The fall
If you've ever been to my place you know I kinda like to hop around. The way our living room is set up with two couches, two lounge chairs and a big glass table it doesn't offer easy passage from the living to the kitchen and the bathroom. So I like to bounce over the couch near the hallway to get to the other areas of the apartment. Recently I brought my sleeping bag into the living so I could sit under when it gets chilly and I left it sitting on the couch I bound over. As you may know sleeping bags have to sides. One side is fluffy and warm and mine has a slick surfaced exterior. Last night I took a break from gaming and was climbing back over the couch and my foot hit the slick side. I twisted my ankle and planted myself on the floor face first. I scraped my knee and slammed my right hand onto the plastic squirt gun I use to discipline cats, shattering the gun into tiny pieces, a couple of which stuck in my hand.
As I lay on the floor feeling like a fucking idiot I did a quick inventory and found that I hadn't hurt myself (other than twisting my ankle). It's been years since I have fallen that hard and it scared the shit out of me. I missed the big glass table by only a couple of inches. Yikes.
I know what you're thinking. You are saying to yourself, "how many beers had you drank before the fall, Ed?" Since I'm off today, sure, I'd had a few beers but that wasn't what caused the fall. The fall was caused by a 37 year old jumping around his apartment like he's twelve. I better slow down. I don't want to break my hip and end up in a rest home.
All I'm left with is a sore ankle and a reason to post more than a few sentances.
Friday, February 11, 2005
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Must...post...something
In about two hours I have to lead a book discussion. We are going to discuss "Empress Orchid" by Anchee Min. Sorry, no link, I don't have a lot of time right now. I was a little disappointed that it didn't appear on any year end lists that I perused. Maybe it's actually a crappy book and I read crap. Crap, that would suck.
One thing I am sure of is that the few people that are going to show up tonight better have read this book because although I did a 15 minute talk on this book a few months ago I sure as hell am not prepared to talk about by myself for half an hour. If they sit there like a bunch of retarded statues I am going to be pissed.
In about two hours I have to lead a book discussion. We are going to discuss "Empress Orchid" by Anchee Min. Sorry, no link, I don't have a lot of time right now. I was a little disappointed that it didn't appear on any year end lists that I perused. Maybe it's actually a crappy book and I read crap. Crap, that would suck.
One thing I am sure of is that the few people that are going to show up tonight better have read this book because although I did a 15 minute talk on this book a few months ago I sure as hell am not prepared to talk about by myself for half an hour. If they sit there like a bunch of retarded statues I am going to be pissed.
Monday, February 07, 2005
Hopefully President Bush will have to answer for this someday
"The Bush administration has turned Guantánamo into a place that is devoid of due process and the rule of law. It's a place where human beings can be imprisoned for life without being charged or tried, without ever seeing a lawyer, and without having their cases reviewed by a court. Congress and the courts should be uprooting this evil practice, but freedom and justice in the United States are on a post-9/11 downhill slide.
So we are stuck for the time being with the disgrace of Guantánamo, which will forever be a stain on the history of the United States, like the internment of the Japanese in World War II."
"The Bush administration has turned Guantánamo into a place that is devoid of due process and the rule of law. It's a place where human beings can be imprisoned for life without being charged or tried, without ever seeing a lawyer, and without having their cases reviewed by a court. Congress and the courts should be uprooting this evil practice, but freedom and justice in the United States are on a post-9/11 downhill slide.
So we are stuck for the time being with the disgrace of Guantánamo, which will forever be a stain on the history of the United States, like the internment of the Japanese in World War II."
Sunday, February 06, 2005
Yikes
File this one under why I am happy I gots no kids.
Today I was in the bathroom at work. As I was doing my thing I heard a conversation between a small child and his father in the far stall. Apparently the little boy was pooping and having a little bit of a problem. I heard him tell his dad, who was in a bit of a hurry, "The big one's already out."
"Oh, good," Dad enthused.
"Just a little bit left," the boy said, "just a little one hanging there."
File this one under why I am happy I gots no kids.
