Sunday, February 28, 2010
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Curling
Curling is one of those “sports” you watch when there’s nothing else on television. For me there has to be absolutely NOTHING else good to watch, and this includes commercials that I haven’t seen a zillion times before I’ll bust a move to watch something as inherently asinine as curling.
I guess I just don’t get it. I’m amazed this nonsense is an Olympic “sport”. From what little I understand of it here is how it works:
One man or woman scoots a large “shooting rock” down an ice covered floor while two or three other “players” work their sticks back and forth around the sliding rock trying to get it to go where it needs to be. I assume they are attempting to smooth the pathway in which they want to direct the half-basketball-sized rock. I would hope the participation in this spectacle is more rewarding then the observation because if it isn’t then HELLO, these people need to get a clue!
To further drive this madness no one seems to be in any particular hurry to do anything. They will call time out and huddle discussing angles and strategies but I half expect them to break out coffee and doughnuts and to join the audience in the bleachers! Nothing much is happening as they shake and bob their heads in disgust and bewilderment. I don’t know how, or even if, they keep their concentration. Honestly, they remind me of a bunch of weekend mechanics huddled around a car who’s engine just died and they don’t know what do about it which is signified by a lot of head and chin scratching.
But at some point the “team” gets their act together and decide to give the stone yet another shove down the court. And with the Canadian audience there is a lot of hooting and howling as their countrymen apparently “do well.” I have no idea how that is achieved nor what constitutes a “score.” The best I can make out is that the stone which ends up the closes to the centerline within the targeted “zone” is a “good stone.”
Describing this activity is almost as lame as watching it. I have no idea what Canadians see in this and even less as to why Americans would participate. But there you are yet another ridiculous Olympic “sport” for Americans to lose.
I don’t believe anyone is a “born natural” for this sport. It’s not like football or basketball or baseball where one is “gifted” or not. To my way of thinking curling is something one falls into when they discover they aren’t any good at real sports. In that sense it has a lot in common with golf.
Now if they were to suddenly pick up those rocks and toss them at one another we might have the makings of a real sport! At least then you could clearly define the winners from the losers. But as it is I’m left scratching my head to hear that the Americans lost, “Get the hell out of here!” Says I, “THEY DIDN’T DO ANYTHING HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY LOSE?”
I know what you’re thinking, I know. You’re saying that curling isn’t as easy as it looks and therefore deserves a spot in the Olympics. But, neither is falling down a flight of steps easy. I wouldn’t want that included as an Olympic sport either.
To the American men’s team I would say, take heart, if you don’t tell I won’t tell anyone you lost and it will remain our little secret.
I guess I just don’t get it. I’m amazed this nonsense is an Olympic “sport”. From what little I understand of it here is how it works:
One man or woman scoots a large “shooting rock” down an ice covered floor while two or three other “players” work their sticks back and forth around the sliding rock trying to get it to go where it needs to be. I assume they are attempting to smooth the pathway in which they want to direct the half-basketball-sized rock. I would hope the participation in this spectacle is more rewarding then the observation because if it isn’t then HELLO, these people need to get a clue!
To further drive this madness no one seems to be in any particular hurry to do anything. They will call time out and huddle discussing angles and strategies but I half expect them to break out coffee and doughnuts and to join the audience in the bleachers! Nothing much is happening as they shake and bob their heads in disgust and bewilderment. I don’t know how, or even if, they keep their concentration. Honestly, they remind me of a bunch of weekend mechanics huddled around a car who’s engine just died and they don’t know what do about it which is signified by a lot of head and chin scratching.
But at some point the “team” gets their act together and decide to give the stone yet another shove down the court. And with the Canadian audience there is a lot of hooting and howling as their countrymen apparently “do well.” I have no idea how that is achieved nor what constitutes a “score.” The best I can make out is that the stone which ends up the closes to the centerline within the targeted “zone” is a “good stone.”
Describing this activity is almost as lame as watching it. I have no idea what Canadians see in this and even less as to why Americans would participate. But there you are yet another ridiculous Olympic “sport” for Americans to lose.
I don’t believe anyone is a “born natural” for this sport. It’s not like football or basketball or baseball where one is “gifted” or not. To my way of thinking curling is something one falls into when they discover they aren’t any good at real sports. In that sense it has a lot in common with golf.
Now if they were to suddenly pick up those rocks and toss them at one another we might have the makings of a real sport! At least then you could clearly define the winners from the losers. But as it is I’m left scratching my head to hear that the Americans lost, “Get the hell out of here!” Says I, “THEY DIDN’T DO ANYTHING HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY LOSE?”
I know what you’re thinking, I know. You’re saying that curling isn’t as easy as it looks and therefore deserves a spot in the Olympics. But, neither is falling down a flight of steps easy. I wouldn’t want that included as an Olympic sport either.
To the American men’s team I would say, take heart, if you don’t tell I won’t tell anyone you lost and it will remain our little secret.
Monday, February 15, 2010
I Want it All
Just between you and me I want it all. Sure I understand power to the people and all that crap. I know the rich bastards are working hard to keep us average Joe’s downtrodden. All anyone has to do to realize this is compare paycheck. I mean something is seriously out of whack for most of us.
Even if you have received a great education and are enjoying a fantastic-paying job you’re still on someone’s shit list. Unless you’re employed by some government agency chances are you’ve got one foot out the door already. You just may be too stupid to realize how easily you can be replaced in this fast pace hellish society of ours.
