Crazy Germans always coming up with cool things.....this time its spray-on condoms.
Just imagine the fun/awkwardness/pranks/etc. associated with this....
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,518492,00.html
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Now playing: Funeral for a Friend - Storytelling
via FoxyTunes
11.30.2007
11.29.2007
White Tie Affair/Boys Like Girls=sexy
Okay,
First off: Check out The White Tie Affair
http://myspace.com/thewhitetieaffair
Secondly, it wasn't easy, but I found one of the sexiest live acoustic Boys Like Girls videos ever. (It was pulled from Youtube for legal reasons)
http://music.aol.com/sessions-under-cover/boys-like-girls
Good talk,
DFA
First off: Check out The White Tie Affair
http://myspace.com/thewhitetieaffair
Secondly, it wasn't easy, but I found one of the sexiest live acoustic Boys Like Girls videos ever. (It was pulled from Youtube for legal reasons)
http://music.aol.com/sessions-under-cover/boys-like-girls
Good talk,
DFA
Milwaukee Kids Might Get This
Okay Kiddos,
So I had to attend an outside assignment for my JMC201 course. It was a pannel discussion about Alderman Michael McGee sponsored by some multicultural club dealio. I think what I wrote below is pretty self-explanatory. Love me, hate me, or whatevaaa.
To start, I’d like to say that the panel discussion about Michael McGee and his arrest was not very well organized. Both panelists showed up late and one of them, Mr. Sanford, couldn’t even talk about the issue as it related to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel because he had signed an agreement with the paper about two weeks prior.
Overall, the goal of the organization sponsoring the panel, and the panelists themselves, was to show the audience how the media, and individuals involved in McGee’s arrest, were all racist. I did not buy into this concept. Although it is possible that all of the individuals involved in his arrest, arraignment, bail-setting, etcetera were all white, I highly doubt that they were all racist. The same goes for every news outlet that has covered the story.
Most of the arguments made were based on emotion, rather than logic. The fact that McGee has been shown in photos in a jail jumpsuit outfit and in handcuffs, to me, is not racist. He was arrested and that is the standard operating procedure for such and event. Additionally, panelists asserted that the term “thug” has been used to describe McGee on numerous occasions. Panelist Shaw alleged that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had used the term to describe McGee several times. Panelist Sanford, who used to write for the Journal, disagreed with him outright. When all was said and done, it appeared that Mark Belling and some online bloggers were the only ones who actually used the term “thug” to describe Michael McGee.
Personally, I do not see myself as a racist person. Yet, any white person in the audience who disagreed with the panelists was told that they were just so used to seeing racism in the news media that they didn’t even realize it when it was right in front of their face. To me that is fairly ridiculous. I’ve seen both white and black men shown in orange jumpsuits on the news and in the papers: so why is it racist to show McGee in this fashion?
One final point that really astounded me came from a lady who was in the audience and enjoyed sharing her opinion every five minutes. She said that Michael McGee was a figure of authority, an elected official. The fact that he was an Alderman meant, to her, that we should never say bad things about him. We should “respect the office,” she said. I have one name to respond to that concept: George W. Bush.
Now I am not the biggest fan of our president, but I think that any person who isn’t a fan of totalitarianism would say that we should question authority and hold public figures accountable for committing crimes. I can guarantee you that at least half of the crowd in attendance had made fun of, accused, questioned, or otherwise spoken negatively about George Bush at some point in their lives. This lady must have been smoking something before she came to the event.
So I had to attend an outside assignment for my JMC201 course. It was a pannel discussion about Alderman Michael McGee sponsored by some multicultural club dealio. I think what I wrote below is pretty self-explanatory. Love me, hate me, or whatevaaa.
To start, I’d like to say that the panel discussion about Michael McGee and his arrest was not very well organized. Both panelists showed up late and one of them, Mr. Sanford, couldn’t even talk about the issue as it related to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel because he had signed an agreement with the paper about two weeks prior.
Overall, the goal of the organization sponsoring the panel, and the panelists themselves, was to show the audience how the media, and individuals involved in McGee’s arrest, were all racist. I did not buy into this concept. Although it is possible that all of the individuals involved in his arrest, arraignment, bail-setting, etcetera were all white, I highly doubt that they were all racist. The same goes for every news outlet that has covered the story.
