Link of the Day [7.24.08]
After viewing the video, I already know the answer to the question, “Alien autopsy, fact or fiction?” Needless to say, it’s a real as the zipper of the alien suit the dead guy was wearing.
Quote of the Day [7.23.08]
“Your scientists have yet to discover how neural networks create self-consciousness, let alone how the human brain processes two-dimensional retinal images into the three-dimensional phenomenon known as perception. Yet you somehow brazenly declare that seeing is believing!”
Man in Black (Jesse ‘the Body’ Ventura), The X-Files, “Jose Chung’s From Outerspace”
Link of the Day [7.23.08]
I’m typing this post up late at night. No, not as late as Marge at The Fish Tank stays up, but close to the witching hour 12 midnight. So when I type clicked on the link to today’s site to make sure it works, it launches the browser’s java console. My machine spikes on its performance meter. The rain outside seems to start up. And I get goose bumps. I hope there’s nothing there.
Le Tour 2008: Cunio-Jausiers
Stage 16 of le Tour was a monster. It went over the highest paved road in Europe over the Cime de la Bonette-Rastafond about 2900 meters high. That’s about 9000 feet! That’s crazy.
The first rider through crashes on the descent. Crazy! He wins the the LeGrange prize for crossing the highest peak of this years tour. Then he crashes. He would’ve won if he stayed out in front. It’s insane that they can go down those slopes at 60mph. I’ve hit 47 mph for a short time. It’s fun to fly but can be somewhat dangerous. I’m no descender because I haven’t ridden any thing big so I don’t have enough practice.
I’m no climber either. Riding only tiny hills.
What a fun tour. The first five places are less than a minute apart. And we have another huge day tomorrow: 3 hors categorie climbs culminating on the infamous, indomitable l’Alpe d’Huez. Ooo, I can’t wait.
An afternoon romp
Senator John McCain is too dishonest to be president. For the candidate who claims to be better at foreign policy and correct about the US policy in Iraq, he doesn’t seem to know shit. It’s as if he’s making it up as he goes along. He’s just plain lying about what he knows.
Quote of the Day [7.22.08]
“You know, there are worse ways to go, but I can’t think of a more undignified way than autoerotic asphyxiation.”
Clyde Bruckman (Peter Boyle), The X-Files, “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose”
Link of the Day [7.22.08]
The Big Foot hoax was squashed several years ago when after the man who shot the most famous Big Foot footage revealed it was just a guy in a gorilla suit after all. Yet, some people don’t take that revelation as the truth. Big Foot may still be out there. These guys will still be on the lookout.
Car Detailing MFer!
Yesterday, I washed both my cars. And it kind of sucked because just washing feels somewhat lame.
Late last century with my Mk II VW Jetta, I could have cared less about washing it. It was a light green almost aqua color that hardly showed any dirt. I think I washed it every quarter even less so when I was feeling less than satisfied with her.
When I bought my Mk IV VW Jetta, I barely thought about keeping it clean. Until the second year. Then I was a detailing fiend. I was washing the car once a week. I waxed and polished it twice that year (and the following two years). I even new why and how to use a clay bar. It was perfect for the first four years.
Then it became tough to find time to wash the car. In my new house, I don’t get any shade until the late afternoon around 3. It makes it tough to spend the four hours to really detail the car. That’s just a wash, polish and a wax. It gets too late in the evening to finish it off.
Now with the Mini Cooper, the detailing bug is back. I want to keep the Cooper a nice shiny red. I also want to get the Jetta back to being a beautiful blue. When will I have time to keep this up? What are you doing later?
Quote of the Day [7.21.08]
“There’s been another unsubstantiated UFO sighting in the Heartland of America. We’ve gotta get there right away.”
Special Agent Fox Mulder, The Simpsons, “The Springfield Files”
A little morning romp
Senator John McCain is too stupid to be president. Whatever policies he comes up with are not the correct ones to enable the US regain its global leadership. He embraces the Republican rhetoric which got us in this mess in the first place, and he has changed his views on many of his original standards.
I heard an aunt call Barack Obama a phony. I can’t believe that at all. Can you compare a candidate from the honest Democratic Party to the snake oil salesman of the lying Republican Party? I think McCain is a con artist who will swindle the American people out of the last shred of American decency in the world view for a chance to become president. Lord knows he makes shit up as he goes along. And the fucking stupid national press doesn’t care.