Wow even I discover something every day!

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Someone who knows photoshop needs to help me out here so that my dear departed Bailey no longer looks like a space alien with laser eyes.

I love animals. There is nothing like the unconditional love of an animal, but here’s why most people don’t take animal rights groups completely seriously. This may also be the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read.

From the trivia section of imdb’s Shawshank Redemption listing.

” The American Humane Association monitored the filming of scenes involving Brooks’ crow. During the scene where he fed it a maggot, the AHA objected on the grounds that it was cruel to the maggot, and required that they use a maggot that had died from natural causes. One was found, and the scene was filmed.”

A fucking maggot!@!@!

The mind boggles at how many people could have been fed with the time, money, and effort used to make this epic decision.

“Mr. Darabont we have an issue with your script”

“You mean all the man on man rape?”

“No, we’re cool with that, but do you really think we’re going to allow you to film the killing of an innocent live maggot? Just what kind of maggot snuff film are you trying to foist off on the American public - you sick freak!”

Idiots - they’re everywhere.

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You want to know why Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh are wetting themselves? Above is Paul McCartney being honored by a Black President and starting his night’s performance with “Got to get you into my life” a song that he wrote about how much he loved marijuana!

Sure it’s not Snoop doing “Gin and Juice” but it’s still pretty badass! Then again politically you could be an anarchist and it’s still not expedient to mess with a Beatle especially this one.

30 years ago the government had John Lennon killed now their honoring his partner. Then again maybe this isn’t so nice - kill the controversial one and get close with his relatively middle of the road ex-partner who has even been Knighted by the Queen of England.

Damn - those clever behind the scenes fascists!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9ObbvrQxAc

The commode scene in Reservoir Dogs never ceases to amaze me. I think that Quentin Tarantino called it “a lie scene” because even though the action is shown onscreen - it’s something that never happens.

In his first movie Tarantino brashly basically announced that he was going to show a scene of great acting as Tim Roth as an undercover cop is told that he has to become an actor and that memorizing a funny anecdote to prove that he is a criminal will help him. Then Roth actually pulls it off by showing you the difference between just reading words off a page and really becoming a full blown character with an implied past. It may not be the best example of acting ever, but it’s got to be the best called shot ever. “The following scene will be a complete failure unless you are convinced that the acting is done impeccably.” Add on to that Tarantino editing the first stab, the practicing, the final performance, and the lie brought to life all at once and wow!

Tarantino was arrogant enough to stick his neck out and together with Roth they pulled it off. Amazing stuff.

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Every time they update the damn iPhone I get to relive losing my last decent job. The morning of the first iPhone announcement I bet that Apple stock would move due to an expected big reveal by Steve Jobs. Because I have the nerve of a 2 year old girl, I asked one of the research people to let me know as soon as possible about any Apple news. I wound up getting a piece of erroneous news that hit the tape saying that there would be no announcement. I tried to unwind my position and about a minute later the real announcement came out - Apple surged up 8 dollars and my $40k would be profit turned into a $40k loss followed by the news that I was no longer employed.

I was already on thin ice - due to I suppose my inability to exist within a corporate structure and my inability to make it through each day without dread, paranoia, exhaustion, and a feeling that I needed to get out of the building at the first available opportunity, but the absurdity of its conclusion and the unbelievable bad luck still gnaws at me palpably. Like other issues that I can’t change from the past, I can’t let it go. My only hope is that it represents some sign from above that I was meant to do something better with my time. Sadly, it’s getting late. So if karma or God or whatever was sending me a message - I hope daily for something more concrete because so far I’m not getting it.

God damn iPhone. Maybe some day I’ll be able to afford one.

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It’s very deep think about it some more … or then again maybe he was really drunk or stoned and it sounded cool.

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Am I the only one that hates dollar menus? Unless I’m at White Castle, I want a burger that is the size of a real burger.

In the old days, the product stayed the same and inflation made the price go up. Now the price stays the same and the products get smaller and smaller. Burgers will never cost a grand. Instead you’ll still pay a dollar, but you’ll wind up with an infinitely small speck of nourishment.

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Come for the baseball, stay for the romance. I must have seen Pride of the Yankees at least a hundred and fifteen times before I actually handled a girl. The cinematic Lou Gehrig is a heroic, simpleton, mama’s boy who falls for the first girl that really turns his head, and she’s charmed by his awkwardness. Theresa Wright, all playful smiles and good humor, the perfect girl you are dying to come save you from yourself.

The Irving Berlin song Always has er always been the epitome of love for me ever since. Oddly, the guy who leads the orchestra here has the same name as the father of the girl who broke my heart. Which I suppose for me is sort of like jumping into the movie and being kicked back out by a humbling sense of reality.

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In the movie you get to fall in love, if you’re on a soap you just get to sleep with everybody.

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I don’t know enough about the situation to know whether this Arizona law that the Governor just signed is good or evil, but I am really confused on his stance that it will not include racial profiling because that is patently illegal. Am I missing something? Aren’t like 99.9% of illegal immigrants in Arizona Hispanic? Is there a huge pipeline from Denmark or Belgium that I don’t know about?

I mean if you are going to arrest people for being illegal immigrants and they are all Hispanic - it would seem like not racially profiling would be a colossal waste of time. Do neither or do both, just don’t play semantics with me.

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