Many of you who have known me for a while have seen me brag about my graduate admissions help group "gre-success". Started nine years ago, this group has come to be a great source of learning and joy for me. We have found several volunteers, some of whom have come and gone, and many who have stayed.
If you are looking at graduate studies, or know of someone, tell them of us. If you simply want to enter into spirited discussions on the English language and it's usage (since we discuss GRE, TOEFL, other standardized tests and the oddities associated with the language skills tested...), join us!
We have provided students with suggestions on the tests, the application processes, and the schools they apply to. Where necessary, we have warned students of pitfalls, and we are always looking to improve our services.
Visit
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gre-success/ and our adjoining, budding wiki site,
http://gre-success.pbworks.com/ and wish the group many great years of service ahead!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Thursday, May 06, 2010
How many South Carolina folks does it take to catch an emu?
Now I am not Erle Stanley Gardner (and thus he slumbers peacefully in his grave). If I were, I would have quaintly called it "The Case of the Runaway Emu". Yet, I wonder how many people that title would attract.
If I was Wordsworth (a whole bunch of British people would be pissed that Indians are NOW stealing poetry!), title would read, "Posting garbage about emus on a sunny day in May"
Secretly though, I think the blog title should read: How to take a very simple story and make a blog post out if it. Anyway, enough of that...
On to the aviary. Apparently an emu decided that he/she should pull an "I, Robot" and hit the road. I am sorry, but we humans are not ready to give birds freedom.
What a chicken, I mean emu! If you really wanted to take off, you should have taken, er, flight..(just remembered they can't do that, failing biology doesn't really help, sigh!)
Now, if the emu had Indian parents...they would have said: "Fly damn it. Look at the pigeons. Even the crows do it. You run fast and flap. Flap! Oh, why is God doing this to me...!" I am telling you, even the dead emus would fly!
So how many people from South Carolina does it take?
To answer the 64 Euro (whose value has no bottom) question, it takes, er 50 people. You know, it doesn't help Southern Pride much, given this cornucopia of urban bird chasers included the police and animal control folks.
And to think, a humble net did the trick.
It's back to the drawing board for the gallivanting emu!
Reference:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/05/ap/strange/main6463133.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines
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If I was Wordsworth (a whole bunch of British people would be pissed that Indians are NOW stealing poetry!), title would read, "Posting garbage about emus on a sunny day in May"
Secretly though, I think the blog title should read: How to take a very simple story and make a blog post out if it. Anyway, enough of that...
On to the aviary. Apparently an emu decided that he/she should pull an "I, Robot" and hit the road. I am sorry, but we humans are not ready to give birds freedom.
What a chicken, I mean emu! If you really wanted to take off, you should have taken, er, flight..(just remembered they can't do that, failing biology doesn't really help, sigh!)
Now, if the emu had Indian parents...they would have said: "Fly damn it. Look at the pigeons. Even the crows do it. You run fast and flap. Flap! Oh, why is God doing this to me...!" I am telling you, even the dead emus would fly!
So how many people from South Carolina does it take?
To answer the 64 Euro (whose value has no bottom) question, it takes, er 50 people. You know, it doesn't help Southern Pride much, given this cornucopia of urban bird chasers included the police and animal control folks.
And to think, a humble net did the trick.
It's back to the drawing board for the gallivanting emu!
Reference:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/05/ap/strange/main6463133.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines
Claimer: Views presented in this article probably or definitely allude to people real, unreal, imaginary, virtual and otherwise. Any harm or libel cast on people dead, alive or transient is either intentional or otherwise. The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author, however he refuses to take responsibility for said views and believes the use of "airquotes" to be a birthright. Claims not included in this claim are also claimed. Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Yahoo! means "loud mouth" - literally, company CEO proves
Yahoo! is one hell of a meandering giant that has no reason to exist and yet, it continues to do so. And when it comes to the choice of their CEOs, while you would say that logic dictates that they "never get it right", from an entertainment stand point of view, they make the best choices!
Apparently, the BBC has taken to interviewingcompletely ineffective CEOs from the technology world. You would think that these people would look themselves in the mirror hanging in the BBC restroom, and tell themselves, "It's only a few minutes, just keep it simple and don't do anything stupid. This way Steve Job's childish tantrums will be mostly what gets covered."
Hmm, well, I don't know if there are no mirrors in the restrooms at BBC or not, or what new plastics worth smoking have emerged, but Yahoo!'s CEO Bartz felt compelled to sit down and talk about, er, Google's problems. Yes, you heard me right - I ain't the one smokin' stuff baby. What with all the crazies around us, why bother..
