The Rantings of Pab Sungenis
Condiliar Rice will be making the rounds of all the weekend talk shows this week, and the shilling for Abu Ghraibzales’ nomination for Attorney General is intensifying.
As a result, we here at the Department of Homeland Sanity have raised the Kool-Aid Alert level to “Cherry.” Please take all precautions necessary to keep yourself and your family safe from Republican propaganda this weekend.
Bush may be back in office, but (to paraphrase Randi Rhodes) that doesn’t mean we have to shut up and drink the Kool-Aid like the Republicans expect all good little obedient sheeple to do.
To help those freedom-of-thought loving Americans out there, we here at the Department of Homeland Sanity have devised the Kool-Aid Alert System, to warn you of how much Republican Propaganda you can expect in the corporate-controlled media.
Today’s Kool-Aid alert level is:
Go to: http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
Select the country: “Norway.”
For starting city, type in: “Haugesund.”
For ending city, type in: “Trondheim.”
Hit “Get Directions,” watch, and prepare to be dazzled
For extra fun, go back and select “shortest” instead of “quickest”
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The Great LiveJournal During the outage I discovered this thing called a pencil that can write in this thing called a notebook. Then I sat there wondering what all the little goth kids with no friends were going to do for the next 48 hours. I mean, really, now. We’ve got people (like those on my friends list) who use their LJ as a creative outlet for poetry and prose, and that’s great. But there are some people who just get carried away, and they need to be slapped. Oh, and also during the outage I wondered how long it would take for someone to come up with some stupid meme about the outage.. Brought to you by geek-foo |
Reading an article in “Entertainment Weekly” about the alleged death of the album in the age of MP3′s and shuffled playlists reminded me of something I heard author Dennis Hensley speak about in an interview months ago. His current kick (at that time) was what he called the iPod Ching.
The I Ching, for those unfamiliar with it, is a half-game, half-fortune-telling technique where a series of sticks or coins are thrown, and the patterns they form correspond to quotations in the Chinese “Book Of Changes” (or “I Ching,” thus the source of the name of the game). You supposedly concentrate on a question you want answered, toss the sticks/coins, look at the pattern formed, and consult the book. The passage indicated supposedly answers your question.
For example, just for fun, I just threw the I Ching asking the question “Is there any truth to the I Ching?” The resulting passage:
38 “Diverging Interests”
An image of estrangement is indicated here. When brothers and sisters marry, they grow apart, since their allegiances now lie with new families. Though they will remain close enough to successfully deal with problems and share minor interests, they will be unable to undertake any great projects together. Simply put, when people grow apart – even for the most natural of reasons – their points of view, values and interests diverge.
Is there anything to be divined by that? Maybe if you think hard enough, and read a lot into it.
There’s a similar tactic practiced in literary circles called the sarpes virgilianum where you’re supposed to concentrate on your question, then open a copy of “The Aenead” at random to get your answer. The results are similar.
Anyhow, Dennis Hensley was talking about how he liked to start the day by randomizing the playlist in his iPod, and the first few songs that would play out of his collection of 1000+ would set the tone for the day. While he used an iPod (and “I Pod Ching” has a better sound than “MP3 Ching” if you ask me) it works as well with any MP3 player, such as my player of choice, Winamp.
So, just for fun, here’s today’s I Pod Ching for me today:
Rick Springfield: “(I’ve Done) Everything For You (You’ve Done Nothing For Me)”
Clay Walker: “What’s It To You?”
Avenue Q: “There’s A Fine Fine Line”
Splitsville: “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again.”
Maybe I need a better random number generator.
{From ByteBrothers News Service}
News Release: Anthrax Scare at “Candlestick/Monster Park”
The San Francisco 49ers football practice was delayed nearly 2 hours today after a player reported finding an unknown white powdery substance on the practice field. Head Coach Dennis Erickson immediately suspended practice while San Francisco police and federal investigators were called in to investigate.
After a complete analysis, forensic experts determined that the white substance unknown to the players was the goal line. Practice was resumed after law enforcement officials decided the team was unlikely to encounter the substance again.
Google Search for “Jennifer Comerford.”
Funny thing, I’m the top listing for her name!
There are reports of grown men wandering local shopping malls seeking out vulnerable teenage boys.
They intend to lead these boys into a dangerous lifestyle, known to cause mental disorders, sickness, injury, and even death.
These men represent a tiny minority that must constantly recruit unsuspecting young men to its ranks in order to stay vital.
…they are called military recruiters.
Parents, make sure your sons know all the facts before they join the military during an illegal, ill-advised, war of aggression.
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