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Rifleman's random ramblings  My sifting will sure be lacking over the next week, for I will be spending my time in the beautiful state of Alaska. When I get back I have to catch up on that HUGE "Highbrow antics of a cat" thread - seemed to be a lot going on there.
Until then, I'm off to steal Deathcow's telescope. Dear fellow driver,
I know that operating a motor vehicle can be difficult sometimes. And given that we now have the added distractions of your radio, cellphone, and your obnoxiously fat wife. I can understand if you didn't see me that one time you looked behind you before you backed out of your driveway. It's probably why you said that I wasn't there a minute ago, but all the sudden your bumper is nestled inside my quarterpanel. So, I make only one humble request to you, and to all other drivers on the road: The next time that you decide to look once before you back up, and not at all after that while backing up, please just go all out and total my car. Please understand that it is nothing but an inconvenience to me when you damage my car, but nothing else. Because if you totaled it, I would be able to get a rental while I looked for a new vehicle, which I wouldn't mind having. But no, you ignorant driver. You insist on making me have to call the police, the company who's truck you were driving, the insurance company, the body shop and the rental shop so I can get my car fixed. And what do I get out of all that work? Nothing. I just get my car fixed. THE STORY I had just made the turn onto Miami avenue (green arrow) and was driving along at about 20-25 miles per hour. I see in front of me a Chevy 2500 backing out of the road with no regard to my presence in the established flow of traffic.  I brake, and honk my horn, yet he continues. I brake and honk, yet he continues. I attempt to cross into the other lane, and yet he persists. It was only a matter or time.   Way to go, asshole. So then we get out and he says "Where did you come from?" as if to imply that I had my cloaking field engaged only until after the collision. I pointed to the road I turned from and said "Over there." He then replied with a sentence that blew my fucking mind: "Well you weren't there a minute ago when I looked." The only thing I could muster in my utter disbelief was "That's why you have to keep looking. Yeah, he basically told me that he looked once, saw it was clear, and called it good enough. Had he been looking over his right shoulder like the rest of the driving population, he would have seen me approaching from his right. Thanks, you piece of shit. I could use some help.
Yes, I am a republican, and no, Obama is not my candidate. I'm still rootin' for Paul. But even I can sense bullshit when I read it. This is an email that was forward to me, and I hate shit like this, so I could use a proper response, yet I just don't know how to write one. (email start) "God help us if this man is elected!! But it is all stated in the Bible and it will happen sooner or later. This is from Darlene Millican, wife of the pastor of Trinity Bapt. Church here in Sun City . I have felt for sometime now that Obama is the one person that 'Frightens Me'. I believe the Bible has warned us that 'A man will come from the East that will be charismatic in nature and have proposed solutions for all our problems and his rhetoric will attract many supporters!' When will our pathetic Nation quit turning their back on God and understand that this man is 'A Muslim'....First, Last and always....and we are AT WAR with the Muslim Nation, whether our bleeding-heart, secular, Liberal friends believe it or not. This man fits every description from the Bible of the 'Anti-Christ'! I'm just glad to know that there are others that are frightened by this man! Who is Barack Obama? Very interesting and something that should be considered in your choice. If you do not ever forward anything else, please forward this to all your contacts...this is very scary to think of what lies ahead of us here in our own United States...better heed this and pray about it and share it. snopes.com <http://snopes.com>' confirms this is factual. Check for yourself. Who is Barack Obama? Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu , Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black MUSLIM from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white ATHEIST from Wichita , Kansas. Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii. When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya . His mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a RADICAL Muslim from Indonesia . When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocate to Indonesia. Obama attended nbsp;a MUSLIM school in Jakarta . He also spent two years in a Catholic school. Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim . He is quick to point out that, 'He was once a Muslim, but that he also attended Catholic school.' Obama's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that that he is not a radical. Obama's introduction to Islam came via his father, and that this influence was temporary at best. In reality, the senior Obama returned to Kenya soon after the divorce, and never again had any direct influence over his son's education. Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, introduced his stepson to Islam. Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world. Since it is politically expedient to be a CHRISTIAN when seeking major public office in the United States , Barack Hussein Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in an attempt to downplay his Muslim background. ALSO, keep in mind that when he was sworn into office he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Koran. Barack Hussein Obama will NOT recite the Pledge of Allegiance nor will he show any reverence for our flag. While others place their hands over their hearts, Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches. Do you want someone like this as your PRESIDENT? Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential candidacy. The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out, what better way to start than at the highest level - through the President of the United States, one of their own! The Bible says 'He will come from among you!' > Please forward to everyone you know. > Would you want this man leading our country? > > NOT ME!!! > > > WITHOUT GOD, WE ARE NOTHING!!!" (email end) Ok, that was copied verbatim, and the only editing I did was to get rid of all the ">" characters and to delete erroneous spaces in the middle of words. So what the fuck? Even I know he's a Christian, and has been attending the same church for 20 years, so it's not like he converted right before announcing his candidacy. ANd turning his back on the flag during the nation anthem/pledge of allegiance? I've never heard of that. And so fucking what if he doesn't wear the lapel pin. I like that he doesn't - that's the same thing as slapping a yellow ribbon on your SUV and calling it a day. Could someone who knows a little more about Obama craft a response for me? I hate stupid morons that make other Christians/republicans/Christian republicans look bad like this. Oh, and gotta love how they feel it necessary to point out his middle name every chance they get, eh? I mean, seriously - Obama was born almost two decades before Saddam got into office! Excuse the fuck out of him for having what is a VERY common name. (Farhad - care to lend any credibility to that claim?) It would be like calling any German man with the name "Adolph" and evil bastard and a Nazi. But before Hitler did his thing, it was just another German name. Shit, by that logic, our very own Lucky 760 is a Nazi. His name is Rommel, fer cris'sakes. I hate stupid people and need a good pwning dose of smackdown. This is gonna be simple, as I'm still pissed the fuck off.
1) I reformat hard drive 2) I reinstall windows 3) I go to activate Windows with the key that came with the laptop 4) It says the key is invalid. 5) I call M$ - they tell me that I need to talk to HP and get a new key 6) HP pretty much tells me to fuck off unless I want to pay them to talk to Tech Support. 7) I tell them I don't need Tech support, I need a damn key. 8) They say that TS is the ones that can give me one, so I need to talk to them, ergo I have to pay them money. 9) They tell me that they will take me through troubleshooting steps before they give me a key. 10) I say I don't need technical assistance, I just need a motherfucking key. 11) I said fine, you talk to them, tell them I need a key, and then give me the key. That way we can skip right by TS. 12) They say ain't gonna happen, and that I need to call and talk to the case manager on Monday. 13) You can bet your damn ass I will call them. 14) You can bet your sweet ass that I will not pay a motherfucking cent to get it. 15) They've pissed off MG. They should be glad their call center isn't within fresh temper distance, or there would be something on the news about me tomorrow. 16) It would most likely include words like "shooting," "massacre," "deadliest" and the phrase "every single employee." Yeah, you read that right. I called the automated line to pay my bill and when that annoying computer bitch read me that total I nearly died of a hart attack.
Then I pull up my bill online and look at the charges: $1,300 worth of roaming, which is fucking bullshit for two reasons: 1) I live less than a mile from the Sprint store, and I make 99.99% of my calls there. 2) THERE'S NO ROAMING CHARGES FOR MY PLAN! And then there was looking at another $640 dollars accrued in overages... So I pull up the call history for my other line, which is my girlfriend's and only used to make and receive calls to and from me. (She has her own other phone) The call history proves it. So then I start to see where the charges start accruing - and I look at the phone number the calls came to/from.... ME! How the FUCK can I be charged for minutes when 1) It's a damn FAMILY PLAN where all calls are free to each other and 2) ALL CALLS TO OTHER SPRINT MOBILE NUMBERS ARE FREE ANYWAY God, I hate Sprint. I'm currently on hold with them.. and she's back. Apparently they have to create a case to get those charges taken off and to make sure they don't happen again. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE, ASSHOLES. Because it's damn near April and it's still snowing here. And it's supposed to snow more.
