Banned in Utah

So the Facebook ads have all been touting they've been "banned in Utah".

hmmm.

Mary Mary Mary

So one of the downsides to using an RSS reader is you don't notice changes on people's blogs. After checking the comments section on Becca's blog, I noticed Mary has a blog. I clicked over and what do you know, there is a link to my blog. Shocked aroo, the Pletsch strong dislike for Kaakun (which is strange since Germany and Japan have had strong relations in the past).

So go check out garyandmreg.blogspot.com. unless you don't know mary... or Greg. Because that might be a bit strange if you didn't know them and digitally spied...

One day those Pletsch relations will be fixed... or ill be smoothered in my sleep. The latter is probably more likely...

Kaakun is Going to Disneyland

So I got this in the e-mail today.

Dear Email User.
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contact the claims officer for more or View
http://www.xxxxxxxxxx.com/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.jsp information,
Also provide listed information,
Full Names___________
Address___________
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Claims Officer: Mr George Smith
phone: +447011146546
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR

Sorry had to xxx out the link. Can't have my blog readers stealing my money.

Any hoo that converts $203,336.19 on this side of the pond. I'm RICH BIIATCH!

I will now go to the happiest place on Earth. 

Today is the bestest day EVER. Maybe I'll help out the President of Zaire like in those other e-mails he has been sending me.

Moon

So Moon is the 2009 Cast Away... Except with Sam Rockwell instead of Tom Hanks... And taking place on the Moon instead of some island.... and a robot voiced by Kevin Spacey instead of a Wilson volleyball. and borrowing J.J. Abrams piano chords.

It's an interesting movie. Morale of the story, don't go on assignment to the middle of nowhere by yourself...

I Anti Heart...

Hmm Leeelle made another post so I guess I have to too.

I hate overly obsessed fans.

Sure its not as bad as bows in hair. But they do come in all shapes, sizes and and sex.

Now don't get me wrong, I have no problem outwardly expressing your favs, just keep it in check.

e.g. Apple fan boys (I own Apple products, I like them, but they do have faults)

sports teams (Acting like a complete douche doesn't make your team any better, looking at you Red Sox Nation, fair weather So Cal fans and the Wastach front)

movies (keep your home made artwork to yourself pre-teens and geeks)

In-N-out ( I like In-N-out, just not worth driving an hour plus out of my way or waiting in line for more than 10 minutes, sorry)

I may have alienated the whole Internet... shoot. Come back my six readers.

Four Years!

Happy Birthday blog. It's been a whirlwind of four years. With 981 posts coming from Utah and Nevada and Arizona and Hawaii and Washington and California and... well I guess thats it.

Four years on the Internet is like hitting the mid life crisis. The decor is starting to look old. Blogger.com doesn't even create a mobile site page for mobile phone users. sigh.

No crazy awesome story to share. Just a wacky dream. It's been a while since there was some wacky dreams. I mean maybe they were wacky on a normal person's standards. But whatever.

I was working at an amusement park as part of a hard rock cover ukulele band. The band would always try to act like rockstars pre and post act. But park security would always put a stop to their rockstar games. You can't run around with flame throwers. You can't run around in a mask scaring people.

One day there was a terrorist attack. Someone attacked a building just on the otherside of the bay. The Hard Rock Cover Ukulele band decided to act! They took control of a parade float, they acquired guns. They grabbed their ukes. As they were driving through the park on the way to fight terror. They were rocking out "For Whom the Bells Toll" on their ukes.

They got to the parking lot, where park security rolled up in their golf carts and stopped the float. They said You can't run around with guns and took away the guns. Apparently park security hates freedom.

Then I woke up. Wacky.

Opposition

So a bloggin buddy decided to do a recurring column, "I Heart..."

Well we obviously need opposition in all things, so I present, "I Hate..."

Episode 1: I Hate Hair Bows (in girls' hair above the age of 8)

I may be biased, due to the fact that I never was a big fan of "accessories".

But I think girls look ridiculous with a bow in hair. It's not bad in toddlers and what not.

yes, its better than going with a tiara. Bows can go on presents... or in a violin case... or with a quiver of arrows.

Can I Write Protesting Materials Costs Off as a Business Expense???

So young people across California took to the streets today. The kids are not alright. The University of California system needs more money. "Who are we going to get more money from?" they asked? Our customers.

Said customers didn't agree. "Higher Education is something preached to us as essential! Grandparents, parents, teachers, commercials, they all say, if I want to go somewhere in life. I need a piece of paper that says AA or BA or BS on it at the very least".

Those customers said, "Rable rable rable!" They took to the streets, with sign in hand, cutting the very classes that they so desperately need. At times, blocking other individuals trying to get to school, from getting to school. They even decided to pile out onto a freeway and stop traffic during rush hour. link

I have an idea, it just might work.

1) Spend a lot more money on K-12. Until, we decide child labor is a-ok and we start making Nike running shoes during after school programs. Those tiny tots aren't going to be able to pay for their own education. I was a bit taken back freshman year of college when I learned we'd have to read a whole textbook (and some of those classes had more than one book!!!) in a semester... and be able to remember it and spit it back out on a scantron sheet.

Maybe some better college prep was in need. But I went to decent (well for public schools) schools. They had the "A California DISTINGUISHED School" title slapped on it. Unfortunately, much like racing decals on a car, it doesn't make the car or school any better.

Now K-12 can have have more money to tinker with. Teachers can get paid more than $10 an hour to teach. More pay and more funds to play with and they can up the anty and teach EVERYONE all those general education type classes that are at the college level. You know- algebra, history, English, foreign language, Humanities of Southeast Asia from 1100-1900, yeah stuff like that.

Better education and those non-college bound kids have a "general education". Slightly better "No Child Left Behind" program.

Now we stream-lined the college experience. Taking out one to two years of generals out of the equation. We don't need to worry about paying for four (or five... or six) years of undergrad credits at a whopping $200 a credit (fictitious made up credit cost, I have no idea what the average UC credit costs, it just seemed like a nice round number).

"But wait, I can't afford to drop all of my McD manager's pay check on tuition. I have other needs, like rent and textbooks and alcohol and washing my awesome X5 that I got for graduation!"

2) The need of more money = working in the field you're "interested" in (hopefully).

Try it out, see if you like it. I swear every Accountant I talk to, hates their job. Wouldn't it be nice to know during Accounting 101, crunching numbers for 65 hours a week isn't your thing, instead of after four years (of what I'm sure is AWESOME classes on Accounting) and 100k in loans. "Educated and experienced, look out world here I come!"

Reading a book about the Pacific Ocean might be nice. But actually seeing (and standing and swimming and semi-drowning in) the Pacific Ocean is way better.

Which leads up to point three.

3) Paying up the ying yang for school can open up the world to you. You don't have to go a UC down the street/highway/coast/whatever. Heck go to school in New York, Europe, Australia. If your "resident" tuition costs as much as other schools' "non-resident" tuition. You're not stuck to the state of California.

See the world, the world is your oyster!!! (whatever that means...)

Seriously youngins of the State of California. You're going to pay for it eventually, pick you poison. higher sales tax, higher property tax, higher "I work in a state next to an ocean" tax. Might as well keep it cost controlled and not subsidize a 7-yr undergrad down the line.

And its not like, "hey lets legalize and sell marijuana and tax it" is going to solve all OUR problems.

Sincerely Yours,

"Already did the higher education thingy that was heavily subsidized by others, haha suckas"

City Wildlife of California

San Jose- Gopher digging through grass.

Oakland- wig digging through trash.