Why not, right?
You may be surprised and ask why Yahoo!'s CEO would dare speak about Google. I defy you sir, indeed, I dare you - why not?
Look at it this way. If you have been the CEO of Autodesk and have done a cool job of running the organization to the ground, your next stop would be to exercise these muscles would be Yahoo!, right?
That must have been the logic, when Yahoo! chose to replace the wizard of Silicon Valley, Jerry Yang ("WHAT", you say, have you been reading the news, I ask) with Bartz.
Actually, when Yahoo! went begging for people to take the job, word on the street is - not even the marginally bad ones wanted it.
After Jerry Yang's success at keeping Microsoft at bay, at the cost of all those grannies' pensions, of course, Bartz can take Yahoo! DOWN a new path.
If there was any reason for her to hold back on the "advice giving brouhaha", the fact that she has become one of the highest paid CEOs (yes, that's right, pay for "performance" be damned to hell and back), she has no fear.
Apparently, Google is only famous for search. Now Google is just as evil as everyone out there and needs no defending. Plus, it makes truck loads of money advertising on all the free tools I use.
Yet, you've got to be so disconnected from reality to be talking about Google's "problems". First of all, they are all oh so phantom...secondly, lady, just do something, anything to shore up Yahoo!
All that increase in revenue? Yeah, that's from the fall in revenue.
When was the last time anyone used Yahoo! for search? Or Bing? 50% of the business my pink tushy! Apparently, search is 50% of Yahoo!'s business. And the other 50%?
I know Sarah Palin used Yahoo! Mail for official state business and got someone else convicted, but other than that....
The next step?
It is obvious isn't it? In California, we have a tradition. If you have managed to turn your company's stock price into pulp, then you have two directions to go down:
1. The U.S. Senate - just look at the aspirations of Carly Fiona!
2. California's Governorship - Ah, to imagine that Meg Whitman wishes to do to California what she did to eBay....and one sits here thinking how could thinks get worse in CA?
Why not, right? If Yahoo! can give you bags of money ($47 million to be precise) for a year's worth of predicting Google's problems, I really have nothing more to say. The jaws stopped drawing long ago...
One thing is certain. At a minimum, this has reminded us Yahoo! still exists...
References:
If you want to read about all this nonsense:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/195366/tech_irony_yahoo_ceo_says_google_needs_help.html?tk=nl_dnx_h_crawl
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/bartz_bags_payday_z8WWdvFOraMpnihHTeN68M
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Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Apparently, the BBC has taken to interviewing
Hmm, well, I don't know if there are no mirrors in the restrooms at BBC or not, or what new plastics worth smoking have emerged, but Yahoo!'s CEO Bartz felt compelled to sit down and talk about, er, Google's problems. Yes, you heard me right - I ain't the one smokin' stuff baby. What with all the crazies around us, why bother..
Why not, right?
You may be surprised and ask why Yahoo!'s CEO would dare speak about Google. I defy you sir, indeed, I dare you - why not?
Look at it this way. If you have been the CEO of Autodesk and have done a cool job of running the organization to the ground, your next stop would be to exercise these muscles would be Yahoo!, right?
That must have been the logic, when Yahoo! chose to replace the wizard of Silicon Valley, Jerry Yang ("WHAT", you say, have you been reading the news, I ask) with Bartz.
Actually, when Yahoo! went begging for people to take the job, word on the street is - not even the marginally bad ones wanted it.
After Jerry Yang's success at keeping Microsoft at bay, at the cost of all those grannies' pensions, of course, Bartz can take Yahoo! DOWN a new path.
If there was any reason for her to hold back on the "advice giving brouhaha", the fact that she has become one of the highest paid CEOs (yes, that's right, pay for "performance" be damned to hell and back), she has no fear.
Apparently, Google is only famous for search. Now Google is just as evil as everyone out there and needs no defending. Plus, it makes truck loads of money advertising on all the free tools I use.
Yet, you've got to be so disconnected from reality to be talking about Google's "problems". First of all, they are all oh so phantom...secondly, lady, just do something, anything to shore up Yahoo!
All that increase in revenue? Yeah, that's from the fall in revenue.
When was the last time anyone used Yahoo! for search? Or Bing? 50% of the business my pink tushy! Apparently, search is 50% of Yahoo!'s business. And the other 50%?
I know Sarah Palin used Yahoo! Mail for official state business and got someone else convicted, but other than that....
The next step?
