Open mouth and insert foot

Awhile back, I was sitting at lunch with some friends and talking about the Sony rootkit issue. One of the artists that had CDs that installed the rootkit was Celine Dion. I really can't stand Celine Dion, so I made a comment to the effect of, "well, it serves them right for listening to Celine Dion". One of my friends, C., was like, "hey, I like Celine Dion." So, open mouth, and insert foot...

Anyway, it became a joke between us, and recently while I was down in Vegas I stopped in the Celine Dion shop at Caesar's. I bought C. a bookmark for Celine Dion's new show. And when I flipped the bookmark over, I was absolutely ROTFLMAO at the wording on the back. You'd think that I was buying a diamond ring or something, not a bookmark.

It says things like, "[The bookmark] is also meant to become part of your everyday busy life as a marker in an agenda or book." Hmmmmm...is that what a bookmark is for? By golly, I'm so thankful that she cleared that little mystery up for me. It goes on to say things like "Bookmarks are there to take you where you left off. Call it a day, a page, a phrase, a thought. What is behind is passe, what is ahead is unknown. Pretty much as in real life..."

Barf. I've never seen so much importance put on something so insignificant. There's more, but I'll spare you the pain.

Hey son of kotah

Thanks for being one of my best friends :) I like the name of our new animal...

Gotta love The Onion

I mean, really - didn't it seem like things were going pretty well when someone was getting head in the oval office? It's just an observation...

On a funny side note, this is my 69th post :)

WTF?

Is a cell phone really this important? I suppose by the point this woman swallowed the phone whole, the argument had surpassed rational thought, but still. I can't even imagine...

Who did I tick off in China?

Apparently someone over there is very unhappy with me, as evidenced by the insanely-attached price stickers that I tried to remove from some bathroom light globes last night. Of course, I can't locate my WD-40 anywhere (which I'm sure will turn up in some random box of stuff at some point), but rubbing alcohol seemed to help a bit. After spending wwwwaaayyy too long on a project that should have taken a couple of minutes, I finally got the stickers off and put the light globes up. At least in the end, they look quite nice :)

A note to the sticker-putter-on-er: I'm very sorry...please ease up on the adhesive.

On a side note, sometimes I'm amazed that I'm actually a writer when I come up with things like "sticker-putter-on-er". Thank God I have an editor at work...not that he'd change that himself, but he'd certainly come back with a whopper of a comment about it. And of course, at work I'd actually think of a term that made sense, but this is a blog for goodness sake.

What's missing?

I'm thrilled that after passing in the House, the Senate rejected the bill that would have opened up oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Thank goodness.

That said, what exactly are the republicans missing about the oil issue? They keep pointing to this as something vital to national security. Here's an idea - why don't we try reducing the amount of dependency we have on oil altogether - both foreign and domestic? Oh wait - we're already doing that in some ways, such as moving toward more hybrid vehicles and working on alternative sources of fuel. And here's the very obvious beauty in that approach: we don't have to depend on foreign countries to keep us running and we don't have to disturb a pristine area.

I know, I know - the national security slant is just something to get people to rally behind the bill. But still - are people really buying that? I guess they must be, which is so disappointing.

Another thing that bugs me about this bill (among other bills) is the way a bazillion unrelated things get mashed together to be passed all at once. For example, this bill included money for hurricane victims, help for low-income families, and money for troops in Iraq. What exactly do those things have to do with drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? Nothing, except supposedly money garnered from the drilling would go to support those additional items. Somehow, I think we can figure out how to address those other issues without oil.

Anyway, you can bet that when elections roll around again, democrats who voted against the bill will be burned at the stake because they voted against helping hurricane victims or something stupid like that. It's so frustrating. I wish that there was more political middle ground to grab a hold of right now.

And another one...

A friend sent this one to me...

http://www.jokaroo.com/funnyvideos/christmas_light_show3.html

Where do they come from? Mind boggling...

Weird request

I recently got a really weird email from someone who saw my profile on an online dating site. Here's the gist of the conversation...

Him: Hello. I saw your pictures and profile, and like what I see. Can I ask you a question?
Me (curious): Sure, no harm in that...
Him: It involves me cleaning while you watch. Can I elaborate?
Me: No thanks.

I was tempted to email back with a "yes" just to figure out what the hell would come after that, but decided that it was just too creepy. I have no idea what that guy would have said next, but maybe that's a good thing. Weird.

Vegas, baby!

I got back from Vegas on Monday night, and I had a wonderful time. While there, I saw the Cirque du Soleil show, "O", at the Bellagio and it was fantastic. I simply can't imagine how much work that must be to put on a show like that.

In addition, we did a lot of shopping, checking out the various casinos, drinking, and gambling. I didn't make any money, but didn't lose a lot either. I found out on the last day of the vacation that I should have just been playing blackjack because I was fairly good at that. Oh well - next time!

I think that my favorite part of the trip was the Paris. It's so adorable and the shops are really cute. It was tres me :)