Archive for January, 2008

Well, I don’t know if any other parts of the country are being afflicted with this epidemic, but it is spreading like wildfire here in WV. It seems that certain people think it is really cool to hang a pair of balls from the back of their vehicle. No, not basketballs or baseballs, but testicles.

It’s usually raised pickup trucks or more macho types of cars like old hot rods whose owners feel it necessary to affix the nuts, because lord knows anyone who doesn’t drive those types of vehicles does not have balls.

Here is the first hit google gives you when you type in “truck nuts”: http://www.truck-nuts.com/index.html

I think these type of ‘hey look at me’ gimmicks and devices only serve to make the people who display this stuff look really stupid. In fact, if you display these, you are displaying the fact that you are an asshole. If you have balls, why do you think it’s necessary to display them? I think it just means that you don’t have ‘balls’ and are just trying to con everyone. If you have ‘balls’ there is no need to display them, just let your actions exemplify that fact. I would much rather spend my hard earned cash on car covers to protect my vehicle.

A big debate has erupted at work.

IS IT OK TO PEE IN THE SHOWER?

I say sure, why not. It’s all going down the drain anyhow.

Some people are having a serious fit about this. I cannot see the problem here. They are even going as far as saying that they would need individual health insurance before stepping foot in my shower. Jeez people… it’s not like I took a dump in there.

I would rather pee in the shower than soak the floor by dripping all the way over to the commode. I’m definitely not going to towel off just to pee.

What are your opinions?

of my NordicTrack Elliptical. I just thought I would share with you all of my favorite features. This thing isn’t nearly as hard on my knees as my treadmill was.

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On the heels of the RIAA’s recent decision to criminalize consumers who rip songs from albums they’ve purchased to their computers (or iPods), the association has now gone one step further and declared that “remembering songs” using your brain is criminal copyright infringement. “The brain is a recording device,” explained RIAA president Cary Sherman. “The act of listening is an unauthorized act of copying music to that recording device, and the act of recalling or remembering a song is unauthorized playback.”

The RIAA also said it would begin sending letters to tens of millions of consumers thought to be illegally remembering songs, threatening them with lawsuits if they don’t settle with the RIAA by paying monetary damages. “We will aggressively pursue all copyright infringement in order to protect our industry,” said Sherman.

In order to avoid engaging in unauthorized copyright infringement, consumers will now be required to immediately forget everything they’ve just heard — a skill already mastered by U.S. President George Bush. To aid in these memory wiping efforts, the RIAA is teaming up with Big Pharma to include free psychotropic prescription drugs with the purchase of new music albums. Consumers are advised to swallow the pills before listening to the music. The pills — similar to the amphetamines now prescribed for ADHD — block normal cognitive function, allowing consumers to enjoy the music in a more detached state without the risk of accidentally remembering any songs (and thereby violating copyright law).

Consumers caught humming their favorite songs will be charged with a more serious crime: The public performance of a copyrighted song, for which the fines can reach over $250,000 per incident. “Humming, singing and whistling songs will not be tolerated,” said Sherman. “Only listening and forgetting songs is allowed.”

Consumers attempting to circumvent the RIAA’s new memory-wiping technology by actually remembering songs will be charged with felony crimes under provisions of the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). The Act, passed in 1998, makes it a felony crime to circumvent copyright protection technologies. The RIAA’s position is that consumers who actually use their brains while listening to music are violating the DMCA. “We would prefer that consumers stop using their brains altogether,” said Sherman.

With this decision, the RIAA now considers approximately 72% of the adult U.S. population to be criminals. Putting them all in prison for copyright infringement would cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $683 billion per year — an amount that would have to be shouldered by the remaining 28% who are not imprisoned. The RIAA believes it could cover the $683 billion tab through royalties on music sales. The problem with that? The 28% remaining adults not in prison don’t buy music albums. That means album sales would plummet to nearly zero, and the U.S. government (which is already deep in debt) would have to borrow money to pay for all the prisons. And where would the borrowed money come from? China, of course: The country where music albums are openly pirated and sold for monetary gain.

When asked whether he really wants 72% of the U.S. population to be imprisoned for ripping music CDs to their own brains, RIAA president Sherman shot back, “You don’t support criminal behavior do you? Every person who illegally remembers a song is a criminal. Those people are no different than those who run around stealing truck racks. We can’t have criminal running free on the streets of America. It’s an issue of national security.”

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This is something that most everyone can use!

Musgle originates from the idea of combining words Music and Google. The idea is simple yet very powerful. To see Musgle in action just type a song title, or the artist name, or both in a search bar and hit ‘Enter’ - you will be redirected to the Google page with relevant search results. Click on one of those results, and you will have a chance to directly download the song you are searching for - very smooth! (and perhaps very illegal. Use at your own risk!)

One artist I searched for returned a result for assisted living software….weird.