yoskippy.com

FU V.D.

2012-02-09T07:16:00.000-08:00

44 days, 11 countries, 1 cool video.

How to move cross country.

The newspaper of record discusses the meaningfulness of lives.

When smartphones are smarter than you: iphone app finds wife with another man. ouch. Here's a video for that dude.

I knew a girl once that I called, "blissfully ignorant". Apparently forgetting is key to a healthy mind.

I swear this feels like a dream I had but its actually real. Very. VERY. Cool.

The best gift, by far, for the woman in your life.

Meh. That is all.

pull my finger

2011-12-30T07:54:00.000-08:00

Ya gotta know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em, and know when to call a lawyer.

South America (yes the continent) might just be the next super power if they keep locking out International corporations. It's not like they need EXTRA resources. Hee hee.

Roger Ebert explains why movie attendance is down, and not just because it costs $50 to take a date to a flick.

Ben Franklin says, "Pull my finger"

Team America "F#@% Yea!"

Breaking Bad, one of the BEST TV shows of ALL TIME, has a twist that I missed and argued against but I had to relent. Walter poisoned Brock.

Internet Justice League.

When people unplug from the Matrix.

Happy News. Yea, you read that right, Happy Friggin News!

The Trailer of the year that nobody is talking about!

My favorite band of all time is going into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame!!! Who do I have to schmooze to see that show?

Secret App logs your phone. Good times.

Banks arresting people for closing their accounts? WTF?

Dramatic Occupy Photos. How do we fight the media that controls the message?

How can they bootleg Disney Land?

Somebody needs to buy Anonymous a beer. or beers. or hot pockets. whatevaz.

faccio de culo sporka

2011-11-20T09:54:00.000-08:00

Vaffanculo!! Italian curse words! Fun for the whole gang!

The most important sexual statistic. Oofa!

Music worth checking out.

The steps to hell can be paved with LOL's!

Louis CK honors George Carlin.

Screw corporations, what happens when the media is in bed with the government? We all get screwed dude!

For shame Ron Paul, for shame.

The perfect gift for the person who has it all?

Strawberries protect the body from alcohol. sweeeet!

Gotta love the Japanese!

and the beat goes on

2011-10-31T06:31:00.000-07:00

The truth behind Van Halen and the infamous Blue M&M's!!!!

The real story of the backbone of America.

SHAZAM!!

Desperate journalists call for desperate measures.

Don doooon nanana.

George Lucas speaks out against altering films. In 1988. Before he did it to himself. He did. Nerd.

Personal counter intelligence tips, as if your self pics were important enough to hack. sheesh.

The secret truth about flash drives (no its not child-labor, that's hardly a secret).

welcome to the grocery
we got milk and cheese
we got everything you want
honey we'll make you obese

revolution

2011-10-13T11:34:00.000-07:00

What do you do when workers protest outside the work place in the middle of summer? Why heatlamps of course. duuuuuu.

The most difficult part of this presentation is that in plain english it makes so much sense that, politically, it sounds insane.

Germans are dropping nuclear energy, and they are doing just fine.

What happens when journalists lack integrity and accountability? Well you take 4 year old child's comments out of context, because he's black.

The Nixon administration was so corrupt that we still feel the stings of the propaganda machine.

This takes balls the size of churchbells.

Money talks and bullshit walks.

The popular doesn't win the White House. Yet.

"Its my way or I blow up the building" politics needs to stop.

Last two speakers of a dying language refuse to speak to one another.

Let the rising begin

2011-09-11T09:11:00.001-07:00

photo by Sue Urban taken July 28, 2001.

the times are a changing

2011-08-25T14:16:00.000-07:00

A picture is worth a thousand words. even russian words. and great pictures.

In Soviet Russia Heroin shoots YOU!!!

Dog crawls home on two broken legs for two weeks after a tornado was that a run on sentence or what?

Is it strange that Cocaine withdrawal symptoms are identical to personal finance/credit collapse symptoms? Is it all about power?

punk.

The Corporatocracy has spoken; You blow the whistle you get dead. Now go back to earning and consuming beyond your means.

EXCELLENT zombie apocalypse survival tool.

Douchebag tips to be a Doucher . . . . at a fanboy event? uh. . . .what?

This "voluntaryism" sounds severely retarded to me, but at least these kids didn't have to go to jail just for filmming a cop. That's even more retarded.

