So after pleading cuilty to the “Falcon’s Flying Away” hoax, this idiot goes on Larry King expecting us to believe that he only plead guilty to keep his family together and that it really wasn’t a hoax after all… check this out:
But wait, it gets better… check out the attempt at a fake cry to try to seal the deal for the gullible amongst us:
If this man gets as much as a penny from any reality TV producers or book publishers, I think I will have to move to another planet because I simply cannot coexist with people like this. If ever I’m not on the air unexpectedly, it’s because I ran into this guy at the grocery store - please call a bondsman.
So while we were at the Hyatt Downtown reveling in the fun that was The MIX 100 New Years Eve Bash, Travis Pastrana was jumping one of his Subaru WRX STI Rally Cars some 269 feet onto a floating barge setting a world record. Sometimes I am jealous of his well-financed exploits, however I think if you hang out with him, it’s only a matter of time until you’re in a cast or worse.
Check out the insane video and note how nicely the Subaru flies:
Taylor is known for her sweet, young, innocent image - but is that changing? She’s 19, she made $5.5 million last year, her album was #1 for weeks and weeks and weeks….. but today I saw some pictures on the internet that seem suspect to me. She’s posing on her bed looking (dare I say) sexy, but she looks different. I can’t pinpoint exactly what it is, but I think she may have had some work done. She looks like a young Faith Hill! Of course, it may be that she’s just growing up - which many teenagers tend to do sometimes. Have a look for yourself and see what you think….
So I was having a conversation with my friend Amanda yesterday, and we got on the topic of Reality TV. She was telling me how she is “addicted” to watching reality shows like American Idol, Dancing With The Stars and a few others. We started to add up the time spent watching these shows and the results were astounding.
She watches two hours of Idol each week as well as two hours of Dancing With The Stars. She’s also a fan of Celebrity Apprentice and Hells Kitchen. There are a few others that she watches here and there, but we’ll just safely say that she watches 6 hours of reality TV per week.
Here’s where it gets fun… If she watches 6 hours per week, that equates to 24 hours per month. I the typical season of these reality TV shows last just 3 months, that adds up to 72 hours. Now let’s assume the typical human is awake and functioning for 16 hours per day… That means that in the span of just 3 months, she has wasted 4 and a half days of her life watching others live theirs.
Astounding! Now if you consider that perhaps she watches similar shows when Idol and Dancing are not on, she could possibly spend 18 days per year watching reality TV. That’s 2 1/2 weeks of her life wasted each year watching “Reality” TV.
This is sick and wrong…. people need to evaluate whether or not they want to live life, or spend it watching others. I know what I prefer - do you?
I don’t know if you heard about this recently, but trace amounts of prescription drugs have been found in the Denver water supply (yes, the water that comes out of your faucet if you live in Denver.) One might ask - “How the hell do prescription drugs make it into our water supply?”
There are two theories - neither of which is pleasant to think about. One theory is that people are dumping them down the toilet …. the other is that people are passing the drugs in their urine!! You’ll notice that both of these theories point to the fact that our Denver water consists of recycled waste water.
Now I watch The Science Channel and I’m well aware that they have refined filtering techniques and that technically the recycled waste water is deemed safe. I am also aware that they found only limited parts per million of said prescription drugs in the water - but none the less … they found it! This leads me to believe that we’re all drinking a few parts per million of everything else that gets flushed down toilets.
This is so very jacked when you think of the fact that we live at the base of the mountains from which the melting snowpack provides water to much of the southwest United States. So here’s my proposal: Let the residents of Denver enjoy clean water from the melted pure wind-blown snow - and let people in Vegas drink our waste water.
Deal? Cool - let’s get that fixed then thank you ….
Thanx 4 listening - and if you haven’t already - buy a water filter or a Deep Rock cooler A.S.A.P.
Recently while driving at night I was frustrated by some rude drivers that don’t seem to grasp the rules of the high beams (I’m referring to those on a motor vehicle headlight system by the way - I have no problems with the flashing of the other form of high beams.)
This feature is there to help you see farther ahead of your vehicle at night, especially on two-lane roads without street lights. They can also be used to warn drivers of wildlife or obstructions on the road as well as speed traps. If you see a cop and can safely alert the oncoming drivers without the officer seeing you - you should do so … if you don’t that’s kind of uncool.
But the point of this rant is to point out that the high beams are supposed to be used when other drivers are not approaching. Therefore, you should turn off your high beams when another car is approaching. Ideally, this should be done before the approaching vehicle is blinded by your lights. It is customary to kill the high beams when you see the oncoming vehicles lights, if they do the same then the cars can safely pass and everyone can be happy.
All too often it seems people are too lazy, too selfish, or just ignorant and don’t turn off their beams early enough or at all. Worse than that is the confused and ignorant drivers that seem to think they can positively identify whether or not a persons high beams are on, and retaliate with a punishing flash of their high beams to “alert” you that your high beams are on. This is stupid in more ways than one as you could cause the oncoming car to crash … maybe straight into you! Also, just because a car isn’t coming at you, you still must respect drivers in front of you and don’t ride someone’s ass with your high beams on … this is a good way to inspire road rage and get yourself in a situation you may not wish to be in.