It is obvious isn't it? In California, we have a tradition. If you have managed to turn your company's stock price into pulp, then you have two directions to go down:
1. The U.S. Senate - just look at the aspirations of Carly Fiona!
2. California's Governorship - Ah, to imagine that Meg Whitman wishes to do to California what she did to eBay....and one sits here thinking how could thinks get worse in CA?
Why not, right? If Yahoo! can give you bags of money ($47 million to be precise) for a year's worth of predicting Google's problems, I really have nothing more to say. The jaws stopped drawing long ago...
One thing is certain. At a minimum, this has reminded us Yahoo! still exists...
References:
If you want to read about all this nonsense:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/195366/tech_irony_yahoo_ceo_says_google_needs_help.html?tk=nl_dnx_h_crawl
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/bartz_bags_payday_z8WWdvFOraMpnihHTeN68M
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Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Friday, April 23, 2010
Arizona to Earth: Sorry sir, please step aside, you don't look white er, right enough...
Alright! Let's all have some tea!!!
Arizona has now completely evolved. They love themselves so much, they are changing their state's motto to
Arizona: The Racist State
Can you blame them? Really? Here is why what Arizona has done is correct:
1. They don't like you. You are not white, I mean, right, I mean Republican, I mean you know what I mean...you just don't belong here. Get out.
2. It doesn't matter if the name Arizona itself is Spanish. If you can't spell "irony" how is it going to affect you?
3. Nothing good ever came of immigrants in this country. When was the last time you heard an immigrant doing anything good? I mean, look at me sitting on my brown a.. , telling you all this. Of course the people on the Mayflower weren't immigrants. They were "pioneers". Get it? No? What, are you retarded? I can say "retarded". I am not a Democrat, see...
4. Their police need something to do. I mean come on, they have solved all their other problems.....
Conclusion: I wonder if they will soon pass a law that says, "For w*****s only". We will all be able to drive to the borders of Arizona and reminisce those good old days of wonder and joy that brought the American dream to all our doorsteps. Of course, John McCain will endorse that too. He always knows to do the right thing...just look at Sarah Palin!
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Arizona has now completely evolved. They love themselves so much, they are changing their state's motto to
Arizona: The Racist State
Can you blame them? Really? Here is why what Arizona has done is correct:
1. They don't like you. You are not white, I mean, right, I mean Republican, I mean you know what I mean...you just don't belong here. Get out.
2. It doesn't matter if the name Arizona itself is Spanish. If you can't spell "irony" how is it going to affect you?
3. Nothing good ever came of immigrants in this country. When was the last time you heard an immigrant doing anything good? I mean, look at me sitting on my brown a.. , telling you all this. Of course the people on the Mayflower weren't immigrants. They were "pioneers". Get it? No? What, are you retarded? I can say "retarded". I am not a Democrat, see...
4. Their police need something to do. I mean come on, they have solved all their other problems.....
Conclusion: I wonder if they will soon pass a law that says, "For w*****s only". We will all be able to drive to the borders of Arizona and reminisce those good old days of wonder and joy that brought the American dream to all our doorsteps. Of course, John McCain will endorse that too. He always knows to do the right thing...just look at Sarah Palin!
Claimer: Views presented in this article probably or definitely allude to people real, unreal, imaginary, virtual and otherwise. Any harm or libel cast on people dead, alive or transient is either intentional or otherwise. The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author, however he refuses to take responsibility for said views and believes the use of "airquotes" to be a birthright. Claims not included in this claim are also claimed. Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Monday, April 05, 2010
And in this week's "Where are the jobs", we introduce: Doga - how to torture your pet and get some exercise...
If you thought people who put shoes and sweaters on their dogs were being rude and incongruous with sanity, you have another thing coming...
We introduce Doga - apparently, Dog + Yoga.
I am not sure how to go from here without spitting euphemisms that allure at the misconstrued ancestry of the people who invented, er, "Doga".
So, what about people who own donkeys and want to do yoga?
Will you call that Ass-ga?
I think we should call it something else:
Devolution - Devilishly Idiotic Dog-Owner's Brain Dissolution.
I know doesn't rhyme well, and doesn't fit well - but hey, "Doga" is also pretty dumb. Actually, it is just dumb, not pretty at all.
Makes you wonder if the poor dogs are having to pay for thesins, er sob stories, erads "performed" by Sarah Mclaughlin on TV. I sometimes feel that dogs become depressed just thinking about her.
Well, the poor dogs on the Mclaughlin ads have it easy, compared to our "Doga" dogs.