Steve Jobs has resigned from Apple. He was a visionary and still is an American Icon. We're gonna miss him. So is China.

foresight

2011-08-14T13:51:00.001-07:00

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

something for nothing

2011-08-03T07:00:00.000-07:00

ONE DAY.

If you film cops, they will beat on you! Here's an official NYPD FAQ

Cops in Arizona are really losing it. They shot a U.S. Marine in his own home in a botched up Pot Raid. NYC, home sweet home.

Vermont was the first state to ban slavery, establish public education and now instituted single payer health care eliminating costly third party insurers. Vermont, the little state that could.

Indonesian anti-porn politician caught looking at porn, while congress was in session!!! Good times.

Amsterdam is going to ban pot for tourists. What is the Dutch word for 'crickets'?

Non sequitur

Murdock gets a beer.

who owns you?

2011-07-18T19:40:00.001-07:00

scary ass shit (HT to justicereform)

News of the World phone hacking whistleblower found dead
neighbour described Hoare as a jovial man who would often sit on his balcony, overlooking the block entrance, and talk to residents.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/18/news-of-the-world-sean-hoare

Dr. David Kelley, expert whistleblower on the British government's Iraq war efforts, also listed as death by suicide:
"Dr. Kelly had been singled out by the government as the likely source for a BBC report in late May that Downing Street inserted a claim exaggerating the threat of Saddam Hussein's weapons "
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/world/after-the-war-london-blair-calls-weapons-expert-s-suicide-a-tragedy.html

Dr. Bruce Ivins, expert whistleblower on the US government's Iraq war efforts, also listed as suicide. The death happened just before the trial.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/scientist_suspected_of_2001_an.html

Margie Schoedinger, had filed a lawsuit for rape against US President George W Bush. Would have known details about sexual affair with the president. http://www.opednews.com/thoreau1103bush_rape_suicide.htm

"The D.C. Madam" (Deborah Jean Palfrey): Blew the whistle on DC prostitution ring which serviced numerous high ranking government officials. Was asked point blank by Alex Jones if she was "considering suicide" since the info she was still holding could get her killed (she affirmed she had no intention of killing herself). She was found dead a couple weeks later from an alleged suicide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Jeane_Palfrey

Gary Webb, a Pulitzer prize-winning American investigative journalist, and at the time of his death an employee of the State of California's legislature. Investigated drug smuggling and the 1980s crack epidemic, in relationship to the CIA and the Contras in Nicaragua. Webb documented that the CIA was aware of the cocaine transactions and large shipments of cocaine into the U.S. by the Contra personnel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Webb

Police are listed as believing there was no foul play in these cases.

Once the media and law enforcement have admitted to corruption and collusion, how can anything they say be taken seriously?

When is enough, enough?

regurgitation

2011-07-15T11:35:00.001-07:00

How do these guys fly for free? An AWESOME, totally legal scam, too bad the feds just caught on.

News Corp. made millions last year, but not only paid nothing in taxes, received millions in Federal returns. What recession? No wonder Fox News hates NPR.

This is a brilliant idea spreading in the Philippines; a A cheap method to bring light to the poor!!

Acid architecture for the sober masses. HT to GL!

Good news peeps, Louisiana decriminalizes anal and oral sex! Party on!!

Its not the dog in the fight its the fight in the dog, or in this case bird and . . . tiger?

This dude is cool.

" an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States." LOVE IT!

Warren Buffet could end the deficit. Actually the only sitting American President to have no deficit was Andrew Jackson. He eliminated the National Bank and poof! No debt. So who's got the cojones to take down Goldman Sachs? Nobody, they own you!

Decriminalization of drugs in Portugal has all but eliminated drug addiction. Salud!

Quitting smoking is harder than quitting heroin. Wish me luck!

Shake your money maker

2011-06-20T09:00:00.000-07:00

Being educated doesn't mean you have class, even snobs can be ghetto they just don't realize it.

Why did the movie industry thrive on the west coast when so much of the talent was on the east coast? They were trying to get out of paying royalties to Thomas Edison's motion picture patents!!

Is there life out there? You need water and oxygen to have life. Well this star is shooting massive jets of water into space. Stick THAT in your pipe and smoke it!

So a proctologist walks into a bank, and he has to endorse a check. He reaches into his pocket, but pulls out a rectal thermometer instead. He looks at it, and goes "some asshole has my pen!". More here. . .

Vote early and vote often, FOR THIS GUY!!!!! WINNING!!!!!!!!

