Tuesday, July 31, 2007

i me wed

I Me Wed, got hooked because of Erica Durance. So hot. Otherwise I wouldn't normally watch the Lifetime Channel. I like that idea that you can be single and be happy. Still, not the happy ending that you'd want for this movie, but nevertheless it is the happy ending of happy endings. I guess it's just a complex love story.





How exactly do you forget their kid? I want to know what's more important than your kid? I mean unless they're the perfect kid that just sits around quietly, doesn't bother the adults when there's company over, and certainly never run under foot while you're trying to get into the house. No, no, no. I wasn't even that well-behaved. I was an angel most of the time but never all the time and certainly not in those circumstances. What? I thought I could get in front of my dad as he opened the door, most times I would make to but then my mom would catch up to me and whup me.
As far as punishment goes, I say sterilize them. That way they can't "forget" about their kid in the car again. Problem solved.

I'd like keep following this story and see if the "my cat was dying" defense works in court. You'd think he'd just speed all the way to the vet's office instead of leading the cops around on a wild goose chase. Like they'd just go, "oh well, he's not stopping. Let's go get some coffee."
And what's the status on that cat? Did it make it?

ooOOoo, an ATM that gives out too much money. It sucks that they've got to track down the people that used the ATM. I say sucks to your asthma.

You know what says I love you? Not a poop picture frame. It kind of says, stay away, you stink. This, on the other hand does say I love you. Well, maybe not but it does dole out the compliments. Maybe as an experiment I'd take the place of that machine. That'd be fun to do for like a week or so right? Just hang out at a busy intersection and dole out compliments.




On a personal note, I'm starting to get my GI Bill payments. Funny, I guess I wasn't getting paid much at my last job because my GI Bill pays more. Yup, how screwed up is that? Oh well, I'm enjoying life now. Getting paid to go to school, well until I graduate and have to pay back the loans. See kids? Joining the military has its benefits, you just have to survive it.

Sunday, July 29, 2007

cool with it

Bahahahaha. This is news? Gingers do have it bad, but prejudice? It's like the blacks where they had to ride in the back of the bus, had separate facilities, the constant fear of being lynched by any white guy when he felt like it, and considered a second-class citizen. Yeah, those gingers have it bad! Oh my God, can you imagine you being a fat ginger kid? They must really get the ass end, probably towed behind the bus. Life is terrible for the fat ginger kids. Yup, really bad, probably worse than the blacks. We must all come together and stop this NOW!

the hustle

I guess someone is actually reading my blog about water. I got a question, is there really a political opposition to the labeling of water? Well, all shapes and sizes I guess. Wonder if this will have an effect on their sales. Aquafina goes under? I did not know that Pepsi owned Aquafina and Coke owned Dasani. Weird.

I don't know what to say about this except that I enjoyed reading it. The format was something I'd do. Sarcasm is just dripping off that article. Sweet!

Really. I'd love to go to Comic-Con or maybe a Star Trek convention. I love comics, Star Trek, and sci-fi stuff in general. The only downside? Being seen (or associated) by total strangers (or friends) with these crazy people. Dressing up like Superman doesn't make you a superhero, it just makes you look like a dork. Maybe I'm just a closet sci-fi enthusiast, whatever, I just have a disdain for those people that dress up and go to those conventions. And no, I don't wear football jerseys because that's not my name on the back it's some other guy's. He earned it, I didn't.

While I applaud the alternative punishment it does seem a bit extreme. The guy is 73 years-old, and accepted $200 to haul the metal. For that he has to clean a veterans' memorial with a toothbrush, pay $9,000 in restitution, and $2,095 in fees and fines. Yes, he should clean the memorial, but pay $9,000 in restitution? Paying $9,000 for taking $200? Well that makes no kind of sense, but I guess if you do something then do something big. The $2,095 in fees is OK, he should pay for his day in court (literally).

Just proof that Illinois has too much time on their hands. I like how they describe the ketchup as "tomato goop" as if that was the technical term. I guess the reporter was in the 3rd grade. My contribution? Well, I've got the little drive-thru packets I'd be willing to add to the mix. Now they need to build a mustard bottle to put next to it, then salt and pepper. Heck, just build the largest fully functional table. Although I guess their table would have to be like 3-4 stories high.

