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Well, of course this is gonna send me into a rage-induced rant.

This is the phuckin' reality of every "average" dude like me.

Nice for the douche bags who get the hot chicks.

Your site: Hot Chicks with Douche Bags

Crazy Ass Germans

I would expect this from the country that worships "the 'hoff"

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German mistook a subway entrance for an underground car park and her vehicle got stuck on the stairs, police said on Wednesday.

The 52-year-old drove her Volkswagen Beetle across the pavement in central Duesseldorf and into the entrance where it ground to a halt about five steps down, police said.

Police estimated the damage at around 1,500 euros ($2,000).

Only 6 Days?

Feels like forever since I last wrote you my love. I guess I don't blog as much since I have not had any original ideas lately.

Memorial Day
The family loaded up and took our first road trip in the Sequoia. Friggin' awesome is all I can say. Nice to not be cramped beyond belief in the car. After nearly 1,000 miles of driving I clocked in at 16.8 mpg for fuel economy. Not too bad for a vehicle this size as I was expecting worse.

Did y'all notice that gas mileage estimates for cars have been reworked? Check out www.fueleconomy.gov to read about the new standards and to see how your car's economy has dropped under the new testing system.

My car dropped from 14/17 to 13/16. So to get 16.8 makes me excited.

Crazy Cousins
The best times of my youth were when I got to travel to Brewton, AL and see my cousin Ned. We'd run wild all weekend long. Anna is now getting to that age where she and Blake (they're 4- and 3-years-old respectively) can go off and play for hours. That's pretty cool and a nice milestone in my opinion. Now I just hope they don't get into the trouble that Ned and I got into (that is, hide your Playboy mags really well Uncle James).

Whoop That Trick, What, Whoop That Trick
A child in Memphis city schools has a lawsuit pending because his basketball coach used excessive corporal punishment--paddling this kid up to 12 times in one practice.
It'll be poetic justice to see this coach getting paddled many times a day by his cellmate "Bubba the Butt Splitter."

But there's another point. MCS banned corporal punishment before the 2004/2005 school year. I don't believe in wanton and random beatings but a well-timed "love pat" is a legit form of discipline in my fascist opinion. I can promise you this, I NEVER repeated a behavior in school after I received a paddling for it. Guess it works, plus I deserved it. And perhaps that's a problem with our schools. Kids know they can get away with murder and suffer no consequences. Ohhhhh, detention is a real scary form of punishment. "Spare the paddle and spoil the future car-jacking, crack-dealing, wife-beating sociopath." Ha, I made that one up.

Peas. And don't abuse the power of the paddle.

More Chinese Craziness with Windows Vista

Reports that only 244 legit copies of Windows Vista have been sold in China.

A legit copy can cost the average Chinese person 2-month's salary. An illegal street copy can cost as little as a dolla.

I figure they're copying the software so they can then sell it to Wal-Mart.

Crazy Chi's at it Again

I dare folks to claim that folks in the South are uber racist. Check out the latest clothing and furniture color in China: Ni$$er Brown

Leisure Boots

Couch sold in Canada with racist tag-- nice translation software

My Mom's Better...

My mom's so cool she buys me beer and lets me sit at home with my friends and drink it.

Yeah, well my mom's cooler. Here's what she did for me...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A 36-year-old German mother-of-five drove her son to a jewelry store he wanted to rob because she was afraid he may come to some harm, Bild newspaper reported Wednesday.

While her 17-year-old son and his two accomplices stabbed and robbed a jeweler in the eastern city of Dresden, the mother waited outside in the car.

"I knew he wanted to rob the shop and I was very worried about him," top-selling Bild quoted the mother as saying.

A court sentenced the woman to three years and ten months in prison, a spokeswoman for the court said.

Home Alone

What else am I gonna do while the wife's out of town? Duh, wait 'til the kids go to bed then watch AVP-- Alien V. Predator. If you only get to see one movie per month you can actually be convinced that this one is okay. If you're sane, you'll know better.

"And if you search for Him with all your heart and soul, you will find him." Come on guys, finding God is not free. I hate to hear folks say that they'll believe when they see some evidence or get some sign from God. Hello, if He provided evidence of his existence the Christianity would be a "religion of empirically observable information" and not a "religion of faith." If you wait for scientifically valid evidence before you believe, then you'll never believe 'cause you're not gonna get that kind of validation.

After my new car pics I've gotten some feedback regarding gas mileage in the Tank. No kidding it's bad and I agonized over it quite a bit before making the decision to get this car.
Counterpoints
1. My previous small SUV got bad mileage as well. You can't get a bigger, luxury vehicle for free. I figure to spend a couple of hundred more per year in fuel costs, unless...

2. I feel fuel economy is only half the argument. The other portion is absolute consumption. If you get decent mileage but make a lot of useless trips in your car, then you're defeating the purpose. I'm trying to get smarter about the trips I make-- "Do I have to go to the mall today or can I wait 'til Saturday when I'll have 5 errands to run in that part of town, thus consolidating them." Hopefully I'll get better about fuel consumption and it'll help offset the reduced mileage.

3. Being able to see my instant and average mileage is pretty cool. I did not realize how much fuel you burn sitting in traffic. How do I help alleviate this? Leave work early or late to avoid sitting in traffic. Also, I'll run more red lights. See, being smarter.

