Monthly Archive for October, 2004

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In Atlanta

Published on 2004/10/18 in General Stuff. 2 Comments

Well, I’m in Atlanta now. This hotel sucks, but it was cheap. No Fox News. I think tomorrow I’ll invade the enemy’s base camp and take the CNN studio tour. Too bad I can’t get in to see Boortz, that would be really cool.


UPDATE: Things are worse than I thought. I was leaving the room to get some grub, and I don’t know why, but I checked the hotel room door to make sure it was locked, and guess what? The damned door didn’t lock. So I had them move me to another room. This one smells. Not the “a guy died in the room and no one noticed for a week” smell, but it’s not good. Could be mildew. Running the A/C at full blast for an hour seems to have helped, but it’s freezing in here. Icicles are forming, and if I woke up tomorrow morning next to Walt Disney, it wouldn’t really surprise me all that much.


After a bite to eat, I went the the convenience store next door, and the cashier was enclosed in an area surrounded by bullet-proof glass. That’s just not a good sign.

The Aftermath…

Published on 2004/10/18 in General Stuff. 6 Comments

Moonshine, cigars, redheaded sluts, red nail polish, guitars, singing… What a weekend. A good time seemed to be had by all. Some had a really good time. ……Eric punched me in the head. Twice. But I forgave him. I thought if I didn’t, he might punch me again. Hey look, my crypto just went active, that does work!


Some things I learned this weekend:


Eric is always armed.
My fake Scottish accent doesn’t fool actual Scottish people.
Yankees sleep a lot.
If the bathroom door says “Lassies” on it, it’s not the men’s room. Ok, I already knew that, but someone didn’t. And I’ve got a photo to prove it as soon as I get my film developed.
Peanuts should be crunchy, not squishy.
Key gets cold easily.
There really are two Dogsnot guys.
I still don’t like grits.


Not an all-inclusive list, but some things just shouldn’t be spoken. I can’t wait for next year, hope I can make it, it was a blast.


UPDATE: For more, see Kelley, Eric, Velociman, and Dax.


UDPDATE II: Catfish is posting, too.


UPDATE III: Parkway Rest Stop and Dogsnot are weighing in… Now you can get the Yankee perspective.


UPDATE IV: Key weighs in and is trying to ruin my reputation… And to add to the list above, salting your food before you taste it is an insult to the cook.

Blogtoberfest, Day 1

Published on 2004/10/16 in General Stuff. Closed

The Southern Drinking Festival is an appropriate name. I was delayed getting into Helen, but by the time I got here, things were in full swing. Having  a great time. No naked Greco-Roman wrestling yet, but there’s always tomorrow. I would blog more, but as the title of the festivity implies, I’m pretty drunk, so I’m going to bed.


When Eric said “Woe betide those in the Comfort Inn” he must have meant that we (well, just me, as luck would have it) would have to walk back to the Comfort Inn after all the drinking. Which sucked. Oh well, that’s what I get for not signing up in time for a room in the Chalet Kristy…


I’ll bet I’m the only one blogging the first day of Blogtoberfest, hehe. My cell phone won’t get a native signal here, but my wireless Internet seems to work just fine.

Bill Maher Is An Idiot

Published on 2004/10/13 in Politics. 5 Comments

That is all.

I’d Pay To See That

Published on 2004/10/13 in Politics. Closed

John Edwards’ latest campaign promise (from Drudge):

Edwards Stem Cell Vision: ‘We will stop juvenile diabetes, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other debilitating diseases… When John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve are going get up out of that wheelchair and walk again.’ Edwards made the unprecedented campaign promises during 30-minute speech at Newton High School gym in Newton, Iowa…

If people like Christopher Reeve get up and walk again if Kerry is elected, that would be really impressive. Especially considering that Reeve is dead now. Is Edwards saying that Kerry is going to able to raise the dead? That hasn’t happened since Lazarus. Is anyone really buying this?

Democrats Threatening To Whine Again

Published on 2004/10/13 in Politics. 1 Comment

The DNC is saying that they will file a complaint with the FEC over Sinclair Broadcast Group’s decision to air all or part of an anti-Kerry documentary “Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal” on its 62 stations.


Oh please. After F9/11, Rathergate, the ABC News memo, Moveon.Org ads comparing Bush to Hitler, and on and on and on, they have the gall to complain about this?


This is, of course, after they threatened to sue TV stations that ran the Swift Vets ads. Every day, my amazement at liberal hypocrisy and whiny, cry-babiness continues to grow.

Vote Nader

Published on 2004/10/13 in Politics. Closed

Ralph Nader had some choice words for Kerry during a campaign stop in Seattle.


Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader brought his unabashed spoiler campaign to Seattle yesterday, attacking Democrats as “sniveling political cowards” who offer no strong alternative to the Bush administration.

In a speech to hundreds of supporters at Seattle Center, Nader spoke in contemptuous tones about John Kerry and those liberals and anti-war activists who believe they have no choice but to vote for the Democrat.

“How they are about to behave on November 2nd has no logic to it,” Nader said. “A vote for Kerry is now a vote for war.” 


He’s got a point there. Democrats are sniveling political cowards. Wait, I meant that if you’re anti-war, Nader is your only choice for President. So come November, all you Dean supporters who don’t like Kerry for his pro-war stance, please be sure to choose Nader when you go to your polling place.

Colorado, The New Florida

Published on 2004/10/12 in Politics. Closed

It would appear that the voter rolls in Colorado are swelled with some 6000 felons, who are inelligible to vote. Here we go again…


UPDATE: The local NBC affiliate has uncovered 719 fraudulent voter registrations and counting. Maybe I should have said, “Colorado, the new Chicago”. Next thing you know, dead people will be registering to vote.

Another Bush Office Vandalized

Published on 2004/10/12 in Politics. Closed

This time in Spokane. This is starting to make Watergate look like shoplifting a candy bar. This is just the latest in a string of break-ins that include Bellvue, WA, Ohio, West Virginia, Florida, and Tennessee.


It’s probably not likely that the Kerry campaign has anything to do with these incidents. Even they’re not THAT stupid. Although it does seem that the AFL-CIO might have a few members involved…


UPDATE: When Angry Democrats Attack

Vioxx Aftermath

Published on 2004/10/12 in Politics. Closed

So being on the road quite a bit the last week or so, I’ve been listening to a lot of talk radio. And I’m already hearing commercials for law firms who are looking to sue Merck and are trying to gather clients.


The way I see it, if Merck knew the drug might cause heart problems, I sincerely doubt that they would have done more clinical testing, they would probably have tried to sweep it under the rug. I’m sure they had a good idea that if their drug did cause heart problems, when the news got out, their stock would tank, which it did.


Not being employed by Merck, I have no knowledge of what they knew and when they knew it, but it seems like they were doing all they could to determine if there was a problem. But they’re an evil drug company whose sole purpose is to make Bush richer (how, I don’t know, ask John Kerry) so they’re just plain guilty anyway.