The moral of the story is, if you dig enough gold and some poor bastard pays for your dog and the boutique bills, then you can lift the hapless four-legged creature off the ground and dance around like a maniac?
Jeez, get a life!
If you have no idea what the hell I am talking about:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/tlg/1671298318.html
So what do you think? Is this more insulting to dogs or yoga? Is there even a degree of comparison here?
I seriously hope to Dog, er God, this is just a bad April Fool's joke!
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Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
We introduce Doga - apparently, Dog + Yoga.
I am not sure how to go from here without spitting euphemisms that allure at the misconstrued ancestry of the people who invented, er, "Doga".
So, what about people who own donkeys and want to do yoga?
Will you call that Ass-ga?
I think we should call it something else:
Devolution - Devilishly Idiotic Dog-Owner's Brain Dissolution.
I know doesn't rhyme well, and doesn't fit well - but hey, "Doga" is also pretty dumb. Actually, it is just dumb, not pretty at all.
Makes you wonder if the poor dogs are having to pay for the
Well, the poor dogs on the Mclaughlin ads have it easy, compared to our "Doga" dogs.
The moral of the story is, if you dig enough gold and some poor bastard pays for your dog and the boutique bills, then you can lift the hapless four-legged creature off the ground and dance around like a maniac?
Jeez, get a life!
If you have no idea what the hell I am talking about:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/tlg/1671298318.html
So what do you think? Is this more insulting to dogs or yoga? Is there even a degree of comparison here?
I seriously hope to Dog, er God, this is just a bad April Fool's joke!
Claimer: Views presented in this article probably or definitely allude to people real, unreal, imaginary, virtual and otherwise. Any harm or libel cast on people dead, alive or transient is either intentional or otherwise. The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author, however he refuses to take responsibility for said views and believes the use of "airquotes" to be a birthright. Claims not included in this claim are also claimed.
Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Thursday, March 25, 2010
The patron saint of devils, or child molesters?
You know how it is, right?
You work hard for years, systematically covering up all the dirt under the carpet and calling all other religions weak.
Finally, they give you a high seat, a balcony with a view of blind followers and a white frock with a cap.
When the whole child molestation thing came back up, I didn't feel surprised or in the midst of new news. This of course was followed by confusion about some Cardinal Ratzinger.
I was like who is this Ratzinger? Well, the rat should have given it away. god's (grammatical error intended to avoid misplaced respect of the dis-respectable or the non-existent) messenger on Earth defends child molesters. Cute, the ways of god.
Turns out Ratzinger is our friend, Z Pope. What and who he "Benedicts" to, is probably going to shock you...
It reads like a bad imitation of a Sidney Sheldon. How did one man have so much power to cover so many crimes across several countries? And how the frick did he become the leader of what now appears to be an offensive and rather dangerous clan?
Makes the crazy bastards from the Texas clan (the one they recently disbanded by sending in the FBI) look less daunting.
Separation of the church from my ..., leave alone the Government please. How disgusting?
The massive "Catholic Church" scam
I think we should first investigate this guy and start asking him some serious questions. More importantly we need to develop a clear understanding as to why the law enforcement agencies have not started disbanding these churches.
It is impossible to believe that statutes and other drivel would have gotten in the way. I guess it is easier to harass seniors for computer glitches (this is what the real NYPD does in it's spare time, actually, during work time) and write speeding tickets to well meaning citizens.
And there are politicians worried that if they didn't support this guy, they wouldn't get communion from this guy and his band of "priests".
Not that any "religion" should, but could anyone else have gotten away with such sub-human behavior?
Who else thought they should throw up?
If you have no idea of what I am talking about read this and weep:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/03/26/us/AP-Church-Abuse-Wisconsin.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Claimer: Views presented in this article probably or definitely allude to people real, unreal, imaginary, virtual and otherwise. Any harm or libel cast on people dead, alive or transient is either intentional or otherwise. The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author, however he refuses to take responsibility for said views and believes the use of "airquotes" to be a birthright. Claims not included in this claim are also claimed.
Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
You work hard for years, systematically covering up all the dirt under the carpet and calling all other religions weak.
Finally, they give you a high seat, a balcony with a view of blind followers and a white frock with a cap.
When the whole child molestation thing came back up, I didn't feel surprised or in the midst of new news. This of course was followed by confusion about some Cardinal Ratzinger.
I was like who is this Ratzinger? Well, the rat should have given it away. god's (grammatical error intended to avoid misplaced respect of the dis-respectable or the non-existent) messenger on Earth defends child molesters. Cute, the ways of god.
