Michael J. Fox
Claire McCaskill, the crazy bitch from Missouri who is running agaist Jim Tallent, also a crazy bitch from Missouri had Michael J. Fox do a video for her. You can watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9WB_PXjTBo
In the video Michael J. Fox is bouncing around from his illness. Now it is all a big deal because he has admited to not taking his drugs when he does commericals or goes before congress to rally support for medical advances (stem cell research).
Rush called him out on this fact but I think it is fair for him to take himself off the drugs to show exactly what Parkinson Disease does to a person.
Ironicly, I have discovered that this is not the first time someone has 'bent the truth' with the American public. After years of research I have discovered that the Bush Administration 'bent the truth' on the weapons of mass distruction.
I have also discovered that many movie ads are will mislead you to believe a movie is good while it is actualy crap.
Why is it a big deal that someone with a Parkinson Desease would show people what it actualy does to a person insted of show what it is like when your on your medication slowly waiting for our body to no longer respond to the meds or to stop functioning?
More to the point, why does Clarie McCaskill suck as bad as Jim Talent?
My question is, if all the people against stem cell research developed a desease that needs stem cell research to correct would they suddenly switch sides or just die and leave us alone?
I can only hope for number two ;)
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Thoughts for the day...
Today I read that 10,000 refugees from Burundi coming to U.S. I asked a friend if he had any space. He said a little and he could really use some help around the house. You know, cleaning, lawn care, etc.
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This morning I realized that the Cardinals were not playing in the world series (after thinking that for the last few days). This realization occurred after I remembered that the Mets and the Cards are both in the National League and it seemed weird that two National League teams were playing in the World Series.
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Last night I was playing World of Warcraft (a multiplayer online world) and I had taken my low level (18) character from the “Horde” side and charged him across the world past things that he should not see for the next 40 levels to assist in completing a quest for my higher (level 60) “Alliance” character.
Anyway, my little guy died about 30 times trying to get to where I needed to be, so the trip was really: run, die, ghost back to where I died, run die, resurrect in a grave yard closer to where I need to go, run, die, ghost back to where I died, run die, ghost back to where I died, wash rinse repeat.
It took about 45 minutes to get where I was going, by the time I got there my character was basically naked because his stuff had suffered so much damage. But it didn’t matter, I wanted to get this quest off my list and I was determined to make it happen.
So, I finally get to where I am going. I toss up my little pvp flag that means anyone from the “Alliance” side can kill me (since I am level 18 and they are all level 60 or so it only takes about 3 hits). What I had to do was stand in one location and wait while a tower was “converted” from Alliance to Horde.
Standing there I am not really paying much attention to the screen when I hear the sound of metal being scrapped over a sharpening stone. I turn my view and there standing behind me is a level 60 rogue SHARPENING up his blade to do battle with me.
About half a second later I am ghosting back to my body.
Eventually, after telling all the people in the area what I am doing; and ending up with other people that want to ‘capture’ the tower I take the tower for the horde and then recapture it.
All in all the plan went about as I expected it but I think I owe my Horde player an ice cream.
Note: the rogue apologized for slaughtering my horde character after I told him what I was doing. He figured he was going to get attacked by 4 high level horde members when he went after me. I even helped some other Alliance characters take the tower for their own quests. Yeah for me!
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I heard a story about the Miami vs. Florida International fight… I mean football game from Saturday. The story was that the local police department had sponsored a “Join a team not a gang” night at the football game. I do not know if it is true, but given the fact that 8 players are suspended after that game and people were using helmets as weapons it might not have been such a great plan.
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That is all I have for today… I am sure more fun things will happen soon. Till then, screw Flanders!
Today I read that 10,000 refugees from Burundi coming to U.S. I asked a friend if he had any space. He said a little and he could really use some help around the house. You know, cleaning, lawn care, etc.
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This morning I realized that the Cardinals were not playing in the world series (after thinking that for the last few days). This realization occurred after I remembered that the Mets and the Cards are both in the National League and it seemed weird that two National League teams were playing in the World Series.
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Last night I was playing World of Warcraft (a multiplayer online world) and I had taken my low level (18) character from the “Horde” side and charged him across the world past things that he should not see for the next 40 levels to assist in completing a quest for my higher (level 60) “Alliance” character.
