Matches Lit (cont)
So, in preparation for what I (and others?) can only pray will be the utter failure of commerical music as we know it; I just want to throw out some bands. I love the hell out of 'em; some are new, some are old; but they're all designed to, I don't know...NOT BLOW DONKEYS!
(JJ Grey) and Mofro: Imagine a band; musically inspired by southern rock, the blues, and their own southern jazz roots. Take that band and give it a lyricist who channels James Brown, Ray Charles, and the blackwater region of Florida where he was raised in a way that makes you wish you were from there. Their most recent CD just came out, their sophmore release still goes for over $35, and their first was listed on Amazon as one of the best CD's out there. When I was looking for their sophmore disc a month ago, it was going for well over $75. Limited edition - apparently there are just...more copies now (ahem). If someone can get me a copy of Lochloosa for free, I'll gladly trade my posting priviledges at this illustrious website. For most of you, this would be tallied in the 'plus' column.
Jamie Lidell - If Timbaland, Jack Johnson, and modern funk had a love child; it would be Jamie Lidell. His 'Multiply' disc has it all: bluesy tunes, rappy tunes, neo-funk. Now we know where Justin Timberlake bit his entire music career from. Top secret info? I love listening to music that sounds like it comes form someone, or some time, that you don't expect it to. Like, for instance, this CD. I mean, isn't that what makes music so wonderful?
The standards: Never forget that your old music still stands up: Sublime, Goldfinger, Green Day, Live, Nirvana, ('scuse me if my chronology gets whacked here), Clapton, Creedence, the Stones (the old ones, not the touring ones), Zep, Hendrix, McCartney&Lennon, Ray Charles, Ellington&Parker, and from here the music becomes so intrinsic that the actual artists disappear. You know those songs: The Girl From Ipanema, etc. Those songs that existed only in the moment that you saw them performed, because after that, they were never performed the same.
The music industry continues to light matches
HereÂ’s another bonehead move from the wonderful people who have brought good music to a grinding halt by signing and encouraging the shitiest of artists over the last fifteen years.
These idiots are the ones responsible for the demise of the music industry. CD sales are down, I donÂ’t remember the number exactly, but A LOT this year. For about the fifth year in a row. For a good reason, of course; the music being out sucks. And when I say sucks, I mean like a Vegas hooker in the penthouse suite at the Wynn.
And now this.
I donÂ’t think IÂ’ve ever laughed so hard. I guess if you canÂ’t sell music, you may as well litigate for it.
The crux of the matter is that bars and restaurants are supposed to pay for music that is played in the establishment. I know from experience that most places subscribe to one or more music subscription thingies that cover this or are supposed to. However, The good folks in the music industry are now suing the shit out of everybody.
“ASCAP says that besides broadcasting songs over the radio, television and Internet, the definition of performing copyrighted music includes playing it "any place where people gather," with the exception of small private groups.
For restaurants, that includes playing songs as background music, by a DJ and even music-on-hold over phone lines, according to ASCAP's Web site.
"As long as it's [played] outside a direct circle of friends and family, it is considered a public performance," Candilora said. "A musical composition is somebody's property."
Basically, what they are saying is that if you hire a band to play at your bar, and that band plays a cover song, they want their $.08 or whatever it is nowadays. See, back in the dinosaur days when I was young, the industry wanted everybody playing these songs in bars. They wanted cover bands because they got songs out there and then people who liked them often bought the album. But those days are over folks. ItÂ’s easier to sue people, since no oneÂ’s buying the shit on the shelves these days anyway.
“ASCAP alleged that a DJ at Ibiza played three copyrighted pop songs without paying a licensing fee, which Candilora calculated would have cost Ibiza $979 a year, considering the size of the venue and the type of performance.
"I think it's absurd," said Eshagi. "Not only DJs have bought that music, I also subscribe to an online music-use service, and I'm also paying the cable company for the same thing. I don't know how many times we have to pay for a song."”
The answer is, you shall pay until blood runs from your ears! Or until the industry starts putting out some decent shit and sales pick up. DonÂ’t hold your breath.
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Good God, I've been praying for so many years that the commercial music industry might just completely collapse , then we could get somereal talent back in this motherfucker.
Seriously. You give me fucking Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, John Mayer, and Good Charlotte; and you honestly don't expect a fucking revolt? That shit is garbage. 'Mainstream' music is such trash now, that if the record industry leaders of today aren't the migrant berry-pickers of tomorrow I'll be just fucking baffled.
Posted by: shank at August 02, 2007 12:26 AM (LDIDK)
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ASCAP has been doing this for a long time, but I guess they've picked up the pace on the lawsuit angle as the obviously can't generate revenue in the actual line of business...
Mainstream music has sucked for so long now that I think it's reached an equilibrium of suckatude and has absolutely no hope of ever recovering...
My grandchildren will still be listening to beatles, zepplin & the stones. (my daughter is only 2).
Posted by: Clancy at August 02, 2007 08:22 AM (X+xFB)
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Litigious society. Makes me ill.
Metallica started all this crap. Their first video EVER on MTV was "One" in 90 or 91. So where do you think they got all their fans before then? Anyone?
Posted by: Will's Flame at August 03, 2007 12:11 PM (1WKq7)
Earth Day
I wanted to do my part on this important day, so Saturday night I ate two bowls of chili with kidney and black beans, 3 bowls of lentil soup and two generous helpings of black bean salad with corn and jalapenos. With extra beans. Sunday I spent the day outside spewing methane gas into the atmosphere, if you know what I mean, and I think you do.
