Scared? If You Aren't You Should Be....

I enjoy being scared. I'm not talking about monster scared or Freddie Krueger or Jason scared. I'm talking about things that could actual happen scared. I heard about a movie the other day, I think I was watching VH1's scariest movie moments or something like that and they hit the nail right on the head. Japan and the Far East are coming out with movies that are really scary. I mean freaky in an other-worldy sense. I saw a Korea movie called "Tale of two Sisters" directed by Ji-woon Kim. The movie was subtitled and extremely hard to follow. I still don't really know what it was about. But aside from that I was freaked out. On VH1 or whatever I was watching they mentioned another flick called "Audition" and it was directed by Takashi Miike. The movie came out in '99 but the reviews that I've read on the 'net have this movie way up on the Scary Movie List. I haven't seen it but I'm in the process of hunting it down. If any of you have seen it let me know what you thought of it and I'm certainly going to post my thoughts as soon as I can find it and watch it. Feel free to post your favorite scary movies.

Halloween Equals, Trick or Treating Equals, Little Bastards Banging on My Front Door

I've never been a big Halloween fan. I think that last time I trick or treated was when I was 5 and I haven't missed it. I also don't miss little kids banging on my door with their chubby, sweaty little hands wanting candy. While their parents stand down on the sidewalk, smile and wave like their so happy to be traipsing around my neighborhood with their little bastard children. I'm like the scrooge of halloween. I enjoy dressing up. I've even gone to a couple of parties this year with work and the like and have had a pretty good time. The cool thing about those parties was the absence of children. I'm not sure why halloween is such a big deal. I'm not sure what I'm going to do this halloween. Probably a scary movie night. But that is a totally different post. I hope I can find some really scary movies because my halloween plan B is shooting at little kids from my window with my new pellet rifle, complete with 4x scope. If any of their parents object I'll say that I'll say that I'm reenacting the May 4, 1970...Kent State shooting. Have fun and Be Safe.

Words Are Playthings...For Some...A Flesh Eating Plague for Others

I'm a lover of the English language. I love every aspect of our fair language. So, it's not as sexy as Italian, or French, or as guttural as German. I love it. That is why I'm a journalist. I also enjoy public speaking. Notice I didn't say that I "love" public speaking. It isn't at the top of my 'favorite-things-list' but it's pretty close.
In my line of work I cover stories where supposedly important people speak to the public or just large groups of people within their sections or whatnot and I'm constantly amazed at the words or the cliches they try to use. Beautiful example; a guy that was talking to a group of people repeated that he takes a certain aspect of their job very seriously and when monthly and annual inspections come around he's really going to be a stickler. As a segway into his next topic and to refer to the fact that he had been repeating himself and wasting our time he said "I'm going to start sounding like a tape recorder." I kid you not. A tape recorder? Are you kidding? The sad thing is he wasn't. Another thing that rattles my cage is when people use the wrong word or a more 'intelligent' sounding word to sound well, more intelligent. The biggest, most misused word in all of the universe is UTILIZE. For crying out loud just say USE. You need to UTILIZE the suggestion box to make your company a better place to work. How about saying "You need to use the suggestion box to make your company a better place to work." What is so hard about that? Aquire is another good one. 'Bob AQUIRED an award.' Or 'Bob GOT and award.'
Seriously, If you want to use good words then learn some. The dictionary is just like any other book. You can just read it for no other reason than to learn some new words. Or a thesaurus, another classic read. In fact if you were to go into a thesaurus and look up a word that you use all the time, I guarantee you'll find better, more descriptive words that don't make you sound like a dolt. So until next time aquire a dictionary or thesaurus and matriculate some fresh words to utilize and astound your colleagues....BADOW!

Happy Friday...So Long As You Don't Have to Work Late...

It's a great day. A project that we had to do at work that required us to get up at an inane hour was cancelled and I recieved word as I was leaving to meet up with everyone.
Now this situation would have taken an immediate turn for the worst had I arrived at the rendezvous point to find out that it was cancelled. Instead I was still within a comfortable 'turn-around' distance from my house to be elated by the news of the cancellation and even happier that I was still close to home.
So, despite the best efforts of my superiors to 'doodle-me-in-the-exit-only', I once again emerge victorious. Granted the reason the poject got cancelled was for rain, it doesn't matter. Cancelled is Cancelled is well, Cancelled. BADOW! So until later...Happy Friday.

