Operators are standing by.

You know what bugs me? "Everything, because you're a pessimistic cynic who has very little faith in humanity or the state of the world today?" Well, yeah. But you know what's bugging me right this minute? Those commercials on TV or the radio where somebody's trying to sell you something, and then they say "call within the next fifteen minutes and we'll throw in a Ronco Turnip Twaddler free of charge!" Dude. Do you have any idea how many TV and radio stations there are in this country? There's no way these fly-by-night outfits are keeping track of what commercial plays when where, let alone who lives within a reasonable viewing/listening area of said commercial. If I call and order, I'm getting the free Turnip Twaddler no matter when their damn commercial last aired here in Tulsa. I'm not stupid and I don't appreciate companies counting on my stupidity to make me feel like I did something special and got myself a super bargain by virtue of my quick decision-making skillz.

Ah, well. It's not like I was gonna order their crappy merchandise anyway.

12 pounds in 4 days

Wanna lose weight fast? Come to Tulsa and I'll breathe on you. Of course, I'm not sure that camping out in the bathroom is the best diet plan...

Jason Gore

OK. Any golf fan who's not rooting for this guy this afternoon has no freakin' idea what the whole point of the U.S. Open is in the first place. It's an open championship. Anyone can play in it. All it takes is some talent and some luck and the grittiness to work your way up through all the different levels of qualifying - and suddenly, Joe Schmoe from Podunk, Idaho can find himself standing on one of golf's largest stages. Take the kind of guy that Jason Gore is, toss in a roller coaster ride of a backstory, and how can you go wrong rooting for the underdog? You can't. Tin Cup indeed. ^_^

Pac-Man...

...turns 25 sometime this month.

Ouch.

Well, at least some of the politicians have a clue

Via the AP Wire:

U.S. Mayors Agree to Adhere to Kyoto Pact
Jun 13, 10:32 PM (ET) By DAN CATERINICCHIA
CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. Conference of Mayors unanimously passed a resolution Monday requiring their cities to try to meet or surpass emissions standards set by the Kyoto Protocol, the international global-warming treaty ratified earlier this year without the United States.
(...)
President Bush opposes the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and the U.S. administration questions the certainty of scientists' views that "greenhouse gases" such as carbon dioxide are causing temperatures to rise. U.S. officials also argue the Kyoto requirements would increase energy prices and cost millions of U.S. jobs.

Kudos to this country's mayors for being smarter than its president - although saying that any given person is smarter than Shrub is a dubious compliment at best, ya know? The only problem with news like this is that it gets me thinking about our "leader" and then I get mad all over again wondering just how in the hell this retarded cowboy got elected to a second term in the first place. These two Excite polls from the last week don't really help my peace of mind either. Grr.

ION, I steamed some sliced carrots earlier tonight and then finished them in a saute pan over medium-high heat with some maple syrup and fresh sage. Yum.

Resist or Serve

So I finally got around to picking up the X-Files game for the PS2, and I gotta say, it feels a lot like coming home. All the original actors lent their voices to the effort, including fun people like Krycek and The Lone Gunmen and CSM - and there's black oil and alien bounty hunters and plams and and and whee! The way it's set up, it's like there's three new eps that I'm just now getting to see. Lovin' it.

Also lovin' the Cubs-Red Sox series (and while I hate them both with a passion, I have to admit that Cardinals-Yankees is pretty fun too). I'm still not the biggest fan of intraleague play, because I think it does take a little something away from the World Series. But matchups like these allow me to overlook that for a little while and just enjoy watching some great franchises play some classic games.

It's trying to storm, but I bet it won't. We've been getting screwed on rainfall this spring - I think we're something like seven inches behind for the year, and nine inches behind since March 1, but don't quote me on that. So yeah. Tulsa's gonna freakin' burn down this summer if something doesn't happen soon, because once we get to mid-July or so our chances of getting serious rainfall drop to about zero. Global warming's such a drag.

Cashews are tasty and good.

Say what?

So I'm watching the Memorial (we're gonna miss you, Jack), and David Feherty just asked Freddie Couples, "Is there anything going on in your trousers that we need to know about?" Dude.

(For you non-golf fans, Feherty was referring to the fact that Freddie's been trying out a new back brace. Apparently, it's a little bulkier than the ones he's used before, and with the brace on underneath, his pants are so tight that he can hardly bend over. But still.)

The Brawny Commercial

Such a seriously weird ad. It's here. And while it's not quite as "funniest thing on earth" when you're sober and viewing it for the second time, it's still great.

Episode III and other things

I'm not really going to say much about Revenge of the Sith, because 1) I'm sure that a bajillion blogs have already been dedicated to it, and 2) I don't really have that much to say about it. I liked it. I liked finally knowing the whole story behind Darth Vader, and overall I was pretty happy with that story. There were a lot of little touches here and there that I appreciated. There were also some things that I thought missed the mark. It's definitely my favorite of the new trilogy - but probably only third overall, behind A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.

But but but... well, I don't know if the commercials that run before the movie are the same everywhere, but if they are, I'd say that RotS is worth seeing for the Brawny commercial alone. OMG. I think the last time that I laughed that hard was the "naked painter and a chest of pantyhose" afternoon. And I know, you have no idea what the hell that means, but there are very few people alive who do and it takes way too long to explain and it's not nearly as funny if you weren't there anyway. Suffice it to say that it was some seriously funny shit.

Anyway! Brawny commercial. Wow. If I could find it on the internet, I'd provide a linkie, but I haven't been able to yet. So I can't. Sorry.

June is National Fight the Filthy Fly Month. I'm not making this up. I'm also not quite sure just what it means, but there you have it. Google it if you don't believe me, know-it-alls. :op And speaking of flies, this seems like a seriously weird way to spend an afternoon.

That's all I've got. I'm sleepy and I need food, and it's time to take care of one of those issues.