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Friday, December 07, 2007

Glad to have you here

Well, this world sure does know how to keep my blog alive.
Or at least Sindhu knows for sure.

So here you are, randomness straight from the lab.
  1. I used to appreciate eating chicken wings. Now I don't.
  2. I haven't charged my cellphone for two days. I'm going for the record.
  3. This blog is no longer a 'few hundred words', it's 'a few hundred birthday wishes'. Psych.
  4. My yellow shirt tells you what cool looks like when I wear it.
  5. I thoroughly dislike not working fast enough, yet it took me an hour to type my thoughts out on this.
  6. If you don't already know, I like coffee better than tea. If you still don't believe it, I might have to spell it out for you.
  7. I've been thinking hard to write the six things you just read. This one was an easy chip.
There ya have it, folks.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Whatever this means...

Thought recollection didn't give abhas1 a hard time. He was hooked on to it like people on nicotine. What proved to be an adversary, though, was his contribution to some of those thoughts, which seemed to do what gasoline did to a hostile flame.
Menial jokes were acceptable to a certain degree, but laughing it all away and using speech as a spanner in the works didn't quite help. In fact, uncontrolled information coupled with confusion went its way to spew protectiveness, completely uncalled for, and the perception of such events as something ranging in the positive range could only be contemplated by those with somewhat of a myopic vision.

Abhas1 kicked the door open and draped himself in black.
After a little talk with the man in the mirror, he realized this was better off not being thought about.
A slight apology would do good, though.

You didn't get a word I said, did you?
Yeah, I was bored, too.

Friday, November 09, 2007

Well, it's that day of the year again; the time when you light up the night sky with fireworks and blow stuff up like it was in Iraq.

Blah blah blah, Happy Diwali and whatever.

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

On a personal note

Remember the seventh of November.
The day when truth saw no light,
yet was crazy enough to please, it might
continue still to linger on longer
like a bumper sticker's adhesive - stronger;
the day when possible it was
to possibly lie
and make people feel
like they thought otherwise;
the day she apologized
for something she did,
perhaps it left her demoralized;
the day she took her words back
maybe now
she wanted us back;
Remember, the seventh of November
the day I remembered V
and made poets gathered tremble;
the day I saw her eyes
like a man from December.

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Soe what?

At times, it just gets tiring.
The going gets tough, and you don't know if you're tough enough to keep going, to make it out.
At times, it just gets tiring to see yourself in the mirror, to see yourself draped in that blue cloth in hope of hitting the microphone again. It gets unassumingly unimaginable; to succumb to fear and know it, and pretend to escape it. At times, time seems to tick slower than it was a second ago, at times, unwillingly fast.
At times, you just lose it.
You see them on TV, the people who you think shouldn't really be; the news that isn't really still; the counter-reality runs. He's a superstar, and so is she, and so is that guy, and so is he, and that girl in red, and that guy with a plaid shirt.
At times, it's just plain annoying; to see what you wrote, read and re-read to see it still makes as much sense as it did before you read it.
An unusual shot of compulsive impulsiveness kicks in to synonymous behavior as sentences start to depend only on perception, and the reason you started out is only another vague memory.

And just as I felt it couldn't get worse, a kid woke up all the way on the other side. Silent transmission - State of Emergency.

Thursday, October 04, 2007

About time

I am just as unfamiliar with the concept of the Gregorian calendar as I am with the speed of time. However, I do know that today is Miss Soha Ali Khan's birthday, and the mere fact that I know someone's birthdate means that I must wish them.
So, happy birthday Miss Soha Ali Khan!

Apart from that, I am also aware that Markiv tagged me 22 days ago, telling me to write about ten things I miss from the 90s. Way back from the 90s.
Now, being unfamiliar with the concept of the Gregorian calendar, and being born in the decade that people feel is the new 70s, I may or may not be able to decipher my thoughts out clearly.

Anywho, here's the laydown.

Life without dedicated news channels
I don't even know where to start attacking this piece of poetry. You show shots from weird parties, people I don't know, and probably never will, and call it news. Then everyone wonders where my GK went. You show death like there's no tomorrow, and call it clean. Then critics attack movies and sitcoms for showing so much blood and gore. You show porn, semi-censored, but your commentary outdoes the visuals. Then people wonder why other people are so damn obscene. You call Rakhi Sawant every week, at a scheduled time. Then I wonder why so many people are informed these days. You feature clips from stand up comedy shows right after the original show is over on some other channel. Then I wonder why people pay for all these channels at all. It's all in the news, anyway.
Back in the 90s though, they didn't have much of this, because they didn't have so many news channels at all. They had their normal channels and a couple of hours of daily news.
I miss that.

Life without competitive coaching institutions
At this time of the new millennium, when coaching centers and tutors are spawning faster than the clones of Agent Smith (I know, it's so 2003), competition isn't the only thing rising. Not only have they armed us with knives to step into this cut-throat world, they've taught us how to cut throats, too.
There's no point in talking about how school is ultimately responsible for giving birth to tuitions, and I've said it a million times already.
However, way back in the 90s, you didn't have so many of these. Tuitions were meant for the boondock saints who were about to fail three years in a row, and were kept concealed.

Well, I was a kid way back in the 90s. I pretty much still am, but way back in the 90s, thought and action didn't much step in the same sentence. And way back in the 90s, when I was a kid, less thought to actions didn't do much harm either. You fight with a friend, you're back at playing with him in the next hour. You sleep and miss your favorite TV show, you get to see a re-run whenever it's on. You do whatever, you're back at whatever.

Well, I was a kid way back in the 90s. I pretty much still am, but way back in the 90s, I was careful. So was everyone else at that age. I remember doing all my homework and submitting it a couple of days before I really needed to. I recall sitting at the table to eat dinner every night. No later than 9 in the post meridiem. I also vaguely remember following this fitness regimen called go-outside-and-play-something-in-the-evening.
Boy, where has all the discipline gone?

No post-exam trauma
Since I was a kid in the 90s, examinations were only feared by senior citizens of the, students. With no exams, not only were the vacations usefully consumed in doing nothing, there was no sudden guilt, pain, fear or illness following me after I went through a minor pop quiz.

8-bit/16-bit/DOS based games

I don't remember a day I left without guiding Dave to the next level. Sure, Halo is far superior, and I know GTA isn't just better, it's better, baby, but old skool still owns.

So without much understanding of the Gregorian calendar, I've gone ahead and reminisced about six things from the past, way back from the 90s, that I'd like to see in the future. And because of some thing or the other, I'm assuming Markiv will cut me some slack for not only taking so long to write but also for not writing it out to the finish line.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

This belated thing is getting to me

So what if the effects of alcohol are wearing off? So what if I don't like her as much as I used to? So what if she doesn't show up on TV as much as she did? So what if I couldn't care much less? So what if the thought continues to bother me? So what if this could possibly mean I'm growing up and leaving stuff behind? So what if these questions bounce on and off for eternity? So what if I haven't made much progress in getting over this system of self-contradiction? The mere fact that I know a person's birthdate means that I must wish them.

Hence, I should be courteous enough to wish them, with apologies for
taking so long.
So happy belated birthday Miss Rakshanda Khan.
And happy belated birthday to you to, Google.

And your post is up next, Markiv.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

On second thought

Happy birthday, dear!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

In the nation of the

There once was a teacher. A teacher like no other, but exactly like everyone else. A teacher not extremely old, but not very young either. A teacher who was wise, yet stupid.

She would go out every now and then, fill her mug with coffee, take a sip, and go back to analyzing mediocre question papers.
At times, she would have tea.

But amidst this seemingly action-packed and fast-paced world of hers, the truth had written monotony all over her life.

Tired of the way things were going, she woke up one morning and decided to do something far more adventurous - she decided to push her students into prostitution.

No, wait. Scratch that.

There once was a wannabe, a news channel and some old dude with vengeance on his mind.

As Mr. Vengeance Man began to discuss his plot, the other two predicted flawless popularity.
So the wannabe reporter magically transformed herself into a student of the teacher we spoke of not very long ago, and went on to share her blindfold with the world.
With a sham that could've lasted longer, she told everyone that the very teacher we spoke of not very long ago, was pushing kids into prostitution. Not only that, she also told us that she was one of those kids who had been pushed into prostitution by the same teacher we spoke of not very long ago.

