Random Nonsense

I said 2 or 3 times a week and I meant it. I was just waiting for people to prove they were listening. I don't have anything big to say right now, so let's just toss out some randomness.

I guess some new television ads in Brazil are encouraging people to save water... by urinating in the shower. That would save a flush. Maybe we should just hop in the shower every time we have to go! That would be sanitary! BTW, for those who were at my house Saturday night for the argument on bathroom exhaust fans, everywhere I've read online mentions that one of their uses is for "odors". Take that, Tiff!

Some dude from Belleville got a DUI while riding his lawnmower up to the gas station to get himself some more beer. He already had his license revoked for a DUI. Guess he assumed that riding a lawnmower while intoxicated wasn't dangerous either. What a tool. When the police tried to stop him he just motored on into his front yard, spilling his 12-pack of Milwaukee's Best all over the place. You knew it was gonna be the lamest, most white trash beer ever, didn't you?

The sixth edition of UCLA Slang is out. Gee, I've been waiting for this all year. One of the new slang words is "obama". It means "cool". If someone tells me that "I'm so obama", I'm gonna go ballistic. Ridiculous. It ought to mean "guy who pulls the wool over everyone's eyes." Bromance made it into this edition -- I know you were all pulling for it. And Chase will be enlightened to know that eargasm is in here. And yes, I think it means what you think it means.

Britain's biggest carp died -- is this crap really newsworthy? This kind of stuff really bugged one of my idols, the late George Carlin. One of his real peeves was announcing Mickey Mouse's birthday on the news as if it were some sort of actual event. If you've never heard George and some of his stuff, I suggest you search for it. His two books are also great reads -- Braindroppings and Napalm and Silly Putty. There's some overlap if you'd listened to a lot of his stage material, but it's hysterical nonetheless. It's something you can pick up just for a minute or two and then come back to it later. It's a lot of random wit and cynicism.

Brant and I played some Tichu online lastnight; we got smoked. Hopefully we get to play again soon, I need redemption for my poor performance. I called Tichu at least twice and never got it. If anyone wants to play against us, just let us know. Getting around the mostly German BrettSpielWelt is a bit of a bear, but it can be done.

That's all for this time. Tomorrow marks my 4th anniversary of becoming a postal worker. Will anyone on my route give me a gift???