Is the Bachelor gay?

I saw on Yahoo that The Bachelor Brad Womack turned down both girls. From looking at his picture it is not surprising. The boy is gay. Not Lance Bass gay, but definitely Neil Patrick Harris gay.

He supposedly declared that he he didn't really love either one of them. Wonder how much the studio paid him to do this show? And how come they didn't realize he is gay? I'm telling you - Brad Womack is totally gay. At least he looks totally gay in my opinion.

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Would you have Britney Spear to your house from Thanksgiving?

I was listening to the radio on the way to work this morning. Apparently Miley Cyrus and her dad Billy Ray Cyrus have invited Britney Spears to their house for Thanksgiving. That is so odd.

What is even more odd is that she said yes! Do you think they really meant it when they asked her? And did they really think that she would say yes? Girl is crazy. I can't say that I would invite her. Wow.

check out The Garden Escape

Do you have a business or a home that has a need for garden buildings? If so, you should head on over and check out The Garden Escape. This United Kingdom based company specializes in very high quality garden buildings for uses like offices, gyms and so on.

Personally, I could totally use a garden room or a garden building. They seem so relaxing and stress free - and who in this day and age could not use something relaxing and stress free? Apparently they also lead to pretty high levels of productivity, which is not all that surprising considering the whole relaxing and stress free thing. Another one of the things that I like so much about the garden rooms and the garden buildings is the vibe that I get from them. There is this while Zen minimalist thing going on with them and I totally dig it.

You can get your Garden Escape in pretty much any size as they come in a whole host of different sizes to meet your individual needs. There are also some where you can tailor the size to specifically meet your unique needs.

You might be surprised to learn that the garden buildings are better insulated than most homes! And you can have plumbing installed in your garden building too! So, if you want to have, say a sauna in it then you can. Now that has to be super extra relaxing, eh?

If you are liking the sound of this you should check out the Garden Escape and order your garden room today.

Michael Vick going to jail

Did you see the news? I read it on the front page of Yahoo. Michael Vick has surrendered to authorities. He is doing it three weeks early though. And he is on his way to jail. Funny that Kobe Bryant raped someone and nothing happened and Michael Vick had some dog fights and is going to jail.

Do you see the plain and clear message here? Society puts more value on dogs than on women. What the hell society?

Affordable car insurance

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They do specialize in affordable car insurance for drivers in the state of California. And you can get a quote online from their site in less than two minutes! Check it out if you need insurance.

Katherine McPhee is engaged! I was hoping that Katherine McPhee is a lesbian!

Katherine McPhee is a hottie. So, I had high hopes that I would one day get to see Katherine McPhee kissing a woman or two. And I wanted to read the headlines:

"Katherine McPhee is a lesbian"
"Katherine McPhee comes out"
"Katherine McPhee caught kissing a woman"

And so on.

Sadly, that is not what happened today. Instead the headline reads that Katherine McPhee is engaged to some actor by the name of Nick Cokas. Dammit man.

Will I get to see Katherine McPhee kissing girls or what?

Math is hard

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Katie Couric mocks Dan Rather - world sees it

What an idiot Katie Couric is. She mocks Dan Rather and it gets recorded on tape. Then guess what happens next? It ends up on the internet for the world to see. Do you think she feels stupid now? She actually said "This tart is ready to go!"

I just don't know about her. She's kinda of weird looking too.

Lose weight with a lap band

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Fergie was a druggie!

Holy crap! Did you know that Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas fame used to be a drug addicted celebrity? That's right, this former Kids Incorporated celeb used to have a drug addiction.

What was she addicted to? Fergie was addicted to crystal meth. Apparently all of this was before joining the Black Eyed Peas.

A gothic dating site for you

Do you identify as gothic and are you having a little trouble when it comes to finding love? If so, it sounds like you need to give a Gothic dating site a try. By using Gothic dating site like Darkyria then you are sure to get someone that has similar interests as you as both of you will identify as Gothic. This means that you will not have to worry about having someone reject you just because you do not conform to societal norms and standards.

Darkyria is a really cool Gothic dating site. It is clear that they had someone totally Gothic design it as it looks really, really sweet. And there are a lot of really, really super hot people on the site! On the main page there is like a filmstrip that shows you some photos of some of the members that have profiles on the site with photos of themselves. We are talking about some seriously sexy people on this here Gothic dating site! And they have something really cool on the front page that I have not seen on any other dating sites. There is a list of members that are online. But that is not the cool part. The cool part is that you can sort it by country and age just super quick like. How convenient is that?


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pagerank woes

dear google - i have no pagerank. when will you give me one? i would really like to have one. then maybe i can make some extra cash like all these other people. so, you see, i am needy. consider me a charity case. please.

Do you know what day it is in Britney history?

Yes, that's right. Today is a very special day in Britney Spears history. It is the day that she sent Kevin Federline the text message. The text message that said she was divorcing him. Oh, the agony.

Stephen Colbert won't be president

Isn't it sad? Stephen Colbert has dropped his bid for the presidency. It's really kind of tragic. I would loved to have seen him on one of those debates. Man, that would have been classic.

I just don't understand

the appeal of perez hilton. the website, not the gay boy. i mean, is it supposed to be entertaining? it is really kind of retarded when you get right down to it. of course, he is sitting at home raking in google cash. and here i sit with a PR0.

Woe is me.

well, his name is Dog!

"Dog the Bounty Hunter" was suspended after its star, Duane "Dog" Chapman, made racist insults. Not terribly surprising, is it? No, he looks like a big redneck. And clearly he is a big ole redneck. Geesh.

And pretty. Did I mention pretty? He is so darn purty! as if

Kentucky church prays for Britney and sends her letters

Okay, this has to be the funniest story I have read all week.

Church Organizes Support for Britney Spears

say what? That is freaking hysterical. Some church is Kentucky is doing a letter writing campaign for her. Who knows if she can even read!

Sarkozy's wife left him

Wow, busy news day! Looks like Sarkozy and his wife have split up. I still hate that he won that election. He looks kind of slimy to me.

And they were broken up in 2005. What, did he pay her to come back so that he could win the election? Is her contract up now?

Transit strike in France too!

Wow, first a train strike in Germany. Now there is a one-day transit strike in France. Mmm Paris. If I lived in Paris I would not want a car either. But you wouldn't have to take transit there. You could either bike it or walk it. Unless you lived too far from work or something. I hope I never end up on a European vacation during a transit strike. That would suck.

