March 2005 «JustinSpeak

29Mar/056

Very Funny Mr. AudioBlogger

So now it works, eh? Nevertheless, this is what I meant to post this afternoon.

There was quite an argument during the editors' meeting over whether or not to remove the previous "Dammit AudioBlogger!" post. On one hand, the audio post finally manifested itself and now I can forget about my woes from earlier today and keep the blog looking clean. On the other hand, IT TOOK 7 FUCKING HOURS!!!!

In the end, we decided to settle this dispute with a "White Glove Bitchslap Competition" like the stuffy rich people did back in the day. Twas' a spirited affair indeed. In the end, my dearest reader, we took down the post. If you saw it, then don't tell anyone or else men in black suits driving black Lincolns will show up at your door. If you didn't see it, try not to ask about it, we need to keep this thing on the DL.

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28Mar/050

If That Diamond Ring Turns To Brass, Mamma’s Going To Buy You A Looking Glass

I hate it when I can't sleep. Insomnia is a real bitch, as a matter of fact. Right now I'm getting to that stage of a sleepless night where you start to get frustrated you can't sleep. Of course this compounds the problem to the point where the whole night is just fucked. In fact, I'm so tired as I'm typing this that I don't really care about my grammar. I usually at least try to make an effort to use things like ,!@#$%^> and other such wingdings that The Powers That Be invented to make the written word look proper. More importantly, before I decided to push through my sleepless haze and do a little blogging, I Googled "Counting Sheep." I found the following:

Counting Sheep - The Traditional Way: Compiled by Mr. John Whitehead of Clitheroe

Fortunately for me reading this turned out to be much better than laying in bed and tallying imaginary sheep as they hurdle a little brown fence. Why? Because this is the most boring damned thing I have ever read in my entire life. I'm so tired now I might fall asleep while I' ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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25Mar/055

We Got Served

I hate titles that reference cheesy movies, but sometimes I have no choice.

Gas prices have gotten absolutely ridiculous. Here in Missouri, gas is over $2 a gallon. In a state like California or New York, two bucks for gas has been the norm. However, here in the drain hole of the country, this is a little extreme. I think all the big oil companies figured that they should just raise prices in all markets rather than just gouge the big ones. Now I know there are a myriad of reasons why gas pricing is so obnoxious. I don't want to get into it so look it up yourself if you want to know specifics. However, I will spend some bits and bytes on one part of this issue that really chaps my ass: alternative sources of fuel.

You mean to tell me we can drop a bomb from 35,000 ft in the air and hit a dime on the ground but we are still using the same fossil fuels that we have for the past 100 years? Methinks there are better things to spend research dollars on besides ordinances. I know I'm making blanket statements, and I know that a lot of money is spent on good research efforts. Unfortunately, there is some truth to it.

The same conspiracy theory applies to medicine as well. We, my dearest readers, have thousands of medications for "social anxiety disorder" yet we can't cure some diseases that have ravaged humans for thousands of years? Things like Prozac sell very well, that is why those kinds of drugs are the focus of development. Maybe the cures for aids, Parkinson's, cancer, diabetes, and the like are damn near impossible to find. I have my doubts. A medication that is only needed one time isn't as profitable as something that people have to take on a continuous basis.

grr. Your thoughts?

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