I haven't felt much like posting in the blog lately. The war still rages on. I haven't seen any new news today. I almost feel like the news media made it seem too easy. I read an article today asking what it would have been like if CNN had been at the Battle of the Bulge. It was very bloody and lots of people died. By those standards, this has been a pretty good war. But it just seems tragic. I was kind of hoping that everyone would just lay down like the unimportant henchmen in Austin Powers 3.

"Do you know how many anonymous henchmen I've killed over the years? I mean, look at you. You don't even have a name tag. You don't stand a chance. Just lie down on the floor."

And they do. I wish the Iraqis would just do that.

Well, it's been an interesting day. With only one day left in which to take my final (Monday), I did not read the final chapter today. That's how dumb I am.

But some Iraqi soldiers pretended to surrender and then captured some marines. Executed some, probably raped and tortured others. And some guy threw granades into the tents of some of his U.S. comrades, assumedly in protest of the war. No one thought to send this guy in for some psycho-analysis when he changed his name from Mark Kools to Amed Akbar or something like that.

And I used to think that Michael Moore was funny and a good guy. But his stupid rant at tonight's Oscars makes me now think otherwise. But a a-hole. And a pantload.

Wow... I was posting regularly again for awhile and then lost steam. How sad. Good thing that no one is reading this. And if you are, you're probably here by mistake and have far better things to do.

Anyone know Melinda Barlass, a 7th. grade teacher in or near Orlando, Florida? To complicate matters, she's got a new last name now. I'm too cheap to pay the $30 to become a member at Classmates.com but I went to school with her and wanted to see how she was doing. Maybe she'll search on Google for her old name and find this. Though I doubt it.

We're at war, except they keep saying 'we aint seen nothing yet'. At this rate, we never will. We'll all be done and packed up and gone home. Which is fine with me.

Well, we're only hours away from war.

Funny article... people are buying "descramblers" for $10 to $200. They don't actually descramble, they just delay billing. Well, read the article for yourself for more details...
http://www.msnbc.com/news/884359.asp

The Suckage That is SprintPCS^TM

• Sprint PCS sucks in New York (click here)
• Sprint PCS sucks in Detroit (click here)

More Commrecials I Hate^TM

• Ok, Verizon is one of my favorite companies, but one of their recent commercials just annoys the hell out of me. I already mentioned the one where the guy presses everh button, not to mention his "can you hear me now?" shtick is getting old. But this is the stalker ad. Guy's girlfriend gets mad. So he calls her. And calls her. And faxes her. And instant messages her. And emails her. The poor woman can't get away from this guy. At the same time, a song I really like plays (Mike + The Mechanic's "All I Need is a Miracle"). At one point, he's supposedly calling her home, but her cell phone rings, which is just sloppy. At the end of the ad, the woman is at the guy's door. My only hope is that she's serving him with a restraining order which orders him to cease all attempts to communicate with her using any method of communication offered by Verizion.

The Suckage that is SprintPCS^TM

• Sprint PCS sucks in Los Angeles (click here)
• Sprint PCS sucks in Denver (click here)
• Sprint PCS sucks in Pittsburgh (click here)

More Commercials I Hate^TM

• Volvo has a new ad for its SuckUV where it says something about having room for seven people -- and shows an overhead shot of all the seating in the SUV -- and the 'seven people's stuff' -- and then shows an overhead show of a lot of the seats folded down and the SUV filled with crap. So let me get this straight... you can take 7 people, or 7 people's stuff in the SUV, but not both? The anti-roll technology does sound pretty advanced, but here's a thought... lower the center of gravity.

In My Humble Opinion, As If You Cared^TM

• Oliver Beene was ok. Nice to see Miles Silverberg on TV again, but I don't need to add another show to the schedule.
• What ever happened to The Andy Richter Show? Damned hillarious.

Three more words: All systems go.