Anyway, my little guy died about 30 times trying to get to where I needed to be, so the trip was really: run, die, ghost back to where I died, run die, resurrect in a grave yard closer to where I need to go, run, die, ghost back to where I died, run die, ghost back to where I died, wash rinse repeat.
It took about 45 minutes to get where I was going, by the time I got there my character was basically naked because his stuff had suffered so much damage. But it didn’t matter, I wanted to get this quest off my list and I was determined to make it happen.
So, I finally get to where I am going. I toss up my little pvp flag that means anyone from the “Alliance” side can kill me (since I am level 18 and they are all level 60 or so it only takes about 3 hits). What I had to do was stand in one location and wait while a tower was “converted” from Alliance to Horde.
Standing there I am not really paying much attention to the screen when I hear the sound of metal being scrapped over a sharpening stone. I turn my view and there standing behind me is a level 60 rogue SHARPENING up his blade to do battle with me.
About half a second later I am ghosting back to my body.
Eventually, after telling all the people in the area what I am doing; and ending up with other people that want to ‘capture’ the tower I take the tower for the horde and then recapture it.
All in all the plan went about as I expected it but I think I owe my Horde player an ice cream.
Note: the rogue apologized for slaughtering my horde character after I told him what I was doing. He figured he was going to get attacked by 4 high level horde members when he went after me. I even helped some other Alliance characters take the tower for their own quests. Yeah for me!
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I heard a story about the Miami vs. Florida International fight… I mean football game from Saturday. The story was that the local police department had sponsored a “Join a team not a gang” night at the football game. I do not know if it is true, but given the fact that 8 players are suspended after that game and people were using helmets as weapons it might not have been such a great plan.
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That is all I have for today… I am sure more fun things will happen soon. Till then, screw Flanders!
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
How was I missed?
With catholic priests and conservative congressmen taking an interest in young boys I am again wondering HOW THE HELL DID I GET LEFT OUT!?!?
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Polygamist just wants quiet...
Warren Jeffs agreed to not fight extradition on the charges of arranging marriages between underage girls and older men. He is the leader of a breakaway part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and believes in polygamy. Jeffs has over 20 wives and when arrested it has been rumored that he told the police “I’ll do anything you want, those crazy bitches in the back seat won’t shut up… just take me where I can have some peace and quiet!”
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
You've got mail!
Radio Shack decided to layoff a large number of employees via email because they are having trouble competing and want to get a competitive edge. Maybe they should try setting their prices closer to their competition (which around here would require up to a 50% reduction on the price tag on many things). That might help them be more competitive!
Which reminds me. The last time I called a Radio Shack I asked the guy if they sold a cable with a DVI end and a HDMI end and he told me he had never heard of such a thing and though that they would be hard to find and certainly would not be available in St. Louis.
After looking on the web for a few minutes I found http://www.showmecables.com which not only makes cables they sell them (even custom jobs) for cheaper than Radio Shack sells their standard cables.
The kicker… they are right here in St. Louis!
Guess who got my business!
So, Radio Shack… maybe you can send me an email letting me know:
Until then I will continue to take my business elsewhere.
Which reminds me. The last time I called a Radio Shack I asked the guy if they sold a cable with a DVI end and a HDMI end and he told me he had never heard of such a thing and though that they would be hard to find and certainly would not be available in St. Louis.
After looking on the web for a few minutes I found http://www.showmecables.com which not only makes cables they sell them (even custom jobs) for cheaper than Radio Shack sells their standard cables.
The kicker… they are right here in St. Louis!
Guess who got my business!
So, Radio Shack… maybe you can send me an email letting me know:
- When you are going to hire employees that understand the items they sell
- When you plan to set reasonable prices
- When you are going to go back to being that handy store that always had the part I needed instead of the store that sells cheap RC cars and consumer garbage.
Until then I will continue to take my business elsewhere.
Always remember to turn off your mic when your off to do the poo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7QhEeQF_o
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Bush promises to continue fight to make the world like America!!!
Bush has promised that he will continue to bring freedom to the people around the world. His plan to do this: more wiretaps, keeping people imprissioned without trial, securing more individual power for himself, and what country would be without it's freedom brought to us by the FCC.
I know that I am leaving out things like the freedom to carry a soda onto an airplane but at least he is not rounding up Americans like they did in the cold war; that is to say... so far...