Train strike in Germany

I love taking public transportation in Europe. I dunno why, I just do. If I lived there I would try not to have car. Of course, that would suck right now since there is a train strike in Germany. And apparently Germany has the highest rail usage by commuters in Europe! Wow.

more on the new Star Trek movie

Looks like they have found someone to play Captain Kirk in the Star Trek movie. The actor is Chris Pine. He looks vaguely familiar to me, but I do not think I have really seen him in anything. Hrm. Wonder why they didn't go with someone a bit more well known?

Simon Pegg in Star Trek movie?!

I loved Shaun of the Dead and I loved Hot Fuzz. So I guess you could say that I love Simon Pegg. He was just cast in the new Star Trek movie as 'Scotty.' I will not be seing Simon Pegg as Scotty because I do not like Star Trek.

I hope this doesn't mean that there will be a delay in another funny film like Hot Fuzz from him. Dude is funny!

Madonna fires her record label

Looks like Madonna got a sweet new offer and is leaving Warner Bros. She is going with Live Nation now, as in the concert promoter. They paid her some major cash and in return they get her for 10 yrs. She will release 3 studio albums with them.

Madonna may sign a 10-year agreement with Beverly Hills, California-based Live Nation worth about $120 million in cash and stock, the Wall Street Journal said yesterday on its Web site.

the 50 best breasts in movie history

Check it - a listing of the 50 best breasts in movie history. Not overall a great list. But it looks like this person is planning on giving it their own little update. Sweet.

a boy-boy kiss on daytime tv!

Wow, I can't believe a soap opera here in the US went for it. They had two men kiss! That's right, two men kissed on As The World Turns!

And it looked pretty hot too.

Awesomeness.

an open letter to Associated Content

Dear Associated Content,

I love that you pay for articles with a quickness.

That is all that I love about you.

You have no standards. You don't even have a spell checker or a fact checker on staff. You lowball the desperate writers that send you their articles. You should be ashamed of yourself.

You content reviewers are rude. They are also rather dumb. And probably overpaid considering how stupid they appear to be.

You are cheating writers everywhere. You are clogging up Google with articles that have inaccurate facts and loads of spelling problems.

Why don't you try to be a major player? Pay your writers more and be more selective in what you publish.

In closing, Associated Content sucks!

eating

sometimes eating seems like such a chore. seriously. it's like i could be doing something else with this time. sometimes i wish you could just take a pill and not need to eat.

not all the time though.

there are some foods that i really like to savor. but sometimes i would just rather be doing something else all together.

so. that is when i make a pb&j. quick and filling.

London police don't like spicy chili

If you want to make spicy chili in London, the police might knock down your door.

This is really funny:

London Fire Brigade's chemical response team was called after reports that a strong smell was wafting from the restaurant in the heart of London's Soho district Monday afternoon, a Metropolitan police spokesman said, speaking anonymously in line with force policy.

Authorities sealed off several premises and closed roads. The Times of London described shoppers coughing and spluttering as firefighters wearing special breathing masks sought the source of the smell.

Ah, you just can't make spicy chili in London any more.

Hillary Clinton is leading the pack!

Score one on the side of gay rights. Looks like Hillary Clinton is leading the pack of the presidential nominees. I would love to get a Clinton back in office. Then the economy would be better. And maybe we'd take some positive steps in the arena of gay rights. Go Hillary, go!

Wallace & Gromit back on tv!

According to BBC News Wallace & Gromit are coming back to TV. Unfortunately it is in the UK. And I am not in the UK. But I do loves me some Wallace & Gromit . Maybe it will show up on BBC America. Hooray! More Wallace & Gromit !

Britney gets new custody hearing

Well, I spoke too soon. Looks like Britney is getting a new custody hearing. But c'mon! She lost the kids cause of her hit and run. So, why would they give them back to her? Maybe they shouldn't! So much for her comeback.

Britney lost her kids

Well, it was bound to happen. K-Fed is looking like the sane one. Wonder if Brit will go to jail like Paris? Maybe they will give her the same cell that Paris had. Or the same one Nicole had. heh

Resident Evil 3 rocks!!!!!

Oh man, I went to see it. It was so sweet! And no way can this be that last movie of this series! nope. They totally set it up for another sequel. Man, I hope they do another one. These movies are just too good. They are the best action movies out there. Seriously. Go see it. Now.

resident evil 3

Check it out! I can't wait for this to be in the theaters! omg, it looks so sweet! watch for yourself!

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Ah, Santorini

I've been watching the sunset cam over Santorini online. It looks so nice there. I wish I could take a trip there. Like now. The flight is pretty expensive though. I need to start saving up so that I will be able to take me a fun little trip. Until then I will have to just watch it on the sunset cam. sigh.

school again

It's that time again kiddies. Time for school to start. Sometimes I think I would like to keep taking classes and learning stuff forever. Then reality sinks in. Reality in the form of homework. Then I do not want to take any classes. At all. I wish I could just read the stuff and not have to do the tests and the home works.

Happy birthday to my hottie

It's my hottie's b-day. So, happy b-day hottie. We will do something fun today for your b-day. Who knows, maybe we will even go to the arcade. Or just do something wild and crazy. Yup, it will be a surprise. I just decided it.

ick, summer

Sometimes I really hate summer. It's hot. Too hot. and icky and sticky out. And why are there so many more bugs in the summer? And sweating. I really hate sweating. It makes me feel so freaking gross. How about no more summer? Let's just extend spring and fall to fill in the gap?

I need to move again

I do not like my new apartment. I liked the old one better. But I signed a year lease. That means it will be like forever before I can move again. Bah, I hate apartment leases. I really wanna move. Like now yo.

Apparently there are no Indian lesbians, otherwise this would not be newsworthy, right?

Oh wait, they must not know about my friend Kamini, who is indeed both Indian and lesbian. Maybe I should alert the authorities.

Story at ShowbizData :

INDIAN ACTRESS PORTRAYS LESBIAN
Monday, March 19 2007
A top Bollywood actress has touched off controversy in
India following word that she will play a lesbian in her forthcoming movie, I
Can't Think Straight, which was recently filmed in England. Indian-Canadian Lisa
Ray, who starred in Deepa Mehta's Oscar-nominated Water, declined to discuss the
film when contacted by IANS, the Indian wire service. But Aseem Bajaj, director
of photography on the film, remarked that he does not see the subject matter as
controversial -- "not in this day and age." Ray herself is not unfamiliar with
controversy generated by her films. Water sparked violent protests by Hindu
fundamentalists when it began shooting in Varanasi in 2000, forcing the Uttar
Pradesh government to halt additional filming there.

