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Month: December 2000
Where were these kids’ parents? Turkey’s Radio and Television High Council has ordered a TV channel to stop airing Pokemon after two children leapt from balconies believing they had superhuman powers. This is nuts. It’s a goddamn cartoon – if these kids (ages 4 and 7) are confused about the difference between a little animated whatever-the-fuck-a-Pokemon-is and reality… their slack-jawed parents are the ones that need a fucking slap! What does this say about where society is heading? Parents let the TV babysit their kids and then shuck their responsibility off to the rest of society… fuck that – get off your asses and raise your kids yourselves or get out of the gene pool!
Our calendar and the REAL Millennium – I know this whole discussion is a little old – Who cares about the math, it was just a lot more dramatic when the numbers went from 1999-2000, right? That’s what I said. Still, this article is damn interesting – the history of our calendar is pretty wild – the whole concept is pretty abstract to begin with, then mix in some bad math and confusion will ensue: “..if you’re a stickler for accuracy, the third Christian millennium actually began on January 1, 1997 (or if the spring hypothesis is correct, sometime in March or April)… or more properly on Dec. 26, 1996 (or January 6, 1997 if we use the old date assigned – which means January 18 in the orthodox calendar)… unless Jesus was born in 5 BCE, in which case this year is really 2002…” yeesh…. glad I celebrated last year.
More Christmas gift ideas! Fetus Soap – “It’s like the Son you never had” … check out the testimonials: “Fetus soap got me laid!”
“Foot in Mouth” Bafflement Award Goes To.. – Alicia Silverstone on Clueless: “I think that the film ‘Clueless’ was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think that lightness has to come from a very deep place if it’s true lightness.” … huh?
New addition to my Christmas Wishlist: Meat Hat! “One always looks neat, in a hat made from meat.”
Casino patron caught on camera beating himself… (insert Beavis laugh here) … the headline’s funny… the article is hilarious! (thanks 3 Nasty Assholes)
Star Wars Holiday Special – Anybody remember this gem? It originally aired on November 17, 1978 after which ‘George Lucas banished it forever from the realm of human existence.’ I’m sure it was really horrible and all, but I’d still like to see it – call it morbid curiosity. I mean, Carrie Fisher doing a musical number with a bunch of Wookies? Superb!
Did you say Deep Fried Chicken Leg, or Head? – This story’s a little old, but I didn’t get around to reading it ’till now… I just like the picture. Uh… you want fries with that?
Check your Dead Pool Benjamin Harrison Holcomb, recognized last May as the world’s oldest man, died in a nursing home at 111 years young.