The identity of the famous Vancouver kissing couple is. . . . half ozzie?

Legend has it that when Robert Johnson was learning how to play the blues he met up with the devil at the crossroads and the devil tuned his guitar for him, played a few tunes and gave it back to him. After that Mr. Johnson could play the blues like nobody's business. He sold his soul to play the blues, but so many have sold their soul for less.

THESE guys really know how to party.

"Why do you keep pooping on the floor right outside your litterbox?"
"because fuck you, that's why"

How to do things faster. You're welcome.

Ultimate Dog Tease. LMAO

2011-06-12T14:44:00.002-07:00

Having some fun learning a new language

2011-06-12T14:44:00.001-07:00

honeybadger don't take no mess

2011-06-12T14:40:00.000-07:00

something for the blunted

2011-06-12T14:27:00.000-07:00

This guy is pretty cool.

How rich are the super rich? Here's a few charts illustrating how badly the government is screwing you.

How cool are Dolphins? These Dolphins saved a drowning dog.

When famous Red Sox fans try to make a movie about the Yankees, they shouldn't expect much help from the Yankees.

Space shuttle launch viewed from an airplane. Cool stuff.

Check out the Def Leppard world tour!

Awesome photo manipulations.

Scientists in Germany have finished a study proving that staring at boobs helps you live a longer life. Those wacky Germans. :D

Get your survival gear, in case those Mayans were right.

all that and a bag of chips

2011-04-13T07:54:00.000-07:00

First off, AWESOMENESS!!

If you happen to be a male and happen to play with / talk to / help out a child, you might be chased off by a crowd of momma bears on high horses with pitch forks and ergonomic baby carriages.

File this one under Hubba Hubba, the pretty girl that became a gorgeous woman list. Ms. Scarlett is my favorite.

Get yer planes heya! Helicoptaz heya!!

The BBC keeps producing these AWESOME documentaries!!!

FIOOONAAAA!!!! c'mon baby, let's hear that new album. pretty please?!?!??!

Microsoft is ripping off ~~Zerox~~ ~~Apple~~ Google? Noooo way.

The Conservative strategy to "Starve the Beast" wouldn't be so bad if each congressman and staff member weren't making $175K +.

Recycling water isn't a Right Wing issue or a Left Wing issue, if its just tap water anyway its common sense.

Mind. Blown.

Who doesn't love charts?

starving the hungry beast

2011-02-20T07:44:00.000-08:00

What do VHS tapes, answering machines and Encyclopedias have in common? Nobody has them anymore.

I love trick photography.

OK, for the 10,001st time, 97% of scientists believe that climate change is a man made phenomenon. This is not according to your local hippie pundit, but Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Footnotes and fact verification and accountability. That's what main stream media is missing. Without these things its really just gossip.

You'll find its fine to be alone, once you embrace it. Lovely. Thank you Tanya Davis.

This video fortifies my faith in America. United we stand baby!!!

The last nude peepshows in Manhattan. *sigh*

The FDA continues to examine the principles of conflicts of interest, except this is not a test.

Quote of the year, "This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on his way to greet a Democratic Jewish woman member of Congress. Her life was saved by a Mexican-American gay college student and a Korean-American combat surgeon, all eulogized by our African American President."

The next true movement in progressive government; separation of Government and Corporation. Vermont rocks!

One day you will tell children of this thing we used to have, called privacy, and they will laugh at you.

Its my year!

guessitmate

2011-01-18T10:24:00.001-08:00

A literal blast from the past, in the "Ghosts of Amsterdam"

You know that there are actually THREE branches of the Federal Government, right? One of which is the Judicial branch. Why don't Judges get enough press? Especially when they get high on illegal drugs with exotic dancers and have an arsenal of illegal weapons at home.

It looks like the Voltron movie might never get made. That sucks.

While looking up famous leaks in American History I came across something interesting. While some journalists make a career out of publishing false stories and outing secret CIA agents, some journalists have integrity, and leaks lead to the public finding out the truth. Take Ben Franklin, you might have heard of him, he leaked letters from Thomas Hutchinson , Royal Governor of Massachusetts in 1772, pointing out that it was Hutchinson who was requesting the troop buildup in New England and it was his fault there was so much civil unrest. Well Ben Franklin was banished from England in 1773 because of his 'leak' and upon arrival to the new world, took up the patriotic cause and later helped draft The Declaration of Independence.

