Discuss

If one were castrated at the age of 30, well after puberty, would they then have a higher pitch voice than before, or would the chords that have been established remain. I wonder because of Paul's desire to become a Eunich. He currently sounds like Michael Duncan or Janet Reno. With out the useless balls he has, would he then sound like a five year old girl or would he remain sounding like a movie promotional announcer?

TV Show Rankings

1) Heroes - This show is great. I have so many hopes for it so I could be crushed very soon. I don't like that British guy who seems to be in everything nowadays. Nevertheless, this is the show that I look forward to more than any other. This weeks story that started with Peter kicking Sylar's ass was great. And his brother will be president. The only problem I currently see with the show is that it won't last forever.

2) The Office - All around best comedy on television, and possibly ever. There are pointless characters, but the writers understand that. Instead of hammering those people upon us, they only bring them out with something good to say. And they don't make up boring story lines about them. Wish it was an hour long, but then again, about every other show on TV is an hour long. Way to be different. This week's episode had me laughing like a little school girl when Jim started acting like Dwight. "Bears beats Battle Star Gallactica"

3) House - Gregg House is a great character. I love his quick comebacks. The shows storyline is weak, but his antics make the show worthy of watching every week. Plus, Dr. Cuddy and Cameron are smokin'. This weeks show dealt with a girl who actually died because the doctors screwed up. House is never wrong in the end, which made it a nice change of pace.

4) South Park - Love the conservative humor but love more how most liberals don't even realize that South Park is making fun of them. They go over board and have some shows that aren't worth watching twice, which is why it isn't #2. Idle this week.

5) The Black Donnelly's - Idle this week. Great start to a show that could end up a great one. I love all the characters, especially the Dineroesqu facial gestures that Tommy Donnelly does.

6) Lost - My how you have fallen. The only reason you aren't out of the top ten is that it's beyond my ability to not watch the show. I'm entrenched. I didn't like this weeks episode mainly because the flash backs are starting to suck. They are showing back stories that no one cares about. The show is predictable, too.

7) 24 - This show needs a plot twist badly. I love Jack Bauer, but he is getting old. I've heard he signed on until a seventh season, which means one more year, but if they want to come back for an eighth year, new cast or not, changes need to be made this year. CTU and 24 could become a Law & Order type show (longevity wise) if their writers write something different.

8) Friday Night Lights - Idle this week. The show started off horribly but it got better. I only kept watching it because it was football and there are some MAJOR hotties in it. By the seasons end it was a darn good show.

9) Entourage - This show has a ways to clime due to the long time off. Good start to the season and can't wait to see if I get to see Vinny's agent get down.

10) Jericho - Storyline has become cheesy, but the origin of it is still interesting enough to watch. I won't give up on it because I've already started, but it will keep dropping down my one man poll until it improves. BUT, this weeks episode was darn good. A lot of action. And apparently I missed a show somewhere because in the previously on part they talked about stuff I had never seen before. Oh well.

11) The Showbiz Show - This show is pretty darn funny. It is like a non-politically oriented Daily Show. Unfortunately, Spade doesn't do a ton of Bush jokes, so he isn't tops in the world. Again, this week was funny.

12) Psych - Idle this week. A good show with a good lead character. For a first time viewer, horrible acting might pop into your head, but I believe it is intentional because pretty much everyone in it are long time actors.

13) Eureka - Idle this week. Season one finale was a while ago. Hope a new season starts soon because this show could easily crack the top ten with fresh episodes.

14) Family Guy - Idle this week. Writing has become so bad.

Time

The power in my neighborhood went out a couple nights ago. Last night when I leaned over to set my clock, this string of thoughts hit me. Time is weird.

Everything in our universe is measured by different things. Mainly the spacial dimensions, and then time. The spacial dimensions consist of particles that eventually break down to the different types of quarks. Quarks are what we assume are the building blocks of everything else.

The empty space is made out of something, too. We haven't discovered what that something is, but by looking at how galaxies work, we see that something is out there causing awkward movements of solar systems. I would believe that whatever that something is has a fundamental building block, too. Whether it is in one of the four main spacial dimensions or not has yet to be determined.

Basically, everything has a simplest form. Time doesn't. No matter how much you break it down, there will always be a smaller figure to more accurately describe where you are on the time line.

If you think about that, nothing's position could ever be determined. You may be able to know your position in space, but never in time. Only estimates of that position in space and time.

What all this means, I have no clue. Just an interesting thought I had last night.

Strawberries in your drink

They don't make you less manly, just less likely to have cancer. Perhaps less manly, too, but only a self conscious jack ass would care about it.

