Do not allow yourselves to be deceived: Great Minds are Skeptical... ~Nietzsche
31 August 2005
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Published on August 31st, 2005 @ 09:58:08 pm, using 327 words, 216 views
Just a quick observation on the extreme saturation of American flags in all aspects of life these days. I've seen them on hot dog vendor carts, on web design company websites, and pasted to the sides of garbage cans. Am I to believe that those hot dogs embody the spirit for what George Washington and Tom Paine fought and bled? Or are they merely an attractively colored shell concealing artificial byproducts and other assorted crap that masks itself as today's American dream? Is that website you design really somehow more American than the next? Come on, people. My eyes are rolling right out of my head. It used to be that the flag was something to be flown in honor and remembrance. Now we decorate our weekly trash with it, and we rest our little heads at night content in the notion that we've truly done our share to be patriotic.
I even see American flags being flown from foreign cars, which suggests the drivers of those foreign cars are either 1) extremely stupid and caught up in a sheep-like madness of crowds, or 2) are so hopelessly believing that a $2 cotton flag is the true arrowhead of their patriotism, and more than makes up for the $20,000 they gave to a foreign nation's economy for that automobile, or 3) those wavers of American flags from their foreign vehicles truly 'grok' the meaning of patriotism. There's always option 4) a little bit of all of the above.
My question is, who is the bigger idiot... the people that wave a flag to sell their dubiously "American" product, or the people that actually buy into that waved flag and buy that dubious product simply because some idiot waves an American flag over it? Hmm...
Contemporaneous Auditory Narcotics:
or, What my speakers are currently pumping...
Sick of it All - Blood, Sweat, and No Tears
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23 August 2005
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Published on August 23rd, 2005 @ 11:46:16 am, using 118 words, 144 views
Well, the so-called "Special Edition" DVD version of the movie Gladiator has now been released in the US. It apparently contains 17 minutes of extra footage which wasn't seen in the theaters. I'm wondering if it contains any behind-the-scenes footage of the business deal in which the producers purchased 5,000 acres of forest for the sole purpose of burning it down for our viewing pleasure. You know... because 2 hours of blood, dismemberment, murder and incest just isn't enough to get people in the doors these days.
Contemporaneous Auditory Narcotics:
or, What my speakers are currently pumping...
Dead Kennedys - Forest Fire
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17 August 2005
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Published on August 17th, 2005 @ 01:18:35 pm, using 159 words, 1583 views
This is an interesting article that raises even more interesting issues. Here we have a group of high school students who, in their school's auto shop, have developed a hybrid race car that's got 300hp under the hood, does 0-60 in under 4 seconds, and gets 50mpg. They call it the "Attack", which is a fitting name, because it mounts a fairly powerful attack against the auto manufacturers whose best offering to date is the Prius. This shows very clearly that the auto manufacturers can, and must, do better in developing hybrid and alternative-fuel vehicles. A group of high school students was able to do it. Why can't multibillion-dollar corporations accomplish the same thing?
Here's a link to the full article:
http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000263054348/
Contemporaneous Auditory Narcotics:
or, What my speakers are currently pumping...
Muslimgauze and Apollon - Dark Thoughts
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14 August 2005
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Published on August 14th, 2005 @ 11:32:14 pm, using 123 words, 151 views
I've got the temporary itinerary in place now, it's just the exact departure date that isn't exactly set yet. The points listed below are the airplane destinations. There'll be plenty of time to travel in each area by car and motorcycle. So anyway, here's how it looks right now:
NYC
Miami, Florida
Lima, Peru
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
London, England
Paris, France
Berlin, Germany
Bonn, Germany
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Budapest, Hungary
It's a one way ticket, baby!
I couldn't find a copy of "Leavin' on a jetplane", so...
Contemporaneous Auditory Narcotics:
or, What my speakers are currently pumping...
Bob Marley - Exodus
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13 August 2005
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Published on August 13th, 2005 @ 11:52:27 pm, using 88 words, 201 views
Well, the title pretty much says it all. It was... interesting. I wonder if there's any left inside there and, if there is, will it take the short route and work its way out over time, or will it defy the laws of gravity and work its way up to eventually lodge in my brain?
Contemporaneous Auditory Narcotics:
or, What my speakers are currently pumping...
Metallica - Broadway Jacks 1983
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11 August 2005
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Published on August 11th, 2005 @ 04:58:22 pm, using 242 words, 1622 views
Is it just me or has BK hired the absolute, hands-down worst ad agency in the world lately? First they came out with the guy in the fairy looking outfit sporting a serial-killer grinning face, which was spooky enough. I still shiver remembering the commercial where the guy opens his curtains in the morning and that evil looking clown / king / serial killer is standing out there grinning... I'm sorry, but if I opened my curtains and saw that thing standing out there I'd say hello with two rounds of 00 buckshot to its face.
Next we have some rejects from the gwar tour screaming nonsensically about greasy chicken fries. I'm sorry, but what the hell is that all about? And now they're pushing cellphone ringtones with the same music. If I hear that crap going off anywhere in the vicinity of my personal space, I'm going to have to start swinging.
I haven't eaten at BK (or micky d's, for that matter) in years, and it's safe to say that I ain't ever going to step foot in one again. Greasy fried junkfood garbage is bad enough, but this brilliantly lowest-common-denominator ad campaign seals the deal. It's a shining example of everything that's so terribly not right with the world.
Contemporaneous Auditory Narcotics:
or, What my speakers are currently pumping...
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
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04 August 2005
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Published on August 4th, 2005 @ 05:26:44 pm, using 203 words, 85 views
I know you've all seen those commercials on tv that say "find out more about our product, just log on to such and such website"...
Well, if you have to waste your precious time to make an account and actually Log On to their website to find out about a product which I have a sneeking suspicion you're not going to want anyway, then let them just keep their damn product...
Or, when they say "just click on such and such"...
Okay, well, let me try that... I open my web browser, and it opens to Google, which is set as my homepage, but I don't see the link they said to click on so, again, let them keep their damn product... Or did they actually mean type in such and such website instead of clicking on some non-existent link?
I love these stupid corporations and marketing companies that use a medium to spread their poisonous message, while having not even the most basic understanding of the medium itself.
Contemporaneous Auditory Narcotics:
or, What my speakers are currently pumping...
Spring Heel Jack - Galapagos 3
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