http://www.insignificantthoughts.com kthxbai Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:10:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Oh California, there is a reason we mocketh thee... This, however, captures in a nutshell what exactly ails California. They’re wasting time on trivialities and attempting to solve a problem that doesn’t exist while adding to the one that does. This scene shows them adding even more law-enforcement responsibilities to a ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/07/03/california-fiddling-while-state-burns/ Let's face it... Nothing sucks more than putting a weiner in your mouth and having it taste awful. You expect a certain consistency from your weiners... The snap of the skin... The soft flavorful center... Plus, you don't want a floppy flacid weiner; it should ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/07/03/news-flash-gourmet-hot-dogs-suck/ Nine months ago, Representative Zach Wamp (R. Never-Never Land) stood on the floor of the house and gave an impassioned speech. After turning down the first "stimulus" bill, he implored his colleagues to pass the second. [flv:wamp.flv 640 360] Let's see what this moron and his moron colleagues accomplished with their ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/07/03/we-have-to-do-something-he-said/ Remember; for all intents and purposes, Steve Doocy spent most of his career as a weatherman. It's absolutely not fair to ask the person tasked with United States energy policy if she's read the most important bill in that area ever written? I'm sorry... Maybe Steve Doocy should've asked ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/07/01/yes-but-did-you-read-it/ Fashion incubator is a forum for independent seamstresses and sewing enthusiasts to share tips for running their own businesses and maybe sharing job referrals, etc. The problem is that it's run by someone with a strange kind of complex. Firstly, in her forum, she disappears posts. That by itself ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/28/kathleen-fasanella-of-fashion-incubator-intimidates-a-member/ With the recent spate of celebrity deaths this past week and a half, it's hard to believe we just had another one today. While Billy Mays may have been a minor celebrity (or some wouldn't even consider him one, honestly), to me, he was larger than life. Discovery Channel, this ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/28/rip-billy/ Richard Nixon was a piece of garbage. I think anyone in the year 2009, Republican or Democrat, can admit that without any thought for it's validity. In fact, if you have to think about whether he was a piece of garbage or not, I highly suggest you jump ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/28/mixed-race-babies-and-eugenics/ The part that I found most laughable was when the woman from the Sunlight Foundation informed us that they probably haven't figured out how to handle thousands of comments at the same time. Who do they think they're talking to? Idiots? Think about some of the more popular blogs ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/27/what-happened-to-five-days/ I'm all for universal healthcare of some kind. What form that should take and what form it would happen in is open for discussion, but I don't believe that anyone in this country should be without health care because they can't afford it. That being said, it's pretty obvious that ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/26/obama-wont-eat-his-own-dogfood/ Pretty amazing stuff from the season premiere of America's Got Talent last night. I tend to enjoy the show because it's more relaxed and fun than Idol and they don't take themselves as seriously. Sure it isn't as big, either, but the talents are still talents. First was the ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/24/americas-definitely-got-talent/ Proving that when given enough time and surrounded by enough laziness, an inventor will even figure out a tool for ass-wiping. [flv:comfortwipe.flv 480 360] I so wish they were kidding about this one... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/17/keister-kleaner-on-a-stick/ So Maxim recently came out with their 100 Hottest Women list for 2009. For some unspeakable reason, Michelle Obama made the list. Granted, she did so at number 93, but that means there are 7 women who Maxim believes are "hotter." Personally, I believe they're effing blind... Firstly, ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/17/the-women-who-michelle-obama-is-hotter-than/ The best part is around the two minute mark when his stupid audience is speechless. "Oh my God, he criticized the great one, what do we do? Can we laugh? Does it make us racist?" Blech. http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/16/maybe-bill-maher-isnt-that-bad-after-all/ Steve Mazzagatti needs an anatomy lesson. He's utterly confused about where the back of the head is. [flv:back.flv 640 360] Now you can (maybe) make the case that some of those weren't head shots, necessarily, and sure I'd be open to discussion on them. A lot of them, however, were, ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/13/steve-mazzagatti-needs-an-anatomy-lesson/ At least they got their foot in the door and got a settlement out of it. Now we'll have to see what line the prosecutor will toe and if he'll prosecute, but I think now that the funeral home decided to foot the bill, they'll leave it alone. Okay. ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/07/family-gets-leg-up-after-funeral-home-offs-feet/ Ever wonder what happens when you're a fan first and a sports journalist second? The best thing Chris Russo ever did was free himself from the second chair on that show. http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/07/francesa-loses-it/ I readily admit that I'm enjoying watching the decline of Leo Laporte's sanity over the past few years. It started on the Twit Forums when he started getting snippy with people who were paying to be there for daring to say not everything he did was perfect. Then ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/07/methinks-thou-doest-protest-too-much/ Illustration by Mike Reed, text by me My wife has a coworker who's sickeningly pro-Obama. I'm not talking about run of the mill support for the man like you would expect from a typical Democrat. I'm talking full-blown "whatever he says is right" zealotry. A few weeks ago ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/07/ideological-dissociative-disorder/ So tonight, Beth and I were destined to have Pretzels and watch The Day the Earth Stood Still. I'll get to the movie in a bit. The Pretzels? Home made. By me! See, last weekend, we watched an episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay and the show was Pretzels. ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/07/pretzels-and-a-movie/ From the Borowitz Report: One day after North Korea launched a successful test of a nuclear weapon, President Obama said that the United States was prepared to respond to the threat with "the strongest possible adjectives." In remarks to reporters at the White House, Mr. Obama said that North Korea should ... http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2009/06/06/when-fake-news-sounds-like-real-news/