*and the windbags speak*

'We refuse to let anyone EVER serve as US Ambassador to the UN unless they dont stand for anything at all! especially if they're mean!! So we recommend..ummmm...wait...we don't recommend anyone! I meant just NO!"

From the NO DUH, Department

Crowds, Security May Cause Air Travel Woes. Really??? NO way!!

It sure is reassuring that we have AP Staff writers getting the big scoop like this. How did she get away with not writing about Quran mishandling?!?

/end sarcasm

Thoughts from the commute...

Which was crazy light this morning. Memorial Day weekend is upon us and the adage 'calm before the storm' usually applies to Friday morning traffic on holiday weekends. Everyone will be leaving early this afternoon to go to the beach or Lake Lanier and gridlocking Atlanta's highways once again.

Kitten asked me a question this morning during the newscast on the TV about the Guantanamo 'detainees' - "What are they going to do with them?". Good question that I don't know the answer to. It seems the MSM (Main Stream Media) is full bore on making sure we feel sorry for these 'people' that are kept at the detention facility there in Cuba by US military forces. Every day this week it's 'alleged detainee abuse' this..and 'mishandled Quran'that. Who cares? All I know is that these 'people' kept in this facility did not fight for any recognized army, did not fight wearing any identifiable uniform, fought against our troops in Afghanistan, and did not fight for the cause of freedom. Wait a minute, did I say 'fight' four times there? Yup, that's right. These guys were fighting, not peacefully sitting around smoking their opium or whatever talking about peace and love. Know who and what they were fighting against? The list is long, including tolerance, women, religious freedom, innocent life, homosexuals, and western civilization in general. The most important item on that list? Us. Americans. I'm American, and I don't like people that threaten me with violence. They can rot for all I care.

And this whole Quran 'mishandling' business? Again, who cares? I'm already tired of hearing about it, it's a freaking book. Yes I know that it represents an aspect of a major world religion, but really, its a book. It's not like we're bombing Mecca and all their Islamic holy sites, that would be extremely sacreligious, but it's an item that is made of paper that has ink scrawled in it saying some stuff. Let's just say 'P&ss Christ' offends me, but I don't see Amnesty International screaming about it or the MSM playing it up day after day after day. Probably because it doesn't have anything to do with making President Bush looking bad.

Heard a great term on the Zone this morning - 'Crane-iac'. Heh, thats what they're calling the guy who's still on the crane in Buckhead this morning. He's been up there 36 hours already. You have to wonder how this will end, but I'll place my money on something not as fantastic as a lot of people are saying might happen, I bet he just climbs down. Booooring.....

Find an aerial photo of any location in the USA!

Well I've been one slack blogger...just now getting around to making a post almost a week after my last! shame on me!

Adventures of WOW Part II: The Chronicles of Urggrax the Troll
As previously predicted, Kitten and I have become hopelessly addicted to World of Warcraft. Installed her version on Friday night and after we got back from dinner played till the wee hours. Spent lots of time running amok in the Echo Isles killing bunches of voodoo trolls and their lesser kin the hexed trolls. Buncha tards I tell ya! Then we worked our way to the great city of Ogrimmar...whoa! Talk about huge! Well three nights this weekend were spent adventuring in Durotar.

Cool thing of note, discovered the /train command in WOW, and there ain't nuthin quite like seeing your troll go 'WHOOO WHOOOO!!! CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA!' making train motions with his arms. Also, his joke telling and flirting, is well....a little risque for a virtual warrior.


Whats in the news?
OK so some moron who apparently beat his wife or girlfriend to death is hanging out on a construction crane 18 stories up above Buckhead. What does he think is gonna happen? Maybe his buddy the genie from Aladdins lamp will come along and whisk him away into hiding on a magic carpet? Shoot him down already! Thousands of Atlantans are losing money and time trying to deal with the traffic nightmare he is causing on the streets below.

The whole filibuster thing - as ridiculous as it is (like most stuff in politics nowadays) was all about grandstanding as usual. The Democrats know they can't win so they throw a tantrum and lo..the Republicans, true to form, give in and compromise. What's the point of having been elected to office to represent Republican constituents if you don't? *sigh* maybe one of these days someone with a backbone will actually stand up for something in government - but I bet their nomination gets filibustered first.

Prelude to a Weekend...ahh Friday

Friday morning commutes are the best. For some reason no one comes to work in the morning on Fridays and everyone else who does gets to enjoy the lack of their cars taking up space on my highways. Well regardless it was record time getting in. yay!

WOW Adventures
So last night I decide to scratch that itch which is the need for a new PC game. So Derek is good enough to lend me his evaluation version of World of Warcraft. I get the box of gamey goodness in my hand..rush home with it, visions of smashing enemy hordes and exploring new dungeons dancing in my head. I run upstairs to the computer and pull out the install discs..only four!! Man, I'm gonna be playing this in no time!!!

Wrong. Those measly four discs took an hour to install. Each one ending with a Blizzard licensed *THUD*tm. Fine. After the final *THUD*tm, I create a user account and hit the 'Play World of Warcraft' button with quivering anticipation....the screen darkens, music plays and a killer animation plays showing me all the nasties in the World of Azeroth and how they fight great battles. Excellent! Then the game does something called a handshake. a Handshake?? Whatever. Well after a few seconds this handshake informs me that I have to install some downloaders and patches in order to play WOW. So out OUT I go to the patch downloader in Windows. The downloader informs me that I do not have enough space to download the patches. *sigh* The downloader obviously agrees with me that I need to upgrade my PC..but that's another tale. Two hours later, after four patch downloads, each accompanied with a handshake iteration, I am in the world of Azeroth as a Troll Warrior smashing anything that approaches me with axe aplomb. SMASH!!! Was all this pain worth it??

YES. I will be losing more sleep than I had planned on, baby coming and all. Looking forward to spending some quality time in Azeroth this evening smashing anything that moves.

OK enough nerdiness for one day. Well not quite, here's your Spatial Link o'the Day, click and learn: http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/eu.htm

Greetings Web Travelers..

I have made my proverbial entrance onto the World Wide Web, about 6 years after my first attempt. Let's see how this one goes.

Hmm lets see if I understand what a BLOG is supposed to be...I've read many many on the web and I have some favorites, but you know what? They're supposed to be some sort of log of events and happenings and thoughts of people to share with everyone with access to the web. What a great idea! A lot of it is useless drivel, some is interesting, some can even change the course of human events (see Rathergate). Well, guess what? It's my turn to spew some of my own drivel on the web.

Deal.

And some of you may wonder 'damn, why does he rant so much?'...Well because I can, I reckon. As they (the proverbial THEY, whoever they are) say, 'if you don't like it, change the channel'

See ya on the flipside, I should have some sort of sassy or witty verbiage posted soon. Jes gotta get my thoughts together. In the mean time, check out Kitten's Blog http://wreglgrl.blogspot.com/