Even though it was a violent crime, it just warms the heart to see a community come together over such a little thing. Granted that kid probably made more money from the robbery than he did running a lemonade stand. As touching as it was it still leaves me with some questions. Like, what was he charging for drinks? He had a total of $20 in there. That's a lot of drinks for a lemonade stand in this day and age. Unless a lot of people frequent his establishment.
And yes, I tried it once. I was not the entrepreneur that I thought I was. I think I got like $3 or so at 25-cents a cup. And I'm pretty sure I (my parents) spent more than $3 on supplies for this little endeavor. Perhaps it was my location, I hear that's important in starting your own business.

Reminds me of Joe Dirt when they describe the ice chunk. It was a Boeing Bomb. Ew!

Friday, July 27, 2007

livin'

Well, I passed the first two parts of my ten-part sorter test. Unfortunately, I've lost some old M16A2 serial numbers. I don't need them, they were from five years ago but my biggest worry is the finite space I have in my head. Oh well, I worry about that later when I have more to remember.

Tabby scares me. I was thinking about getting a cat but now? Nah, I guess the ancient Egyptians had it right when they thought that cats were the guardians of the afterlife. Nah, I couldn't get a cat, I'm out of the house too much to care for one.

Not really news for me, I see people like that all the time.

Huh. I guess that excuse doesn't work. Maybe the first couple of times but 292 times? I guess that's worth $50,000 bail, I wonder if it's a cash or surety. There's a big difference.

Mmm, kalamari. I'm craving some seafood now.

Ah yes, more babies for the fodder. I'm kidding but that's a good thing for this world. Some more little smiling faces (it could be gas...) now if we could just do something about keeping the parents around and maybe the world they live in.

Made in China. I would go crazy trying to do what she did. I wonder if she counts Taiwan too.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

halfway around the world

OK. Rant I shall. I need to otherwise I'll explode. Now I preface this by saying that I like ITT-Tech as a school. So what's my issue? My gripe? This intro classes. They hire professionals in the fields they teach, which is great I think. I'd rather be taught about police procedures by a cop instead of some professor that's never been in the field. So the 1st week or two my problem solving class was being taught by someone (Rebecca Gaddy) that probably was around when they invented electricity. I don't know what her field of expertise is but it isn't math.
She admitted to the class that she'd only be two weeks ahead of the class. OK, that's fine. I like honesty and I understand that she has a limited time to prep. So I don't expect her to give detailed information about the weird subjects we're learning but she can't even convey the simplest information that she is supposedly teaching. We were learning binary numbers in accordance with the book. 0001. 0010. 0011. So on and so forth. That was Part One. Part Two was add and subtract binary numbers. I don't have background in binary so I have to rely on her expertise. Except that she left out some crucial steps, not by accident but because she didn't know it herself! Her answer to our questions was "Um..." I made some comments that 2nd week and she stopped teaching the class.
We were given a good guy, Ogega, and actually learned. He had to take two weeks off, so who'd we end up with as a substitute? Dumbass Gaddy. So Tuesday we were doing a lot of different things, learning basic statistics, graphing, and stuff of that nature. The second hour was supposed to be dedicated to Fahrenheit and Celsius and using graphs to illustrate the difference. Easy right? Maybe do about ten minutes worth of work. She didn't even know what the assignment was! Instead of working on the classwork she was reviewing graphs for ONE student. While she was reviewing the rest of us were attempting the classwork and part of homework assignment. We were quietly working on our work, not bothering anybody or even talking.
Gaddy stops in the middle of her sentence and demanded our attention. Then she goes on about this rant about how it's rude for us, the quiet ones, to be working on our classwork while she was "teaching" and blah blah blah, how we're spending money to come there and learn so they should learn! OK, that pissed me off. She had the audacity to assume that she was TEACHING us something? Still, I kept my mouth shut. Otherwise I'd end up kicking her ass up between her shoulder blades.
Back to Fahrenheit and Celsius, the classwork. The first part was easy, graph them. The graph would give us a pictorial representation of the conversion. She attempted to show us how to graph them, but she couldn't follow the basic directions given in our book. Graph, OK. What should be our intervals? So we selected the intervals for her, class participation is good. She made a mistake right from the get go, I tried to point it out but to no avail, so I made the comment to someone across the room, "well this should be interesting." She completed the graph wrong and then noticed that she had done it wrong. It was interesting to see her redo the whole thing. The second part was to convert the graph in an algebraic equation, then compare the two methods. Difficult, but not impossible. Still, she didn't have a clue what the algebraic equation to convert them. I had accidentally stumbled upon the right answer but I couldn't confirm it.
I understand that it was problem solving, but SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER HERSELF! Aren't teachers supposed to know the answers to the problems they pose? I actually went to the computer lab next door to find the answer, print it out, and handed it to her. You know what her reason she didn't know the answer? "Well it's a problem solving class. It's supposed to teach you how to solve a problem. First comes the math and then the problem." OK, WHAT THE F**K kind of answer is that for not knowing the classwork for the teacher? On top of that she didn't even teach the math portion! She couldn't!
I'm not saying she's a bad person, or even a bad whatever the hell her official profession is. What I'm saying is that she's a horrible teacher for Problem Solving. She can't teach to save her life! Some people just aren't teachers, that's fine. Just accept your limitations. It's a good thing 85% (yeah, I did the math) already know most of the math associated with this class, otherwise we'd be screwed if she 'taught' us.