Turns out Ratzinger is our friend, Z Pope. What and who he "Benedicts" to, is probably going to shock you...
It reads like a bad imitation of a Sidney Sheldon. How did one man have so much power to cover so many crimes across several countries? And how the frick did he become the leader of what now appears to be an offensive and rather dangerous clan?
Makes the crazy bastards from the Texas clan (the one they recently disbanded by sending in the FBI) look less daunting.
Separation of the church from my ..., leave alone the Government please. How disgusting?
The massive "Catholic Church" scam
I think we should first investigate this guy and start asking him some serious questions. More importantly we need to develop a clear understanding as to why the law enforcement agencies have not started disbanding these churches.
It is impossible to believe that statutes and other drivel would have gotten in the way. I guess it is easier to harass seniors for computer glitches (this is what the real NYPD does in it's spare time, actually, during work time) and write speeding tickets to well meaning citizens.
And there are politicians worried that if they didn't support this guy, they wouldn't get communion from this guy and his band of "priests".
Not that any "religion" should, but could anyone else have gotten away with such sub-human behavior?
Who else thought they should throw up?
If you have no idea of what I am talking about read this and weep:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/03/26/us/AP-Church-Abuse-Wisconsin.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Claimer: Views presented in this article probably or definitely allude to people real, unreal, imaginary, virtual and otherwise. Any harm or libel cast on people dead, alive or transient is either intentional or otherwise. The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author, however he refuses to take responsibility for said views and believes the use of "airquotes" to be a birthright. Claims not included in this claim are also claimed.
Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Monday, March 08, 2010
Reuters Expose: Barack Obama is Israel's secret President (or the post known as how dumb is Reuters)
Though I have been taking a break from blogging because I am working on a top secret project, I could not resist this one...
We have all been there. The spell-checker messes up, or we have just been too spaced out. But you have to be dumb to pay and get paid to write, edit, and publish stuff that is supposedly journalistic and other hogwash and mix up something this big.
We are talking about the world's most powerful man, his sidekick (who is usually the one mixing things up, notwithstanding Obama's seances and special Olympics), the world's most aggressive nation and the USA.
How can you mix things up so bad on the first line of the frigging article?
Maybe next time "Dan Williams" and "Jon Hemmings" should turn down the volume on the Oscars, take a sip less or so and read what they write and edit?
Here's to wishing for those "high" (no, not that high, Cheech, Chong, Kumar and Harold) journalistic standards that people lament will disappear if we don't pay for such drivel..
And what is with that random sprinkling of "Barack Obama" links around the article?
Now, maybe there really was a problem with Obama's oath taking, along with the whole birth certificate mystery and him dressing up as a clown and robbing banks while imposing socialism on all of us....phew, long sentence n'est pas? Not enough space on the inner palm to note down...
Also makes you wonder, if Biden is still the Vice President (Reuters, in this article of the legends, never reveals who the big boss is), who is the current President of the U.S.?
Is Obama moonlighting?
Or is Cheney our secret President! Oh wow! or was it Oh No?!!!
Link to this well crafted piece of "journalism":
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6271YE20100308
Conclusion:
Hey, I write crap too (mostly by plan), will Reuters pay me? I know Rupert will...just watch - shut up Srihari, don't fight the big media. They have lawyers that will come after money you don't have (and if the lawyers are as good as their journalists...). And, you are not cute like Colbert....
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Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Dalai Lama to Pope - I see your facebook account and raise you a twitter....
Alright, Dalai Lama!
When the pope went on facebook and youtube you knew the "game was on".
He was calling on all the other religious leaders to "bring it" (like all the otherwise unemployable judges on MTV say).
Most religious leaders ducked ... but, the Dalai Lama was not going to back down.
After all, unlike the Pope who has his own country, palaces and the means to ban Bill Maher, Dalai Lama has to live in India, fear persecution and the Chinese Government...
Given that the "elite" Chinese students must be raring to hack into the Lama-dude's twitter account, you would think he would back down...not him!
Yours truly is following him, and recommends you do as well:
http://twitter.com/dalailama
When I added myself, there were about 93,804 followers (me being the 5 that ensued) of Lama-san. Now, pope-meister and Hu - how many people do you have following you?
Ze Pope had 98,356 fans as of 8:15pm, PST on 2/23/2010...and he has been a member since much longer than the L.
Must especially hurt the Frockmeister, since he wants his priests to go forth andmolest, er, preach using social networks such as Facebook, buzz, eharmony and other social networks. If the Lama beats him, just after 2 days...what is Rome going to do?