Here's where the news monkey noticed that she couldn't do all of this by herself, so he closed his eyes with part of her bindfold, too.
Well aware of the fact that all of this was a lie, he put it on TV anyway.
Hey! This is India, and he can do anything he wants in the name of news!

Blah, blah blah.
Have you seen the new iPod Touch? And the new iPod nano? Man, it has
some evil dimensions...

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Festivus, paint and television

I wish I had a sister like that.
Or maybe, just hugging Miss Soha Ali Khan every now and then would do.

Or maybe, I should just do stuff cool enough for someone to hang stuff on a wall.

I think I'll stick with the hugs.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Back as kids, when I was kiddish-er and my age supported my behavior, I had some weird friends. The kind of kids who would be brainwashed by a movie and go out to do something completely kooky and bizarre; keepers of a stranger phenomenon who would say words they might never know the meaning of. They were the kind of guys who'd go wacky at times and take off the plugs of a tire. Deflation was fun, to them, at least.
Yeah, they were weird, alright.
What is intriguing, though, is that now, the same kids are responsible children who might end up making their parents proud one day.

And now, as I drive my writing to speaking about opinions that law might not approve of, I feel Sanjay Dutt was one such kid. Maybe deflating tires wasn't his thing, but I'm sure when he came about "possessing illegal weaponry", he wasn't completely aware of what he was doing, and I highly doubt he had any intentions of shifting to the dark side; it was just something kooky and bizarre, the keeper of a stranger phenomenon.

Sure, he was a bit wacky at that point of time, but he's not what he was. Not now.

The High Court is somewhat dull (read retarded). It takes them 14 years to make a decision. They might have been working day in and day out at the back end, but to me, they just suddenly popped up with what happened back in 1993.
And that's what makes it more painful.
Sanjay might have been a bit wacky at that point of time, but he's not what he was. Not now, 14 years later. Not now, when a deeper sense of maturity has caught hold of him.
And it wouldn't have hurt so much if he was to be put behind bars then, immediately after they felt something went wrong.

But they took their time.
And time didn't heal wounds.

Law seems to work with no sympathy either. It seems to work mercilessly. Even though it might be slow to deliver, it delivers justice. It seeks out mistakes from the past and makes sure no one gets away.
It seeks out people like a homing missile, and this time, it got Munnabhai.

He's unbreakable, I tell ya.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

It gets better everytime

There's nothing like a good 'ol game of tag to wake you up with the falling sun.
Like every other time I test my keyboard for drool resistance, a sudden shriek of "YOU'RE TAGGED" brings me back to life, alive to buy another keyboard to test for saliva immunity.

Anywho, here's the whatever.

1.(a) Pick out a scar you have..
Points finger to right side of forehead.

(b) ..and explain how you got it
Happened when I was a year old. At the joyous event of someone's party, I took the pain of picking up a rocking horse and climbing up a set of l-o-n-g, spiral stairs when I came tumbling down to a highly predictable fall.
Talk about turning the tables on joyous...heh...Hey! MY Horsie!

2. What does your phone look like?
Like a rectangle. With loads of other rectangles sitting inside it.
Looks to me like a normal phone. It's half black. And half steel-ish!
If that doesn't seem to be enough, do search google for "Nokia N70".

What does your phone look like?

3. What is on the walls of your bedroom?

Blue paint. And a clock. And a picture of me and my Dad. And me at Universal Studios.

4. What is your current desktop picture?
Earth. And I make my own wallpapers, thank you.
Join the abhas1 fanbase! Set his wallpapers as your desktop pictures!

But it used to be Billie Joe from Bullet in a Bible. Yeah, I digress.

5. Do you believe in gay marriage?
Do you?

6. What do you want more than anything right now?
Long-lasting celebrity status with minimal laziness and procrastin-abilities. And a statue of mine somewhere in the center of Delhi.

Have I ever told you that a boy has the right to dream?

7. What time were you born?

Sometime in the evening of the tenth day of the second month of the first year after MCMXC.

8. Are your parents still together?

Yes. What makes me wonder, though, is why you ask.

9. Last person who made you cry?

Can't recall, but I'm positive it was me.

10. What is your favorite perfume/cologne?

The Ferrari perfume. Whichever one.
Yeah, I'm a show-off. Bring it on, world!

11. What kind of hair/eye color do you like in the opposite sex?

I would have answered this question if you had the word 'smile' mentioned somewhere.

12. What are you listening to?

Green Day
American Idiot

13. Do you get scared of the dark?

Naah. I'm used to it.

14. Do you like pain killers?

I'll tell you right after I take one.

15. Are you too shy to ask someone out?

Big time.
I would stare at someone all my life and never ask them out. At all.
So if you're reading this and you like me (woah! you do both?!), do choose to break the ice or it might never happen at all. At all!

16. If you could eat anything right now, what would it be?

Information? Naah, let's stick to chicken.

17. Who was the last person you made mad?

Teenage angst looks with disgust at everyone around.

18. Is anyone in love with you?

I don't know Mr. Question, I don't know.

And the next lucky contestants are:

and whoever just read this.

Loadsa thanks Markiv, couldn't have come out of my state of blog-o-pause without ya!

Monday, July 02, 2007

I should be finishing my homework right now

Waking up to the first day of school after the vacations is like waking up to a clear blue sky after last night's hangover party. You snap back to reality faster than you read this line.
The only difference is that last night's hangover party was more like a month long. And the clear blue sky was somewhat cloudy.

All of a sudden, Green Day stops strumming, and The Eminem Show reaches its 'outro'. All of a sudden, you're back at where you left off, but they're ahead from where they started. All of a sudden, you're in the yellow bus again, seated next to the window seat draped in that blue uniform.
Little did you know, you're not alone.
All of a sudden, the bell rings and people who seem to speak to all of the class at once line up outside your classroom door.
Before you know it, the next class has begun.
All of a sudden, 'I can handle it' becomes the less thought about thought.

And who puts surveillance cameras in school?

Monday, June 25, 2007

Surgery smurgery

The guys back at Unofficial Standards, Inc. were kind enough to send me a do-it-all license. I'm guessing they took good note of my age and the ongoing events in this country, and let me do whatever.

So now, I can take over the wheel on the highway, even though I might have trouble going higher than the second gear. In fact, I think now I can drink vodka straight out of the bottle and dance it out in the rave scene. I think now I can even smoke, chew and eat tobacco. In fact, I think I can do all of that and drive at the very same time. In fact, I think I've been allowed to do all that since the day I first opened my eyes. It's just that I would be upsetting almost all the
real authorities, and might even end up in juvenille court.

But, who cares?
Driving around in the barrio with a genuine cuban cigar in my mouth definitely beats being 15, performing surgery and taping it all up, right Dhileepan?

Monday, June 11, 2007

Of all the days

*tap, tap*

Mic che..

Anyone here?

Is this thing on?
Hey! Cleaning staff, sound technicians! Who wants freeform?
Shut up man, this stuff is useless inside your head.
Oh, come on people! Is this any way to treat an old-
Quiet! Light's out now. You feel like sittin' here all night?

(Walking to the door)
I think it's time to blow this thing, get everybody in it together. Those were the conspicuous ones, yet so intricately laced. Envy was an inevitable one, couldn't have countered it either way. It was too subliminal, and when it arose, I was asleep at the switch. Where was my bebop then...
Man, are you still talking to yourself?
Shut up and close the door. I'm leaving aren't I?

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Days like these

When you have memories of a place where you could hear music when there was nothing playing, when you realize that the only social circle you had existed there, when you start believing that those 5.5 hours were the only real fun in your life, when you start thinking that 'you can handle it' and use that place for everything other that what it was meant to be...

When you begin enjoying something that most other kids would rather stay away from, then, and only then, do you fill yourself with the bravery to walk up to the calendar and count the number of days remaining till the summer vacation gets over and you hit school doors again.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Drops of it

How tall is tall, anyway?