I feel better now, I felt bad while typing it but I'm better.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

rockafeller skank

Swarley is one of my favorite HIMYM (How I Met Your Mother) episodes. Not because it marks the return of Marshall and Lily as a couple or for Morena Baccarin's appearance (though rest assured it didn't hurt). No, I speak from the heart when I say this. I just loved how the writers and producers just focused on driving in Barney's new nickname Swarley. It's one of those things I want to do at least once in my life. Not only did they drive it in but they did it creatively; phone calls and alternative names to Swarley (obvious), a radio dedication (less obvious), and magazine subscriptions (awesome). All of this was amplified by the fact that Barney was against the idea, he even tried to use reverse psychology to no avail, to get people to stop calling him Swarley.
In case you were wondering on the pronunciation of Swarley, it's like Bob Marley; as in Bob Swarley mon. Watch an episode for yourself and see. It's this week's episode.

how can i say

She deserves every bit of money NYPD can cough up. 50 shots? Seriously. Guys hopped up on PCP go down with less! Geez. I remember something like one of the officers shot 37 rounds off. Dude! That's 3 clips! Do you know how much paperwork that is? Dumb rookies!

What? Well, that's irony for you. I don't mean to laugh but it is funny. Oops doesn't quite cover it. Don't those sex hotlines have to use a major credit card? I guess I don't know about this field.

Soda? Bad for you? You know what's funny? No mention at all about tooth decay. So soda doesn't hurt teeth anymore? Cool. I can live with the "possibility" of heart disease. Drink up!

"Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster." OK, it's not Steve Austin but still just as cool I think. Although I imagine that just the one hand cost six million dollars. If I was friends with him I'd just play the theme song every time he entered the room. I'd pay good money to have Richard Anderson redo the whole thing, pay the royalty fees.

Well, at first I was wondering why anyone would let anything get that big but then I realized that the bigger means free. Every doctor wants to be the doctor to remove a 33lbs tumor from someone's face. Ugh. I can't believe they'd endanger a patient's life just to make the news.

And now having low cholesterol can cause cancer? Last month it was racism. Now this? What's next? Sex? Having sex causes cancer!!!! Ai!

Headline reads, Teen drives truck into river, gets stuck. Um, wow, I think the person that wrote that headline is wasting away in journalism and should focus on a career as a criminal investigator. Here's one for you genius, Man jumps off building, falls down. Look into that for me would you?

Hehe. Punishment. My thing is, Wee Yim Pien says that the pond water wasn't dirty. Oh, well they just use it to wash clothes. Yup, people just wash clean clothes right? It's also an obstacle course too. No dirty people going through the obstacle course that's for sure! It's stagnant water for pete's sake!