And don’t think for a moment guys like Barack Obama don't take advantage of the situation. They all do and you know it. If this weren’t true the problem of inequality would have been taken care of a hundred years ago instead of consistently getting worst every year, every election.
I wasn’t always this cynical. As a younger man I use to listen to these old bastards whine about how screwed up everything was. Now I’m one of those old bastards and I realize for the first time in my life just what the hell they all were saying and what they meant. Things are seriously messed up.
But I don’t like feeling this way. I still try to maintain a ‘can-do’ attitude even though at times it’s become a real challenge to give a shit. I don’t want the government to tax the hell out of the rich because I know (and again you do to) that it’ll only fall back on folks like us. Sure we like to pretend that it’s "get even time" with the rich but that’s all a bunch of shit. There isn’t any such thing as getting even. Getting even is an illusion created by the bastards running Washington. It’s a ploy to get elected then to get re-elected. It works because we love the idea, but we never really see anything come of it.
What have we all witnessed this past year? It sure as hell wasn’t the little guy getting bailed out! It wasn’t millions of dollars flowing into the public coffers. The flow was in the other direction and will continue to be so for as long as the rich bastards have that tit to milk.As for you and me… get over it. There isn’t a damn thing we can do about it. It is what it is. We can march on Washington, burn the stupid place to the ground and you know what? After all the name calling and hand holding we’d be right back on track digging the rich out of the hole they created.
And so, that’s why I want it all. I find it hard to hang onto so little. I feel like I’m stuck in a continuous cartoon and the only thing I have left is my sense of humor. Without that, what the hell am I doing here?
If I had it all then maybe I’d have a reason to march on Washington. As it is now I can’t afford to even get there. Hell, I’m trying to scrape up enough money to pay the electric so I can watch you march on Washington on television!
And here’s a parting thought: if I had it all I could afford to bail you out when they throw you in jail for protesting people who have it all!
Even if you have received a great education and are enjoying a fantastic-paying job you’re still on someone’s shit list. Unless you’re employed by some government agency chances are you’ve got one foot out the door already. You just may be too stupid to realize how easily you can be replaced in this fast pace hellish society of ours.
And don’t think for a moment guys like Barack Obama don't take advantage of the situation. They all do and you know it. If this weren’t true the problem of inequality would have been taken care of a hundred years ago instead of consistently getting worst every year, every election.
I wasn’t always this cynical. As a younger man I use to listen to these old bastards whine about how screwed up everything was. Now I’m one of those old bastards and I realize for the first time in my life just what the hell they all were saying and what they meant. Things are seriously messed up.
But I don’t like feeling this way. I still try to maintain a ‘can-do’ attitude even though at times it’s become a real challenge to give a shit. I don’t want the government to tax the hell out of the rich because I know (and again you do to) that it’ll only fall back on folks like us. Sure we like to pretend that it’s "get even time" with the rich but that’s all a bunch of shit. There isn’t any such thing as getting even. Getting even is an illusion created by the bastards running Washington. It’s a ploy to get elected then to get re-elected. It works because we love the idea, but we never really see anything come of it.
What have we all witnessed this past year? It sure as hell wasn’t the little guy getting bailed out! It wasn’t millions of dollars flowing into the public coffers. The flow was in the other direction and will continue to be so for as long as the rich bastards have that tit to milk.As for you and me… get over it. There isn’t a damn thing we can do about it. It is what it is. We can march on Washington, burn the stupid place to the ground and you know what? After all the name calling and hand holding we’d be right back on track digging the rich out of the hole they created.
And so, that’s why I want it all. I find it hard to hang onto so little. I feel like I’m stuck in a continuous cartoon and the only thing I have left is my sense of humor. Without that, what the hell am I doing here?
If I had it all then maybe I’d have a reason to march on Washington. As it is now I can’t afford to even get there. Hell, I’m trying to scrape up enough money to pay the electric so I can watch you march on Washington on television!
And here’s a parting thought: if I had it all I could afford to bail you out when they throw you in jail for protesting people who have it all!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
ActiveX controls Vs another Middle East crisis
In Microsoft's wisdom they have managed to make their browser a real pain in the ass to use. In fact, if they keep going in the direction they are now I suspect no one will want the lame thing on their computer at all!
If you can not pick up the live feed below from Hog's Breath Saloon it's because your browser is blocking it. You'll have to click on the yellow box at the top of your browser and allow for script and ActiveX controls to work. I promise this won't set off a nuclear melt down or yet another Middle East crisis!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Going Postal
I got into a conversation the other day with a pea-brain who was supporting corporations. He claimed the company he works for.. or rather.. WORKED for, gives a crap. HA! Not! I tried to explain to this knothead that there isn't a corporation in America today that really gives a crap about anyone. What all corporations care about is the bottom line. And perhaps that is how it should be, I don't know. The human side of me what's to scream foul. But the practical side says, what the hell, who cares?
But no matter which side you come down on you have to admit it's pretty damn funny that corporations want their employees to be loyal to them. Why? Most of these cowards in charge don't even have the guts to fire someone face-to-face in this lame society of ours today. The guy I mentioned at the start of this rant got the ax in a freak'n letter! One poor slob got his firing through a text message! LOL LOL LOL... I expect a bump in the sale of AK47s along the way. I'm sure someone is just dying to go postal on someone's ass. I mean, isn't that what you do when things don't go your way?
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