Good Day...

Hello fans. I was working early this morning so I didn't get to get on here and share my thoughts with all of you. I'm kind of depleted after the week I've been having. Because of being constantly surrounded by ineptitude and incompetence, my brain is eating itself. But good news on the homefront; there was the threat of me needing to move out of my current living arrangements with my good buddy who will remain nameless to preserve not only his coolness but his privacy. I'm certainly looking forward to leaving work today and going home to take a nap. Which will serve as a perfect segway into a story. It's a story about how my "Thought of the Day" was a hot shower and a nap after work...not Happening...
I love women just as much as the next guy but they can be really dumb. Seriously.
This person I know (sorry an actual term evaded me..) found herself with a flat tire the other day. She called me and I sent her to a reputable tire repair place and she went there and got her tires fixed. The next day she calls me and says that I owe her. I responded with a "You've got to be out of your fr*ck*n' mind...Explain." She said that her tires were flat and that it was my fault because I recommended the place to her. So I decided to forgo my nap and help her out. If she were a dude then she wouldn't have needed me to go with her. She was afraid that they were going to charge her to fix the tire. I told her they wouldn't but she insisted that shey would. Long story short I saved the day. I think that she wants something from me that I don't want to give her. More on that later.

Your thoughts...Oh Wait...You don't think...

What's going on with America these days? As a staunch Bush supporter and a government employee, I'm down with what's going on for the most part in Iraq and abroad. I think that the media is raping the public. Why is there such a big deal being made about us losing 2,000 military members over there? Is there a draft that I missed? Are we forcing our young men and women into military service at gun point, with the threat of killing their families, or freezing their assets? No. The last time I checked we were still functioning with a voluntary military. Did I miss something? America is the best, most powerful nation on the planet. Yet, our people feel the need to not be supportive of our policies. I can't think of a nobler way to die than on a foreign field in defense of our nation.
I'll be the first to say that I'm not a fan of the gas and oil prices, but if you think about this as a transitionary period it wouldn't be so bad. We should bite the bullet and wait for it to pass. Why is it that we care about the opinions of people who've never worn a uniform? They've never felt the comraderie of being in a unit or squadron. The sense of accomplishment of graduating from some type of boot camp or basic training. They've never been on the other side yet their efforts to sow dissent are succeeding.
How demoralizing to be a troop in Iraq right now. Just think if you were some 18-25 year old white kid from somewhere in the MidWest and you joined the Marine Corps right after High School and after boot camp get sent to a unit and ship out to Iraq. The last thing you see on the news before leaving the States, is some group of snotty rich kids at some college you couldn't even park your car at, rallying against the cause you're willing to die for so your family can maintain their way of life. Your folks, by the way, are 5th generation corn farmers. You're willing to die so your folks can continue growing corn that those rich kids are probably eating, not to mention the ideals and traditions that you are upholding of the nation and then the storied battle history of the Corps. That is a lot of pressure to put on a kid with no college who's never been outside his county, oh wait, by the way you're going to be mortared every night, shot at, and people who hate you with every fiber in their smelly little bodies will do anything to kill you.

Here's a thought; Has it ever occured to the American people that if the Marines, Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen, and Coasties weren't doing what they're doing, they would have to do it? Also, the quality of life that Americans enjoy is only the way it is because of our military and will continue because of our military strength and our quickness to employ it.

Good Morning...It's Much Less Early Today...

I'm here at work. It's 7:20 am and I'm already wishing today away. I've found it's always good to go into work with a single thought or be able to conjure one up as you're sitting at your desk not working. That one thought should be well thought out and have the strength to propel you through the day. Usually mine is taking a nap at lunch or after work or deciding at 7:20 in the morning what I'm going to have for dinner. Then whenever my job seems to be taking a nose-dive into the butt-crack of the day that thought provides me with the boyancy to rise and stay above the monotony and drudgery. So with that being my first offering of the day...who feels like pizza tonight?

