A Letter

Dear Pompous Prius Owners,

You are not the shit. In fact you're quite annoying in the estimation of the good you do by driving this damn hybrid car. You might win my esteem by discovering a way not to poop.

Until then,
Petitedov

(Ahh, the religion of treehuggers....)

Bonus: Why recycling will not save your soul! Or alternatively, why I will not (voluntarily) recycle anymore. Via Steve Silver

Cool Little Map

For all those times when I get in an argument over whether or not Israel is an "imperial" nation with some idiot who knows zip about history.

Ineffective UN?

What a shock!
UN favoring anti-Israeli policies. Being completely useless in actually achieving the goals resolution 1701. Never would have thought that would happen. Right.

The Break Up

It's not like there actors trying to pramote their movie by spreading rumors that they actually split anything. It's not like they like publicity or need it. I like being a cynic. BTW, not going to buy or rent it.

Update: My life is now complete.

High Standards

Wow, the Swedes really need to chill out. Two of their ministers are stepping down because of scandalous revelations - unpaid tv licence (I hated that thing when I lived in Edinburgh) and an illegal nanny. A little harsh, no?

I Heart Mark Steyn

A lot. His brilliant. That is all.

Advice

While reading The Three Musketeers I came upon the perfect passage about advice:

"As a general rule, people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or, if they
do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it." - Athos

Pot and the Taliban

The new terrorist threat? Pot. This might be a bit dated but it seems marijuana is causing all kinds of problems in Afghanistan.

Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy -- almost impenetrable forests of 10-feet-high marijuana plants....Taliban fighters were using the forests as cover...

"We tried burning them with white phosphorous -- it didn't work. We tried burning them with diesel -- it didn't work. The plants are so full of water right now ... that we simply couldn't burn them," he said.

Seriously, pot?

Check It Out

I've met Ron (virtually) over at My Urban Kvetch over our dislike of Madonna's political gobly goo or something like that. He has been kind enough to read and comment on my banal thoughts.
So I'm happy to report he's gone and got himself his own blog, Isophorone. (A geeky name, just like we like it around here.) I'm glad he did since he writes well and I happen to like his point of view. So check him out and blogroll him as well. Welcome to the our neck of the woods Ron!

Not A Jew

It was kind of amusing driving around San Francisco and seeing signs in red and yellow proclaiming the right candidate to be "ED JEW." After a quick google search turns out Mr. Jew is a third generation Chinese - American and is running for 4th District Supervisor in SF. Since I don't know anything about SF politics all I can comment is the obvious: What's up with the spelling of the dude's last name? Seriously, your grandfather couldn't come with an alternative spelling? "Jooh" seems to hit the mark without all the wacky Jewish associations. Anyway, although Mr. Jew is not a Jew, mazel tov to him anyway.

Bill Maher

Watching Bill Maher and the smug Ben Affleck (who is such a douche and totally clueless) tonight makes me want to get tickets for Bill Maher just so I can boo him and his asinine guests. The man hardly knows any facts and to add injury to insult he cannot be funny even if a joke/pun slapped him in the face. Man he sucks and his audience is even worse: the most lap dog response. I think it's time to turn off the tv....

An aside: Last week, in NYC, I came up to a "Free Palestine" protester to ask him a about how he feels about the persecution of women in Palestine, the senseless murders of suspected Israeli sympathizers, and the religious persecutions of Christians. Instead of answering he started telling me I don't know what he protests on other days. Not a real argument, just trying to shut me down I guess. I think what I did was childish, since there was no way I was going to really have an argument with the miusguided douche. But it felt good. The cool thing about the whole incident was seeing teenagers sitting next to the crazies, wearing a sweatshirt with Israel on it smiling and having fun. Best antidote to the idiots wanting to free some place called "Palestine."

Yom Kippur In Tel Aviv

I think that Israel is the best place to raise one's kids. It's so safe that people let their kids out at all sorts of hours and it seems that kids get to do things like spontaneous playing nothing frou frou like "play dates." So it was nice to see photos via Jewlicious of what happens when the roads are deserted on one of the most holiest days in Judaism and kids take to the streets on bikes.

I'm Baaack...Sort off

So we haven't had the internet (or the phone in my house) for two weeks now. Not fun. All due to the retarded properties of Verizon. Who are so challenged they can't manage two simple instructions. Thus causing me to live without the internet without a week. Plus I quit/got fired from my job this week, so not even at work did I have the pleasure of sitting like a zombie starring at the screen for hours. Anyhoo, I have big plans ahead of me - tonight I'll be NYC being a bad Jew, but a good friend to Jess who I adore. Then next Tuesday I am off to San Fran for two weeks to "think" and "straighten out my life" - fun. If anyone has any good ideas of where to go in Northern California let me know. Hopefully, I'll post more.