The brillance of human ingeniuty

I was scanning the news today and found two articles of interest. First: The Marines guarding the former dictator of Iraq are praticing a new form of torture/taunting. Saddam Hussein is said to be forced to watch 'South Park:Bigger Longer and Uncut.' In which he is portrayed as the Devil's lover and many other unpleasant things. " Did you remember to bring the 'butfor'?" "What's a 'butfor'?" "For pooping, silly."


Second: Students have found a ringtone that adults cannot hear! My first thought: I feel sorry for the dogs.

Where the children are above average.

Garrison Keillor: We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.

I am old for my age and knowing Prairie Home Companion is just one sign of just how nostalgic my soul is. Its hard to find a quality radio show. Its hard to find any radio shows, especially with the crap that they cycle everyday. No, Prairie Home Companion is reminiscent of shows like 'The Shadow', 'Little Orphan Annie', and sometimes 'Dr. Demento'. Keillor's stories from Lake woebegone have also been the highlights of the show for me. Every single episode has made me laugh out loud. Every single episode has made me think. Every episode has made life a little bit lighter. Then the music. Oh, the music. Its bluegrass, its jazz, its swing, its folk music. True American music that makes you think of the smokey Eastern mountains, the bayous, the Ozark mountains. Yet, then the show seamlessly rocks into Guy Noir, Dusty and Lefty, and such other varieties.
Visit the link and listen to past shows. Or for a true experience sit of sitting 'round a radio tune in every Saturday and Sunday evening. Six o'clock then five on your local NPR station.

Hollywood is cashing in.

Lately I have seen more and more advertisements for the new movie "World Trade Center." First of all: it seems like they didn't even try to give it a title. Granted "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is taken, but something along those lines would have been a barrel better. Just from the previews I can predict that the dialogue will be generic, the special effects nil(only because the real footage can't be used and if they tried to re-create the event it would dishonor the memory of the victims), and Hollywood is cashing in on the pulling of heart strings. They will make money, because the critics won't dare say that the movie is mediocre or, dare I say, awful. Movies like this are appearing more and more. "The Passion of the Christ" was mediocre. It wasn't awful, but it definitely wasn't great. The poor critics (I bet that has never been said before) were in fear of ex-communication. At least the Pope liked it. My Catholic Youth group went to see "The Passion." The crowd was so big, the fire code was broken five times over. A couple of months later my peers were outraged that the movie didn't win picture of the year. I agree with Capri though, it was good music. I liked the subtitles too.

The one about that guy....

I haven't heard much about it, but I have heard enough about the guy claiming to be the second coming of Jesus to be concerned. I have only one thought(to post today).

What about Clapton?

FORCE FIELDS AND SHIELDS!!!

The solution to most of the world's "issues." Seriously if our funds were focused on developing that technology, in the future humans wouldn't need to worry about weather, weapons, and...I can't think of another 'w' word other than wombat and women. And those are just prejudice. I am not Forbes nor do I have anything against microwaves. Wait, I got it: We wouldn't need to worry about weather, weapons, and 'dubya'-isms. Now there is an advancement in science for ya. I can just see the Super Bowl commercials now.

I still believe that Reagan was on the right track, he just needed to come up with a different name that wasn't under copyrights. Presentation, Presentation, Presentation. He should have just said missile deterrent. Its vague and simple (insert Bush joke here).

Eccentric, culture vulture.

That has a nice ring to it. We'll go with that for a title. Hey, it even describes me a bit! What are the chances? I could have said, " Welcome to the Green Luck Brigade! My very own 'secret' society that wants to save the world. I have wanted a secret society since before grade school, so I decided that a blog would be a great place to inform the world of its existence. Everyday will have a different theme, which only I will know! Each blog may or may not contribute to the Green Luck Brigade. Most may just be me ranting."

See I could have said that, but that is so generic. So here is a quote and an image:


Stewie: "I want pancakes!! You people understand every language except English! Yo quiero pancakes! Donnez-moi pancakes! Click-click-bloody-click pancakes!!!"