Are things really that bad in the US? Or maybe just in Philadelphia. The mayor has bodyguards? Wow.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

pennies & dimes

Day One: UPS unloader trainee - OK, well I had to leave class early Monday night to make my first day as a trainee. I'd be working the twilight shift. Nope, not the graveyard shift, I guess it sounds scary or something. So I had the distinct honor of being selected to take the sorter test. There's some advantages to it, first off it'd be "easier" work. By easier I just mean it'll be less physical. Second, it's $1 more per hour from the get go. Woo! $9.50 an hour! The down side? Memorizing zip codes. Harder mental work, whereas as an unloader there's no mental strain except to wonder how fast I can unload a truck. So what to do? I have to take my first test tomorrow, it's not bad I just have to memorize the zip codes in Indiana, how hard can that be? Well, for me there is one issue. Being a unit armorer in the Army has completely screwed me in memorizing numbers. Whew. I barely know my necessary numbers (cell phone, social security, address). I couldn't tell you what my dad's phone number is or my friend Wes'. At one point I had memorized every single weapon's serial number in my armsroom, the pertinent technical manuals, the required forms, and any of the work-related numbers. Today, I can still remember most of those numbers but as far as new numbers go it takes me awhile.
So there's no danger in taking the sorter's test, so I might as well go for it right? I guess there's no real gripe here. I'm just feeling old because what used to take me seconds now takes me days/weeks/months to memorize. It's like I'm 29 or something! Christy, you'll forever be 22.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

glance

It's sad to see how much the literary world has become ego-centric. What's even sadder is the possibility that they're not even reading things. What is this world becoming? I don't think that he'll ever get published (aside from this) but it made for an interesting read.

Who just finds a missile launcher in your front yard? Did someone just drop it off? A deal gone bad? Or maybe they were trying to get the (slurpee) Indian lady. I mean it would be a good frame if you think about it. If you want to get rid of a noisy neighbor or just someone that you don't like, frame them as a terrorist. Just be careful because they do investigate things and it's possible that it could lead back to you.

Could I live there? No. Geez, prisoners get about that much space. Of course I don't think that they utilize their space as well as she does. It's impressive though, just don't go to the bathroom while you're entertaining guests. Although I don't imagine she has a lot of vistors for long periods of time.

Is it just jokes? What about a bomb limerick? Or a bomb anecdote? No punchline just a funny story. Thanks George!

Oh. My. God. The. Fattest. Guy. Ever. Not something I'd be proud of. You want help losing weight? STOP EATING! Or eat as much, but *gasp* get it yourself! You know how much energy you'd expend just TRYING to get out of bed? Lazy. As the fattest man he was also awarded for the most weight lost too. Well duh, if you or I lost 200kg, um, we'd be dead. In fact we wouldn't exist. He lost a fat American.

forever sung

Bad hair day? Don't feel so bad, it could be worse.

Really? The cat lady's house stinks? I think most of that comes from the iguanas, not cats! No! 83 of them? Geez, feces piled 4-feet high? How exactly does that happen? Ew.

It's an interesting concept. Sort of like Pulp Fiction and robbing restaurants. That's thinking outside of the box, but maybe too far out of the box. I don't think that there's that many people utilizing the library anymore and probably less paying their overdue fines. Glad she made out with less than $20.

Haha. Gun-control right? Morons shouldn't be allowed to have guns. Not stupid people in general, but the type of stupid person that would try shooting someone with guns in their hands. If you've got a choice, do it when they don't got guns in their hands. Ugh.

Doh! Well, it's not as bad as it could be right? The owners have the right idea and not take things too seriously. It'd be funny if it was a house that people still lived in. You know, just sitting in front of the TV when the firefighters light your house on fire to practice. That'd ruin your day.

The bee population isn't going down, it just moved into this guy's house. I'd move. Forever. Probably to the other side of the country. I can deal with wildfires, but bees? Hell no!

Thursday, July 19, 2007

come fly with me

Not to belittle the whole thing but, uh, good luck with that. Suing terrorists? ooOOoo. Really threatening. A civil lawsuit, they probably won't make their appearance in court. OK, well, maybe a representative will from the bank but we won't hear anything about this for like 20-30 years. Oh, and Angelina Jolie looks nothing like Mariane.

