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[ 02.28.03 ]
[  RANDOM  ]

(notime)

Wow, a ton of shit from me today, huh?

Stemming from http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1047&e=2&u=/030228/183/3dvqw.html :

Jonny: "Our nation is scared as all fuck.  Let's give them titties!"
me   : "Dude, if fucking flags plastered on jap cars can make us feel 
        better, tits can only be better."

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[  RANDOM  ]

(notime)

Sami Amin Al-Arian has been currently charged with 50 counts of
terrorism and has been arrested.

He's clearly a Bad Man (tm).

Here's a picture of him with our current prez, The Shrub and his 
wife, taken during 2000's presidential campaign.

Anything for a vote, Georgey?

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[  RANDOM  ]

(notime)

Today marks my one year anniversary at The Company !

w00 fucking h00 and r0ck fuckin' 0n !!!

.....

[   LINK   ]

The Brady Bill, aka "the law that requires a 'cooling off period' when
purchasing handguns is a load of shit.

Here's why:  More Women and Children Killed By The Brady Bill

.....

[   LINK   ]

Also of great importance is this sham of a war that's coming up.
A populace in fear is a populace that's easy for a goverment to control,
this cannot be argued, plain and simple.

Our goverment has of late been labeling anything a "terrorist weapon", or
a "weapon of mass destruction".

Allow me to introduce you to the "daisy cutter".  This is a 15,000 pound (6800 kg)
bomb (7.5 tons!) which is known in the military as the BLU-82.  It is
largely comprised of the same shit (literally) that was used in the
bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building.
	Side Note: No, I'm still not convinced McVeigh did it, nor 
	will I ever be.  Our gov acted in a really fucking unprofessional
	manner in covering up what *did* happen, fabricating a fair amount
	of shit along the way.  For more information on this, please read
	The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror by David Hoffman.
For those of you not clicking the link, some highlights about the BLU-82:
 o It's billed as the world's largest conventional bomb.
 o Incinerates (burns to a crisp) anything in a 600 yard (1800 ft, ~550 M).
 o It's pushed out the back of an MC-130 cargo transport because it weighs
   more than any standard bomb racks in convention bombers can carry.
 o The planes fly at least 6,000 ft (1,800 M) above the ground to avoid the
   shockwave.
 o Were originally designed to clear jungles areas for helicopter landing
   without creating a crater.
 o One killed 4,500 Iraqi troops in the gulf war (11 were dropped).
 o The blast wave sucks out all oxygen in the blast radius.

Quotes on the 'Cutter:
"Personnel near the ignition point are obliterated," added the expert. "Those on the fringes are likely to suffer internal injuries - burst ear drums, crushed organs, ruptured lungs, severe concussion and possibly blindness."

The fuel vapour of the weapon instantly penetrates into bunkers, vehicles or buildings before ignition. Experts say conventional body armour and bunkers provide no protection.

One US Special Forces soldier described the aftermath of a BLU-82 attack on Iraqi troops: "Many of our soldiers were at loss to explain what caused the Iraqis to die. After days or even weeks worth of exposure to the desert , evidence of blood had typically dried or become obscured by oil and sand particles so the Iraqi corpses showed absolutely no outward sign of violent death.

"Fuel air bombs merely suffocated their victims and they fell where they stood. Victims were typically found with massive amounts of blood flowing from all bodily orifices."

He added: "It is a very violent and painful way to die ."


Yes.... this is our government at work.  This weapon is not like a gun
that can be easily aimed and targeted.  It has a huge, massive blast force
that can do incredible damage to anything around it, military, civilian,
or otherwise.

Using the BLU-82 as an offensive/defensive weapon, rather than for its
intended purpose is an all new low for the US (ok, not really, it's par
for the course) and only illustrates the terrorist tendencies of the
US government and military.

Happy fucking Friday, y'all!

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[  RANDOM  ]

And, happy birthday, K.



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[ 02.27.03 ]
[   FUCK   ]

(notime)

It is, indeed, a dark day for the world.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,79742,00.html

PITTSBURGH Fred Rogers, who gently invited millions of children to be his neighbor as host of the public television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for more than 30 years, died of cancer early Thursday. He was 74.

Rogers died at his Pittsburgh home, said family spokesman David Newell, who played Mr. McFeely on the show. Rogers had been diagnosed with stomach cancer sometime after the holidays, Newell said.

Things just aint gunna be the same...


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[ 02.26.03 ]
[  RANDOM  ]

2222

I'm sitting in the kitchen right now, listening to the creek out back 
running and spilling over itself with much  vigor and strength.

Last night I turned off the shower and was delighted to hear rain 
ploppling down overhead on the skylight.

Even in the rain the local wild peacock still roosts in the big tree 
out back.