Only 219 gay couples in NJ want "marriage" benefits?

It seems that it has been one month since civil unions have been legal in New Jersery, and a whopping 219 couples have had them. 219. wtf? I know there have to be more than 219 gay couples in New Jersey!

If no one cares enough to take advantage when a law like this goes into effect, the it will probably keep similar laws from going into effect elsewhere. So get off your asses people!

The US govt - always trying to kill someone

An article I found yesterday at The Independent online points to an FBI file that says that Marilyn Monroe was duped into killing herself. I'm not sure if this was reported in any of the US media or not, but geesh! And then the Kennedys are behind it!

let your child perfect their pole dancing technique

File this under wtf?

Apparently a toy store chain was selling an item for children called the Peekaboo pole. Wow. The advertisment read:

"Unleash the sex kitten inside...simply extend the Peekaboo pole inside the
tube, slip on the sexy tunes and away you go! Soon you'll be flaunting it
to the world and earning a fortune in Peekaboo Dance Dollars."

Wow.

Ah, dammit man

I've been watching what has been going on over in Italy with much interest as Prodi planned on trying to legalize same-sex unions. Thankfully, Berlusconi did not return to power as Prodi got the support needed to stay. I was all cartwheels until I read this...

A Cabinet plan to legalize unmarried couples, including same-sex ones, appears to have been sacrificed to safeguard government stability. The government-proposed legislation has irked the Vatican and angered Catholic politicians in the bloc.

Argh! Dammit man.

awesomeness

One of the cuties from RBD came out today after some pics surfaced of him marrying his boyfriend. Link here. Now, I wonder if any of the other RBD members will follow suit as he doesn't seem to be the only one... Anywho, hooray for Christian Chavez!

Celebaholics

I was reading how Britney checked out of rehab again, but this time it was only temporary as she was going to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Which had me thinking...it wasn't so anonymous for her, now was it? Maybe there should be special meetings for celebs, I mean, god knows there are enough of them for it to be a good sized group. Maybe Mel Gibson could be the leader?

I've been cursed since Dan Brown...

Knowing that the IQ of the general population is not too high, I usually try to steer clear of anything that's trendy. Why? Because chances are if the masses like it, it's probably pretty lame.

But I'm weak.

Sometimes, when something has staying power I break down and check it out. More times than not I realize I should have left well enough alone. (Blair Witch Project, I'm talking to you. And you too Dan Brown.) However, there have been times that I was like 'whoa, people actually have pretty decent taste for a change." For instance, I fought off Harry Potter until it was assigned to me in a college literature class. Glad that happened. I initially thought that the Dixie Chicks were talentless hacks and succumbed to temptation by the 3rd album. Not only are they uber talented but have proven to be so right on target politically.

Well, after repeatedly being told how David Sedaris is all the rage and how is writing is so wonderful I picked up one of his books off a sale table. "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" is what I ended up with. I've read about half of it so far and my only thought is - THIS is what people consider wonderful writing? Oy vey. Maybe, just maybe this is one of his lesser works. I hopped over to Amazon to see the reviews and find out...282 reviews and it 4/5 stars. Dammit, this is supposed to be a good one.

The new AT&T - still sucking

It seems you can't go anywhere without seeing/hearing an advertisement for "The new AT&T" since their recent take-over of Bellsouth and Cingular. Unfortunately for me, I am about to move and had to deal with the "new AT&T" to setup new phone service. On Jan 29th I filled out the online order form for new service, which was set to begin today. At 10am today I get an email telling me that they cannot complete my request and to call 1-800-244-4444 to resolve the problem. I promptly get on the phone...a phone call that results in me getting transferred 5 times for a total call lenght of just over an hour, with half the CSRs being able to see my account but having no clue why there is a problem and the other half telling me that the account does not exist. Ah, incompetence at it's finest. The call ended with the Midwest web order department telling me that there was no record of my account or order (even though previous people had been able to pull it up with my confirmation number), then the lovely (insert sarcasm here) lady told me that she could walk me through the web order form step-by-step. Apparently their incomptence was a direct result of me being internet illiterate...who knew?!? I asked her what good that would do if the order did not show up in their system the first time even though I was issued a confirmation number. Oy.

 

So, for anyone else having this problem with 'the new AT&T', here's some other phone numbers I have accumlated from my session today.

Midwest web order department 1-800-869-1598

Texas web order department 1-866-602-4412

Installation department 1-800-341-9311

Business office 1-800-288-2020

Order department 1-800-299-3810

 

Luckily I can get phone service through the cable provider or through a third-party like Vonage. Unfortunately, I have dealt with Vonage in the past and they are just as incompetent (if not more so). Damn the phone company monopolies.

 

Love has no leaders, and our leaders have no love.

The thought process of some people consistently perplexes and astounds me. Yesterday I read the following message in an online group that I subscribe to for foreign language exchange:

"To start with, I'm against homosexuality. You can guess then that I'm against homosexual marriages and -of course- I'm against any law that aproves children adoptions by these couples. Poor children... they would grow with a twisted idea of what a family should be."

The above message was in response to someone's suggestion that the group discuss off-topic items to make the group less boring. In response to the above message, s omeone mentioned that choice was up to the individual. As a result the same person as above replied:

"...I agree with you that everybody is free to decide what to do with their life. I respect people's choice, but that doesn't mean I aprove it. That's what I call tolerance. However, when it comes to adoption, a third person is involved: a child. This child cannot decide if he wants to be raised by an homosexual couple. He's not able to decide anything at all. So, the goverment must choose what it's best for him. I think homosexuality goes against nature... a child is bring to this world only through the union of an egg (women) and a sperm (men). Even in labs, they need these two components. What does this tell you? A family should be formed by a dad, a mum, and their kids. That's what God established."

Of course, what this person is ignorant of is parthenogenesis, which of course is the scientific terminology for the occurrence of two females producing offspring without the assistance of any males (and it should be noted that this DOES occur naturally in some species). A recent news article from December 2006 even points to a pair of female Komodo dragons that have produced offspring without sperm. Astonishingly, parthenogeneis is not a new thing. A July 2001 article shows that Australian scientists found a way to fertilize an egg without the need for sperm. However, due to women clearly lacking the genetic makeup of males, only girls can be born. And in a 2004 article, Japanese scientists were reported to have been successful at creating baby mice without any sperm. Granted, it took them over 400 times to get it right, but clearly it can be done.