If you want to do your part for global warming, go to a Sheryl Crow concert. The more people we can get to attend one of these pompous-assfests, the bigger the carbon footprint. Sheryl Crowe's busses may run on soybean juice but I bet your SUV doesn't!!
And don't forget to exhale when you breath, earth-rapers!! If Sheryl and the jackasses that go to her global warming concert were serious, they would all kill themselves when the concert was over. Viola! Eternally carbon neutral!
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It feels as though I am remiss in the abusing-you-for-no-reason department, so I'm just popping in to say you suck.
And Sheryl is smoking something if she thinks I'm gonna give up toilet paper. One square?!
Posted by: Jennifer at April 23, 2007 03:23 PM (jQ1eU)
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I heard that too. I bet her fat ass uses half a roll when she takes a dump.
Thanks for sucky comment!
Posted by: Bill at April 23, 2007 03:37 PM (vMIzT)
Posted by: Paul at April 23, 2007 06:02 PM (IpZQr)
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Yah, and apparently in the waiver she sends to venues about things that the elite need... in order to sing like the silly monkey that you are...she indicates that she needs a "inconspicuous" place for her 8 rigs and tour busses.
Environmentally friendly...my ass...does she limit the amount of squares amongst her staff? Maybe they use their hands instead for fear of offending her.
Posted by: Denny at April 24, 2007 11:31 AM (1WKq7)
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Yes Denny but they all run on soybean juice which is not only good for the environment, it's low in cholesterol.
And if she practices what she preaches, re: the one square, I'd hate to smell what her seat on the bus smells like. And if they're all using just one square, imagine what the bus smells like. Eek!
Posted by: Bill at April 24, 2007 02:57 PM (vMIzT)
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Okay.
Firstly, using only one square is disgusting. It takes me several pulls and wipes to properly clean my bung, postshit. Not only that, but one courtesy flush and one final flush are pretty much de rigeur.
Secondly, how the fuck are you supposed to wipe 'til it's clean with one goddamned square? Either that bitch thinks she's shitting roses or she doesn't mind having one of the gnarliest, dingleberriest, crustiest rims this side of...well, this side of Jennifer.
Whoever the hell that is.
Posted by: shank at April 24, 2007 05:18 PM (LDIDK)
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Shank, I thought you said you were leaving now that Bill is here. You fucking liar.
Posted by: Jennifer at April 24, 2007 06:24 PM (4QARm)
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Lurker. You don't even have a website anymore, so shut it you shrew.
Posted by: shank at April 24, 2007 08:25 PM (LDIDK)
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"...she doesn't mind having one of the gnarliest, dingleberriest, crustiest rims this side of...well, this side of Jennifer."
Just wow.
Posted by: Jake at April 25, 2007 01:00 PM (1WKq7)
Talking Back to Dead Rockstars of the 90's
How about I say this to you instead: I'd really love to "always be there when you wake", but that requires actual waking on your part, ya friggin' junkie.
Virginia: Not Just For Lovers Anymore
Virginia Beach has hit the big time. And all because of a homicidal drunken illegal alien. I mean 'undocumented worker'.
O'Reilly: Virginia Beach Mayor and Police Chief responsible for death of two teens.
Undocumented Workers - 2
Virginia Beach - 0
It couldn't have happened to a nicer town. I'm so proud.
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Wow... people actually READ that Bill O'Reilly shit?
I thought they just scanned over and shook their heads or used his writing to show how delusional and skewed any news from Fox 'news' really is.
Posted by: Oorgo at April 10, 2007 11:08 AM (ZUQGo)
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What are you some kind of whacko commie?
No hippies on Snooze Button Dreams! It's the "Bill" rule.
Posted by: Bill at April 10, 2007 12:13 PM (vMIzT)
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You gotta admit Bill that O'Reilly is losing his mind. It's not that I disagree with him but screaming at the top his lungs and spitting on Geraldo is a little crazy.
Posted by: Oscar at April 10, 2007 03:26 PM (1WKq7)
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Give me a break. Like you wouldn't spit on Geraldo if you had the chance.
Posted by: shank at April 10, 2007 04:08 PM (LDIDK)
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I saw him in a restaurant once and told him he was a dick. He actually had a sense of humor about it.
What a dick.
Posted by: Paul at April 10, 2007 06:10 PM (IpZQr)
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I've never met Paul in my life so the above comment is a lie. He has called me a dick several times, however.
Along with several other names that I won't repeat here.
But he's right - I do have a pretty good sense of humor.
Posted by: Bill at April 11, 2007 09:27 AM (vMIzT)
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Good point Shank. Didn't he do Al Capone's vault? Oh, and some silly talk show? Boy he's come quite a ways hasn't he?
Posted by: Oscar at April 11, 2007 11:28 AM (1WKq7)
El Returnado Del Senor Poopy
Hello, I'm Senor Poopy also know as Bill, formerly of Bloviating Inanities...
(Pause for wild applause)
Thank you. I've been invited by the lovely folks at SBD to blog here and of course I took them up on it. I'm not sure why they want me here but here I am. The only rule I was given was no "upper-decking". I had no idea what "upper-decking" was, so I looked it up. Apparently, it's a practical joke whereby one takes a crap in the tank of the toilet instead of the bowl. So when the unsuspecting victim comes by, uses the toilet and then flushes, well, they get, uh, "beef stew" in the bowl. Frankly, I don't see what's so bad about this. And if the folks at SBD were so concerned about upper-decking, I wouldn't have been the first choice since Bloviating Inanities was two full years of nothing but upper-decking.