Will it ever end? From this month's Game Informer:
"Scientists at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space center have revealed that theyare extremely close to accomplishing what experts once thought to be impossible: running EA;s PC shooter Crysis at maximum settings. Using a custom built Cray XT3 Opteron supercomputer, NASA's engineers, in partnership with a team of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, claim to to have actually run the game at full capacity for 10 minutes before a total fatal system crash. "It's been hard," comments NASA project lead James Ferguson, "but challenges like this are why we do what we do. Hearing everyone applaud in the control room when we got the first level up and running was a feeling I'll never forget. This has been a real journey for the whole team...even a few months ago we weren't able to put the sliders up past half before it crippled the system. Now we're playing for five, ten minutes at a time at full resolution with no demonstrative frame lag." Although progress has been good, time is of the essence, as recent rumors have speculated that a rival team in China will be attempting a gull run-through of the game within the next month. Still Ferguson remains confident. "I believe in America's know-hoe, and I guarantee we'll be the first country on Earth to run Crysis. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go sign off on a shipment of Red Bull. It's gonna be a long night"  And  That is all. So it was my roommates birthday last night, and he wanted to go bar hopping. Sure thing. We start off at a sports bar and eat some dinner. From there he wanted to go to Club Texas - which is supposed to be the only country bar in the area. At least, you would think they played country. But no.
It was all complete and utter shit: Soulja boy, Sean Paul, Juvenile and other equally shitty music. I hate rap, with a fucking firey passion that burns in the depth of my soul. There was a point in time where it was good and may have actually had a good message, but that time is long gone. After about half an hour of being there, I had almost snapped. I literally entertained the idea of ripping my own eyelids off. I seriously had them pinched in my fingers. I'm gonna go ahead and show you some lyrics from these awesome and intelligent songs. "Back that ass up" Hoes clown when you pass, yeah They mad, yeah You gon' ride in the Jag, yeah With dad, yeah You could smoke or buy a bag, yeah A grass, yeah Got money I confess, yeah And trash, yeah I'm a Big Tymer nigga, yeah Pulling trigger, yeah A player hater to flip with, yeah Gon' head and fill it, yeah I be slanging wood, yeah Out the hood, yeah "Soulja Boy" - which I hate even more, gets hard criticism from long time rappers as well. from the AP: "“They’re not making substance material — they’re not really going into creating a sound,” complains the rap veteran Snoop Dogg." Lyrics: "Super Man Dat Hoe Then Watch Me Crank Dat Robocop Super Fresh, Now Watch Me Jock Jocking On Them Haterz Man When I Do Dat Soulja Boy I Lean To The Left And Crank Dat Dance (Now You) I'm Jocking On Yo Bitch Ass And If We Get The Fightin Then I'm Cocking On Your Bitch You Catch Me At Yo Local Party Yes I Crank It Everyday Haterz Get Mad Cuz "I Got Me Some Bathin Apes"" Wtf? that can't even be taken out of context to look any worse. I guess all you need to sell an album is a good beat people can dance to. Fuck music that actually has lyrics that make sense. But I couldn't help but laugh when they played Sean Paul. I just though of Fish hat the ewe from the storm, and it soothed me a bit. At least if your a PC gamer. I picked it up a few days ago, and two hours here, two hours there, and two hours here, and it's done. That was literal. Six hours.
