Free Willy?

It seems that Keiko, the killer whale from the Free Willy flicks doesn’t want to go to the wild after all. More here.

Speaking of creatures who missed the point, here are some tales about stupid neighbors, race-baiting Bush websites (original and “corrected” – check the middle pic on the bottom – editions), and oversized little leaguers just to round out the mix of madness. (For more on the original version of that “tasteful” website, go here.)

Just because I can, a little more invective, courtesy of August 9th’s Doonesbury:

Doonesbury cartoon

And yes, we are fine…the flooding was on the other side of town.

After today, NIMBY be damned I’m thinking

The first thing on my mind, of course, was “Glad I’m not there.” So far all those folks without power in the NorthEast seem to be muddling through okay, and that’s good news. I swear, its like there is a determined effort to make the rest of us think New Yorkers are actually polite. Go figure.

Well, I was gonna link this story anyway, but while it was humorous to begin with; I’d really like to see all these snobs whine about their “backyard” being sullied after today’s events. Good luck you dopes.

Unfair and prickly

So, I’m trolling through the job ads this morning and then bounce over to CNN to check on the news (yes, that IS entertainment for me). Anyways, our unofficial government news agency FoxNews is suing Al Franken because they don’t like the title of his book – nor likely the content of it either. Just goes to show how whiny people get when you give ’em a little power.

Some of you may have come across that nasty MSBlaster/LoveSan worm. Hopefully you do not have it on your computer, but if you do, come on back after your computer reboots.

You back yet? Okay, take a visit over to this link, which will give you directions on where to get your relevant Windows updates. I will give you to quick links to McAfee and Norton’s advice as well. Good luck out there.

Hey Mitch!

Other than Leslie, I don’t get acknowledgement of actual visitors to the site…and I stopped looking at traffic monitoring a long time ago. So it was with some surprise that I found out that Mitch Shiever comes to check out the incomplete project from time to time. Everyone say “hi” to Mitch and wish him luck on his new job.

Speaking of work, I just got down with a difficult but (hopefully) fruitful second interview today for a position at UNLV. To be honest, that’s a good group of people I would have to work with if I got the position; so color me interested and impressed. I also just (at 9:30pm) found out that I may have an interview for my old job as Project Manager at Aristocrat next week. So at least I’m finally getting a foot in the door a couple places.

From our Entertainment/Science desk, a scientific chart for you about the condiments in your fridge. In other science-ish news, I just remembered an old article about the Dark Sucker theory. It comes from a site I haven’t visited in years, IFAQ (Infrequently Asked Questions).

Yes, I’m bored.

Why Wait?

Bob reports on a move in Florida to ban any Floridian from accepting a public health insurance option should it become available this year.

He also mentions Traitor Rick’s move to do the same in Texas. I also read – and I think posted – about a similar move in Arizona.

Bob’s suggestion was for these asshats to go ahead and do away with all public health care in these states. You hate the government that much? Pull your elderly off of Medicare. Take your poor off of Medicaid. Florida, Texas, and Arizona don’t have an excess of elderly, do they? Oh wait! They do!

I’d take it a step further. Kick out the VA clinics and hospitals and forcibly remove your veterans. Close every military base as they have government funded soldier, Marines, airmen, seamen, and Coasties in them. Don’t elect ANYONE to Congress. Or at least, any GOP members as assumption of the job would be hypocritical, now wouldn’t it?

Now, Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has gone ahead and called their bluff. Basically, he submitted an amendment to repeal Medicare. No one voted for it. More importantly, no Republicans voted for it. Hypocrites.

Here he is on Rachel Maddow:

I can watch TV again!

As many of you know, I can count the amount of television shows I can actually stomach watching on both hands – if you spread it out across a whole decade. So, since I’m a big fan of FX’s The Shield and not much else (though I enjoy Monk whenever I can catch it), I have currently been in a major slump as far as any potential Nielsen rating hirings go.

Tonight, I can safely add another show to the list. It is Peacemakers with Tom Berenger. Kind of a murder mystery/CSI-like/western concept. Some of that usually bores the daylights out of me but this seems to work. So I’ll give it a try. Enough of one to suggest it to all of you to watch as well.

The end of an era

Not a lot of things make me feel old. I mean, why should I? But this article (and this one too) kind of makes you stop and think about all the stuff that we take for granted that goes away. I knew I saw less of these things the last time I was in Mexico, but now they will probably just be a memory in a few years.

In other news, I’ve finally decided to work on the website a bit. Not that you will notice anything fantastic, but I am getting some of the pages updated from the old (or even older) formats. Stick around, I may even actually add content.

Excuse me while I knock on some wood here

I have got an interview next week for a job I would really like to have. Not that the job search of late has been very productive; but I would enjoy a great job over a “I really just need a paycheck” variety. So, anyways, wish me luck.

From the Galva.com site, some pictures of the damage there. Most of it is just of parked vehicles but you can kinda get a sense of the mayhem anyways.

Charity begins at home at the expense of your convictions

So, I read this article about a woman who is forcing her belief system on others so much that it is now going to cost some charities a LOT of money. AND SHE’S NOT DONE! People, convince others to change their minds through dialogue, not by twisting their arms in fascist fashion.

In other news, Galva seems to remain in the dark but folks seem to be okay. Brenda says their house got a little roughed up, but so did a lot of others.

Hang in there!

I don’t have a lot of info on this yet but I hear Galva got pretty whacked by high winds last night. From what I know, which is pretty much this, only one person got hurt. Which is damn amazing and thankful news. If anyone has been in contact with my family, could ya give me a ring or an email? I am trying to get a call through to whoever I can.

UPDATE: Got a hold of Jason Lindstrom and everyone and everything seems relatively okay amongst those we know. The Strand farm lost a barn but that is thus far the worst of it. There is definitely no word of electricity for awhile though. A couple links covering the scant info I have.

Galesburg Register Mail story

KWQC Channel 6 story and video