All scientific facts aside, I have to wonder what people, such as the person whose comments I have posted above, have against love. The person stated that they were against children being adopted by homosexual couples because "they would grow with a twisted idea of what a family should be." To which my first thought is, 'yes, because possibly living to adulthood in an orphanage is much better than having two loving dads/moms.' People that bring God into the argument are always of the position that love/family and homosexual relationships are mutually exclusive. In reality they are no more mutually exclusive than heterosexual relationships. I often wonder with people of this thought persuasion what exactly their obsession is with homosexuality. These people expend so much energy spouting off about how <<insert choice inflammatory language here>> homosexuality is that I suspect they spend more time thinking on all things gay than gay people themselves do! Yet, because they think that love/family and homosexual relationships are mutually exclusive they would rather leave children with no family than have them in what they fail to see as a family in 2 men or 2 women. I challenge them to walk into any orphange and ask any child there if they would rather remain at the orphange (possibily through adulthood) or leave with a homosexual couple that wanted to adopt them. I suspect they would not like the answer they would receive.

I just don't understand women like this

Overheard from another cubicle at work:

Woman #1: I can't believe she's running for President.

Woman #2: I know, I don't get it.

Woman #1: Yeh, I mean, I like her, but...

Woman #2: We should talk to David, he'll understand.

Woman #1: I just don't want a woman for President.

Say what? How can a woman basically say that a woman is not worthy of being in power?

Finally...a trailer for the movie

She's in!

She's in!

She's in!

She's in!

real-life Tarzan

I happened upon the most interesting story in The Guardian here.

Apparently a 27 y.o. woman was found in the jungle and people think she is a girl that disappeared when she was 8 years old. Seems she was walking around like an ape and refuses to wear clothes now, craziness.

NYC - Bohemia no more

A few years ago I lived in a dumpy little studio on 27th & 6th in NYC for the low-low price of $1350 a month. Now the average rent in that area is well over $2000 and the corners are littered with luxury highrises. How un-New York! My corner used to be filled with trannies! Nothing is as depressing as strolling through Chelsea and seeing one highrise condo building after another. A parking lot that doubled as a junk fair location on weekends is now being primed for yet another beacon of the decline of New York.

I used to walk by Avalon each day on my way to work. According to an article in the Guardian, Avalon is set to be turned into a mini-mall. New York - is nothing sacred anymore? you're losing your charm, love.

Massachusetts to gay couples: "Just kidding"

Apparently some Massachusetts lawmakers have decided that it's okay to take back civil rights, specifically the right for gay couples to marry in Massachusetts. An appalling 62 state legislators voted to advance a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Massachusetts. Where's the outrage? Where's the brave wannabe presidential candidate denouncing this atrocity? Anyone? Someone please, ferchrissakes. Where is Al Sharpton and his eager-to-march-for-justice legs? Where are the couples of the approximate 8,500 gay marriages that were performed in Massachusetts? That little certificate doesn't symbolize a thing if they're not willing to stand up for it!

Frankly, I don't understand this anti-gay obsession. And I'm surprised that the almighty dollar hasn't knocked these Republicans off of their moral high-horse. I don't know the cost of a marriage license, but for arguments sake let's put a price of $100 on it. That's $850,000 that Massachusetts made. This doesn't take into account the money made by florists, caterers, reception halls, etc. And of course the state and the government taxes all of these business on the money they made from gay marriages. That's not pocket change. And here I thought Republicans liked money more than Jesus.

So, what's next? Taking away the right of women to vote?

Toyota knows if you've been drinking

Toyota seems to think it's a good idea to make car that can detect a high blood alcohol level in the driver. According to the article, this is how it will work:

**if sweat sensors in the driving wheel detect high levels of alcohol in the driver's bloodstream, the car won't start

**if the sensors detect abnormal steering, the car is slowed to a halt

**if a special camera shows that the driver's pupils are not in focus, the car will come to a halt

This is a bit worrisome because the next thing you know, Toyota will send info to the police that you are driving drunk. I'm also concerned about the whole 'car slowed to a halt' thing. What if you're on a busy freeway? Do the hazard lights come on to alert other drivers? Or are you on your own and have to hope that no one crashes into your halted car? And what about the 'special camera' that studies the drivers pupils....when I go to the eye doctor they dilate my eyes, does that mean my car would slow to a halt because of this? And is the feed from this 'special camera' stored anywhere?

How to end poverty

The CEO of Goldman Sachs just got a $53.4 million bonus, on top of his $600,000 annual salary.
Was he having trouble living on the 600K?

That $53.4 million would have been better spent on fighting poverty and AIDS with the ONE campaign.

Or how about this...my father builds houses. He says he can build a 2-story, 3-4 bedroom home with a full-size basement for around $100,000. Think of how many families could be housed in the homes made possible by $53.4 million.

Big business - still doing whatever the hell they want and getting away with it

I came across this shocking tidbit of info on trademark infringement on Chilling Effects.

There is another type of infringement, too, called trademark dilution. Under this doctrine, the owner of a famous mark is entitled to stop you from commercial use of a mark or trade name, if that use begins after the famous mark has become famous and harms its distinctive quality. Walt Disney has used this concept to stop pornographers from using Snow White or Sleeping Beauty in their films. Fan fiction authors who distribute their work commercially may be accused of trademark dilution in addition to other intellectual property violations.

Uh, wait a minute. A large corporation can just up and trademark something in public domain under the guise that they are the one that made it famous? Riiiiight.

Product placement - at home? wtf?

Possibly the dumbest celebrity quote ever. I mean, is she on AMEX payroll or something?

"I don't leave home without him. Just like a new American Express card."
- Mariska Hargitay, on her son, August.

Bush not losing any sleep

People asked Bush if he takes sleep aids. He says no.

“I must tell you, I'm sleeping a lot better than people would assume,” he said.

Well, that's refreshing to know that he isn't losing any sleep over the state of the current US economy, the lives being lost in Iraq, etc.

He also thinks Mary Cheney will be a loving sould to her child. wtf?

Not to be outdone by her crackhead husband, Laura thinks single women can't have big fancy-pants jobs. Insanity!

more insanity here!