How will they beat the pagan? What puffs of smoke will Rome send up the internet's, uh-hmm, tubes, to deal with this problem?
How long will it be before the Chinese schools hack this account - after all, harassing Tibetans is not just a way of life, but a security issue...!
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When the pope went on facebook and youtube you knew the "game was on".
He was calling on all the other religious leaders to "bring it" (like all the otherwise unemployable judges on MTV say).
Most religious leaders ducked ... but, the Dalai Lama was not going to back down.
After all, unlike the Pope who has his own country, palaces and the means to ban Bill Maher, Dalai Lama has to live in India, fear persecution and the Chinese Government...
Given that the "elite" Chinese students must be raring to hack into the Lama-dude's twitter account, you would think he would back down...not him!
Yours truly is following him, and recommends you do as well:
http://twitter.com/dalailama
When I added myself, there were about 93,804 followers (me being the 5 that ensued) of Lama-san. Now, pope-meister and Hu - how many people do you have following you?
Ze Pope had 98,356 fans as of 8:15pm, PST on 2/23/2010...and he has been a member since much longer than the L.
Must especially hurt the Frockmeister, since he wants his priests to go forth and
How will they beat the pagan? What puffs of smoke will Rome send up the internet's, uh-hmm, tubes, to deal with this problem?
How long will it be before the Chinese schools hack this account - after all, harassing Tibetans is not just a way of life, but a security issue...!
Claimer: Views presented in this article probably or definitely allude to people real, unreal, imaginary, virtual and otherwise. Any harm or libel cast on people dead, alive or transient is either intentional or otherwise. The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author, however he refuses to take responsibility for said views and believes the use of "airquotes" to be a birthright. Claims not included in this claim are also claimed.
Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Monday, February 22, 2010
Was Palin more hurt because she was referred to on Family Guy, or were we more hurt because we are hopey and changey
First off, someone paid her $100,000 to talk. People usually ask me to shut up. Did I go on Fox News and launch a tirade about the unfairness with which we are treated?
Maybe I should?
So, I watched the Family Guy episode, live, a rare occurence for me. Here were my reactions:
a. Oh my god, and then I realized I don't believe in jack-asses that don't exist and if they did, should be in prison (for among other things, having created me).
b. Oh well, it is Family Guy.
Now the funny thing is, it wasn't South Park that did it. And now, I think we should have a match off and have all the animatronic shows mention Palin as many times as possible.
After all, it will garner her all the publicity she needs, further burying our hopeys and changeys.
I have a feeling Palin's indignation had nothing to do with autistic people or other people with special abilities, because if she understood them, then she wouldn't treat Family Guy episodes the way she has done.
Moreover, by trying to openly hurt a vast majority of us, she doesn't have this self-perceived authority to defend autistic people:
Oh well, Ms. Palin, did you stop and think before you quipped, "How is the hopey, changey thing going?"
Well, here's to hoping ....
Palin's own 2012 hopeys
I understand that a half-black man with immense oratorical talents becoming the President before completing a single term as senator can give a lot of people hope.
Yes, to move forward and become something.
But see, he didn't chicken out, resign and run away after 18 months. He got promoted, so to speak.
Heck, the guy won't give up on his damned health care thing even now (please don't!).
Autism, disabilities, Sarcasm fordum...former Governors of Alaska and the Family Guy
Andrea Fay Friedman, an autistic actress played the role of the autistic cartoon character in the Family Guy episode.
While she said several wonderful things, including calling out Sarah Palin on treating her son as a "vote bank" loaf of bread, she made an unfortunate slip.
She tried to explain sarcasm to Sarah Palin.
Little did she know that Palin has her own "understanding" on sarcasm.
According to Sarah Palin, it is OKAY for Rush Limbaugh to call people with special abilities "f*ing retards" - yes, he actually f*ing did!
That, according to Palin is sarcasm.
However, it is not okay for Rahm Emanuel to do so...
(and Rahm, will you shut the f* up - hopefully talking to you in your own terms may, possibly help?)
Weird? You betcha!
I have another theory for why sarcasm may be out of the reach of Palin...her inner palm is too small for the explanation to be written out succinctly and r-word proofingly!
Here is Andrea Fay Friedman's wonderful statement:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/18/family-guy-actress-respon_n_468331.html
The State of theUnion real hopey-changey thing
The real hopey-changey thing, some people tell me, is that some time, in the not so distant future, maybe, possibly, plausibly, the Republican Party can field a candidate with working brains!
And that hopey-changey thing, Ms. Palin, is not doing well....
