December 29, 2005
CNN.com - 'Taliban rebels'�die in bomb bid - Dec 29, 2005
CNN.com - 'Taliban rebels'�die in bomb bid - Dec 29, 2005
Insert your own title here. Thanks to Chris S. for the link and his version of the title "You just can't get good help these days!"
Insert your own title here. Thanks to Chris S. for the link and his version of the title "You just can't get good help these days!"
// posted by wayne @ 12/29/2005 02:56:00 PM 
Happy New Year, you Lib'ral!
As we approach the start of a new year, I thought it appropriate, in this year of partisan posturing, to bust off one last politically motivated post. So I figured I would just say how pleased I am that I personally did my part to make sure that George Walker Bush is all up in dat house. Twice. And I ain't joking. For as bad as some of you may think things are (and in certain cases how bad they actually are) I have no doubt that they would be worse under John "I wanna be a Kennedy" Kerry. And I am quite sure the USA would be now be a communist nation if Al Gore had won on the first go 'round. Man o' man am I glad those guys lost. I remember breathing an audible sigh of relief when I was sure that Dubya was going to bring it home.
So, as we approach the new year, I would like to ask just one question. "Are you ready for three more years, you bleeding heart, feel good, politically correct automaton?" No? Move to Canada like you promised.
Well that was kind of mean-spirited, now wasn't it?
So, as we approach the new year, I would like to ask just one question. "Are you ready for three more years, you bleeding heart, feel good, politically correct automaton?" No? Move to Canada like you promised.
Well that was kind of mean-spirited, now wasn't it?
// posted by wayne @ 12/29/2005 02:55:00 AM
December 27, 2005
MMMMM. Presents.
THIS has to be the best Christmas gift yet. I honestly feel like I can fix the world with this thing. Or at least my motorcycle. You see, once way back in the day, Andy and I decided to take a nice ride up highway 81 and over towards Roman Nose state park. It was a very nice ride and the park was also very nice. Then, something not so nice happened. My throttle cable broke as I was starting the bike to leave. To be exact, my throttle 'open' cable broke. The throttle cables on the '79 KZ1000 were kind of redundant in that they had one cable to open the throttle linkage and one to pull it closed. This fact, along with Andy's multi-tool, was the reason I was able to ride out of Roman Nose that day, instead of having to drive back up there and pick up the bike the following day. All I had to do was switch the broken 'open throttle' cable with the intact 'close throttle' cable and I was good to go. Since the throttle linkage was spring-loaded closed I was able to ride into the sunset. And the blunt nosed pliers wouldn't have reached the throttle cable nuts, so it was a good thing he had the needle nosed model.
Yeah. I can fix anything now. Except for the UN. (Sorry, just finished watching The Interpreter. But since I've watched it, you won't have to!)
Yeah. I can fix anything now. Except for the UN. (Sorry, just finished watching The Interpreter. But since I've watched it, you won't have to!)
// posted by wayne @ 12/27/2005 05:20:00 AM
December 23, 2005
Cell Phones | Cingular Wireless
Cell Phones | Cingular Wireless
What every grade-schooler on the go needs--hurry though, there is only 1 shopping day left!
What every grade-schooler on the go needs--hurry though, there is only 1 shopping day left!
// posted by wayne @ 12/23/2005 05:47:00 PM
Vultures Are Popular.
I was doing some random checking over at stat counter, just to make sure I haven't bored you all away. (Apparently, I haven't done it yet!) and I found 3 seperate imageseek searches for vultures. All three of them ended up on that vulture pic I posted for Jefe back in...well back in whenever. Strange that vultures are now so popular, eh?
But the best one of the month (actually, today) was this naughtly little search from IP 71.192.227.57 in Mt. Laurel, NJ: FREE WANKING SEX VIDS. My my, aren't we a cheeky little monkey? I bet you get a 12 step membership to Wanker's Anon. in your stocking!
But the best one of the month (actually, today) was this naughtly little search from IP 71.192.227.57 in Mt. Laurel, NJ: FREE WANKING SEX VIDS. My my, aren't we a cheeky little monkey? I bet you get a 12 step membership to Wanker's Anon. in your stocking!
// posted by wayne @ 12/23/2005 05:09:00 PM
Yahoo! News Photo
Yahoo! News Photo
I know he's the Pope and all, but that grin is just downright sinister.
I know he's the Pope and all, but that grin is just downright sinister.
// posted by wayne @ 12/23/2005 03:30:00 AM
December 22, 2005
Well that's over.
Somehow, the package made it here today. I guess it just had to make an overnight trip to Memphis to see Graceland. And those idiots never did call me back.