Schadenfreude

1. Judith Regan, who must have some sort of chemical imbalance for publishing that hideous OJ Simpson book, was just fired from her cushy job.
2. My department has over $800,000 to capitalize by March 31, 2007 and one of my co-workers quit today, Travis the Hobbit left earlier for a job interview (his 3rd in the past 2 weeks) and I plan on fleeing mid-January. muah haha
3. Nissan had a special employee car salon a couple of weeks ago and unveiled their newest model to some of us, the Nissan Rogue, which is a hideous looking beast of a vehicle. It's a cross between the Murano and the Versa - but all the ugly parts of those cars. The Nissan Rogue didn't just get hit by the ugly truck, it IS the ugly truck!

Jersey beat NYC in doing this? say it's not so!

Kudos to New Jersey governor John Corzine for his willingness to sign into law a civil unions bill passed last week by New Jersey's state legislature.

This makes New Jersey the third state, after Vermont and Connecticut, to offer civil unions, which extend to gay men and lesbians all the rights state law affords married people. Unfortunately, the bill does not recognize gay marriage.

Jersey - maybe it's not so bad after all!

Massachusetts gov. does not heart immigrants, well at least the illegal one

This is rich.

The skeevy prez-wannabe governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, signed an agreement (probably in blood) with the feds to allow state police to question and detain suspected illegal immigrants. I'll take racial profiling for $100.

Story here.

Essentially, it's nutritional pornography. It's so bad for you it's shocking

Americans are suckers for themes. From themeparks to different themed rooms in houses to themed restaurants.





This Heart Attack Grill in Arizona is actually kind of funny. I mean, look at the faces of these guys, they look like they're having a good time. Could be due to the 'naughty nurses' serving up their greasy burgers.

Christmas comes early!

December 17th as a matter of fact.

Rumsfeld's last day as Secretary of Defense. Hooray!

Is this a joke?

WASHINGTON - Faced with a decline in the number of overseas visitors and unpopular entry requirements, the U.S. government is turning to the Walt Disney Co. and other theme park operators to brighten the country’s battered image.

With security much tightened since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the visa and entry processes are so unpopular that the country was ranked as the world’s most unfriendly to visitors in a survey last month of travelers from 16 nations.

Rest of story here.

Say it's not so!

A crackdown on prostitution windows in Amsterdam!
story here

Democrat candidate #1

Tom Vilsack becomes the first Democrat to officially declare his presidential candidacy today.

Story here.

To this I say, Tom who?

File under: election 2008, Tom Vilsack

Jack Black & Adam Sandler - hotties?

I like Jack Black. He's a funny guy.

It's seems lately I haven't been able to escape advertisements for his new movie The Holiday, also starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz and Jude Law. Just when I had finally thought I'd escaped....I wind up watching a talkshow that Jude Law is on promoting the film. Argh.

Like I said, I like Jack Black. But when would a babe like Kate Winselt ever end up with a sloppy bastard like Jack Black? This is one of the things I hate most about big Hollywood movies. Again I ask when would someone like Jack Black get a Kate Winslet? Only in the same alternate universe where Adam Sandler gets Kate Beckinsale (as in Click).

File under: crappy Hollywood movies, Jack Black, Kate Winslet, The Holiday movie

Thank you Captain Obvious

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on the upcoming Regan Books title from O.J. Simpson, If I Did It. A tell-all of a different variety, the book, which was to be Simpson's outline of how he might have committed the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, was scheduled for release on November 30 and was to be accompanied by a two-part TV interview to air on Fox on November 27 and 29.
After the book was condemned by booksellers (many of whom said they would donate proceeds to the victims' families), media critics and even pundits from Fox News, News Corp. announced in a terse statement that the book and TV special have been dropped. Murdoch said: “I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project. We are sorry for any pain this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.”

Wow. Did they really not know this was a bad idea to begin with? Rupert Murdoch hasn't made all that money by being an idiot.


File under: OJ Simpson

George Bush doesn't read the Guardian. Often. Probably never.

Can he even read at all?

Story here.



File under: George Bush-can he read?

America - land of the prudes, where flight attendants are scared of boobies

In the movie Eurotrip when one of the characters exclaims that America was founded by prudes, he wasn't just whistling dixie...a woman in Vermont was actually kicked off a plane for breast-feeding her baby. She was seated by the window in the second to last row and her husband was on the other side of her. Full story on MSN.

As I was reading the article I kept waiting to get to the part that explained to me why she was really kicked off the plane. I mean, surely she did something - went to the bathroom with a boob out for all to see, gave her husband a taste...something like that...but no. All she was doing was feeding the baby discreetly, but apparently that was enough to get the flight attendant all up in a tizzy. What's the big deal and why did a glimpse of a boobie bother the flight attendant so much?

File under: boobie fiasco

What happened to the progress? Gays & lesbians lose again.

I'm a bit more than disturbed to see that the UK is deporting a Ugandan woman, who faces persecution in her home country merely because of her sexual orientation. The UK was making strides in equality for gays and lesbians, yet now they are knowingly going to send this woman back to endure only god knows what because she is gay?!?

The article mentions that she will get sent back if the judge rules that it is safe for her to return to her country of origin. Surely they will not send her to a place where the country's President actually called for the arrest of all homosexuals and then modified it to wishing to go to a time when gays and lesbians were either"ignored or speared by their parents." SPEARED?!? This seems to me like the epitome of unsafe.

I cannot wait until the day I am afforded the same rights as my heterosexual counterparts.

File under: gay rights equality

President Obama? Will the U.S. elect a black man to the presidency?

It's impossible to deny the popularity of senator Barack Obama. He's been on a whirlwind book tour with his The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. A recent appearance at a book festival in Austin, Texas saw him selling a whopping 1,000 copies of said book, breaking a previous record set by President Bill Clinton. There has been a lot of talk about the possibility of Obama becoming a U.S. president, possibly the next president, with Obama himself saying he would consider a 2008 campaign.

In an article in the Washington Post, there is some speculation on whether or not he could make it in a presidential race. While I think the man should strike while he is clearly hot, I also do not think that this country would elect a black man to the presidency, and that is sad. Harold Ford Jr. couldn't even pull off a senate seat in the recent election in Tennessee, which would have made him the first black senator since the Reconstruction.

While I do not think Obama could successfully reclaim the presidency for the Democrats, I do think he would be the best candidate for vice president. I'd love to see a Clinton-Obama ticket on my ballot in 2008. And yes, I think the U.S. would elect a white woman president before a black man.

File under: Barack Obama election 2008 politics Hillary Clinton Tennessee sucks

Does the average TV viewing American get Ugly Betty?