How to beat burglars. Tip: use a blunt instrument, swing hard. Nah, there's some good tips in there. Of course the stat that burglaries happen every 15 seconds is kind of scary right? I love how they manipulate the numbers. Here's how I beat the burglars, I don't have expensive stuff, go ahead and steal it if you want. Renter's insurance is going to pay for it.

Weird. Not just the wild shots, but the trespasser. So the guy that gets charged is the guy protecting his stuff? What the hell was that guy doing? Lighting another man's barbeque? Must've been on drugs. That's Man Law. Well it should be. You don't light another man's barbeque, just like you don't give a man's wife a f**king foot massage. If you do, you should look forward to getting tossed out a 4th story balcony and into the greenhouse below.

Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew.

Hahaha. "911 operator, what's your emergency?"
"Uh, yeah, I'm being harassed by a bunch of police officers, can you send a black and white unit by?" Doh! What a moron.

Really? That's what grabs your eye? The shoe reflector? Good eye!

My Spidey sense is tingling. Sweet, sassy, molassie.

Treasure? Really? In turds? Well maybe in hundreds of years someone's gonna to look for treasure in a port-o-potty. My only question is, what's a buoy knife? Maybe a Bowie knife?

Monday, July 16, 2007

hey beautiful

Got the itch? While I agree with the Top 3, I am disappointed on some of my favorites' ranking. Still, I don't know what the criteria was but it's still a good view. Whew.

Best places to live? Can regular people afford it? No? Oh, that's what makes it the best place to live! I lived in #81 before moving to Carmel, which isn't on the list. I lived in #84 back in 1986, it was different back then. Cheaper.

If the cops made a mistake with his identity, it's got me wondering which Michael Jordan has the outstanding warrant. The basketball legend? That'd be funny.

I'm not laughing. OK, I am, but not for the reason you think. Early in my Army career I was corrected (I know! Me. Wrong?) by a senior NCO that people don't die from falls (in this instance we were talking about planes) but rather they died from the sudden stop at the end. I don't know why it's funny, but it just is.

Freak indeed. Wow. I'm going to stop jump-roping indoors. Yeah, that's a stretch because your all thinking "in order to stop, you'd actually have to start first right?"

I want this game! Almost more than Lego Star Wars II. How weird is that? I'll admit that I'd probably get tossed into Gitmo for wanting it.

What I find weird about this whole thing was the three hour span. Steak, shrimp, rack of lamb, plus all those drinks and appetizers? Yesh.

Why does she keep picking all these losers? Although the chunky kid from "Stand By Me" gives me hope that I can marry a Rebecca Romijn-type.

Wait! WHAT????? Are people really blaming the Internet now? Why can't people accept responsibility? Argh! That pisses me off more than anything!

C'mon guys! It's not rocket science, it's spelling. Amazing, these guys can land a 40ft object on a planet millions of miles away but ask them to spell 'Endeavour' and all of a sudden it's the 4th grade.

Speaking of simple errors. Flaps? Check. Air speed? Check. Landing gear? For amateurs. Doh! That will be a great story for the kids. Don't forget your landing gear. It's part of your pre-landing checklist. That's why they have checklists!

Saturday, July 14, 2007

get in the pit

It's not a tank. Oh, don't get me wrong, it's an armored tracked vehicle but it isn't a "tank" as far as the definition of one goes. Tracked. Check. Armored. Check. Large gun. Nope. It's an APC, Armored Personnel Carrier. Get it right people. Yes, I'll admit that "tank" has more shock and awe, but it's not one. That's like calling a bike, a car. You know what though? That guy must've been on crack, because all of vehicles come with combat locks, meaning it can't be opened from the inside. The only way to get in is if you're an armor-piercing round.

Not that it's funny, it's not really worth mentioning but I will because my buddy Darius is down there right now at that very truck stop. Well, he's a truck driver, so it makes sense.

And not to belittle the loss, but this isn't the most flattering picture of the kid. As far as universal healthcares go, I guess that doesn't include dental. He needed more than some wisdom teeth removed; maybe some braces or something. Whew!

raise the roof

Now that's what I call smart thinking. Can you imagine the huevos on those people? Seriously, guy holds you at gunpoint and you say, "would you like some wine?" Geez!

Hahaha. This kid is off to a good start. I wonder how many retarded kids can say they were born drunk. No seriously, how many of them were born drunk?

