Doomsday is coming…again

When will all these doomsday prophets give it up?  No one knows when it will happen, not even Christ himself.  Do these idiots think that they know better than the Messiah?  Now some unknown little ‘Christian’ group in Miami is telling us June 30th.

Miami-based 666 tattoo cult says world will end on June 30th

Well this time we have a twist.  The world won’t literally end.  All the governments will just fall but only these knuckleheads will survive, and they are all going to turn into X-men on top of it.  God’s going to give them all superpowers!

All I can say is maybe they need to put down the Marvel Comics and pick up a bible some time!  And maybe enjoy this little number from Jesus Christ Superstar.

King Herod’s Song

Yes, The sinking of the Titanic actually happened

The other day online I was dumbfounded to see this posted on Tumblr

 

I was praying it was a joke.  People watched the Movie titanic and didn’t know it happened?  That is really sad.

The wreckage of the Titanic

Today happens to be the 100th anniversary of this tragic event that claimed over 1500 lives and many of them needlessly.  The Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg on it’s maiden voyage.  There was nothing romantic about it what happened that night.   The ship only carried enough lifeboats for a little over half of it’s passengers and many of the available boats were only partially filled.

Maybe these people should turn off the movie and read one of the many well researched books that tell the actual story.

Maybe I can make it on 1000 Ways to Die too!

Yes, that is 1.85 miles of fabric hanging from her dress

There are some things in this world that go beyond stupid, and this is one of them.  Please tell me what bride needs a 2 mile long train on her wedding dress?  All to get in the Guinness Book of World Records.  This is beyond stupid for more than one reason.

Stupid reason number one

Almost 2 miles of fabric wasted in a publicity stunt that could have been used to clothe dozens of people.  At a time when we are worrying about resources, such waste is inexcusable.  But let’s talk about the other stupid reason.

Stupid reason number two

The bride modeled this gown from a hot air balloon with her train dragging on the ground two miles behind her, over a busy street.  This is one very lucky young lady.  It could have been very easy for that train to snag on something.  Accidents happen, they are called accidents because no one plans to have one.  And an accident on the street below could have easily been her downfall.

Hot air balloons are at the mercy of the wind, one good gust of wind and she could have broken two records at once.   She could be holding the honor of being the  first bride in history who died falling from a hot air balloon when she was yanked out of that balloon by her 2 mile long train.

Then she could have appeared on the TV show that proves some people are just too stupid to live, 1000 Ways to Die.  Really, is it worth it, risking your life just to get your name in a book?  Well I guess it is to some people because they pull some stupid, dangerous and moronic stunts to get in there!

Unbelievable! Mystery nuggets are healthier than a turkey sandwich?

Sometimes I really can not believe the governmental stupidity.  A mother packs lunch for her child; turkey sandwich, banana, potato chips and apple juice.  That sounds pretty balanced to me, but not to the ‘lunch inspector’ at an elementary school in North Carolina.  No, the food inspector thinks Chicken nuggets are healthier?  We are not talking real chunks of chicken meat here, we are talking processed mystery meat nuggets.  Have you ever looked at what is in a chicken nugget? No, well here is McDonald’s ingredient list:

Chicken McNuggets®:

White boneless chicken, water, food starch-modified, salt, seasoning (autolyzed yeast extract, salt, wheat starch, natural flavoring (botanical source), safflower oil,

dextrose, citric acid, rosemary), sodium phosphates, seasoning (canola oil, mono- and diglycerides, extractives of rosemary). Battered and breaded with: water,

enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, food starch-modified, salt, leavening (baking

soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, whey, corn starch. Prepared in

vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness). Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an

antifoaming agent.

That is healthier than a turkey sandwich?  Things you can’t pronounce? So rather than have a child eat a turkey sandwich prepared by her mother, the government will take away her packed lunch and feed her some Frankenfood?  What’s next, Soylent Green?

Is this for real????

 

I know that politicians can be rather moronic at times (I mean the State of Florida has granted constitutional protection to pregnant pigs) but really tax breaks for having a mustache?   Can you say sexist?

 

Yes some women do have to worry about facial hair popping up but when it does most of us get rid of it.  So what is this ‘stache tax’ all about.  Isn’t taking care of your facial hair considered a part of your basic grooming?  If not I have a few other tax break suggestions for Representative Bartlett:

• Deodorant tax break
• Spa visit tax break
• Beauty Parlor/Barber shop tax break
• Depends tax break
• and just for us ladies The Tampax Kotex tax break!

 

Yes very stupid list isn’t it.  Tax breaks for basic grooming and hygiene.  How about we stop offering silly tax breaks for everything and work on generating some taxes to offset the monstrosity that we call a National Debt!

What boneheads!

The entertainment industry is being run by boneheads so stupid they make Homer Simpson look like a Mensa member.   It seems that they are determined to cut off their nose to spite their face.   I see a serious problem with the whole ‘anti-piracy’ thing.  Piracy is the last thing on their minds, it’s more about control.  In this quest for control they are shooting themselves in the foot.  Let me explain what I mean.

YouTube could be one of the biggest driving forces behind the entertainment industry if they stopped whining over a penny here or there.  The entire function of YouTube is the sharing of content.  People upload videos and those videos get shared.  Do some people upload videos that have been uploaded by others first?  Of course they do, but when it happens it’s added exposure.  Running and tattling to YouTube because someone uploaded your little video after you does one thing, limits the exposure your video could be getting.

