Columbus day? Bah humbug!

Columbus day I firmly believe to be the stupidest holiday in existance.definately not worth having no mail delivered either. The guy sailed around the boat, failed to find a shorter route to the far east like he planned. He didn’t even discover America for gods sake. The what discovered by a Chinese Muslim adimiral named  Cheng Ho.

Although in all fairness most children are taught that Columbus discovered America, and that Custer was a brave hero(As opposed to the insane bad guy that he really was). So, let’s for a moment pretend that what schools teach are children is correct, even though we all as adults know that half the crap our schools teach us is not accurate.

Ok! So, Columbus “Discovered” America. How can you discover something when people are already living there? You can’t discover that any more than I can say “Yes, I discovered Pizza Hut when I went there the first time in my life”. I obviously cant claim that, because people are eating there and working there…it’s been discovered clearly. Now, using that logic on America. How can Cheng Ho, Amerigo or Columbus claim to have discovered it? There were people living there and eating there! THEY discovered it AGES ago when their tribes were settled there…you know, before the land masses broke up.

So, taking that all into consideration, why am I not getting mail? Why is Columbus so damn special that he can keep me from getting my netflix movies on a monday? Why? Is it because he got lost? He’s a guy! Guys get lost all the time, i doubt he was the first guy who got lost. Maybe because he got lost on a boat?

Don’t get me wrong, im sure Columbus did something to warrant a holiday in some peoples eyes, but i promise you, no matter WHAT he did, I do not believe it warrants a holiday. Hell, I even disagree with having thanksgiving as a holiday and Labor day, so whatever.

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds has been in a BUTTLOAD of movies recently. I mean, and insane ammount. The Proposal, Wolverine, Adventureland..Apparently he’s going to be in  Greenlantern. I mean, the guy is EVERWHERE right now. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a Ryan Reynolds hater. In fact, I think he is kind of amusing. It’s just that he’s everywhere! Everytime I add a movie to my Netflix queue it turns out that Ryan Reynolds is in the movie, and I wasn’t even aware that he was in it! Again, not a huge issue, except the Netflix Recomendation feature now apparently thinks I am a Ryan Reynolds Fanboy!

I log in, Check my recomendations and it starts shooting Ryan Reynold movies out at me.”Based on your undying loyalty and unconditional love for Ryan Reynolds we suggest you watch: Van Wilder, Just Friends  and The Nines! We have even added a whole Ryan Reynolds category just for you!” or something close to that effect is all the Netflix website has to say to me!

Pretty soon it’s going to start suggestion I watch The Jeff Corwin experience because that’s like….Ryan Reynolds clone. Seriously! Have you guys noticed this? I would be surprised if they weren’t brothers. If they ever decide to do a movie about Jeff Corwin Ryan Reynolds better play in it. For those of you who don’t know who Jeff Corwin is…He’s one of those animal people who go around poking wild animals with sticks on animal planet. Kind of like…a watered down, slightly less crazy version of Steve Irwin.

Oh, and for anyone who says Corwin and reynolds aren’t twins seperated at birth…view the following picture, click it for a larger image.

BAM! Debate settled, picture says it all!

Single Parents Dating Site

I spend a fair bit of time surfing the net, and today on one of my excursions out into the wilderness of the world wide web I saw a banner ad. Well, maybe not a banner ad, it was one of those banners/buttons you see on all over the web that are placed along the sides of webpages. You know, like the ones all over Facebook…As a matter of fact, I believe that’s where I saw the ad too, over on Facebook.

What the ad was for, was a “Single Parents Dating Website”. So that single mothers can meet and date single fathers and hopefully form a loving strong relationship. Now, maybe it’s just me….and it probably is. Because I am a weird ass motherfucker, but come on?? Single Parents Dating Site? Ok, first, I have nothing against single mothers, I would date single mothers. I have been involved with a single mother. I have no problem with that.

HOWEVER!