Not only is it ironic that his original leak was an attempt to calm the unrest of the colonists and he later became very active in the revolution, but the so-called "patriotic" politicians and pundits are calling Julian Assange a "terrorist" for leaking materials from Military forces, diplomats and crooked banks. I think if Sarah Palin was around in 1772 she would be calling Ben Franklin a terrorist. That doesn't seem very patriotic to me. Here's something that does;

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

just sayin.

Along those lines, here are 9 famous movie villains who were actually right the whole time.

This a dog waiting by her owner, and it brought a tear to my eye.

making moves

2010-12-13T09:01:00.000-08:00

This is what the Mayans were referring to when they were talking about 2012.

Get it together people, party on Rhea!!!

First date ideas for the online dating cheeseball in all of us.

Obviously a punch in the face could work too, but this is how the internet tells you how to deal with a jealous friend.

Digital Cowboys (revenge of the nerds?) have been changing the world, here's the pirate version.

My dream house, only 3.9 million. Brother can you spare mil?

Yoga at 92? Now that's a ggilf.

Three words you never thought you would see together; smooth jazz metallica.

"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."
-Thomas Jefferson

In case you have been hiding under a rock, freedom has a number.

same as it ever was

2010-11-26T09:28:00.000-08:00

In my opinion, the movie Tron was the original Martix, and now with the sequel coming out Marvel/Disney has put out some artwork for superheros in the Tron world. Its pretty nifty. I think they call it "re-imagining" not remakes.

With the social Networking revolution winding down a bit, its nice to see that Facebook let's you block all those unwanted "photo-memories".

Child star elmo grows up to be a belligerent drunk harassing people in Time Square. Good times.

One of the best parts about having kids is you can dress them up any way you want. This Star Wars Jawa kid is just too cool for school!

Here's the latest from the butcher from Bensonhurst.

Going under the premise that you can rationalize anything, these guys figure smart people do more drugs, because of evolution.

China, 2030 AD. The scariest political ad I have ever seen. When a country is the biggest consumer of the worlds goods and resources and starts to produce less and less goods and resources you don't have to be a genius to figure out that there's a big crash coming.

Everybody's favorite Neo-Nazi is going to try to repeal public health care. Mind you, his insurance is publicly funded, but to him that's too good for you.

What if Jessica Alba becomes the new Sara Palin? Alba in 2020? She's hot, not so smart and loves putting her foot in her mouth. But can she see Russia from her house?

Shmartie shmart factoid of the day; there are 10.3 trillion stars in the observable universe per human being.

Blade goes to Federal prison!!!!

2010-11-04T09:16:00.000-07:00

The dream is even further away today but still vivid in my mind.

The ultimate Christmas gift for the skippy in your life.

In honor of the republican win of the House of Representatives here's a list of anti-gay Republicans that turned out to be gay themselves. Why can't we all just get along?

Tyler Clementi had an intimate moment broadcast over the internet and then jumped off the George Washington bridge. The broadcasters are facing charges but its going to be hard to make it stick.

Did you think all the flaws in the paperwork for all these foreclosures would go unnoticed? Of course not. Congress passed a little bill protecting the banks and making it harder to contest an illegal foreclosure. Get your guns ready.

Coolest headline of the week: Jesse Ventura "body"slams Sarah Palin for screwing Alaska.

How bad do you have to be to lose an election to a deceased person? Right on California!

Every seven years you change.

Check out a new sneak peek into the lastest feature from the Butcher from Bensonhurst.

smell like a monster old spice guy

2010-10-21T12:25:00.000-07:00

the way it is

2010-10-21T12:08:00.000-07:00

Hypnosis. A creative new tool for success? A bogus concept? Manchurian Candidate?

Cubans get to work for themselves. Legally. But no fishing on Fridays and no chocolate. or bread. or sandwiches. ha!

How about some heightened sense of paranoia fueled by microcameras.

Apparently this is what the kids are listening to these days.

Star Trek hypo sprays? Portable solar panels? Here's a list of technologies that could change the world. for me to poop on.

What happens when mother earth tosses her cookies? I don't know but Iceland might just blow. Gotta check it out before it goes. yo.

You think you know a thing or two about women? you don't. Alfred E. Numan said so.

