Friday, December 04, 2009

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Wednesdaaaay...

...Because everything makes me raaage!
From my landlord's bumper sticker that says "Limbaugh 2012!"
To the fact that no one pays a living waaaage!
It's beginning to look a lot like Wednesdaaaaaaay!
Soon, the rant will start
And the first thing I have to say
Is if you get in my way
I will eeeeat your heaaaaart!

Sorry, this blog is not called "Singalong with Silent Five*"; I promised myself I'd deliver some actual content tonight. (Un)luckily enough, every day is WTF Wednesday these days!

This week, my rage stems from the American Conservative movement (where else?) Now, conservative objections to popular media are nothing new. Neither are their attempts to create sanitized, "family friendly" versions for their own consumption (cf. Conservapedia, Clearplay, "alternative Halloween parties," and Branson, Missouri.) So a conservative edit of a piece of popular literature that's just chock-full of corruption, sex, murder, incest, sodomy, hippie radicals, disrespect for authority, and socialism shouldn't be a surprise.

Except it's the Bible.

Yeah. For real. A text which still includes lines like "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" (Exodus 22:18) and "...women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says, If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church" (1 Corinthians 14:34-35) is not conservative enough for some people. Go figure.

I'll go more into this in the second half of my post tomorrow, but tonight I'm going to retire. I've drunk a delicious thing which I call an Eve's Temptation, and it's making me feel warm and sleepy.

Merry Wednesday to all** and to all** a good night!


*Although maybe it should be.
** By which I mean Scott Adams.

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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Two Little Songs About Toshi

Because I told you I'd occasionally write down my little songs. Didn't I? Didn't I tell you? Oh, I thought I told you.

(To "My Bologna Has A First Name")
My computer has a first name
It's T-O-S-H-I
We stay awake till midnight pwning n00bs and eating pie
I use my Toshi every day
And if you ask me why I'll say
"The intertubes all route my way
With T-O-S-H-I-B-A!"

And another, just because I love you all that much.




(To the "Flipper" theme)


We call him Toshi! Toshi!
Faster than liiiiiiiiiiiiightniiiing!
A silver and red
Extension of my head!
And we know Toshi, Toshi,
Opens a world full of won-DEEEEERRRRR!
Charging there un-DEEEERRRR!
Under my bed!

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Word of the Week

gymnosophy [jim-NAH-so-fee]

n. Philosophical, amusing, or nonsensical insights realized when naked, as in the shower or in bed. (recent coinage: att. S. Galasso, 2010)

Victoria and Albert enjoyed a spot of postprandial concupiscence culminating in a night of gymnosophy and coffee and crumpets at dawn.

The Silent Top Five: Bacon-Flavored Desserts

1) Bacon cheesecake.
2) Bacon gumballs.
3) Bacon ice cream.
4) Bacon-orange bars.
5) Bacon apple pie.

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This is all in no way meant to incur copyright-infringement-related wrath. I'm harmless. I promise. Oh, and if you're offended by anything I may post herein, I guarantee I didn't mean to do so (unless, of course, you are a humorless prig. In which case, go right on and be offended, with my blessings.)