Still, here I am. I'm sure if I cross that magical line, I'll lose my password faster than you can say "Dinty Moore". Get it? They make beef stew. It was a joke. Nevermind.
Anyway, here goes. Oh, you thought I was done? I'm just getting started. Shut up.
Anyway, I went to the doctor and found out I have high cholesterol. I didn't want to take Lipitor or Gigantor or whatever the hell that stuff is because you can't drink while taking it. And if you haven't guessed yet, I haven't stopped drinking. On the contrary. So I decided to get healthy and go the diet and exercise route...except for the drinking, smoking and occasional Meth binge. So I bought a bike and started eating healthier. I'm on a - say it with me - "Heart Healthy Diet!" Low in cholesterol and saturated fat. High in fiber and anti-toxicants and Omega-3 fatty lucopenes. That's right, I'm takig fish oil pills.
Since I need a lot of fiber I've been eating high fiber cereal every morning with my vodka. And I saw this commercial for Kashi Go lean Crunch. It was this fruitball running along the beach in slow motion with his fruity dog as they frolic and splash in the waves. I guess they were healthy. And maybe they were frolicking so much because flax seeds are delicious.
I bought it anyway because it is, "a delicious combination of crunchy honey-sweetened 7-grain clusters, sliced almonds and whole flax seeds". Don't ask me what's in the fucking clusters or what a flax seed is. It's high in Omega-3's, whatever they are, and high in protein and fiber. It's $4 a box. If you'd like to re-create the taste of Kashi Go Lean Crunch with Honey Almond Flax for a fraction of the cost, here's how:
Go to your couch and remove the cushions. Gather up the lint, the 4 Planters peanuts that have been there since 2003, the 14 cents in loose change, that dust-covered raisin, assorted paperclips, rubberbands and fruity pebbles.
Put it all in a bowl. Add a dollop of honey and some soy milk and voila!! You have your own home made Kashi Go Lean Crunch with Honey Almond Flax.
Your welcome.
Lastly, have you ever stuck anything up your ass? Anything at all? If so, we here at Snooze Button Dreams would like to know about it. We know the where, now tell us the why! That's what the comments are for, people. Of course everything will be completely confidential. Our comments section is completely secure and absolutely no on can read them except other people. So what do you say? Tell us what's been in your ass lately!
Update: That last paragraph was by no means meant to shock or outrage. I've been accussed of being juvenile and a potty mouth, but those days have passed. The reason for that last paragraph is that I'm writing a piece for The New England Journal of Medicine called "Wacky Anal Insertions". Hey, NEJM does fluff pieces too. And if all goes well, they might turn it into a show on Discovery - Health. Cross your fingers!
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Come on, I know someone stuck something up their ass at some point. You people are a bunch of freaks and you know it. Spill the beans, damnit!
It's for science. Really. You might get your anus in the freakin' NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE for crying out loud.
Posted by: Bill at March 27, 2007 03:32 PM (vMIzT)
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Well, there we have it.
I feel like somebody stuck something in my ass just now.
Posted by: Paul at March 27, 2007 03:58 PM (IpZQr)
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Welcome back Bill!
Paul you were right on when you said it would make our bowels twitch.
Posted by: Jackie at March 27, 2007 04:22 PM (rLwj8)
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Welcome back, Bill!
My ass has been fine untill I heard about this whole upper-decking thing... now it's feeling a little spazzy.
Posted by: Oorgo at March 27, 2007 04:52 PM (ZUQGo)
The Cop
I have never gotten a traffic ticket before. In fact, IÂ’ve never even been pulled over before for any reason. Until recently.
I was in a resort town and was completely unfamiliar with the area. I backed out of my friendÂ’s driveway, put the car (a minivan) into gear and drove approximately 70 yards when officer lard-ass waved me over. I thought there must be some mistake.
“Do you know why I pulled you over?”
“I didn’t even know I was pulled over.” I smiled. It still hadn’t dawned on me yet.
“You were going 37 MPH in a 25 zone. Let’s see your license and registration.” He had taken a very nasty tone.
Let first say that I have (had) a great respect for cops. I realize they deal with not only danger but a lot of bullshit so I always show them a great deal of respect. I guess thatÂ’s because I havenÂ’t had much experience with them before. Anyway, IÂ’m sitting there with my wife and kid in a minivan and it begins to dawn on me that there was no way I could have gotten up to 37 MPH in the short distance that I had driven.
IÂ’m the first to admit that on the freeway, pending traffic and road conditions, I may go a little too fast. But I donÂ’t tailgate, I have taken defensive driving courses and IÂ’m a safe driver. But on residential streets, I never speed. I have a kid and IÂ’m always conscious of other kids on residential streets. I also had never driven this vehicle before and was adjusting the seat as I started forward. There was no way in hell I was going 37 mph. But that didnÂ’t matter because I was in shock that IÂ’d been pulled over.
So I sat there waiting while this fat bastard sat in his car and wrote out the ticket which took thirty fucking minutes. Then he waddled his fat ass back towards me and explained that it was an $80 ticket and showed me where to sign. I signed it, nodded and drove off. He actually looked hurt that I didnÂ’t thank him for it. My clean driving record was gone, thanks to an asshole that was tourist baiting.