A Random Un-copywritten Joke

So a guy walks into a bar...sits down and orders a beer...He's looking at the bartender and says"I'm not gay or anything but you are a pretty good-looking buff dude, but you've got a tiny head." The bartender responds "Why thank-you there's a story behind that. do you wanna hear it?" The guy says "Sure." The Bartender says "I was walking in the swamp one day and came across a frog. The frog said that if I kiss it, it'll turn into a genie that'll grant me three wishes. I looked around and no one was there so I gave it a shot. The frog turned into a beautiful naked woman." The Woman said "Thank you for freeing me from being a frog you have 3 wishes." The Bartender thinks and says "I'm a pretty little guy, I'd like to have the body of a champion body builder" BADOW! The Woman grants his wish. "For my second wish I'd like to have amazing sex with you." BADOW! The Woman says "You've got one more wish." The Bartender says "How about a little head."

International Travel...Woman Style...

So a friend of mine is planning a trip to Europe in the coming months. It's a trip she's been wanting to take since, forever. I will call my friend, for the sake of her dignity and to save her the embarrassment; Jane. Jane picks me up for lunch today like we've done in the past and says before we go eat I need to buy a piece of luggage for my European excursion. Fine, let's go. we get to the store and look at various pieces of wheeled, hard-back, soft-back, handled, strapped, folding, etc...luggage. I've already offered her my rolling, hard-back Samsonite suitcase that has served me well during many international jaunts. She says cool and that she'll use my trusty case, but mentions that because of the shopping that she's planning on doing that she'll need a nearly empty bag to bring all of her purchases back with her. I've done quite a bit of international travelling and when venturing forth on these treks I live by the mantra: "Lighter= Faster= more enjoyable trip." Jane on the other hand wants to bring her entire wardrobe and expects it to double in size while she's over there. Not only that, she's ok with wrestling two full-size suitcases through the host of international airports and the countless customs counters that she'll have to go through. I do most of my travelling with one suitcase and a backpack and anything that I purchase if it's big enough that I need another suitcase I send it back to the states by mail and if I beat the stuff back I just wait for it. I could not for the life of me get her to understand this concept. She insists on hand carrying eveerything.
Here's the icing on the cake. Undoubtedly you've all heard of backpacking through Europe. How about Wheeling your Backpack through Europe. She wanted to buy a backpack on wheels. I'm not even going to say anything else about that because the idiocy is evident. Once again...I'm out...Piece

Warren's Thought of the Day

When Retards Attack: They come at you in a whirling dervish of fists and elbows. You scream No,No,No and all they hear is who wants cake? They all do, They all want cake. -Strangers with Candy*



*DISCLAIMER* This Segment of BLOCKTHAT! might be called "Warren's thought of the day" though it may imply a new thought everyday, I'm not blessed with the ability to think up or steal someong else's thought and post it here everyday...so if I miss a day; it's me not you...

Early...Way Too Fl*pp*n' Early

It's 5 o'clock in the morning and I'm sitting at work. "Why?" Would be a logical question, a question that I'd like answered as well. The only reason I can think of that I'd be at work at this insanely early hour is that someone didn't have the foresight or the know-how to do something right the first time or anytime for that matter and my shop is now picking up the pieces. No one will ever know how we jumped through our hind-ends to unfuddle someone's mess but in the end we'll be exhausted and sleep deprived and their event will have gone off without a hitch. Another deed washed into the abyss of unnoticed or unrepayed deeds. Fun Stuff.

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Religion Becoming Mainstream?

I was reading USA today yesterday and came across this story about Starbucks putting qoutes on their cups and one of them being a God focused qoute copied here:
"You are not an accident. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He wanted you alive and created you for a purpose. Focusing on yourself will never reveal your real purpose. You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense. Only in God do we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance and our destiny."- The Rev. Rick Warren for Starbucks
Being a big coffee drinker and Christian I'll say that I'm a fan.

Here's the link to the story for your reading pleasure.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2005-10-19-starbucks-quote_x.htm

Feel free to post your thoughts on the article.