Rant 2005-01-01T05:00:15Z The noise a tree falling in the forest makes when no one is there to hear... Picture it. tag:www.superfly.org,2005:/mt//1 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2005, tsg 2005 2005-01-01T05:00:15Z 2005-01-01T00:00:15-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2005:/mt//1.2536 2005-01-01T05:00:15Z Happy New Year.... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org

Happy New Year.

]]> 13 degrees; feels like -3. (!!!!) 2004-12-20T11:06:54Z 2004-12-20T06:06:54-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2493 2004-12-20T11:06:54Z I hadn't reloaded my weather.com page in about an hour or so... woops. Looks like it's 'shorts' weather after all. Break out the suncreen, blankets, and towels: See you at the beach!... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org I hadn't reloaded my weather.com page in about an hour or so... woops. Looks like it's 'shorts' weather after all. Break out the suncreen, blankets, and towels:

See you at the beach!

]]> 15 degress; feels like 4. 2004-12-20T11:02:12Z 2004-12-20T06:02:12-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2492 2004-12-20T11:02:12Z Okay. I thought it was cold before, but now it's really cold. If water freezes at 32 degrees (F), what the hell happens at 4? Short of bundling up like a swollen tick, I suspect I will be uncomfortable today... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org Okay. I thought it was cold before, but now it's really cold.

If water freezes at 32 degrees (F), what the hell happens at 4? Short of bundling up like a swollen tick, I suspect I will be uncomfortable today no matter what I do.

This morning I will no doubt be dreaming of at least one of two jackets I had thought of buying this year -- but had decided were a little out of my budget...

I think the first one woulda been nice. I wonder if it has a set of matching drawers, and if they have it at CitySports 2 blocks from work... :)

Okay. Just kidding. Just because I have poor impulse control doesn't mean I have poor impulse control. Well, it does - but since I would need to venture outside to get said jacket, safe bet it's not happening. :-)


]]> 19 degrees. Feels like 7. 2004-12-20T06:41:49Z 2004-12-20T01:41:49-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2491 2004-12-20T06:41:49Z What more can I say. It's c o l d! And -- some snow is coating the ground... not much, but if there is any precip hanging around - it will be coming down frozen.... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org What more can I say. It's c o l d!

And -- some snow is coating the ground... not much, but if there is any precip hanging around - it will be coming down frozen.

]]> Searching for purpose... 2004-12-19T01:40:19Z 2004-12-18T20:40:19-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2483 2004-12-19T01:40:19Z Blogs and journals are interesting enough ideas, but I think there has to be an over-arching purpose. I am trying to come up with one (other than the idea of recounting the boring day-to-day events in my life).... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org Blogs and journals are interesting enough ideas, but I think there has to be an over-arching purpose. I am trying to come up with one (other than the idea of recounting the boring day-to-day events in my life).

]]> Drip... Drip... Drip... 2004-12-01T06:03:06Z 2004-12-01T01:03:06-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2439 2004-12-01T06:03:06Z My journal entries have slowed to a trickle. Nothing new to report here. Well, one new thing: PIE At a pre-Thanksgiving office meal (where the employees all brought in some food for an in-office party) I brought several pudding pies.... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org My journal entries have slowed to a trickle. Nothing new to report here.

Well, one new thing: PIE

At a pre-Thanksgiving office meal (where the employees all brought in some food for an in-office party) I brought several pudding pies. Much to my surprise, they were a big hit.

After being hounded (if you call several emails and in-person requests by three people 'hounding'), I gave in and put my illustrated secret recipe online.

May this offerring of basic pudding skills make the world a better place.

*yawn*

Bedtime.

]]> 'il Kim 2004-11-18T11:13:27Z 2004-11-18T06:13:27-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2372 2004-11-18T11:13:27Z Apparently Kim Jong Il has gotten around to seeing 'Team America: World Police', because he is toning down his whole worship-me-and-you'd-better-smile-when-you-see-my-picture thing. **yawn** I better get moving... showertime.... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org Apparently Kim Jong Il has gotten around to seeing 'Team America: World Police', because he is toning down his whole worship-me-and-you'd-better-smile-when-you-see-my-picture thing.

