Sarah Palin: The Difference Between Her and a Pit Bull?

If John McCain, a seventy-two year old cancer survivor, gets elected, we have a very real chance of Sarah Palin, hockey mom and former mayor of the crystal meth capital of Alaska,  becoming president. And if she becomes president,  is war with Russia far behind?

What is the difference between a pit bull and Sarah Palin?

One is a breed of dog and the other is an ignorant bitch.

More Sarah Palin humor.

John Stewart Pones Karl Rove, O’Reilly and Mike Morris

In classic Jon Stewart style, the Comedy Central star points out hypocritical comments from right wing morons regarding Sarah Palin.

A Look Back: Don’t You John Edwards Apologists Feel Stupid Right Now?

Bertrand Russel is often quoted as having said, “The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”

Personally, I may not always succeed, but I try to keep an open mind about things, especially anything I read in the paper. Bizarre ideas and rumors often end up being true. At various times people have thought the world was flat, the sun revolved around the earth, machines could never fly and that Lisa Marie Presley could not have possibly married Michael Jackson. They were all wrong.

It is interesting that based on recent events, the National Enquirer story about John Edwards seems to be true and John Edwards seems to have been a bald faced liar.

In hindsight, truly intelligent people may have been skeptical about the National Enquirer, but would not have dismissed the story as an impossibility. Thanks to the Internet, we can know look back in time many months and find out who kept an open mind, and who was dead wrong and totally gullible to John Edwards lies.

For a look back see

The LA Times comments from an article about the Edwards affair printed last October.

The people who time proved were correct made comments like:

“I would be shocked if Edwards did NOT have the affair.”

“I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss the Enquirer. They have broken several high profile stories in the last few years.”

I won’t print the comments here of the people who now look like idiots, but you can visit the site and read them for yourself. They are all of the people who support John Edwards without question and called the LA Times sleazy for even reporting the rumors of the affair.

Hindsight and Internet archives can create some pretty entertaining stuff.

Old Proverbs You Just Don’t Hear Anymore

Oh, sure we all like to repeat old sayings like, ” A stitch in time saves nine” or “A penny saved is a penny earned.” But what about all of the old proverbs that went away like Nehru jackets and pet rocks? Here are some actual gems from an old proverb book from 1852:

Be a dog rather than a younger brother. – Persian Proverb

Carry an old man with you in a sack. – Marathi Proverb

You may blow till your eyes start out, but if once you offer to stir your fingers you will be at the end of your lesson. – Gascon Proverb

Do not speak of a cup; there is a bald person in the house. Osmanli Proverb

Ah, they just don’t make proverbs like they used to. And maybe that’s a good thing.

Unhappy? Maybe Your Expectations are Just Too Damn High

“He who dies not in his twenty-third year, drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of good days.” – Dutch Proverb

I found this proverb in a book published in 1852. So forget Maslow’s hierachy of needs and all of that namby-pamby new age stuff about self actualization and personal growth. Just not dying a tragic death was all it took to be happy in the good old days, when life was less complicated.

A Favorite Quote

Make your visit short, especially to the sick. – Arabian Proverb

Would You Want Some Stranger to Judge Your Looks?

We’re not talking about beauty contests here. There is a new web site, called Facestat.com, that let’s you upload a picture and have people judge it for attractiveness, age and other qualities. You can also visit the site to judge other people’s photos. It seems like that kind of site could open a Pandora’s box. What would stop people from loading other people’s photos? Or from some werido from giving lots of people low marks just to be mean? I don’t think it is something I would ever do but I have to give the people who thought of the concept credit for originality.

Organizational Tip for 2008

Take all of the carry out menus you have lying around the house and put them in plastic sheet cover in a big, brightly colored binder. If you are generally disorganized like me, you’ll save hours over the coming years not having to look for menus when you need a quick dinner.

Funny Video – Chad Vadar Day Shift Manager

The Art of Reflection

There is one art of which every man should be a master–the art of reflection. If you are not a thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all ? – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The best rules to guide a young man are to talk little, to hear much, to reflect upon what has passed in company,
to distrust one’s own opinions, and value others’ that deserve it. – Sir William Temple

Reflect a long time, then decide promptly. -Mayer Anselm Bauer von Rothschild