tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62768662024-03-23T11:02:32.744-07:00Rant, Monkey, Rant!!!Yet another baboon with an opinion.Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-13391186387048211632007-06-15T17:36:00.000-07:002007-06-19T16:55:28.906-07:00Remember when...Remember before, when we had no idea who Deborah Frisch was?Man, I miss those days.UPDATE: Frisch commented on this post on one of her blogs. However, due to repeated terms of service violations, including direct violations of court orders, it didn't stay up for long.One of the sites that has followed her actions has a common refrain: "trust teh cycle." For a time, Frisch is silent online. I Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-17863093552675836582007-01-06T21:53:00.000-08:002007-01-06T22:02:01.727-08:00Moving to WordPressI'm moving Rant, Monkey! to a new host, because, you know, the traffic here is overwhelming. We're moving on up, to the West Side...I'll keep this one, but won't be updating it. At some point the "rant-monkey.com" domain will point you to the new location, but I'll keep "new" and "old" links up so you, my teeming legions of readers, will not get lost in the tubes and end up someplace like Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-52435188126584488422006-12-30T14:06:00.000-08:002006-12-30T14:15:49.876-08:00Death, and its dangers"Because of the exceedingly great length of the war ... many had become hardened, because of the exceedingly great length of the war; and many were softened because of their afflictions"No two people will respond identically to every situation. Some relationships are deepend by a crisis; others, destroyed. Some collapse under great stress; others cannot reach their full potential without Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-47972068406895423032006-12-28T09:39:00.000-08:002006-12-28T09:46:43.034-08:00IowaHawk does it againIf there isn't an Internet term for what Iowahawk does, there should be.In his latest mockpuppet theater of the absurd, he inhabits the id of Joseph Rago, the WSJ editor who dissed the blogosphere last week.Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-18843907234541410332006-12-25T00:11:00.000-08:002006-12-25T00:33:51.614-08:00Lewinski in teh newsThe news that Monica Lewinski earned a M.A. from the London School of Economics is...news, apparently.I don't really want to talk about that.What I did want to mention was something I just noticed - the Washington Post allows comments on articles now. The results are about what you'd expect.It doesn't seem to matter what the topic is - everyone with an opinion on SOMETHING will find a way to useCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-18590722389268354902006-12-21T17:55:00.000-08:002006-12-21T18:32:25.270-08:00HeroesI lost most of my Saturday last week to nbc.com, which as a "public service" provides free, full-content access to some of their programming.One of them, a drama called "Heroes," ate my Saturday.It's an interesting premise, but not revolutionary in fiction: some ordinary humans are, or soon will no longer be, merely ordinary. The X-Men is just one example. The 4400 is another. Smallville usesCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-9507192918146219332006-12-20T11:44:00.000-08:002006-12-20T14:24:07.233-08:00Weird Al Yankovic curb stomps homeless dorkCourtesy of Joeschmo, here is a link to an interview Weird Al Yankovic conducted with someone named Kay Fed.The normally affable Al runs this Kay Fed fellow through a verbal wood chipper, mocking his album, music video, tattoo, parenting skills, inability to breathe through his nostrils, and so on.And this, after the young man complimented Al's new album, "Straight Outta Lynwood." Not very Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1166227218588500482006-12-15T15:54:00.000-08:002006-12-15T17:57:54.273-08:00Christmas Letter 2005Attention People of Earth:As 2005 draws to a close, Domus Cornelius is still standing.Our second burglary in as many years has led to more enhanced security for the New Year. We now have bars on the windows, deadbolts on the doors, and venomous spiders lurking within every crevice. The skulls of our would-be robbers now line the electrified front yard fence facing the middle school across the Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1166206991394603392006-12-15T10:23:00.000-08:002006-12-15T11:59:14.746-08:00You really care? Okay...Christmas Letter 2006Oh my.I haven't checked my site in a couple of days. I didn't get any comments the day I posted so I figured there was no interest.I'm going to have to hunt down last year's "heads on pikes" letter, but I promise to post it.Here is this year's. Like I said - probably won't live up to the hype.In the comments, if you'd like to share your favorite - or most hated - moments in Holiday Letters, go Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1166030329812455232006-12-13T09:18:00.000-08:002006-12-13T09:22:39.836-08:00Christmas LettersWe were too broke for Christmas cards our first year together, but last year we sent some out. My wife asked me to write it, so I threw something together.My first draft was not serious. I expected her to say, " 'heads on pikes' has no place in a Christmas letter!" and hand it back for a rewrite...or give up and write it herself.Instead, she loved it as is, and before I could ask what she Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1165947873526285512006-12-12T10:24:00.000-08:002006-12-12T11:37:04.090-08:00Food pr0nI used to joke at restaurants that if the burger I ordered didn't make my arm go numb, I'd want my money back.I've just met my match: The Heart Attack Grill, in Tempe, AZ.Not only do they have a "quadruple bypass burger," their waitresses are nurses. Not just ANY nurse, neither: Shannon Tweed candy-striper Showtime After Dark HELLLOOOO NURSE! nurses.If you FINISH one of the restaurant's Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1165871947074743832006-12-11T13:19:00.000-08:002006-12-11T13:19:07.086-08:00Boo Terfly is a LIER!A certain gerbilly butterfly said she'd be posting on my site as soon as a certain dreaded Hoffy visage fell off the home page.I don't see no steenking flutterby.I'm so ronery...Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1165825276845283632006-12-11T00:21:00.000-08:002006-12-11T10:17:52.933-08:00My boring so-called blogMy co-conspirators at Teh Squeaky Wheel have far better blogs than I do.They write because they have interesting things to say, independent of Gerbil Nation.Me, I have the most fun playing off other people. Spouting off on my own blog was never part of my plans; I signed up for this domain name years ago, but I've done squat with it.I feel like Howie Mandel. "Okay, someone give me an occupationCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1165547149919459592006-12-07T19:05:00.000-08:002006-12-07T19:05:49.990-08:00Merry FrischmasTeh Squeaky Wheel notes the latest in the ongoing legal troubles of Dr. Deborah Frisch, whose occupation until recently was, ironically, teaching decision science.I've had my share of fun at her expense, and I've swapped plenty of insults with her in the months following her Independence Day meltdown. But though I'm glad that she is being held to account for her actions - she has caused a lot ofCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1165357577491457082006-12-05T14:26:00.000-08:002006-12-05T14:26:17.666-08:00BOOM goes the dynamite!Much as I like WordPress - which Blogger doesn't use but which I use for other blogs - I always fear the "upgrade to latest" notification.Note to self: learn how to back up databases.Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1165089712661476092006-12-02T12:01:00.000-08:002006-12-02T12:27:48.150-08:001001 Books You Must Read Before You DieThis should keep me busy for a while.1. import list into Excel.2. Sort by size.3. Mark books read.4. Read, mark, read, mark...4. Weep like my brother during the "lava-roasted Annakin" scene when there are no worlds left to conquer.All lists like this have their biases. In my hardcore sci-fi days I was frequently told, "you're not a REAL sf fan unless you've read [x]." Sometimes, I enjoyed the Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1165029144786078812006-12-01T19:12:00.000-08:002006-12-01T19:12:24.796-08:00Homosexualist AlertThe BBC reports that singer Elton John had words for Australian PM John Howard.This from the guy who will probably sing "Goodbye, Cuba's Rose" at Fidel's funeral.Perhaps Elton and John could settle their differences in a boxing ring. Saturday night's all right for fighting, is it not?Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1165027545129755232006-12-01T18:45:00.000-08:002006-12-01T18:50:40.816-08:00'Apocalypto' Now?Fox News says 'Apocalypto' Is More 'Mad Max' Than Mayan.Bummer.I was looking forward to this movie. Gibson even had a Maya scholar consulting him. But the result, while I'm sure will be visually stunning, will also be visually numbing.I like a good "heads roll" shot as much as the next drive-in movie fan. But there does come a saturation point, at which you either tune out in disgust, or tune Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1164944862548913592006-11-30T19:47:00.000-08:002006-11-30T19:47:43.623-08:00Exclusive! Must Credit Rant Monkey![Insert scoop here]Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1164762331546781922006-11-28T17:05:00.000-08:002006-11-28T17:05:31.683-08:00Traffic MagnetI try to write something marginally serious, and get bupkis.Guess I'll have to break out the big guns.Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1164697465228359392006-11-27T23:04:00.000-08:002006-11-27T23:04:25.263-08:00Andrew Sullivan: HomosexualistAce of Spades calls Sullivan out on his own addlepated hypocrisy.Won't do much good - Sullivan never met a criticism he didn't go nuclear over - but it's nice to see the ranks of people seeing Sullivan for what he is.If only to see Andrew's head explode like that dude on SCANNERS, I'm pushing hard for a Romney/Santorum 2008 ticket.Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1164662813925541652006-11-27T13:26:00.000-08:002006-11-27T13:26:54.233-08:00Looking forward to 2008We've had a few weeks to digest the house and senate races, and the subsequent scramble for the reshuffled "deck chairs on the Hindenburg," still in progress.I've read many recaps of What Happened. Most agree that it was a referendum on President Bush and the war in Iraq.But I'm not so sure.Many of the Republican officeholders who lost, frankly, deserved to. The problem was that they all came Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1164180736653207132006-11-21T23:32:00.000-08:002006-11-21T23:33:11.446-08:00You're PitifulNice mashup of Reno and Weird Al Yankovic:Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1164036799153799402006-11-20T07:33:00.000-08:002006-11-20T07:33:19.246-08:00Great moments in apology, part 27Driver in gas station: "Didn't you see me backing up?"?Me: "I was boxed in. And honking at you to stop before you hit me."Driver: "Oh. I didn't hear you. I was on my way to work and sh*t. Doesn't look that bad...."Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276866.post-1163875650459787622006-11-18T10:47:00.000-08:002006-11-20T11:10:04.893-08:00el perro del diabloI returned home from an early morning doctor appointment today to find a Chihuahua on my front lawn.At least the Taco Bell dog has panache. This two-pound yapping vermin wasn't at all neighborly.So, no more jokes about rat dogs, since they appear when I reference them.From now on I'm joking only about supermodels and generous billionaires.Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220371088078805295noreply@blogger.com3