Bush has promised that he will continue to bring freedom to the people around the world. His plan to do this: more wiretaps, keeping people imprissioned without trial, securing more individual power for himself, and what country would be without it's freedom brought to us by the FCC.
I know that I am leaving out things like the freedom to carry a soda onto an airplane but at least he is not rounding up Americans like they did in the cold war; that is to say... so far...
You will always have someone to make fun of, I promise!
Some people might remember my story about visiting a local retailer where I saw a group of mentally disabled teenagers walking down the hall making fun of the one that had to wear a helmet; thus proving that there is always someone lower than you.
In this spirit I discovered another such instance. Today when I was getting gas, the attendants at the station were laughing because a customer’s wife worked at Wal-Mart. So, the gas station people felt their jobs as pump masters elevated them above someone who wears the blue smock…
Some people might remember my story about visiting a local retailer where I saw a group of mentally disabled teenagers walking down the hall making fun of the one that had to wear a helmet; thus proving that there is always someone lower than you.
In this spirit I discovered another such instance. Today when I was getting gas, the attendants at the station were laughing because a customer’s wife worked at Wal-Mart. So, the gas station people felt their jobs as pump masters elevated them above someone who wears the blue smock…
Monday, July 17, 2006
Thinking of Ken Lay...
Thinking of Ken Lay… I do not find it odd that he died, he was after all an evil bastard (which I have to respect and all) but he was on vacation AFTER being found guilty of the crimes he was charged with.
How is it that a man who has been found guilty is allowed to travel around the US with his family prior to being sentenced?!?! It seems that he would be a bit of a high flight risk… at least to me.
If it had been me, I’d be stuck at home for the few days between when I was found guilty and when I was sent to jail, that is, if I was not held in custody until the time came that I was sentenced…
I hope he is still alive so he can commit more fun crimes and possibly get raped in a Mexican prison by a guy named Jesus.
How is it that a man who has been found guilty is allowed to travel around the US with his family prior to being sentenced?!?! It seems that he would be a bit of a high flight risk… at least to me.
If it had been me, I’d be stuck at home for the few days between when I was found guilty and when I was sent to jail, that is, if I was not held in custody until the time came that I was sentenced…
I hope he is still alive so he can commit more fun crimes and possibly get raped in a Mexican prison by a guy named Jesus.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
You learn something new every day
I learned something interesting today, and it makes sense if you think about it. Drafts in your home are caused by openings that allow air to move from outside to inside. Of course, the air inside your home has to move someplace as well.
Often air will come in through holes in insulation, around windows, and down vent pipes. So where does the air go out? A lot of times it can go out the same places, but it can also go out the drain pipes that go down into the ground. So your pipes can pull air out of your house causing air to be drawn inside from the outside world…
Funky huh…
Often air will come in through holes in insulation, around windows, and down vent pipes. So where does the air go out? A lot of times it can go out the same places, but it can also go out the drain pipes that go down into the ground. So your pipes can pull air out of your house causing air to be drawn inside from the outside world…
Funky huh…
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Sony unleashes the beast
Hey Sony… $599 for the PS3?!!?! Have you lost your F#@K!NG mind? The only thing that will achieve is a record sale of Xbox units in the next month.
Friday, May 05, 2006
Extraordinary Rendition
These two words make me want to join the CIA, because we know it has been happening for years, but we didn’t have a term for it.
FYI: This is when the US transfers prisoners to other countries, where they are not suppose to be tortured, but they are out of the control of the US, so what it really means is the US transfers people they want to do very nasty things to over to countries that are not as tied by civil rights as we are.
FYI: This is when the US transfers prisoners to other countries, where they are not suppose to be tortured, but they are out of the control of the US, so what it really means is the US transfers people they want to do very nasty things to over to countries that are not as tied by civil rights as we are.
More money for Lawyers
OJ is down at the derby this week and is enjoying his time with the beautiful horses and colorful jockeys (see Uncle Buck). It is good to see that he has not lost his stabbing whit that he is so famous for. When asked what his favorite horse was he said “Lawyer Ron.”
To me this makes sense, he is use to giving money to lawyers so it should be natural for him to drop some more cash on a four legged one. I just would not attend the post race party if OJ looses money, who knows what he might do.
On a side note, OJ has declined an offer from Ginsu knives to be a spoke person…
[Yeah, I know, OJ jokes are way outdated, but that one is always amusing to me.]
