soapbox

So, oil company profits are up at least 36%. Guess how much gas prices have risen in the same time? 33%. coincidence? fuck no. bastards.

a mother who lost her son in iraq has been camping outside Bush’s ranch in Texas, protesting the continued presence of our troops there. who wants to pile into the metro (and any other non-gas-guzzling vehicle we can find) and camp outside the ranch until the administration makes a INCREASE in the freaking taxes on oil companies and the price of fuel comes down to reasonable levels.

GAH! I HATE BUSH! i’m so tired of not being able to fight back against his bonehead policies. why are people so stupid?

p.s. we need a more angry mood gif than “annoyed”, cuz that sure don’t cover what i’m feeling right now.

And that mood makes me think that a list of essential Nine Inch Nails is a good thing.

My computer is currently sharing music as “Turn it up to 11!” and the songs are in .ninblog.

The songs are in more or less chronological order and the numbers of songs from each album show the fact that I think “The Downward Spiral” is the peak of NIN songsmanship. I’m especially fond of Reptile at the moment.

I just wanted a little pre-bedtime snack and had some little fruit snack things.

Very tasty.

Then I noticed that the label touted the fact that each bag only had 90 calories.

Of course, that doesn’t matter much when you eat four bags.

You must read this. It’s one thing to want to rip a W. bumper sticker off a car, but something else entirely to be this creative.

Or this busted apparently.

Air Force Colonel Accused of Defacing Cars - Yahoo! News

Number of huge dowels that I need to use for something: 6
Number of heartbreaking truths I learned today: 2
Number I’m going to tell you: 0
Number of words per minute that I can type: 90
Percentage accuracy: 90
Nmber fu wprds or mntue i cnn tipe wth ny gintetals: 3
acvvuraky 10
Number of funny jokes that made me bust out laughing: 2
Times I’d have to clean my keyboard if I actually did what I suggested: 5

I figure that I should explain this before I end up calling you a name with an ending and you end up getting upset.

Anyway, there are two basic endings that can be added to a name “-poo” and “-bangers”. Usage is a tad bit tricky, so pay attention to the nuances.

To first order, the “-poo” ending is diminutive. So my cat Ida is Ida-poo because she’s small.

To first order, “-bangers” indicates size. Using the cat example, Helix is Heli-bangers. (note that the ending works best if the name is modified to end in a vowel.)

To second order , the endings can apply to skills and are a relative judgement of how well someone does something. For example, if I were referring to dog ownership, both Chris and Holly would be -bangers… ie. Chrisi-bangers and Holly-bangers. On the other hand, if I were talking about squash prowess, they would both be -poos… Chrisi-poo and Hollly-poo. (Well, maybe by the end of the year, at the moment it’s still Chrisi-bangers.)

Finally, there are some names that should just never be given the wrong ending. For example, I feel very confidant that I know more about astronomy than Tim does. However, there is no way that “Timi-poo” would ever be the right ending to use. Although, for that matter, “Timi-bangers” isn’t likely to cross my lips either.