Down with FedEx!
Down with FedEx!
// posted by wayne @ 12/22/2005 10:59:00 PM
Oh. My. Gosh, Plucky.
Dec 21, 2005Take a look at that top entry. I just decided to track my package again to see if they had any new information. Sure enough, they do. For some very strange and enraging reason, my package which was right where it needed to be yesterday, has decided a sojourn in Memphis, TN is in order. Who knows, maybe the package is an Elvis fan. Maybe it just wanted to stroll on down to Mud Island. Whatever the case is, I'm not a happy camper. In fact, I've been on hold for FedEx for about the last 13 minutes.
11:44 PM
Arrived at FedEx location
MEMPHIS, TN
7:15 AM
At local FedEx facility
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
I can't wait to hear the crap they try to sell as an excuse for this one.
Oh wait! They picked up and you know what? They don't have an excuse! He doesn't know why my package, which was right here in OKC where it belonged is now hanging out in Memphis. He didnt' even venture a guess. All he did was take my information and sent it to "the station" where the package is located with the assurance they'll call me back sometime around 7 or 8a.m. Even after I told him I was getting ready to go to bed.
Lovely.
// posted by wayne @ 12/22/2005 04:11:00 AM
December 21, 2005
I absolutely detest FedEx
Tracking numberNote the estimated delviery time. Yep, that was 7 hours ago. What a bunch of absolute simpletons. The guy I really feel bad for is the guy sending me this package, who paid no small amount for OVERNIGHT shipping that was s'posed to get here by 3p.m. But I'm still angry nonetheless because this package is s'posed to be a good one. It is not a Christmas present for one of the fam--remember we did all our shopping on line? No sir, this one is mine all mine. It's far too long a story to start now, but let's just say it's a good one.
855027918803
Ship date
Dec 20, 2005
Estimated delivery
Dec 21, 2005 3:00 PM
So I'll just say that any delivery company who fails to hire extra help around this busy time of year is obviously run by a bunch of completely incompetent, out of touch with the really real world, over-inflated gas bags who do not have what it takes to run a lemonade stand, let alone an international shipping company. Now you know the real reason I send everything I ship by either priority or express mail.
// posted by wayne @ 12/21/2005 10:05:00 PM
December 19, 2005
Speaking of Kwanzaa
Or at least Kelly was. I started to wonder where this 'tradition' originated. I was always under the impression, although I'll openly admit that I have no reason for such a belief, that Kwanzaa was a centuries-old tradition brought to America with the slaves. Not so at all! If we can still trust The Wiki, given the recent buffonery, I offer the following excerpt taken from the page on the founder of Kwanzaa, Ron Everett, who had taken the name Karenga.
Think about this for a second: if I had formed a "celebration of white heritage" week and was then convicted of assault and false imprisonment just 5 years later, how long do you think the media and the liberal senators would allow my little shindig to continue? Be honest with yourself about that one as you look over the Kwanzaa stamps while you wait in line at the post office this week.
By the way, who runs around hitting peoples' heads with a toaster? That just ain't right.
At the beginning of the 1960s, Karenga met Malcolm X and began to embrace black nationalism. Following the Watts riots in 1965, he interrupted his doctoral studies at UCLA and joined the Black Power movement. During this time he took the title "maulana," Swahili for "master teacher." He formed the US Organization ("United Slaves"), an outspoken black nationalist group.The emphasis in the above paragraph is my own and I did so because I thought it very noteworthy and deserving of the emphasis. Why would anyone want to acknowledge a 'holiday' created by this guy? If you read the first paragraph of the Wiki page linked above, you will note that this was started in 1966. So much for any kind of my concept of "centuries-old". In fact, doesn't that make this year the 30th anniversary? Another thing I always ponder, and I think I may have even asked this before: why is it when this guy or any other black leader starts spewing their black power mantra, they're "embracing their culture" or "their heritage". But if I so much as even whisper the words "white power", I'm a racist who's bordering on hate speech? Guess what, kiddies, that road goes both ways, and I don't see a single difference. In fact, I seem to recall a perfect example of this phenom from back in the military day. At that special time in Navy history, there was a popular tee shirt which read "It's a BLACK THANG" on the front. Shortly after that, the contrasting "It's a WHITE THING" tees started to appear. Initially, the "BLACK THANG" shirts were never even questioned, but the minute the "WHITE THING" shirts started to show, guess how long it took before they were banned on base as being racially offensive and insensitive? I think it was measured in nano seconds once the CO of the base found out.