Today I was in the bathroom at work. As I was doing my thing I heard a conversation between a small child and his father in the far stall. Apparently the little boy was pooping and having a little bit of a problem. I heard him tell his dad, who was in a bit of a hurry, "The big one's already out."
"Oh, good," Dad enthused.
"Just a little bit left," the boy said, "just a little one hanging there."
All has been prepared
Really there is little to do to prepare for a Superbowl party. A friend of mine is hosting a few of us fellas today and I just got back from a stroll over to the Harris Teeter with a bag of tortilla chips, mild cheese dip and a large bottle o' Mountain Dew. Goddammit, it's Superbowl day and I got enough shitty-ass junk food to keep me revved up for four hours of good ole 'Merican head bashing broken up by 'clever' commercials.
Paul McCartney is going to do the half time show. I reckon they figured Beatle Paul would be the last person to do anything to tarnish his or America's reputation. He is the stoner every mother wants her daughter to bring home. You know what would be great? It would be great if Paul snapped and took his clothes off and waggled his wang at the world. I would consider that a successful half time show.
Really there is little to do to prepare for a Superbowl party. A friend of mine is hosting a few of us fellas today and I just got back from a stroll over to the Harris Teeter with a bag of tortilla chips, mild cheese dip and a large bottle o' Mountain Dew. Goddammit, it's Superbowl day and I got enough shitty-ass junk food to keep me revved up for four hours of good ole 'Merican head bashing broken up by 'clever' commercials.
Paul McCartney is going to do the half time show. I reckon they figured Beatle Paul would be the last person to do anything to tarnish his or America's reputation. He is the stoner every mother wants her daughter to bring home. You know what would be great? It would be great if Paul snapped and took his clothes off and waggled his wang at the world. I would consider that a successful half time show.
Friday, February 04, 2005
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
You've got to be kidding
I see that President Douchebag and some congressman out of California say that social security should be changed because black men don't live as long as white men and therefore they aren't able to enjoy their benefits. That has got to be the most ridiculous assertion ever made. First of all black men don't live as long because black babies die at a rate twice as high as white babies and the odds of a young black male and dying violently are much higher than for young white males. The problem ain't social security. African Americans also don't have access to the same quality of health care as whites. Do you think that might be part of it, you sorry excuse for a president? Jesus, the lies this fuck tells are infuriating. George Bush: friend of the black man. What a joke.
Facts
White infant mortality rates in 2001: 5.7 per 1000
Black infant mortality rates in 2001: 14.0 per 1000
(Source: US Center for Health Statistics)
In 2002 the percentage of whites of total people murdered in US: 48
In 2002 the percentage of blacks of total people murdered in US: 48
(Source: FBI)
In 2002 the percentage of blacks of total US population: %12.7
So, you can see how changing social security is going to be a big help.
I see that President Douchebag and some congressman out of California say that social security should be changed because black men don't live as long as white men and therefore they aren't able to enjoy their benefits. That has got to be the most ridiculous assertion ever made. First of all black men don't live as long because black babies die at a rate twice as high as white babies and the odds of a young black male and dying violently are much higher than for young white males. The problem ain't social security. African Americans also don't have access to the same quality of health care as whites. Do you think that might be part of it, you sorry excuse for a president? Jesus, the lies this fuck tells are infuriating. George Bush: friend of the black man. What a joke.
Facts
White infant mortality rates in 2001: 5.7 per 1000
Black infant mortality rates in 2001: 14.0 per 1000
(Source: US Center for Health Statistics)
In 2002 the percentage of whites of total people murdered in US: 48
In 2002 the percentage of blacks of total people murdered in US: 48
(Source: FBI)
In 2002 the percentage of blacks of total US population: %12.7
So, you can see how changing social security is going to be a big help.
Monday, January 31, 2005
The great mind game
The question of whether Terrell Owens will be back this Sunday for the Super Bowl is not nearly as important as the fact that since he practiced today the Patriots are going to have to include him in their game plan. Pretty smart, I think.
The question of whether Terrell Owens will be back this Sunday for the Super Bowl is not nearly as important as the fact that since he practiced today the Patriots are going to have to include him in their game plan. Pretty smart, I think.
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