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10-28-2004
Net Enigma. Oh my God Bear's driving! How can that be?
With the election just a few days away one thing that has been on my mind is why is electronic voting not the standard in all 50 states this year after the fiasco that was 2000?
Every day in the US thousands of people stop by their local ATM machine, deposit or withdraw money, maybe even move some cash between accounts. Why can they do that without fear that the machine will go haywire but we don't have a voting machine that's reliable?
Why is it that thousands of people log onto secure web sites on a daily basis and send their credit card numbers to e-tailers and order up books, toys, car parts and computers but everyone is afraid electronic voting machines are going to get hacked?
Why can the Tompkins County Public Library install a VPN on their public wireless Internet connection so that staff can securely log into our circulation system but the states are worried about the vulnerability of wired voting machines?
Why is it 2004 and the American public is so fucking afraid of technology? We invented the damn phone, computer and car. We put men on the moon in the 1960's and have people living in space now but we can't make a secure, easy to use electronic voting machine? Gimme a break.
In other news
Fuck the Boston Red Sox. Fuck them up their stupid asses.
For Sale
For sale, 380 tons of high explosives. Highest bidder by 12:01a.m. on 11/2 takes it. You must pick up and haul at your own expense. Located in Iraq. Somewhere. Email bids to George W. Bush.
10-24-2004
Net Enigma. Whisper on a scream doesn't change a thing.
I can't believe the fucking Bo Sox are up 2 games to none? WTF is wrong with the Cards? Kurt Shilling comes out with his robotic leg stitched together and gets a win? Come on.
Today is a travel day and the fuckin' birds better have their shit together tomorrow night!
Movie and Music Madness
Between Saturday and Sunday I went nuts watching some cool flicks. It was all catch up for me as these were older movies, some I'd seen and some I hadn't, but I can recommend all of the following; Star Wars Return of the Jedi (Now on DVD!!), Boondock Saints, and Pulp Fiction. Also, if you ever get the chance to pick up the Clerks animated series do it. Oh, and "Chappelle's Show" season 1 DVD is da bomb!
Also, if you haven't picked it up yet, run out and get yourself a copy of Green Day's newest "American Idiot." It has more than three chords per song and is rock solid front to back.
Bombs Away
Seems that an A-10 dropped a bomb on a hiking trail in southern PA. I'm so happy to know that. I've driven past Ft. Indiantown Gap before and watched the planes flying around, not to mention the convoys of trucks and the odd Blackhawk. And that's all from Interstate 81.
Maybe they're trying to give PA residents a close-up look at what it's like to live in Baghdad these days.
5 Day Countdown
It's just 5 days till Finley's annual Halloween party. I've been resting my liver for months, it should be a good time.
10-24-2004
Net Enigma. That's my request for time off, a 5% pay increase and my resignation in case none of the other two are met. Welcome to management.
I hate spyware. Sometime around the 12th my computer was infected with a virus or some spyware or something, all I know is that suddenly I was getting shitty pop-ups all the time, my Internet connection was really slow and other odd things were going on.
Solution? Format and reinstall. Fuckers. That's twice this year and the third reinstall; Once back in January when a virus slipped in before Norton updated, second a couple months ago when my hard drive looked like it was going to fail and now again for some shitty program jamming up the works.
And this third time even happened with the vaunted Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed. Microsoft can kiss my fat, white ass and so can the virus writers of the world.
No-talent Hack
Ashlee Simpson, younger sister of the blonde idiot Jessica, was on SNL last night as the musical guest but this time there was a little twist. When she came on for her second song the powers that be goofed and started playing the CD of the song she did in her first set. The band tried to cover but the cat was already out of the bag; Ashlee had lip synched the first tune and probably was going to do the second as well.
Embarrassed, and rightly so, she walked off the stage. To make things worse, at the end of the show she blamed her band for the problem. Dumbass. They tried to help her and she sold them out. Anyway, you can check out the two clips here courtesy of Collegehumor.com and askross.com
Ashlee passing the blame to her band.
World Series
I'm sorely disappointed that my Yankees couldn't get past the Red Sox to make the Series this year but I'm hoping that the Cardinals have what it takes to put the cursed Sox in the ringless column of World Series history.
Last night in game 1 it was close, with the Sox winning. But it showed that the Cardinals can put up some runs and keep pace with them. With Sox pitching as beat up as it is I think the cardinals have a good shot at it. Hopefully they'll get a win tonight and then be home for a 3 game stand.
10-13-2004
Net Enigma. Knuckle ball.
Last night I remembered why it is that I don't watch a lot of baseball on TV even though I like the game. I was watching other TV shows but kept flipping into the Yankees/Sox game to see how it was going.
Moose is up a couple runs with no hits for the Sox. That's not bad. I tune in gain later in the 6th, Yankees are up by a couple more runs and Moose still hasn't given up a hit. I'm feeling good at this point so I watch the last few minutes of "Law & Order: SVU" and then hop back thinking I'm going to see the final inning of the game.
Wrong. It's now 8 - 5 and the Sox are rallying...and it's ONLY the 7th inning! Moose is nowhere to be seen and I'm looking at game 1 sliding away from my boys. Needless to say I had to watch the rest of the game and thank the Lord for Bernie's run padding in the 8th. Rivera finished off the Bosox with the final score 10 - 7. I'm happy but goddamn, that's enough excitement. And there are still at least 3 more games of this.
Let's just cut to the World Series...Yankees/Astros. Then Finley and I can holler at each other.
Good bye
I couldn't believe it Monday morning when I woke up to find out that Christopher Reeve had died. I grew up with the Superman movies when I was a kid. I even had a Superman poster hanging on the wall of my room growing up.
