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So I’m sitting at work, perusing assembly code for missile guidance systems, and I realize…

I just might be a geek.

And then I realized that I probably shouldn’t be doing this at work, nor telling you. But it is funny.

And thank God for secure connections. I mean, how could I properly slack off without an SSH connection to home? How do the rest of you slack off? I hear hulk discusses the reproductive organs of the male bovine mammals.

Izzat inspired this one. “…Coke v. Pepsi…what happened to the middle ground?” That’s an excellent point. What did happen to the middle ground? RC Cola? Where did you go? Other than that, we’re left with store brands of cola, or sketchy brands of cola, like Bob’s Mexican Pop. Made with the freshest Mexican tapwater.

And what about Crystal Pepsi? They were talking about it on VH1’s I Love The 90s the other night, and they actually had unopened Crystal Pepsis…and were drinking them to mock them! I was horrified, because I was salivating. Give that to us, the ones who wanted it! I LOVED Crystal Pepsi! I didn’t care that the lack of color was unholy, it actually tasted so much better!

But no, now we have normal coke and pepsi and now C2 and Pepsi Edge. Why do we need low-carb soda? Have we not woken up from the fad yet? I mean what was wrong with diet soda? Is Sweet and Low a carb? Anyway, the ultimate question is Coke V. Pepsi. And I gotta say that cola is like wine.

Not that you should age it. That leads to bad things, like flat soda. No no, I mean you should always keep it cool when in storage, and that your tastes should change depending on the meal. With a heavier meal, you need the regular stuff from both. With a light meal, diet soda goes quite nicely, though I must say Diet Pepsi is kinda nasty. However, regular Pepsi clearly trumps Coke as an appetif. The higher sugar content helps you eat more, because it makes your blood sugar go nuts and kick your metabolism up. Or something. SCIENCE!

Coke, while it works for some meals, loses out to Pepsi when confronted with, say, a big steak, or lots of fried things. Coke goes better with a cheeseburger, while Pepsi goes with ribs. See what I’m saying? Diet Coke goes with a salad, or a light sandwhich. Diet Pepsi goes with nothing.

And low-carb soda is forbidden. I think all Atkins followers should be forced to drink Bob’s Mexican Pop.

Discuss.

So I’ve got an invitation from izzat to go to a houseparty to see “Outfoxed”, which is about how Fox News is anything but fair and balanced, and instead, promotes not just the Republican Party Line, but the line straight from the white house. It’s really amazing what the Kool-Aid drinkers are up to.

On a side note, in response to my Michael Moore rant, a friend of mine, who out of fear refuses to post here, said, “You should’ve seen the scene where he sits there for 11 minutes, looking like a lost puppy dog.” So let’s create an extreme caricature of someone, then start blaming them for the things that happen in our fantasies. The liberals think of Bush as some moron. So they laugh at things he never said, or things he didn’t do. He’s a lost puppy dog. He’s a man who’s just been told that the nation is under attack and trying to not lose composure in front of a classroom full of young children. What is he supposed to do? Say, “RUN CHILDREN! TONS OF PEOPLE ARE DYING! AUGH!”. Would that be more presidential? Should he rush out of the room, worrying these kids and the country? Or should he sit there, continue to read as he did, and maintain a presidential appearance while considering his options and how to make an appropriate exit?

Back to Outfoxed. Continue Reading »

Does anybody remember when Doonesbury was funny? Was Doonesbury ever funny? I thought it was. It sure as hell isn’t anymore. I can’t understand who reads it. I mean even if you hated Bush, it still isn’t funny. It’s just “blah blah blah Bush is bad”. Well whoop dee doo. Plus it’s full of absolute crap. It’s apparently ok to make things up, attribute them to Bush, and hate him for it.

While we’re talking about making things up, let me send out a quick note to everyone who’s gotten that “Draft” email, about how Bush is gonna restart the draft. The only legislation in Congress right now was introduced by liberals to make people hate war. The logic is that if you are confronted with a draft, you won’t be willing to go to war, saying to people that if they support the war, they should be forced to go over there. That’ll teach ‘em! Here’s my problem with that. The armed forces are voluntary because we don’t need that many soldiers. Yes, the Pentagon is drawing upon reserves. That’s perfectly natural. That’s why there are reserves. Oh, and the draft budget has not been increased by $28 million. Bush proposed raising the Selective Service’s budget TO 28 million, from something like 26 million, which represents about a 5% budget increase – not exactly cause for alarm. The head of the Selective Service has stated that it would take probably about half a billion dollars to reinstate the draft. And those “Draft Board Positions”? Replacing retirees. Someone’s gotta issue the Selective Service cards to young men as they turn 18.

But some liberal decided to lie and send around that email making it look like Bush wants a draft (which Rumsfeld and Pentagon officials have gone on record recently opposing. They don’t want a draft). I support the war. But I won’t go over there to fight it. I pay taxes, however, which pay the salaries of those who choose to accept pay and to fight. That seems like a perfectly reasonable system to me. I also like how I’ve heard that we should do a similar program to Israel’s, where everyone does like two years of service. Here’s a thought: Government forced labor. Think about that for a second. Government forced labor. Does that sound like a good thing anymore? We’re not drastically running out of soldiers, we have just enough for our current purposes, and if we want more, we can increase the recruiting budget and soldiers salaries to make the soldier job more attractive to young people. Hello, Capitalism. Continue Reading »