It's funny 'cause it's true. Most guys are easy, and they want an easy girl.
Mine was named Debbie. We used to hook up on an irregular basis and bang each other's brains out. It was barely a relationship, because when we got together we were too busy tearing each other's clothes off to talk about 'us.' Like the song says, we had one thing in common, we were good in bed. Ahem.
Anyway, we lost touch after I got married and moved across the country and that was good, because... well, because the close proximity of a wild fucking machine like Debbie may have been bad for my marriage during the inevitable rough spots.
A couple of weeks ago I was reading the paper and I saw a picture of Debbie. She had gotten married. At midnight. In a graveyard. The bride and groom wore black, natch.
I thought briefly about contacting her, but what would I say? "Hello sunshine. I know we haven't spoken in nine years and you just got married, but do you wanna fuck?"
No, better to let that crypt remain sealed. Goodbye, Debbie.
Our quote of the day, brought to you by Kurt Vonnegut:
"I myself feel that our country, for whose Constitution I fought in a just war, might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers. Sometimes I wish it had been. What has happened, though, is that it has been taken over by means of the sleaziest, low-comedy, Keystone Cops-style coup d’etat imaginable. And those now in charge of the federal government are upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography, plus not-so-closeted white supremacists, aka “Christians,” and plus, most frighteningly, psychopathic personalities, or “PPs.”"
Mr. Vonnegut goes on to detail the attributes of a psychopathic personality. It's very interesting reading.
If you read Bartcop today, we're linking to the same Vonnegut interview. Bart was first, of course.
Here's something interesting I picked up from a message board at Beliefnet:
Lord Arthur Ponsonby (1871-1946) wrote in "Falsehood in Wartime" about the the lies and propaganda of wartime leaders. Belgian historian Anne Morelli recently distilled Ponsonby's findings as follows:
1. We do not want war
2. The other side is solely responsible for the war
3. The enemy has the face of the devil
4. It is a noble cause that we defend and not particular interests
5. The enemy commits atrocities knowingly; if we make unfortunate mistakes it is involuntary
6. The enemy uses unauthorized weapons
7. We suffer very few losses while the losses of the enemy are enormous
8. Artists and intellectuals support our cause
9. Our cause has a sacred nature
10. Those who question our statements are traitors
Is it just me, or do all those sound eerily familiar?
I sent a letter to MWO asking about their new, crappy schedule. Well, crappy might be harsh. Matter of fact, their new publishing schedule is quite the opposite of crappy. It is irregular. Or at least rather constipated.
Before they took their extended break (what was it, three months?), it seemed that no matter how early I checked in each day, MWO had a new story or link up, complete with outrageous headline and breathless decks. Almost always, they updated several times a day.
Now, the pace is a bit more leisurely. Now, I'm not getting the instant gratification of a fresh hit every time I type "mediaw" in the Location bar. Far be it from me to kvetch about other people not publishing in a timely manner. I just think MWO is one of the best things going on the Internet, and I don't want to see it diminish.
Whatever they case, they didn't respond to my letter. I'd just as soon they concentrated on more updates, anyway.
Here's a fine excerpt from Janis Ian's follow up piece to The Internet Debacle: "The American Dream. The promises all of us are made, tacitly or otherwise, throughout our lives as Americans. The dream we inherit as each successive generation enters grade school - that we will be freer than our grandparents, more successful than our parents, and build a better world for our own children. The promises made by our textbooks, our presidents, and our culture, throughout the course of our childhoods: Fair pay for a day's work, and the right to strike. The right to leave a job that doesn't satisfy, or is abusive. Freedom from indentured servitude. The premise that every citizen is allowed a vote, and no one will ever be called "slave" again. The promise that libraries and basic education in this country are free, and will stay so.
These are not ideas I came up with on the spur of the moment; this is what we're taught, by the culture we grow up in. And of everything we are taught, one issue is always paramount - in America, it is the people who rule. It is the people who determine our government. We elect our legislators, so they will pass laws designed for us. We elect and pay the thousands of judges, policemen, civil servants who implement the laws we elect our officials to pass.
It is the promise that our government supports the will of the people, and not the will of big business, that makes this issue so damning - and at the same time, so hope-inspiring.
When Disney are permitted to threaten suit against two clowns who dare to make mice out of three balloons and call them "Mickey", the people are not a part of it. When Senator Hollings accepts hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from entertainment conglomerates, then pretends money has nothing to do with his stance on downloading as he calls his own constituents "thieves", the people are not involved. When Representatives Berman and Coble introduce a bill allowing film studios and record companies to "disable, block or otherwise impair" your computer if they merely suspect you of file-trading, by inserting viruses and worms into your hard drive, it is the people who are imperiled."
Here's your quote of the day, courtesy of Janice Ian:
"If a music industry executive claims I should agree with their agenda because it will make me more money, I put my hand on my wallet…and check it after they leave, just to make sure nothing's missing."