And as sad as this is, it's still pretty funny. Yes, I'm sad because any child that dies is unfair, especially due to neglect. I guess she didn't think it was that serious. Note to parents, falling downstairs is a hazard for kids, get them checked out OK? Err on the side of caution. Babies, on the other hand, bounce.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

don't call it a comeback

One, tubby tubby. Two, tubby tubby. Aw, the fat kid gets teased? Boo hoo! You're comparing obesity to cancer? Really? Is that fair to cancer patients? I don't think cancer patients have A CHOICE! And yes, the fat kid does have a choice, he/she just doesn't know it. Chewing doesn't burn as many calories as you think. Here's a hint, if day after day you take in 6000 calories but only burn 2000 calories do you know what you get? A fat kid. Put down the fork and pick up a ball. I don't compare myself to a cancer patient, I'm fat because I eat a lot of food and don't exercise as much. It's *gasp* my choice!

Just keeping things anonymous. I'd like to find that in my toilet...

Blaming a bird. That's just low! Nah, I wish we could blame avians for more things. It'd give me more to rant about.

Lucky? I don't know, that's just eerie and a lot to live up to.

Monday, July 09, 2007

damn the man. save the empire

School News - Well, some of my credits transferred from DePauw to ITT Tech. Yup, got credit for 9 classes, mostly just the basic stuff and general education. Hey, I'll take it basically I'll get to graduate 6 months earlier. Of course the big problem with those classes is the simple fact that I haven't had done them since like 2000. I may have problems later on but it gives me something to look forward to.
Also, I had an interesting Intro. to Criminal Justice class. We were discussing the court system, state and federal. Cool stuff, and then we did a sort of activity with the bond system. We had various criminals in which we had to determine whether or not we would detain or release with bond and how much. I can say this for our class, though we may have different backgrounds and we're very different peoples, we pretty much all agreed on this. 4 out of the 5 "criminals" would've gotten pre-trial confinement, no bail, and no chance in hell of getting out of there without a conviction and lots of prison time.
RUTHLESS! You're determining whether or not they should be confined or released on bail or whatever. What would you do? Oh, these people are fictional so don't worry about hurting their feelings.

1. Salvadore L. is a 52-year-old farm worker who cannot read. He has a wife and two children. L. was charged with smuggling guns, marijuana, and other narcotics across the Mexican border. The prosecutor, when discussing the case with the news media, says that he suspects L. was involved with guns and drugs for years but, until now, has avoided being arrested by authorities. L. claims that he is completely innocent and wouldn't know what marijuana looked like if he saw it. Should he be detained or released? how much bail would you set in order to release?
2. Roger K. is a 27-year-old electrical engineer. K. is charged with vehicular homicide stemming from the death of Chris P. P. was stepping out of his pickup truck when K. sped down the wrong side of the street. K. was drunk at the time, according to police. The police also learned that he had eight previous convictions for drunken driving and 19 other serious vehicular offenses. Should he be detained or released? How much bail would you set in order to release?
3. Edward S. is a 50-year-old single man who has a good-paying full-time job and lives in an expensive high-rise apartment. He is charged with the statutory rape of a 16-year-old, sexual abuse of two others, and corrupting the morals of a minor. It is alleged that he paid to have sex with hundreds of boys, but on all occasions the young men agreed to participate. The maximum sentence that he can receive for his crimes is five to ten years. Savitz has tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Should he be detained or released? How much bail would you set in order to release?
4. At the age of 19, Frank A. was convicted of rape and sentenced to prison for three years. Approximately one year after his release, he became a suspect in a number of robberies of women. He threatened a number of the victims with bodily harm if they filed complaints. One 21-year-old victim nevertheless agreed to cooperate with the authorities, and Anderson was arrested and charged with robbery. Shortly after his initial appearance, he was released on bail. Anderson then broke into the 21-year-old woman's house, beat her, kicked her numerous times, and then stole $3000 and a gun. The victim suffered a concussion and needed seven stitches. Anderson was identified and again apprehended and was charged with an additional count of robbery. Should he be detained or released? How much bail would you set in order to release?
5. An 18-year-old girl, Kim W., was arrested for shoplifting. She claimed to be indigent (poor), with no steady source of income; she lived with an unemployed boyfriend; and she had dropped out of school in the eleventh grade. She had one prior arrest for shoplifting, but those charges were dismissed for unknown reasons. Should she be detained or release? How much bail would you set in order to release?