Some of the other films that Christopher Reeve starred in weren't necessarily up my alley, but I always liked Somewhere in Time as well. When he got hurt in the riding accident 9 years ago I figured that I'd never really hear from him again.
But that wasn't the case. He stood up in his own way for spinal cord research bringing press, money and understanding of the medical issue the same way others have done like Lance Armstrong.
Last year he even came full circle making an appearance on the TV show "Smallville" about the young Clark Kent. He never quit and that's one simple, if not often recognized, lesson that we can all learn.
Debate
Today is the final debate of the Presidential race, bitches. I'm going to firmly plant my ass in front of the television to hear Bush and Kerry's take on domestic issues. I suggest that all y'all do the same, ya heard me?
This is my one and only time I'm going to say this, but you also better get your ass out and vote. I don't care who you vote for, I don't care about your local races, none of that. But this election is very important and everyone needs get out and be counted.
10-8-2004
Net Enigma. Do you work here?
No, I don't work here. I'm in Target this week and it was a cool day so I'm wearing my red fleece vest. I have not one but two people ask me if I work there. No, I'm sorry, I don't. Just because I have a red vest on, Target's colors by the way, doesn't mean I work there. Afterall, this is Ithaca, home of Cornell University which is known as "The Big Red." Also home of Ithaca high school who is known as the "Little Red."
It doesn't have to be because of the red vest. Saturday on my way to my buddy Joe's wedding I stop in Target. I'm dressed up, slacks, shirt, tie, you know, for a wedding. Guy stops me, "Do you work here?" Priceless.
But it doesn't end there. I stop in Best Buy wearing street clothes, and the red vest again (note, Best Buy's colors are blue and yellow if you didn't know). I'm over in the DVD section looking at movies to see if anything catches my eye. A "team member" walks by and asks if he can help me? Yeah, do you have that movie about that girl with that guy in it? I should have asked him if he could really help me by, I don't know, suggesting a movie that doesn't suck? The guy was probably 20 or under so what's he going to recommend? Old School? He didn't look like the person that I was going to have an in-depth conversation with about the pros and cons of Kevin Smith movies or the relevance of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.
My stay at Best Buy hasn't ended yet. I head over to the computer section where, I guess, I might be somewhat comfortable since I've been working the computer industry for 11 years. Now, in fairness, these guys don't know that, but walking through the section looking at the different items I was asked 5 times by 5 different chuckleheads if they could help me. I stopped answering them after the 3rd time. I just walked away from 4 and 5, hope they weren't offended. Maybe you could chalk that up to a slow day at Best Buy that all these guys were trying to sell me something but if that was the case why, not more than 2 minutes after Chucklehead 5 asked me if he could help me, was I approached by two different people asking ME if I could help THEM and did I work there? HUH? You mean I got molested 6 times in two different sections of the store and these two people couldn't find anyone in the bright yellow and blue shirts to ask? I should have billed Best Buy for my time on the way out the door.
10-8-2004
Net Enigma. Would you feel better if I jabbed you in the eyes?
I pulled this link off from Ernie's site over at EHOWA.com so I thought I'd give him some recognition on it.
Anyway, this broad in Brownsville, PA served divorce papers on her husband and then followed up by twisting the knife saying that he couldn't have anything to do with his daughter because he hasn't performed his "parental duties" for the last six months. Sounds like a typical nasty divorce, right? But is the guy a dead-beat dad? Nope. Is he in jail for some terrible crime? Wrong again.
This guy is serving his country, getting shot at, mortared and this fucking bitch is saying that he hasn't performed his parental duties? Now, I like women and I treat them well because, hey, I'm a nice guy. But this broad is a poster child for smackin' a bitch up.
10-6-2004
Net Enigma. "I say we drink the wine, eat the dogs and use the paper for musket wadding."
They sure knew how to say it back in the days of the Revolution when they knew that their George W knew how to lead an army. George Washington got the job done with a rag-tag army and a militia that was tired of putting up with the shit the British were handing us.
I wish things were that simple today. Now we get Paul Bremmer telling us that we didn't have enough troops in Iraq to carry out the war and that whole country is going to shit. Our George W. won't own up to his mistakes and now tonight we had the Vice Presidential debate.
I have to admit, Cheney sounded much better than Bush did last week and in the end I think he may have done a better job than Edwards did. Having said that, I think that John's "closing argument" was pretty straightforward and summed him up well. Not enough to win the debate though.
Cheney's a pretty smart guy, he's been around Washington and big business for a long time. Edwards is just starting out (and possibly ending?) his political career. He had some missed opportunities and Cheney took advantage. Now we go to St. Louis and see what happens with Kerry and Bush on Friday.
Time for some respect
Rodney Dangerfield passed away yesterday at 82. That's too bad. Just a week ago I watched Back to School for the first time in forever and laughed like a motherfucker at his antics. I think I need to go rent Caddyshack and watch it. That's classic Dangerfield.
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10-1-2004
Net Enigma. Debating on going to bed.
Watched the Bush/Kerry debate last night. I think Bush was taking speaking lessons from Captain Kirk. Kerry, on the other hand, ran off some facts, sounded like he had his shit together, answered the questions and for once seemed to have a clear message to get across.
Bottom line, they're both tools. But Kerry was a little sharper and I'd say, the winner last night.
Now, I've already said that I was looking at Kerry this year and the debate didn't do anything to sway that. I'm looking forward to the next two debates, especially the Town Hall meeting. Part of the reason I'm looking forward to the next two is because we finally get to hear some domestic policies get hammered on.