Late-night ads are in a category all to themselves. An ad trying to get people to buy gold coins, however, got me thinking. Imagine if 6 or 7 years ago you converted all of your life's savings into gold. How much better off would you be today? If i knew then what i know now.
As a quick lesson for those of you not in the know (you can take the teacher out of the classroom...) all of our money is backed up with gold. Most of that gold is in the form of bars locked up at various super-secure locations across the country. To oversimplify, how our money weighs in in comparison to other country's currency is related to the value of those otherwise useless bills and coins in our wallets against what they represent in national holdings. A country can print as much money as it wants but without gold to back it up it is useless on the world market.
The value of the US dollar has been plummeting in the last few years. Had you exchanged, lets say, your 2001 savings in for gold, it would have held it's value much better than the savings you currently hold. How deranged is the current state of our country that late-night commercials are starting to make sense (well, with a little inference)? Sigh...
Jul 11, 2007
Jul 10, 2007
Ah, The Looks Of Summer
Another double D experience has got me thinking about two things: 1- i spend too much time at Dunkin' Donuts (a simple misplaced space bar hit can mean the difference between 'time at' and 'tim eat') 2- i've been meaning to do a summer fashion update.
i know i've said it before but i feel the need to remind the men out their that the word 'thong' should not describe any item in your wardrobe whether it be of the foot or of the arse. Come on now.
Next, utility belts have only worked for one man in history: Batman. Not even Robin could pull it off. Unless your name is Batman don't attach all kinds of shite like cellphones, pagers, mini-flashlights, etc to your belt. You look like a moron and i'm going to start calling you Robin and make you wear yellow tights.
You know those wireless, hands-free , wrap around the ear things... they are only mildly acceptable when you are actually talking to someone on them while driving. Walking around with them in your ear otherwise just makes you look like some pathetic wanna-be extra for another Star Trek spin-off. Walking around with them and talking on them makes you look like the homeless schizophrenic guy who takes my bottles on recycling day. Your choice really which one you prefer to look like.
Visors: unless you are a tall, female, beach volleyball player in a bikini or a greying retiree at the poker table of a casino you should never wear one of these.
Lastly, as a child i used to make fun of my mum for wearing sunglasses that took up half of her face (ironically while i myself was wearing socks pulled up to my knees). They still look idiotic, unless that's the look you're going for. Although ladies, if you want to wear tiny gym shorts resembling those i wore as a child i'm fine with that. i'm also fine with you trying to wear the shorts i currently have on. i'll try to make room.
i know i've said it before but i feel the need to remind the men out their that the word 'thong' should not describe any item in your wardrobe whether it be of the foot or of the arse. Come on now.
Next, utility belts have only worked for one man in history: Batman. Not even Robin could pull it off. Unless your name is Batman don't attach all kinds of shite like cellphones, pagers, mini-flashlights, etc to your belt. You look like a moron and i'm going to start calling you Robin and make you wear yellow tights.
You know those wireless, hands-free , wrap around the ear things... they are only mildly acceptable when you are actually talking to someone on them while driving. Walking around with them in your ear otherwise just makes you look like some pathetic wanna-be extra for another Star Trek spin-off. Walking around with them and talking on them makes you look like the homeless schizophrenic guy who takes my bottles on recycling day. Your choice really which one you prefer to look like.
Visors: unless you are a tall, female, beach volleyball player in a bikini or a greying retiree at the poker table of a casino you should never wear one of these.
Lastly, as a child i used to make fun of my mum for wearing sunglasses that took up half of her face (ironically while i myself was wearing socks pulled up to my knees). They still look idiotic, unless that's the look you're going for. Although ladies, if you want to wear tiny gym shorts resembling those i wore as a child i'm fine with that. i'm also fine with you trying to wear the shorts i currently have on. i'll try to make room.
Jul 8, 2007
My Country, Bitch (red, white, and fuck you)
The United States is broken. Since it's inception it has always been in some condition of disrepair, it is a work in progress, an experiment even. Lately it seems to be falling apart at an alarming rate but (much like my house when i first bought it) it doesn't mean it can't be fixed.
i know for myself i have become quite disenfranchised over the past 6-7 years and at times have even thought about how it might be nice to live in a different country. i do love Ireland and they currently don't have an evil idiot at the helm. As i have had a bit more down time lately to meditate on things i realized that this is the country for me and a chaotic place worth fixing up.
What other country could have been the birthplace of punk? The birthplace of bebop jazz? Hardcore? Beat literature? What other country on the face of the Earth could have invented skateboarding? Snowboarding? The list is endless.