According to new research published in the Journal Of The Science Of Food And Agriculture (you should see the centerfold this month), the antioxidant capacity of strawberries can be significantly enhanced when they are combined with ethanol, the type of alcohol found in rum, vodka, tequila and other spirits. Those antioxidants attack free-radicals that can cause cancer, arthritis and heart disease.

Cinco de Mayo

Many people can't figure out what to do on this day of Mexican freedom... or victory... other than drink themselves silly.

Many of those same people were wondering what the Gin Blossoms were up to these days.

Well, have I got a surprise for you. The District of Columbia has put together an event for the ages. The Gin Blossoms will be playing an outdoor show.

The sad thing is that I did a google search for this show and found nothing. Even the Gin Blossoms site has nothing there.

Harry and Nance Nance

Is calling the war we are currently in a failure treason to our country when spoken by members of our government? It goes beyond a freedom of speech issue.

Is trying to start talks with an enemy we are fighting against in Iraq against presidential orders treason when done by the speaker of the house?

Whether these two shit heads will ever realize it or not, but we are in a real war. The war we first got involved in when thousands of Americans died on our own soil. This is a war we can't afford to lose.

I could really go on way too long on this topic, but I think you could fill in the blanks. Simply put, these two people are going beyond, what Republicans say too often, "undermining our president," and "lessoning the value of our soldiers' lives." They are completely politically oriented, and as it stands, our country will suffer from it.

There is no room in a country with so many enemies for a Pelosi or Reid.

Paulina, what is your liberal views of those two events.

Another great idea from the GW's

This from Reuters:

Climate change skeptics say it's hard to get heard

Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:15PM EDT

By Jeff Mason

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - skeptics of the seriousness of global warming complained on Wednesday of not being heard by the public or policy makers while warning governments to take a second look at the scientific consensus on climate change.

Scientists who doubt the scope and cause of climate change have trouble getting funding and academic posts unless they conform to an "alarmist scenario," said Roger Helmer, a British member of the European Parliament, at a panel discussion on appropriate responses to rising global temperatures.

"If global warming is happening, we can then ask: is it accelerating and is it likely to be catastrophic?" he said. "Many people think not."

European Union leaders agreed in March to try to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least a fifth compared with 1990 levels by 2020 and as much as 30 percent if other industrialized and emerging countries joined in.

The EU pledge came shortly before the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which groups 2,500 scientists and is considered the world authority on the issue, said all regions of the planet would suffer from a sharp warming.

David Henderson, an economist at the Westminster Business School in London and former head of the Economics and Statistics Department at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the OECD, said governments had given the IPCC a monopoly on climate advice.

"The very idea of creating a single would-be authoritative fount of wisdom is itself dubious," he said, urging countries to seek a more balanced approach than the IPCC and to stop pursuing programs to urgently reduce carbon emissions.

"In this area of policy it's high time for governments to think again," he said.

Mahi Sideridou, climate policy director at environmental group Greenpeace, rejected criticism of the IPCC.

"Saying that the IPCC is not balanced is probably the most ridiculous claim that anybody can make," she said, stressing the group's reports were based on scientific consensus.

The IPCC findings are approved unanimously by more than 100 governments and will guide policy on issues such as extending the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol, the main U.N. plan for capping greenhouse gas emissions, beyond 2012.

Benny Peiser, a professor at Liverpool John Moores University, questioned the methods used by climate scientists. He said many were recognizing that using computer modeling to predict an "inherently unpredictable future" was illogical.

"Today's scientific consensus very often turns out to be tomorrow's redundant theory," he said. He said that scientific journals refused to take papers from scientists who doubted climate change.

Most scientists say climate change will cause seas to rise, glaciers to melt and storms to intensify, potentially leading to more natural disasters around the world.

What is your first thought?

Fail proof

Well, to prevent the global warming crowd from ever being wrong, they have now added to the table that fewer Hurricanes are possible. Considering they’ve already said that more Hurricanes of Katrina proportion are on their way because of climate change, I think this is an excellent move. Why chance being wrong again? Whatever happens, they can say, “I told you so.” Link

Last Saturday

Ok, I've been wanting to tell this story for a while, but never got around to it. Not proofread:

Last saturday I went to a reggae concert. The opening band had an interesting blend between metal and dancehall. Band name is Fear Nuttin Band. Basically, guitars using distortion doing the dancehall beat. Two guitarists who were fairly good (better than I, but that isn't hard). A bassist that looked like he could kill me. A drummer that I not once looked at. And two black dudes singing for them. They had thick Jamaican accents, but the band was from Massachusetts, so I don't buy the Jamaican thing. Sounded cool, though.

The second band was a local act who just got back from touring so all their loyal fans were out getting smashed and listening to the jams. This was the first time I'd seen them live, but I've had the cd for a while. A lot better live because the singers voice doesn't carry too well on an eight track or digital recorder... whatever was used, it wasn't a top of the line studio. Band name, Soldiers of Jah Army.

