tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514Thu, 24 Oct 2024 23:13:11 +0000anger is like herpes. you're not meant to keep it to yourself.http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Beast)Blogger419125en-usnoanger is like herpes. you're not meant to keep it to yourself.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-2534242519144023501Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:40:00 +00002012-04-27T13:40:48.487-04:00One of the defining characteristics of great literature is that it remains relevant decades, even centuries after it was written.  I just started rereading Stephen King's dark fantasy "The Eyes of the Dragon" (published 25 years ago), and ran across this little tidbit that made me sit up and say "DAMN!"  It's a line spoken by Flagg (villain of the story, as well as many of King's other http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2012/04/kingly-wisdom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-3985610633515000362Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:28:00 +00002012-03-28T12:28:00.791-04:00I'm sorry, Homeland.  I really am.  You're my very favorite new show of the past year, and I'm excited to see the new season when it starts later this year.  So excited, in fact, that I "liked" you on Facebook, so that I'd be notified of your premiere date, and maybe get some early news articles on production, or even an early peek at the trailers.  But in the offseason, all http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-not-to-market-on-facebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-9139998474031514979Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:44:00 +00002012-03-02T12:44:53.389-05:00One of the most common "bashes" of conservatives by liberals is that conservatives "lack compassion" for other people.  To illustrate, I'd like to present a few examples of that liberal compassion: Rolling Stone - "Andrew Breitbart: Death of a Douche" Posted just over 12 hours after Breitbart passed away. A sampling of "burn in hell" tweets as the news was breaking. This is the reaction http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2012/03/liberal-compassion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-2526916400963781139Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:30:00 +00002011-12-22T10:30:23.668-05:00I'll let Homer and Lisa explain the term: <p><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>&amphttp://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/12/crisitunity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-926828521625018447Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:40:00 +00002011-10-26T12:40:25.398-04:00CNN, via Entertainment Weekly, has a story up today detailing TorrentFreak.net's list of the all-time top 10 most pirated movies, to contrast with Netflix's list of the all-time top 10 most rented movies through their service.  There's not a whole lot that they can really do with this story, but the author gamely tries to pad it out by using the lists to draw a conclusion about Americans' http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/10/missing-point.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-4663661745647545334Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:05:00 +00002011-09-29T13:05:07.920-04:00Because I'm sticking up for a reality show.  A reality show I've never seen, and yet, whether rationally or irrationally, I despise.  And in doing so, I'm going against one of my absolute favorite politicians, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey. You see, earlier this week, Gov. Christie blocked Jersey Shore from receiving a small (just under half a million dollars) tax credit that's http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/09/hell-just-froze-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-2512854825091549750Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:52:00 +00002011-09-28T12:52:13.098-04:00This is why I hate my local paper.  It would be one thing if this story were an isolated incident, but it's sadly typical agenda-driven pablum: Story on "bath salts" used to get high Reading this story and its sympathetic tone, you would think that someone had kidnapped these "users" and gotten them high and addicted against their will.  That would be a reason to pity them.  Theyhttp://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/09/salt-and-bathery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-3040804958594668454Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:08:00 +00002011-09-23T15:13:45.394-04:00Haven't done one of these in a while, but here's the recipe for an easy stir-fry that's become a Saturday night post-Scotch favorite. Of course the kernel of the recipe came from some website (I've forgotten which), but I've added enough unique touches that I'm comfortable claiming this as my own. This serves enough for the whole family, or for a big eater like me to eat the leftovers for the http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/09/beasts-cookbook-chicken-with-cashews.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-356728239883175640Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:15:00 +00002011-07-13T15:24:04.927-04:00Netflix forces subscribers to buy separate DVD, stream subscriptionsActually, despite my clever headline, I don't think Netflix had much of a choice here. Rather, they've pretty much been forced into it due to the maneuverings of the movie industry, who doesn't understand that streaming video is here to stay, is superior to physical media (my Roku box streams most Netflix titles in 1080p http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/07/netflix-everyone-bird.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-6550319561699365155Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:43:00 +00002011-06-21T12:43:30.204-04:00Cardinals star Albert Pujols is headed to the DL with a wrist fracture. It's going to cost him his well-deserved annual trip to the All-Star Game....and it's going to cost him a good deal more than that. See, Albert is in his walk year, hitting the free agent market after this season wraps up, and you just know that he's hoping for a big-time contract, but it's just not going to happen. He's http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/06/pujols-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-8012015573539447307Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:41:00 +00002011-06-09T12:41:52.364-04:00I told you so.I fucking told you so.Didn't I tell you?Wait...I don't hate to say it at all. This actually feels pretty good.http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-hate-to-say-it-but.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-1455598236323079221Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:38:00 +00002011-06-02T16:38:43.453-04:00So, Congressman Weiner, you can't say "with certitude" that the picture that "someone" sent to a young lady via Twitter wasn't of "Little Anthony". Sounds like an excuse to me. If something like this ever happened to me, I'd be covered and issuing a much stronger denial than that. You know why? Because I NEVER TOOK A PICTURE OF MY DICK BULGING THROUGH MY UNDERWEAR. The fact that he can't sayhttp://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/06/congressman-anthonys-weiner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-1112450550548004422Thu, 26 May 2011 18:35:00 +00002011-05-26T14:37:55.774-04:00Caution: technical geek-speak aheadI have three production MySQL servers on our farm here at work, scheduled to dump their contents nightly to a backup server (which in turn gets written to a tape and taken offsite in case of catastrophe). But as it turns out, only two of the three were actually writing their backups, probably because I was using an outdated version of the administrator tools. http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/05/trouble-with-open-sores-source.