Discuss.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

why not?

Maybe such declarations aren't the best methods huh? I understand that the law is kind of broad but there's got to be some distinction. Is graffitti really up there with assault? Maybe, I don't know. I'm not a lawyer, but I am a criminal justice major. Sometimes these laws are put in place as part of a bigger crackdown. Yes, it's supposed to curb gang activities that often manifest themselves in graffitti but when the net is tossed and you accidentally catch a dolphin shouldn't you cut it free? Hmm.

This guy is crazy. Probably not the best disguise. Something out of a Scooby Doo cartoon or something.

I love stuff like this. They complain that they are being treated poorly but if the situation was reversed they'd resort to physical torture and a beheading. How does that work again? Oh yeah, I don't care.

It took awhile but the results were pretty good. I'd like to go see all of them one day. It's just one of those things that'd be cool to list as an accomplishment.

Saturday, July 07, 2007

disco duck

Is it just me or is the media getting desperate by covering underage felonies. Now by underage I don't that the felonies are underage but those committing them. Here, look at this. You'd think they'd tell you that when you deactivate the phone. I understand the precaution, you know in an emergency even if your phone is deactivated (for whatever reason) you can still call 9-1-1. That's smart. I just hope they throw the book at the 4 year-old.

Just more proof that girls can't drive. Especially underage girls. Especially underage drunk girls. An 8 mile chase? At speeds exceeded 100mph? You realize that this "chase" was maybe 5-6 minutes long? Whew. Her excuse? She was on her way to pick up her sister at a concert. Not the most outrageous thing though. Her blood alcohol level was above .02 which was the legal limit for minors. So wait, let me get this straight there's isn't a zero policy for underage drinking? There's a "legal" limit for underage drinking which is illegal. Weird.

Let's see if I get this right, because the state of Massachusetts is pushing their Secular Humanism homosexual agenda this guy doesn't pass the bar exam? Oh, it violated his First Amendment right... I'm assuming that it violates his right to his free exercise of religion correct? OK, moving on, as a law student he had to understand that the Fourteenth Amendment has been curbing state's power in establishing laws based on religion (The First Amendment) right? And as a schooled individual he knows that secular means 'free of religion' right?
So let's go beyond the religious argument, he wants to be a lawyer right? You think that some day, someone might want a lawyer concerning the matter of gay marriage and maybe it's legality? Oh, and there's no question about abortions? *gasp* Has there been? Could be that this year's bar exam didn't have an abortion question. But being a religious zealot he probably wouldn't have answered that question either, thus still not passing the bar.
Sorry I had to throw that in there, but going beyond religion and law let's just look at the facts. He didn't answer a question. He needed a 270 but instead got a 268 or something. Thus he failed. You should've answered the question huh?
I have never heard of a test violating someone's rights. Still, good luck with that there lawyer-wannabe. I'm going to try it on my next test.

My question, only 14-to-1 odds?

Thursday, July 05, 2007

worthy of breaking in regular schedule programming

What? Wait, so let me get this straight. Sticks and stones will break your bones but words can give you cancer? Well, not that clear cut but damn. I could understand if maybe racial discrimination plays a factor in the detection of breast cancer but as far as getting breast cancer? Wow. I thought Isaiah Washington was reaching but...
I really don't know what to say so I have to ask, "what are you smoking?" How did you reach this crazy conclusion? You could blame anything on that kind of research. ooOOoo, racial discrimination gave me bunyons.

Maybe I should be less racist. Nah, it'd be cool to give someone cancer from it.

more than meets the eye

Went to see Transformers in the theatres on the 4th. Pretty bad ass movie if you ask me, once you got past all the backstory. Of course my buddy Joe pointed out that as with most comicbook to live-action movie there is always a lot of backstory. There has to be because what's in the comicbook can't always fit into a real movie. That's one of the faults but it shows off the writers' and producers' abilities. Hopefully the audience doesn't have to suffer. So my guess is that they're working on the sequel as we speak. I'm interested to see what they have in mind as far as storyline. Autobots, transform and roll out. How cool is it that Peter Cullen is still the voice of Optimus Prime?