Mercury has gone where no skyscraper has gone before. Electricity is being used at a rate faster than the man who flew faster than the speeding bullet. Power outages occur at a rate more frequent that that, and the bill shows up with digits that couldn't have been printed.

At this time of the year, the time when heat has become capable of melting heat, a glass of water provides the satisfaction that washes away all other desires.
You no longer wish to eat food, you just want a glass of water, topped with ice. Audiophiles are willing to forget their headphones to the relief that a glass of moisture throws at them. Kids forget who's what and the where he is, just to dip their heads in the swimming pool. Perverts kick their letching habit, even, all for a perennial source of hydrogen dioxide, preferably close to freezing point.

Now back at the FHW, we understand your problems, and just to tell you how much we love you, we're going to hand out a recipe that even Sprite can't beat.
  1. Take a glass of water and squash half a lemon on top of it. Gravity will do the rest.
  2. Take spoon and stir.
  3. Add sugar to taste.
  4. Take spoon and stir. Again.
  5. Stare at glass for a couple of seconds.
  6. Drink.
I did it right, and it came out tasting pretty good. If a science student can do it, you can definitely do better.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

13 is unlucky for some

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Vf vg bire sbe Fnavn?
Jurer vf zl yvsr tbvat, naljnl. V qba'g fghql ng nyy. Qb V rira jnag gb nalzber?
Jung vf gur VVG ernyyl?
Fb jung vs V yvxr n pbhcyr bs tveyf?!
Jung? JUNG?

Using a little known technique that Sat is well versed with, the amoeba spits out a minute percentage of his understandable feelings.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

The year sans successors

The first day of the last year started off without much of a celebration, and I didn't even realize any sort of difference between this and its predecessor, apart from the set of stairs I have to climb now. And with that said, the seventh day, without much need to mention, is kind of boring. Especially chemistry.

I found my mind in a brown paper bag, within.
I walk down the hallway in this newfound floor after I change the tense. For some reason, purple smoke and odor fill the north-west corner, the place that perfectly opposes the laboratory. I chuck grammar and meaning out the window, and then, the alarm screams "Wake up!" in my face.
The air conditioner tries its very best, yet I still wake up to face the Fahrenheit touching the Hawaiian temperature.

This is the XII, people, the ex-aye-eye.

Friday, March 30, 2007

Moments, II

In one fell swoop, all that is taken away. How it happened is something you'll probably never find out, but you don't care anyway.
You revisit the sea of sorrow you were previously drowning in, and you now wear lenses that make you color-blind.

'No miracles happen' is the first thought you come across when you begin losing faith in everything you had it in. Veins pop out and you push yourself under a pillow, calling it your best escape.
What you fail to realize is the distance you can run away.

Life is complicated, and I may not have described it well enough, but some moments will tell you what I couldn't.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

You walk into your home, tired and worked up. Anything can spark off a nuclear meltdown within you. You no longer feel home is a sweet home, and you'd rather walk out right this instant.
But choices leave you with no other option. You stay, and you sulk in within yourself, regretting every moment of your existence. Right now, you can't even think straight, because anger has begun driving you, and you are no longer in control of the wheel.

You don't know why you're angry, and as the clock moves forth, the reason becomes like a landscape being shot in macro.
As the cause begins to blur, actions seem to sharpen. You feel it's all just a waste, and you give up.
You kick the can out the window.

Then, a surprising turn of events turn the whole table that you began playing at. It's like your spades just turned into a trinity of hearts. Anger begins rushing out of you like a whirlpool, and colors fill your view. Home is suddenly the sweetest place to be, and couldn't have been better.
Up till now, it's just been a load of similes and metaphors. But when a smile pushes away all that angst, you know miracles do happen.

Life is beautiful, and I may not have described it well enough, but some moments will tell you what I couldn't.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

They're coming

Whenever I sit down to write something positive about the government, the police and the like, I feel crippled, and to a certain extent, I move as fast in writing as a snail in the Olympics.
Maybe it's the afterimage of the products of the RGV Factory (among others that portray the law from the dark side) that has influenced me and left me unable to speak out about the fact that all of them aren't evil and/or corrupt.
The truth is that they're all not bad. Some of them do worship their uniforms, and agree to put service before self. The only problem is that some of them are corrupt, and if movies were to be trusted, they've grown in number in the recent past.
Nevertheless, ex dolo malo non oritur actio.

Those who don't resolve to bribes to make an extra penny, are the true heroes. They're the ones you can trust and call for help, because you'll know for sure that they're coming. They're the Saints, and the Saints...well, they're coming.

New Scanned Document 002

This is the front page of Times Of India, perhaps the Student Edition.

Monday, February 19, 2007

Luck Today?

I'd love to see this turn out truthfully.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Normally, you wouldn't see me talking about Valentine's day. I'd call it one of the useless celebrations out there, but that's just what you'd hear me say on normal occasions.
This occasion isn't one so.

For those who can make it possible, I suggest you go out with two girlfriends instead of one. And those who can go out with two, I'd recommend three. For those who can't, make sure you have at least one special person to spend time with.
And once you're out, make sure you hold hands and walk all over the park, sit on all the benches and do whatever it takes to pull in Shiv Sena's attention. Prove their foundation of beliefs wrong, because they don't realize it themselves.

Before I move any further, how's about we sit down and introspect about where all this is going?
Notice that Shiv Sena fails to work on emotions, and it has a reason for every one of its actions. Although, either they lose all confidence in front of the news cam. or have no clear reasons for what they're doing at all.
One of them reports that V-Day should be stopped from being "celebrated" because it's harming the Indian culture. If that's true, then he must also dislike boys from meeting girls in the first place, and to that, his first target must be the co-ed schooling system. So, why not just make boy and girl schools separate?
The other suggests that V-day is a display of vulgar activities. Really? What's so special about V-day at that? Is there anything that's keeping me from doing that on a regular Wednesday? Or is it allowed every other day except Valentine's time? If not, then why not take a brigade marching around everyday and stop male-female eye contact?
And the finest one of them all, "The boy likes the girl, and the girl gets married to someone else, but the boy remains lovestruck, so their parents suffer."

Perhaps Shiv Sena is just a conspiracy; a group of people who never had any luck in their love life, and they envy those who have someone to smile at. Perhaps they cannot bear all this, because they never had all this, in spite of wanting all this.

This Valentine's, say no to Shiv Sena.
Prove them wrong, guys. "Celebrate" Valentine's all week long.

Saturday, February 10, 2007

When XVI

One year ago, I felt I needed to do more. I felt the need to work harder just to feel better inside. Planning and thinking went over the top, but actions were minutely behind in the race.
One year ago, I turned 15.
Now, I'm at 16, and I'm still left feeling the same way.

Being the amoeba that I am, fission is my birthright; I've split myself into 3 parts. Now, take this not as a way of reproduction, but as different mes to different situations.
The first me wants to advance, evolve, work hard and move forth to hitting the spot as the revolutionizer. He knows what he wants, and he knows he'll get it. In fact, he's devised more ways than one to gain access to all this.
Teil zwei is the new kid on the block, and he'll stay that way for most of eternity, for his beliefs revolve around a statement many refer to as "but I don't wanna grow up!". He's fresh off the course guys, be kind.
And then, there was a third.
Best we mention less about this guy here, for we've already heard his voice for over a year. He just wants to wait a little longer before he could start doing his work. Procrastination be his weapon of choice, he can't wait to push life into later. And when later comes, he still doesn't want to do anything...

Put me on a raincheck for far more vivid details, time now for transparent confetti.

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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Thursday, December 7, 2006

GOOGLE: "(YOUR NAME HERE) looks like"

Here's what happens when you are so bored that you start looking up stupid stuff about yourself on Google.
Type "(yourname) looks like" into a Google search and see all the crazy things that come up. Be sure to use the quotation marks or the results won't be as precise.

