Me, talk about sports? How radical! And yet, the Olympics are sports like no other sport. Except the sports that are in the Olympics. Or something. Anyway, blah blah, let's discuss.

( I think I said this two years ago, but hell, I'm nothing if not predictable. )

Well, ladies and gentlemen and other things that read this, it's another year divisible by four, and you know what that means: Februarys, now with 3.6% more Feb! Olympic thingamajiggers, now with a billion percent more China! But most of all it means an election year for We The People. And that means campaigning. And mudslinging. And baby kissing. ( Read more... )

Instead of commenting on today's holiday of choice, I'm going to jabber about last night's Olympic programme.

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Sometimes, work has poor form ( Read more... )

Previously, I had been a tool (no surprise there) and opened the forum for The Random Rant Meme. Sixteen of you asked for rants on various topics. My rants are quick and dirty, much like me.

( Rants below. With profanity. And stupidity. What more did you expect? )

This one involves real hard work. That's rough, but for you, my dear viewers and readers and haters and the jerks in Pod Six, I'll take the plunge. Special thanks to afterwards, from whom I took this.

The Random Rant Meme1. Comment with any subject that you would like me to rant on, with possible (read: definite) swearing involved. Any subject - I don't ( Read more... )

I am not a sports fan. This is a given. Not everyone is cut out to follow intense media-generated rivalries between random assortments of people who represent a given geographical region that most likely is not even their own. Not everyone has the stamina to sit for hours in a stadium watching the classic rules-hindered battles between men and ( Read more... )

Aye, tis that most hellish of days, April 15th. On this day the IRS wreaks bloody havoc upon all the poor and innocent, draining them of their precious funds and taunting them with the mocking laughter of invulnerability ( Read more... )