The solution is simple. Remove the peripheral devices from the
main computer chassis (CPU), then lift the box to a height of
4-5 feet aboth the earth and shout “God damn ye infernal
mechanism that hath wrought much malaise and plague upon
this house of Computer worship.  I cast ye into the nether
region and smite thou most unholy!”  Slam it down on a hard
aggregate based concrete surface at a velocity no less than
32 ft/sec2 in accordance with the principles of Newton.

You shall be clean then, brother.

Interesting to see how we’re STILL in the wrong for enforcing immigration laws:

Here's the original article.

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/border/74193.php
 

Sorry I’ve been MIA lately..  My Father-in-law (outlaw?) has begun construction on the new house and the update is now ready for prime time.  Just click on “Photo Gallery” from the main menu and see the goings-on, updated weekly!

[UPDATED 08/03/08]

“The 10 Cannots”
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds.
You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

-William J. H. Boetcker, 1916

I couldn’t resist:

The mayor of Phoenix was very worried about a plague of pigeons in Phoenix He could not remove the pigeons from the city.  All of Phoenix was full of pigeon poop, the people of Phoenix could not walk on the sidewalks, or drive on the roads.  It was costing a fortune to keep the streets and sidewalks clean.

One day a man came to City Hall and offered the Mayor a proposition. ‘I can rid your beautiful city of its plague of pigeons without any cost to the city. But, you must promise not to ask me any questions. Or, you can pay me one million dollars to ask one question.’ The mayor considered the offer briefly and accepted the free proposition.

The next day the man climbed to the top of City Hall, opened his coat, and released a blue pigeon.  The blue pigeon circled in the air and flew up into the bright blue Arizona sky.  All the pigeons in Phoenix saw the blue pigeon and gathered up in the air behind the blue pigeon.  The Phoenix pigeons followed the blue pigeon as she flew southward out of the city.

The next day the blue pigeon returned completely alone to the man atop City Hall. The Mayor was very impressed. He felt the man and the blue pigeon had performed a wonderful miraculous feat to rid Phoenix of the plague of pigeons.  Even though the man with the pigeon had charged nothing, the mayor presented him with a check for 1 million dollars and told the man that, indeed, he did have a question to ask and even though they had agreed to no fee and the man had rid the city of pigeons, he decided to pay the 1 million just to get to ask ONE question.  The man accepted the money and told the mayor to ask his ONE question.

The mayor asked:

‘Do you have a blue Mexican?’

A&E Networks did a two part ‘mini-series’ remake of The Andromeda Strain. They shouldn’t have.

They took a Sci-Fi CLASSIC and bitch-wrapped it in Hollywood. What they got was a star-studded “B” movie worthy of the Sci-Fi Channel at its worst. They took a GREAT story and transmogrified it into a mess that only a 10 year-old would love. They completely lost the greatness of the original. Michael Crichton (Whom I have met and gotten autographs from!) probably is rolling over in his spa at this craptastic ‘movie’.

I warn you - DO NOT WATCH THIS ABOMINATION. Rent the original, read the book - whatever. I will not even attempt to point out all thats wrong with this drivel. It’s ALL bad. Even the actors suck:

Benjamin Bratt
Eric McCormack
Christa Miller
Daniel Daekim
Viola Davis
Rick Schroder
Andre Braugher

Individually they are a great bunch of actors. In THIS offal, they just smell. RUN, don’t walk away from the TV if this is on. You don’t want to get any on you..

Seriously disappointed,

Me

[Update - 06/13/08] And, for goodness sake, do NOT buy the DVD.  I don’t want these asses rewarded for cranking out steaming piles of crap like this.

I’m going to spout off here about a subject that of late has become near and dear to me - my hearing.

My hearing has been deteriorating for a while now and it’s reached a point where it’s really beginning to bother me. Not the loss of my hearing, mind you, but YOUR REACTION TO IT.

If there is ANY background noise, I can’t hear you. TV’s, other people nattering away, traffic, whatever, I am usually at a loss as to what you’re saying. I find myself lip-reading and guessing a LOT lately and surprisingly, I getting good results. I goof up occasionally and most times I’ll say “Say that again..” and the speaker repeats.

Lately, though, I’ve been getting a few comments like “What? Are you deaf or what?”, or the eye-roll and a exasperated gasp followed by a snarky repetition.

So here is my General Disclaimer:

YES, I AM FUCKING GOING DEAF. I’M SORRY I DON’T HEAR AS WELL AS YOU, DUMBASS. EITHER SPEAK UP, TURN DOWN THE STEREO OR SHUT THE FUCK UP.

P.S. YES, -MY- TV IS LOUD FOR A REASON.  GET OVER IT.

There.. any questions? You may return to your regularly scheduled lives now.

[UPDATE 05/04/08: Correct my bad Engrish]

Man, some people just don’t have enough to bitch about (like me), so they go spreading FUD to anybody that will listen. So, in the interest of calming your unfounded fears, read this article and sleep easy from this point on.

(If He exists at all, but that’s another post for another day)

Kinda geeky, but fun to watch. I have no idea who the author was, but the guy was a geek.

GOD