Lots of Random Weird Crap

Completely Useless Political Gestures!

Wear RED on Fridays . SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE. FOR US, THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED!! GOD BLESS AMERICA.

That's right. Our troops overseas will feel better, knowing your fat, lazy suburban ass is wearing a red T-shirt.
I have a better idea. Why not send them something to read?

Or for that matter, practically any other legitimate demonstration of support?
There are plenty, each good in its own way. Or, instead, you could adopt a useless custom that, while not actually accomplishing anything, allows you to claim that you support our troops without actually making any effort whatsoever. Way To Go, Lazy Pseudo-patriots!

In other news, physicists at MIT have manufactured a new form of matter - a high-temperature superfluid. What industrial applications this will have, I can only imagine, but they're a few years off at least, seeing as this can only be produced in tiny quantities as yet, and must be refrigerated to nearly absolute zero. Still, Way To Go, eggheads!

The movie companies are in shock, as what is called the "Summer of the Remake" gets off to a rocky start. Odd, many moviegoers don't seem to be interested in movies that COMPLETELY lack a point. Only in those that MOSTLY lack a point. I mean, you need SOME point, right? If not, what's the point? (Arrrgh!) Anyway, Yahoo! News has more about this disturbing phenomenon.

Several British banks are now implicated in a scandal in India - apparently, workers in a sub-contracted (outsourced) call-center firm in New Delhi are selling their customers' information for as little as $10. Boy, I'm sure glad no American companies would be that stupid. I mean, really. We might get, like, worried about outsourcing and information security, or something. Way To Go, Unconcerned CFOs!

Krispy Kreme, in a fit of creativity, has responded to their flagging finances by firing six of their top executives, rather than a load of minimum wage earners. What a great idea! Way To Go, Krispy Kreme!

A 73-year-old Kenyan farmer named Daniel M'Mburugu became the coolest man on the planet on Wednesday, June 22, 2005. Why? Because he was attacked by a leopard, and killed it with his bare hands - by pulling its tongue out of its head while it was trying to bite off his arm. Damn, man. Motivated, just a little? While the leopard is the smallest of the "great cats," it's by no means easy - adult males, such as the one M'Mburugu killed, can get as big as 150 pounds and 6 feet in length, and can run 40 miles an hour. Mr. M'Mburugu, Way To Go. You are officially a badass. Now I just hope someone gave you some Bactine.

Astonishing no-one, the cassette tape seems to be going the way of the dodo. Oddly, not even audiobooks can save it - gee, I wonder if that might not have something to do with car CD players, hmmm? Way To Go, People Who Refuse To Acknowledge Things Blatantly Obvious To The Rest Of Us!

That's all the weird news I have today. However, I have two, not one but TWO, rants which I will post next. Enjoy!