Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 11:59 AM - Random Thoughts
Doug and I voted today. We did our anti-Republican vote, since no one who is not a millionaire should EVER vote Republican.
The touch-screen system workers well. I was happy that it had a high-contrast zoom feature so that I could make the text really big.
I gave Erhlich and Steele their walking papers. Anyone who is against gay rights and against stem cell research (while trying ram gambling down our throats) deserves early retirement.
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( 3 / 1133 )Saturday, October 7, 2006, 09:45 AM - Random Thoughts
The Halloween List
I got tagged, so here’s my answers!
1. What's the scariest movie you've ever seen? “The Ring”. It took mea couple of weeks to recover from that one. People with dissociative disorders should NOT see that movie.
2. What was your favorite Halloween Costume from childhood? I didn't have a favorite that I can remember.
3. If you had an unlimited budget, what would your Fantasy Costume be for this Halloween? A very authentic “Lord of the Dance” outfit.
4. When was the last time you went Trick Or Treating? Age 15. I dressed as an angry Viet Nam Vet.
5. What's your favorite Halloween Candy? Miniature Reces Peanut Butter Cups.
6. Tell us about a scary nightmare you had. I had a dream that the color was draining from the world and as everything faded to grey, the spirit of life died in everything living: I remember looking at the slate-grey ocean and knowing everything was dead.
7. What is your Supernatural Fear? I fear that I will somehow become the Incarnation of Darkness and Death Magic.
8. What is your Creepy-Crawlie Fear? I really don’t like flies.
9. Tell us about a time when you saw a ghost, or heard something go Bump in the night. After seeing The Ring, I had for two weeks the irrational notion that mirrors connected to the spirit realm and that malevolent entities were going to emerge through then at night.
10. Would you ever stay in a real Haunted House overnight? No.
11. Are you a traditionalist (just a face) Jack O'Lantern Carver, or do you get really creative with your pumpkins? I’m pretty bad at carving.
12. How much do you decorate your home for Halloween? We’re pretty minimalist, thanks to vandalism.
13. What do you want on your Tombstone? Pepperoni and Sausage! Yum!
Now, I tag Choir-Joan, Jeff, Jay, and Matt.
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( 2.9 / 1165 )Sunday, August 13, 2006, 12:33 PM - Random Thoughts
It looks like I got tagged with another LIST! This one is a book list from Doug's site. So, without further ado....
1. One book you have read more than once: There are plenty of books I've read more than once. One in particular is "Doctor's Orders", a Star Trek novel.
2. One book you would want on a desert island: I'd probably want a book on survival skills.
3. One book that made you laugh: My friend Dana's story, called "School for the Gifted and Telented". It featured a sadistic, telekinetic killer named Larauna. Favorite line (after the mnain character sees Laurana use her powers to mow down 20 or 30 people in a dark alley: "He had never seen such a gruesome, wanton slaughter of human life. But he new something else now about Laurana: He loved her."
4. One book that made you cry: The Sleep of Stone. It featured a shape changer who was the last of her kind. She fell in love with a nobleman. But he loved another. So she turned the guy's fiancee to stone and took her place. When she was found out, it was discovered that the only way to undo the spell was for her to turn to stone instead. It was pretty sad.
5. One book you wish you had written: I wish I had written "The Missionary": better than I had. Yeah, it got published, but it's got more rough edges than I would have liked. It is a flawed product.
6. One book you wish had never been written: any book by the crazed, lying hate-monger Anne Coulter. Conservatives lap up her swill, even though it's absolute trash.
7. One book you are currently reading: Surak's Soul (yes, another Star Trek novel)
8. One book you have been meaning to read: More Agatha Christie.
9. One Book That Changed Your Life: The Gunslinger saga by Stephen King. Roland, as the Gunslinger, is a magnificent character that progresses from being a cold emblem of Law into a fully functioning and fully realized human being.
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( 3 / 1197 )Tuesday, August 8, 2006, 09:29 PM - Random Thoughts
This latest "Big List" comes from Hanuman's Blog. Fun stuff!