I thought about it for the next hour. I should’ve asked how he knew my speed, I should have asked to see the radar or whatever. I should have done a lot, but as my wife said, “I’m too law abiding to know how to deal with these people.”
Later I went back to the scene of the crime, pulled out of the driveway, and floored it. I could not get up to 37 MPH by the time I got to the place I got pulled over. At least not without trying hard and looking like a maniac. What a prick. I guess they know a tourist won’t be around to fight the ticket so they hand them out like candy whether they’re deserved or not. I haven’t decided how yet, but I’m going to make it my life’s mission to tell everyone I know how much the place sucks, having the nerve to pull shit like that. Did I mention that as the asshole was talking to me in a very nasty voice he was hollering to his buddies as they drove by doing 50 mph, “When we goin’ fishing, Fred!” and shit like that. Maybe I’ll write a letter to the mayor and Chamber of Commerce thanking them for warning me off, as I almost booked my industry meeting at their convention center, but thanks to officer lard-ass, instead, I’m going to make it my life’s mission tell everyone I ever fucking meet how I feel about that shithole.
Yes, I imagine this sounds like sour grapes, and I suppose thatÂ’s what it is, but if you people knew me in real life youÂ’d understand. If IÂ’m caught IÂ’m a very good sport; if IÂ’m set up, IÂ’ll remember it to my dying day. And I can be relentless.
What a nasty, goddamned, shit-heel, good-ole-boy fat fucking liar.
Posted by: Tiffani at August 01, 2006 01:26 PM (KE4Gu)
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Paul,
I can understand al the vitriol... heck, I've gotten my share (at least two) undeserved tickets. My first stop in my life was niave and I got issued 4 tickets. Bastard.
What's the deal with the fat comments? Does being fat somehow make him less of a person? Be P.O.ed because he's a dirt-bag, not because he enjoys barbeque.
Posted by: Dopple-G at August 02, 2006 06:35 AM (Q0cH2)
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I am of the mind that people paid to respond to emergencies should be fit and in decent shape. That guy could never, ever, run.
Cops should be able to run if need be.
Posted by: Paul at August 02, 2006 06:57 AM (vbP6L)
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There's just more of him to shoot at, which should be motivation enough for any cop to lose some weight.
All I know is that if I had to enter a suspect's abode, I would want one of him as the primary through the door, what can I say, it's a survival thing.
95% of cops are good, honest people who genuinely care. Unfortunately, it's the remaining 5% who mess it all up and ensure that the lawmakers have to pass bullshit laws that make it harder for the honest cops to put criminals away, just to keep the 5% at bay.
Posted by: Tilesey at August 02, 2006 11:13 AM (eyEGU)
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Posted by: Ted at August 02, 2006 04:42 PM (+OVgL)
Disrespectful mudderpockers
Did you know that Martin Luther King Jr. was heavily invested in making New Orleans a majority black city? Or that his central focus was hurricane recovery? And I bet that you didn't know how he lobbied tirelessly for reparations.
I have to confess that I missed all of that in my studies of the man. I could have sworn that he was all about equality but I guess I'm wrong. I mean it's like this - either I'm wrong or some of the most prominent black leaders of our time are sticking their feet up MLK's ass to promote their own causes on the very day we've set aside to remember him and his works and they wouldn't do that.
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The black man is just,as usually,manipulating things to fit his needs.Its easy,afterall.MLK is dead and can no longer speak up.What they should do,is putting Bill Cosby out there and have him stick it to the man!
Posted by: The Brat at January 17, 2006 01:18 PM (oqu5j)
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Wait,let me put that a bit different:
It SEEMS as if these particular black folks feel the need to twist MLKs teachings to their needs.And as always,its everyones but their fault.Those are plain out niggers.Lets just let them niggerize New Orleans but make sure they take ALL the niggers in the US and put them there.That way,all that will be left here is a peacefull crowds of black,whites and whatever else color.In theory,equality would be wonderful.But please let me be equal to the regula black crowd,since I refuse to be equalized with niggers.I am pretty sure the general black crowd feels that way as well.And we'll stand up and tell them in NO what MLK REALLY ment.Untill then,I am sure Dr.King is turning in his grave because of these fucktarts!
Posted by: The Brat at January 17, 2006 01:28 PM (oqu5j)
Posted by: Paul at January 17, 2006 01:46 PM (vbP6L)
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I will note simply two things here. One, did you know that he plagerized portions of his doctoral thesis at BU? At least, I seem to recall a Wall Street Journal article to that effect some years ago. Now, that doesn't detract from the fact that he gave one of the best speeches in American history, but it is interesting. Second, and more amusing, when my father asked my 5 year old daughter if she knew why we had a holiday on Monday, she said, "sure, its for King Junior!" I do like that.
Here's to King Junior, flaws and warts and all.
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How to Refrain From Being a Complete Dick
I hate it when you say "Merry Christmas" to someone and instead of an equally friendly reply; you get a scowl and any number of possible condescending comments:
"Hmph. I don't celebrate Christmas."
"Whatever, it's all been commercialized anyways."
Some people will even frown and say they're Jewish. Which really confuses me, because being Jewish ain't all that bad, so what's with the frown? But I suppose that's a whole 'nother subject.
