Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
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2:41 pm - Open Letter to Tim Burton
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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10:11 am
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
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10:07 am - Fairfax, VA = Twilight Zone
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Living here is like living in the twilight zone. The other night I went to Wal-mart to pick up a lamp. The greeter was muslim in complete head gear. (( nothing too strange about that.)) Then behind him was an albino with 3+ foot long pute white hair in a pony tail. The contrast was bizarre.
Then - when I got to the lights section, the giant twins were there. The giant twins are about 19-20 years old and 6'5 400+ each with acromegaly (big giant foreheads). I keep seeing the giant twins around here. First at the Silver Diner the other day, then at the mall. The giant twins are everywhere.
Then on my way out I see this asian woman in full face niqab (muslim clothing that completely covers the face).
The whole experience was bizarre. Very twilight zone.
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
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3:45 am - Vice President of Diversity ==? Say WHAT?
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Does anyone else find the creation of the position of "Vice President of Diversity" incredibly insulting? It's like saying, "We can't actually give a female, or someone of color or diverse background an actual VP position in our company, so instead we created a position _called_ 'VP of Diversity' as a place holder to ensure we have a none-white, none-male VP for this made up title."
This practice is incredibly insulting.
And yet corporate America is doing this all over the place. Just google for the term "vice president of diversity" and look at the pictures and see for yourself.
If we were really a corporately diverse culture we wouldn't need to waste the money on a place holder title to ensure a none-white, none-male gets a VP position. Again, I find all these insulting and history will look back on this practice with shame.
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
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12:41 pm - Intel settles with AMD for... $1.25 BILLION
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
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8:16 pm - comic books of the now
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Speaking of comic books and writers... you have this new generation of writers coming along like Mike Millar - leading comics in a new direction, Chris Yost (whom I've talked to and love), and then amazing writers who really get "teen speak" like Judd Winick (RealWorld SF anyone?), and Allan Heinberg (the OC) and of course Josh Wheldon (of Buffy fame).
But then you have famous but mega crappy writers like Jeph Loeb. God he sucks. Red Hulk is painful to read because after reading amazing stuff by Mark Millar and gang to read Jeph Loeb is to lobotomize yourself. The stuff Jeph Loeb is doing for Red Hulk is just terrible. He's turning mega famous super heroes into nothing more than 2D cut-outs of themselves.
I think the new generation of writers are writing for adults (read: 30-somethings) where you have real issues like domestic violence going on. Remember in the Ultimates, when Hank Pym sprayed his wife The Wasp with bug killer? Or In Young Avengers, when Hulkling and Wiccan try to come out to their parents about having super powers and instead their parents openly accept them for being gay (which they are as well). It pulls you in. It has a since of reality by simply dealing with real issues.
And then Jeph Loeb is writing for a target audience of ... 5 to 7 year olds. It's just awful. It's like he goes, "Let see what happens when the Red Hulk fights Wolverine... and then the next issue with be Red Hulk fights Electra...." and on and on... It's just painful.
I'm glad Jeph Loeb was fired from Heroes... now if we could only get his generation to hang up the pen for good and make room for the next generation of writers who are taking comic books in completely new and interesting directions.
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8:00 pm - KICK-ASS (the movie??)
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
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10:48 am - mirror
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
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1:48 pm - The DC Renegades: Continuing a Tradition of Failure
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For years I've reported on the failure that is the DC "gay" rugby team "The Renegades." But now under the direction of Coach Phil they've failed in a way that undermines their own mission statement.
According to their website, "Established on October 24, 1998, in Washington, D.C. by Mark Hertzog, the Washington Renegades was the first men's rugby club in the United States to actively recruit gay men and men of color."
They've failed on both counts.
1- "Gay Men": So given the team is now over 60% straight guys (under the direction of Coach Phil), can you really still call them the "gay team?" Coach Phil's obsession with straight white men is clearly seen in the line up of the team. The "A-Team" is nearly all straight men.
2- "Men of Color": A picture speaks louder than words.
Ouch. All I see are white guys there.
A failure on both points. A failure on the goal of the original charter of the team. Who they are, and what they originally set out to be - simply don't match.
Again, I blame all this on the direction of Coach Phil. He clearly has his own issues with his own sexuality and is playing the out through the team line up.
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
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10:45 am - Dear A&E...