Here's a few of the gems for my name that I found:

"Sandy looks like"

Sandy looks like she had a good time!
Sandy looks like sunshine in this soft yellow scarf with combining colors of green eyelash and another multiple-color scallop yarn.
I cannot believe how much Sandy looks like my Great Dane Moofasa,they could pass for twins.
Sandy looks like a cheap street whore.
Sandy looks like a nice dog indeed. :wink:
PS Sandy looks like a pallid little weasel.
Sandy looks like a big ol' garbage bag.
Sandy looks like a shitzu.
Now Sandy looks like the special angel she truly is!
Sandy looks like she's in complete ecstasy!!
Sandy looks like a fish out of water and Lee doesn't look that impressed either.
Sandy looks like the victim of a bad frat party!!
Sandy looks like an experienced beach goer!
Sandy looks like a Jackie-O Glamour Mama.

HMPHF! I don't even know any of these people! How dare they talk about me behind my back! teehee

Seriously though, there must be a lot of people who own dogs named Sandy. About half of these comments came from websites about dogs.

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Sandy said...

My name is also Sandy, and it strikes me how many dogs show our name. The only name more dog-like I can think of for a human is Rusty. Maybe Prince. That's about it.


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My Take on Bill C-32 (Part 10) - 'Digital Lock' edition

Alright, today's the big day.

I've finally worked my way through to the 'Digital Locks' part of the Bill and that's what I'll be focusing on.

There's a LOT here so, hey, feel free to come along and read with me.

WARNING: There's a LOT here. Just sayin'.

You can read the new, proposed Bill C-32 here and the original Copyright Act here.

Also one reminder: All links provided below are for comparison purposes and they load, where possible, the section that's available in the original Copyright Act.

Okay so, since this is a whole new section, the first thing you have to get out of the way is the new definitions for the terms you're going to be slinging.

And as far as sections 41.1 to 41.21 are concerned the word "circumvent" means (and I'm trimming things a bit here):

"to descramble a scrambled work or decrypt an encrypted work or to otherwise avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate or impair the technological protection measure, unless it is done with the authority of the copyright owner; and to avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate or impair the technological protection measure."

But... wait! What is a 'technological protection measure'? (More trimming ahead)

"any effective technology, device or component that, in the ordinary course of its operation, controls access to a work, to a perform- er’s performance fixed in a sound recording or to a sound recording and whose use is authorized by the copyright owner; or
restricts the doing — with respect to a work, to a performer’s performance fixed in a sound recording or to a sound recording — of any act referred to in section 3, 15 or 18 and any act for which remuneration is payable under section 19."

In essence, thy CDs and DVDs shall remain slowly degrading hunks of plastic (uh yeah, these disks aren't exactly 'archival quality') and thy iPods shall remain shackled to iTunes, untouched and unloved by Sharepod or other useful programs that help you maximize that tech you dropped several hundred dollars on only a year or two ago.

But I digress... please, do go on.

In the new Section 41.1(1) "Prohibition" we start off with some lovely language that says "No Person Shall"

And then they hop to it. Plain and simple: No Circumventing of 'technological protection measures' [TPMs]. Period. End of story. If it's there and you, somehow, find a way around it and use it you're a criminal.

You're also not allowed to offer "services to the public" that are primarily for the purpose of getting around TPMs (Sharepod would be in SO much trouble); offer services that have no commercial significance other than when they're being used to circumvent TPMs or market (or work with someone to market) a service that's for the purpose of circumventing a TPM.

Essentially: I can get in deep doggy doo doo simply for mentioning 'Sharepod' let alone linking to their site. Gawd, I'd probably even be in more trouble for linking to Wikileaks earlier (and now). At least under that little bit of language.

Anyways, it's also going to be illegal for you to manufacture, IMPORT, offer for sale or rent, or provide (in any way) any technology, device or component that is designed or produced primarily to circumvent a TPM; any technology, device or component that has little other 'commercial significance' other than when it's being used for the purposes of circumventing a TPM; or market (or work with another person to market) any technology, device or component that is used for those purposes.

In 41.1(2) "Circumvention of Technological Protection Measures" they say that the owner of the copyright in a work that has been infringed by someone who has circumvented a TPM is entitled to any and all 'remedies' that are or "may be conferred" by law -- be they injunction, damages, accounts, delivery up or otherwise.

Section 41.1(3) "No Statutory Damages" says that the owner of the copyright of a work cannot elect to receive 'Statutory Damages' from an individual who bypassed a TPM for their own private purposes.

So, while 41.1(2) seems to open the door for all sorts of wonderful lawsuits from record companies (you know, those who actually own the copyrights to most musicians music these days), 41.1(3) says that they can't come after you for 'statutory damages' as long as you're using it for personal use. Ie: if you rip it and share it, you're in trouble.

Pause here for a moment while the building around me stops shaking from the earthquake...

Okay, still alive... excellent.

Moving on.

Section 41.1(4) "Services, technology, device or component" pretty much says the exact same thing as 41.1(2) but changes the context to 'services' and/or 'people who market those services' -- aka, what's mentioned in 41.1(1)(b) and (c).

In section 41.11(1) "Law enforcement and national security" says that it's not infringement if a TPM is circumvented for the purposes of investigation for enforcement of an Act of Parliament or Legislature of Parliament or protection of National Security.
Subsections (2) and (3) are basically the same language but now dealing with 'services' and/or 'technology, devices or components'.

Basically, the general feeling I'm getting here is that digital locks are for Citizens.

41.12(1) "Interoperability of Computer Programs" says it's not infringement for you to break a TPM as long as you own the program, a copy of the program or have a license to use it and are using it to get information that will make the computer program 'interoperable'. Subsections (2) and (3) are pretty much the same language except (2) says it's okay if you're offering a service that makes the program and any other computer program interoperable.

(3) says it doesn't apply to a person who manufactures/imports/provides a technology, device or component as long as it's to make a program and any other program interoperable AND that tech/device, etc is only for that purpose; or provides that tech/device or component only for that purpose.

41.12(4) "Sharing Of Information" says you're allowed to communicate the information obtained to another person for the purpose of making the computer program and any other program interoperable.

ie. You can tell them how to do it without infringing.

41.12(5) "Limitation" says the information that's communicated under (4) can only be used for making the computer program and any other program interoperable.

41.12(6) "Non-application" says you get no protection under the Act if while making that computer program interoperable you do an act that constitutes an infringement of copyright.

Uh... wow, I can see how this whole thing builds into its own little labyrinth.

And, just to be clear on this 41.12(7) says you're not allowed to share information gathered (covered in subsection (4)) if the person, while making the programs interoperable, does an act that's an infringement of copyright OR an act that contravenes ANY Act or Parliament or ANY Act of legislation of a Province.

In short: You folks better bone up on your Provincial and Federal regulations/Acts, etc. You breach ANY of them and you're in serious shiat my friend.

Now we step into 'Encryption Research' territory with 41.13(1) -- and, not surprisingly, a lot of this language seems to be cut and pasted in with a few notable changes from the earlier 'Encryption Research' section.

Long and short of it: It's okay to break a TPM -- by means of decryption -- as long as you're doing it for encryption research, have 'lawfully obtained' the work, informed the owner of the copyright and you wouldn't be able to do it otherwise.

Also, again, (2) says you're not entitled to benefit from the protection in (1) if you do an act that's an infringement of copyright OR an act that contravenes ANY Act or Parliament or ANY Act of legislation of a Province.

And (3) says pretty much the same thing again but in regards to tech/devices and components.

(Copy & Paste, people!)

41.14(1) "Personal Information" says it's not illegal for you to break a TPM if the work is not accompanied by a notice that states that it's use will allow a 3rd party to collect your personal information -- or, if it does exist but you have no option to prevent it without the restricting your use of the program -- and you're only breaking the TPM to confirm and stop it if the program does collect or communicate personal information.

41.14(2) says you can offer a service or manufacture/import or provide tech/devices or components that circumvent the TPM for the above purpose as long as they don't 'unduly impair' the TPM.

41.15(1) "Security" says it's okay to break a TPM if you're a network admin or owner and you're doing it only to test for system or network vulnerabilities and security flaws. It's also okay to do this as a service and to manufacture/import/provide (including rent or sale) or distribute tech/devices or components as a service provided.

This, of course, carries the regular proviso in (4) that you're unprotected if you do an act that's an infringement of copyright OR an act that contravenes ANY Act or Parliament or ANY Act of legislation of a Province.