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Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Maybe I should?
So, I watched the Family Guy episode, live, a rare occurence for me. Here were my reactions:
a. Oh my god, and then I realized I don't believe in jack-asses that don't exist and if they did, should be in prison (for among other things, having created me).
b. Oh well, it is Family Guy.
Now the funny thing is, it wasn't South Park that did it. And now, I think we should have a match off and have all the animatronic shows mention Palin as many times as possible.
After all, it will garner her all the publicity she needs, further burying our hopeys and changeys.
I have a feeling Palin's indignation had nothing to do with autistic people or other people with special abilities, because if she understood them, then she wouldn't treat Family Guy episodes the way she has done.
Moreover, by trying to openly hurt a vast majority of us, she doesn't have this self-perceived authority to defend autistic people:
Oh well, Ms. Palin, did you stop and think before you quipped, "How is the hopey, changey thing going?"
Well, here's to hoping ....
Palin's own 2012 hopeys
I understand that a half-black man with immense oratorical talents becoming the President before completing a single term as senator can give a lot of people hope.
Yes, to move forward and become something.
But see, he didn't chicken out, resign and run away after 18 months. He got promoted, so to speak.
Heck, the guy won't give up on his damned health care thing even now (please don't!).
Autism, disabilities, Sarcasm for
Andrea Fay Friedman, an autistic actress played the role of the autistic cartoon character in the Family Guy episode.
While she said several wonderful things, including calling out Sarah Palin on treating her son as a "vote bank" loaf of bread, she made an unfortunate slip.
She tried to explain sarcasm to Sarah Palin.
Little did she know that Palin has her own "understanding" on sarcasm.
According to Sarah Palin, it is OKAY for Rush Limbaugh to call people with special abilities "f*ing retards" - yes, he actually f*ing did!
That, according to Palin is sarcasm.
However, it is not okay for Rahm Emanuel to do so...
(and Rahm, will you shut the f* up - hopefully talking to you in your own terms may, possibly help?)
Weird? You betcha!
I have another theory for why sarcasm may be out of the reach of Palin...her inner palm is too small for the explanation to be written out succinctly and r-word proofingly!
Here is Andrea Fay Friedman's wonderful statement:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/18/family-guy-actress-respon_n_468331.html
The State of the
The real hopey-changey thing, some people tell me, is that some time, in the not so distant future, maybe, possibly, plausibly, the Republican Party can field a candidate with working brains!
And that hopey-changey thing, Ms. Palin, is not doing well....
Claimer: Views presented in this article probably or definitely allude to people real, unreal, imaginary, virtual and otherwise. Any harm or libel cast on people dead, alive or transient is either intentional or otherwise. The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author, however he refuses to take responsibility for said views and believes the use of "airquotes" to be a birthright. Claims not included in this claim are also claimed.
Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Liberty - the one everyone loved to date, parade and then dump...
Alternate Title: Who want's to play, "Let's trade a senator!"?
Note: This post brought to you by the 1st amendment rights, which when used against against Justice Clarence Thomas, makes him very angry...
Supremely Injudicial
Different countries in the world have different ways of establishing and running a "supreme" court. For example, in Pakistan, you can get arrested for being a supreme court judge and thrown out of power any time at anyone's whim.
On the other hand, as President in the US, you could use yourineptitude skills to mark the Supreme Court's direction for several decades by appointing judges, ranging from the genius to "I am 40 years old and barely getting through the federal judiciary system".
Thus, President Bush, left his mark on us by creating a lovely system with 5 judges on one side and 4 on another, hell bent on sticking to their stand, no matter what.
After having effectively dismantled election reform, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy have become regular politics, doing the press rounds, writing major opinions and answering questions asked by timid students carefully hand selected by faculty. What happened oh glorious justices? Too chicken hearted, eh?
According to Tom (Clarence Thomas if you want the unabridged version) here, even newspaper organizations are corporations who can now trade senators. Alright, it may be bad for "The New York Times" and "Washington Post" as corporations to talk about these Justices and how they have liberated corporations from being unable to buy and sell senators and congresspersons, but how about Joe the blogger?
Hey Thomas and Kennedy, this is how the rest of us feel what you did is going to do to us:
http://cartoonbox.slate.com/static/27.html
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Hopefully the cartoon does the same to you, since you are either too busy or too thick - how else can you be this disconnected from reality?
The picture is not for your assistant to print and give to you so that you can color inside the lines, by the way.
Liberty goes to town
Everyone loves liberty. She is pretty in pink, blue, and now red!