If I was a single father, I would not be interested in hooking up with a single mother for a serious relationship. I mean, I already have my hands full with my kids, why would I want to add to that? Plus, I know how this situation plays out. I have seen the Brady Bunch yanno! To be honest, I wouldn’t have the patience to deal with my kids and someone elses.

For me though, this isn’t an issue, I don’t have kids, so I dont have my hands full, and can actually enjoy time spent with a mother and her child…but if i had a kid too? Good god! That would be a nightmare. Maybe because deep down I know without a shadow of a doubt, if I had children they would be too much like me..and that alone is pretty damn scary!

So, am I alone on this? Do single parents PREFER getting involved with other single parents?

D&D and Gametap

As I mentioned in a previous post, Gametap Recently lost ALL of their D&D branded titles due to the Blizz-acti-vendi mergers. I stated then what a horrible blow this is to Gametap. The D&D titles I think were a major draw, as some of them were rare and difficult games to find or purchase. Subscribing to Gametap made it so much easier.

However, the good news is that Gametap maybe back on the road to D&D goodness! Here “Soon” the Neverwinter Nights series will be landing on the Gametap doorstep. Now, these games have been available on Metaboli(The UKs version of Gametap) for quite some time, however for whatever reason they just never inched their way into Gametaps gaming menu. Until they add it “Soon” that is.

Now, this does absolutely NOTHING for me, as I own the game series and have completed them..at least once. Some more than once. However if you havent had the honor to play these games…keep an eye on gametap and jump onto a subscription when these bad boys become available and enjoy the epic saga that left me addicted and glued to my PC for almost a year!

One thing I don’t know however is how much of the Saga will Gametap have on tap? Will it just be the core titles? Will they include the expansion packs? All good questions, and if what Metaboli offered on their service is any indication, most likely they will have the Diamond edition of the first Neverwinter Nights, and Neverwinter Nights+Mask of the betrayer of the expansion pack. Although this is just a guess, and there’s a good chance I could be wrong.

Pisspoor friends

Let me tell you a little bit about something that pisses me off.

Friends who decide that when they are in a relationship with someone, it’s a great idea to ditch their close friends. Even if it’s just one friend. This type of shit really pisses me off. It makes me REALLY resent the so-called “Friend” and makes me ask myself, were they ever truly a friend to begin with?

Case in point! I have(Had?) this friend, whom I felt was my closest friend. She and I shared everything together. I told her things I wouldn’t dare tell anyone else, simply because I trusted her more than I trusted many other people I know. The thing is, she has this thing, where when she gets involved with someone, she ditches me all together.

It would be one thing if this had only happened on one occasion. However in the time I have known her, she has been involved with two people. Both times she tossed me away like a sack of backseat garbage, and decided it would be in the best interest of her new relationship if she pissed all over me.

Why? Why the FUCK would someone who claims to be your “Best friend” do that to you? Maybe because I am a dude? Who can say, if that’s the case however I call “Bullshit!” because I have been in relationships, and some of those women I have been with didn’t like my female friends, or felt threatened or jealous of them. Did I flush those friends down the toilet? NO! Why? Because, as much as you like to think the relationship you are in will last forever, odds are pretty damn good that it won’t. In fact, most likely, your friendships will outlast your next 4 relationships. When your “Lover” has finished fucking you over, it’s going to be your friends who are there to help you pick up the pieces and tell you what a manipulating prick that person was you were with, and how you can and will do much better than them.

So, why the hell would I toss those people away? Who does that? I’ll tell you who. Selfish little people who are only thinking of themselves, because they take your friendship for granted. They figure they can shit all over you, because when it’s all said and done, you will forgive them for not being there for YOU when you were upset about something, because they were too busy being off giving only thoughts to themselves and their own happiness.

So, if you are a friend being dumped all over by one of these types of “Friends” Don’t worry, because it’s not you. Your “Friend” just has some serious fucking issues.

Wars America has won by themselves.

