general rant

Four Pacquiao Fans Die From Heart Attack While Watching Boxing Bout
CIA studying boxing as potential weapon…
Obama says al Qaeda still greatest threat to U.S.
Obama’s owners are the greatest threat to U.S.
U.S. raises pressure on Pakistan over Taliban, al Qaeda
Threaten to stop sending them hundreds of millions monthly.
Catholic Bishops Draw Line in the Sand on Abortion
Why [...]

Mariah Carey Says Even Her Dogs Have An Entourage, But She’s No Diva
Perhaps she is a Cunning Stunt then…. [I still love watching Mariah and Shakira videos with the sound off]
Manny Pacquiao Beats Miguel Angel Cotto
Huh?
Happiness Paradox: Why Are Americans So Cheery?
Up yours.
Cheney 2012?
Because we didn’t learn the first two times?
Florida Man Arrested for Calling [...]

I have been using 9.10 for a short time now.  On the single Intel machine, I did a straight upgrade to 9.10.  On three AMD machines, I wound up doing a reinstall with 64 bit Xubuntu.  Trust me, if your machine is ok with it, use the 64 bit version.  It’s crazy fast.
So technically, only [...]

New warning on ‘perfect vaginas‘
Surgery for the perfect vagina?  Speaking as a guy, any vagina is perfect.
“Restless Vagina Syndrome”: Big Pharma’s Newest Fake Disease
I am not making this stuff up…
Scientific Evidence Sheds Light On “Chocolate Cure” For Stress
If that were true, I’d have absolutely no stress at all.
Simon Cowell earned a staggering $75 million [...]

There aren’t many people who would turn down a free lunch at the best steak place in the city, but that’s just me.  I tried valiantly but couldn’t get out of it.  It might have had something to do with the fact that it was a Windows 7 promo, put on by one of our [...]

Senators debate requiring sick leave for flu
“Because we haven’t done enough damage yet!”
Fort Hood suspect contacted Islamist: sources
“We know this because we’re reading his email.  Yours too.”
House backs anti-abortion amendment
“Because we haven’t done enough damage yet!”
UBS registered mail warns U.S. clients on tax: report
The IRS: international gangsters
Vatican Looks to Heavens for Signs of Alien Life
When [...]

We left the cave on Saturday for the Fall Philly Guitar Show.  It was a beautiful day to be out, but then again, any day is a beautiful day for a guitar show.  It is, in fact, one of the few times we get to leave the cave.
The show happens twice a year at the [...]

I just went through another typical leftystrat boondoggle while trying to find an application.   This rant is not specific to any operating system, although today it happened to be linux.
Linux has an incredible photo editor: GIMP.   It’s also humongous and I’m not too fond of its user interface.  So I went to Google and put [...]

British Woman Claims to Have Two Vaginas
Double your fun?
Greenspan Admits The Federal Reserve Is Above The Law & Answers To No One
Say it isn’t so!
FBI File Links Kennedy to Monroe’s Death
FLASH: FBI wears tin foil hats!
Top 10 Weirdest CIA Programs
The CIA won’t get away unscathed…
Maggwire Offers Hundreds of Magazines for Free Online Reading
You remember magazines, [...]

Ugandan girls give birth and go straight back to school for exams
This is why the US will always lag behind other uncivilized nations.
Antidepressants ‘work instantly’
And I am the Pope.
Escaped Circus Elephant Sideswipes Car
There’s one insurance claim that will result in a DUI charge…
Democrats Don’t Have the Votes to Pass Healthcare Reform
Bless their pointy little heads….
Rumsfeld’s [...]