Monday, February 27, 2012

Why I'd Rather Tweet About The Oscars Than Watch The Oscars

@ThisGuyIDon'tReallyEvenKnow: "Who doesn't love Meryl Streep?"
@BeccaGo: "The angry Viola Davis fans."
@Guy: "Racists."
@BeccaGo: "I didn't know you were Republican now."
@Guy: "I'm not. I just hate freedom."

C'mon, tell me that's not funnier than a single thing Billy Crystal said.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Zero Tolerance

Today I went to an open house at Park 51, otherwise known as "The ZOMG Muslin Terrist Amercan Taliban Ground Zero Mosque." Here's a brief summary of my experience:

• They did not make me wear a head scarf. Out of the approx. 25–30 people there, only one woman was wearing a head scarf. (I thought it was two but the other one was a little old lady in an appliqued turban.) Only one man was wearing a kufi. (I had to look up that word, so you can, too.)

• Next to the brochures about their spring classes and the mailing list sign-up sheet, there were flyers for The Anne Frank Museum, located across the street.

• Of the approx. 25–30 people there, about 75% were white. Of that 75%, another 75% looked to be middle-aged or older.

• The demonstrations for the two exercise classes offered at the center were capoeira (Afro-Brazilian) and karate (Okinawan).

• I had a conversation with the woman wearing the head scarf about cookies, our nieces, and Dora the Explorer (Spanish).

• Some of the radical words taught in the Beginner Arabic For Kids class are "turtle" and "baseball."

• Didn't see a single prayer mat.

• And here's the view of the offensive, disrespectful facade that you can't even see from Ground Zero (I walked past the memorial; I checked):


I just checked, and I haven't been converted to Islam or trained to be a terrorist. I don't think I've been brainwashed to hate America.

That was a pre-existing condition.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Mother Load [sic]

Found all of these in a single chapter:

"Sensitive Leak Tests"

"Multiple Openings and Extruded Headers"

"Expanded Joints and Special Joints"

"Fabrication and Erection" ["9 inches, baby! I swear!"]

"Hardness Testing Acceptance Criteria"

"Bolting and Tapped Holes" [I always thought the guy bolted AFTER tapping the hole...]

"Hot Taps"