(say that 3 times fast!)

Section 41.16(1) "Persons with Perceptual Disabilities" says it's okay to break the TPM if you're doing it for the sole purpose of making it perceptible to the person with a perceptual disability. Same goes for those who offer services and/or manufacture/import/provide tech/devices or components... as long as you're not 'unduly imparing' the TPM then you're golden.

41.17 "Broadcast Undertakings" says it's okay for a Broadcaster to break a TPM for the sole purpose of making an ephemeral copy of a work; a performance fixed in a sound recording or a sound recording otherwise covered in 30.9 UNLESS the owner of the copyright brings the means to enable that reproduction in a timely manner (in light of the broadcast undertaking's business requirements).

Sooo, yeah, does that mean that it's okay for a Broadcaster to break a TPM, rip songs from a CD or DVD and air them, you know, 'ephemerally'? 'Cause I thought that 'ephemeral' recordings were for live, one-off shows?

41.18(1) "Radio Apparatus" says it's okay to break a TPM for the sole purpose of gaining access to a telecommunications service by means of the radio apparatus. It's also okay to provide that service or manufacture/import/provide the tech/devices/components necessary to do it.

For what a "Radio Apparatus" is, see section 2 of the Radiocommunication Act or section 2(1) for the definition of "telecommunications service" (of course, not helpfully shared with us here in the bill -- though, I don't know why not, they could've just copied and pasted it in)

In section 41.19 "Reduction of Damages" the court is allowed to reduce or remit the amount of damages awarded in the circumstances above if you can prove to the court that you were unaware -- and had no reasonable grounds to believe -- that you had contravened that subsection of the Act.

Over in 41.2 "Injunction Only Remedy" they say that if the defendant is a library, archive, museum or educational institution and they can prove they were unaware their actions were in contravention of the subsection the plaintiff is not entitled to any remedy other than injunction.

I wonder if it'll be easier or harder for these institutions to prove their innocence than an average citizen...? How far does the "well, I didn't know!" defense stretch for Joe Schmoe verus Joe Schmoe Academy...?

(note to self, start 'Joe Schmoe Academy').

Section 41.21 is all about "Regulations". Subsection (1) basically says that if it turns out that there's a TPM that would "unduly restrict competition in the aftermarket sector in which the TPM is used" the Governor in Council can make a regulation excluding it from the application of section 41.1.

In subsection (2) the Governor in Council is given a whole host of other regulatory abilities -- including, but not limited to -- prescribing additional circumstances in which 41.1(1)(a) does not apply.

Yes, if this bill is passed, the Governor in Council could just make a regulation stating that you're okay to break TPMs for personal backups.

Whether or not that would actually happen... that's a whole other story. See, there's a bunch of 'factors' they would have to consider first (and I'm paraphrasing directly from the Bill here):

'(i) whether not being permitted to bypass a TPM could adversely affect the use a person may make of the work, the performer’s performance fixed in a sound recording or the sound recording -- let's just simplify and call this 'The Work' -- when that use is authorized, (Aka, when you bought/own it)

(ii) whether 'the work' is commercially available,

(iii) whether not being permitted to circumvent a TPM could adversely affect criticism, review, news reporting, commentary, parody, satire, teaching, scholarship or research that could be made or done in respect of 'the work',

(iv) whether being permitted to circumvent a TPM could adversely affect the market for 'the work' or its market value,

(v) whether 'the work' is commercially available in a medium and in a quality that is appropriate for non-profit archival, preservation or educational uses, and

(vi) any other relevant factor; and

(b) requiring the owner of the copyright in 'the work' that is protected by a TPM to provide access to 'the work' to persons who are entitled to the benefit of any of the limitations on the application of paragraph 41.1(1)(a) prescribed under paragraph (a). The regulations may prescribe the manner in which, and the time within which, access is to be provided, as well as any conditions that the owner of the copyright is to comply with.'

So, yeah... possible... but not likely.

Section 41.22(1) "Prohibition-Rights Management Information" says that you are not allowed to knowingly remove or alter any electronic rights management information without the consent of the copyright owner or if you know, or should have known, that removing or altering the information would facilitate or conceal any infringement of their copyright or otherwise effect their right to get paid under section 19.

41.22(2) "Removal or Alteration of Rights Management Information" says that the owner of the copyright can come after you (if you infringe on subsection (1)) for any remedies -- injunction, damages, accounts, delivery up or otherwise -- that are or may be conferred by law.

In subsection (3) "Subsequent Acts" The copyright owner has the same remedies available to them against anyone who, without their consent, knowingly removes or alters the rights management information of their work and then sells or rents it out; distributes it to an extent that the copyright owner is 'prejudicially' affected; trades it, distributes it, offers it for sale or rental or exhibits it in public; imports it into Canada for those purposes or uploads it to the internet for access by the general public (telecommunication).

Subsection (4) "Definition of "Rights Management Information"" clarifies this term as information that is:

"(a) is attached to or embodied in a copy of a work, a performer’s performance fixed in a sound recording or a sound recording, or appears in connection with its communication to the public by telecommunication; and

(b) identifies or permits the identification of the work or its author, the performance or its performer, the sound recording or its maker or the holder of any rights in the work, the performance or the sound recording, or concerns the terms or conditions of the work’s, performance’s or sound recording’s use.

Everyone still here? Still with us? Did we lose anyone (everyone)?

Yeah, this is not the easiest pill to swallow but I guess, having read this whole thing now the best simplification I can give to this whole section is this:

Digital Locks are for 'regular Citizens' only. Yes, pretty much everyone and their monkey has an excuse to break these TPMs... except the general user.

If you're acting in some special post or job then Digital Locks are just an annoyance. IF you're a tax-paying, otherwise law-abiding citizen... and acting in that capacity... then you're a criminal just waiting to happen.

Ahh yeah, I can see why people are somewhat pissed about this.

That said, my solution to this wonderful 'digital lock' problem is actually somewhat simple:

Put it right on the front of the box that the content inside is locked to that form and that form only.

I guarantee you that if you put that regulation into place and make it just like the front of a pack of cigarettes "STOP! The content inside is LOCKED to this disc and may not be transferred" then guess what? You're going to see a whole whack of a drop in sales.

To me it seems like the entire nature of this 'digital lock' strategy relies on the lazy nature of the consumer, that if they don't know it's locked they'll buy it first and find out later. Ie. Money is still made and the consumer is screwed.

CRTC, if you want to show some balls, regulate that if this bill comes into force then all packaging that's 'digitally locked' should be signaled as such to the consumer.

Right on the front of the box.

'Cause the moment I see that sign there, I can guaran-damn-tee you that I'll put it back on the shelf and thank whomever warned me about it.

Anyways, that's just my 2 cents on this whole 'Digital Locks' thing.

Part 11 tomorrow folks!

OneOff said...

No read 41.1.3 again:

(3) The owner of the copyright in a work, a performer’s performance fixed in a sound recording or a sound recording in respect of which paragraph (1)(a) has been contravened may not elect under section 38.1 to recover statutory damages from an individual who contravened that paragraph only for his or her own private purposes.

It doesn't say CANNOT.

You said CANNOT
There's a big difference.

Do you see what it means? It means if you break one of my locks but do it for personal use, I can choose not to follow through and ding you for statutory damages. This is likely necessary because it is a criminal offense, and it is no longer ME versus YOU, it is the STATE versus YOU and the state could choose to carry on to make an example of you. So I guess this gives me the power to say to you oh well just give me $5 and pay for my lawyer too.

So I think you have misinterpreted the meaning of may not, it is an optional choice. It says you will be fined the statutory damages unless I the copyright holder take pity and say no in this case where you using it in your home it is ok.

I'm pretty sure we're still not allowed personal lock breaking privileges.

OneOff said...

Perhaps we're both wrong but it seems that 41.1.3 is not great for anyone anyways. So these guys are suggesting that 41.1 is already about when you have infringed so you could get double dinged.

The may not elect language is not used much in the bill so it hard to tell what they mean.

