apocalypse not now
Well the dreaded 6/6/06 has passed and I along with another 6 billion or so people am still alive.
Pity.
Reminds me of all the craze about the Y2K bullshit. I can't believe how poeple can come to believe in this shit. Even my dear old mother was not immune. I remember we were hanging out in Barnes and Noble in December of '99 and my mom had a book on rabbits. My sister cam over and took objection to that saying rabbits were evil animals that attacked small children and the like and were in general bastards. My mom said and I qoute "I thought when the millenium comes and there is nothing left we could eat them". I'm not quite sure when my mother has been so hysterically funny and embarassing at the same moment. Poor old mom, I feel rather bad posting such an unflattering story on such a public forum and yet it is far to tempting to resist.
Anyways back to a more current date. People were actually so freaked out about 6/6/06 that pregnant women were actually requesting induced labor so their child could escape the stigma of being born under the baleful influence of 6/6/06, mark of the beast and all that. The only thing I found scary about 6/6/06 was that it was the release date of that sure to be awful movie The Omen by who else, Fox Entertainment. Honestly if Fox didn't redeem itself with movies like X-Men and Fight Club I might treat it to the same sort of ban Disney Films inspired in me after that atrocious film and travesty of history known as Pocahontas don't even get me started on that. To give the devil its due, however, Disney has somewhat redeemed itself with movies like Pirates of the Carribean a movie greatly enhanced by the ever gorgeous Kiera Knightley and Narnia.
Which brings me to my next point. Maxim puts out an annual 100 most beautiful women every year. Last year I do believe it was Jessica Simpson, who I will readily admit is extremely hot even if she has no musical talent and is dumb as a rock to boot. Her beauty notwithstanding I in no way shape or form would have put her at #1. Maxim, however, seems to seek to make its judgement even more dubious as this year they put Eva Longaria at the #1 spot. Again I will not deny that Eva is hot, she puts the rest of the cast of Desperate Housewives to shame even given her deplorable choice to date Tony Parker. Nevertheless to give her the #1 spot is a travesty. Kiera Knightley, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Selma Hayek, Kate Beckinsale are but the tip of the iceberg for women who if mayhap not deserving of a #1 spot still considerably outrank Eva Longoria. Several other rankings of this list were also tragic if not downright stupid.
Albert Einstien once said "only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not so sure about the universe." Setting aside for the moment the question of whether or not the universe is infinite (although the current rubber band theory would say it is not) I think in any measurement human stupidity beats it hands down. I salute thee oh ingenuity of man.
Pity.
Reminds me of all the craze about the Y2K bullshit. I can't believe how poeple can come to believe in this shit. Even my dear old mother was not immune. I remember we were hanging out in Barnes and Noble in December of '99 and my mom had a book on rabbits. My sister cam over and took objection to that saying rabbits were evil animals that attacked small children and the like and were in general bastards. My mom said and I qoute "I thought when the millenium comes and there is nothing left we could eat them". I'm not quite sure when my mother has been so hysterically funny and embarassing at the same moment. Poor old mom, I feel rather bad posting such an unflattering story on such a public forum and yet it is far to tempting to resist.
Anyways back to a more current date. People were actually so freaked out about 6/6/06 that pregnant women were actually requesting induced labor so their child could escape the stigma of being born under the baleful influence of 6/6/06, mark of the beast and all that. The only thing I found scary about 6/6/06 was that it was the release date of that sure to be awful movie The Omen by who else, Fox Entertainment. Honestly if Fox didn't redeem itself with movies like X-Men and Fight Club I might treat it to the same sort of ban Disney Films inspired in me after that atrocious film and travesty of history known as Pocahontas don't even get me started on that. To give the devil its due, however, Disney has somewhat redeemed itself with movies like Pirates of the Carribean a movie greatly enhanced by the ever gorgeous Kiera Knightley and Narnia.
Which brings me to my next point. Maxim puts out an annual 100 most beautiful women every year. Last year I do believe it was Jessica Simpson, who I will readily admit is extremely hot even if she has no musical talent and is dumb as a rock to boot. Her beauty notwithstanding I in no way shape or form would have put her at #1. Maxim, however, seems to seek to make its judgement even more dubious as this year they put Eva Longaria at the #1 spot. Again I will not deny that Eva is hot, she puts the rest of the cast of Desperate Housewives to shame even given her deplorable choice to date Tony Parker. Nevertheless to give her the #1 spot is a travesty. Kiera Knightley, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Selma Hayek, Kate Beckinsale are but the tip of the iceberg for women who if mayhap not deserving of a #1 spot still considerably outrank Eva Longoria. Several other rankings of this list were also tragic if not downright stupid.
Albert Einstien once said "only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not so sure about the universe." Setting aside for the moment the question of whether or not the universe is infinite (although the current rubber band theory would say it is not) I think in any measurement human stupidity beats it hands down. I salute thee oh ingenuity of man.