Bad Credit, Bad!!!

The issue of personal debt is a big deal these days. In the USA, the government is cutting checks as a way of stimulating the economy. BadCreditOffers.com is a comparison website of credit cards - bad credit loans and other such stuff. I am not an economist. Actually, I quit going to my economics class after I had earned more that 50% of the available marks part way through the term. I went to write the last test that covered all the stuff that I hadn't read up on or been lectured about. I think I received a mark of 15% on that test. Anyway, getting a credit card with the best possible terms in the face of your bad credit may or may not stimulate the economy, but it will help you personally.

Thoughts

I linked this image to the blog in which it was discovered. This blog mostly has posts about little illustrated thoughts that are stuck in public places.

Creating little works of art on paper and sticking them on things is much less antisocial than painted graffiti. I think it allows the artist to treat the work as something temporary and whimsical.

A Crappy Book About The Next American Revolution

This book is being promoted as the redneck blueprint for a modern day American Revolution. The header for the official website
for On A Hill They Call Capital
evokes the old 'Don't Tread on Me' motto with a flash animation of a snake. The book reads like online NASCAR FanFic without the sex. I think the author is more interested in making a quick buck than revolution. America is a democracy and people have the power to effect change without resorting to armed insurrection.

Don't but this book. Read the excerpt, laugh, and then register to vote.

Selling Dog Food

I don't know if any real dog food companies want Britney Spears to endorse their product. I haven't checked to see if her fragrance deal has come to an end yet. They might have enough photos and audio in the can from her better days to launch another smell or two.

I don't know if Pepsi has formally erased her from their roster of celebrity endorsements either. I heard rumors that she likes coke.

Debt Management

I am up in the dark writing about Debt Management because I couldn't sleep because I was worried about debt. AbacusFinance.co.uk has a debt management service that is geared towards people facing bankruptcy. There, I said the B word... BANKRUPTCY.

I was recently on a vacation and I walked across the pedestrian bridge in Florence where the concept of bankruptcy came into being. The area was an open market and the vendors had to pay a fee to operate. When they failed to keep up with the payments, the police would come and actually break their tables. If you know any Italian or Latin you can see how the word came into existence. That was a pretty final end to your operation. Recovering from, or better yet, avoiding bankruptcy is much more civilized these days.

When I started to look into Abacus, I was pessimistically expecting to see some bad credit loan site, but I was pleasantly surprised to find a real financial consultant that offers a range of solutions for the full spectrum of financial difficulties. Well, if you have a problem with having too much money, they can't help you. If anyone wants to give me money, you know where to find me. :)

Will Farrell Fatigue ?

This is kinda funny. It is, however the same kind of funny that we have seen from Will for years. I think he should try the Jim Carey trick of doing dark independent films in between cash cow crowd pleasers. It may already be too late for him though. People are fickle.

Blogging as Typing Practice

Right now, my index fingers are getting used to those little nubs on the F and J keys of my keyboard. I had a relationship with Mavis Beacon a few years ago, but it didn't work out.

I can remember where almost all of the keys are. I was recently at a hostel where the free access computer had well polished and anonymous keys. I managed to get a few emails written without too much trouble.

Tiny Videos

I am going to be trying out different ways of embedding videos for this blog. This one might be a little small. I picked the video because I like the colors. I also like blues mandolin.

I have a top secret project in the works that involves a page with a bunch of small youtube embeds and I am trying to figure out the best size.

Happy Anniversary, Shaved Britney Head

This non-video YouTube cry for attention was made about 363 days ago and only received about 1,000 views. I get my own head shaved every four or five weeks. I don't do it for the attention. I am balding and it is just the best choice of hairstyle for me.



Am I making the right choice. The pictures are Canadian Rocker, Kim Mitchell. He's not my idol, he is just an example.

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Like A Hurricane...

When I get REALLY bored, I sometimes click the random article link on Wikipedia. Usually that just makes it worse, but today I found an interesting entry about a WWII fighter plane. The Hurricane was instrumental in the victory known as the Battle Of Britain. If Britain had lost, I think the World would be a very different place today.