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1. How tall are you barefoot? 5'10" (5’11” if I don’t slouch)
2. Have you ever been cheated on? Yes (by my first partner, but never by Doug)
3. Do you own a gun? Yes – a Browning Buckmark 0.22 semiauto pistol.
4. If you had a mental disorder, what would it be? Alas, I have two for real: depression and dissociative identity disorder.
5. How many letters are in your crushes name? The only one for me is Doug.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? It’s hard to get a really good one, but far too easy to get one that doesn’t taste good.
7. What's your favorite Christmas song? Carol of the Bells (since we ring that one in church every year).
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee.
9. Do you do push-ups? No, but I jog a lot.
10. Have you ever done ecstasy? Not just “no” but “hell no”.
11. Do you have a boyfriend? Doug! And we’ve been together 7 years!
12. Do you like the rain? Only if it’s a thunderstorm too.
13. Do you own a knife? A Swiss Army knife.
14. What do you smell like? Whatever cologne I spray on that day.
15. Do you have A.D.D.? I don’t think there’s such thing as ADD. It’s a drug company conspiracy.
16. Full initials? CPT.
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment: 1) I’d like to finish writing Chapter 40 in “I, Construct”. 2.) I want to upload the latest five monster drawings to my RPG web site (www.gaianar.com) 3.) I hope that I can slim down to 175 pounds by Christmas.
18. Name the last 3 things you have bought today. Sushi for lunch, a smoothie at the gym, and an iced latte for Doug.
19. Name five drinks you regularly drink. Coffee, water, iced tea, smothies, martinis.
20. What time did you wake up today? 6:00AM. Ugh!
21.Can you spell? Mostly, but I do rely on a spell checker for important things.
22. Current worry? I need to fix the roof above the mud room, but I can’t afford to.
23. Current hate? Ann Coulter., George Bush, Rush Limbaugh, the Religious “Right”, radical islam.
24. Favorite place to be? On a cruise ship with Doug.
25. Least favorite place to be? In an arts & crafts store (I don’t know how to make anything.)
26. Where would you want to go? Ireland and Wales.
27. Do you own slippers? No.
28. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? Hopefully I will be promoted to Case Agent or Case Manager.
29. Do you burn or tan? Burn. Yeah, there’s nothing like the Irish complexion.
30. Yellow or Blue? Blue.
31. Would you give up your current life to be a pirate? I’d think about it.
32. Last time your cell rang? 30 minutes ago – it was my friend Ed calling.
33. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don’t sing in the shower.
34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? The two biggest ones: being abandoned and being visited by evil spirits that wield Death Magic.
35. What do you have in your pocket right now? I emptied my pockets when I came in from the gym.
36. Last thing that made you laugh? Cutting in front of a Hummer H2 and making him miss the green light.
37. Favorite bedsheets as a child? I don’t remember
38. Worst injury you've ever had? The worst was a psychic injury when the original personality became fragmented into five main parts.
39. What is your GPA? 2.89
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? Two that we use. There’s a third little one that hasn’t been turned on in years.
41. Who is your loudest friend? Joel Tyler.
42. Who is your most silent friend? Matt Hannum (also known as Matthias, Lord of Handguns)
43. Does someone have a crush on you? Yeah, right. A low-level civil servant who’s broke and has a dissociative disorder. Sure.
44. Do you wish on stars? No.
45. Do you believe in magic? I think it exists in other realities, just not this one.
46. What song represents how you feel at the moment? Nothing is coming to mind (sorry!)
47.What song did you last hear? The Booby-Woogy Bugle Boy from Company B.
48. What song do you want played at your funeral? I’m not planning on having a funeral. I’ll be forgotten within a few days of my death anyway..
49. What were you doing 12AM last night? Sleeping.
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? “I hope I don’t get too many domestic violence cases today.”
