FMC 3.0

First off, the scary stuff. I’m seeing references to Emma Watson floating around the net using the adjective ’sexy’. See, that’s just creepy, seeing as she’s only 15. I read that exact word used to describe this. I’ve never understood the male appeal to younger women. I usually find females who are a few years ahead of me (Sorry Doobs, I’m already gonna squash your impending Grannies joke) more attractive than younger women. To me, it’s more important to have someone on a similar level of maturity, and someone with enough experiences to keep conversations interesting. Sex appeal can only go so far. That, and thinking of the sex appeal of 15 year olds is just, well, creepy.

Only slightly less scary, the Weather Channel has hired Lewis Black to be part of a segment including celebrity weather forecasters. He’s the first they’ve gotten to do their new spot, which they hope will liven things up. I think they’re gonna call the spot “The HMS Titanic Segment.” This is doomed to fail. While I think Lewis Black is hilarious, he’s done nothing but rip meteorologists to shreds in his act. Now he’s gonna be one? Strange strange stuff.

Heather said to post about Lost. So here it is: I haven’t watched it yet.

At last, Yay for a long weekend. After this week at work, it’ll be nice to not even touch a computer for a few days. The word of the week has been busy. I’m still waiting for the Holiday slow down. It’s overdue.

Oh, and for your enjoyment: a rather hilarious Photoshop that came off of Fark, from this guy:

So my sister stopped by today, and had Sydney with her. At one point, my dad, who was at his computer, is trying to locate Washington, PA. Friends of ours coming into town for the weekend got held up there by a slight run in with wildlife. Luckily, they were OK.

As dad was poking around the net, I said “Just go to maps.google.com.”

My sister says “Why? Just use mapquest.”

“Cause MapQuest is the suck.”

Now, this is a pretty normal conversation for us. At least, until Sydney added with her most innocent voice “the suck.”

I nearly fell over, trying not to laugh. I know that one of the unwritten jobs of an uncle is to teach their relatives all the stuff the parents don’t want them to know. I plan on enjoying this.

In other news, the events unfolding in Dover, PA (thankfully not DE) are almost amazing enough to make you believe there is a god. But then, that isn’t quite appropriate here, seeing as the town’s citizens voted out 8 of the 9 school board members that forced Intelligent Design into their children’s classrooms. The 8 new members vowed to undo that damage. However, Kansas apparently hasn’t picked up on it yet. Their time will come.

Something you’ll never see in real life:

Texas citizens once again banned gay marriage. For like the 10th time. However, Maine just legalized what is basically an equal rights package for everyone. I see an exodus coming. Anyway, the guy over at hirethisguy.com made a pretty telling visual aid:

Oh, and according to Italian state TV, the US military used chemical weapons in Iraq. Lucky for us, our country didn’t sign the treaty agreeing not to use that type of chemical weapon. I can’t decide what asshole is gonna be first against the wall come the revolution. But hopefully people will wake up and realize that they need to reign in their government. But, it’s hard to expect that from a country with 30% voter turnout. I love how we promote democracy, and then don’t practice it. In the future, after someone finally puts this country in its place, the Webster’s dictionary entry for Hypocrisy will just have a picture of the US next to it. Even my most die hard republican friend, who voted for Shrub twice, now says he needs to be gone. He’s embarrassing everyone.

It’s not a republican or democrat thing any more. Both sides are equally greedy and crooked. More and more this country reminds me of Ancient Rome. The peons and plebeians have their lives masterminded by rich senators or other officials. Men use their personal armies to impose their will on the world. The only difference now is that there’s more money, and its a much bigger world to bully around.

Oh, there is one other difference. In those days of Ancient Rome, saying “Civis Romanus sum” instilled fear and respect to those around you. Pretty handy when you were outside Rome, because anyone who hurt a roman would have to fear the legions coming after them. If you’re outside the US and say “I am an American Citizen” you’re likely to get a dirty look or jeered at. And that’s because of the way we’re represented by our elected officials. How can this country be so brainless? Canada looks better and better all the time. I think thats why so many Americans make Canada jokes - we’re jealous.