Speaking of comicbook to live-action movies... it looks like Chim Chim is going to be put down. Christina Ricci is Trixie? I always thought Trixie was wholesome...

Huh, my bad. I guess he didn't go with the foreign car theory. Still, he's just throwing punches in the dark.

No natural predators? What are we? Chop liver? I say that hook is a pretty good predator. Unnatural, but still. Maybe some hand grenades or a car battery.

As a guy I have to bring this up. Really? There's a victim here? Well, maybe the teacher. And does it really belong in the "School Violence" section?

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

a bad day indeed

We refer to this as passive aggressive resistance in my Criminal Justice class. Hey I'm right there with them, except not in a dress. Air traffic controllers have tough jobs. If they make a mistake it means hundreds of lives. What other job has that? They need breaks and they need new recruits. Sadly, one of the civilian jobs that the Army says I'm qualified for is air traffic controller. Me, personally though, I don't think I could handle it. That's a lot of pressure! Oops, there goes a 747. Oops, there goes a cargo plane. That would suck. More so for those people than for me.

And it's not like I haven't thought of doing this, but I refrain from doing so. Teach those young punks about manners. I hope she says "thank you" and "please" now. See? That's a valuable lesson.

Not like this. What did you expect was going to happen dude? You told her to sleep around. Geez. If things were going so great you wouldn't have to sue, on the same token, you wouldn't have to have her sleep around to "spice" things up.

Is it just me or is the market value going down? That's kind of funny though. A traveling dentist with hundreds of teeth.

Doh! But he did the right thing. Unfortunately he's going to have to wait awhile before trying again.

More silly news about flying American flags. Well, I guess that's the US though huh? Yes, flying the flag is advertising. You're 'advertising' that you're an American, you're a patriot, and you're proud.

Have a safe 4th of July.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire

We don't need no water let the mother****er burn. Nah, water is a good thing. So why am I mentioning this? It's not funny, there's no humor to be found here. Well, it's because it happened in my apartment complex (Mohawk Hills), just two buildings down from my place. Plus, I caught most of the show. I was driving home at 9:45pm and saw the fire as it was just starting. I couldn't get by so I ended up backing up and parking it. Still, what's the point of a big fire if you can't share it with friends? So I called some friends but only got ahold of Wes and he came over. We went back to my place really quick to grab some soda and some chairs, we were planning on catching the whole show.
So it was a 2-alarm fire, three fire trucks showed up. Immediately I saw a problem, the firefighters were attacking the fire head-on instead of length-wise. I won't go into details about how long it took to deploy hoses (it's hard to do) so I'll just talk about rookie mistakes. They were trying to put out the fire on the second floor and shooting water up. The problem being that they were basically just getting the other side wet, completely over shooting the fire. They tried this tactic for awhile, getting nowhere as the fire continued to spread. Eventually (around 11pm) they got all three trucks working the angles and such but still the fire wasn't contained. OK, well the fire didn't have a chance to catch any other buildings on fire but it looked like it might run the whole building. Every time the firefighters would drench an area and move on, a few minutes later a fire was starting back up in the previous place. Towards the end (around midnight) Wes and I were actually cheering (quietly) for the fire's continuation but it looked pretty well contained so we headed home.
I'll take pictures of the place later today.

Monday, July 02, 2007

inside, outside

Well, CNN finally stepped up to the plate and got a Funny News section. I guess all my blogging going to a local-run website has gotten to them. Glad I could help CNN.

The most embarassing thing is not the fact that the officer pulled over a wienermobile, or the fact that it was an allegedly hot plate, but the fact that the driver is referred to as a 'hot dogger.' I could never have a job where I was referred to as a hot dogger. Ugh. Shoot me if I ever get that job.

Is this really an issue? Cyberbullying? Not that it shouldn't be tracked because those people are going to turn into stalking. Someday cyber-crimes will become just as prevalent as regular crimes.

Now it sounds like a shotgun huh? What's next? He going to say he was discriminated against because he wears glasses? Or maybe because he drives an import car. Who knows what's next, but I can't wait.

Thank you come again.