A Time for Change

Maybe I drank the Kool-Aid, maybe not, but the Republican party I grew up to know is on the brink of a change of its own. If the Republican party is truly the party based on the ideals that Reagan spoke about in "The Speech", we'll see soon enough. They'll start working with Democrats to get the nation out of the economic mess we're in, continue to work towards ending our time in Iraq like Bush finally managed with the withdrawl treaty and propose bills of their own while being open to compromise in these scary times. Will this happen? Almost definitely not. Maybe Obama will succede. Maybe he'll fail. Whatever happens, it's undeniable that he has the ability to bring together people of all kinds towards a common goal - his vision. Websites out there are tracking his promises. He won't be able to make every promise come true and his detractors will jump on that every chance they get, but in 4 years we'll be in a better place. Let's just hope that everyone hopes he'll succeed instead of being subversive as the current pattern suggests.

Epic Reviews

I'd say that some people have too much time on their hands, but I'm the one with the problem. The other day on Fark.com a thread came up about a strange Amazon.com customer product review. It sucked, but fellow farkers came through in the blog and posted links to some that they've found. I took the liberty of copying some of them below, and if anyone has more please feel free to share.

Remember, click on the link then go to the customer review section to see them. Don't just stop at the first one either!

Tuscan Milk
http://www.amazon.com/Tuscan-Whole-Milk-Gallon-128/dp/B00032G1S0

Uranium Ore
http://www.amazon.com/Uranium-Ore/dp/B000796XXM/ref=tag_tdp_sv_edpp_i

The Story About Ping
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0448421658/ref=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

And more from two of the masters -
http://buycurious.blogspot.com/2005/10/yet-yet.html

http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1SLANQAIQWU21?_encoding=UTF8

Enjoy!

Flame Broiled Export

In 3 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes, 32 seconds and counting, Burger King will unveil what is no doubt the most ambitious taste test/ad campaign/attention whoring in the history of advertising. "Whopper Virgins" is about taking a McDonald's Big Mac with it's two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame seed bun to various areas around the world and putting it up against the Whopper, no doubt overseen by the King himself.

Not only have these people never seen or heard of such things as fast food, they'll no doubt be terrified into choosing the burger that the King endorses. With the taste of ash in their mouth, they'll chew the burger with forced smiles, nodding approvingly at the King, spitting on the Big Mac and bowing at his feet, hoping that their attitude of supplication is enough proof that they love the Kings offering to their unworthy tastebuds.

For thouse of you interested, and I highly recommend it to get the full gravity of what it is Burger King is doing, go to http://www.whoppervirgins.com/.
Again, they're only going to the most remote areas of the Earth, taking dog sleds, helicopters and possibly donkeys to get to these people, assuming the cheeseburger-fed donkeys don't keel over on the way there. These are people who are barely surviving as it is and we'll be feeding them two hamburgers that are probably equivalent to the number of calories they eat in a week.

I'm not complaining though, I just think it's a bad idea. Not that BK will ever open up stores that remote, but do we really have to find people that haven't been corrupted by corporate greed, horrible nutrition, etc and shove it in their faces? What's next, Sony taking the Playstation 4 to Zimbabwe with a gas powered generator so that some tribe can play Cabela's Big Game Hunter?



I can has cheezburger?

Are you a fan of...

David Sedaris? If you are, here's one of my favorite short stories published in the New Yorker.

"Turbulence" - http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/06/13/050613sh_shouts

Welcome to In Flagrante Delicto

First things first. Yes, the title is a bit pretentious, but it sounds interesting and while it might not have been my first choice... or second... or third, it might just be the perfect one to describe what's going to happen here. In English or, if you're reading this south of the Mason-Dixon line, "American", it means "In the very act of committing an offence." If you're faint of heart, leave. This will be a no-holds-barred kind of blog that will have everything posted that mildly interests me, my odd and wonderful collection of friends and loved ones and the millions upon millions of random readers who stumble into my blog when a link took them accidentally away from Fark only to discover the pure treasure trove of links, literature and randomness.

Welcome here, keep coming back to check out what's new, what I've found or was told about, etc. Suggestions are always welcome, criticism is frowned upon unless you want to be mocked relentlessly.