Randomness is my job

First, I would like to invite everyone who reads this weblog and knows how to get ahold of me to a party on July 3. It'll be up at my place, drink and food and music. It should be a blast. If I haven't sent you an invite, I apologize, I may not have your e-mail or it may be incorrect. Just leave me a comment, and I'll get to ya.

The first thing I would like to look at today is the Indian Spider-Man. Thats right, you heard me. Marvel and Gotham Entertainment Group are producing a Spider-Man for the the audience of India, including a costume rework, different powers, and a change for the Green Goblin, making him a Rakshasa, a mythological Indian demon. What do I think about all this, you may (stupidly) ask? Why... it's fucking awesome. Just LOOK at the new costume! That alone would make me want to go out and get the comic books. Not only that, but they've finally given the little bastard some flavor. Hell yes, I say, hell yes! Now, the one downfall to this whole thing, is that they're starting the run with the release of the Spiderman 2 movie in India. Does everything have to be synergy? The comic-book industry used to do things because they were bad-ass, not because they tied in with a movie and some fuckin' food promotion deal, or whatever. Now, it's all business, just the same. But, I do give props to the boys at Marvel and The Gotham Entertainment Group. The new Bali Spider-man looks like a real bad-ass mutha. I can't wait.

Speaking of Marvel comic-book characters, would you like to learn how to throw cards like Gambit, that Cajun rogue of the X-men? Well, check this shit out. It's a site with some excerpts from the book by Ricky Jay entilted "Cards as Weapons." Ricky Jay was able to send an ordinary playing card through a watermelon from 20 feet. (Note that a watermellon has basically the same density and surface tension of a human skull.) The techniques aren't difficult to pick-up, but are extremely difficult to master... but don't think I won't try. Page 2.

This man should be the next President of the United States. Why? Because he's a Cicso teacher who got tired of his students having to shell out serious dough for the Cisco books, and wrote his own. Not only that, but he's giving it away free in PDF form, and selling it in hardcopy for $20. It's a 433 page book... which he wrote... and he's selling it for $20... promote that man! I hate buying textbooks, and I would rather sandpaper the asshole of a crocidile in a Volkswagen then deal with having to try to sell them back. so that I feel I didn't get completely shat on. This is why Matt Basham deserves some sort of medal... and someone get that man a blowjob. C'mon now!

So, here's an open message to the lovely people at SBC. If there is anyone reading this that works for SBC, send this to your boss(es), if you would be so kind. My message is simple. You, the upper-level management, are crooks of the higest order. My boss just told me today that SBC stated that they were going to start charging us for having multiple computers on the same DSL line... WTF? Why the fuck does it matter, as long as we're staying within the bandwidth that is assigned to us? It doesn't. Network traffic is network traffic, and it doesn't matter if it's coming from one machine or 10, it's traffic. So, I'll ask you very politely, Mr. Edward Whitacre, CEO of SBC... How do you sleep at night, you fucking prick? Where do you get off trying to charge me for every machine on my network? That's like charging me for every phone on my phone line. (Although not completely the same, it's still the same concept.) So, what, Mr. Whitacre, do you think is keeping you from going straight to hell for the way you've treated your customers, where your fatt ass will be stuffed to the brim with red-hot coals? Huh? You fuck-witted water-head, I wish someone else offered any sort of broadband service up here, because I would like to be as far away from your shitty service as possible. I will never break if I see you crossing the street, you ass-clown. *ahem* Page 3.

I would like to address an earlier rant that I had going, about the "War" in Iraq, the stupidity of the President, and the evil of the members of Bush's administration. Now, I know we've never had a truly good person for a President, with probably the exception of Jimmy Carter. He was too good for the country's good, though. We need a bit of that "sleazy, car salesmen" kind of vibe, but not a whole hearted "I'm too stupid to be evil, but that isn't stopping my administration from being a group of Ass-Hitlers" thing that's going on in the US right now. The problem is Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft, and Ridge have NO morals. Not selective morals, like Slick Willey... they have NO morals. It's really disturbing watching Ashcroft talk, too, because it looks like he's constantly trying to figure out what he's going to lie about next. Oh, and Ridge... he's an asshat, as far as I'm concerned. He's always sitting there, being a bastard, taking away our freedoms. Oooh.. isn't anyone else steamed up about the fact that we're being lied to on a constant basis? And I'm not talking about "We don't have any secret airforce bases where we have UFOs," and all that bullshit, I'm talking about stuff like "You don't need to win the election to be the president," and "You don't need the right of free assembly when it comes into conflict with any government organization." Damnit! Why don't you all lick the hairiest crack in my ass? If I wanted to be fed a line of bullshit, I'd listen to Walter Jacobsen. Oh, and speaking of our continually tramped-upon "freedoms" in this country, the government has knocked out another little chunk.
Police or law enforcement officials can now arrest anyone suspected of a crime for refusing to state their name. Now... what the fuck? If you are under arrest, you have the right to remain silent, as stated in your Miranda rights. However, you can only have the right to remain silent when you are under arrest? They can arrest you for being silent, where-in you gain the right to be silent. What the fuck is this bullshit? It's a total assault on our rights and liberties in this country is what it is... and a huge crock of shit.

So what? So fuck it.