some of those reports have led to terrorist arrests and potential plots being stopped in their tracks.

Now, though, the democrats are making an effort to block a bill which would prevent Joe Citizen from being sued simple because he did his duty.

I often times don’t understand politics, but it certainly seems to me that the radical left is often at odds with common sense and their own goals.

USB Fan Kicks Ass and Takes Names!

I am in another hotel that has one of the A.C. units that shuts off when it get to the right temperature. That’s fine, except that I like moving air when I sleep. I can put the unit on “fan only” but then it won’t keep the room cool. If I keep the room cool the unit shuts off at the desired temperature. It’s either that or get the room so cold that icicles form on unmentionable body parts. What to do?

BAM!!

Introducing the USB Fan on a flexible goose-neck. Bling! said I am “such a geek” for having this…..but it didn’t cost me hardly any money and guess what? It works like a champ.

Simply:
1) place laptop with USB connection on the nightstand beside the bed
2) Plug in the portable USB fan
3) Adjust the goose-neck so that the fan is blowing towards you

Problem solved!! Now I can enjoy cool, refreshing, circulating air without freezing to death!