A few years back, I came up with my own retort to these folks: "Don't be a dick." Look, if someone comes up to you and says "Happy Cinco de Mayo", non-Mexicans don't scowl and say "Whatever. I'm from Wisconsin." No. You say "Hell yeah! Let's go get some Coronas!" Same with Octoberfest. Granted, I've got German lineage, but my friends still don the lederhosen, eat a bunch of brats, down some Hefeweizen, and occasionally wake up next to a member of the '76 Olympic swim team. Why? Because it's just a fun celebration.
And this applies to us all. I mean, if someone came up to me and was like "Happy Kwanzaa" I'd be like "Thanks." I might even say "Let's go sacrifice some goats!" Just kidding, you kwazee Kwanzaa kids. Oh Christ. At any rate, if someone wishes you a "Happy Whatever" and it's not a holiday you celebrate, try not to be a dick. It only makes you look like a dick. And nobody likes dickotry.
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I've been wishing people Happy Hanukkah. Everybody's been saying, "Same to you." However, the moment I sense the slightest hesitation from anyone I'm ready pounce on them and call them an anti-semite.
I'm not Jewish, I just like to pretend to be. I don't think Hanukkah even coincides with Christmas this year, but I won't let something like that stop me.
However, I refuse to recognize kwanza. I'm all for my black brothers, but that shit was made up just a few years ago. That's like seriously celebrating Festivus.
Posted by: Paul at December 22, 2005 04:06 PM (fz+XU)
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Oh shit. We didn't do festivus this year! Completely forgot. Of course, I, for one, tend to air my grievances on a fairly regular basis anyway.
Posted by: shank at December 22, 2005 04:16 PM (jfEhX)
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What if it's a really fucked up holiday though? Like "Happy slam your postman in the ass day" or something like that. I just can't see myself getting beyond shock and awe to return the festive greetings.
Posted by: Jim at December 22, 2005 05:00 PM (tyQ8y)
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Hey, just because someone says "Heya Jim! Happy diddle your sister with a kitchen isntrument day!" to you doesn't mean you actually have to partake.
I mean, when someone says "Merry christmas" they aren't saying "Hey, why don't you come to church with me and get some Christ in ya." They're just being festive. Whatever they do behind closed doors with consenting adults and a roll of saran-wrap is their own problem.
Furthermore Jim, I think the whole 'slamming the postman in the ass' is strictly a Georgia thing. Says so on wikipedia anyways.
Posted by: shank at December 22, 2005 05:05 PM (jfEhX)
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We do have cute postmen down here, that's for sure.
Posted by: Jim at December 22, 2005 05:17 PM (tyQ8y)
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Alrighty then, since were fully immersed in your embarrasing house attire, I expect the story of how a pair of such hideous pantaloons came into your possession.
Yes, pantaloons. If any article of clothing ever deserved a pansy name like pantaloons, it would be those things.
Posted by: shank at December 13, 2005 07:46 PM (jfEhX)
Posted by: Paul at December 13, 2005 07:51 PM (fz+XU)
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A while back I had my appendix out. As I was recovering I was taking a shitload of prescription pills for the pain.
Now fast forward a year. One day IÂ’m looking in my closet for a pair sweats and I see these things lying there on a shelf. I had never seen them before in my life. Naturally, I grab them, go find the old lady and give them to her.
“Are these yours?”
“No, they’re yours.”
“Where the hell did they come from?”
“You don’t remember?”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“When you were in the hospital your mother flew down to see you.”
“I remember that.”
“She gave these to you.”
“I have no memory of that.”
“Well, you must have been flying pretty high because you wore them every day for a week.”
She swears itÂ’s true, but I have no memory of getting or wearing these hideous things. Now they're my house pants.
And not for nothing, but I look pretty fucking good in them.
Posted by: Paul at December 13, 2005 08:03 PM (fz+XU)
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Now that's sad. If they were Spidey, or Batman, they'd be okay. But Snoopy?
Grow a pair, man!
LOL
Posted by: jenE at December 13, 2005 08:08 PM (K0Tmz)
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Ummm Paul?
If you wear those outside to get a bottle. I"LL do what ever you want.
That's priceless. Or tasteless take your pick.
Posted by: Tiffani at December 14, 2005 09:04 AM (KE4Gu)
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Back off Tiffani. I've got it taken care of. Thanks anyway.
Posted by: Quality Lady at December 14, 2005 10:29 AM (jmktO)
Posted by: Tiffani at December 14, 2005 12:00 PM (KE4Gu)
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Thank you for honoring my request. You are the best - now I can really laugh my ass off at the fact that you didn't take your wife up on that sweet deal... dang! You are a wimp.
(Said in only the nicest way, of course)
See, though you generally understood the context, you may not have understood that she was serious... but you know her better than I do.
Did you try anything when you got home??
Posted by: Wendy at December 14, 2005 12:20 PM (8RKIo)
Posted by: Victor at December 14, 2005 02:48 PM (L3qPK)
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What has become of our Paul? First you ask for a new BMW then this? My husband came home with a new SUV one day and I didn't even blink. I'm sure you do look all hot in them but for God's sake man, go to Old Navy and get some manly jammy pants for 14.99. If you are still wanting to live on the edge, there are some red ones with gingerbread men on them.
Posted by: Jackie at December 14, 2005 08:40 PM (iErNK)
His gayness level has gone thru the roof.
Seeing as how I, as a member of the Snooze Crew, am about to be blown away by upcoming bloggy goodness from Jim, Paul, and shank, I decided to take a look at my old posts here at Snoozehaus, and see if there's anything that might vaguely be considered good.
Nah. Not really.