The question “Has America ever won a war on it’s own?” was posed to me and a group of my friends today, and I must say the answers that were given were quite amusing to say the least. My favorite answer I think was “Yea, we won the civil war.”

Of course we won the civil war! We were fighting ourselves! Even if we lost the civil war? America still would have “Won”.

That answer did amuse me. After that, there was a huge discussion about different wars, and blah blah blah. Then of course the “There are no winners in a war, only losers.” and “Victories aren’t always won on the battlefield” kind of answers. Those I think are simple cop-outs. Fact of the matter is this! America has not won any war on it’s own. No sugar coating! We haven’t!

That being said, I would also like to point to the fact that in comparison to most countries, America isn’t really all that old! Since America has been a country, wars have changed quite a bit. Countries don’t fight wars on there own these days. Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States in 1783, Since then, how many countries have won wars STRICTLY on their own? No financial aid, No supplies(Medical-food…nothing!)? I’m thinking you will be hard pressed to find many. Fact of the matter is, a war is not fought on their own.

People go on about “Oh America fought the vietnam on their own, and lost!” Hate to burst your bubble, but it wasn’t just America either. France, the United States, Australia, South Korea, and New Zealand were all involved in the war(Obviously North and south vietnam as well). Also it’s not like north vietnam won single handed either. They were being supported by China and Russia. They also had just chased France out(Who America was supplying), so to use “Vietnam war” as an example of what happens when america tries to fight a war alone. Which someone did try and use today.

Anyway! I’m ranting now. My appologies :O

Feel the voltage!

Ok, so I am sure most people are aware of the new mountain dew flavor called “Mountain Dew: Voltage“, I mean, you people voted for this! It’s like, the Obama of the dew family! He’s the new hope for dew! Anyway! It’s a great flavor, infused with ginsing so, you can stay awake late at night.

Plus as an added bonus it’s got a yummy berry taste! So, caffeine? Check! Yummy Raspberry Taste? Check! Yummy Citrus taste? Check! Hypnotic Blue color that makes you go WOAH when the LCD lights of your computer shine through it? CHECK!

So, holy crap! It’s like it’s got everything! Not quite, hold your panties right there mister! That might be enough for any other tom, dick, harry and radcliffe, but not for the SHAIDE! No sir! I’m picky when it comes to what soft drinks I guzzle down.

My first complaint is that there’s no DIET version, and if there is, well our store doesnt bloody well carry the diet version. Granted, we are a small town, and our store is slightly small and we only have the one, but by god we are grateful for that, cause otherwise we would have t drive 1 and a half hours to the next store, in order to pick up a bloody loaf of bread so we can finish making our peanut butter sammitch!

so, yea best as I know, theres no DIET.

The second problem I have with this soda-pop (Thats hillybilly speak for cola people) is that it affects me funny. Now, granted I admit this could be just me, as I have not read or heard of anyone else having this issue. I’m not really sure how to say it, but shortly after drinking the blue potion of yummyness my bowels release! Actually, that’s not entirely accurate. When I eat cheese foods, my bowels release. When I drink this? my arse turns into a bloody sprinkler system!

anyway, other than those issues, its great! Try some! Just has some depends or something handy if you are drinking it on the road. You know, in order to be on the safe side “Just in case”.

Meep-Meep!

Every town has them. Even those small sleepy little towns, you know the towns where everybody knows each other, and people have a habit of stopping and greeting you when you are walking down the street on a quiet weekend. I know this for a fact, because I live in one of these towns and yes, we have our share of homeless.

There are two homeless people in town, that I know of. These are the people that our community views as “Invisible”. The few people who do acknowledge their existance don’t view them in a positive light, in fact most of the few people who comment about the homeless end up belittling them, despite the fact that they know absolutely nothing about them.

“They are crazy!” “They are hostile!” “They carry diseases!”

These are the things people mutter about the homeless in this community. Are they correct in their claims? Who’s to say? They could be right, but the fact is, these claims are not based on any kind of fact. They come to these conclussions, simply because they have tattered clothes, are unshaven, and wear stained clothing. Those are their reasons for assuming they are nutbag psycho black plague dealing dirtwads.

