Digital Shlepnick

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I’ve discovered a way to rip DVDs and create a media library on my Vista Media Center PC. Since then I’ve been adding my purchased DVDs to that library for on demand access. Last night I added a movie from 1982 called The Last Unicorn. It was something I saw on cable when I was little and for some reason I’ve always liked it. Now I’m 37 and it still brings a tear to my eye…although I don’t know why.

I also have a VHS copy of Animalympics. It isn’t available on DVD although I wish someone would clean up the master and release it. I’d buy it in a heartbeat. Instead I’m feeding my video capture from the last VCR in the house so I can watch it on the big screen.

I know that neither of these animated movies can hold a candle to some of the work Pixar and DreamWorks has put out lately, but like Road Runner and Coyote from the 50s for old farts like me the flawed animation is just…better.

“Why is it that most of the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn’t want to fuck in the first place?”

-George Carlin

Holy shit…

Amazing Young Organ Player Rocks Out - Watch more free videos

Kansas Music

A while back, from the Star-Telegram: Lindsay Lohan says rehab was “sobering”

Isn’t that the whole ever luving fucking point? Geez!

Lindsay Lohan Obvious

It just turned midnight here in Arlington. I hope that everyone has a same and prosperous new year.

Happy New Year Happy New Year

This woman must not become President.

H/T Texas Rainmaker

Hillary Clinton Fund Raising Corruption

I took a trip to San Antonio with a bunch of friends of ours (me and the wife) and on the Riverwalk we heard a band playing. The music was unlike anything I’d heard before. I stood there and listened, but it really spoke to me. I didn’t really think anything about it and we left. The next day we were at a big outdoor market and I heard them again. They were selling CDs so I bought one. The band was Wayanay Inka.

I was really caught up in the music. Beautifully done, part primal, part soothing, part melodic. It was like being bathed in colors as that is the best way I can describe the experience for me. I listened to the entire CD, then I bought their others “The Flight of the Condor” and “…de los Andes”. When I need to take a break and “get away” I put on a pair of headphones and play Coral (track 1 of Enchanted Feelings) and close my eyes. Here is the video for the song.

I’m not typically a world music listener, and my wife thinks I’m crazy…she doesn’t get it but that’s ok. Not everyone will, but I did.

Waynaya Inka Music Peru San Antonio

This left me speechless…

Here’s another one. I’m a fan of Queen but I’d never seen this video before.

Prisoners? Really??
I’m just speechless.

Michael Jackson Thriller Prisoners Dance

Believe it.

It was 80 degrees two days ago. As you can see, it’ll be 80 degrees again in three days.

It snowed this morning.

Welcome to Texas.

Snow Cold Texas Weather Sucks

I was reading the Wizbang blog the other day and stumbled across this.

Now, I’m not a really big fan of Natalie Imbruglia’s work but I do like the song. The artistic interpretation was done by Johann Lippowitz, or David Armand. He has other videos on YouTube so check them out. This made the rounds on YouTube and word got out, so at an Amnesty International event he was invited to perform with a special guest star.

I don’t know how inspiration comes to some people. I have a knack for fixing things but as for raw inspiration, it’s a skill that eludes me. But I think the video is pretty cool.

Natalie Imbruglia Torn Johann Lippowitz David Armand

It’s finally raining. Do you care?

I certainly do. Since the great flood of 2005 and the great drought of 2006 my house foundation is riding like a roller coaster. For those of you who don’t live on clay soil it can raise or lower a house foundation up to 6 inches. That’s the kind of travel I’ve seen at my place. Most people try to fight the wave by watering their foundation to help keep the moisture amount in the soil stable, but when it doesn’t rain for months at a time, you can drown your foundation and all it will do is raise the perimeter of your house and cause your walls and baseboards to raise up off your floor, not to mention all the cracks in the drywall you have to patch.

“Oh, I wish it would rain…”

Rain Drought Flood

I know that airport screening has become just shy of intolerable since 9/11, but are we so dense and understaffed that this happens? I mean, how stupid can you be?

Incidently, because of my largeness of self, and a general distain for stupid people, I will probably never fly again.

Stupid Screening Tips

Super good news! I’m being added to the blogroll at File It Under. Does this mean I’ve made it?

I’ll tell you one thing, it means I’m going to have to write more, that’s for damn sure.

Blogroll

…sucks.

I’m a cheap bastard (and a Netflix subscriber) so I don’t pay for any of the movie channels from Dish Network so I’m actually attempting to watch Comic Relief on TBS. From this I have drawn the conclusion that any comedy act worth a shit will be completely muted. I’m suprised they’re letting Goddamns, assholes and shits through, but fuck is still off the list.

I still don’t miss HBO…not for $15 a month. Long live Netflix!

Comic Relief Sucks Netflix

Dear Dogs and Cats,

The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn’t help because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this.

Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort.

Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep.

It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible.

I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years–canine or feline attendance is not mandatory.