There was a little stretch there, though, where some of my posts had comments approaching double-digits (I'll take my victories, no matter how small, as I get them.). These were posts that, quite frankly, probably helped boost the gayness rating of The Blue Snooze.
(Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
But while reading one of my more infamous posts, a phrase I put in there struck me, much like the SBD* I cut loose on a very crowded Metro train on the Fourth of July probably hit the people standing next to me when I cut that bad boy. I had to find out where the Snooze-a-roni stood when that phrase was googled.
Now, I'm sure Jim is LW's number-one husband. Betcha Burger, Bacon, and the Bear have given him a coffee mug or t-shirt or a tie that proclaims Jim their "Number 1 Dad." We all know him as a number-one BS artist, and also as a number-one eater of meat.
And, as it turns out, he's also Number One when I ignore my own advice, given in a certain blog post so very long ago:
Folks, don't ever google the phrase "man rape movies." Just trust me on this one.
Phew! We got rid of another batch of 'em.Update:Rachel Ann asked if there wasn't some sort of award that we could give these folk. Since they are unfortunately still alive they are disqualified from the Darwins. Enter the Flaming Asshole, designed for just such a circumstance. Good call Rachel!
120 supporters of Pastors for Peace violated the US embargo on Cuba. They arrived in good spirits with their contraband goods and t-shirts calling for regime change in the USA.
Try that again - they went to Cuba and are calling for regime change in America.
Thank God they've moved to Cuba so we won't have to deal with them any longer. What? They aren't staying in the workers' utopia? They prefer the horrific boot of the oppressive Bush regime against the back of their collective neck to living in Cuba? Damn.
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3Although they broke the travel embargo by going to Cuba themselves that particular law is so seldom enforced as to be laughable.
True. My cousin went last spring. My poor aunt couldn't figure out why I got mad when she sent me pictures from his trip there.
He'd be posing in front of buildings and the streets were devoid of the one thing you'd be certain to see in any other country: natives. No Cubans anywhere.
But I'm supposed to go "Yay, rah rah, Jimmy got past George 'Selected, Not Elected' Bush and went to Cuba!" Heh. I don't think so.
Definitely worthy of the Flaming Assholes award, these creeps. Definitely.
Posted by: ilyka at July 12, 2004 06:27 AM (j7mEU)
It turns out that Daniel Watts is the likely victim here and the flaming ass is the Associated Press. Daniel commented and emailed regarding his treatment by the press:
As I learned during the gubernatorial race, the media has a tendency to take everything I say out of context.
Some of the articles have misquoted me as saying that the video "is not a big deal."
It IS a big deal. Anyone dying in Iraq is a big deal. What the media blew out of proportion was the attempted showing of the Nick Berg video on Library Walk on Tuesday (by another student, not me); the video wasn't even shown, but the media hung out for 2 hours to interview the guy.
There are multiple reasons to show the video. The main one is that photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse have been plastered all over the newspapers and Internet, but the media have not gone to similar lengths to try to give the same attention to an even worse crime committed AGAINST Americans. The media's coverage of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse is slanted; they will show graphic photos of prisoners being mauled, humiliated, etc. but they won't show even worse atrocities committed by the terrorists.
I'm sorry the story you read portrayed me unfairly. If I've learned anything it's that the media selectively choose what to include in their stories.
Sincerely,
Daniel Watts
Thusly it is that the Flaming Asshole Trophy is reclaimed from Daniel Watts and bestowed instead upon the Associated Press, long may their gasseous discharges burn.
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*applause*
It's really strange when people can't tell the difference between reality, videotaped, and fiction, also videotaped. I don't think that was what was meant by "the medium is the message."
And on top of it all, they don't even know to be embarassed by their lack of ability to discern between the two...
Posted by: Claire at May 28, 2004 06:03 PM (l1oyw)
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As I learned during the gubernatorial race, the media has a tendency to
take everything I say out of context.
Some of the articles have misquoted me as saying that the video "is
not a big deal."
It IS a big deal. Anyone dying in Iraq is a big deal. What the
media blew out of proportion was the attempted showing of the Nick
Berg video on Library Walk on Tuesday (by another student, not me);
the video wasn't even shown, but the media hung out for 2 hours to
interview the guy.
There are multiple reasons to show the video. The main one is that
photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse have been plastered all over the
newspapers and Internet, but the media have not gone to similar
lengths to try to give the same attention to an even worse crime
committed AGAINST Americans. The media's coverage of the Abu Ghraib
prison abuse is slanted; they will show graphic photos of prisoners
being mauled, humiliated, etc. but they won't show even worse
atrocities committed by the terrorists.
I'm sorry the story you read portrayed me unfairly. If I've learned
anything it's that the media selectively choose what to include in
their stories.
Posted by: Daniel Watts at May 29, 2004 08:14 PM (V/0Yr)
I call bullshit on Mrs. du Toit
What do you call it when a blogger leads off a series with a targeted attack on another blogger and then closes the comments on the post? I call it bullshit. This particular pile of bullshit was birthed by Mrs. du Toit. She leads off a multi-post essay with this gem:
In a comment thread regarding domestic violence I was taken to task for referring to myself as "Mrs du Toit" by (what I would refer to as) a Femi-Nazi. She made some comment that she had a name and was proud to use it, and she'd never refer to herself the way I do.
