They want to press charges against Walmart in relation to the death of one of its employees during a Black Friday stampede yesterday. I don't disagree, but what about all the assholes who ran over him into the store and started shopping?
I know it's not really feasible to try to convict people caught up in a stampede of involuntary manslaughter, and judging by their behavior before, during and after the incident, I don't think anyone in the stampede has conscience enough to be bothered by what they were part of.
I guess what I'm saying is that I fucking hate people.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Beer Review
Lancaster Brewing Company is a local brewery with a fine assortment of beers. Personally i've always enjoyed the milk stout. Recently (yesterday) I bought a case of their Strawberry Wheat beer. Brewed without preservatives, it's a nice little wheat beer, with strawberry flavoring added. It's got a nice mellow wheat beer flavor, with no real hops. Perhaps a bit light for my taste, as I am more used to darker fair, it seems a grand beer to have for a bit of refreshment. Although at first the strawberry isn't immediately noticeable, Two other samplers and I agreed the more of them you drank, the more you could taste the suttle strawberry flavor glossed ever so delicately over the beer taste. Clocking in at 4.7% alcohol per volume, even a total lightweight like myself can easily drink, by my estimate, 8 or 9 and still get up the next morning hangover free for thanksgiving diner. Though perhaps not quite cheap tasting enough for alcoholics, and not hardcore enough for the snobbiest of beer snobs. At around $28 a case, it's a great value for the occasional drinker, whom is in the mood for a nice bottle of home grown goodness.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
"These two boys waited as a long line of adults greeted Senator Obama before a rally on Martin Luther King Day in Columbia, S.C. They never took their eyes off of him. Their grandmother told me, "Our young men have waited a long time to have someone to look up to, to make them believe Dr. King's words can be true for them." Jan. 21, 2008. "more photos here
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Dan's Horoscopes for November
Sometimes you just have to take an odd chance. So each month I will provide for you, a horoscope reading, selected randomly from a book in my collection. How do you like them apples? This month's insights into your life will be coming from Bram Stoker's Dracula. My helpful interpretations will be in [brackets]
Aries -
Last night I went to bed when the men had gone, simply because they told me to.
[It seems it would be in your best interest to do this month, what men(and boys!) tell you to do, especially in regards to when you should get in bed... nudge nudge] [and of course if those men(or boys!) are like the one's I know, i'd say visit here - www.trojancondoms.com - Before taking their advice]
Taurus -
My news to-day is not so good. There is, however, one good thing which has arisen from it.
[looks like it's going to be a crappy crappy month for you my dear Taurus'. perhaps for the optimistic among you there is a gold lining, you best chance might be to seek it out. Pessimists and realists, well, just be yourselves.]
Gemini -
Hush! There is someone in the corridor!
[A great month to take a self defense class! Or brush up on your ninja skills. http://www.freewebs.com/urbanninja/ninjaskills.htm]
Cancer -
You will need, after your journey, to refresh yourself by making your toilet.
[Most of you don't have the experience working with porcelain, so this month you maybe have to get a bit creative with where you squat, wooded areas are nice because clean-up is a snap. If you find yourself needing to make a toilet indoors, I suggest recycling things you already have at hand which possess toilet-like properties. How about mom's pasta dishes? Or consider fertilizing an existing house plant.]
Leo -
My heart sank when I saw what had happened. They all four lay helpless on the floor, breathing heavily.
[I can't tell you how they got there, I can't tell you what all the heavy breathing is about. This month, clean your floors.]
Virgo -
Oh no! Far be it from me to arrogate to myself the attributes of the Deity. I am not even concerned in His especially spiritual doings. If I may state my intellectual position I am, so far as concerns things purely terrestrial, somewhat in the position which Enoch occupied spiritually! This was a poser to me. I could not at the moment recall Enoch's appositeness; so I had to ask a simple question, though I felt that by so doing I was lowering myself in the eyes of the lunatic.
[.... WTF Virgo's, you are on your own with that one.]
Libra -
Oh, about number Three-I needn't tell you of number Three, need I?
[Needless to say, number three will be far easier to bury than numbers one and two were.]
Scorpio -
The little children can be bitten. Are you of belief now, friend John?
[Just because John thinks you can't do it, it doesn't mean you'll be a better person for taking him up on the dare.]
Sagittarius -
I found Miss Westenra in seemingly gay spirits.
[If you aren't positive, it's easiest to look for an adam's apple. Now if it doesn't bother you either way, have a fun time with Miss Westenra]
Capricorn -
And so now, up to this very hour, all the records we have are complete and in order.
[Well Capricorn, aren't you just a smug bastard. Got everything done early and now you have to rub that in everyone's face. Chances are you'll be first against the wall when the revolution comes.]
