Past Blogs Collection, Blog #3

Take off that F.@*in T-shirt RIGHT NOW!
Current mood: quixotic

Linky: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060201/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_bush_speech_young_1

So, the article pretty much talks about a Representative's wife getting kicked out of the State of the Union address because she was wearing a T-shirt that says "Support our Troops". I guess the bra she was wearing to support her breasts wasn't as much of a concern *da-dum-ching....worst....joke.....ever.*

Anyway, this reminds me of a time in high school, when I wore a Pearl Jam shirt to school, and it said "9 out of 10 kids prefer crayons to guns", and had a picture of a girl playing with crayons, with a gun in the background. So, yeah, it's pretty much an ANTI-VIOLENCE t-shirt.

So, what happened in one of my classes? My teacher sent me to my Assistant Principal's office for wearing a shirt with the word "guns" on it. I explained why I had been referred to her office, and since I had a shirt on underneath, she made me take it off. I voiced my complaints, in a manner that was much more inappropriate than my shirt ever was, even going so far as to give my opinion of said teacher. Alas, she just sat that listening to me, made me take my shirt off, and sent me on my way. I believe I also got a slight bit nasty to the teacher too, but I don't remember.

Anyway, after leaving her class, I put the shirt back on and that was the end of it. But seriously, folks, what kind of a society do we live in where shirts bearing a POSITVE MESSAGE are not allowed in our schools and various other Addresses. I mean, come on, I bet if I wore a shirt to high school that says "We Todd Did. I Am Sofa King We Todd Did", nobody would have even gotten it, let alone complained... Oh, well.

Quote of the Day (from a T-shirt): "We Todd Did. I Am Sofa King We Todd Did" (say it out loud if you must...)

Porn Title of the Day: Harry's Peter Makes the Sorceress Moan

Past Blogs Collection, Blog #2

An interesting quote
Current mood: cynical

Quote of the day: Fine minds are seldom fine souls. -Jean Paul Richter, writer (1763-1825)

I read this quote today, and thought about its meaning under the surface. I think there is certainly some truth to this statement. Two phrases that I have always liked to use together are: “Knowledge is power” and “Power corrupts”. The unstated conclusion being that knowledge corrupts. As far back as the beginning of the world (for those of you who take stock in Genesis like I do), Adam and Eve thirsted for knowledge, and after taking a bit of an apple from the tree of knowledge, corrupted the whole human race. Sounds a bit harsh, doesn’t it?

Ever since that first sin, committed wholly for knowledge and power, we have always looked to advance our knowledge and our power, even at the expense of our souls. Sure, we have made great discoveries and advancements, and we know more now than we would have though possible just one generation ago. But are we better because of it?

Has television made us better? More likely complacent, and it probably contributes to the break-up of the family. And honestly, why the hell does anyone care about Paris Hilton?!? What about computers, with the promise of being able to do our work faster, giving us more free time? Instead, we just do more work in the same amount of time, and then spend additional “free” time fixing problems. The internet with all of its promises of free knowledge? Billion-dollar porn industry (not to say the internet doesn’t have its advantages, and I can not personally imagine going without for a long period of time). Telephones to bring us closer? Two friends sit across the table from each other, both on their cell phones, talking to other people. Automobiles? Road rage and cancer-causing pollution. Space exploration to find out if we are not alone? We can’t even get along with people of the same species- do we really want to contact another one?

I guess I sound like one of those “the end is nigh” fanatics, and I’m kind of a hypocrite because I have a strong thirst for knowledge, but I think that ignorance really is bliss. If people took time out of their busy days of asking why and just enjoyed their surroundings, maybe the world would be a better place...

Past Blogs Collection, Blog #1

When life gives you lemons, choke on them and die, you stupid lemon-eater

Current mood: pissed off
Category: Life

Well, I wish I could say I came up with the blog title, but I saw it in a Dilbert comic. Good stuff.

Anyway, it pretty much expresses my mood today. My microwave broke. I drove approximately 50 miles to 3 different stores trying to find a new one, which I finally did. My garage door opener is acting up, randomly opening for reasons known only to itself. My fridge in my garage broke down, with LOTS of now-spoiled meat in it. And I found out that I didn't get the job that I had done two interviews for. This makes the second time in a row that I've interviewed twice for a job, only to not get it. I feel like I'm pretty much doomed to make just enough to scrape by for the rest of my life. Either that, or I have pissed off the god of appliances and job opportunities, and he/she/it is being very petty in retribution. Let's hope he/she/it has a short attention span.

Anyway, I guess this is a pretty lousy way to start of my blog, but whatchagonna do. The greatest writers in the world are good because they have something to write about. If your life is going great, what's there to write about? "I feel happy. Life is good. The end."

They always say a successful music artist's sophomore effort tends to be the worst. That's probably because they're successful at that point, so they don't have anything to write about. Unless they're a teen-pop-sensation, because they don't write their own songs anyway. Or play instruments. They just dance and sing. Something tells me Britney Spears won't be featured on any "Great Singers and Songwriters" collections, or Unplugged for that matter.

Porn Movie Title of the Week: Broke Back-Door Mountain
Quote of the week: When life gives you lemons, choke on them and die, you stupid lemon-eater

Out.

first blog

So, I've been blogging on Myspace for quite awhile now, and I'm just finding Myspace to me more and more like email- lots of spam and very little of real value. While I've found quite a few old friends through Myspace, I don't really ever talk to the majority of them anyway. I've actually gotten together with some old friends, which is great, but by and large, other than the initial how-do-ya-do's, most of my Myspace friends remain just photographs and names on my page. It's probably partially my fault, but to be fair, upon initial contact, I believe that I've always at least posed at least one open-ended question, which tends to fall unanswered by the way-side.

Anyway, such is my long-winded way of saying that I will be posting my past Myspace blogs here, and see if any interest is drummed up. It may not be entirely fair to the random reader who wanders by and happens to see a blog about snow in St. Louis, in July, but I believe that blogs should be give and take, and I'm not willing to give too much unless I see that people are genuinely interested enough to take. I will go ahead and post new blogs as I post them on Myspace as well, and I'll try to point out that the old blogs are just that. If this works out, then I'll use Blogger as my primary medium.

Oh, one last note for those who are as impatient as I am- I do not blog daily. I tend not to blog even weekly. I'm a 28 year old married man with a wonderful wife and a great puppy. I have a house, a car, and a regular job doing computer work. My life's just not interesting enough for a daily blog, and I respect you (and all complete strangers) too much to feign otherwise and expose you to boring minutiae.