The comment thread in question was at my place. Mrs. du Toit had commented that there is no such thing as Stockholm Syndrome and that women in abusive relationships are there solely because they want to be. Helen took her to task, this being the "some comment" referred to above:
And Dean? Yeah, I don't read you, and I really don't feel the need to, either. You've been there on the man's side? Well, I've been there on the woman's side. And you and Mrs. Du Toit (again, let me state thus: I find it revolting to be referred to by my spouse's name. I have my own name, thank you) should understand this: if you haven't walked the woman's side, then you just don't understand.
So what is it, Mrs. du Toit? Any woman who has been abused is a feminazi? Any woman who disagrees with you? Any woman who wants to be known by her own name instead of her husband's? What exactly is your label of "feminazi" a result of? One thing we can be sure of is that it is in no way related to any knowledge of Helen that you might have because if you had taken even a few moments to get to know her before spitting out your vitriol you would know that she's quite the opposite.
Frankly the moral equivalence necessary to use a term like "feminazi" in the first place is disgusting. Your casual attack on somebody you know nothing about simply because they disagree with you is reprehensible.
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I am absolutely thrilled to bits.
She calls me a Femi-Nazi...well, I could really give a shit what she calls me, but she clearly doesn't do her homework if she wants to call me that.
I was going to say that I can't be bothered to check out her site, since I like my temper intact and my intelligence to not be insulted, but that would make me guilty of doing precisely what I am accusing her of-not checking out the details.
And you know what? She should be ashamed. She should be ashamed that she is lecturing ME about attacking HER without checking HER out, when that's exactly what she just did.
You know, Mrs. DuToit-we are more alike than you know. Despite your desire to be known as "Mrs" and your conservatism, we're not that far apart. I posted just yesterday that people are not what they seem, that I hide parts of me. I too have had an extremely fucked-up childhood (and adulthood!) But if you want to just put your head in the sand, let my comment upset you so badly, and then act like a martyr, that's ok with me.
It's sad-I think that women need to stick together. I think there's enough support and sympathy to go around, enough understanding and commonality to accept people-but you just go ahead and blindly label me a Femi-nazi.
I've been called worse, and likely will be again by your legions that feel that in order to defend you, they need to swing blindly in the night.
Posted by: Helen at May 20, 2004 08:33 AM (+Qiat)
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i stayed in a verbally abusive marriage because i had no where to go & lacked the confidence to go out on my own.
and i haven't taken my new husband's name, either. i'm very proud of MY family's name.
i'm with you, helen. we need to stick together, not fight about these things.
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It's too bad, really. Both Helen and Mrs. DuToit are great writers who, unfortunately, tend to react a bit strongly when challenged, veering into overreaction at times. Not that reacting strongly to challenge is exactly rare in the blogosphere. But still.
I respect both women, both for their experiences and their writing. The topic is serious, and reasonable people can disagree about some aspects of it.
Mrs. DuToit...there's no need for name-calling. I've gotten to know Helen, and she's no femi-nazi. She's a strong, vibrant, women who has overcome tremendous challenges in life to become a special person. Helen...there are femi-nazis around, even though you aren't one. And Mrs. DuToit takes rightful pride in taking on her husband's name. She's proud of who she is, and who her husband is, and that's a worthy thing to be proud of. It's not right to mock her, or to denigrate her choices. And it's especially inappropriate to insult someone's self-identification when the person doing the insulting is someone who won't use her real name on the blog.
Posted by: Jiminy at May 20, 2004 10:12 AM (3jhuZ)
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Uh...yeah.
If that was intended to get me to use my real name on my blog, it's not going to happen. I use a pseudonym since I write a personal blog, and as such, I don't want colleagues to find it. If I wrote a political or current events blog, then I wouldn't care and so would be myself.
I really appreciate your support and your very lovely words above.
But shame on you, Jiminy. You know why I use a pseudonym.
Especially since I have been honest with you and you know my real name.
Posted by: Helen at May 20, 2004 10:27 AM (+Qiat)
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And for the record, for the final fucking time: I wasn't insulting anyone. I wasn't flaming anyone (what a ridiculous word), and I wasn't having a go. I WILL NOT EVER go by my husband's name as "Mrs. Helen Johnson" or "Mrs. Helen Adams" or whatever the man's last name is. I may take it as my last name, but I will not call myself Mrs. Helen X. I just won't do it. I am not property.
I currently have a taken name that I am very happy with. I went to the courts. I petitioned for it.
It's mine, and I have no intention of ever changing it, even if I ever do get married again.
I haven't insulted anyone. I have just been stating my opinion. But I am beginning to get hot under the collar and can see I am going to start to do so very soon, so I am stepping out now to go to the gym and become Zen.
Posted by: Helen at May 20, 2004 10:30 AM (+Qiat)
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Helen,
No, I was not trying to get you to use your real name on the blog. And yes, I know why you don't. And I respect that. In fact, that's the point. I respect your choice to identify yourself however you want. You came across -- and because you are such a good writer it's hard to believe it was inadvertent -- as saying that the way Mrs. DuToit identifies herself is wrong, or...weak. It's not.
That's all I was saying.
Posted by: Jiminy at May 21, 2004 10:29 AM (3jhuZ)
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After being called a FemiNazi I made this Yahoo Profile http://profiles.yahoo.com/boobzillaoffeminazia as a parody. As to why women would stay in abusive relationships, oh, sometimes they don't have a lot of choice. Leave, get killed. It happens. Lots. Sometimes the bullet isn't quite lethal and they end up in a coma. Not a viable alternative. And if the woman lacks job skills and has a lot of kids, it's a little harder to leave. Names, oh people can call themselves anything they want, doesn't bother me.