Virgin's in space.

i laughed my bawls off

2010-10-12T09:22:00.001-07:00

freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose

2010-10-02T07:39:00.000-07:00

A word on Fonts. When you post a news story in a typical Arial font with a black background and pot leaves on your page it doesn't seem too believable. Now that same article in Verdana on a white background gets taken a bit more seriously. But if you publish the same article in 14px Times New Roman, with a date and time of publication, well now you are going to be taken seriously. We live in the age of misinformation so these things are important. Didn't anyone ever tell you to dress up for a job interview?

By the way Marijuana is now decriminalized in the state of California. Party at Phil's house!!

So on Friday it was reported that CNN's Rick Sanchez, on some radio show that no one listens to, called Jon Stewart a bigot and "inferred" that Jews run CNN and all media. The next day Rick Sanchez was fired from CNN. What's the moral of the story? Don't pick on Jon Stewart? Don't criticize Jews? I guess its ok to criticize Muslims, Catholics, Conservatives, Blacks, Latinos and everyone else. But if you make comments critical of Jewish people, you lose your job on TV. Got it. I wonder if Jon Stewart is going to address this on his show on Monday? Stay tuned.

In other Jew-hating news Norway Banned testing of Isreali Nuclear submarines in their waters in protest of the Gaza blockade.

Obama supports Jon Stewart's rally in DC.

More on abusive journalism; Fox News airs "exclusive" interview insulting Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Rupert Murdoch, as douche as he is, is Australian. So America's "no. 1 rated cable news network" is run by an Australian, not by a Jew.

I just had to make that clear in case anyone was actually paying attention.

I don't want America to head down a road where complaining citizens are being incarcerated. That would be bad.

Stay positive folks.

jerky turkeys

2010-09-25T08:33:00.000-07:00

Ever wonder where billionaires hide their drugs when they fly commercial? In their asses of course, just like everybody else!

How to make a Taliban cake.

JP Morgan bank has ordered home owners in Northern California to stop making mortgage payments in order to "modify" their existing loans. Of course you can trust a banker right?

Heart warming words; “JPMorgan CHASE is in the foreclosure business, not the modification business’.”

Judge stops JP Morgan foreclosure when court finds the bank committed fraud on original loan. Looks like Tony Soprano got busted.

Isn't that racketeering? Can't the Feds prosecute banks on RICO charges like with the Mafia? Banks are the most powerful global mafia in the history of history.

Hoo Hum. Last chance to see these beaches. If you are lucky enough to be able to actually go on vacation, bring a camera.

here comes the fall

2010-09-16T06:53:00.000-07:00

Were you thinking about retiring on social security and not working everyday of your life until you drop dead? Then you are going to have to leave the country.

The Tin Man goes postal in Times Square, starting a new generation of childhood memories.

They say when you are young if you are in your 20's you should be a rebel and enjoy life but if you are in your 30's and not conforming to the system you are a fool. I don't remember who said that but they probably work at google, working hard to screw you.

I agree sex could use a soundtrack, although I would pick Prodigy over Indigo girls any day.

Deja Vu, U.S. eases travel restrictions to Cuba. Fine. I'll still go through Mexico but really, what's up with those clowns Mr. New York Times?

The right to protection against improper search and seizure is, thankfully, still in the constitution and this little old lady was watching "The Price is Right" when the DEA busted into her house. Now she has $4.9 million for her troubles. The cops are still running around looking for that "maniac" who was smoking the joint.

NYC in the 70's is something to behold. The site is slow so you might have to reload.

Get your "turn off fox" stickers here. Where's my Tyler Durden "let's reboot this bitch" sticker?

Everybody is talking about this female reporter who may or may not have been "harassed" in an NFL locker room. I think that if you send in an ex-miss universe pageant contestant into a room full of 53 naked football players after practice she'll be lucky she doesn't get gang raped. Sexist? 53 naked men who make a living off their own testosterone in one room? What workplace allows for this kind of exploitation of men?

In all seriousness, this is the most touching story I have read in a long time about an act that is about as heroic as anyone can be.

nothing to it but to do it

2010-08-23T07:46:00.000-07:00

33 pics of the undeniable end of the world possibility. yippiiii!!!!

These pictures are so dated you can almost hear carnival music in the background. How beaches looked 100 years ago.

I am beginning to think that the there is only truth in photography, it the interpretation that begins the lie. Just sayin'. I need a new career.

The most important piece of legislation that almost, but never happened. The second bill of right, an economic bill of rights to accompany our political bill of rights, proposed but the president who took us through the Great Depression and World War II. Go ahead, call our second greatest president a commie. I dare ya.