And don’t think that my ride has poorly adjusted beams …. I stay on top of that and it ain’t the case. Please just respect other drivers and adhere to the rules of the road. Just because there are increasingly more vehicles on the roads doesn’t mean you can just ignore these tried and tested and collectively agreed upon rules.
So when I saw the video of the young Iranian man and his suicidal ways, I was shocked and somewhat frightened (check out the video in my last blog on “Why We Should Fear Iran”.)
Then, I saw this video of a young woman and a young man working together to indulge their selfishly suicidal interests … I was floored.
You may have seen or heard about the video and audio captured during a supposed “conflict ” between the U.S. Navy and Iranian patrol boats in International waters. This was said by our government to be a “close call” and by the Iranian government as a fabrication. The problem is that the U.S. accounts of what happened very from those offered by the Iranians.
After hearing the audio (if you missed it you can find it here: http://www.mahalo.com/US-Iran_Navy_Standoff ) I think I may suspect it could be fabricated … listen to the voice saying “you will explode in two minutes” - does that seem to match the other audio at all? Besides, look at the little boats the Iranians are in … would you take a motorized rowboat to initiate World War 3? Me neither.
I’m not sure if the current administration is going to try to start a conflict with Iran before January 2009 or not, but it worries me.
So my parents live in beautiful Conifer, CO. A mountain community that’s just far enough away to escape the masses and pollution (for now) and just close enough so that the drive is less than an hour. There are two ways to get up there … Highway 285 or Deer Creek Canyon.
For those who’ve never driven up Deer Creek Canyon you really should make that trek one day … one of the most scenic drives to be found that close to Denver. After the canyon, a left turn will send you up a road referred to as “The High Grade” because the elevation change is so rapid. Driving a well-equipped vehicle up that road used to be one of my favorite things to do …. that is until the day that Jefferson County ruined it.
They re-paved the road which made it a bikers dream … smooth and winding, guaranteed to satisfy any vehicle, motorcycle or bicycling enthusiast. But after allowing us a teaser-taste of asphalt perfection, Jeffco decided they had extra tax dollars to waste, and installed centerline rumble strips. If you’re not familiar with this technique, click here for a description: http://co.jefferson.co.us/highways/highways_T48_R56.htm#RumbleStrips A short summary, they use a huge grinder to cut grooves in the pavement over the center yellow line. These are very similar to those rumble strips found on the outside of highway lanes to alert drifting drivers. I fully understand the purpose there and agree that it probably saves lives.
What I don’t understand is the centerline rumble strip. Why would the county use tax dollars to rip up the new asphalt that they so expertly laid down? They say it’s to alert drivers when they cross the yellow line. WTF? If I’m driving on a mountain or canyon road - I would like to be alerted when I’m drifting off the road… not when I’m crossing the middle yellow line. I’m well aware of where my vehicle is on the road, and if I was to hypothetically cross the middle yellow line, it would more likely be to efficiently round a corner. I’m neither condoning nor encouraging crossing the center line of any road … but when one can safely see far enough ahead to utilize a portion of the other lane to create a smoother corner arc I feel they should be able to do so without having their entire vehicle vibrate intensely.
In summary, I thought it should be pointed out that Jefferson County obviously has a surplus of funds that came from tax dollars and they’re looking very hard for ways to spend your money. If we have to install centerline rumble strips to help people drive better, than those people shouldn’t be driving. There comes a point when we need to stop catering to the stupid and unskilled. When you interrupt or altogether do away with natural selection, the overall quality of the gene pool degrades … this is and has been happening for quite some time now - way to dumb it down, people. I’m all about saving lives, but this is going overboard don’t ya think?
So you mean to tell me that in the year 2008 …. here in what is supposed to be the greatest country in the world - we just go along with the outdated tradition of letting Iowa make the first and arguably one of the most important decisions regarding who will be elected President of the land of the free and the home of the brave? Now I know this will ruffle a few feathers, but someone has got to say it ….. Iowa? Are you kidding me?
I admit I have no first hand knowledge of the types of folk that reside in that sparsely populated lone mid-western universe. I’m sure they’re great people - but do they really represent the typical values or views of the rest of the country? I think not. I think that their existence is vastly different than that of most residents of most other states in this country. The only time anyone ever talks or even for a moment thinks about Iowa is during the antiquated caucuses. That’s a whole other can of worms that I won’t open right now … but let’s just suffice to say that I’m glad we vote here in Colorado as opposed to herding in corners of school gymnasiums screaming at people trying to persuade them to join you. Even if we vote on old school paper ballots this year, at least we don’t “caucus.”
My point is this my friends …. It’s about time we got with the times as far as how we do things in this country. Old school is just that … old. It’s bad enough that the average age of our congress people and senators is around 60 years old, but must we continue with the same election processes that were used before they invented the microchip?
Societal and technological evolution is beginning to happen exponentially … and this will continue to accelerate. People need to keep up with the times or pull over to the right and let the rest of us by (by the way - for those who didn’t understand that metaphor, here in Colorado the slower traffic is supposed to stay to the right and let faster moving vehicles pass in the left lane - also known as the “fast” lane … feel free to pass it on.)
Until next time …. rock on wit’ yo bad selves and thanx for listening!!