One of my favorite new shows of the season is Ugly Betty, which of course usually means the seal of doom for a show. Last season my favorite new show was Out of Practice. Right when it started gaining word of mouth viewers and winning its timeslot, CBS pulled it for a try at that new Jenna Elfman show. It did poorly, so Out of Practice was back...until they put The New Adventures of Old Christine on. A glance at the CBS lineup will show which show survived. I still swear that people were tuning in for Out of Practice and that is how The New Adventures of Old Christine got better ratings. Notwithstanding the fact that Out of Practice was a far superior show. I think maybe the humor was a bit too intelligent for the average beer-chugging, Cheetos-munching, Nascar-lovin' American television viewer. Of course, CBS also stupidly put it on after Two & a Half Men - hello idiots at CBS, different target audiences!

Another of my favorite shows last season, Sons & Daughters, was promptly cancelled. Teachers - cancelled! And the most devastating cancellation of a show occurred prior to last season with Wonderfalls. Damn those wankers at FOX. (Thankfully it came out on DVD - but Sons & Daughters will not due to expensive music licensing issues.)

But, back to Ugly Betty. Having watched some telenovelas on Telemundo (hooray Gitanas!), I find Ugly Betty's attempts to mock telenovelas rather hysterical. It's comedy at its best. And I doubted the average American's ability to see the humor in this show. I love it + I don't think most Americans will get it = it's doomed.

Imagine my surprise to read this article crowning Ugly Betty homecoming queen. Apparently Ugly Betty is the most watched new series on U.S. television this season. I still have to wonder if most people actually get it...and is it a coincidence that this article came out after Salma Hayek and her ta-ta's made their shirtless appearance on the show?

File under: Ugly Betty tv shows

This is rich

My girlfriend works at a company that bills Medicare for nursing homes, I don't know how she has put up with this job for almost 2 years...she just sent me this nugget describing her morning....

I am oh so tired of these people, of this job, of people’s stupidity and their need to bully someone to feel better about their pathetic lives and small pebble brains. I am oh so tired of their stupid phone calls. Example: (and this is a real call that just happened. These are quotes. I’m not paraphrasing.)

I got your papers you faxed yesterday saying that you haven’t received these confirmations.
Mm hm.
Well I’ve got news for you. I faxed them back on the first.
Okay.
You didn’t get them?
No. (‘obviously’ is the parenthetical here)
Well, I’ve got the transmission result right here saying that it went through. Is your fax number 771-0062?
That’s one of them.
Well that’s what I faxed it to and it went through. It took 44 seconds to transmit.
Okay.
What’s going on over there?
I don’t know.
Someone’s buzzing me. Well, I’m going to fax them again, but it has to be on your end.
Okay.

Mexico - surging ahead of the U.S. in equality

I was not even aware that civil unions were up for discussion in Mexico, until I read this article stating how an overwhelming majority of lawmakers in Mexico City voted to legalize civil unions.

Mexico City's assembly on Thursday voted for the first time in the country's history to legally recognize gay civil unions, a measure that will provide same-sex couples with benefits similar to those of married couples. The mayor was expected to sign the measure into law. Mexico City is a federal district with its own legislature, and the law will apply only to residents of the capital, with a population of 8.7 million. This is the first time any state legislature has approved such a law anywhere in Mexico.

Mexico!?! Mexico is progressing at a faster rate than the U.S.!?! That is amazing - now when is the U.S. going to catch up with the rest of the world? If the huge Catholic population in Mexico can legalize civil unions, then surely the bible thumpers here can do the same.

File under: gay marriage Mexico

the hobbit is a republican

Travis the Hobbit asked me a "trivia" question of which Ronald Reagan was the answer. I replied, "That's unfortunate."

Travis the Hobbit says I am the only person he's ever met that did not like Reagan. I told him not to worry, for we are among him.

Travis the Hobbit is a genius. He noted that we probably did not vote the same yesterday.

File under: travis the hobbit

Tennessee - where homophobia is thriving

According to an article in the Nashville Tennessean, an Associated Press exit poll showed that the marriage amendment had the strongest support among married women with children, small-town residents, weekly churchgoers and conservatives.

I feel so sorry for those children of those 'married women with children' as statistically a crop of them are going to be gay.

The same article also quotes the following sage:
Paula Donald, 41, said she voted Tuesday because she is against same-sex relationships.
"A lot of people don't realize that's damnation to their soul," said Donald, who voted in Lebanon.

Let's just for argument's sake say that this sage is correct...why does she care about the damnation of other people's souls? If people stopped getting up in other people's business things would be a lot better all around.

Other states with voters suffering from the Gladys Kravits syndrome...Idaho, South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin. Colorado, South Dakota and Arizona were too close to call.

and now...off to find my girlfriend and see what we can do about destroying the sanctity of marriage...

file under: gay marriage backwards thinking Tennessee

a mouthy hobbit sits beside me at work

I enjoy the slacker pasttime of getting paid to do nothing. What's even better is getting paid to play online or do my homework for my MBA classes.

Travis the Hobbit likes to interrupt me while I am trying to partake in these activities. He sits in the cubicle beside me. He likes to talk. A lot. About nothing. Even when no one is listening. He also likes to repeat the same stories every day.

Travis the Hobbit enjoys bacon from the cafeteria downstairs for breakfast. He likes to show up for work late and scour the office for free food.

Travis the Hobbit likes to sneak up behind me when I am deeply focused on a particularly enticing bit of g/g slash fan fiction. Travis the Hobbit moves with the stealth of a ninja at these moments.

Travis the Hobbit tells me daily about the 5 mile run he does with his 'group' (AA? Dungeons & Dragons? who knows?) every Saturday. Travis the Hobbit has a pot belly. He also tells me he has bad knees. And a step-dog.

Travis the Hobbit hates this job as much as I do. He tells me about it every day. Several times.

file under: office annoyances Travis the Hobbit

more on Faith Hill

"The idea that I would act disrespectful towards a fellow musician is unimaginable to me," Hill said in a statement. "For this to become a focus of attention given the talent gathered is utterly ridiculous. Carrie is a talented and deserving Female Vocalist of The Year."

So, let's be naïve for a moment and say Faith Hill was just joking around, as was mentioned in a previous statement by her peeps. The second statement released by her posse what an actual statement from her, as posted above, where she mentions that the focus should not be on her but on the talent, blah, blah.... Yet, by doing a goofy dance and joking upset tantrum, doesn't that put the focus on her and not on the talent? So, either way, she seems to get what she wants - focus on her. If she was joking - it puts the focus on her. If she was mad - the focus is on her. Can't she just say "I'm needy and need the focus to be on me" and let it be?