4. People ask what we'll do with this car if gas hits $5 / gallon. If that happens don't think I'm the only one who's gonna be screwed. We all are. And as my bro-in-law points out, if gas hits $5 / gallon that means crude oil is pushing $120 / barrel. That means it's gonna cost you $1,000 to heat your house in the cold months, Saran Wrap will be $12 / roll and FedEx will charge $50 to ship a letter to the next state.

5. And I bring up FedEx for this reason. FedEx signed a new deal to bring even more hybrid vehicles into their fleet. Currently, FedEx has around 100 hybrid vehicles with a combined 1,000,000 miles on them. Excellent.

6. This is not really on topic. I've gotten on this recycling kick. We don't have curbside recycling service at my house so I collect materials in bins in the garage then take them to this place near my work. Check our your trash sometime. It's simply amazing how much recyclable stuff we throw out. Multiply that 400x if you have kids. We toss out so much plastic, paper, cardboard packaging it's sick. Hopefully I can help the world a little bit to offset the massive belching of pollutants that my Yacht is doing.

Free Trampoline

Thanks terryT for finding this ad for a free trampoline on memphis.craigslist.org

Life got you down? Why not lift your spirits with a free trampoline. That's right, FREE!! All you have to do is disassemble it and haul it out of my backyard.
Here's what a free trampoline can do for you:
• Help you look over your neighbor's tall fence to spy
• Help you jump over your neighbor's fence to snoop
• Shade for the dog
• Bed for the dog
• Use it as a guest bed for those unwanted relatives
• Use it as a bed for yourself
• A soft spot to fall on if you have to jump off the roof
• Catches leaves and other debris off trees
• Tell your friends you are practicing to be in the circus
• Charge admission and make some extra ca$h
• Jump on it
I know what you're thinking, "Why would someone give away such a marvelous thing?" Well, the answer is simple, really. It was a gift from my ex and he's not around for me to shove it up his ass.

Serious inquiries only.

Big Pimpin'

Yeah, I don't update my blog any longer. Too busy car shopping. After 5 months of searching and nearly destroying my marriage we finally found a replacement to my undersized Pathy.

I think this beast should do the trick.



Damn right navigation. Even pimps gots to know where dey is going


The 115v button means I can plug a laptop, coffee maker or blender in while in the backseat


Shorty's got to watch her movies


And what does this get you? See the last pic to find out.


Not a misprint

Wait, I Have an Idea...

How about we do away with this "hate crime" bullshat and just assume that any violent crime committed against another person is driven by hate? I'm pretty sure Mary Winkler's heart was not filled with love when loaded up her husband up like a lead-filled pinata.

I also don't want any bill to prevent me from telling my daughter that I'll disown her if she ever starts playing for the other team. Okay, perhaps 4 years is a little young for that discussion but you gotta start early if you're gonna rear the next generation of supremacists.

Black pastors hit hate crimes bill
Would sermon against homosexuals be illegal?
By Hamil R. Harris
Washington Post
May 2, 2007

WASHINGTON -- A coalition of conservative African- American pastors is lobbying Congress to vote against a bill that would extend federal hate-crimes laws to cover gays, saying they fear it would prevent them from preaching against homosexuality.

Several pastors last week urged House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., a sponsor of the bill, and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus to vote against the proposed Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

They say it would pin the hate-crime label on their sermons against homosexuality, which they consider a sin.

"This bill will offer a status for gays, lesbians and transgender people under the equal protection status that can muzzle the black church," said Bishop Harry Jackson, pastor of Hope Christian Church in suburban Lanham, Md., and founder of the High Impact Leader Coalition. "This law can be applied in the way that can keep the church from preaching the Gospel."

Gay activists compare the bill with civil rights legislation of the 1960s.

"This legislation is needed because gay, lesbian, bisexual individuals are not protected under the law," said Bishop Kwabena "Rainey" Cheeks, pastor of Inner Light Ministries in Washington and a member of the Human Rights Coalition. "Right now, people are being fired, being attacked on the streets, and we want the same civil rights protections as others have in this country.

Rev. Marvin Winans, a Detroit pastor and member of the Grammy Award-winning Winans family, recently met with Conyers to lobby against the bill. "This is a specific bill, no matter how well-intended, that will hurt America," he said.

Among the groups opposing the bill are the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the Family Research Council and Exodus International, a coalition of formerly gay Christians. The Unitarian Universalist Association, Integrity USA and the NAACP support the bill.

Despite the controversy, some of the most prominent pastors in the African-American church are silent on the issue.

"In the church where I grew up, there wasn't a don't-ask-don't-tell policy," Winans said.

Phil Pannell, a longtime gay activist in the District, said he believes African-Americans should be more understanding about discrimination toward gays.

"African-Americans, more than most people, should know what it means to be a target," he said.

Expanding hate crimes

Current federal hate crimes law applies to those victimized based on their religion, race, national origin and ethnicity.

For federal involvement, it also requires that the victim was targeted because he or she was participating in a federally protected activity, such as voting or participating in interstate commerce.

First introduced in 1995, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HR 1592) would expand existing law to include victims targeted based on their real or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability.

It also would remove the federally protected activity requirement, making it easier for the federal government to assist in situations where local law enforcement is either unable or unwilling to investigate and prosecute.