Extremely Lame

People always complain about the nanny state in the United States, the grotesque amount of video surveillance that goes on in the United Kingdom, and the love of censorship that’s seemingly inherent in Australia’s government. I think we may have found something more onerous than any of those. Congratulations, Australia, you’ve finally made it to the big time.

Apparently, the Australian government is in negotiations with the U.S. music industry to broker a deal where you could be thrown in jail “for being in possession of commercial-scale quantities of copied music” when you come into Australia and are forced to give up your laptop and iPod for inspection.

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A growing excuse I’ve been hearing from single women as to why they’re single is something along the lines of, “I’m soooo independent and intelligent and confident and men just can’t accept that.” They then proceed to tell their friends (and by extension, everyone around them because they seem to always do this in public and always really loudly) just how awesome they are and how intimidated everyone is by her and her sheer awesomeness.

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The other day I got lambasted at a gathering because I and another philosophy geek were discussing existentialism. People who weren’t even part of the discussion overheard us and because they thought that we were talking about religion, we were not-so-politely told to shut up because religion and politics aren’t  appropriate for “polite conversation,” never [...]

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It’s as if the spirit of Rudy Giuliani has been summoned to the land of the snow birds. A man in Orlando has rented several billboards to promote his CD and website, which also encourages people to not vote Democrat. Okay, fine, whatever. It’s dumb and a cheap marketing ploy. The bonus is that he’s invoking 9/11 to encourage you to vote for Republicans.

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At the beginning of the year, I was really excited about this election cycle. Several months later, I’ve not only lost my excitement, but I’ve pretty much gone to dreading it. By now it seems that no matter who wins, we all lose.

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Well, that is 1 hour and 41 minutes that I am never going to get back, and I have only myself to blame. I generally enjoy the overwhelming majority of movies. Even the worst of Troma and other independent films are things I can enjoy. Mind you, I may not go out of my way to watch something like Meet the Spartans or Epic Movie, but if I had to endure them, I think even those movies I’d be able to find a couple scenes or lines that didn’t make the movie a complete waste.

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Homeowner’s association thugs strike again, this time over air drying laundry in the back yard. You know, the part of the yard that no one sees so there’s no way in hell it can cause property values to fall. You would think that having laundry to dry in the backyard would seem to hark back to the ’50s and a sensibility of housewives with phony smiles and husbands who like to smoke a pipe and read the newspaper after his wife cooks him dinner. Isn’t that the kind of ideal neighborhood these people are dreaming of?

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Coming back from Ft. Worth, I didn’t have time to make lunch, so I stopped at a 7-11 and picked up some sunflower seedsm and upon reading the back of the package (since I obviously have nothing else to do), I found this gem:

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