Is your midlife crisis making you depressed? Well if that wasn't bad enough there is evidence that shows your crisis is also depressing your parents, as if you didn't already feel bad enough. sheesh.

If you think money will make you happy I have bad news for you. It won't.

The classiest thing Dubya ever did. Sometimes people are at their best when they disregard public opinion. or something.

Homework from Hustler magazine: How to be a super stud.

this one goes out to a girl I know

2010-08-22T12:06:00.001-07:00

Land ownership will go the way of anonymity, which is to say you must incorporate

2010-08-12T09:57:00.000-07:00

Einstein wrote a book. Somebody read it to me!

Relief peddlers will take your home.

This is what happens when hooligans show up to science class.

My dog does this all the time, except I am the big baby.

The proliferation of insanity continues!! Let the good times roll!

Did you think mankind was limited to fucking up the planet? Guess again.

They are making a feature film of the book / Broadway play "Wicked". I don't know if I should puke or jump up and down.

Trying to track down the usage of all the words in the English language is a task only the Interwebs can take on.

This woman should be jailed for life if only to take her out of the Gene pool.

True Capitalism is still alive, but only on Craig's List.

Facebook now has over 500 million users. Welcome to the Matrix.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is making sure your tax money is invested in the future.

Friends don't let bears drive.

If you build an invisible tree house, how do you expect to find it again?

New indy movie coming soon.

Who says criminals have nine lives?

let go of the photographs that bring up the past

2010-07-23T07:09:00.000-07:00

What are bleeding heart liberals good for? Apocalyptic escape plans!

The tale of Richard Prior and Pam Grier's coked up coochie!!

While China is robbing the Western world the Olympic committee stripped them of their Olympic medal. I knew those kids were underage!!

Patti Smith is a bitch.

The Governor of California didn't want to go to Arizona for fear of being deported. D'OH!

Instant Classic: My Porn Watching Pig Boyfriend.

The most offensive jokes of ALL TIME!

Repeat drunk driver gets 18 months for crashing into the judge who let him off on a DUI.

I am getting into photography. Its my new thing.

fight the good fight

2010-06-27T07:36:00.000-07:00

The most elusive and sought after resource in the history of man is happiness. Some people try to find it in fame and fortune, others try to find it collecting people or things. Some people conflicted by circumstance, frustrated with life, give up on it entirely and become determined to ruin it for everyone else. Some people walk around torn up inside putting up a brave face like the tears of a clown. So what the hell is happiness and why does is screw with so many of our lives?

I have no idea what happiness is. I know the joy of being adored by a beautiful woman, and I know the pain of losing her. I know the joy of a fat pay check and the disappointment of a negative balance bank statement. I know the thrill of landing in a foreign country ready to explore and the defeat of having missed my flight. Buddhists say that the only guarantee in life is that you will be miserable. The implication being that happiness is fleeting, so when it comes enjoy it. People in therapy are told to take responsibility for what happens in their lives as blaming others creates resentment and leads you to think of yourself as a victim. You are not a victim. Just because you are not rich or famous or the best looking/athletic/charming person in the world does not make you a failure. Take a moment to appreciate what you have. Take stock of the elements of your life that are spiritually rewarding and try to reinforce those things. Appreciate the people in your life and the blessings in your life. You never know when they may be gone.

Here's a pop culture "10 ways to find more pleasure everyday". Have a good one!

make the most of it

2010-05-03T13:13:00.000-07:00

This thing is brilliant. I don't know what it is or what its for but its brilliant. Just let it load.

Here's an interesting pie chart on all the things you don't know you don't know. DOI!!!

The creator of the next Facebook is only 17. I swear teenagers would resolve all the world's problems if it meant they would get laid.

The funniest cartoon you can't watch at work.

The best homepage for your browser EVER!!!

Now why didn't I think of that? Pictures of People on Public transit. yowza.

Home buyer gets rejected because of kids' facebook page.

Tracking Obama's campaign promises.

How to feel good about yourself. No, really.

break up links

2010-04-04T05:40:00.001-07:00

A history of American tax revolts. These things need to happen from time to time. The government is supposed to fear its citizens, not the other way around.

"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."
-Thomas Jefferson

Here's three words you never thought you would hear together, "sexual cult of Letterman". Fame is a helluva drug.

Few things are actually "forever" but a misspelled tattoo is definitely one of those things.

The urban myth coming to your local hippie conspiracy guy, "floating continents of garbage".

