Monday : 12 September 05
This wasn’t a bad start to the week. It wouldn’t bother me in the least if the rest of the week proceeded like this.

Today’s lunchtime discussion included racism and race relations/interactions. It was pretty good. One of the guys at the table didn’t have a lot to say… so Doug and I did most of the talking. And, oddly enough, we agreed on a lot of points. At one point, Doug looked at me and asked: “So, why is it that you’re a grey liberal?” That made me chuckle. I told him that it was mainly due to the fact that I have enough paradigmatic differences from the right’s viewpoints to be considered “conservative.” That made him chuckle.

It’s been a quiet night in.

News
Wired News: Eleven Children Found Caged in Ohio Home

Stray Toasters

  • I’m not sure if I’m going to save the world tonight or not. (Oh, Hell… of COURSE I am.)
  • By way of : How to be a Cultist
    (Parts of it remind me of The Evil Overlord List.)

  • Best Buy $1, $5 and $10 video game clearance (multiple game systems)
  • “If you don’t relax your face muscles, you’re going to invert your entire skull.”

  • While discussing the ages at which certain things are considered socially acceptable, Eric asked me “At what age is drinking coffee considered okay?” I didn’t have a solid answer other than: “Probably towards the end of one’s high school career or in college,” which would be around the ages of 16 to 18. I’m not sure if that’s a high or low estimation, but it seemed as though it made a good approximation.

  • “If Goths Ruled” Photoshopping Contest
    And we all knew that this would lead to this, didn’t we?

  • (Some of) Rob’s Pet Peeves, in no particular order:
    • Failure to use turn signals when changing lanes – even if the lane opens into a turn lane.
    • “Sandals” being misspelled as “sandles.”
    • “Across” being mispronounced as “acrost” or “acrossed.” (Not really a ‘peeve,’ but it does catch my ear whenever I hear it.)
    • When I order a burger from a fast food restaurant… and they completely and utterly botch it. Especially if I’ve been rather specific about what I did or did not want on it.
    • Tailgaters – Ones on the road, not the ones in stadium parking lots.
  • 365 tomorrows
  • Cheetos.
  • Woman Shoots and Kills Fianceè Over His Video Game Addiction
  • While watching MNF (that’s “Monday Night Football”, for the uninitiated), I saw another funny Southwest Airlines ad:

    [Shots of kids in a preschool/Kindergarten room]
    Offscreen: *SLURRRRRRP*
    (Sound of someone using a straw to get the last drops out of a cup)

    [Shot of other shocked kids and the teacher]
    Offscreen: *SLURRRRRRP*

    [Another shot of shocked kids]

    Onscreen: *SLURRRRRRP*
    [Picture of two boys, “G” and “O” on their red-and-green-painted chests… wearing “milk helmets”]

    [Overlay: “Must be FOOTBALL season”]

    [Fade to black and Southwest logo]

  • Lego® Junkbot
  • For : Nightmares of Lovecraft: C’thulhu
  • …also for Nox: Dario’s HeroClix Top Ten Worst Powers

This pre-midnight post has been brought to you by the letters “N” and “B” and the number “6.”

Namaste.