Yeah, surprise all you Uber Yuppies.
So who does the cooking? Mostly guys like Ernesto. Hardworking faceless guys from places like Guatemala, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Mexico. You were expecting a bunch of Italians singing opera flinging pasta? Wrong. You hear mariachi music and guys cursing in Spanish.
Yep. And the author even gets the big picture in there:
Perception can be more important than taste in my business.
Nice, quick read.
Canadian MP Carolyn “I hate Americans” Parrish has been dismissed from the Liberal party by PM Paul Martin (who is also leader of that party). Why? Good question.
On “This Hour has 22 Minutes”, MP Parrish stomped on a President Bush doll. Oh, it should be mentioned that this filmed as Bush was announcing he was coming to Ottawa. (It’s unclear if a TV broadcast was in the background as Parrish did the jig, or if the show spliced it together later).
This isn’t really that bad. The problem is, Parrish can’t seem to keep her mouth shut in front of cameras or reports when someone mentions the good ole’ USA. It’s like Cartman and Styx; she just has to bad mouth Americans. Good thing to do to a big trading partner. Smart for the economy and all that.
So, c’est la vie. Avoir, see yah around, toodles MP Parrish. I’m sure you’ll be fun to watch as an Independant.
Link (Previous post about MP Parrish)
Sweet! A Lorem Ipsum mug (and other things Cafe Press) available from lipsum.com. Geeky? Check. Marginal quality? Check. Esoteric? Check. It’s a triple threat!
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I’ve heard of about 5 of these bands (Bruce Springsteen?!?!?), but I’m game to try new stuff. I have a hard time taking what some of the MP3 bloggers are serving up usually, but once in a while I find something I really, really like. One of them clued me into iRate radio as well, which is great for getting great, free, legal music.
Anyway, the MP3 bloggers have a big circle-jerk and came up with this list. Sounds like a good place to start, if you can stand the constant references to other bands you’ve never heard of.
Link [via Kottke’s remainders]
John Cleese, of Monty Python fame, has begun to put clips on his website, some for free. He’s also a wine connessoire, but without all that nose-pointing-in-the-air drudgery that most snobs give you. I don’t know if that content will be free (I wasn’t able to find any).
He also has a members section (of course), and the site is definately not modem-friendly. But, it’s John Cleese, if you like that sort of thing. Membership is a little steep at ~$50/yr, but I’ll look at all the free stuff I can find. Be warned, the navigation sucks (Flash-based hunt-and-click).
[via The Times Online]
Whew! That was close! I interviewed at this place (didn’t get an offer) about a year ago. As my significant other said, “everything happens for a reason, eh?”.
CyberNET Group building raided in Grand Rapids
(Update, Grand Rapids, November 17, 2004, 5:27 p.m.) Federal officers from about every agency you can name entered The CyberNET Group building on South Division Avenue, south of Fulton Street, in Grand Rapids Wednesday morning.
[via WOODTV – News]
Substitute the phrase “you miniscule twit” for every comma in your email and let the hilarity begin. Is it bad if I do this already?
Check out the rest of the substitutions and let the co-worker bashing continue!
Link [via Boing Boing]
This past weekend, I “finished” playing the single-player of Halo 2, arguably one the most anticipated games of the season. I’m glad I cashed in $20 worth of gift certificates, though, since the “ending” of the game was the storyline equivalent of dry humping in the back seat.
Ok, aside from the good game play (which I still prefer on PC), the game was solid. I noticed a couple bugs (like your AI teammates forgetting to come along with you), but overall a decent game worthy of loading up a few maps to play again.
What hooked me, though, was the storyline. Right from the start, the game gets you with a great story (which knowing the 1st game will enhance greatly). And then, just when they build it to a huge crescendo, it’s over. OVER! No conclusion, no resolution, total cliffhanger. Let the credits roll (cursing at the TV, like I was) and there’s another cliffhanger afterwards.
Damn it! Who the hell is writing the script for this thing at Bungie? Did they take a hint from Microsoft and forget to implement the most important part of the software, the one everyone wanted?
So, they got me. Shame on me for thinking they would, you know, finish the game. For those of us who won’t be using Xbox Live, we’re screwed out of the best part of the game, the one they obviously devoted more time to; multiplayer.
Oh, and I’m guessing that to find out what the end of the storyline is, I’ll have to not only buy the next game, but the next Xbox system as well. What? You thought they would find another game to push sales of Xbox Next? HA!
I can’t tell if this is weird or just poor presentation, but the FCC has a website encouraging consumers to get digital television. We already have an HDTV and love it, but does the government need to encourage this? In a few more years, you’ll need to have one to get cable or broadcast television. Seems to me that’s more than enough motivation for most Americans.
If you link to the site, beware the annoyingly stupid sounds effects and crap-ass navigation.