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( 3 / 1218 )Saturday, August 5, 2006, 10:48 AM - Random Thoughts
I have to say that I am very glad that Israel decided two weeks ago that it has had enough of enduring terrorists. I am glad that Hezbulah is getting blasted back into the Stone Age. But it cracks me up when the Talking Heads of the news start yammering on about how there needs to be "peace talks" between Israel and Hezbullah, and how they "need" the intervention of a NATO task force.
Sure.
By that logic, the United States "needs" to have peace talks with Al Qaeda. Somehow, I don't think that's going to happen.
The leaders of Israel have finally realized that fundamentalist islam [purposefully left lowercase to show lack of respect] is not a true religion, but is actually a widespread social disease. Fundamentalist islam is a sociopathological phenomenon that destroys every society it infects. Fundamentalist islam is a mutagenic pathogen that transforms functioning civilizations into barbaric, murderous, impoverished hellholes.
In my humble opinion, the life of a Jew is worth 100 times that of a muslim. Thus, for every Jew killed by a terrorist, Israel should kill 100 muslims. A show of ruthless force is the only thing these barbaric subhuman mutants understand anyway. You just can't have peace talks with muslims because they don't understand peace and they don't want peace. Their religion is nothing more than a murder-cult.
Viva Israel!
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( 2.9 / 1352 )Monday, July 31, 2006, 10:00 PM - Random Thoughts
1.WHAT MADE YOU SMILE TODAY? Telling a beggar to get off his ass and get a job!
2. WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT 8 THIS MORNING? I was drinking a cup of coffee at work.
3. WHAT WERE YOU DOING 15 MINUTES AGO? Reading a eBook on my Palm Pilot.
4. SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO YOU IN 1985? I can't think of anything unusual for that year.
5. LAST THING YOU SAID ALOUD? "I'm getting a drink, Doug. Do tou want one too?"
6. HOW MANY DIFFERENT THINGS DID YOU DRINK TODAY? Coffee, Juice, SlimFast, a Misto, and a smoothie.
7. WHERE IS YOUR BEST FRIEND(s) RIGHT NOW? He's watching Mildred Pierce
8. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR TOOTHBRUSH? Pink
9. WHAT IS OUT YOUR BACK DOOR? My back yard.
10. LAST THING YOU BOUGHT? A pizza w/ ham and pieapple.
11. LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY? Doug gave me these cute "Cube" people for work.
12. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR FRONT DOOR? Green.
13. WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR CHANGE? In a big urn.
14. WHATS THE WEATHER LIKE TODAY? Hot and oppressively humid! But the Dumb Cowboy says global warming is a myth, ha ha.
15. BEST ICE CREAM FLAVOR? (Rice or Soy "Ice Cream") Peanut butter
16. SOMETHING YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT? Getting another raise in four months!
17. LAST RAINBOW YOU SAW? About two years ago.
18. WHAT SIZE SHOE DO YOU WEAR? 11
19.DO YOU HAVE ANY SISTERS? One, younger.
20. ARE YOU VERY RANDOM? No. I follow a set routine --a lot!
21. DO YOU WANT TO CUT YOUR HAIR? Probably in another week.
22. ARE YOU OVER THE AGE OF 22? Yup! 36.
23. DO YOU TALK ALOT? I'm very chatty.
24. DO YOU WATCH THE OC? The what?
25. WHAT DAY DOES YOUR SCHOOL END THIS YEAR? Beats me. In Baltimore, most of the kiddies drop out in 9th grade.
26. DOES YOUR SCREEN NAME HAVE AN '' X '' IN IT? No.
27. DO YOU KNOW ANYONE CALLED STEVE? Two. One goes my the nickname "Mister Pretrial" and the other is a friend from college.
