“We were not the first, but I am sure we will not be the last,” Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told the chamber. “After us will come many other countries, driven, ladies and gentlemen, by two unstoppable forces: freedom and equality.”

this is what i like to call “progress.” hopefully, more countries will begin doing the same thing. why? because everyone should have the same rights, even if you don’t agree with their way of life.

countries that claim to be free, such as the u.s., should not be able to say who can and can’t marry. yet, we do not allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in this country. except massachusetts. come to think of it, i always thought something was odd in provincetown. let’s just say it’s best not to leave your woven anal protector at home when visiting “p-town.”

the message is clear in the u.s.: “go about your daily business, unless you are a fruitcake, then you have to go sit over there with the other fruitcakes.” that is not equality. that is a civil rights violation.

today, spain joins canada, belguim, and the netherlands in allowing “fruitcakes” to be part of the “daily business.”

while i will never be a “fruitcake,” i would hope that someone would stand up and fight for my rights if i ever fell into any minority.

when doing audioblogs, is it really important to do a test before pulling out the real thing? it seems rather painful for the “listeners” to have to waste time and bandwidth, listening to something that isn’t even beneficial to them. and how could they know, if there is no indication that it is a test, and only a test?

stemshul said…

They are however, a necessary evil.
12:37 AM

i don’t buy it. evil is never necessary, unless you are satan. are you satan? because if you are, you have to get behind me. jack white said so.

i was willing to just forget about it, but then i came up with a seemingly obvious and genius idea. why not just make your first post “the test?” and if it doesn’t work, then you know the test failed. is that asking too much? maybe there’s something about audioblogger that i’m missing, which would require a person to make a test post before a real post. is there some sort of contractual obligation?

don’t mind me. i’m just angry, because the only two stemshulian audioblogs i’ve downloaded are both tests. it’s not as though i’m asking for the mic to be “rocked like a vandal,” but it would be nice to hear some variety. ah, well, i’ll just have to quash my expectations.

when can we expect the next “test?”

do you know sudoku? if not, then turn away now. go. you don’t want to know about this game. it will take you over and make you its bitch (prison lingo).

i had the unfortunate accident of finding this article on fark. i read it, got interested, went to the main sudoku web site, downloaded the game, and now it consumes me.

it’s very simple, yet intensely difficult. or more like my brain is making it difficult. that doesn’t stop me from spending an hour trying to solve one puzzle. just put on some good music and have some ibuprofen nearby for the headaches.

comments don’t do it justice. i read a post on a friend’s blog and decided my thoughts needed a post of their own. so, consider this owned (pwn3d).

there is also the obvious social message with fake bullet hole stickers/clings, and that is we are becoming more and more inclined to accept violence and chaos as our way of life. fake or not, the subconcious implication is still there.

violence is in our video games. i love being able to be violent in a video game, but too many people can’t differentiate between what is real and what is game. that’s their problem. until one of those morons shoots me. it’s still their problem, but i pay the price. so, how do we fix this? we can’t. put a fake bullet hole on your car.

guns are my second amendment right! if i need a gun, i can go buy one. but what world do i live in, where i need a gun? this is asinine. “it’s for me and my family’s protection. junior, get away from there. junior! *bang*” how often is it that some kid blows his head off because he found his dad’s gun in the sock drawer or under the bed? more often than that gun was used to stop intruders. only in a world where fear is your friend and you think someone is going to break down your door at any minute, do you need a gun. put a fake bullet hole on your car.

“but it’s just a joke!” <– this type of thinking breeds complacency. we joke about stuff so much, that we forget all the problems facing us; and they are growing larger all the time. but that’s the idea. forget about your problems. it’s the only way to lead a healthy, numbed life.

putting a fake bullet hole on your car is funny. and when a real one hits your car, it will blend in. no harm, no fowl.

i found this amusing. i was looking at sitemeter statistics (seems to be all i do now) and this was how someone got to this blog:

Search Words: “i better take that” gun

enough of that, let’s get to the good stuff.

remember when i had that problem with a food product? it was pretty damaging. i was damaged by it.

i bought some pink grapefruit cups at costco yesterday, and when i got home, i needed to eat one. as i grabbed one of the cups, i got this sinking feeling when i noticed it was a del monte product. i immediately turned it over to check if it had any large metallic items on the bottom. nope. i’m safe. for now.

but the metal still haunts me in my dreams. i will never again be able to eat another del monte fruit cup product without check the bottom first.