Things I Don't Care About

1.) The James Frey Controversy
2.) Oprah's attempt at redeeming her reputation after the James Frey Controversy.
3.) Kerry's usless attempt to filibuster the Alito nomination. (not gonna work, therefore, pointless.)
4.) Anything Howard Dean has to say. (I'm a Democrat, but Dean is still a moron. His attempt at being "different" to stand out is only working against him and our party.)
5.) Kanye West portrayed as Jesus on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. (If this is for controversy and press - Yawn! If this is an artistic expression reflecting his hip hop "gospel" song - that's nice, yawn, moving on...)
6.) Brangelina (barf)
7.) Michael Jackson and his crossing dressing escapade in the Middle East

Disgusted

I was just listening to NPR and an interview with Washington Post writer Jackie Spinner. She was talking about her new book which deals with her experiences as a reporter in Iraq. She said she had received a lot of hate mail for her stories. The interviewer asked her if she had gotten any good mail and she said she had become friends with a woman who sent her an email thanking her for her reporting; however, the woman said she couldn't thank her publicly because she was a conservative and Spinner worked for a liberal newspaper.

How is it that someone can be of such low moral character, be so bereft of principles, be such a brainwashed lemming of a drone as to not be able to stand by her own opinion??? I can only imagine what a pathetic kind of a person that woman is if she wouldn't dare give her own opinion just because it might differ from her party affiliation. Grow some F'n balls! People like that make me want to puke.

Blog while you jog???

So, I was listening to NPR earlier today and I heard that Minnesota State University has developed Tech Rec on their campus. Basically, they have installed computers in their exercise facilities, so people can log in or type up papers while they use the treadmill (not sure exactly how that's accomplished), elliptical, and bikes. The rep from MSU thought it would be a great way for students to study AND exercise at the same time. I thought this was one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. Do you know how many people fall off treadmills??? Why, just the other day I was at the gym and some girl flew off her treadmill and hit the floor and she didn't have so much as a magazine distracting her, muchless a computer screen. Besides the dangers of physical injury, the gym is not the place for surfing the web. The gym is supposed to be where you're getting in shape. If you want a good work out you need to be concentrating on what you're doing. Sounds to me like there'll be a lot of increasingly obese and delusional MSU students blogging from their stationary bikes, while pedaling at .05 mph. Anyways, aren't we all just a little too connected to everyone and everything nowadays? I prefer my 60 minutes of peaceful exercise each day with no cell phone ringing and no inbox dinging.

Dumb and Dumber

Project Walk the Cat

My cat is fat. It's taken awhile for me to admit this to myself, but I can no longer deny it. I guess part of it has to do with the fact that my mom has an obese cat and compared with that cat my cat looks like a marathon runner. I've been debating over what to do about this situation. He really isn't fed too much food. I would bet my money that it's mostly to do with his lack of exercise. He's an indoor cat and he's old, so he pretty much lies around 22.5 hours of the day. So after much contemplation I've decided to implement Project Walk the Cat (a.k.a. Project WC), not to be confused with Project Cat's Cradle or the British term for toilet room.

DAY 1:
Attempted to put kitty harness on cat. Cat swatted at harness and nibbled on it. (Mental Note: for extra exercise swing harness in front of cat twice a day for 15 minutes.) Found harness was too tight and adjusted it. (My cat is NOT fat, just pleasantly plump!) Put harness on cat and attached leash. Attempted to walk cat out of apartment. Cat would not get up from lying position and was dragged a whopping five inches. Picked up cat and physically carried cat with harness and leash to door of apartment and opened door. Cat would not go outside into hallway. Picked up cat again and took him downstairs and outside. Placed cat on ground, so we could "walk". Cat looked around wide-eyed, sniffed, and proceeded to whine and headed back for door of building. Gave up. Opened door and let cat walk in. Realized I had only put one front arm through harness instead of two. (Mental Note: Next time fit harness properly.) Proceeded to walk cat with leash upstairs. Cat climbed up stairs. Outing deemed successful! Cat walked up stairs by leash. (Mental Note: Walk cat up and down stairs everyday for 20 minutes.)

2004, again?

I think the city of New York should have splurged and bought a "6" for their New Year's sign instead of opting to recycle the "4" and turn it into a hybrid which looks more like a 4 than a 6. A miserable attempt at time travel that did not involve a Delorean.