Last night while watching Bike Week on the Speed channel I had a 
roaring fire going in the cast iron fireplace.

Sadly, very and truly sadly my time here at this cabin down in the 
canyon is coming to an end.

It's been hard to find a place I both *want* to live and also *can* 
live.  Renting is sometimes difficult when a debt is out in your name 
to the tune of US$300+ because of your former roommate's fucking Pay 
Per View bill.

The next few weeks can either *really* fucking suck or be quite 
interesting.  "Fun" I don't think is going to be on the roster, tho...

And once again, Thanks Be to the almighty Zaurus for keeping me 
connected.....


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[ 02.25.03 ]
[  RANDOM  ]

(notime)

It's been pouring for... over 12 hours solid now.  I was utterly saturated by
the time I got to work today.  A mess, utterly a mess.  Rolled in a few after
0800 and, as usual, the fucking A/C was on by 0900, freezing out the little
body heat I had left.

Nothing else to say right now.

Oh, yeah... pot smokers are fucking idiots and uttler unable to communicate with
anyone with a fucking brain.  Period.

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[   TECH   ]

(notime)

Seems some enterprising and investigative students from Cambridge have found
some severe flaws in ATMs (yes, them things that give us our cash and keeps it
"sekure" for us).

They published a PDF of their work which we have mirrored, as well as the
gag order they received as well.


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[ 02.21.03 ]
[  RANDOM  ]

Email I received:

PASS THIS ON WE MUST GET THIS HOLIDAY ROLLING...THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A FEDERAL HOLIDAY......

Guys, you know the drill. Every 14th of February you get the chance to display your fondness for a significant other by showering her with gifts, flowers, dinner, shows and any other baubles that women find romantic. Every Valentines day you rack your brains for that one special, unique gift that will show your wife or girlfriend that you really do love them more than any other. Now ladies, I'll let you in on a little secret; guys really don't enjoy this that much. Sure seeing that smile on your face when we get it right is priceless, but that smile is the result of weeks of blood, sweat and consideration.

Another secret; guys feel left out. That's right, there's no special holiday for the ladies to show their appreciation for the men in their life. Men as a whole are either too proud or too embarrassed to admit it.

Which is why this new holiday has been created. March 20th is now officially "Steak and Blowjob Day". Simple, effective and self explanatory, this holiday has been created so you ladies finally have a day to show your man how much you love him. No cards, no flowers, no special nights on the town; the name of the holiday explains it all, just a steak and a BJ. Thats it. Finally, this twin pair of Valentine's Day and Steak and Blowjob Day will usher in a new age of love as men everywhere try THAT much harder in February to ensure a memorable March 20th. Its like a perpetual love machine!

The word is already beginning to spread, but as with any new idea, it needs a little push to start the ball rolling. So spread the word, and help bring love and peace to this crazy world. And, of course, steak and BJs.

So it is written, so it is done.


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[ 02.20.03 ]
[   TECH   ]
[  RANDOM  ]

2313 

Tonight's entry is brought to you by the Sharp Zaurus.  As in, 
I'm typing this on the microkeyboard right now. 

Came home from work late, stopped for dinner at the biker bar since it's 
on the way home now (and since it's been too cold for me to make my usual 
Wednesday run), made it home and was passed out in under 25 minutes.  

Fucking flu. 

Worth noting: successful wardrive on the way home on the motorcycle!  
The nifty little Zaurus fits in a pocket on my suit better than a laptop, 
dontcha know?  ;)  7 AP's total gathered.  Not bad for a maiden voyage 
with [soft|hard]ware I'd never tested.

It started raining again a few hours ago.  Pretty heavy to start with, 
then slowly lighter.  A few minutes ago I sat in the living room watching 
the lightning over the top of the canyon, followed shortly by the sharp, 
solid thunder.  Am wondering at this point if enough will come down to 
flood the tributary and give me a river to cross on the way out in the 
morning.


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[ 02.18.03 ]
[  RANDOM  ]

(notime)

Had a great VDay, as they go.  No, really, it was.

It's refreshing to be able to give someone a gift of, well, a huge
fucking knife, and knowing that it's not going to be turned on themself
*or* lodged in your own damn back.  Foreign concept, generally, you
have to realize.  (Incidentally, it's a Jackal by Gil Hibben and is
about 15 inches long overall, with the blade being a little over 8.
Nice.)

Need car.  Getting sick of riding.  I'm rather ill and riding is really
taking quite a toll on me.

Sorry... just not a lot to say right now...


