Bored

The Internet has produced little to no decent nuggets today. I'm staying away from the blog for a little while to help resist the temptation to write about the amazing apathy I now have for my job.

I think I have finally become sick of the absurd stupidity of some of the people I have to work with.

Shaping youth

RIP John Hughes. He was a fantastic writer,director and producer. If you were born before 1980 then John Hughes is partially responsible for shaping your childhood. Just look at some of the movies he was involved in making and imagine if you had never seen them when you were younger.

1. Uncle Buck (1989)
2. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
4. Weird Science (1985)
5. The Breakfast Club (1985)
6. Sixteen Candles (1984)

He wrote the entire National Lampoon's Vacation serious for fuck's sake! How damn sad.

Yawn

Took a couple of emergency days off....not really in any mood to blog today either.

Great article title

You have to see this one to believe it...I won't ruin the surprise.

Cool....for nerds

I found this to be uber cool, keep in my mind that I am an huge nerd. This site tracks the IT spending of the US Government...and it has a cool interface.

Say Cheese!

Not sure how I've missed this blog because it's been around a while....apparently. Enjoy the pain and discomfort of AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com

Here's another site that finds hidden gems on Craigslist...fucking hilarious. ItemNotAsDescribed.

The unrelenting silence

Maybe it is the ultimate compliment to our Constitution and the ideals that the United States were founded on that there is more concern about corporate censorship rather than censorship by The State. Our numerous news outlets are extremely adept at pointing the glaring light of truth at foreign governments but at some point they all have a self interest to serve.

In the last few decades the self supported or public supported media outlets (AP, Reuters,BBC) have lost a great deal of their influence as the news has morphed into something more akin to entertainment. These corporate sponsored news networks are subject to the whims of their businessmen masters as evidenced by the link above. The twenty-four hour news cycle means that they have so much air time to fill that most of their content is pure opinion with little or no factual content...punctuated by blatant product placement.

Corporate censorship may actually be more insidious than censorship by the Government in this country. There are a lot of laws that actually protect the corporation's right to censure their employees...isn't freedom grand.

Kids suck.

Here is a great blog dedicated to all those awesome parents out there, Why the Fuck Do You Have A kid.

I weep for the future.