Britain and America are presently allies, as the were through most of WWII. The two countries experienced that War to End All Wars in a much different way. With the notable exception of Pearl Harbor, there were no major attacks on American soil during WWII. Britain endured a lot of death from above and the seas were pretty menacing as well.

Band Names as False Advertising

Bare Naked Ladies are not Bare Naked Ladies. Of Montreal is not Of Montreal. The Thompson Twins are not twins.

Musical groups seem to think that giving themselves a misleading name is very clever. I remember a very old story about a duo that spent a short time calling themselves FREE BEER. They were correct in assuming that having that on the marquee would draw a crowd. Unfortunately, they quickly became a disappointed and unruly crowd.

Who the Hell Eats Pez Anyway?

Seriously, all the PEZ that is on the market today was manufactured in 1922. The manufacturers of a new fangled thing called the zipper were suffering from consumers that were very slow to adopt new technology, so they moved on to another idea, PEZ. When people finally got the hang of the zipper, all further advancement and promotion of PEZ stopped. They didn't bother going around to all the funky retailers that had PEZ displays to retrieve the ill-fated non-fad. It is truly surprising that an occasional is still made.

Sometimes When We Touch...

The fact is, having the unflagging support of Chuck Norris is NOT enough to win. This Republican candidate should have realized this going in. The worst Chuck Norris joke in the history of the Universe was made by an Army officer in Iraq last year, or was it the year before...

Yep, it was 2006 and the following words were on the last slide of an 'intelligence' briefing...

''Since Chuck Norris is here, everyone can go home tomorrow!''

That was not a fact.

Here is a Chuck Norris fact: When it gets cold, Chuck Norris' scrotum contracts in order to draw his testicles closer to his body core. Sometimes it just happens for no particular reason.

I could be wrong.

The Early Bird in the Bush Puts all Its Eggs in One Basket

This post is about HOPE.

This post is about CHANGE.

This post is about FREEDOM.

This post is about FIVE SENTENCES LONG.

I could be wrong.

Crazy People That I Have Met: Swimmers in Ireland in January

Just down the road from the posh village that Bono calls home is a spot where crazy old people go swimming in the sea year round. Shocking your system by swimming in the cold ocean is supposed to boost your health. I was on a bus tour and we stopped at this spot. We had been promised nudity and we were disappointed. Given the fact that it was about 5 degrees, the ladies would have been disappointed even if there had been nudity.

I could be wrong.

The Information Age Pwns Bookworms

Books are comprised of several sheets of paper bound together with either a hard or a soft cover. Bugs like to eat paper. Given enough time, bugs will eat a book until it is no longer a book. You might have a few insects living inside of your laptop or PC. They may have been attracted by the cookie crumb that you carelessly let fall between the H key and the J key, or they may like the warmth. They can't eat your data.

I could be wrong.

Bush To Shoot Down Spy Satellite

It's a big story. This might be the legacy that GWB has been searching for. George Bush is going to shoot down a satellite. It's kinda like a cross between the final scene in Ole Yeller and the final scene in Doctor Strangelove.

I could be wrong.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Today's special Google logo reminded me of an old skit from Kids in the Hall...



I hope that I am still that much in love after 45 years. Without the assistance of booze. Thank you Google for reminding me that it is Valentine's Day. I love you Google. There, I said it. I LOVE YOU.

Hollywood Writers Return to 'Work'

I don't watch TV, so I haven't really been affected much by the much talked about writer's strike in Hollywood. I am not going to notice much of a difference now that they are back at it either.

I should qualify my claim to not watching television. If I go into a public place that has a TV, I don't look away. Actually, I find it hard to look away. I watched most of an episode of Seventh Heaven last weekend at a kebab restaurant. It was fascinatingly bad, or good, or bland...actually, I don't know what to call it. Banal would be the best word, I guess.