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-5261937801532958758Wed, 18 May 2011 15:39:00 +00002011-05-18T11:39:52.646-04:00About two weeks ago, I got an "Important Customer Notification" e-mail from Sony's Online Entertainment division. At first, I dismissed it as spam, but as my mouse pointer headed for the delete button, I read the preview, and discovered that it was, in fact, a legitimate e-mail. Its purpose was to inform me that my account was one of the ones potentially accessed by the black hats in the recenthttp://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/05/pwny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-317757653714115975Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:42:00 +00002011-03-30T16:17:50.169-04:00Just about 24 hours until maybe my favorite day of the year, MLB's Opening Day. So without further adieu, here's my exclusive look at the upcoming season, division by division, for everyone to laud my prophetic gift of foresight or (more likely) ridicule my inane fantasies in November, after the season is over.AL East: There's no question that the hated Red Sox made the biggest splash in the http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/03/2011-mlb-season-predictions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-3959091983624899489Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:35:00 +00002011-03-04T10:49:20.182-05:00Self-important much? Check out this quote from Wisconsin state senator Lena Taylor (a Democrat, though she's not identified as such in the MSNBC article): "If the senators have decided to hold someone in contempt, I would think they would hold themselves and our governor, I wish we could, in contempt for failing to listen to a half million people who have come to Madison."So let me get this http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/03/1-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-6464766379486436543Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:38:00 +00002011-01-31T13:38:14.854-05:00Humankind is doomed. Check out this video:Not only is that gorilla walking on his hind legs, he's carrying something in his hand--something that could be the first step toward apes using tools.Somebody, anybody, double up the security on the Statue of Liberty--quick!http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/01/its-mad-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-2487684489722460308Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:22:00 +00002011-01-26T12:33:29.167-05:00Self-Petting Zoo: Animals, um, taking care of business. By themselves. In the unlikely event that the nutjobs over at the Westboro Baptist Church are right, and God really does "hate fags", then I'm REALLY scared to see what He thinks about anyone who looks at this site. (Hat tip to Bill Schulz of Fox News's Red Eye.)http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-blogroll-link-self-petting-zoo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-2349880201941438989Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:24:00 +00002011-01-25T11:24:24.825-05:00I haven't personally seen these two commercials back to back here in the Philadelphia TV market, but I'm sure if it hasn't happened already, it's just a matter of time.Witness first, a State Farm insurance commercial, wherein our intrepid heroes use State Farm to turn a broken pane of glass into a hot tub in their living room:Now check out this one, telling you NOT to use State Farm to turn your http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/01/mixed-messages.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-1517771977875590547Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:29:00 +00002011-01-24T11:29:23.340-05:00I love me some food porn. As a fan of the popular site "This Is Why You're Fat", I've been disappointed the last couple of months by the lack of updates, and as of this writing, the writers of the site appear to called it quits altogether. That's why I'm pleased to have found its successor-in-waiting, "This Is Why You're Huge". From the delicious to the excessive to the just-plain-bizarre, http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-blogroll-link-this-is-why-youre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-3613221989949907318Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:51:00 +00002011-01-19T12:51:56.033-05:00Apologies in advance for the long video, but watch the 30 seconds or so beginning at about 3:05.Correct me if I'm wrong, but did I just hear Bill Maher call the Second Amendment "bullshit" and the exercise of one of our most basic freedoms "a vice"? Hey Bill, the Constitution is not an a la carte menu that you get to pick and choose from. I wonder how you'd react if I said the 4th Amendment washttp://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2011/01/maher-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-4510403664368776356Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +00002010-12-24T00:01:02.498-05:00Wishing all my readers a Merry Christmas and many sandwiches.http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-greetings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-5818747162389486408Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:01:00 +00002010-12-10T14:01:48.848-05:00FX Cancels TerriersMy curse strikes again--it seems like every time I really like a show, it gets canceled, with very few exceptions. This was one of the truly unique shows on TV--half comedy, half hard-boiled P.I. noir drama. It got off to a slow start, but in hindsight, that was extremely deliberate; many seemingly innocuous events in the early episodes turn out to be crucial as the season http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2010/12/put-to-sleep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-5788508532027426911Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:41:00 +00002010-11-24T12:41:20.095-05:00Yesterday I wrote about flying during the Thanksgiving holiday. Today I have another pet peeve that relates to driving. Look what I get to deal with after work tonight, on the "busiest travel day of the year":Truck crash closes I-95I realize that the accident hasn't been thoroughly investigated yet, but really, who else is going to be at fault in a single-vehicle accident? And this is the http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2010/11/truck-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255514.post-1479906612535274823Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:23:00 +00002010-11-23T16:23:00.480-05:00Tomorrow's the unofficial "getaway day" for Thanksgiving weekend, and I'm glad as hell that I don't have to fly anywhere. If I did, I'd probably get arrested for kicking the living crap out of one of the snarky little douchebags taking part in the "don't look at my pathetic little genitals" protest that's supposedly going to happen tomorrow. What's the matter, you crybabies--that the TSA is http://beastsworld.blogspot.com/2010/11/standing-pat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Beast)0