I did not have a good time. Why, one may ask, because I love reggae music. Well, I had one beer when I got there, so I wasn't even close to getting drunk. Next, which relates back to the first reason, people were all up in my personal space. I wouldn't have minded had they been pretty, but they weren't. If I've learned one thing from Paul, it is that ugly people aren't worth the time of day.

Beyond my degree of comfortableness, the show all around was a shame. First, the crowd singing along to every word about peace and unity were shoving each other (not moshing) and throwing beers on people. These two fat dames that kept bumping into me shoved two guys into the crowd and screamed "don't come back," for bumping them on the way to the bathroom. Then their testosterone filled boyfriend chased after him. The guy was a douche bag (guy who got pushed) because he stood right in front of me for a little while with his ass all up on my shit. I started dancing, even though not in dancing mood, just to get him to leave. Anyways, he was a d-bag, but he didn't deserve that. And at a reggae concert of all places.

I have a feeling that reggae music and that scene is starting to be takin from us friendly folk by frat boy college kids that continuously think they are tough shit.

Another thing I noticed... the bands name is Soldiers of Jah Army. They are soldiers in an army, preaching about too much war and not enough peace. To which I added, "I disagree. I think there isn't enough." My bud thought that we were at a good equilibrium, though. We've decided to try and write a song about not enough violence in the world. Probably won't happen, but I like the idea of a reggae song about not enough death. I think I've had this idea in the past, so it shows how far I've gotten with it.

Plus, the bassist in SOJA sings the Jamaican deep voice stuff and he is extremely white, and just looks rather douchish himself dancing around on stage.

Hmmmm

We've got three resent political debates going on that I deem worthy of discussion. First, it was the Don Imus (liberal bastard) comments that led to him getting fired. Is there a double standard in America when it comes to racism? Should he have gotten fired? Second, it was Steve Spurrier (although he isn't important to the discussion) saying that we should get rid of the confederate flag. The "it offends people, so why not" argument. Is this reason enough? Finally, what will be a huge story for quite a while, the VT shootings that left 33 murdered. Would gun control prevent this from happening again? Would it make it less likely? Would a Wild Wild West setting actually deter this kind of behavior?

I want to hear Paul's opinion before I state mine because he tends to just oppose me. I'd like to know where he actually stands on these.

Get the ball rolling

I rescind my plea for him to run for president. He has already started to pander to the left in typical “conservative” fashion. I hope Fred Thompson eats him for a mid-day snack.

I don’t understand why everyone thinks this presidency isn’t doing anything about Global Warming, because they are. They are giving tax cuts to car companies who are working on fuel efficient vehicles along with other things. Newt says he wants immediate action. Immediate action would require spending too much money on something that history proves is unstoppable. Global warming is true in that our earth is getting warmer, but us as Americans trying to fix it would pretty much be superficial. As if we are spending money on better emissions to make us feel good about ourselves.

Weird

EVERETT, Wash. — Everett police have accused a 30-year-old woman of posing as a boy and assaulting a 14-year-old girl.

Papers filed in Everett District Court say Lorelei Josephine Corpuz presented herself as a 17-year-old boy named Mark.

Police told the Everett Herald she befriended the teenage girl in 2005 at a shopping mall and the family allowed "Mark" to live with the family as the young girl's boyfriend.

The true story came to light after "Mark" was pulled over for a traffic stop on Sunday with the girl in the car.

Officers were told that Corpuz allegedly had beaten and sexually assaulted the girl.

Sergeant Robert Goetz says the family was surprised to learn that Mark was a 30-year-old woman.

She is jailed in Everett for investigation of rape.

Global Warming: It is because it is

The DN had another article that says Global Warming exists because it exists. Evidence ends beyond temperature increases and guesstimations about where the temperature could go. The left's and the hippies' attempts to guilt the world into increased taxes is pathetic.

I have never said that we should run the biggest gas guzzlers, and increased spending would be great...wait, we HAVE done that.

I was watching Walking With Cavemen, hosted by Alec Baldwin, on the Discovery Channel the other day. In it, they talked about the Ice Age that the Neanderthals had to go through. It lead to their extinction. Scary stuff. But, since global warming can have no other cause other than man and their inventions that burn energy leading to evil emissions, what caused that Ice Age?

I guess Aliens from a distant galaxy came to Earth and drove around killing our O-Zone with SUVs and what not. It is the only logical reasoning since the earth going on a cycle can have nothing to do with temperature changes. The Earth's inner core switching polarity can have nothing to do with what will inevitably kill us all. The Earth was a paradise before the damn assembly line showed up.