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[ 02.14.03 ]
[   RANT   ]

(notime)

Happy SAD (Singles Awwareness Day)

http://slate.msn.com/id/2078502/


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[ 02.13.03 ]
[   RANT   ]

2000

Somewhere around 2000 right now at least.  Had to run some
errands after work this evening.  Three days and nights of rain
finally backed off to the point most roads were damp at worst,
no longer really wet.  Ran my errands, get off the toll road,
hang a left to hit a small strip mall to take care of one final
detail for the evening and then

		F U C K ! ! !

Some stupid, old, ignorant motherfucking in his gawddamn mother
fucking SUV decides that he's going to punch it out of a driveway
and shoot for the left turn lane for the street I'm on.  Three
lanes wide and I'm in the right lane, closest to the driveway
his sorry geriatric ass is coming out of.

Now, mind you, it's dry at this point.  The roads are fine, there
is NO rain coming down.  The sun is down, so it's not twilight
by any means, and the streetlights have this area lit *damn*
fucking well.  My high beam is on, and there are NO vehicles behind
me that could cause and depth perception issues confusing my beam
with one of theirs.  I was doing at least 45 in a 55 zone, and for
whatever reason this stupid, crusty old bastard decides to just roll
in and punch it, right fucking in front of me.  I start to lean on
the breaks to allow the weight to transfer before really getting
on them, and as they start to grab I yank the clutch in and dump my
gears and slam it back out.  As I do, I stand on the fucking breaks.
By this point, I'm about three *bike* (NOT CAR) lenghts from this
guy, right on him.  He is still moving, but slowing, RIGHT FUCKING
IN FRONT OF ME.  I give the breaks all they've got, and I gotta tell
ya right here and now:  Any magazine editor or ride tester that talks
poorly of BMW's antilock breaking can fuck the hell off right here and
now.  The antilock grabbed harder and more than it ever has in my
three years on this bike.  Mind you, the roads are dry at this point.
I ate up the entire margin between he and I attempting to power her
down, and I was really prepared to impact him right near his left
front tire, and was set to spring up and either tuck-and-roll or
just slide over his hood.  When we both came to a stop, there was
literally about 5 or 6 inches between the front corner of his
truck and my bike.  Less than a foot; more like half a foot.  I sat
there for a few brief seconds, collected my thoughts, and while doing
such, this guy, who must be god himself for how self important he behaves,
started to back up so he could go *around* me and get on with his
critical evening.  Thing is he couldn't back because of the car behind
him, so I rolled forward and took the opportunity to place myself
across his front end, trapping him where he sat.

I pointed, yelled.  A *lot*.  I used everything I have stored up for
situations like this, several times over.  Mildly surpised the face of
my helmet didn't melt under the aresenic I was spewing forth.  Finally,
I made a fist, and started pounding on his fucking hood.  If he wasn't
so close to me and I had a few more inches to work with, I'd have been
kicking his fucking headlights in.  I finally called it quits and just
took off, leaving him to sit there and wonder, I'm sure, why some
crazed biker decided to just start fucking with him for no reason.

Lessons learned:  
 o Old people not only have poor reaction times, but poor judgement as 
well.  Not only should they require them to take a YEARLY driving test, 
but really, if you can't drive, you should just be shot on site.  Chances 
are you're more a drain on society at that point than anything.  And... 
the way they just demand respect is fucking ricockulous.  Just because 
you've survived a few decades does not mean you can be an ignorant son 
of a bitch and still get respecred despite it.  No, fuck you.  And also, 
fuck that asshole in the minivan that expected me to hand over a prime 
parking space I edged him out over this weekend, honking and yelling at
me that he had "elderly" people with him.  Hey man, no handicapped tags,
I have no feelings for ya.  Wasn't even a handicapped space.  If he had
the tag and they needed to be up close, sure, but considering these were
a few able-bodied people that moved fine under their own will, no, fuck
you, asshole.

 o BMW's ABS is the only reason I am in one piece right now.  God bless
German Engineering for making up for Amerkian Stupidity and Arrogance.

 o Anyone in an SUV needs to have the living fuck beat out of them 
*daily* until they wise up and sell it.


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[ 02.12.03 ]
[  RANDOM  ]

2320

It's been raining for about 2 days and nights solid now,
with almost no letup... constant, constant downpour.
Fortunately, it hasn't been as cold as it was before the
rain set in, so I'm not nearly as iced up on the bike as
I could be.

The creek behind the cabin has been flowing steadily for
quite awhile now.  We need to check out the retaining walls
in the morning.

I have shopping to do for Friday, and tomorrow is my last
day.  Forcast calls for rain all day/night, so it looks like
I'll be quite saturated by the time I eventually make it home
tomorrow.