To me this makes sense, he is use to giving money to lawyers so it should be natural for him to drop some more cash on a four legged one. I just would not attend the post race party if OJ looses money, who knows what he might do.
On a side note, OJ has declined an offer from Ginsu knives to be a spoke person…
[Yeah, I know, OJ jokes are way outdated, but that one is always amusing to me.]
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Research? For a research paper???
The sun had come up, the sky was blue with a few light fluffy clouds floating across that open sea. The temperature was close to 60 degrees and rising. In other-words, it was a good morning so to correct that I opened my University e-mail account and found this message:
Mr. Jacks,
I have a few questions about the way that my paper was graded.
-I lost X points for having no citations, but no citations were required so how can I lose points for something that I was not required to have?
-I lost X points for not having a reference page, again not a requirement?
-I lost X points for my intro and conclusion. I am wrong that this is a computer/technology course should my paper be graded more on content than it is on style, grammar, and punctuation?
I am not saying that I deserve a 100 for this paper but does it really only deserve a XX?
I sat there looking at the e-mail wondering, “This student submitted a paper that had a one sentence introduction, no conclusion, and no references.” It had been up to this point that I had assumed that assigning a “Research Paper” would let the students know they were suppose to do research to complete the paper and provide citations and a resource page to these sources.
Maybe it is just me, but every paper I turned in during my college years required that I quote my sources. It was just common sense, you use someone else’s data then you cite that source.
So, I was wrong. Students apparently do not just assume that the paper should have sources and cite them and even worse, some students do not believe they have to write a correctly formed paper. Maybe I am just a bit of a stickler for a paper that reads like a paper and not something that reads like randomly pulling words out of a bag.
This student’s paper would have been scored much high had he simply included an introduction and a conclusion and had spent the time to include his sources. But the good news for him is I am planning to make sure that future students fully understand exactly what is expected… His legacy will live on!
Way to go big guy!
Mr. Jacks,
I have a few questions about the way that my paper was graded.
-I lost X points for having no citations, but no citations were required so how can I lose points for something that I was not required to have?
-I lost X points for not having a reference page, again not a requirement?
-I lost X points for my intro and conclusion. I am wrong that this is a computer/technology course should my paper be graded more on content than it is on style, grammar, and punctuation?
I am not saying that I deserve a 100 for this paper but does it really only deserve a XX?
I sat there looking at the e-mail wondering, “This student submitted a paper that had a one sentence introduction, no conclusion, and no references.” It had been up to this point that I had assumed that assigning a “Research Paper” would let the students know they were suppose to do research to complete the paper and provide citations and a resource page to these sources.
Maybe it is just me, but every paper I turned in during my college years required that I quote my sources. It was just common sense, you use someone else’s data then you cite that source.
So, I was wrong. Students apparently do not just assume that the paper should have sources and cite them and even worse, some students do not believe they have to write a correctly formed paper. Maybe I am just a bit of a stickler for a paper that reads like a paper and not something that reads like randomly pulling words out of a bag.
This student’s paper would have been scored much high had he simply included an introduction and a conclusion and had spent the time to include his sources. But the good news for him is I am planning to make sure that future students fully understand exactly what is expected… His legacy will live on!
Way to go big guy!
Friday, April 07, 2006
I know I'm glad this has been decided...
According to many medical professionals drinking alcohol increases the risk of alcoholism. The same doctors have decided that there are no klingons around Uranus, but they will not make any official statement about Your anus.
Naughty America - Let's get ready to screw!
I am the happiest man in the world today since discovering “Naughty America: The Game” at http://www.naughtyamericathegame.com/.
This game allows you to meet people in a virtual world and have sex (either in an apartment or in a public sex zone such as the “cowboy room.”
You can watch the person’s web cam while your cartoons are having intercourse and as an added bonus you are able to smack the girl’s ass.
Soon to a be a classic around the world, although I see the players as not being the married men and women that populate today’s gaming world because it has divorce proceedings written all over it!
But the trailer had me rolling!
This game allows you to meet people in a virtual world and have sex (either in an apartment or in a public sex zone such as the “cowboy room.”
You can watch the person’s web cam while your cartoons are having intercourse and as an added bonus you are able to smack the girl’s ass.
Soon to a be a classic around the world, although I see the players as not being the married men and women that populate today’s gaming world because it has divorce proceedings written all over it!
But the trailer had me rolling!
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