This game in criminally short. Especially for the ungodly sum of $50 they charge you to buy it. It felt more like an expansion than anything else. Yes, it was a fun game, if you like the constant non-stop shoot-em up types. The cover system is awesome, though. The camera work in the game is superb, the graphics are great, and yet didn't tax my system at all. The sound was awesome and the combat was very different with the cover system. You will die if you don't use it. However, the game just throws you right into the action. I had no fucking idea what was going on. I'm done the game and I still don't. There's no story unless you wait at the start-up screen for the intro movie to play, and even then all you get is that humans were mining some liquid on some planet, and all the sudden these creatures popped up and started waging a war. They don't explain who they are, why they did it, what the liquid is, why it's valuable or why the fuck you're in jail. And for a game that take place in the future, you would think they would have had some sort of advancement in weapons and aviation. Rifles and shotguns still use regular ammo, and helicopters are still, well, helicopters. In short, if you're used to non-stop action and love shooting something every five seconds, this is the game for you. If you aren't an XBOX owner, wait until this game comes out with it's sequel (there will be one) and buy/download both at once. Oh, and for some reason every soldier in it is inexplicably jacked - they all have 85" biceps. I guess 'roids are standard issue in the future. The results for my town:
Fuckabee: 4 McPain: 8 Paul: 13 Rommel: 35 The nation will find out tonight what the results are in Maine. It's a HUGE difference, but it's still second place. And I'm now a delegate for my town to the State Republican Convention, so I guess I need to brush up on what the hell it is I'm actually supposed to do. Anyone got any tips? Also, I was fucking appalled at the jackass that was running the pre-caucus meeting. He afforded Tagg Romney 25 minutes to talk about sailing trips with his father, but as soon as our Ron Paul guy gave a five minute speech (he really sucked at it, and shouldn't have been up there) the chairman told him that he used enough time and he had to end it. WTF? No, that wasn't biased at all. Asshole.  Nah, just kidding. Not for Huckabee, anyway. But Maine's caucuses are this weekend, and Ron Paul is the only candidate that actually came here. And with him he brought a SHIT load of signs. I have about 40 standard ones in my car right now, and will get more tomorrow. They're giving them out by the case full. They also have 4'x6' signs for the taking, so I'm scouted a few prime places for such a thing and my roommate (Who is a Bushie, btw - I know, "uuggghhh") and I are gonna go around town tomorrow and put up as many as we can where ever we can. There maybe some photos to follow. [edit]I went to the local campaign office to get a resupply of signs. I met the man there that runs it and he pointed to a pile of cell phones and said that if we wanted to come back tonight, that I can just pick one up and start calling people to encourage people to come to the caucus on Saturday, so I think I will. [/edit] Also, the town of Freeport had their vote today, with an absolutely disgusting turnout - but Ron Paul came in second. Read below for more information. ... more inside ... Ron Paul FTW! *WARNING* Disgusting and NSFW ahead. Click to see the ultimate in sleazy tattoos.
Why the hell would anyone want that on their chest? ... more inside ...Don't blame me if you puke. An large car repair bills.
The following is an example of "When it rains it pours." About two weeks ago, my rear wheels started making metal-on-metal grinding noises - like my brakes were locking up when they weren't supposed to be. But it only happened at temperatures 20ºF or colder. So when I took it to the garage, they couldn't find anything wrong with it both times because it was warmer, and the problem was non-existent. My ABS light even came on, but they just reset it and wrote it off as a faulty sensor. So when I went to Boston on the 14th to pick up my girlfriend, all was well until the next morning when at the hotel (we stayed a night in Peabody) we tried to back out of the parking spot and my tire was locked up so bad that I had to spin my front tires (FWD) just to move the car. A few minutes down the road, and all is better after it warms up, as usual. So I called the garage and scheduled another appointment. At least my parents have a third vehicle (an old minivan) that I could use in the meantime. I get a call the day my car was looked at, and they inform me that I (my girlfriend) had ridden the car on a flat tire and destroyed it, so I had to get another. She thought it felt funny because of the problem I had. Not really a big deal, though, because I needed two new ones anyway. Then they tell me the source of my problem is a seized bearing in my hub, which will have to be replaced. Cheapest one they find is ~ $350. I called around and got one for $210. So I bought the hub over the phone, and picked it up the next day, and when I was driving to the garage, my girlfriend told me to look at the receipt. I did, and apparently they only charged me $21 instead of $210! Huzzah! So the next day my car is all done and repaired (I love my garage, my car was in the shop for two days and they only charged me for one hour of labor) and I bring it back home. I missed my Volvo. That night we get a snow storm and the next day we went to go to Portland, and after I get my car brushed off, I see that my entire rear window has been destroyed from a rock kicked up by the plow. WHAT THE FUCK!?!?! No, not just a crack that can be repaired with a little resin, but totally destroyed!  AHHH! What kind of shitty ass luck do I have? Back to the minivan. It gets fixed today, and that's only another $500. The garage was 300 and the hub was supposed to be 210, but thankfully it's only 21.  So out of the two weeks that my girlfriend is here, I have my S60 for a grand total of four days. Hey, Friendo...
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