In 1969, the US and the Black Panthers disagreed over who should head the new Afro-American Studies Center at UCLA. According to a Los Angeles Times article, Karenga and his supporters backed one candidate, the Panthers another. The Black Student Union set up a coalition to try to bring peace between the groups, which ended when US members George P. & Larry Joseph Stiner shot dead two members of the Black Panthers, John Jerome Huggins and Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter. The killing was dismissed by UCLA chancellor Charles E. Young as an unrelated incident.
The US Organization disbanded in 1971 after Karenga, Louis Smith, and Luz Maria Tamayo were convicted of felonious assault and false imprisonment for assaulting and torturing two women from the United Slaves, Deborah Jones & Gail Davis. A May 14, 1971 article in the Los Angeles Times described the testimony of one of the women: "Deborah Jones, who once was given the Swahili title of an African queen, said she and Gail Davis were whipped with an electrical cord and beaten with a karate baton after being ordered to remove their clothes. She testified that a hot soldering iron was placed in Miss Davis' mouth and placed against Miss Davis' face and that one of her own big toes was tightened in a vise. Karenga, head of US, also put detergent and running hoses in their mouths, she said." They also were hit with toasters on the heads.
Think about this for a second: if I had formed a "celebration of white heritage" week and was then convicted of assault and false imprisonment just 5 years later, how long do you think the media and the liberal senators would allow my little shindig to continue? Be honest with yourself about that one as you look over the Kwanzaa stamps while you wait in line at the post office this week.
By the way, who runs around hitting peoples' heads with a toaster? That just ain't right.
// posted by wayne @ 12/19/2005 07:48:00 PM
Merry Christmas
Well, ladies and gents, I have officially started the Christmas vacation. Not a single thing planned for the days laid out ahead except a few stops here and there to visit family. No crazy running around shopping--did 80% of it on-line. No projects that I'm aware of, and none of our client's extra strength, double dipped brand of crazy. I feel my blood pressure leveling off right now. Friday was the absolute most ridiculous day I've seen in a loooong time--since last Christmas, anyway--and I couldn't have been happier to sign off. It was so busy, in fact, that I had to take care of a few last minute items tonight!
And in a more "Random Weekend Nonsense" kind of vibe, Aimee and I ventured out this weekend to, of all places, a motion picture theater! GASP! You read right, wee kiddiewinkies. BUT...it was a Peter Jackson film so we're stickin' to our guns. And I'm glad we did because King Kong should absolutely be seen on the biggest screen you can find. I see what people mean when they call it King LONG--it was a long three hours. We went with The Parker and a couple of his buddies and one of them summed it up perfectly when he said "I feel like I just spent 3 hours watching a 2 hour movie." Don't get me wrong, it is supa-dupa good and everything that you'd expect from Mr. Jackson, but I really was aware of every one of those 187 minutes. The only issues were the sound system, which was waaay to loud and the stinky, loud mouthed teens to our left. When Aimee'd had enough, she turned around and promptly shut them down. It was sweet! Surprisingly, all it took was a very loud, authoritative "Would you PLEASE be quiet!" And they did! It was absolutely amazing. I figured we'd get all kinds of flak and foul language, so I was getting ready for the trip to the manager's office, but I didn't have to. Amazing indeed.
Since I'm on vacation, don't be expecting much in the way of posting. Not that I've been doing much in the way of posting lately, but you get the point.
Merry Christmas.
And in a more "Random Weekend Nonsense" kind of vibe, Aimee and I ventured out this weekend to, of all places, a motion picture theater! GASP! You read right, wee kiddiewinkies. BUT...it was a Peter Jackson film so we're stickin' to our guns. And I'm glad we did because King Kong should absolutely be seen on the biggest screen you can find. I see what people mean when they call it King LONG--it was a long three hours. We went with The Parker and a couple of his buddies and one of them summed it up perfectly when he said "I feel like I just spent 3 hours watching a 2 hour movie." Don't get me wrong, it is supa-dupa good and everything that you'd expect from Mr. Jackson, but I really was aware of every one of those 187 minutes. The only issues were the sound system, which was waaay to loud and the stinky, loud mouthed teens to our left. When Aimee'd had enough, she turned around and promptly shut them down. It was sweet! Surprisingly, all it took was a very loud, authoritative "Would you PLEASE be quiet!" And they did! It was absolutely amazing. I figured we'd get all kinds of flak and foul language, so I was getting ready for the trip to the manager's office, but I didn't have to. Amazing indeed.
Since I'm on vacation, don't be expecting much in the way of posting. Not that I've been doing much in the way of posting lately, but you get the point.