**yawn** I better get moving... showertime.

]]> Thanksgiving 2004 - The battle starts early... 2004-11-18T10:58:02Z 2004-11-18T05:58:02-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2371 2004-11-18T10:58:02Z So far, it's Turkeys 1, People 0. Haven't posted much of anything lately. Cold, dark, and frankly I've been busy doing nothing elsewhere. Days blend together and overlap, and depending on the activity time flies by -- or crawls at... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org So far, it's Turkeys 1, People 0.

Haven't posted much of anything lately. Cold, dark, and frankly I've been busy doing nothing elsewhere. Days blend together and overlap, and depending on the activity time flies by -- or crawls at a painfully slow pace.

Today will be a long day. Guaranteed I will sleep well tonight.

]]> Election Day, 2004 2004-11-02T13:31:24Z 2004-11-02T08:31:24-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2307 2004-11-02T13:31:24Z Well, it's that special time when we see all of this country's great systems and infrastructure flex its might as the huddled masses cast their votes. You wait in more lines than Disneyworld, smell more human odors than on the... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org Well, it's that special time when we see all of this country's great systems and infrastructure flex its might as the huddled masses cast their votes. You wait in more lines than Disneyworld, smell more human odors than on the subway, and in the end - there really isnt any way to confirm your effort was really counted.

God Bless America... whatever that means. I thought "God" wasn't supposed to have anything to do with it. Is He voting this year?

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As usual, this time around it will be the same deal as always: Choose who you dislike least, the lesser of two evils, or any other cliche that expresses the futility of it all. Let the tallying begin...

They should give out numbered receipts with each vote cast... and then a website where you can enter number to confirm your vote was counted. No one wants to be *that* accurate, I guess.


]]> ABCNEWSWire 2004-10-13T05:24:26Z 2004-10-13T01:24:26-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2170 2004-10-13T05:24:26Z Well, now it's back again... still crap since it's no longer text... but I can use it again. And give me a break: Flash commercials that autostart playing with sound? How are you supposed to read the article with Schwab... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org Well, now it's back again... still crap since it's no longer text... but I can use it again. And give me a break: Flash commercials that autostart playing with sound? How are you supposed to read the article with Schwab yapping in the background?

Don't these companies realize there will be a backlash? I don't just mean the sites hosting the shit-mercials... I mean companies like Schwab who are using this medium. I resent any company using flyover layer ads, flash movie shit-mercial ads, etc. Bad enough I have to deal with them on TV already - leave me alone while I'm reading. Blinking, flashing, and noise-making advertisements with only incur my vitriol.

I make a note of these ads as I see them, and frankly -- I hold a grudge against those companies that use them. The same way I hold a grudge against companies that use spyware and pop-up ads. I don't know how Schwab does as a brokerage firm -- but I don't care. They will end up being my *last* choice, because of their invasive advertising.

Do you think that was what they intended? Neither do I. Tough shit for (on) them.

]]> **yawn** 2004-10-11T22:45:42Z 2004-10-11T18:45:42-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2151 2004-10-11T22:45:42Z I have a headache, and I am tired. Time for a nap. I've gotten rid of comments on my journals... tired of getting spam posts for sex and drug sites. Disabled the comments form altogether... so when you get a... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org I have a headache, and I am tired. Time for a nap.

I've gotten rid of comments on my journals... tired of getting spam posts for sex and drug sites. Disabled the comments form altogether... so when you get a 403 error on previous post's comment links - you'll know why. :-)

Also removed abcnews.com from my links to news sites. I used to really enjoy just going to and reading the news feed. It was all I wanted from a news site - no flash, no pics -- just tell me what's going on.

First they filled it with ads (from it being just text), now they've moved or removed it altogether. F*ck them. Nothing like alienating a loyal audience. I hope whoever made that decision gets hit by a bus AND shat upon by a flock of pigeons AND is the victim of identity theft.

Okay. Time for me to go get some counseling... and a new NEWS site.