28. DO YOU MAKE UP YOUR OWN WORDS? Not exactly. I create new definitions for existing words.
29. ARE YOU TICKLISH? Only somewhat.
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( 2.9 / 1470 )Wednesday, July 19, 2006, 08:51 AM - Random Thoughts
Our "president" is a rich, dumb cowboy. It never fails to crack me up that he just doesn't believe that global warming is happening. But then, he is a man of "faith", which apparently means that facts and research cannot change his opinions, no matter how wrong those opinions are. He just chooses to not believe that global CO2 levels are triple what they were in 1920. He doesn't believe that the world's coral reefs are 90% dead. He doesn't believe that the Gulf Stream is slowing down. He doesn't believe the polar ice caps are melting. Why not? Because he doesn't like science and doesn't trust anyone smarter than him (which is almost everyone).
The Dumb Cowboy thinks we're *winning* in Iraq. He just doesn't think about the fact that this war costs our country a billion dollars per day. He doesn't believe the Iraqi citizens want us gone (and they certainly do). He doesn't believe Iraq is experiencing a religious civil war (which we really need to stay out of). He just says we need to achieve "victory" but won't define what that actually is.
Bush just takes it on "faith" that more oil drilling, not greater fuel efficiency, is what America needs. He's willing to sacrifice our national parks for a few hundred thousand barrels of crude. He just cannot accept that the American indigenous oil reserves are 75% depleted, and the remaining 25% only comes forth grudgingly.
Bush really believes that tax cuts for millionaires is helping America. All its really done is help create the biggest national debt in American history. The reign of the Dumb Cowboy makes the Reagan Administration seem downright thrifty. Bush doesn't believe inflation is happening, even though inflation is a direct consequence of carrying too high a national debt. But then, Bush doesn't understand advanced mathematical disciplines, so he just takes it on "faith" that his own uneducated opinions are correct.
I will dance a jig the day Bush leaves office. He really is the Dumb Cowboy.
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( 3 / 1130 )Monday, June 12, 2006, 09:51 PM - Random Thoughts
I have been tagged... FOUR meme!
I got this from Dewey’s Dartboard (Doug’s Site). .
FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
1. Pizza driver
2. Roofer
3. Cellular Phone Salesman
4. Pretrial Release Investigator
FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
1. Any of the David Suchet Hercule Poirot films. I am watching the Mystery of the Blue Train now.
2. Syngenor.
3. High Planes Drifter.
4. For a Few Dollars More.
FOUR PLACES YOU'VE LIVED:
1. Atlanta, GA
2. Columbia, MD
3. York, PA
4. Baltimore MD
FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH:
1. The Sentinel
2. Stargate SG1
3. Space 1999
4. Babylon 5
FOUR PLACES YOU'VE BEEN ON HOLIDAY:
1. Nagshead NC
2. Williamsburg, VA
3. Grand Cayman
4. St Thomas USVI
FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY:
1. Greenhybrid.com
2. hybridcars.com
3. Deweydjb.blogspot.com
4. CNN.com
FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE FOODS:
1. Scones.
2. Wonderful, freshly ground coffee.
3. Some deliciously decadent dessert, like Key line pie
4. Anything Mexican
FOUR PLACES YOU'D RATHER BE:
1. On a cruise ship in the Caribbean
2. On a cruise ship in the Mediterranean.
3. Rock climbing or hiking.
4. Ireland
FOUR LUCKY PEOPLE TO TAG:
1. Coco
2. Debbi
3. Jeff (Jay’s Ramblings)
4. Joan (from church)
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( 3 / 1907 )Saturday, June 3, 2006, 11:41 AM - Random Thoughts
This little gem is from Debbi's Blog!
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1) How old do you wish you were? 21. That was before the hang gliding accident, two motorcycle accidents, two car accidents, and a diving accident. My body worked MUCH better back then.
2) Where were you when 9/11 happened? I was at work in Columbia Maryland, doing a stock count at one of the retail stores I managed. All of the Muslim “customers” were praising Allah and practically dancing a jig. I will never forget the fact that these so-called “Americans” celebrated the fact that madmen of their religion could turn aircraft into mass drivers and cause thousands of deaths in the name of their false god Allah. I wish we could deport the Muslims because they are nothing more than terrorists waiting to be activated.