Check out 41.1 here:

Subsection (3) separate out "private purposes", and suggests that statutory damages couldn't be used. The problem is that we are talking about an additional infringement claim, one for the infringement and one for the circumvention of a technical measure (for infringing or non-infringing purposes). This subsection appears redundant if circumvention were tied to infringing purposes. It does suggest that there is double liability, possibly for double statutory damages, in the case of circumvention for non-private infringing purposes. Statutory damages are already excessively high relative to the alleged harm, so doubling is doubly excessive.

Brandon Laraby said...

Hi OneOff!

Thanks for your replies - and especially thank you for pointing me to this clause-by-clause break down (from someone who actually understands the significance of these changes).

I started out reading this as a writer who's trying to break into the industry (so I figured it'd be good to read this) but over time I've come to realize that, essentially, I'm reading it from an average citizen's perspective.

Now I kind of want to show just how little we're (average citizens) included in this process.

The language is definitely not 'for' us and, the more I've read of this bill the more I've realized how much that is by design.

I'm an actively interested, patriotic Canadian who wants to form his own understanding of what changes are coming and, by and large, simply by reading this bill I'm left with nothing but my own common sense of right and wrong to guide me.

(let alone all the other acts and treaties I have to read in order to get a full view of what's going on).

It's kind of a scary thing to realize, in a very real and tangible way, just how far removed we Canadians are from the running of our own government.

And how happy our government appears to be to keep it that way.

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Dirty Centaurs
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Christopher mentioned centaurs.

Surprisingly, the dirty centaurs sketch is available on YouTube.

Bonus: Do you like Christopher Walken?

Do you like Poe's The Raven?

What if you could somehow combine those two enthusiasms?

Played straight (I think), and halfway between a good reading and a kinda-silly Walken deal.

More... Now I'm desperate to find William Shatner reciting it -- which I guessed he'd done, and it seems I was right.

Haven't found a recording of that yet. But here's an odd 1974 concept album of rock (well, hippy-rock) interpretations of Poe's poetry. You can listen to the Raven one; it's not really all that horrible. Not particularly good, but not bad.

No Closer To Shatner's Raven... But running into odd things.

What the hell were these things supposed to be?

God I hated them. Though I think they had a Three Musketeers cartoon that I liked.

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Trouble is both headlines are based on the same poll.

Well, not exactly. The "optimism" story relies heavily on anecdotal tales of optimism. The doom and gloom one relies more on the actual poll findings.

Still-- if you can spin the same poll as yielding two perfectly contradictory results, doesn't that mean neither is correct? And that really the MSM is far too in the business now of not doing straight reporting but providing "overarching narratives" and engaging in "storytelling"?

One poll, two contradictory stories -- you can choose to run either one in your newspaper. AP can sell you happy or AP can sell you sad; the truth doesn't matter much, so long as you have an AP story running.

Question: Is anyone else happy to see 2006 go? A true annus horribilus. ("Annus horribilus" is a Latin term for "Andrew Sullivan.")

2007's gotta be better. Right?

Please: Is anyone going to do a photoshop/animated gif of the ball falling in Times square, except with Saddam dropping from the gallows?

People, you've got like three hours left.

Gank: Annus horribilus, not terribilus. Duh.

Thanks to Francesco Poli for pointing that stupidity out.

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Tim Johnson's Duration In Coma "Unusual"
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...according to a doctor (not one treating him, just asked for comment), whose opinion is now deleted from a WaPo article.

Dr. Keith Siller, director of the Comprehensive Stroke Care Center at NYU Medical Center and assistant professor at the NYU School of Medicine, said it is unusual for a patient to be sedated after brain surgery for more than a few days.

"The two-week period is longer than I would be happy with," he said.

Question: Why was this quote deleted? Did they get the quote wrong? Did they discover Dr. Keith Siller was not an expert on the subject? Or did they just decide they didn't want to add fuel to the low-heat fire to remove Johnson from the Senate and thus imperil Democratic control?

Remember when I suggested a Schiavo-Johnson comparison? Mickey Kaus credits Tim Noah as being the "only" person with "the balls" to speculate on a "partisan do-si-doh" on Johnson, with liberals now believing so long as you're alive, you're alive.

Well, he's an idiot and he wasn't the first.

Actually, he doesn't knock liberals. It's Kaus who more-evenhandedly suggests a change in position by both sides.

Noah, an absurd hack, of course sees this through the prism of conservative hypocrisy only, wondering if Tom DeLay would support legislation to prevent a feeding tube being removed from Tim Johnson, should it come to that.

Well, that's jackass; how about looking at the liberal hypocrisy? Are liberals now maintaining that someone who as of yet demonstrates no motor, speech, or other higher brain activity can remain a sitting Senator?

Terry Schiavo was in much worse shape, as I've said, but the issue there was only if she should be permitted to live, not permitted to continue "serving" as a US Senator in a seriously impaired state.

So there's not really any conservative hypocrisy on this. We pressed to keep Terry Schiavo alive, not to put her in charge of, say, the TSA.

Although, seriously, she wouldn't have been worse than the current regime.

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James Brown Resurrects Himself To Do One More Encore, But Pallbearer/Roadie Forces Him Off Stage
— Ace

Damn, I was looking for this clip for days.

I don't know how often James Brown did this. I know it's often-parodied (Paul Schaffer spoofed it on Letterman), but maybe he just did it once.

Still, it's the stuff of show-business legend.

I liked his claim of being "The Hardest-Workin' Man In Show-Business." Putting the emphasis on hard work, not natural talent. Nice. Although, of course, he had an awful lot of talent, too.

He helped that claim along with this stunt, which is so cheesy it's perfect. The silliness starts at 4:30.

The clip shows helpful bandmates trying desperately to lead James Brown off the stage -- apparently concerned for his health, as he was giving "too much show" for one man's constitution to handle -- and the indefatigable Brown refusing their medical intervention, determined to give just a little more, no matter what effect it might have upon his very life.

Via PajamasMedia, blogging out the old year and blogging in the new.

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Surprise DVD Treat: My Super Ex-Girlfriend
— Ace

Yeah, I was surprised too, but everyone I know who's seen it liked it. It got savaged by the critics, but who cares, because critics 1) are horrible judges of comedy and 2) despise anything that isn't indy or indy-ish -- and this movie, of course, with its conspicuously commercial high concept, is the antithesis of the quirky indy flick.

Give it a rent. You'll be surprised.

Of course, I went in (as most people I've discussed this with) with low expectations, an advantage I'm stripping away from you by recommending it; still, I think it will hold up. Just don't get your expectations absurdly high. It's a fun, chuckle-every-few-minutes light romantic comedy; it's not Anchorman or anything.

And if you want a great superhero double-feature, rent it along with the huge surprise of last year, Sky High.

Lefty Idiocy: From the amateur web-zine Slate's amateur web-zine reviewer, who finds a silly movie about a neurotic, controlling superheroine to be far too "enranging[ly]" "misogynistic" for her tastes.

Certainly it plays upon the hoariest stereotypes about women -- like how they, you know, sometimes throw a 1500 pound great white shark through your bedroom window. I mean, come on, it's 2006. Didn't we leave that bit of chauvanism back in 1955 with Donna Reed?

A less willfully misogynist movie might have made Thurman's double identity the starting place for an exploration of female power, super- or otherwise. What would you do if your girlfriend not only made more money than you, but knew how to stop an incoming missile with her bare hands?

Oh yeah -- a summer-movie rom-com "exploration of female power."
Sounds like comedy fuckin' gold to me.

That review is from the same silly cow who insists Margaret Cho is screamingly funny via the curious route of not being funny, by the way. So you know where she's coming from. Apparently it's a rule that women can never be portrayed as less than 100% virtuous and psychologically balanced or else a film is "misogynistic."

I have a feeling this movie hit a little too close to home for Dana Stevens.

Stupid Feminist Watch: It's sad that some people are so agenda-driven even when it comes to silly frivolities. I like this anecdote from Fred Wolf, onetime SNL writer, now a screenwriter/actor.

Is this stupid or what?