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Dear A&E --
Last time... You can't take a 4x3 aspect ratio show and STRETCHING IT horizontally to 16:9 doesn't make it HD... it makes it STRETCHED to the wrong aspect ratio.
You would think the idiots at A&E would figure that out.
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
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1:08 pm - my jump2 script
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$ cat ~/bin/jump2
#!/usr/bin/perl
########################################
# Jump 2 Remote Host :)
# Usage: ~/bin/jump2 whatever-a01.host.com
########################################
$jumphost="jumphost.blah.com"; # set to your fav host
########################################
$desthost=@ARGV[0] ;
$passeduser=@ARGV[1] ;
# $netcat="/opt/gnu/bin/nc";
$netcat="/usr/bin/nc";
$ssh="/usr/bin/ssh"; # needs to be a ssh version that supports kerbers cred forwarding
$username=$ENV{'USER'};
if ($username eq "administrator") {
# For macosx users logged in as administrator
print "Edit me and put your username in this script.\n";
$username = "jackal";
}
if ($desthost eq "" ) {
print "\nUsage: $0 hostname\n\n";
exit ;
}
if ($passeduser eq "" ) {
# by default jump to the remote host as root.
$destuser="root";
} else {
# if you want to go in as you
$destuser=$passeduser;
}
$cmd="$ssh -o proxycommand=\"$ssh $username\@$jumphost exec $netcat -w 5 %h 22\" $destuser\@$desthost";
print "Running: $cmd\n";
system("$cmd");
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
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12:42 pm - macosx mount doesn't support -o loop
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Macosx version of mount doesn't support -o loop option?? Well poop!
$ mount -o loop FW860.2009_0803.38.iso /mnt/image mount: -o loop: option not supported
But I did find the way to do it on Macosx:
$ hdiutil mount FW860.2009_0803.38.iso /dev/disk3 /Volumes/HPFWUP860
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
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8:19 pm - "Real" "real" "Real" housewives???
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TJ made a very interesting observation today about the "Real Housewives of Atlanta": Only 2 of the 5 woman are actually housewives....
Good call TJ!
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
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1:03 pm - TCL's "The Man Whose Arms Exploded"
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There should be awards for WORST journalism. I hope whomever was responsible for creating TLC's "The Man Whose Arms Exploded " was fired and ruined for life. That was hands down the single worst piece of journalism I've ever seen.
Not once during the entire show did they ever use the word "Synthol." Instead they blamed everything on steroids.
Anyone with a clue knows that Greg was addicted to injecting SYNTHOL and that's why his arms looked so retarded.
Here's a good article on this story: Do Site Enhancement Oils (SEOS) Work? . Now if only the people at TCL knew how to do a simple google search....
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
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5:13 am - Don't let photos fool you.
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So many guys online are such massive let downs when you meet them in real life. Like I used to have this massive crush on _________ (Colt model) before we spoke on the phone. I just remember the shock that went through my head upon hearing his voice on the phone. I was like - he's a 280 pound complete meathead with 21+ inch arms... and on the phone I was convinced I was talking to a girl. I was like - how can someone be so big, so huge, so masculine looking and yet - sound like a girl when he talks. So so so so many of these guys have turned out to be such massive let downs.
Point of this post: Don't let photos fool you.
If you are gonna meet one of these "hot guys" make sure you speak to them first on the phone. Or better yet - webcam with the person on skype so you can hear and see their mannerisms. And be prepared for the shock....
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
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3:39 am - The real definition of "diversity"
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I've said it once.. I'll say it again:
Diversity IS the politically correct term for reverse discrimination in the workplace.
And discrimination is wrong. Period.
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
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4:02 am - God I love Branch Warren (cont.)
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4:00 am - God I love Branch Warren
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
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1:00 am - Fact: Heterosexuals are Predators and Pedophiles
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The best thing about the MSNBC show "To Catch a Predator" is that it put a face on predators and pedophiles and guess what - nearly every single one of them are HETEROSEXUAL.
People like to falsely accuse gays of being pedophiles but the statistics show that nearly all (something like 99%) of pedophiles are white heterosexual men.
You can say that over and over and over, but nothing has the impact like a video. And now it's out there in pop culture that the predators and pedophiles are nearly always heterosexual.
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Sunday, September 20th, 2009
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3:34 am
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