One Cat scan + 2 hour ER visit = $10,254. You don't need a rifle to rape a community, you need a suit, tie and a government back monopoly.

Today of all days the story of a man who won the lottery the day AFTER his divorced was finalized makes me smile.

Happy Easter Everyone!
Enjoy Opening day, Yankees VS Red sox!!

newly single links

2010-03-19T15:53:00.000-07:00

Logic is the new Christianity.

The people of walmart can be a freaky bunch alright. But not as freaky deaky as those olympiads. I think the nicest thing I can say about the Chinese government is that they come prepared.

Here's a pie chart of the distribution of wealth by religion. I don't think its accurate but its difficult to criticize without sounding like a bigot.

What do you do when you have so much money you don't know how to blow it?? You build a moat.

In the spirit of solitude I leave you with "Dearest Wife, this is what I want for Father's Day."
The unstoppable force is an army of bridezillas.

peace
-mike

poppa dont take no mess

2010-03-03T06:05:00.000-08:00

The problem with being a fanatic is that once you are committed you believe anything, like war is actually caused by flags. Never mind thousands of years of barbarian brutality throughout the world or revisionist history of a uptopian existence until . . .what? the invention of fire? the aliens left? the white man came? wtf?

Kelli Garner is going to be the next Scarlett Johansson. Hopefully her voice wont sound like an eighty year old man who's been chain smoking for 60 years.

Here is the scale of the universe. Obviously it takes a little while to load.

There's more than enough tropical, fantasy vacation spots to go around but when Vice magazine steps up their game and gets in to North Korea, its time to take notice!!

Cell phone companies are lowering their voice rate plans across the board, because they are raising their data rates and requiring you to have one!!! D'OH!!!

This is the kind of thing that leaves me pissed off for days. A couple in Florida paid for their home in cash in 2005 only to have Bank of America foreclose on it five years later. Apparently Banks can do whatever the want, no matter what and their worst case scenario for whatever damage and pain they inflict on innocent people is, "oops, my bad". God I love the movie "Fight Club". Too bad Tyler Durden sold out.

I guess the only true vote is the almighty dollar and what you do with it. Maybe the TV liberal bed wetters are right, and we should MOVE OUR MONEY!!!!

Turn on, tune in, drop out

2010-02-20T06:36:00.000-08:00

My mind just keeps going back to this Joe Stack story. As a total news junkie American living in a post-9/11 world when I heard about an airplane flying into a building in Texas my Spidey-sense lit up. Then it was reported to be intentional and not an accident which piqued my interest. As I watched this story unfold via different news sites I watched it climb the ladder of relevant news. Then as the investigation hit critical mass the story broke that the Pilot, Joe Stack, was angry at the IRS and even had a “manifesto”. He was an American citizen, angry at the Federal Government, specifically the IRS and decided that “I’m hardly the first one to decide I have had all I can stand”. So he flew an airplane into an IRS building. Once that news broke agencies realized they had a serious hot potato issue on their hands and they didn’t want to ignite copycat radicals, so the story was buried across the board. Within 24 hours a little blip on the news cycle became a major headline and then an albatross. But this man, Joe Stack did exist. I don’t think he was trying to hurt “people” I think he had “had enough” and was trying to make a point. The media can try to shut pandora’s box but I don’t think he will be the last.

In an age when people are making careers out of causing conflict we don’t need more cultural isolationists, bigots or hypocrites. Politicians on both sides of the isle are not only lying to citizens, but are lining their pockets with lobbyist money from companies that do not have citizen’s best interests in mind. This is not new and this is not news. This is not a “who wants to push the cart/ ride in the cart” point I am trying to make. My point is as long as people are distracted and maintain outrage over he said/she said the general plundering of American middle class wealth is happening right out in the open. The stick up comes in the form of hiked up interest rates, fine print loop holes, legal gridlocks and federal tax oppression from which the average citizen has no defense, because even educating yourself about these pitfalls won’t save you from them.

We need to find some sort of pause button because the plundering of American capital has snowballed past the point of reason. Terrorist. Revolutionary. Fanatic. I think this was just the first shot.

The Insane Manifesto of Austin Texas Crash Pilot Joseph Andrew Stack

Turn on, tune in, drop out

what do I say now?