]]> Goodbye, Superman 2004-10-11T11:15:44Z 2004-10-11T07:15:44-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2132 2004-10-11T11:15:44Z Christopher Reeve has died. May he rest peacefully. I once spent hours in the bathroom as a child trying to get the curl to stick on my forehead they way his did in the first Superman movie. I never could... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org Christopher Reeve has died. May he rest peacefully.

I once spent hours in the bathroom as a child trying to get the curl to stick on my forehead they way his did in the first Superman movie. I never could get it right...

]]> Ummmmm 2004-10-06T17:42:46Z 2004-10-06T13:42:46-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.2020 2004-10-06T17:42:46Z Are you not entertained?... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org Are you not entertained?

]]> Fahrengripe - whine-fun-fun? 2004-09-26T06:14:49Z 2004-09-26T02:14:49-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.1810 2004-09-26T06:14:49Z I'm trying to take this seriously but can not. Let me get this straight: Michael Moore makes a movie about the government, the terrorist attacks against New York and Washington, D.C. and the war against Iraq. He paints it the... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org I'm trying to take this seriously but can not. Let me get this straight:

Michael Moore makes a movie about the government, the terrorist attacks against New York and Washington, D.C. and the war against Iraq. He paints it the way he sees it (as is certainly his right - it's his movie). Clearly this is biased from a certain viewpoint, but it doesn't make claims not to be.

Flash forward... Republicans, Bush supporters, and a bevy of others go out and make a movie purportedly to 'rebutt' Moore's movie. "Fahrebnhype9/11".

My confusion begins to set in after viewing the trailer... it is all about bashing Michael Moore. It calls him a liar, states he claims there is no terrorist threat (in Fahrenheit 911), and is collaborating with terrorists.

In the trailer and clip of the week, there are only attacks against Moore, and pathetically simplistic ones at that. I thought this was in answer to the movie... it feels more like we're on the playground after school.

I am not a Moore supporter, and I admit I've joked about his weight - but this is supposed to be a well-thought-out rebuttal showing how his movie was a lie? The companion book offerred includes "A diet suggestion for Michael Moore." I don't know that there is a lower level of attack than that.

Not much of a rebuttal if you spend your time with tongue-in-cheek fat references. The site also has a "Reviews" section, which is merely a short section of mostly anonymous or semi-anonymous comments from people who have seen neither movie. ??? Is this made by someone in their garage as a joke?

How can anyone vote for a government whose proponents and exponents support and participate in this slanderous drivel? Ann Coulter and Zell Miller coming on as objective commentators??? Ummm... did I wake up on the wrong side of the looking glass?

And by the way, the creators of the site (at least the domain holders) hide behind virtual office space from Davinci Virtual Offices. Are they ashamed of something? Trying to distance themselves? I don't get it.

The current whois:

Organization:
Michael & Me L.P.
Abhors Avacuum
147 West Election Road
Draper, UT 84020
US
Phone: 805-687-3626
Email: lee@fahrenhype911.com

If you dig enough, you get through the first layer of the onion... the old whois:

Organization:
Lee Troxler Companies
Lee Troxler
825 Las Palmas
Santa Barbara CA 93110
US
Phone: 806-687-3626
Email: lee@leetroxler.com

Interesting. Note that the phone numbers remain the same. Sort of.

Nature abhors a vacuum. Funny... I have a feeling the makers and participants in this film should be more concerned with Darwin and natural selection than vacuums, since outrageous stupidity such as this can not survive forever. :-)

Bleh. I'm tired and I've run out of steam.


]]> Anita Hobby... 2004-09-19T10:35:52Z 2004-09-19T06:35:52-05:00 tag:www.superfly.org,2004:/mt//1.1716 2004-09-19T10:35:52Z I have decided to send a picture of "Anita" to my 419 scammers. Since I asked for more pitures of them in my last email, it's only fair. :-) She's got the head and smile of Condoleezza Rice, the nose... tsg http://www.superfly.org/ www@superfly.org I have decided to send a picture of "Anita" to my 419 scammers. Since I asked for more pitures of them in my last email, it's only fair. :-)

anita.jpg

She's got the head and smile of Condoleezza Rice, the nose of Queen Latifah, and the eyes of Oprah Winfrey. Quite a looker... for a 15-minute Photoshop job...

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