It is not just for ACLU and EFF anymore. Anyone can go on a date with Liberty!
You can scare anyone into submitting to any kind of nonsense you wish to pull, for example - you tell them that they will lose their liberties if the judges and politicians weren't allowed to pull the same liberties from under them to prevent the liberties from being lost...I know, but hey Clarence Thomas, our dear friend here started this, not me!
Yes, truth hurts, but that is the point of liberty - when you pull something DUMB, people get to tell you about it! I think even someone who failed in a law school in Iran or Cuba would get that....
Conclusion
In a way, it is a good thing - you don't want these guys operating your bridges or amusement park rides. At least, by putting senators on sale, these Justices and protectors of liberty are causing less damage than they would in a real job!
Maybe, that is how Supreme Court judges should be selected....
Meanwhile, I wonder what entrepreneur will build the first "Let's trade a senator" game show/social network/real-time-online-secure-confidential stock exchange?!
Reference:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_supreme_court_thomas;_ylt=AiTZzJA3kn40OMxDJtOZVL6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNyZDgxMWY4BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMjA0L3VzX3N1cHJlbWVfY291cnRfdGhvbWFzBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDNQRwb3MDMgRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3Rob21hc3NvbWVxdQ--
Claimer: Views presented in this article probably or definitely allude to people real, unreal, imaginary, virtual and otherwise. Any harm or libel cast on people dead, alive or transient is either intentional or otherwise. The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author, however he refuses to take responsibility for said views and believes the use of "airquotes" to be a birthright. Claims not included in this claim are also claimed.
Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Note: This post brought to you by the 1st amendment rights, which when used against against Justice Clarence Thomas, makes him very angry...
Supremely Injudicial
Different countries in the world have different ways of establishing and running a "supreme" court. For example, in Pakistan, you can get arrested for being a supreme court judge and thrown out of power any time at anyone's whim.
On the other hand, as President in the US, you could use your
Thus, President Bush, left his mark on us by creating a lovely system with 5 judges on one side and 4 on another, hell bent on sticking to their stand, no matter what.
After having effectively dismantled election reform, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy have become regular politics, doing the press rounds, writing major opinions and answering questions asked by timid students carefully hand selected by faculty. What happened oh glorious justices? Too chicken hearted, eh?
According to Tom (Clarence Thomas if you want the unabridged version) here, even newspaper organizations are corporations who can now trade senators. Alright, it may be bad for "The New York Times" and "Washington Post" as corporations to talk about these Justices and how they have liberated corporations from being unable to buy and sell senators and congresspersons, but how about Joe the blogger?
Hey Thomas and Kennedy, this is how the rest of us feel what you did is going to do to us:
http://cartoonbox.slate.com/static/27.html
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Hopefully the cartoon does the same to you, since you are either too busy or too thick - how else can you be this disconnected from reality?
The picture is not for your assistant to print and give to you so that you can color inside the lines, by the way.
Liberty goes to town
Everyone loves liberty. She is pretty in pink, blue, and now red!
It is not just for ACLU and EFF anymore. Anyone can go on a date with Liberty!
You can scare anyone into submitting to any kind of nonsense you wish to pull, for example - you tell them that they will lose their liberties if the judges and politicians weren't allowed to pull the same liberties from under them to prevent the liberties from being lost...I know, but hey Clarence Thomas, our dear friend here started this, not me!
Yes, truth hurts, but that is the point of liberty - when you pull something DUMB, people get to tell you about it! I think even someone who failed in a law school in Iran or Cuba would get that....
Conclusion
In a way, it is a good thing - you don't want these guys operating your bridges or amusement park rides. At least, by putting senators on sale, these Justices and protectors of liberty are causing less damage than they would in a real job!
Maybe, that is how Supreme Court judges should be selected....
Meanwhile, I wonder what entrepreneur will build the first "Let's trade a senator" game show/social network/real-time-online-secure-confidential stock exchange?!
Reference:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_supreme_court_thomas;_ylt=AiTZzJA3kn40OMxDJtOZVL6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNyZDgxMWY4BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMjA0L3VzX3N1cHJlbWVfY291cnRfdGhvbWFzBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDNQRwb3MDMgRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3Rob21hc3NvbWVxdQ--
Claimer: Views presented in this article probably or definitely allude to people real, unreal, imaginary, virtual and otherwise. Any harm or libel cast on people dead, alive or transient is either intentional or otherwise. The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author, however he refuses to take responsibility for said views and believes the use of "airquotes" to be a birthright. Claims not included in this claim are also claimed.
Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
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