All you can eat, plus a whole chicken

[vovat]

Here are a few things I'd been meaning to write about for the past few days, but just hadn't gotten around to working into an actual entry.

1. I recently got a spam e-mail allegedly from PayPal, with the subject line, "Your account has been randomly limited." Um...yeah, okay. There are some scams that are carefully constructed and I can totally see why some people fall for them. But do they actually expect people to believe that PayPal is randomly running through their list of accounts and limiting access for some of them without an actual reason?

2. In a dream a few days ago, I went with my dad to pick up the two Johns from They Might Be Giants from the airport (or somewhere along those lines; I don't remember any planes or anything). I don't think there was much more to that dream, which is kind of a shame.

3. Someone on the radio said that a company was planning on coming out with carbonated yogurt. Can caffeinated bacon and baconated grapefruit be far behind?

4. On Thursday, bethje and I got the Endless Shrimp at Red Lobster, and had some slow service. I think they purposely take their time getting the refills on the shrimp, so you won't be able to eat quite as much; but this particular waitress was slow even GETTING the orders. The food was good, though, and I think I ended up getting a good amount. I think shrimp and pizza are the two things I can eat the most of without getting tired of them, although that doesn't mean I don't sometimes regret eating so much afterwards.

5. I caught a brief bit of a news story about how Bush wants to veto a bill that would increase the funding for health care for low-income children, because it would be a step towards socialized medicine, or something like that. While this is not unusual behavior from this particular president, it just drives home how it couldn't be any more obvious whose interests he represents if he walked around wearing a T-shirt saying, "I (heart) Big Business!" I think it's kind of silly when people, often with politics similar to mine, act like there's some kind of conspiracy going in with the Bush administration, when most of the things that people complain about are pretty much as clear as day. What we have in our present government, as far as I can see, isn't a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, but Vast Right-Wing Obviousness.

Comments

[pixielust.livejournal.com]

LOL @ #5. I mean, duh. Conspiracy is a word used when people are trying to keep something hushed up. As far as I'm concerned...right wingers are the most blatant people on the planet.

That gave me a giggle (and not at you). Just one more OBVIOUS proof that the government doesn't give a flaming rat fart about the people, just about their agendas.

[revme.livejournal.com]

I have had lots of dreams about TMBG. A lot of them involve hanging out. That's kinda cool, actually. I'd like to hang out with the Johns.

I want baconated grapefruit! And Nuts & Gum! (Together at last!)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I know I've had a few dreams where I tried to talk to one or both of the Johns, and they gave me the brush-off. Maybe it's because the only time I DID meet them was at a signing, and they apparently weren't in the mood to really interact with anybody (especially those of us who weren't kids, since the signing was for Here Come the ABC's). Or maybe it's just because my dreams are almost always frustrating.

I want baconated grapefruit! And Nuts & Gum! (Together at last!)

I'm sure some of these products aren't too far away. I seem to remember reading that some fast food place had a product suspiciously like the Good Morning Burger.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Carbonated yogurt sounds... bizarre. But even more bizarre is that I still think it sounds better than carbonated high fructose corn syrup with caramel coloring, or whatever normally gets carbonated.

I think it's kind of silly when people, often with politics similar to mine, act like there's some kind of conspiracy going in with the Bush administration, when most of the things that people complain about are pretty much as clear as day.

That's actually why I voted for Bush this time-- because I hated both candidates equally, but with Bush it is so clear exactly where he stands-- better to face the demon you know, huh? And you know, "The X-Files" takes place almost entirely within the Clinton Administration, so which side's really got the best conspiracies? ;)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

better to face the demon you know, huh?

While I understand the philosophy, I think that's a case where the demon I knew had already screwed up so much (the war in Iraq, attempts to ban gay marriage, cutting funding for everything that doesn't line the pockets of already-rich businessmen, etc.) that I was willing to give just about anyone else a chance. And while there were certainly things I disliked about Kerry (a Democrat who goes out of his way to claim he isn't a liberal isn't going to get much love from me), I never thought he was particularly untrustworthy, and definitely not as generally callous as Bush. I can understand why Kerry wasn't that popular (true, he was popular enough to give Bush only a very slight majority, but I get the impression that a lot of those people were voting for Not-Bush more than Kerry himself), but not why a fair number of people seemed to think he was just as bad as Bush.

And you know, "The X-Files" takes place almost entirely within the Clinton Administration, so which side's really got the best conspiracies?

Well, George Washington DID have that whole Mason thing going on.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

I'd actually planned to vote for Not-Bush earlier that year, but as the campaign wore on the more I didn't like Kerry either, and figured it would be safer to stick with Bush and just protest the issues where necessary.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

And if Bob Casey Jr had run against him I'd have definitely voted Democrat. Actually even if Gore had run again. I voted for him the first time. He has the same birthday as me. Which is a lousy reason to vote for somebody but I like to point it out repeatedly anyway.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Well, Mickey Mouse has the same birthday I do, and I know some people have voted for him. {g}

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I couldn't very well have done that, since I'm not sure there are ANY issues where I agree with Bush. I actually did agree with a lot of what Kerry said, but I think he tried too hard to be as moderate as humanly possible. I have no idea whether or not the general public would have preferred a Democratic candidate who was, like, actually left-wing, but I would have.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

i'd actually prefer a moderate. My problem with Kerry was the "trying too hard" part. He was too much of a politician, trying to be politically correct in the original sense, so you never got a sense of where he ACTUALLY stood on life, he just said what he thought the voters wanted to hear. Whereas Bush may say blatantly wrong things, but at least he believes in and stands behind those things.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Well, I think different people have different ideas on what's moderate. I think one of Kerry's problems might have been that trying to please everybody sometimes leaves you pleasing hardly anybody, as he wasn't anywhere near as left-wing as a lot of Democrats, yet he was still too left-wing for the Republicans.

Whereas Bush may say blatantly wrong things, but at least he believes in and stands behind those things.

Which isn't to say that all of his positions and beliefs are consistent.