All of these great things have been created by people unsatisfied with how things were. All were created by people carving out their own reality, their own scene, their own definition of what is American. The holes, the tares in the fabric of this country are where innovators find room to carve their niche. This is what America is about. As those empty spaces are being closed up by the status-quo we need to push for our own space more than ever.
Those who call us 'unpatriotic' or chant 'love it or leave it' need to have their teeth knocked in. These complacent mutherfuckers are not just part of the problem, they ARE the problem. If those unsettled by what has gone on in this country all left or if we listened to these flag-waving wastes of oxygen there would still be slaves in this country, women wouldn't have the right to vote, children would still be getting seriously maimed or killed working long hours in unsafe mills. Again this list could go on and on.
The status-quo is not necessarily what's morally right, in fact it rarely is in the right. As a US citizen it is my right and more so my duty to rant, to push, to fight for how things should be. Our strength is not from some homogeny but in the utter chaos of the mix of the people who co-inhabit this continent spanning do-it-yourself home improvement job.
My argument here is that an American is not some blank-faced, nameless, pick-up driving cowboy wearing blue jeans that the commercials would have you believe. Take the next 5 seconds to try and name a contributor to this country that fits that description: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5. See you couldn't, could you. When asked about people who make America what it is you come up with independent and original thinkers: the Roosevelts, Miles Davis, Rachael Carson, Jack Kerouac... choose who you will. None of them went with the flow.
There is no room for small-minded, blind followers in this country. They need to shut the fuck up, go down to Walmart, and stay there so that they are not in the way of the rest of us. There's work to be done. i've got a home that needs repairs.
i know for myself i have become quite disenfranchised over the past 6-7 years and at times have even thought about how it might be nice to live in a different country. i do love Ireland and they currently don't have an evil idiot at the helm. As i have had a bit more down time lately to meditate on things i realized that this is the country for me and a chaotic place worth fixing up.
What other country could have been the birthplace of punk? The birthplace of bebop jazz? Hardcore? Beat literature? What other country on the face of the Earth could have invented skateboarding? Snowboarding? The list is endless.
All of these great things have been created by people unsatisfied with how things were. All were created by people carving out their own reality, their own scene, their own definition of what is American. The holes, the tares in the fabric of this country are where innovators find room to carve their niche. This is what America is about. As those empty spaces are being closed up by the status-quo we need to push for our own space more than ever.
Those who call us 'unpatriotic' or chant 'love it or leave it' need to have their teeth knocked in. These complacent mutherfuckers are not just part of the problem, they ARE the problem. If those unsettled by what has gone on in this country all left or if we listened to these flag-waving wastes of oxygen there would still be slaves in this country, women wouldn't have the right to vote, children would still be getting seriously maimed or killed working long hours in unsafe mills. Again this list could go on and on.
The status-quo is not necessarily what's morally right, in fact it rarely is in the right. As a US citizen it is my right and more so my duty to rant, to push, to fight for how things should be. Our strength is not from some homogeny but in the utter chaos of the mix of the people who co-inhabit this continent spanning do-it-yourself home improvement job.
My argument here is that an American is not some blank-faced, nameless, pick-up driving cowboy wearing blue jeans that the commercials would have you believe. Take the next 5 seconds to try and name a contributor to this country that fits that description: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5. See you couldn't, could you. When asked about people who make America what it is you come up with independent and original thinkers: the Roosevelts, Miles Davis, Rachael Carson, Jack Kerouac... choose who you will. None of them went with the flow.
There is no room for small-minded, blind followers in this country. They need to shut the fuck up, go down to Walmart, and stay there so that they are not in the way of the rest of us. There's work to be done. i've got a home that needs repairs.
Baseball?
Today i stopped in to a Dunkin' Donuts for some breakfast and i saw a guy all decked out in his baseball uniform. i guess i've never been that close to someone in a baseball uniform but it got me thinking?
You know how some things aren't initially targeted at the gay community but end up as staples? Take Cher for example. Well, why hasn't baseball made that cross-over. Really now, who came up with the idea of skin-tight polyester 'outfits'? Maybe it's all that jock homophobia that's stopping the increase in fan base.
You know how some things aren't initially targeted at the gay community but end up as staples? Take Cher for example. Well, why hasn't baseball made that cross-over. Really now, who came up with the idea of skin-tight polyester 'outfits'? Maybe it's all that jock homophobia that's stopping the increase in fan base.
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