Lesson learned:  "Words are weapons, sharper than knives.
Makes ya wonder how the other half died".  INXS -
Suicide Blonde.  I need to be a little bit more
careful about what I say to whom and how I say it.  I'm
utterly logical, cold, crisp, concise.  My words are chosen
to explicitly express/define/dictate as close to 100%
accurate as humanly possible without chance for mistake,
inferrence, or error.  They make lovely scalpels for
disecting a person.  The sharper ones should be kept in a
locked cabinet and only hauled out when needed.  Safety
razors should be kept at hand for more common uses.
Or, another way to say it:  Be more careful about hurting
people less.  And continue to hurt the ones that don't matter
as efficently as ever, of course.  What, ya think I'm getting
soft in my olde age???

Also, Jess is really too good to be true, I think.

Also also, my new-badass-gloves-just-like-Chris' finally came
in and were hand delivered to me last night!!  W00 h00!!! 
Thanks Brian and Dave!!!


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[ 02.10.03 ]
[   RANT   ]

(notime)

My bank is still a bunch of fucking idiots, loosely strung
together with their (fitting) dumbterms and archaic phone
system.

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[  QUOTE   ]

(notime)

Something I penned to the Neu DC Stuff list this morning regarding
that fucking loser that OD'd online:

"If kids today chose coffee over methadone, the world would be a far
better and more productive place."
  -aj effin reznor


And this quote just gets me:
"....all I do with people who aren't you is talk about you."


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[ 02.09.03 ]
[  RANDOM  ]

(notime)

Catching up...

Saw Shanghai Knights over the weekend.  Fun flick, good
for a matinee.

Didn't get The Mistress in for service this weekend like planned.
Maybe next weekend, most likely the one after.  I think.

Dinner with the Finites this weekend.  Once I get back into a cage
and can cope with being out when it's ass cold, I'll need to get
into the habit of seeing them more often.

Finally hooked up with Chris tonight to get him his new badass-gloves-
of-which-I-am-supremely-jealous-cuz-no-one-can-get-them-in-my-size.
I've only been sitting on them for something around 3 weeks or so,
but between time spent packing and now living where coming home late
at night on a bike isn't a reasonable option I've been left with no
option but to miss Bike Night the past month or so.  Suck.  Good to
catch up with him tho.  Been too long, really.


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[ 02.05.03 ]
[   RANT   ]

(notime)

So, California Federal Bank, heretofore Citibank, have gotta be
the WORST batch of trained monkeys I've ever fucking come across.
I swear they've taken to hiring chimps that flunked out of
fucking Taco Bell for not being able to operate a simple fucking
register.

I swear, I'm going to bank in the Cayman mother fucking Islands
where I'd expect people to fuck up on occasion, but I *pay* for 
this?  What the FUCK !?

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[  RANDOM  ]

Saw Chicago last night.  Good movie, good company.  Goodness.


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[ 02.03.03 ]
[  RANDOM  ]

(notime-latenight)

And it seems the overall warmth of the past few weeks is fading
and winter has returned in all it's frosty glory.  Yes, it's
Fucking Cold (TM) again.  I'm living in what amounts to a large
cabin out in the wooded part of the county (each house has a
large propane tank outside, since there are no gas lines, etc).
It's quite beautiful.  If I have to be homeless, this is the
place to do it in.  It also has safe, secured housing for the
Wife, Girlfriend, and Mistress to park.  And lemme tell ya, 
waking up to peacock's screaching is better than any damn alarm
clock!

Flipside, creditors are after me for my ex-roomies cable bill.
Fucking lovely.  Try to do someone a favour....  300+ bux of
pay-per-view I guess he thought he didn't have to pay.  Nice.

During my packing/cleaning phase the last two weeks, stumbled
across some letter thing my neurotic ex wrote me once.  Reading
it, in hindsight, the dysfunction just seeps through like the
ink on the very paper it's written on.

Also, during my illness the other week I was sent home and missed
out on the *huge* kickoff meeting for 2003 @ work.  Since I wasn't
there for it, they saved til yesterday's meeting to announce that
I am the North America Top SE for 2002! w00t w00t!!!

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[   TECH   ]
[  QUOTE   ]

"Security is overrated.  I leave my secureID laying on my desk.
My boss always gives me s*** about it.  Like anyone would wanna
hack our cache of Snoopy GIFs".
  -(A MetLife IT employee who shall remain anonymous)


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[ 02.02.03 ]
[   RIDE   ]

1204

Rolled 25k miles on the R1100S today.  Yeee fuckin haaaw !

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[  RANDOM  ]

0001

I am technically homeless as of.... *now* .


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[ 02.01.03 ]
[  RANDOM  ]

(notime)

Massive thanks to both Jess and  Mr. Finite.  Again.  AGAIN.

Thanks to a massive donation of time, effort, and vehicles on both their
parts, *finally* finished the chore of stuffing everything I own either
into storage, or  Herr Finite's garage.

Couldn't have done it without either of ya!  Again, thank you both.






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