Monday, December 20, 2004

Idiot Motorists & My (2nd) Brush with Death

Those of you idiot motorists out there (and you know who you are) who don't bother to check the crosswalk when turning - be warned! I'm going on a pedestrian jihad!

Last night I was almost run over by one of you, who evidently didn't notice the red light or the little white walkie man giving me the friggin' RIGHT OF WAY. It took you several seconds and your car bumping into me...I guess eventually you would have had to have noticed...to realize there was a living adult human crossing in front of you. Ah, but I'm sure whatever was causing you to rush on a Sunday night -booze, stupidity, lust, some dumb reality show, all of the above - was MUCH more important than traffic safety.

My first brush with death occurred catty-corned to this incident. Jeff and I were crossing the street, me bringing up the rear, when some asshead was turning while looking the other way. I was on his hood before he noticed. Jeff read him the riot act but good! That was actually funny.

The moral of this story is that just because you didn't maim/kill me these two times doesn't mean the next time - oh, and I'm sure there will be a next time - it won't happen. So...be warned, you stupid, brain-dead motorists - the next time I cross the street after dark, I'm carrying a bat!

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Nutrition Alert: Eat Your Fiber!

There's a great article in the Post today about the positive effects of fiber. Now, I see friends and coworkers push aside veggies and the like. For shame! One point is that many chronic ailments can be aleviated or totally avoided by getting enough dietary fiber. Your health and well-being is in large part up to you. Read the article for the whole story.

Slow Moving Humanoids

You're leaving work after a long day & hitting the metro to get home, ie, free time. Now, what makes you slow down, to the point of sluggishness, to the point of bovinity, ambling with no purpose, as if you were taking a stroll? Now, I'm tired after work, but I still muster enough energy to scurry thru the metro system and manage not to form a human bottleneck. I manage not to forget that there are people behind me who wish to get home too. I just don't understand it.

Monday, December 13, 2004

Some good things

-Bottled water frozen just to the point of having ice crispies.

-Finding a lucky quarter.

-Chocolate with kirschwasser pockets. Trust me.

-Sequels that don’t suck (see Aliens for further reference).

-Metro workers that wish you a nice day (they exist – who knew?!).

-Clothes Swaps - "new clothes," no guilt.

Movie Review: Blade Trinity

Ok, there are so many things wrong with this movie, starting with the fact that even though they had a huge budget and two solidly entertaining prequels, the makers couldn’t manage to make a decent film. I actually yawned half-way through it. The characters were ½ dimensional. The dialogue was irritating. The baddies were irritating. The Big Bad wasn’t that compelling, big or bad. Kris Kristopherson was wasted, Wesley Snipes looked bored. Can we just say the great washerboard abs displayed by the male Scoobie wasn’t quite enough to make me feel good about the $6.50 I paid to see this movie. I mean, it had some neat fight scenes and gadgets (the Blade boomerang, the fold-up laser batleth). But in the words of my Scooter, it’s sad when a TV show (Angel) with 1/80th of the budget does a better and more creative fight scene. Oh, and the vampires are better too. Yup.

Friday, December 03, 2004

Some movie reviews

Lately, I've watched 2 new films: "Saw" & "Sponge Bob Square Pants."

"Saw" is hyped one of those suspense-morality tales that I love to watch. But while it had some excellent atmospherics (sets) and a potentially interesting premise, it ultimately dragged and fell flat. And the actors, including Cary Elwes, just weren't up to the task. If you want to see an excellent morality tale, with all the atmospherics, well-acted, and totally creepy, watch/rent/buy "Seven."

"Sponge Bob" didn't have any aspirations to be more than it was - a silly, fun, kiddie cartoon - but one with nice messages - going out on a limb for someone else, the value of friendship, believing in oneself. I was entertained.

Thursday, December 02, 2004

So effective, it even kills the "mother"...

Evidently, RU-486 is not quite the wonder drug lauded by the pro-abortion types. Hat tip to Michelle Malkin for link to this article.

Update: My adorable Scooter & I had a lively discussion (reads: heated debate) about this article, specifically that (his point) RU-486 is actually safe & effective and that's the fault of the neglectful healthcare folks that women die from RU-486-related ailments. Here's my take:
1. Conceded. Neglect was involved by healthcare professionals in many cases of adverse effects noted in the article.
2. Conceded. My motives in our discussion were suspect: I personally don't want abortions to be any easier than they already are, and I'm not that concerned with dumbasses who die while killing their unborn young.
3. Follow this logic: use contraception as directed, insist your partner uses a condom, no pregnancy, therefore nothing to kill or infect, including oneself. Got it? Anyone with 2 little neurons to rub together understands this and follows suit.
4. For the sake of argument, though, if the manufacturers, abortionistas, and medical establishment are going to market and recommend this product as a safe & effective alternative to surgical abortion, than it should be actually so. Even though neglect was evident with Planned Parenthood, there are risks of serious complications even when administered properly. Does that sound absolutely safe to you? And regarding effectiveness, evidently in only 60% of RU-486 administrations is the full abortion achieved (so says the article). A second drug must be administered to make sure all the little bits and pieces of the destroyed child are expelled. Even then, some women must still undergo a surgical abortion to complete the ghastly task.

You've come a long way, baby!

Oh Canada!

IMAO has a very funny/sick post about Bush's trip to Canada. Go read the whole thing here. You just gotta laugh.

Just when you thought...

...people couldn't get any lower or more depraved, I read this in the Post yesterday. A woman prostitutes her 13-year-old daughter in exchange for free rent and to support her cocaine habit. Ok now, this begs the question, why didn't she prostitute herself instead of her daughter? Not the ideal choice, but it's like, "oh, I have no money for rent because I spent it all on cocaine...let's see, what do I have around here that could bring some street value? Ah! I have it! My adolescent daughter - why men, including my boyfriend - really prefer underage girls to a used hag like me! Brilliant!" This heinous creature is getting only 3 years in prison for her deeds. I myself prefer the "tazing until dead" choice of punishment. Ah well, if there's any justice, maybe she'll be used in prison like she allowed her young daughter to be, only with creative means of penetration. Just saying...