Most of the arguments made were based on emotion, rather than logic. The fact that McGee has been shown in photos in a jail jumpsuit outfit and in handcuffs, to me, is not racist. He was arrested and that is the standard operating procedure for such and event. Additionally, panelists asserted that the term “thug” has been used to describe McGee on numerous occasions. Panelist Shaw alleged that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had used the term to describe McGee several times. Panelist Sanford, who used to write for the Journal, disagreed with him outright. When all was said and done, it appeared that Mark Belling and some online bloggers were the only ones who actually used the term “thug” to describe Michael McGee.
Personally, I do not see myself as a racist person. Yet, any white person in the audience who disagreed with the panelists was told that they were just so used to seeing racism in the news media that they didn’t even realize it when it was right in front of their face. To me that is fairly ridiculous. I’ve seen both white and black men shown in orange jumpsuits on the news and in the papers: so why is it racist to show McGee in this fashion?
One final point that really astounded me came from a lady who was in the audience and enjoyed sharing her opinion every five minutes. She said that Michael McGee was a figure of authority, an elected official. The fact that he was an Alderman meant, to her, that we should never say bad things about him. We should “respect the office,” she said. I have one name to respond to that concept: George W. Bush.
Now I am not the biggest fan of our president, but I think that any person who isn’t a fan of totalitarianism would say that we should question authority and hold public figures accountable for committing crimes. I can guarantee you that at least half of the crowd in attendance had made fun of, accused, questioned, or otherwise spoken negatively about George Bush at some point in their lives. This lady must have been smoking something before she came to the event.
11.27.2007
Joe Dad's Response to As The World Turns
So as Corey has cited Joe Dad previously as a reliable source and commentator, I will do the same here.
I have nothing to say to prepare you for what you are about to read, so just read it...
GreatGnome (2:43:32 PM): Dear David
GreatGnome (2:43:35 PM): I feel like I want to punch you.
GreatGnome (2:43:40 PM): I watched the freaking "As The World Turns."
GreatGnome (2:43:58 PM): my virgin eyes and ears have been exposed to the half-naked (and dripping wet) truth of homosexuality
GreatGnome (2:44:25 PM): previously i thought it was just one man... accidentally sitting on another man's penis... ... ... repeatedly
GreatGnome (2:44:38 PM): now i know there might be more to it and i am disgusted and offended
GreatGnome (2:44:40 PM): thank you
GreatGnome (2:44:44 PM): i hate you
[The video he is referencing is posted on previous blog about 2 or 3 below this one]
As always,
Shoes,
DFA
I have nothing to say to prepare you for what you are about to read, so just read it...
GreatGnome (2:43:32 PM): Dear David
GreatGnome (2:43:35 PM): I feel like I want to punch you.
GreatGnome (2:43:40 PM): I watched the freaking "As The World Turns."
GreatGnome (2:43:58 PM): my virgin eyes and ears have been exposed to the half-naked (and dripping wet) truth of homosexuality
GreatGnome (2:44:25 PM): previously i thought it was just one man... accidentally sitting on another man's penis... ... ... repeatedly
GreatGnome (2:44:38 PM): now i know there might be more to it and i am disgusted and offended
GreatGnome (2:44:40 PM): thank you
GreatGnome (2:44:44 PM): i hate you
[The video he is referencing is posted on previous blog about 2 or 3 below this one]
As always,
Shoes,
DFA
11.26.2007
Music For You Kids
Hey guys,
Kevin has been holding a gun to my head and making me listen to new music because he works for Sony and just bought a new gun. So, uhh I guess I wanted to share some bands with you guys and that's all.
Bands:
www.myspace.com/metrostation
www.myspace.com/thehoosiers
www.myspace.com/manchesterorchestra
I'll tell kevin to post more stuff on here once I get a bigger gun.
Aloha,
DFA
Kevin has been holding a gun to my head and making me listen to new music because he works for Sony and just bought a new gun. So, uhh I guess I wanted to share some bands with you guys and that's all.
Bands:
www.myspace.com/metrostation
www.myspace.com/thehoosiers
www.myspace.com/manchesterorchestra
I'll tell kevin to post more stuff on here once I get a bigger gun.
Aloha,
DFA
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