Category: wtf?

Suddenly I’m up on top of the world

Post author By matte
Post date July 4, 2007

Overheard during the Nathan’s Famous International July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest.

“You Google ‘Hero’ tomorrow, ‘American hero,’ you’re gonna get Abe Lincoln, possibly Neil Armstrong, Taylor Hicks, and then this man, of course, Joey Chestnut*.

Yeah, those are MY American heroes. Oh, and William Katt

and then a little later this lovely “chestnut” as well (heh)…

“This would be the greatest moment in the history of American sports if Chestnut could bring the belt home to Coney Island, it’s been gone for nine years.”

and I think I’ll sleep a little better tonight knowing our country is a little better off …

“Unbelievable valor from that man Joey Chestnut. He may indeed have changed the course of this nation. Righted the course of our nation. Chestnut is a true American hero”

I still think William Katt could kick his ass. If he could ever figure out how to fly in a straight line.

Oh, and Happy Fourth of July!

* Joey Chestnut is a Civil Engineering major from San Jose State University. So let’s hear it for the local boy. Woo hoo!!

PS – Thanx WIFE for stealing my thunder.Â 🙂

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With apologies to Douglas Adams…

Post author By matte
Post date April 25, 2007
1 Comment on With apologies to Douglas Adams…

I read this brief article about what appears to be a BIG problem of some missing bees in America. Tens of BILLIONS. Or, it should be said… Billion and Billions (sorry to Carl Sagan too). heh.

But the only thing that was going through my head while reading it?

“So Long and Thanks for All the …” honey.

funny me me me technology wtf?

HEY!!! That’s not nice.

While filling out an online form today, I was presented with what we in the web biz call a CAPTCHA image. It’s one of those graphics that has text you need to confirm. The text is either distorted, covered with lines, shapes, or colors, or even both. It is presented in such a way as to obscure the text enough so that a computer can’t automatically guess what it says. They’ve become quite popular and for good reason. They work. But what happens when they start fighting back, or at least letting you know how they feel about you.

I kid you not, this is what it asked me to confirm…

pets wtf?

Update to dog cruelty story

Post author By matte
Post date March 23, 2007
1 Comment on Update to dog cruelty story

CNN is reporting that the man believed to have committed the heinous act of severing a dogs head and giving it back to the young girl who owned it, IN A BOX WRAPPED AS A PRESENT, has been arrested!!!! JOY!!!!

I wrote about this despicable act a little over a week ago, when it was first reported. I haven’t changed my position…

Death Penalty!!!! fucker.

However, there is something that bothers me about this recent event. It’s how he’s being charged. He’s “being held on suspicion of terrorist threats. Police said he may be charged with animal cruelty.”[1] Terrorist threats? Okay, I suppose I can see this. The word “Terrorist” has grown in ominous-ness… ominousity… [shrug] to include much larger targets (see: Bush, War, Osama, etc.) but it still relates to the little guy too. An act commited to terrorize. This, clearly, is such an act.

The part that flummoxes me is that he MAY be charged with animal cruelty. What is the rationale that says that this ISN’T animal cruelty. MAY? MAY??? If this guy isn’t charged with animal cruelty, I weep for our justice system.

Is there a silver lining to this whole story? Yes. This story has touched so many hearts around the world that the reward for information leading to an arrest has grown to over $20,000!! The LARGEST reward amount ever collected by the Humane Society, for any case in their history. One person even offered the girl and her grandmother a vacation! Just to get away for a while.

So, hug your pets today. Tell them you love them. And help out the ones you don’t know. Donate to the Humane Society. The dog/cat/ferret/wombat/pelican 🙂 you help just might be the one that comes home with someone you know tomorrow.

[1] CNN.com

music wtf?

finetune… kinda fine, not tuned.

Post author By matte
Post date March 19, 2007

While perusing the Internets today I came upon a website called “finetune“. It’s another “Social Music” website in the growing online-music-space, dedicated to listening to your favorite artist’s music and discover new music that you can buy like the good little consumer that you are. There are many others but I won’t discuss them here. The list is just TOO long. You can see a “small” list in this comment at another website.

On finetune I did some searches for my favorite artists.Â However, due to the broad range of my musical interests, the website doesn’t have my top picks. Peter Mulvey, Willy Porter, Eddie From Ohio… nada, zilch, bupkus.

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Prepare yourself if you’re a dog person

Post author By matte
Post date March 15, 2007
1 Comment on Prepare yourself if you’re a dog person

Update 3/23: The person believe to have commited this act has been arrested. Read my updated post here.

I don’t like posting about sad, disgusting stories like this but I just wanted to vent my anger and disgust at such a heinous act of cruelty. If you’re a lover of dogs, you should prepare yourself.

Girl finds missing dog’s head in box on doorstep

Funny, I was just telling Cathy last night that you shouldn’t want someone who does something you dislike to die. We watched the Dixie Chicks documentary “Shut Up and Sing” last night (SOOOOO good, you really should see it, even if you don’t like their music) and they’d received a death threat because of Natalie’s statement about being disappointed that the President is from Texas. Hey, I’m sad he’s from America but what are ya gonna do. We joked at one point about wanting someone dead, and I can’t remember who or the exact circumstances behind our desire but it was totally innocent and sarcastic…

THIS????

Whoever you are that did this. DIE!!!!!

If you feel you need to cleanse yourself after reading this story. Watch this video about 10000 times!!! Yeah, repeat but it always brings a smile to my face.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Hjpa5TXes]

PS – Yes, it’s “you’re”, not “your”. Thanx Cath.

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WTF? A TV?

Post author By matte
Post date February 22, 2007

So I’m buying gas today and I hear someone talking nearby. There wasn’t a car next to me so it couldn’t have been someone on their phone. What was it? Shell has installed small LCD tvs in their stands now. WTF?

I thought the grocery store checkout lanes was bad enough. It’s starting to get ridiculous now. What’s next? Above the stripper poles? At the crosswalks? Jeez.

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