Actually, if I was to expatriate, I’d prolly head to England. But that’s really just because they make pretty good TV. And that accent can be hot. But I’d have to make regular trips home for the food.

Ah, the wit of A. Whitney Brown. He used to be a writer for SNL, long before it hit its long, long trail of sucktitude. Anyway, I’m not a big plant fan. I think that’s why I get such a kick out of taking the reciprocal saw to the garden. Punk trees, thinking they can grow where ever they want.

If you get the chance, watch Mythbusters. They just built a rocket, that actually flew (further than the Wright flyer) in 48 hours. They were trying to see if the Confederates could have done it in 1865. (Not likely)

Oh, and this came across my inbox recently:

A friend sent it saying it was the best pic of her ever. While it’s good, I’m not sure its the best ever. Hasn’t knocked off my favorite, which I won’t post here for NSFW reasons.

I did get some work done on the lego case, but haven’t had time for picture taking. I’ve got the one side built, and the fan housed. Now the hard part starts.

Oh, and lastly, Nighthawk rolled over 7000 miles this morning. Gotta love commuting.

So I tanked up Nighthawk for $2.09 a Gallon this morning. It seemed like some sort of bonus that the 20 bucks in my wallet got nearly 10 gallons of gas.

WTF? I remember filling up Vladimir for 87 cents a gallon in high school. Oh, and for those of you who don’t know Vladimir:

Well, that’s not Vladimir, but that’s the kind of car he was. Aside from a few differences in cosmetics, that’s him.

At any rate, how can over 2 dollars seem like a bargain? Especially when oil companies are seeing record profits - to the tune of 8-10 billion dollars. In the third quarter. Ah, capitalism. That which we vault, and bend over to take it up the ass from.

Speaking of capitalism, I took a scenic drive down to my sister’s place today after leaving it’s great bastion Wal-Mart. (I was helping her transport something that wouldn’t fit in a Cavalier.) I found that apparently the farm fields by us aren’t the only ones growing houses. It seems like every field I passed had houses going in.

Did I mention the house and trees gone at the curve? Yup, the Fields up by Lebanon aren’t the only ones going. The ones right across from our neighborhood are as well. Pretty soon driving home is gonna look a lot like driving through Middletown. All street lights and porch lights, but no fields or darkness. To top it off, the heavy machinery in the field by us is loud, and the sound carries. Just what an insomniac day sleeper needs, more noise to think about.

I have no idea where all these people are working. I can’t imaging there is a boom of jobs in Dover, and I hate to think all of these people would want to commute up to Newark or Wilmington. Also, the base is gonna be cutting jobs at some point in the future, since the outgoing C-5Bs need 3 times the personnel to keep running than the incoming C-17s. That’s a lot of jobs heading out of town.

So we’re gonna have a whole lot of ruined fields full of empty houses that no one can afford. This is gonna be great.

And does it really have a hyphen? I kinda typed that subconsciously.

Anyway, earlier this week I decided that I need a way to undo this:

That’s right. One big mess o’ Legos. Takes a while to build a case when you spend all your time searching for the correct piece. So in a fit of very unlike-me-ness, I decided to get organized. So I went to Target. And at Target they had this nifty drawered cabinet doohickey. Nothing huge, but big enough for my purposes. I’ll still keep the tub around for the really big stuff.

So that's the box. Whee. I'm organized. Wait. I took it a step further. See that? Labels! Holy Crap. Now I'm classifying stuff.

I mean, whens the last time I actually organized anything other than files on my hard drive (which I guess I’ve always been a little anal about) ? Sheer Craziness.

Oh, and those of you tired of crappy images from the camera phone need only wait will Christmas. Apparently, if all goes as somebody or other planned, I’ll get one Hand Me UP. Or something. I’m not real up on the details, I just go with the plans.