2010-02-13T08:13:00.001-08:00

I've had this space since 2000 and used to post my short films, friends short films and then feature films. I feel at odds with the mirco-handheld over exposed techno revolution these days so I'm thinking about going low tech. Should I write about real estate in NYC? Semi satirical internet punditry? or should I take the plunge into the ever expanding realm of internet pornography? I don't know. I feel like a teenager looking for an identity and I like that I don't know. For now I am going to go with that, while I try to get back in the swing of things. Until then, here's some links;

Do you like R&B? Soul music? Funk? Check out Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. They have more talent than the Black Eyed Peas have marketing muscle so spread the word, ya heard!

I think today might be a good day.

It's things like this that make me germaphobic. I can't imagine how many times people have had sex on subway seats throughout the night, while every morning middle class elitists push and shove each other to sit on one. crazy man.

Wow. The Chinese are truly shameless. They even have a knock off of google. Its called goojje.com. I guess they stopped inovating a couple of centuries ago and just mastered the art of taking other peoples ideas and copying them. If you put together how much money that cost western companies, do you think it would be enough to have avoided this global economic collapse? Business fail all the time to competitors undercutting them. How can the global economy compete with a giant sweat shop, 1 billion strong, with nuclear weapons? I guess we better learn Chinese soon.

Facebook is starting to freak me out.

Thomas Jefferson would have had a good laugh at this. I did.

What would you do if you were a billionaire? I think in the grand age of retail therapy spending money can be an art form. Spending big money in a special way is an artistry. For example Bill Gates gave billions to charity and to have a temperature controlled home in the mountains, which is about as original as you can expect from the original nerd. Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has two airlines (one which offers sub-orbital spaceflights), a record company, a mobile phone company, his own Caribbean island and now that slick bastard is getting an underwater plane!!! I think he is the Pablo Picasso of modern rich dudes. In terms of artistry in wealth tho, among his peers he's more of a man among ants. People don't get rich being creative.

Ok. I'm good for today. Thanks for reading.

-mike

new decade, new year, new start

2010-01-29T09:13:00.000-08:00

Every population demands a certain pedigree from people who claim to have something to say, but if someone like Immanuel Kant, who spent his entire life in one little village, can have an impact on modern thinking then my experience and self contained rationale can at least provoke a new discussion on old problems. Yea, yea I know I'm comparing myself to a pillar of modern philosophy but nobody ever got anywhere being humble.

pix poxt

2009-12-06T10:06:00.001-08:00

things are not what they seem

2009-12-06T09:19:00.000-08:00

You know those free credit report commercials? Apparently its a scam.

All that fear over big brother when its just your neighbor that's watching you. This woman lost her health benefits for smiling on Facebook.

When times are tough people start losing their minds, this guy lost his life over a subway seat.

Louisiana real estate agent was showing a house to a client and found a stash of human remains. i wonder how he played it off?

Twilight fans get punked. It's funny how parents love the romantic notions of the Twilight movies for their teenage daughters, because the main character doesn't have sex until she's married, but the main character's relationship is the DEFINITION of an abusive relationship. For shame.

You Go girl! Now women can pee standing up!

Bob Shepard, 99 year old voice of Yankee stadium, has called it quits. He has announced line ups from the times of Joe Dimaggio to Derek jeter, 4,500 games and 121 post season games. This guy is a legend. At least he will always live on as the announcer for "number 2, shortstop, Derek Jeter". Wow.

Time Magazine chronicles the decade from hell. And yes, you are still in it.

I don't know whether or not this is cool or cruel, so I guess I'm just as messed up as the next guy, but here's what butterflies look like in space.

rave unto the new world chick

2009-11-27T07:06:00.000-08:00

shadow people

2009-11-27T06:53:00.000-08:00

What's the best one-liner there is no come back for? stoopithead.

When you don't know who to trust, the clown is the most consistent.

Soul music isn't dead, it just doesn't have the marketing budget it used to. Let's help fix that shall we?

It looks like the wild west is still on the cutting edge of American expansion; Portland opens up the first cannibus cafe in the U.S. Unfortunately its in the middle of "wherever the hell" Portland is.

Here's a documentary about a real American Icon, a one of a kind man out American forefathers would have applauded; William Kunstler.

You want to be famous? Make a sex tape. Porn stars must be PISSED! Beauty pagent chicks in a threeway? Who could ask for more?

Hyper elite New York Times foo-foo bedwetters are the new "born agains". Fanatics are the real danger. Militant atheism?? How are they going to continue to blame religion for the world's conflict when the non-religious start the fights?

and the wig is off!

2009-11-23T13:25:00.000-08:00