The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat’s butt. I cannot stress this enough!

To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door:

Rules for Non-Pet Owners Who Visit and Like to Complain About Our Pets:

1. They live here. You don’t.

2. If you don’t want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture.

(That’s why they call it “fur”niture.)

3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.

4. To you, it’s an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn’t speak clearly.

Remember: Dogs and cats are better than kids because they:

1. eat less
2. don’t ask for money all the time
3. are easier to train
4. usually come when called
5. never drive your car
6. don’t hang out with drug-using friends
7. don’t smoke or drink
8. don’t worry about having to buy the latest fashions
9. don’t wear your clothes
10. don’t need a gazillion dollars for college
11. and if they get pregnant, you can sell their children.

Pets Cat Dog Letter

On my first conference call of the day, there’s me, the partner engineer and the client. We’re the only ones on the call…no project planning or project management.

Today is gonna be a sparklin’ day… I can just feel it!

Friday Fun

I just received this and in classic ignorant email style, forwarded it to a bunch of people who will probably ban me from their address lists:

WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT TO TURN ON THE TV AND HEAR ANY U.S. PRESIDENT, DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN GIVE THE FOLLOWING SPEECH?

My Fellow Americans: As you all know, the defeat of Iraq regime has been completed. Since congress does not want to spend any more money on this war, our mission in Iraq is complete.

This morning I gave the order for a complete removal of all American forces from Iraq. This action will be complete within 30 days. It is now to begin the reckoning.

Before me, I have two lists. One list contains the names of countries which have stood by our side during the Iraq conflict. This list is short. The United Kingdom, Spain, Bulgaria, Australia, and Poland are some of the countries listed there. The other list contains everyone not on the first list. Most of the world’s nations are on that list. My press secretary will be distributing copies of both lists later this evening.

Let me start by saying that effective immediately, foreign aid to those nations on List 2 ceases immediately and indefinitely. The money saved during the first year alone will pretty much pay for the costs of the Iraqi war. The American people are no longer going to pour money into third world Hellholes and watch those government leaders grow fat on corruption.

Need help with a famine? Wrestling with an epidemic? Call France.

In the future, together with Congress, I will work to redirect this money toward solving the vexing social problems we still have at home. On that note, a word to terrorist organizations. Screw with us and we will hunt you down and eliminate you and all your friends from the face of the earth.

Thirsting for a gutsy country to terrorize? Try France, or maybe China.

I am ordering the immediate severing of diplomatic relations with France, Germany, and Russia. Thanks for all your help, comrades. We are retiring from NATO as well. Bon chance, mes amis.

I have instructed the Mayor of New York City to begin towing the many UN diplomatic vehicles located in Manhattan with more than two unpaid parking tickets to sites where those vehicles will be stripped, shredded and crushed. I don’t care about whatever treaty pertains to this. You creeps have tens of thousands of unpaid tickets. Pay those tickets tomorrow or watch your precious Benzes, Beamers and limos be turned over to some of the finest chop shops in the world. I love New York.

A special note to our neighbors. Canada is on List 2. Since we are likely to be seeing a lot more of each other, you folks might want to try not pissing us off for a change. Mexico is also on List 2. President Fox and his entire corrupt government really need an attitude adjustment. I will have a couple extra tank and infantry divisions sitting around. Guess where I am going to put em? Yep, border security.

Oh, by the way, the United States is abrogating the NAFTA treaty - starting now.

We are tired of the one-way highway. Immediately, we’ll be drilling for oil in Alaska - which will take care of this country’s oil needs for decades to come. If you’re an environmentalist who opposes this decision, I refer you to List 2 above: pick a country and move there. They care.

It is time for America to focus on its own welfare and its own citizens. Some will accuse us of isolationism. I answer them by saying, “darn tootin.” Nearly a century of trying to help folks live a decent life around the world has only earned us the undying enmity of just about everyone on the planet. It is time to eliminate hunger in America. It is time to eliminate homelessness in America. To the nations on List 1, a final thought. Thank you guys. We owe you and we won’t forget.

To the nations on List 2, a final thought: You might want to learn to speak Arabic.

God bless America. Thank you and good night.

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.

Amen to that!

If Only America President Would

You Are Bart Simpson

Very misunderstood, most people just dismiss you as “trouble.” Little do they know that you’re wise and well accomplished beyond your years. You will be remembered for: starring in your own TV show and saving the town from a comet Your life philosophy: “I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again!”

(H/T FIU)

Simpsons Personality Test

illegal immigration

Although he is worth much more than I am, but his blog is better than mine.

It’s hard to get worked up about the NSA surveillance when dickheads like this are giving the information away!

(H/T Captain’s Quarters)

Ok, so I haven’t written in a while. I’m busy. I’m moody. I don’t have a lot to say. “Say Say Say” by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney

What the hell? I need a drink.

Get over it.

I’ve had problems with self check out before, but this is rediculous