I had this one sketch. It was about five idiot guys who were working on oil rigs in North Dakota. And they're drilling a hole deep into the earth and out of that hole pops some sort of a subterranean human-- some crazy alien person. And it's Jeneane Garofalo. And these five idiots see her come out of the hole and she tells them that she lives in an underground kingdom, that they've been watching earth's progress over millions of years and they have all the answers to any question that we might have about life on earth. And that she has five minutes until exposure to the air will kill her. [She offers:] "Ask any question you'd like."

Well, when she first pops out of the hole, Chris Farley screams a really high-pitched scream, so after she gives her speech about how they could ask any question they want, the next thing out of Adam Sandler's mouth is, he turns to Farley and says, "What the hell kind of scream was that? When you saw the fish lady pop out of the hole, you screamed like a girl." And then they proceed to spend one minute of her last remaining time on earth arguing over how he didn't screalm like a woman, he screamed like a man. And back and forth. The point of the sketch was that theese guys were idiots and that they were blowing their chance at, you know, at great knowledge.

Jeneane Garofalo raised hell with three or four people before I got wind of it that I was being "disrespectful to women" in that it is a fault of a guy to scream like a girl, that because Farley screamikng like a girl would bring chastisement, she said that meant that women therefore are deserving to be chastised when they scream. It was one of the most convoluted, strangerst, most ridiculous reasons I've ever heard to dislike a sketch.

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Big Stuff
— Ace

Very cool with a suprise twist at the end.

Via Garfield Ridge, who links a strangely un-PC and violent narwhal action playset.

That's right, I said it -- narwhal action playset. That just happened.*

* Second best line from Talledega Nights, after the line about using a second knife to pry out the knife lodged in Ricky Bobby's thigh.

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Slublog's Proposal For Immigration
— Ace

A good starting point, it seems to me.

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Sweet: Around 10 House Seats Will Migrate From Blue To Red States After 2010 Census
— Ace

For a potential net pickup of +20 seats, though, as everyone now clarifies, that would assume all of these seats would in fact be red. Which they won't be; they'll just be in red states, and red states have lots of blue areas. In fact, maybe it's the blue areas, the cities and adjoining suburbs, which will get almost all of the new seats.

Barone thinks it's good for a +10 pickup, at best.

But for presidential election purposes, that's +20 voters in the electoral college controlled by voters in red states.

Not too shabby.

Of course, with all of this movement south and west, one also has to consider that some of the migrants from the blue northeast and midwest might flip a red state to purple or even blue. Colorado seems one of the lower-hanging of fruits. And of course there's always Florida.

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Real Healine: "Science told: Hands off gay sheep"
— Ace

Special rights for gay sheep. Who will speak for the straight sheep? Apparently you can still molest them 'til your heart's content.

Actually it's about experiments to "cure" gay sheep of teh gheyitude.

SCIENTISTS are conducting experiments to change the sexuality of gay sheep in a programme that critics fear could pave the way for breeding out homosexuality in humans.

The technique being developed by American researchers adjusts the hormonal balance in the brains of homosexual rams so that they are more inclined to mate with ewes.

It raises the prospect that pregnant women could one day be offered a treatment to reduce or eliminate the chance that their offspring will be homosexual. Experts say that, in theory, the straightening procedure on humans could be as simple as a hormone supplement for mothers-to-be, worn on the skin like an anti-smoking nicotine patch.

The research, at Oregon State University in the city of Corvallis and at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, has caused an outcry. Martina Navratilova, the lesbian tennis player who won Wimbledon nine times, and scientists and gay rights campaigners in Britain have called for the project to be abandoned.

Navratilova defended the right of sheep to be gay. She said: How can it be that in the year 2006 a major university would host such homophobic and cruel experiments? She said gay men and lesbians would be deeply offended by the social implications of the tests.

But the researchers argue that the work is valid, shedding light on the broad question of what determines sexual orientation. They insist the work is not aimed at curing homosexuality.

The scientists have been able to pinpoint the mechanisms influencing the desires of male-oriented rams by studying their brains. The animals skulls are cut open and electronic sensors are attached to their brains.

By varying the hormone levels, mainly by injecting hormones into the brain, they have had considerable success in altering the rams sexuality, with some previously gay animals becoming attracted to ewes.

Thanks to MK and Charley Fox.

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Deaths In Iraq Down From 2006, But LAT Headlines Story "Monthly US Death Toll At 2-Year High
— Ace

More expertise for y'all.

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NYT Article Claimed El Salvadoran Woman Jailed For 30 Years For Illegal Abortion, When In Fact She Was Imprisoned For Strangling A Newborn Child; Refuses To Correct
— Ace

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Predictions For 2007
— AndrewR

National Review's got 'em. Dave at Garfield Ridge's got 'em. And now so do I.

In no particular order:

The release of Spiderman 3 is beset by controversy when Sam Raimi includes a scene in which a fight between Spiderman and Hobgoblin devolves from punches, to shoves, and finally ends with five minutes of slow, deep kissing.

Buoyed by the success of his reality-denying Holocaust Conference, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lays plans for his Timothy Dalton is the Definitive James Bond conference.

Mitt Romneys hopes for a run at the presidency are crushed when reporters reveal that, in addition to being a Mormon, he is also a centaur.

In response to falling ratings for the yearly Oscar telecast, the Academy decides to award adult films for the first time. Viewers tune in in record numbers to see who wins the trophies for categories like Best Use of a Ball Gag in a Gay DOM/SUB Film and Most Convincing Portrayal of a Cheerleaders Trip to the Equipment Room.

Sean Hannitys on-air domination of Alan Colmes continues with a new nightly segment entitled Make Me a Sandwich, Alan.

Proving that hes still his own worst enemy, John Kerry attends a Halloween party dressed as a blackface minstrel and is caught on camera singing the racist folksong Possum Up A Gum Tree. He later explains the incident by saying that such stereotypes are often revered folk heroes for many in the African-American community, and I was merely paying tribute to that. He then adds, And Mel Gibson was right about the Jews. Jane Hamsher immediately rushes to explain that the costume and quotes need to be taken in context.

On Christmas Eve, Dick Cheney is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Before they can teach him any valuable moral lessons, however, he bums a twenty from them, snorts a line of blow, and sends the Ghost of Christmas Past back out to procure an underage Ukrainian prostitute and a pack of smokes for him. The other two are forced to stay and service his wife while he watches. It is generally agreed by all involved that this is the Best Christmas Ever.

Happy New Year, morons.

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December 30, 2006

The Execution Video
— Ace

Obviously a macabre content warning.

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Indian Chess Player Busted For Using Hidden Bluetooth To Receive Computer-Calculated Moves
— Ace

Ten year suspension for egregious cheating.

Reuters notes this means he won't face justice for any other violations he would have committed had he been playing for the next ten years, rather than being suspended.

The world mourns.

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December 29, 2006

The Very Briefest of Neocon Retrospectives
— LauraW.

Earth to earth; ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

See you on the flip side, buddy.

UPDATE: Most Hilarious Troll Pap Award goes to Civil Behavior:

we were winning more hearts and minds in the Middle East with our music and technology than losing them PRIOR to Baby Bush's invasion.

Gee, you'd almost think these guys weren't happy about Saddam's fate.

CB's super effective multifaceted Hearts And Minds Anti-Tyrant Action Plan, below the jump. more...

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Reuters: Saddam's Execution Means He Will Never Face Justice For Other Charges
— Ace

Ohh, that's good, chocolatey bias, compelling and rich.

During his three decades in power, Saddam was accused of widespread oppression of political opponents and genocide against Kurds in northern Iraq. His execution means he will never face justice on those charges.

Guess he beat us, huh?

Thanks to Rodney.

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UPDATE: Aribiya Now Reports: Saddam Dead
Iraq Streaming TV Link
UPDATE: Saddam Reaches Execution Site
UPDATE: "Within a minute or two," according to Aribiya TV

— Ace

That update from FoxNews TV.

If you just can't wait for FoxNews, the link for streaming TV from Iraq is on the left.

Update On Streaming Video: Seems to be overwhelmed by high demand.

A US judge, by the way, just denied Saddam's lawyers' request for a stay of execution. Which was, of course, obvious.

Within the hour, they say. But they've been saying that all day.