Merry Christmas.
// posted by wayne @ 12/19/2005 04:16:00 AM
December 15, 2005
WFTV.com - News - Display Shows Bleeding Rudolph Hanging From Tree
WFTV.com - News - Display Shows Bleeding Rudolph Hanging From Tree
And the problem is?
And the problem is?
// posted by wayne @ 12/15/2005 06:52:00 PM
December 13, 2005
Oklahomans Vote: Enhance 911? - Yahoo! News
Oklahomans Vote: Enhance 911? - Yahoo! News
I'm not sure I'm down with this one--do you really want to give The Man the ability to track you to within 15 feet through your cell phone? I don't. I even got a call about this from Jennifer Reynolds (or at least a recorded message) who used to be a channel 9 anchor (I think, I didn't listen that closely) asking that I make sure to go to the polls and vote to make sure emergency crews and first responders are able to locate me and my loved ones in an emergency. After all, over half of all 911 calls are made from cells.
You see, to me this is another one of those things that sounds good on the surface, but when you really get down to the nitty gritty the possible abuses far outweigh the suggested benefits. Yeah, I know what you're thinking; it's all good until it is MY family whose needing that 911 on the pronto. I guess we'll burn that bridge when we get there.
Another problem I've got with this is the additional charges, and you KNOW we're all going to have to get new phones. Maybe you're down with getting a different phone to go with every purse or pair of timberlands, but not me. I've been carrying the same super-lame, no camera-havin, one color screen, 8-note ringtone playin' virgin mobile 'pay as you go' phone for the last 3 years. And you know what? I ain't givin it up until it gives up the ghost. Heck, I carried that nokia I bought from Chuck for almost 4 years and it was old school when I bought it. Well, not really, but it was right after PCS phones were introduced, so you do the math.
Of course it could just be that I hate cell phones in general, so this is yet another reason to keep on hatin'.
I'm not sure I'm down with this one--do you really want to give The Man the ability to track you to within 15 feet through your cell phone? I don't. I even got a call about this from Jennifer Reynolds (or at least a recorded message) who used to be a channel 9 anchor (I think, I didn't listen that closely) asking that I make sure to go to the polls and vote to make sure emergency crews and first responders are able to locate me and my loved ones in an emergency. After all, over half of all 911 calls are made from cells.
You see, to me this is another one of those things that sounds good on the surface, but when you really get down to the nitty gritty the possible abuses far outweigh the suggested benefits. Yeah, I know what you're thinking; it's all good until it is MY family whose needing that 911 on the pronto. I guess we'll burn that bridge when we get there.
Another problem I've got with this is the additional charges, and you KNOW we're all going to have to get new phones. Maybe you're down with getting a different phone to go with every purse or pair of timberlands, but not me. I've been carrying the same super-lame, no camera-havin, one color screen, 8-note ringtone playin' virgin mobile 'pay as you go' phone for the last 3 years. And you know what? I ain't givin it up until it gives up the ghost. Heck, I carried that nokia I bought from Chuck for almost 4 years and it was old school when I bought it. Well, not really, but it was right after PCS phones were introduced, so you do the math.
Of course it could just be that I hate cell phones in general, so this is yet another reason to keep on hatin'.
// posted by wayne @ 12/13/2005 03:26:00 AM
December 12, 2005
Stanley 'Tookie' Williams on Yahoo! News Photos
Stanley 'Tookie' Williams on Yahoo! News Photos
Seriously, people: can anyone tell me exactly what this guy does for a living? Whatever it is, it must pay well because he gets around more than Paris Hilton.
Seriously, people: can anyone tell me exactly what this guy does for a living? Whatever it is, it must pay well because he gets around more than Paris Hilton.
// posted by wayne @ 12/12/2005 04:41:00 PM
December 11, 2005
The Now-Annual Christmas Rant
There's been a lot of crap hitting the proverbial fan here lately about whether we should be having holiday parades, or Christmas parades; advertising with Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays; or even celebrating Christmas at all, now that it seems to have been fully commercialized for the secular masses. At first, I was all about writing letters and calling local officials, especially with the City of Norman's "Holiday Parade" debacle fresh at hand, but now I've decided it just ain't right either way. This all started with Ron Black's email newsletter last Wednesday, and I've been thinking about it ever since. Now that I think about it, Rob's wife Amber really got the ball rolling when she declared a boycott on Christmas as most of the U.S. celebrates it--which is basically the wrong way if you are a Christian. Even my sister in law is done with it.
