One of the most heartwarming things I've ever stumbled across on these internets.. take a few minutes, it's worth it. And don't forget to tell your parents that you love them, whenever you can.

http://www.dayswithmyfather.com/

On Sept. 9, 2009 I experienced something that I still am having trouble believing happened to me.

I came into the possession of a cassette tape containing a Beatles album that was never released.

I dont expect you to believe what happened to me, I sure wouldn't, but thats why I grabbed the tape as proof that my experience was real.

http://www.thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com/

Here's a paraphrased dialog between the doctor at the ER and myself regarding my flu like symptoms.

<after telling him my symptoms and him checking my respiratory system> 

Dr: Well it sounds like we have the flu.  We don't even test anymore.  The CDC has declared that the quick test is only 10 to 50% accurate and the other test is about $1000 and it takes 48 to 72 hours to determine.   Furthermore any antiviral I would give you will probably only be around 10%, we save that for pregnant women and those going through chemo.

Me: What if it's swine flue

Dr: There's a good chance it is, but it doesn't matter, you have to do the same things to recover from either.  I know it's got a cool name 'H1N1' and all, but really it's a media hype and your chances of dying from it are next to nil.  Just get some rest and don't go into work until 3 days after you've stopped coughing

So there you have it from a doctor.  I don't know what his bias is if any, but this swine flu 'epidemic' is hogwash.  And if I do have it, I've lived through plenty worse illnesses.  I'm mildly uncomfortable at the very most.  Furthermore, why did I have to pay $100 to get that diagnosis?  Because my girlfriend was scared that I had the swine flue.  What did I find out?  That I might have it...but who cares.  Worst $100 spent...ever.

 My advice is if you come down with flu like symptoms that are bearable, just tough it out.  Get lots of rest and drink plenty of water and all that old school shit.  Even if you live somewhere that has public healthcare, it's not worth the time to get checked out.  Of course I am not a doctor, don't listen to me.

"This video has been redacted due to the copyright claim of Bill Plympton." -siftbot

Bill Plympton does not understand how the Internet works. His legal shenanigans are not good for freedom of speech, if he wants to censor the internet, he should go to the providers, not propagaters like videosift.

I don't even know who he is, and now I don't care. He sucks.

 I don't blame the admins for this, I'm sure they are as outraged as I am. I just want you to know how much he sucks. (It's a lot.)

Cf.:

 http://www.videosift.com/video/the-fan-the-flower-might-make-you-cry-a-little

 http://www.videosift.com/video/one-of-those-days

http://www.videosift.com/video/Bill-Plympton-Parking-2001

http://www.videosift.com/video/Guide-Dog-funny-animated-short

http://www.videosift.com/video/Guard-Dog

http://www.videosift.com/video/Surprise-Cinema

http://www.videosift.com/video/Bill-Plympton-25-Ways-To-Quit-Smoking

http://www.videosift.com/video/how-to-make-love-to-a-woman-bill-plympton-style

http://www.videosift.com/video/Hot-Dog-A-Tail-of-Sadly-Broken-Dreams-by-Bill-Plympton

http://www.videosift.com/video/Push-Comes-to-shove-Bill-Plympton

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IIRC, entire ACORN scandal consists of:

1.  Out of 2 million low-income voters registered, a small percent of the workers turned in bogus forms with bogus names like Captain Crunch. Acorn was required by law to turn in ALL of the forms rather than arbitrarily discarding some of the forms at their discretion (because if the law were otherwise, people who register voters could throw away half the forms and disenfranchise half the people who thought they had registered).    Not one vote is known to have been cast under any of these bogus registration attempts.

2.  Some people dressed up as OBVIOUSLY fake pimps and prostitutes, strolled into dozens of ACORN branches until they found someone who put them on (OBVIOUSLY bullshitting them) and they took it completely seriously.   Later, they took the videos credulously to Fox news, which also believed every word in the videos was serious, because they're a bunch of morons with no sense of humor.

3.  Republicans have a ragefest and try to treat organizations as guilty until proven innocent if any ONE of their employees has been indicted for fraud (i.e. arbitrarily accused by one prosecutor, not yet put on trial or anything).   This rule inadvertently bars the gov't from funding a shitload of defense contractors, but that part is not really going to be enforced, because all they really wanted was an unconstitutional bill of attainder against ACORN.

Am I missing something?

Here's a fun little game I found on facebook. The rules are as follows:

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions.

Pass it on to 15 people you like, include me. (Or don't, I'm not much of a rule follower myself.)

You can't use the band/artist I used.

Don't repeat a song title.

Repost as "my life according to (artist/band name)"

My submission:

... more inside ...

Can we add a 'hide' button beside 'bookmark' and 'playlist' at the bottom of videos? I'm seeing so many FOX news clips, or responses to FOX news clips, etc. etc. - I'm pretty sick of all of it. This would obviously also be good for any other videos users might not wish to see on the frontpage (good example; people at work or home with kids can hide posts that have profanity in the title.) Applicable? Thoughts?

http://www.divinecaroline.com/22323/86210-slutty-costumes-gone-dogs 

I really do NOT wanna know why...  

Don't suggest that baby Jesus invented magnetism to your physics professor.  Hard as it is to believe, some physics professors and some physics students are, in fact, religious and will take offense to that.

Had a birthday drink with some friends at a beir house in downtown L.A., Wurstkuche.

Tom's birthday drink @ Wurstkuche in downtown L.A.

Shot with Canon T1i w/ 50mm f1.8

Music: Super Furry Animals - Minature

It seems to me that I neglected to show my pictures from my Texas trip with you guys, only with the people I have as friends on facebook. Well, here they are for the rest of you, if you want to see them. 

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=97904&l=cbd68219c6&id=675704878

Enjoy.

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