Fact of the matter, at least ONE of the homeless people in town, is actually quite friendly and nice. I couldn’t exactly tell you what his name is, because when I introduced myself he introduced himself as “Road Runner” and im fairly certain that is NOT the name his parents gave him at birth, however it is the name I suppose he chooses to go by.

I originally met him as I stopped by the local park, to use the public restroom, and as I was leaving the toilets a gruff voice called out behind me saying “Get out of my house!” Needless to say, I stopped and turned around to see who had just declared the bathroom their home. It was the homeless guy named who went by the name of “Road runner”.

We talked for awhile, he told me a bit about himself, and surprisingly he didn’t even smell. Homeless folks sometimes are cleaner than you would imagine apparently. Turns out the man known as “Road runner” isn’t carrying diseases, he isn’t a total nutjob and even to my surprise, he isn’t totally filthy. He’s quite simply a friendly and good man who’s lost his family and fell on hard times and had nobody to lend a helping hand when he hit bottom. What happened to him could happen to any of us, under the right extreme circumstances.

The other homeless guy? Well, i’ve not talked to him. Neither has Road Runner, but according to Road runner the other homeless guy is a filthy nutjob.

Mr. President

Well, most people are already fully aware of the election results. In some places fireworks were launched, other cities people we dancing and yelling in the streets, all celebrating the election results which announced Obama as our next President. The man who will lead us into the future and beyond!

I however was not dancing in the streets or firing off fireworks in a celebration of noise. Nor however was I shaking my head in total disbelief that McCain lost the election yet again(For those of you keeping score, this is McCains second loss…Hey, third times the charm!).

You see, quite honestly I didn’t care for either of the candidates. Don’t get me wrong. Im not saying they are horrible. As a matter of fact, either of them will be able to out perform Bush, and frankly im just thrilled to get ol’ dubbya out of fricken office…

Another thing that bugged me about the two candidates was the fact that they were using those damn robo calls! I hate being called by robots..and i was getting enough calls to make me just stop answering the phone…Also this was a particularly dirty campaign on both sides. especially their supporters..I mean, beating your self up and claiming a supporter of obama did it to you? Whats wrong with you people?!

Personally, I would have preferred to have Hillary in office, rather than Obama or McCain….Thats just my opinion..I think she could have done a lot for the country(I mean, she did last time she was in office when she was puppeteering good ol’ Bill).

Although after giving this some thought, perhaps i SHOULD have been dancing in the streets…I mean, the campaign is finally over! TV viewing will go back to normal, real news will be shown on CNN instead of political information..and most importantly, Bush will be hitting the road….

Hit the road jack, and don’t ya come back no more, no more no more!

Bisexuality…..

First, I want to begin by saying I have nothing against Homosexuals, in fact some of my friends are gay. I have nothing against heterosexuals, in fact most of my friends are straight. I do have a wee bit of an issue with bisexuals though, despite the fact that one of my friends is bisexual(Although I just pretend she’s straight).

So, now you might be asking “What the hell? What’s your problem with bi’s???” or you might not be asking this at all, however I am still going to tell you. Brace yourself people, and if yer one of them folks who DON’T want to know…feel free to skip the rest of this entry.

Homo and Hetero make sense to me. These are sexual preferences. These aren’t choices we make. We are born either born hetero or homo. So, what’s bisexuality? It’s Horndogginess! That’s what it is! It’s definitely NOT a sexual preference…Yea, there are some who say “I beg to differ but it sure as hell is a preference.” and to those people I ask…”What preference is it? Not to fuck the family goldfish?” Fact of the matter is…Bisexuals HAVE no sexual preference…Yes some will say they prefer men or women….but bottom line, if ones not around…They will knock boots with the next gender.

So, do I have an issue with it? Of course! How can I not? I mean seriously, a bisexual is just a horndog!