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I just have to butt in, against all better knowledge...
Helen, you may not have wanted to insult anyone, hell, I'm sure you didn't want to. But the fact is that your opinion about going by your husband's name had absolutely no bearing on the debate, which means that due to the way it was phrased in that context, it more or less amounted to an ad hominem attack on Mrs DuToit. Her calling you a feminazi was uncalled for and base, but let's keep in mind that for all practical purposes, it was you who started the name calling here.
And no, I'm not trying to defend her, just trying to get some perspective into this.
Peace protesters: Dedicated? Yes. Flaming Asses? Oh, you betcha.
I am constantly and consistently astounded by the open hatred that forms the wellspring of peace rallies. These fuck-knobs scream about the USA being a dictatorship while marching in open protest. How fucked in the head do you have to be before you get it into your skull that those two are mutually exclusive? Try protesting in the peacenik's favorite land of Palestine. "Gay's for Palestine"? That's a fucking joke and a half. Homosexuality is a crime punishable by death there and these cretins support terrorists blowing up babies in the name of eliminating the only democratic country in the Middle East?
The king of the jackasses for this latest travesty is the bastard that Laurence posted on this morning. You sir have earned the title of Flaming Ass. Wear it until your untimely timely death.
(First seen at Kelley's, then at Michele's and finally decided to post on it when I saw it at Jen's)
Lloyd K. Geillinger: Opinionated? Yes. Flaming Ass? Um...yeah, he fits my definition.
I'm not going to rag on Lloyd because he's a homophobe. I'm not going to rag on him because he's opinionated. I'm not even going to rag on him because he's most likely a hypocritical closet fag himself. No, I'm not going to rag on him for any of these things. Instead, I'm going to rag on him because he's a flaming ass. In fact, Lloyd has inspired me to start a new category here at Snooze Button Dreams where I'll showcase such flaming asses.
As long as my faith teaches me what it does, coupled with the fact that homosexual lifestyles threaten the very fabric that has held society together for centuries on this planet...
Homosexual lifestyles threaten the very fabric that has held society together for centuries on this planet? Um, Lloyd (I keep wanting to spell that "Llyod" for some reason), you better sit down for this one. There have in fact been homosexuals on this planet, in society for centuries. I know! I was shocked too! I mean, how in he who must not be named's name has society kept its very fabric together? It's a mystery. Go pray for an answer.
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Opinion without factual evidence to back it up is as useful as a door without a knob. Oh wait, Lloyd's the knob! Got it.
The spewing fear being perpetrated by the homophobic side is almost laughable in its earnest short sighted stupidity.
Isn't it interesting that those with these opinions held by sentiment feel the burning NEED to spread their words of dissent and intolerance? As if, in the act of spreading the word, they are trying to convince themselves without seeing the truck sized holes in their "logic".
Posted by: Johnny Huh? at February 27, 2004 03:29 PM (AyewP)
2Gay teachings? What are gay teachings?
Maybe it's just been my own personal experience, but generally I'd say that suggesting the existence of a "gay agenda" is only about the fastest, surest way to incur the wrath of gays and lesbians.
Or you could be sardonic about it like my friend Charlie was:
"What'cha been up to, Charlie?"
"I'm celebrating exceeding my quota for the month."
"They set quotas for y'all over there?" (Charlie bartended at Dave & Buster's.)
"No, no, not work. I mean my recruitment of innocent children to the homosexual lifestyle. I racked up six this month."
"That's great!"
"I wish you'd hurry up and have some so I could add them to my points total. You know we get prizes for certain point levels? I'm fixin' to win a washer/dryer next month. Maytag."
"I take it someone gave you shit about all this recently."
"Just my girlfriend's mother."
"Ouuuuch."
"That's okay. I just keep telling myself, eyes on the prize, girl. Eyes on the prize."
Where'd you find this guy, anyway?
Posted by: ilyka at February 27, 2004 03:32 PM (nePTY)
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For the record, I'm not out looking for jackasses to expose. I monitor news articles about zero tolerance policies for the other site and the op-ed that this numbnut wrote had a title of "Zero tolerance for gays is defended".
Yah, you heard me right. It's not zero tolerance for gay marriage, it's zero tolerance for gay people.
I'm sure Llyod has his Klan dues paid up.
Posted by: Jim at February 27, 2004 09:32 PM (saeHM)
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By the way, how do you like my flaming ass graphic? Put that together all by myself, I did. I'm available for hire for all of your tacky graphic needs.
I'll try cheesy line art too, if the price is right.
Posted by: Jim at February 27, 2004 09:34 PM (saeHM)
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Err, I kinda like the flaming ass graphic. Reminds me of my bout with hemorrhoids (you call 'em hemorrhoids, I call 'em bigots -- same difference).
If it weren't for gay men, who would cut my hair? I'll tell you who: 20-year-old trailer-types fresh from cosmetology school, that's who. LONG LIVE THE FAB FIVE!!!
Posted by: Joey at February 28, 2004 01:48 AM (Sk2Wf)
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Gotta agree with Joey. Young trailer trash can't cut hair for crap.
That's why my barber is a 50 year old man.
I don't think he's gay, being married & all, but he does give homo-quality haircuts.
Posted by: Harvey at February 28, 2004 02:28 PM (ubhj8)