This Guy's Hypocrisy Also Knows No Bounds

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/20/politics/main3079710.shtml

The good Senator was a member of the KKK, by the way.

Also, I thought the deepest levels of Hell were reserved for child molestors, rapists, and murders... not for a football player who owned land upon which dogs were forced to fight.

Not passing judgment, just saying...

Shakes on a Plane

So, I had to go to Vegas for work Monday/Tuesday. Coming back home, I'm sitting in a cozy seat with no one next to me. All of the sudden I hear behind me one of the flight attendants say, "You're not driving home right?" There is this 2o-something woman behind me pounding beers like a champ because she's "afraid of flying." So, we're about to land and she's swearing and screaming to God at the top of her lungs. The Russian couple next to her are trying to calm her down, to no avail. As she gets up to run off the plane, I say... (now keep in mind, I had about 5 hours of sleep and there was the time change and I was still wearing a suit)... loudly, "maybe if you're afraid of flying, you shouldn't fly." Unfortunately, I don't think she was paying attention.

Public Service Announcement

Just to let my one to two readers know, I regularly update my side bar with books, music, and the like. I like to think I have impeccable taste in reading. I also have moderate to good taste in music, although my brother would argue I listen too much to the radio. I listen to Yahoo Music and the Comcast Digital Radio on TV, so I think my interests have become more cultured.

Anyway, I digress - check out the sidebar frequently.

Don't Let the Name Scare You

So DC Comics has decided to enter the foray of online comics with http://www.zudacomics.com/ (aka Zuda Comics). The name is horrendous. However, it sounds like they will allow creator owned properties to be placed on the website and voted on by the readers. The best comics will become regular posts on the website and DC has indicated that it may choose people to become regular comic creators (i.e. print comics). This sounds all too good to be true. My problem now is finding someone that can draw... or learning to draw myself. BLAST!

Violence Inherent in the System

So, I've been researching the Bible for one of my book/comic ideas. I found a passage, that I won't quote, but it talks about the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem in Kings. Okay, let me say a couple of things: first, Kings is all about warfare and violence... constant killing, defenstration (throwing someone out a window... I learn something new every day), murdering of whole cities and nations, torture, etc., etc. So, anyway, the Assyrians are laying siege to Jerusalem and an angel comes down and kills 185,000 Assyrians with the remainder fleeing back to Assyria. Okay, I'm fine with the angel and the killing seems normal, but what struck out to me was the idea that sometime in 2500 BC, there was an army of more 185,000 soldiers. That's like a modern army. I didn't even know there were 185,000 people in Assyria, much less 185,000 soldiers. Ridiculous.

Why Does He Do Things Like This

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19570081/?GT1=10150

While I am not surprised, I am perturbed. Oh well... I guess that's how the president rolls.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_pardons_controversy

For once I'd like to see someone linked to a president get their comeuppance.

It's Official

I've decided to start writing again. I've been kicking around ideas since high school. Got a lot of stuff down on Word in college, but I've sinced lost all that stuff. My sister found it a while back, thought it was good, but I never retrieved it.

So, anyway, I started writing again. I've got my short story ideas (4 to be exact) sitting in a word doc, and I have parts written. I've got an enormous spreadsheet with a bunch of comic-book type things, but I just started writing a, what I call, brief history of super-powered individuals. And I developed my answer to the question, "why do people have powers," without resorting to "they're all mutants." Finally, I have a ton of background on my fantasy world, but that keeps changing on a daily basis.

So, I started to actually write. That's kind of the point of this post. As opposed to getting my ideas down, without actually writing any plot, dialogue, etc. So, maybe I'll have something to put on this site soon.