I told myself a long time ago that I wasn't going to be a normal LJ wanker. Let's face it, most people post whether they need to or not and rant about the same things over and over. We don't need to see it, and god knows it gets boring fast. I just wanted a sort of diary to vent the worst and the dumbest of my pet piques. I don't post often, which ( Read more... )

I try to be tolerant of stupid people. I really do. For instance, those assholes in the mall walking four abreast so as to block all opposing or faster traffic are still alive. This, by my measure, is tolerant. In a perfect world people like that should be branded, tagged like wildlife, and moved to a monitored, pay-per-view island so that they can ( Read more... )

There is one thing I always come back to when discussing the results of the Do-Not-Call List trial and spammers in general, and that is the question of rights. Does a business or corporation have the same rights and privileges as an individual? The courts have repeatedly asserted that yes, they have rights to privacy and ownership. This would be ( Read more... )

There's a masochistic bent in my personality. Obviously there must be, or I wouldn't keep watching CNN for four hours a day. It really irks me how easily we can be misled, and how Americans seem to swallow obvious half-truths ( Read more... )

.. can be a very dangerous thing. It begs the question of potential, and as the artist stares at blank canvas it can be staggering at the unlimited potential so long as he never raises a brush. Granted, this ain't exactly art. Considering the glut of self-assured and otherwise delusional sorts on LJ who seem ot think that their daily lives are ( Read more... )