File under: Faith Hill

Faith Hill: spoiled & angry

Faith Hill, caught with the proverbial foot-in-mouth, stated that she was joking around and that she is not upset about Carrie Underwood's win at the CMA's. A choir of do-gooders (aka those with a financial stake in Faith's career) have testified to the character of Faith and how she would never be mean like that. Having met Faith Hill and attended industry functions honoring her and her career, I know she's too stupid to have realized the camera was on her when she threw her hissy fit.

People backstage at the CMA's seem to be echoing my thoughts. Word around Nashville is that nice, sweet lil' ole Faith was a bit, shall we say 'pissy ' about not getting a standing ovation when Martina McBride did. Yet, her spirit wasn't dampened due to the thoughts of taking home that trophy. So, when she didn't win, the pissy went mega-pissy. The end.

Local news in Nashville featured interviews with fans around town and their thoughts on Faith's playful upset/angry roar. One woman stated that she knew Faith wasn't being mean because she is "a real classy lady." Well, clearly this woman wasn't paying attention back when Faith first got with Tim McGraw...she was engaged at the time to her producer, Scott Hendricks. She cheated on him with Tim, and then promptly dumped him. If that's not class, then I don't know what is.

File under: Faith Hill

Online MBA vs traditional MBA, round 3

According to an article on MSN from Business Week on the best business schools in US ranks the University of Chicago School of Business as #1. Interestingly enough, the bulk of classes offered by Cardean University/ Ellis College of NYIT for their online MBA program were developed and done in conjunction with the University of Chicago School of Business. #10, Columbia University, is also where some of the Cardean/Ellis classes come from.

File under: online MBA programs

Oil companies to consumers: "Thanks for taking it up the arse"

Nothing makes me happier than knowing that my $3 a gallon for gas was helping Exxon Mobil to reach record-breaking profits . Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. And then to read that they are expected to exceed it next quarter. It makes me weep.

File under: Exxon Mobil makes you its bitch

Help captive by our own country - the US-Mexico border fence quandry

I'm not sure what is more troubling in this Washington Post article regarding the new border fence between the US and Mexico.... are they trying to keep people out or keep us in? Cause I tell ya - being fenced in here is terrifying.

And a $1.2 billion downpayment....downpayment...implying that the cost is actually more! Insanity. This government knows how to waste money like nobody else.

I agree with Mexican President Vicente Fox, how incredibly shameful this is...

File under: trapped in the US - a new horror film

people are so weird...

overheard:

person 1: what did you have for dinner last night?

person 2: tofu organic lasagna... and then i was still hungry and we had some reese's puffs cereal so i ate that

why would one bother with the organic tofu lasagna only to follow it up with reese's puffs cereal? just a thought

file under: weird thought process?

Most expensive addictions? or not...

According to an article on MSN, courtesy of Forbes, the top 5 most expensive additions are:

1. Alcohol
2. Smoking
3. Drugs
4. Overeating
5. Gambling

In reading this article and looking at their list, I notice a glaring oversight. Sex. Surely sex, including pornography, is one of the top 5 most expensive addictions. The article says that there is not enough statisitical evidence to know for sure - and I assume this is because prositution is illegel so they can't possibly know its effect on the economy. Yet, drugs were illegal the last time I checked and they seem to have enough statistical evidence for that one. Getting an idea of the economics of sex addiction would be fairly simple - the information regarding the amount spent in the porn industry each year is easily accessible and a fine starting point. I suspect the truth of the matter is that no one wants to print that America is full of sex addicts. Apparently it looks better to say we are full of drunks, smokers, drug abusers, gluttons and gamblers.

File under: what about sex?

Will my popcorn be cheaper?

Apparently, charging famine prices for popcorn at movie theaters just does not bring in enough money these days.

A recent article says that advertisements will soon start appearing on popcorn bags at movie theaters, which leaves me wondering....will my popcorn be cheaper?

File under: fatty foods, famine prices & advertisements

Note to music & movie industries: stop releasing rubbish and we will start buying again

According to the Washington Post, music companies are still suing people for downloading crappy music. It's funny that both the music and film industry believe that illegal filesharing & downloading are what's to blame for poor sales in each industry. If only they would realize that they have been consistenly putting out crap for the last few years, which is the real problem.

Here's an idea - why don't they offer "official" file sharing sites that offer the media in a low-quality format. They can say if you get your product anywhere else then you can be sued, but not if you get it from this official site. Then have an official pay site where you can pay for high quality products. Now, get this - if people get the freebies and decide that the media is not crap, then I suspect they will pay for a quality item - be it from a retail outlet or an online pay site. But of course, they would never do this because they don't want tangible proof that what they are releasing is crap and that they are to blame for falling profits.

In the meantime, they are still fucking themselves. For instance, here is what I do....I purchase cds used online from half.com or Amazon, rip the tracks, then resell. Guess what - the music industry is not getting any of that money from me. Now, where there is a band that I really like, for instance The Corrs, then I will go to Best Buy or another outlet and purchase a real copy, this being the only time the industry gets my money. As for movies, I hit up the rental stores when they are having those lovely 4 for $20 sales on previously viewed items. Sometimes I keep the movies, sometimes I re-sell them online. Again - movie industry not getting my money...except when I buy a film that I actually think is quality, such as District B-13 or V for Vendetta.

When movies & music get better, I'll start buying more. Until then, the music & movie industry can weep for the loss of my money.

File under: the MPAA and RIAA are idiots

Office shenanigans

I hate nosy people that make up an excuse to come to your desk to ask you an unnecessary question while making eye contact with your computer screen, because they in fact did not have a question, but just wanted to see what you were doing.

I'd rather them ask me and let me tell them that I am looking at the PostSecret website, as it would waste less of my time and be a tad bit less annoying.

file under: office annoyances

Questions & answers for online degree skeptics

Considering getting an online degree? This article on AOL.com answers some common questions on doing just that.

file under: online degree programs

Prestigious university optional

Warren Buffett doesn't care where you went to school. Other CEOs concur.

