In The Raw

First off, let me preface this whole deal with a little background. I have had a web account of one form or another since long before the browser era, doing telnet connections, using archie and veronica, pine or similar for mail… what some today might consider web 0.1 beta. So while I don’t [...]

How does it feel?
Right now the donations are coming in at over 250k/hour. That’s incredible. Lets keep it up in an organized way.
If we all go post about the november 5th and ron paul on EVERY forum we have any sort of cred on (not just political ones). Lets hit up game forums, community forums, [...]

Hi guys… I know you are sort of busy trying to figure out how to get the last few people to stop watching your shows in prime time, but I figured you might have a few minutes to have a read and see what an actual viewer has to say.
First off, let me say that [...]

Well, at least I don’t think I am a fan of major american racing series anymore.  Today is the last day of the NASCAR season.  The championship race.  It all comes down to this, and I can’t be bothered to even turn the TV on.  I would rather clean the gutters on the house or [...]

I caught this thread from conservative commentator Michelle Malkin about The New York Times “leaking” information about how the Bush Administration is going about tracing down terrorists.    I won’t express an opinion (except that Bush has certainly pushed the legal limits on many issues), but what shocked me was the amount of images in this [...]

Dateline NBC has been doing a series of shows called To Catch a Predator. These shows focus on adult men who trolll around internet chat rooms, looking for teens (mostly girls, sometimes boys) for sexual encounters. For the most part, the age of the teen is set at 14 or 15. Many [...]

Many people talk about “taking the summer off”. I think every office worker dreams about wandering away when the summer months come and heading back to work in September, sort of the same way we use to get out of school when we were kids. Well, for me, school is out. Chatboard [...]

Well, it ain’t a ranch, now is it?
Anyway, I have the ongoing disaster that is Bell Expressvu. It has been a seriously shitty experience all around… let me explain:
I have had expressvu for a bit more than 3 years now. I take pretty much all the normal programming from them, about $90 a [...]

Well, I finally added a sponsor to my blog.  Not because I want to make money from this blog, but because the service they offer is truly worth it.
That sponsor is SPAMARREST.
I get tons of mail each day – some of it personal, some of it for business, and much of it, well, spam.  Horrible [...]

If you are a Southpark fan, you know that Isaac Hayes (soul singer who’s career came back when he took the role of South Park’s Chef) has begged out of his contract with the show because he didn’t like them making fun of Scientology.  The episode, aimed mostly at the annoying Tom Cruise, was quite [...]

Overnight ratings are in for Vegas, and they are off 7% from last year, a very similar number to the amount that the California race was off 2 weeks ago.
Why?  Two of the dullest races, back to back with a week off in between.  It is hard to maintain interest when you have a week [...]

Well, this week has been a little bit fucked up and weird. Some weeks you get into the pace and beat and shit and stuff happens. This week I have been all over the road like a drunk driver just after closing time. It truly has been weird.
First off, I have been [...]

I got it.
I mean, yeah, I get it, I really get it… but Chris Locke probably won’t like my conclusions.
Let me paint a picture for you. Let’s say you go to the electronic store to look for a new TV. At many of the big box retailers you go into the sales [...]

Well, I am getting down to the end of Gonzo Marketing (book by Chris Locke, aka rageboy), and I must say this has been an eye opening experience when it comes to looking at blogs (and some of the other things I am working on). It is a bit of a tale, but let [...]

Okay, so I am not done re-reading this book, but I have just gotten to the point where I put it down the last time… and now I remember why.
Chapter 7: The Gonzo Model
Okay, I was following along no problem. Chistropher Locke is certainly a motivated and strong speaker, and believes very much [...]

Okay, let me start off with the link to the story: College guys go wild
There are two trends growing, and honestly, I don’t know which one is worse. This story brings both of them out.
Reality porn started a few years back with sites like bangbus and Mike’s Apartment showed girls getting picked up [...]

I am not sure if this qualifies as a “funny” story, but it sure does make it up to annoying.
I am in Canada. We have two sat-tv companies, Starchoice and Expressvu. When I first went to a Canadian system (I use to grey market a US provider), I used Starchoice. [...]

Well, I took a couple of months off, not realy playing too much and generally paying attention to other things in my life that were more important (plus trying to get away from a very specific playing style that was killing me). Anyway, in the process, I didn’t realize and lost over 7000 points [...]

Well, actually, I think he has been fairly offensive all along… but today (Veteran’s Day) he stepped it up, using the background of the memories of war to slam opponents who question the reasons for going to war in Iraq.
With his approval ratings sinking faster than Scooter Libby’s social schedule, Bush has to take some [...]

I guess it hit me when I read this article about Anne Rice that I realized something was going on. It was the article, amoungst a pile of other things, that truly got my attention. That story caught my eye about a week or so after seeing this Tom Brokaw story on NBC [...]

Top story today out of the US: 130,000 illiegal immigrants disappear ito US every year.
The reaction in congress is to consider a new law tightening immigration laws.
This is typical of the current state of affairs in the US. There are plenty of good and vaild laws on the books currently to deal with [...]

Fox News Channel came to Canada’s cable and DBS systems about a month ago (just in time for the hurricanes). Watching this channel has taught me more about the total brainwashing of a large portion of the US population than anything else I have seen.
My personal favorite is Bill O’Rielly (oh really?). The [...]

Okay, it’s the Friday as Rita is coming to the LA / Texas border. The Levees in New Orleans are leaking again, and the 9th ward and st bernard’s parish are getting flooded out again, and this before the main part of the storm hits town. This proves, conclusively, that Mayor Ray Nagin’s [...]

Nice! bush accepts responsilbity for the slow federal response. He doesn’t seem to be going all the way to say “the federal government should have taken charge regardless”, but it’s getting cl0ser.
It has been a good week for Bush-boy. Michael Brown ressigns from FEMA after being recalled like a lost little [...]

I guess like pretty much everyone, I have been both amazed and disgusted by what I have seen from New Orleans. There has been an endless series of news reports and 24 hour news channel video pumping this stuff at us like a firehose. It has been a little bit, well overwhelming.
My [...]