I mention YouTube because in the ‘wake’ of the Megaupload case, other sites are getting scared.  (BTW The Megaupload saga is far from over)  Today YouTube removed the account of a user who had uploaded a trailer for The Walking Dead.   So this person liked to upload trailers, he was not uploading full episodes.  The purpose of a trailer is to peak interest and get people to watch, right.  Logic would dictate that the more people who see that trailer the more people will tune in to the show.

Entertainment industry boneheads obviously don’t understand simple math.  Every person uploading that trailer has contacts who will see and share it.  So the more people who upload your trailer the more exposure that trailer gets.

There’s a big difference in uploading a trailer meant to draw attention to a show or movie and uploading the full movie or full episode of a show.  I can understand not wanting the full deal uploaded but when you go running to YouTube complaining about a user who is helping you (Yes, I am talking to you Disney and Rainbow Media) you make yourself look like brain dead idiots!

YouTube did what they had to do to avoid being shut down by government kowtowing to entertainment industry lobbyists who spout off how they are protecting artists and stars when in reality the only ones being protected are the bigwigs like Disney.

15 minutes of shame, I mean fame

Remember the good old days when:

• You actually had to accomplish something to gain fame?
• Hollywood celebrities had an image and maintained it?
• The village idiot was known only in his own village?

Those days are gone.  Now we have people like Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian as celebrities? What have they done?  I can’t seem to find anything except being born rich or being a hanger on to famous people. They have accomplished nothing in their own right except milking their celebrity for everything it’s worth.

Now every time another celebrity gets arrested or checks into rehab it gets as much press as a lunar landing back in the day.  A couple of celeb exchange words and it’s a major feud.

And god forbid the village idiots.   TV Talk shows started it.  Thanks a lot Maury, Jerry; you guys pulled every attention seeking defective out of the woodwork.  Between ‘I’m sleeping with your ___(insert trusted relative here)_, and the ‘We’ll keep doing DNA tests till we find your Baby Daddy even if this is test # 101′ I think every skank in America had her chance to degrade herself on national TV.

And now we have YouTube.  Don’t get me wrong there are some great videos on YouTube, but it’s also a meduim for every Jackass wannabe with a video camera and a computer to jump in and get their 15 minutes too.

And the sad part in all this, is that most of us (myself included at times) encourage this!  Yes I have hit that share button a time or two myself.  I’m trying to figure out the thought pattern behind this.

Is there some deep rooted thread of sadism running through the human psyche to brings us joy at seeing others in a bad light?  Or maybe we just feel vindicated when we can look at someone else and say what an idiot?

Whatever, there will never be a lack of people looking for 15 minutes of shame and just as many people willing to grant it.

 

 

Just call me Madea

I’m like  Madea.  No nonsense and sharp.  And about as much tolerance for BS as Madea too.  Recently my BS tolerance meter has been tested to the limit.  I don’t have to wonder why the world has gone to hell, I just have to look around at how a lot of the people react to issues we face today.  The take BS as gospel truth, stick their heads in the sand, refuse to think and then they think you have a problem if you prefer to face reality.

Stupidity is a sad state of affairs, but I guess Lala Land is easier to live in than the real world.

The Mad scientist inventors are running wild!

As Seen on TV.  A marketing phrase we see in almost every retailer these days.  Usually some madcap product that appears in stores a few months after the “Only available through this TV offer” disappears.  And usually the product fails miserably at living up to the hype.  Remember the Veg-o-matic?  Didi 7? No?  Don’t feel bad most people have forgotten these wonder products, you’re in good company.

It used to be that RONCO was the king of the TV offered product, but now everyone is jumping on the bandwagon and some of the products seem to be best described as Frankenstein’s Failures.  But today I think I saw the most ridiculous product ever, microwavable slippers.

That’s right, they are called Hot Booties, slippers that you heat up in your microwave.  Maybe it is just me but the idea of putting something in my microwave that is meant to be in contact with the floor makes me rather ill.  You put food in your microwave, foot that you are planning to eat.  Your shoes are constantly in contact with the floor and no matter how clean you keep your floor it is not sterile.  Would you lick the sole of your stillettoes?  Okay I know that some people out there get their kicks from licking shoes but I am not one of them.

Oh yes they do give you a “Bootie Bag” to put the shoes in before you nuke them, but that bootie bag is not hermetically sealed it has a drawstring closure.  Might as well be the Grand Canyon when it comes to germs.  All those nasty little buggers being relocated to a new home in your microwave.  Ewww!

Please send this invention back to Victor’s lab and Doc, I’ll thank you to keep your next invention to yourself!

How silly can you get?

I have been noticing commercials for XBox Kinect.  Okay it’s coming up on Christmas and got to get that “I want it’ buzz going before Black Friday but…

Do people really think wasting money on a video game that allows you to do things on you TV that you could be doing for real makes sense?

You stand in front of your TV and swing an imaginary golf club.  What? Why aren’t you out on the golf course swinging a real club and enjoying the fresh air?  Do we really put that much stock in the virtual world?

Okay when I was a kid, Pong was all the rage.  Kids could sit for hours playing this game if we had been allowed to do so.  We weren’t.  Go outside and play was a standard parent phrase back in the day.  We went outside in the fresh air air and played stickball, or kick ball or tennis or any of a hundred other games that either existed or popped up in our imaginations.  We ran, jumped, sweated and burned off energy in an actual physical environment we could see, smell, hear, feel and in some cases taste. We didn’t stay cooped up in the house all day.

Now we have a generation of future hermits in the making.  There’s no need to interact with the real world, make friends, meet people and experience things.  Just turn on your Xbox and pretend you are experiencing something.