Story here on MSN, courtesy of CareerJournal.com.


file under: school reputation not necessary

Note to experts in various fields: Please use credible sources, as there will always be someone that knows where you swiped your information from

In the book publishing community, specifically the self-publishing sector, Dan Poynter is considered a bit of an expert as the author of The Self-Publishing Manual. I take issue with the fact of him using biased resources for his information. In his free "Publishing Poynters Newsletter" from October 15, 2006 he list the following under ParaResources:

15. TOP 25 RADIO TALK SHOW HOSTS.
1. Rush Limbaugh
2. Bill O'Reilly
3. Don Imus
4. Michael Savage
5. Sean Hannity
6. Laura Ingraham
7. Glenn Beck
8. Dr. Laura Schlessinger
9. Neal Boortz
10. Al Franken
11. Mike Gallagher
12. Mancow
13. Howard Stern
14. Bill Bennett
15. Opie and Anthony
16. Ed Schultz
17. Michael Medved
18. Randi Rhodes
19. Jim Bohannon
20. G. Gordon Liddy
21. Diane Rehm
22. Larry Elder
23. Michael Reagan
24. Tammy Bruce
25. Tom Leykis

What he doesn't do is footnote where he got this list of the "top 25 radio talk show hosts." I saw this list printed in the conservative, Republican-leaning "magazine" by the name of "NewsMax." I hardly think they are an authority to be quoted. It's possible that they got the information elsewhere, but I do not remember reading that the rankings came from an independent, unbiased source. At least he didn't charge anyone for this tripe.

file under: credibility - an endangered species

NYC doesn't heart fatties

From the Washington Post...

NYC to Restaurants: Get an Oil Change

In what could be a bellwether move, New York City's Board of Health yesterday took the first step in requiring restaurants to sharply limit the amount of trans fat in their foods.

Trans fat--a.k.a. partially hydrogenated vegetable oils--has been found to significantly increase the risk of heart disease. Public health advocates have likened it to bacon grease in your kitchen sink and lead in paint.

Americans eat, on average, six grams of trans fat a day. A single fast-food meal can contain as much as 10 grams--far higher than the American Heart Association recommended limit of about 2 grams per day

Under the suggested rule, NYC restaurants would have six months to switch cooking oils and shortenings and 18 months to limit trans fat to less than half a gram in the rest of their menu. Pre-packaged food in the original packaging would be exempt.

NYC wants to make mandatory a policy that city health officials have been asking restaurants to adopt voluntarily for the past year. Chains such as Wendy's have stopped using trans fat. Kraft Foods now sells trans fat-free Oreos. But NYC officials say most restaurants have ignored their pleas.

The Board of Health is also considering a requirement that restaurants list the calories in its food on menus and menu boards. The proposed rule would apply only to establishments that already publicly offer calorie information. In practice that means many of the large chains, including McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Online MBA vs. traditional school MBA, round 2

Okay, okay, I admit it…I too was a traditional school snob. So, I took my time gathering information on various online schools. I looked for reviews from others, I looked for news articles, I googled the names of the schools plus words like "scam" and "not accredited" to see if I got anything. Much to my dismay, I got no hits on those searches. I did learn about how some people were unhappy with University of Phoenix classes, as apparently, according to something I found on a message board, the postings for the class are not in real-time. I am assuming this means that messages are delayed in showing up when posted to the class, but I do not know for certain.

In deciding that I was finally fed up with the "education" I was receiving at my traditional school, I had to figure out what I wanted from an online program. I wanted to be challenged. I wanted to actually get what I was paying for; meaning I wanted to receive a quality education for my money. Yet, I did not want to spend $2000 per class. I wanted to finish as soon as possible, as I had been taking 2 classes at a time at my university and after 1.5 years was tired of making no progress. I didn't want to have to pick up any undergrad pre-reqs that I might be missing (I was an English/Journalism major for my undergrad). I wanted to be able to piggyback my classes to finish quickly. And I wanted as many of my already taken classes to transfer as a school would allow. Also, I of course wanted to make sure it would not be a useless degree from a useless hack of a school that would get me laughed out of every job interview.

Some of the online programs that I evaluated:
Regis Univ
DeVry
Univ of Phoenix
Cardean Univ / Ellis College of NYIT
American Intercontinetal
Strayer Univ
Capella Univ
Colorado State Distance MBA program
Georgia WebMBA

More info on online MBA programs here:
Distance MBA profiles on BusinessWeek.com website.

file under: online MBA programs

Bush = Hitler, it's not just a coincidence

Pentagon: Red Cross met Gitmo detainees

How interesting, since Hitler also allowed the Red Cross to meet with some of the Holocaust detainees. And we saw how the Holocaust turned out...

Traditional schools vs. online schools

Round One

I started my MBA at the same school where I received my undergrad, against my better judgement. Truth is, I valued life experiences more than classwork and ended up with an embarrassing undergrad GPA as a result, despite my intelligence, and did not have many options for places to get my MBA.

When I started the MBA program, I fully expected the work to be challenging and possibly even difficult...I was wrong. One of my first MBA classes was an finance class, which was supposedly taught by the best professor in the MBA program. I purposely waited a couple of semesters so I could, indeed, have the best professor. The third class meeting he played us a movie....a MOVIE! I had paid almost $800 for the class, to be taught finance, and was instead shown a movie that I could have rented at Blockbuster for $5 or so. That was when I decided to investigate other programs.

My pathetic undergrad GPA was still a handicap in my quest for a new school, so I did the unthinkable....I looked up online programs. I know, I know, there is such a stigma attached to getting a degree online...much like the stigma attached to getting your GED instead of a "real" high school diploma.

"Sticker price shock" was waiting for me when I began looking at the individual schools. I was paying around $800 per class at my state university and the online programs were asking for around $1800 per class. Outrageous! Then I found an online program affiliated with several Georgia state schools called the Web MBA. It was cheaper than the other online programs and would have the name of a "real" school on it...and best of all, their admissions standards were low enough for my undergrad GPA. Yet, I was worried that a school in Georgia would be no more challenging than a school in Tennessee. So, I decided to keep researching the online options and signed up for another semester at Middle Tennessee State University.

file under: online MBA programs

lubin' it up with the TSA, booyah

okay, so i was reading about how the TSA is allowing some stuff back on planes now and this caught my eye...

Up to 4 oz. of essential non-prescription liquid medications including saline solution, eye care products and KY jelly

er...KY jelly...now i'm assuming they are referring to vaseline here, but putting KY jelly leads me to believe they want peeps to be able to be well-lubed when they scrump on the plane.


edit: further reading of above link shows that vaseline is not allowed, so they do indeed mean to say KY Jelly. freaks!


File under: TSA + KY Jelly = good times