3) What do you do when vending machines steal your money? I kick them. Then I try to use the “killing word” from the movie “Dune” (which, btw, doesn’t actually work).
4) Do you consider yourself kind? Most of the time, yes. But I have these “Ashen” moments of ruthless honesty.
5) What did you eat for breakfast today? Coffee and cereal.
6) If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be? I’d get a Celtic knot, on my forearms.
7) If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be? Spanish. Since Bush wants to give our country over to the illegal aliens, I suspect Spanish will soon become the de facto language.
8) Do you know your neighbors? Some. I’m just not that social and neither is Doug.
9) 9) What do you consider a vacation? Going on a cruise and then doing really active stuff like mountain biking or rock climbing.
10) Do you follow your horoscope? Not just no but hell no.
11) Would you move for the person you loved? Yes.
12) Are you touchy feely? I am very tactile. I touch things.
13) Do you believe that opposites attract? Yes. Although there must be some common ground too.
14) Dream job? Getting a few books published and then getting big royalty check$.
15) Favorite channel(s)? BBC America, SCI FI channel, History channel
16) Why do people always delete questions out of these? Because they can take a lot of time!!!!
17) Favorite place to go on weekends? Gym, and to visit friends.
18) Showers or Baths? Showers.
19) Do you paint your nails? No. I’m gay, but fairly “straight acting”.
20) Do you trust people easily? I trust people until they give me a reason NOT to trust them.
21) What are your phobias? 1.) Being abandoned. This is a huge, HUGE phobia. 2.) Becoming the Incarnation of Darkness and Death Magic (okay, that’s not a very rational phobia, but there it is.)
22) Do you want kids? I used to. But then I worked in retail sales for a decade and that taught me that children are greedy little monsters.
23) Do you keep a handwritten journal? I've tried, but it made me dissociate too much.
24) Where would you rather be right now? Ireland.
25) Who makes you feel guilty? Me.
26) Heavy or light sleep? Light. Sometimes it’s very difficult to sleep at all.
27) Are you paranoid? Afraid so. I always think I’m doing my job incorrectly and that people will find out.
28) Are you impatient? Hell yes. It’s one of my worst faults.
29) Who can you relate to? I don’t really understand most people.
30) How do you feel about interracial couples? To be honest, I think non-white interracial couples are OK, but whites should only marry whites. If that makes me a racist, well, I just don’t want to see my racial stock diluted.
31) 31) Have you been burned by love? Yes. My very first partner was a closet bisexual and he left me for a woman.
32) What's your life motto? I hold myself to a much higher standard than others, because the average person will let me down.
33) What's your ringtone on your phone? It’s still set on the factory default.
34) What were you doing at midnight last night? Still trying to fall asleep.
35) What did the last text message on your phone say? I sent a message to a friend that my hybrid got 54 MPG out of the last trip.
36) Whose bed did you sleep in last night? Mine
37) What color shirt are you wearing? None. I’m waiting for the laundry to dry.
38) Most recent movie that you watched? Couldn't tell ya. I don't remember
39) Name three things that you have on you at all times. PDA, cell phone, wallet.
40) How much cash do you have on you right now? Nothing right now. I’m not really dressed yet.
41) What's your favorite town/city? I’m not a big fan of cities.
42) I can't wait to (til): I can get promoted so I can get a raise!
43) Who got you to join myspace? Nope. I have my own Blog.
44) What did you have for dinner last night? Indian food.
45) When do you wanna get married? Yup!
46) Who is the last person you spent $50 on? My partner
47) Do you have an air freshener in your car? Does old stinky gym clothes count?
48) Does anything hurt on your body right now? Nope!
49) If you could choose, how would you pass on? In a drive-by shooting.
50) Any sex today? Alone? Or with someone else? Nope, but the day is still young!
51) Do you miss anyone? I miss my grandmother who died two years ago.