According to the Wiki, Christmas is:
According to the Wiki, Christmas is:
(literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. According to the Christian gospels, Jesus was born to Mary in Bethlehem, where she and her husband Joseph had traveled to register in the Roman census. Christians believe that Jesus's birth, or nativity, fulfills the prophecies of Judaism that a messiah would come, from the house of David, to redeem the world from sin and bridge the separation between God and mankind.Now we've all heard this before, but if you can show me how any of our modern traditions respect any of this I'll eat my hat. About the only part I can directly correlate is the giving of gifts, which is said to emulate the gifts brought to our Savior by the three magi, or wise men. I don't see a tree anywhere in there, but that part was allowed during the early days of Christianity so as to ease the transition for pagans. Taken from the Wiki again:
Rather than attempting to suppress every tradition owned by pagans, Pope Gregory I allowed Christian missionaries to allow the innocuous ones as a means to make things already familiar ready aids to reeducation through such props for illustrating new understandings of things long before them but ignorantly perceived, giving a rich Christian significance to things that, for lack of such Understanding, stood to bear the reflection of heathen culture.So the moral of the story becomes this: don't tell me you are having a Christmas parade if Christ isn't in it. Call it what you want, but if I don't see the King of Kings up there, it just ain't Christmas, now is it? For those of you who are going to ask, I'll go ahead and let you know that I am indeed exchanging gifts with family and friends and we'll even be sending out some Christmas cards, too. The difference will be that Aimee and I aren't pretending that jolly old "Saint Nic" came by, squeezin' his fat end down some non-existent chimney to drop them off. So you can have your holiday parades and your holiday sales and all the things that go with them and I don't care if Target, Lowe's, wm, or the City of Norman ever put "Christmas" back in their vocabulary because it still won't be about Christ and at the end of the day, He is the root of Christmas.
// posted by wayne @ 12/11/2005 03:56:00 AM
HOO-YEAH!
Man is it good to be back! I hate when the PCs are down and it was a double suck-fest having the desktop and laptop sick at the same time. Let's not do that again, m-kay? And to top if off, they both died on Thanksgiving weekend when Aimee was out of town and I was all by my lonesome. Well, me and the fatpup, that is. You see, kiddies, I had to work the Friday after Thanksgiving and I was on-call that same weekend, even though we were all s'posed to go to Aim's sister's house for Thanksgiving dinner in the sunny land of Arkansas. End result is that I stayed home with two dead PCs and one fat dog. It was a banner weekend to say the least. Turns out the motherboard in the desktop died, so it would not boot. Seriously though, when was the last time you heard of a name-brand motherboard taking a dump? Now you have. And of course Asus doesn't make our board any more, nor does NewEgg stock it. So now NM156 is sporting a brand new Abit KW7 mobo. The brand is really of no consequence as long as the machine boots and stays stable. Oh yes, one of the case fans had to die, adding the cherry on top, so to speak. So when the desktop died, I thought "no problem, I still got the laptop, so it's not as if I won't be able to play internet, right"? Wrong. It had to go and get a trojan. Strange part about the whole deal is that McAfee absolutely would not find the stupid thing and kill it. I could see it there, taunting me from taskmanager, so I knew it was running, but the virus table was either not catching it or it was too new. Oh well, back up all the mp3s and pics and format c:\! Silly trojan, tricks are for kids. End result is that as of about an hour ago, both NM156 and NM157 are up, running and fully stable.
// posted by wayne @ 12/11/2005 03:31:00 AM
December 02, 2005
Oh, the IRONY
A while back, I subscribed to the brady campaign's email alerts so I would know what those crafty gun-grabbers are up to and what their "action item" agenda is for the coming year. I've received a few emails from them, but this one is by far the best. Enjoy!
Dear Wayne,
Your dedication to solving the gun violence problem in America is
truly an inspiration.My name is Sarah Brady. My husband, Jim Brady, was shot in the assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981. And since that harrowing event, Jim and I have made it our life's mission to make sure gun violence in America is one day a thing of the past. As chair of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, I’ve had the privilege to work with many wonderful Americans like you who are inspiring in your unwavering commitment to end this epidemic. The Brady Center educates the public about solutions to gun violence, helps gun violence victims have their day in court, and works to enact and enforce sensible gun policies that save lives.
If you believe, like Jim and I, in an America where we should be safe from gun violence in our homes, in our schools, and in our communities, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence this holiday season. Together we can make this dream a reality and save precious lives.In this season of gratitude and giving, we are especially thankful for your friendship and support. Best Wishes for a safe and joyous Holiday Season!
Sarah BradyChair
// posted by wayne @ 12/02/2005 02:57:00 PM
