My 2 cents for the day...

The house and the senate past a spending bill that sets a withdraw time for Iraq. So basicly what the goverment is saying is we built the fire, we tossed the gas on the fire, we light the matches, and now that it is out of control it is time for us to leave and let the natives solve the problem because when it comes down to it, how does it really effect us?
I hate to side with Bush but that plan just does not work.

Richard Gere kisses Shilpa Shetty.

Maybe he went a little overboard, but hey wouldn't you too? I mean, check her out!



Yeah, yeah, I kissed her because it was funny... yeah!

USA Today is running a series on the top 25... trends, quotes, books, etc.

The list of books can be seen here: http://www.usatoday.com/life/top25-books.htm and at the top of the list is Harry Potter. This list only covers the last 25 years of publishing but if we go a bit further back you have to include the Bible and other books considering:

1. It is a book
2. People are willing to kill over their interpretation of what is in it
3. It is the most published book ever (besides the Ikea catalog) and it is the #1 seller ever (although the Harry Potter SERIES has outsold it).

I think the big thing there is that people are willing to kill over the Bible, I've yet to hear someone start yelling about Voldamont as they shoot people with their magic wands. (I am sure I spelled his name wrong but the good news is I don't really care).

I think my 25 list would be a bit different:

The bible (sure I'm not religious and if I was I really would not select this option) certainly deserves to be on ANY list of books that effect people. As does the Qur'an and every other religious text (Jewish texts would probably out number them all if there had not been the wholesale slaughter of Jews for just about the entire history of mankind).

Books from guys like Salman Rushdie (UPDATE: Rushdie is on the list), Shakespeare, and I might even include the Harry Potter books should be on the list because they certainly caused a stir. Hell, millions of people wanted to kill Rushdie.

How about the Anarchist Cookbook?
Dr. Seuss?

Tom Sawyer, Of Mice and Men, the Iliad...

Dan Brown might deserve a spot on the list but it would be much lower, historically things like the Roman code of laws would have to far outrank his writing (which overall really is not all that good he just chose a hot subject).

Now, I'll admit that Oprah has had a huge effect on getting people to read but the books she selects don't really change the nation or effect us in one way or another. The same can be said about the 9/11 Report. The event affected us but the book, while pointing out the mistakes we made, didn't really move the country (except to be upset when they found out they paid for a book you can get for free).

Here is a much better list of the top 10 most influential books of all-time. Although I am sure there are arguments to be made with this list as well you at least have to respect the choices for what they are, books that have influenced people's actions or reactions...

At least the list of quotes is a little more respectable (if not amusing): http://www.usatoday.com/news/top25-quotes.htm

The first (and as far as we know only) underwater resturant:



http://www.bloggingwv.com/unique-underwater-restaurant-with-stunning-views/

Who says Sadam is such a bad guy? He's the man in the moon afterall!


Check out these links:

http://www.ammoman.com/gunshots.html
http://www.ordena.com/digg/sinkhole.html
http://www.voltier.com/hot/

Some cool pictures:

http://www.frogview.com/show.php?file=1745

A nice vacation spot:

http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/MLEHITW-Hilton-Maldives-Resort-Spa-Rangali-Island/index.do

You think you have skin problems???



From Skirmisher comes this photo:

My favorite part of the story about this man is the adds on the right side were sex related (from find singles to 'fu*k hot females.' I know the first thing I thought of was "Man those hands turn me on!" So hot!

Former optometrist gets 15 months for sex crime

Apparently this eye doctor had a sexual conversation with a 20 year old woman while checking her eyes and according to some reports showed her pictures of himself naked on his cell phone and then allegedly fondled and kissed her and then asked her if she would like to go back to his place...

I just want to know if he held the photos of his penis up and said "Is this better or worse?"

History of the Awkward Moment

Go ahead, jam away.

Not the best way to get to first class...

During a flight from Delhi to London a 74 year old woman passed away in coach. Her body was then moved to first class due to safety reasons (there has to be way to get around the body but coach was filled so they couldn't keep her there).

When the guy sitting next to where they placed the woman noticed she was dead and complained to the airline he was told "To get over it."

Now, I'll give you that he needs to get the hell over it, but you would think that the airline would give him some frequent flyer miles or something, he did spend 6000 dollars on his seat and getting a dead woman stuck next to you for a long flight is a little creapy...

He did get the woman's peanuts though.

Story

Bush Screws America LAUGH OUT LOUD (or quietly to yourself)

This made my day.

NBA Athlete Scott Pollard Saying What?

The NBA's new stance on drugs...

Uhh... yes!

Envirowhat?

Today I received a 100 page catalog from a enviromentaly aware company. I receive 3-5 standard catalogs from other enviromentaly aware companies...

All told, a lot of trees are being killed to create these catalogs for these enviromentaly aware companies.

How about a postcard that tells me to go online? That would save a lot of gas, paper, and money!

Jury Duty

After spending eight days on jury duty I discovered one thing about our justice system. It can be boring.

One of the highlights was this little gem from one of the experts (who had a phd and was highly 'decorated' in his field):

"We are international now, we have members all over the US."

I submit this as evidence that no matter where you go, no matter how well educated you are, at any given time you are likely to be stupid.

Go guys go!

Up up is right...

A Mexican, an Iraqi, and a redneck girl are in the same bar. When the Mexican finishes his beer, he throws his glass in the air, pulls out his pistol, and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, "In Mexico our glasses are so cheap we don't need to drink from the same one twice."

The Iraqi, obviously impressed by this, drinks his beer, throws his glass into the air, pulls out his AK-47, and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, "In Iraq we have so much sand to make glasses that we don't need to drink out of the same one twice either.

The Georgia girl, cool as a cucumber, picks up her beer, downs it in one draft, throws the glass into the air, pulls out her gun, and shoots the Mexican and the Iraqi. Catching her glass, setting it on the bar, and asking the bartender for a refill, she says, "In America we have so many illegal Mexicans and Arabs that we don't have to drink with the same ones twice.

Youtube...

I just noticed that almost everyone that posts a video blog on youtube waves their hands around like they are swatting away an army of flies.

It is also possible that all of these people are animatronics put in place to amuse me (although they are not doing a very good job of that).

Only animatronics wave their arms as much as the 'people' in these videos. Which brings me to my next question... why do people post these things?

Do they think anyone cares? Do I think someone cares that I am posting this?

Are we all insane?!?!

Mom?

Scientists in Scotland have invented a 'nanomachine.' A machine able to create nano particles. This is huge for advances in nanotechnology which has the ability to place small machines into our body to do many different tasks.

In a related story scientists in Scotland have been looking for a really small box... in a released statement they said:

"We are not saying we lost a machine able to make nanos, but if anyone comes across one let us know. if only we had made it larger..."