Aquarius -
It was then time to start.
[So get Crackin!]
Pisces -
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.
[The reading is not clear if this is a good or bad thing. Just to be on the safe side take a nice long walk.]
Aries -
Last night I went to bed when the men had gone, simply because they told me to.
[It seems it would be in your best interest to do this month, what men(and boys!) tell you to do, especially in regards to when you should get in bed... nudge nudge] [and of course if those men(or boys!) are like the one's I know, i'd say visit here - www.trojancondoms.com - Before taking their advice]
Taurus -
My news to-day is not so good. There is, however, one good thing which has arisen from it.
[looks like it's going to be a crappy crappy month for you my dear Taurus'. perhaps for the optimistic among you there is a gold lining, you best chance might be to seek it out. Pessimists and realists, well, just be yourselves.]
Gemini -
Hush! There is someone in the corridor!
[A great month to take a self defense class! Or brush up on your ninja skills. http://www.freewebs.com/urbanninja/ninjaskills.htm]
Cancer -
You will need, after your journey, to refresh yourself by making your toilet.
[Most of you don't have the experience working with porcelain, so this month you maybe have to get a bit creative with where you squat, wooded areas are nice because clean-up is a snap. If you find yourself needing to make a toilet indoors, I suggest recycling things you already have at hand which possess toilet-like properties. How about mom's pasta dishes? Or consider fertilizing an existing house plant.]
Leo -
My heart sank when I saw what had happened. They all four lay helpless on the floor, breathing heavily.
[I can't tell you how they got there, I can't tell you what all the heavy breathing is about. This month, clean your floors.]
Virgo -
Oh no! Far be it from me to arrogate to myself the attributes of the Deity. I am not even concerned in His especially spiritual doings. If I may state my intellectual position I am, so far as concerns things purely terrestrial, somewhat in the position which Enoch occupied spiritually! This was a poser to me. I could not at the moment recall Enoch's appositeness; so I had to ask a simple question, though I felt that by so doing I was lowering myself in the eyes of the lunatic.
[.... WTF Virgo's, you are on your own with that one.]
Libra -
Oh, about number Three-I needn't tell you of number Three, need I?
[Needless to say, number three will be far easier to bury than numbers one and two were.]
Scorpio -
The little children can be bitten. Are you of belief now, friend John?
[Just because John thinks you can't do it, it doesn't mean you'll be a better person for taking him up on the dare.]
Sagittarius -
I found Miss Westenra in seemingly gay spirits.
[If you aren't positive, it's easiest to look for an adam's apple. Now if it doesn't bother you either way, have a fun time with Miss Westenra]
Capricorn -
And so now, up to this very hour, all the records we have are complete and in order.
[Well Capricorn, aren't you just a smug bastard. Got everything done early and now you have to rub that in everyone's face. Chances are you'll be first against the wall when the revolution comes.]
Aquarius -
It was then time to start.
[So get Crackin!]
Pisces -
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.
[The reading is not clear if this is a good or bad thing. Just to be on the safe side take a nice long walk.]
We are not the Enemy
Take a minute and check out www.wearenottheenemy.blogspot.com I think it's charming, and a bit touching.
a bit after the fact...
...but this has been pissing me off for several days now.
Campbell Brown on the wardrobe the RNC bought for Palin:
Unless Brown is ready to step up and start fighting back, then her complaints amount to whining, and that hardly helps any of us.
Campbell Brown on the wardrobe the RNC bought for Palin:
"Women get scrutinized based on appearance far more than men. And look, I speak from experience here. When I wear a bad outfit on the air, I get viewer e-mail complaining about it. A lot of e-mail. Seriously.
When Wolf Blitzer wears a not-so-great tie, how much e-mail do you think he gets? My point is for women, unfortunately, appearance is part of the job.
If Wolf or Anderson Cooper shows up on the air without makeup, you think you would even notice? I show up without makeup? Trust me, you'll notice.
This doesn't just apply to TV. All women in the public eye deal with this issue. And it is for this reason that I think the RNC should help Palin pay for clothes, hair and makeup. It is part of the job."
Way to point out this glaring double standard, Campbell Brown. But simply pointing out that you're a victim of a double standard doesn't automatically get you my pity, because knowing that it's wrong hasn't stopped you from perpetuating it.
Maybe if women like you, established professionals with high visibility, decided to actually do something about it instead of shrugging your shoulders and convincing yourself that you need that pair of Manolo Blahniks just to stay in the game, things might be different.Unless Brown is ready to step up and start fighting back, then her complaints amount to whining, and that hardly helps any of us.
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