Got my iPod.

Got me an iPod shuffle for Xmas and I am really loving it.

They Don't Want To Hear What You Had For Lunch.

Bullshit. Everyone needs to know about this, it's just that good. Here is a tasty thing that is an excellent snack and a nice light lunch item.
Get a bagel or an English muffin. Toast it. Put some Mozzarrella on it. Put that in your Toaster Oven (or a real oven) and melt the Mozzarella. Put some tomato slices on top of that. Put some salt and pepper on top of that - to your taste. Yum! I find it delicious and I heartily recommend it to others. Its warm, tasty, easy... Just a good snack. I find it fun to make it and it's a pleasure to eat.

Stir Crazy.

Nope, I'm not referring to the Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor film classic. It's the mental state I am in cause of the unusually cold weather we have been having. It's been like a month since the first blizzard hit, it was snowing today (several inches), and about a week ago it was down to -5, and I am getting restless from not getting outside much. Not that I had a whole lot planned, I admit. Still, it would be nice to have the option to casually walk to the movie theater or something.

On the plus side, summer heat is what I really don't like, so all in all, I am enjoying the season.

No Regrets?

Tom Freidman, an early supporter of the Iraq war, was on the NPR show Onpoint today. Somebody called in and said that Bush and his gang at least had an excuse, that they hadn't been to the Middle East, but that Friedman should have known better and that now things were going South Friedman was jumping off the ship like a rat. The question was - did Friedman feel like he had anything to apologize for or regret?

Friedman's answer was something along the lines of, What should I apologize for? For believing that democracy could work in the Arab world? That I should have been a good liberal and just assume that Bush was a bad guy and that this mess had to happen?
Something like that.

All his arguments were straw men. He never addressed the issue of whether it's really a good idea to liberate people by bombing them and occupying them or if it was worth it in the case of Iraq for other reasons.

I don't know if he's lying to himself or doesn't really think he should harbor doubts and regrets. Anyway, I'm sure some other country will come up for us to bomb/liberate. The NY Times, Kristof in particular, is looking for us to save Darfur. By blowing some shit up presumably since no other specific action has been recommended.

Hopefully it will work out better than that Somalia thing.

I have my doubts.

Colorado Cold.

We have been in a bit of a cold spell since last Friday - it's Sunday now. I haven't really gone outside much this weekend because of it. I think the low was -5 or something on Saturday. When I drove to the grocery store earlier today, the windows seemed to be icing up from the inside and I thought my headlights had gone out because snow had covered them up (their slanted so snow can accumulate). It's so cold that the snow doesn't even melt. It's powdery and you can see crytals shimmering on the top like glitter. Brr!

Demonic Salesman I rebuke thee!

I got a door to door salesman come by my apartment on Sat around 7:00. I hear the door ring, open it, and this guy I don't know, wearing 'business casual' clothes, starts talking about 'Hi! I was just wondering if you are getting the paper?'
'No and I am not interested. Thanks. Have a good night.' I said, closing the door in the dillholes face. I think it was technically illegal to be doing that cause we have a no soliciting policy at the apartments. At least I think we do. Anyway, who the fuck buys anything from these guys? Worse than telemarketers if you ask me....

There is this guy on TV now who is some sort of preacher and his spiel is that you need to call in 'Right Now. Go to your phone right now. Go to your phone and make an offering. I need you to do this now. In the next 24 hours we have the opportunity.' Blah, blah, blah. The funny thing is, what's with the 24 hour window? The guy isn't live so the 24 hour thing is obviously bull. Who buys this guys shit? He's asking people to send God an offering of 77 dollars a month for 10 months. The 77 bucks is because the universe works in 7's, somehow. I didn't catch his name, but he has a bad blonde wig, and is in some house in Hawaii, and he picks random quotes from the bible to make a point which completely eludes me. Actually, the gist is, the bible is telling you to send him money. Nice. I admire his brass. Don't think I'll send him anything though. I'll take my chances.
Here is a youtube clip of a behind the scenes look at one of these guys. It's quite the video.

Thank you internet.

Man, I just found this web site http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com, and I am laughing my ass off. The site, as far as I can tell, just has summaries/reviews of TV shows. The one I am interested in is Top Chef. They have somebody breaking down each episode, reviewing pretty much everything that happens and man are they funny. Good stuff!

Glad to see the internet can still amuse me.