A bit of gallows humor: As William Palmer was being led onto the gallows platform in 1856, he looked at the trapdoor and asked his executioner, "Are you sure it's safe?"

From that site of funny or odd lists.

Thanks to Axoxtl.

A Little After-Hanging Music... from Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.

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Triumph The Insult Comic Dog Vs. Quebec
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This is old, but still funny. French-Canadian bashing never gets old.

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Martha Stewart Spent $1200 On A Vibrator
— Ace

One called "The Thumper." Twelve bills of jackhammer action.

It's a good thing.

These and other strange revelations made on the Howard Stern show.

Via PetiteDov.

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Saddam Hanged (Well, Eventually This Headline Will Be Correct)
— Ace

Damn, I broke my glasses last night -- like a nerd -- and I have to go get a new pair. So I'm going to miss the soothing creak of the rope.

Here's a thread to discuss it.

I haven't been this disappointed about missing a TV show since I had to rush out to get a genital-eczema cream during Constantine's rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody on American Idol.

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Great Scottish Run - Half Marathon

This post is exceptionally late. I haven't been a great blogger of late but there have been far too many demands on my time recently and so the blog posts have been relegated to the back of the pile. For those of you who follow me on twitter or Instagram you might be aware that I ran my first half marathon in October (god this post really is late!!) I thought that it was about time I gave a little update on what that experience was like.

The weekend of the race I was also in attendance at a hen do so it's safe to assume that I wasn't feeling totally fresh on the Sunday morning. Whoopsy! However, I managed to successfully get myself to Glasgow and get all limbered and vaselined up in preparation for the longest run I had ever attempted so far.

At the start line I could see Glasgow residents hanging from their windows with good luck signs for the runners. I wasn't running for charity as I figured that I'd milked all the money I could from my friends and family in 2014. However, as I looked around me I noticed all the wonderful causes that people were running for and also understood just how much these meant to people. This was something I kept noticing the whole way round the course and it made me a little bit emotional.

The atmosphere around the course was electric.  There were bands every mile, people hanging from their windows shouting words of encouragement, bystanders handing out jelly babies to the runners and so many encouraging signs on display. Children who had come out to watch stood at the side of the road holding out their hands to high five the runners. My favourite bystander was definitely the Glaswegian gentleman trying to hand out bottles of Irn Bru from a plastic carrier bag. Only in Scotland eh?

The training paid off and I felt reasonably good most of the way around the course, keeping a steady pace and even coping well with the hills dotted throughout. The furthest I'd ran in training was eleven miles and it was at this point in the race that I started to flag a little. I'm positive that the course markers overestimated the distance between miles eleven and twelve. It seemed to last almost as long as the previous eleven miles combined.

As I passed the mile twelve sign I started to reason with myself that there wasn't very long to go and was determined to finish strongly so refused to slow my pace. Up ahead I saw what appeared to be the finish line so I braced myself and started pushing the pace for a sprint finish. I crossed the line, elated. Then I noticed that the people around me continued to run on.

'Erm, excuse me. Why aren't you stopping? Aren't we finished? Please tell me we're finished' I asked.

The person beside me looked puzzled and told me that we had not in fact crossed the finish line.

'Well, what the bloody hell was that big thing we just ran through?' I shouted, my voice cracking in desperation as I tried to convince my little legs not to crumble, depositing me in a heap.

Apparently it was a wall of supportive messages. Some bloody support. It just about killed me.

My legs had pretty much given up responding to my desperate attempts to move them in a rhythmic fashion and I had started to feel very queasy, which as I've mentioned before, doesn't normally end well for me. There was nothing I could do but shuffle along at a speed somewhere between jogging and walking which Katy has named 'Jorking'. I moved at this slightly awkward pace for the final 500 yards and eventually crossed the actual finish line in a time of two hours and 37 pesky seconds. I was pretty pleased with myself, although I do blame all the high fives I'd been handing out for stopping me from achieving a sub two hour time.

Case in point. (sorry I was too cheap to actually buy the photo)

Afterwards we treated ourselves to a McDonalds, which I'm sure is how all the pro athletes do it. Right? Then I complained constantly about feeling sick and we got the train home and then had Dominos for tea. Really, what is the point in running 13.1 miles if you don't refuel with excessive amounts of junk food?

I thought I'd hate running a half marathon but I loved it, which was really unexpected. As a result of the training, I've found myself enjoying getting out for regular runs and so I've signed up for my next race already! I'm not quite willing to put in the long runs over the cold, dark wintry months so it will only be a 10k but I'm hoping to manage it in less than fifty minutes. I'll keep you posted!

  1. You're in my city! Hello!

    Congratulations on defeating your first half marathon! I can't even imagine running that far, so genuinely really well done.

    1. Sorry for the late reply!

      Yes I was in your city. The atmosphere in Glasgow was so good! Everyone was really supportive of the runners.

      Thanks. I don't think I ever imagined that I'd run that far. Glad to have done it, not sure I'll do it again though haha


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Sunday, 9 November 2014

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1977: Peter Cushing in Star Wars

Peter Cushing did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars.

It is always interesting to note that in the original Star Wars the head villain actually wasn't Darth Vadar, instead it's Peter Cushing uniquely named Grand Moff Tarkin. This goes even so far in that he directly order Vadar around as he wishes, and it seems Vadar is completely subservient to him. There really is not much to Grand Moff Tarkin, he's really just a generally evil guy who does some generally evil things until he's exploded along with the Death Star. Technically he is replaced in the sequels by some other colonel Sanderses who hold decisively less sway over Vadar. They also hold less sway over the viewer as well as they are rather interchangeable for the most part, and rather quickly forgotten after being killed by Vadar. The only reason old Grand Moff Tarkin stands out, other than his odd name, is because of Peter Cushing's performance.

Peter Cushing, who perhaps is best known for dispatching Christopher Lee on more than one occasion, has such regal command perfect for this sort of role. Cushing has a rather clever method of this since he manages to be so commanding while all speaking very sufficiently, and never really even bothering to raise his voice. He frankly makes it okay that Darth Vadar is pushed around by Tarkin simply because Cushing is such an easy guy to be pushed around by. Cushing's rather interesting in that he consistently makes Tarkin seem a much more devious and intelligent foe than he really is as written. Tarkin actually constantly is quite stupid in his disregard of important information as well as far too much confidence of his precious Death Star. Nevertheless Cushing has such a cold wisdom in his delivery that Cushing makes Tarkin actually seem quite intelligent and imposing even if you already know he's going just to end up as a puff a smoke.

Cushing is always good whenever he is onscreen and I particularly like his chilling demeanor as he destroys Princess Leia's home planet even though she seemed to have given him the information that he wanted. There is just this general darkness that Cushing conveys with his expressions, and manages to personify the evil of the Empire quite well. If just being generally evil is the task of the part Cushing is more than up to it, and I do feel he brings a nice style to Tarkin who could have been extremely bland otherwise since there's not much to the character. Cushing gives a good performance and makes the most of the little he is given to do giving a bit more gravitas to the sci-fi fantasy world of Star Wars, nevertheless after watching the film once again though I can't quite say Cushing leaves that much of an impression and I would only rank him third out of the cast behind Harrison Ford and of course Alec Guinness.

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Amazon: Kindle Fire

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Amazon makes waves in the fiercely contested tablet market with its newest product, the Kindle Fire. The Fire, which is priced at less than half the price of the Apple iPad at $199, runs on the Android OS -- and it might be the first successful Android tablet attempt after the Xoom, Tab and the many, many others.

Kindle Fire, which has a touch color display, will also give users access to Amazon products like Cloud and Amazon Prime. According to CEO Jeff Bezos, this newest product is a premium offering at a non-premium price.

The 7-inch tablet lets you read, listen to music, watch TV and movies, touted as a consumption vehicle. Along with Amazon's credit card wielding, pre-existing, loyal consumer base and a strong online retail reputation, the Fire will definitely give Apple (and everybody else) something to think about.

The Fire is the latest in Amazon's strong tablet lineup, accompanying the regular non-touch Kindle readers with WiFi or 3G and the new Kindle Touch.

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