52) Do you like revenge? Yep. I’d like to see my father pay for what he’s done. But God rewards those who have hurt me.
53) Know how to swim? Very, very well.
54) Do you know how to skate? I am adequate at roller skates and roller blades, but I’m poor at ice skating.
55) Did you do sports in high school? No. I think Ashen was the dominant personality then, so we were mostly aloof and sullen. We had a motorcycle and only dressed in black – ever.
56) If you could have one wish come true, what would it be? I would like it if the dead could come back as flesh-hungry zombies, and that people of faith and goodness would have the power to destroy the legions of the Undead. That would be my wish.
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( 2.9 / 1077 )Saturday, May 13, 2006, 12:22 PM - Random Thoughts
Bad Grammar and Spelling
What annoys me on an ongoing basis are the blatant examples of bad grammar and bad spelling in American merchandizing. Even multi-billion-dollar corporations are not exempt from faulty syntax. I’ll list the ones I just find to be like fingernails on the chalk board:
>> Microsoft Windows. When the blue “start” screen displays, the user sees “Windows is Starting Up”. Shouldn’t it simply be “Windows is Starting”? After all, the computer isn’t actually going anywhere (up or down).
>> Rite Aid. This is a pharmacy (chemist, for you Brits). And yet, “rite” means “ritual”. So going into “Rite Aid”, shouldn’t we be able to find chalices, crosses, Stars of David, Korans, Bibles, incense censers, cloaks, bells, and candles? How about “Right Aid”, guys?
>> Nite, Lite, Rite, Tite, et al. I am dreading the day that these truncated words actually become accepted as standard syntax. Let’s face it: you’re only saving one character space by converting “night” into “nite”. Sure, you’re cutting out the “gh”, but you’re gaining an “e”. To me, these truncated spellings aren’t “with it”, “modern”, or “cool”. To me, it just looks cheap and lazy.
>> “Kwik” and “Kool”, and other “K” words. When I see advertisers hawk their “Kwik Kopies” or their “Kool Menthol Cigarettes”, I just cringe. The existence of a brand of cigarettes called “Kool” is reason enough to never stop smoking. As for “Kwik Kopies”, if they’re in such a hurry that they can’t afford time for the “c” to return “Kwik” to “Quick”, then they don’t have time for me as a customer!
>> “Must of” instead of “must have”. I kid you not that I have seen this error in the employee handbooks of billion-dollar companies. It’s obvious that the writer is thinking of the contraction “must’ve”, but actually spelled it “must of”. It just chills my soul to think that there are highly paid HR professionals still making this mistake.
>> “z” as a plural indicator. I absolutely refuse to deal with any merchant that uses “trash-English” like “savingz”, or worse, “$avingz”. But I’ve seen “carz”, “phonez”, “Prepaid Cardz”, and other abominations on high, bright banners. The day that “savingz” becomes a proper word is they day that the American English dictionary will have to be euthanized for its own good.
>> “Ain’t Got No”. I swear to God that I have seen the phrase “ain’t got no” in advertising. The radio station at work has some car ad that plays five or six times per day. Their tag line is “You ain’t got no money down? You ain’t got no credit? C’mon down! Your JOB’S your CREDIT!” I could simplify it and make it more dignified, by suggesting, “If you don’t have good credit, but you’re gainfully employed, we can sell you a car!” Isn’t that much better? Of course, if I saw the ad in print instead of hearing it on the radio, it would probably read, “Yoo ain’t gott know monnie down?! Yoo ain’t got no Kredit?!! C’mon down!!! Your JOBZ you’re KREDIT!”
>> Which brings me to “Your”, “You’re”, There”, “Their”, “They’re”, et al. I’ve seen these word confusions so many times in print that I firmly believe that some merchants should only advertise on radio.
>> Too much punctuation. What badly written ad would be complete without phrases that end in “?!”, “!!”, or even “!!!!!!!!!”? But fear not: you’ll never see the poor, misunderstood semi-colon in print; people just don’t know how to use this symbol anymore.
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