Bowel Cleanse 2007

Just the thing to celebrate the upcoming holiday season!

I get to drink a gallon of vile tasting cherry stool softener.

Mmm mmm mmm!

Can't wait to get started!

I have to drink it until the poo is clear.

Oh well.

So, tonight I will be heading down to Chicago for my surgery on Thursday and hopefully will be able to post again in a couple of weeks (don't worry, no pictures). But I will probably be pretty drugged up, so my post might not be too intelligible.

Talk to you later!

Radioactive

I just got back from my CAT scan and they made me drink a bunch of nasty tasting stuff until I barfed up some, then had to drink some more to replace the barfed up part. Ick.

Then I was injected with the contrast dye.

When I was at Beloit I found out by a totally freak paralysis incident that I was allergic to CT dye. So this time I was prepared with this knowledge to combat the evil hives that resulted afterward. I took the Prednisone and the Q-Dryl to prevent the itchy bumps. But, alas, I still have hives, not as bad as before, but still there. AND I am also working on my hopefully last stomach full of vomit from the liquid nastiness they had me chug.

Will write more about details later, but right now, one more trip to the toilet and some shut eye.

Productivity

Today I rolled around on the floor and cried all day because of my abdomen pains.

So, no posts for quite a long while, but this is why.

If you want to know more, tell me a joke or a story, just drop me an email or post a comment - it will be a nice distraction from the floor.

The Other Americans

America is great, well, except for some of the other Americans. This is an account of the "other" kind that I don't really agree with on their trip to Tibet.

http://chad.theworldrace.org/index.asp?nMonth=3&nYear=2006

It still amazes me when I come across stuff like this.

You're Right Al Franken!

I have been reading Al Franken's book, "Lies And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right". It is a good read and brings up a lot of questions and good information. But he mentions something about Ann Coulter and the like only writing and appealing to the people who already consume their material, preaching to the choir if you will.

But is Al really doing anything all that different?

From that, I decided that I have to suck it up and read some of the writings from the hysterical right. They always say that it is good to know what the enemy is thinking. I know, I know, I shouldn't necessarily call the opposing side "enemies" but that does seem to be the terminology the current administration is comfortable with. I guess I could change it to the "evil doers", another nod to official administration lingo, and, ultimately, that might actually be more accurate because of what they are doing to systematically to bring down our nation.

I have to read Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and others. To know how they are misrepresenting facts, twisting information and lying to the masses.

My favorite example of Coulter's lying that Al highlights would be the using "any words written in a newspaper can be attributed to that newspaper" technique.

Coulter wrote in her book:

"For decades, The New York Times had allowed loose association between Nazis and Christians to be made in its pages. Statements like these were not uncommon: "Did the Nazi crimes draw on Christian tradition?" ... "the church is 'co-responsible' for the holocaust...."

Team Franken researched the bejeezus out of this book and found that the first quote was actually from a 2001 book review that was in the Times in which the reviewer was framing a question posed by the book he was reviewing. The second quote is actually a quote of a quote from a 1998 Times article called "John Paul's Jewish Dilemma." In which the author of the article is quoting a critic of the church.

Nice technique, huh?

So, how much of this is going on? Not just in published works, but on TV, radio and newspapers? How much of the nation's media does Rupert Murdoch own? How much personal, political philosophy finds its way into what we view, read, listen?

So, that is my most recent charge, to read the shrill works of the right. But I don't want to buy them in the mainstream (don't want any money going to them) so will have to look for them used and library (I guess, but wouldn't that be an embarrassing checkout history? I will have to check out the Satanic Bible and The Communist Manifesto just to balance it out).

Awhile back I saw Clerks II and there was a funny part about reclaiming a phrase that is commonly regarded as a racial slur (has to do with a tailed primate and a, ummm..."deck"). There is another word that in recent history has been made out to be a dirty word. I think we should reclaim it.

Liberal.

Okay, off to tackle my neo-con book challenge! If I don't post up for long periods of time it is probably because I am rocking myself in the corner, confused and mumbling nonsensically.

Wish you happy everyday and happy reading if you choose to take the book-con challenge with me!

Feeling crummy :(

I feel like a couple of rungs below shit.

Ugh.

I have been having a lot of pain and I should go see a doctor. I won't go into specifics but it seems like my body is turning against me and is attacking me from the inside. Sometimes my body wages a sudden battle when I am out and doing stuff and there is so much action that I have to just retreat to my home and rest.

They also like to stage skirmishes at night, so my sleep has come under attack as well. And lately for some reason they really rise and revolt whenever I eat barbecue sauce.

It sucks.

Shame on you Denzel Washington!

I went to see American Gangster last Friday and it was okay. I think I was expecting something more dynamic, but it was still a decent enough flick to hold my attention for about 3 hours. Kinda weird to critique someone's life though - "Hey Frank, your life was at times a little slow paced for me."

Ah well.

But the main thing that I took away from the movie was, "look what happens when you turn chinchillas into coats! Look at the whole downfall of your heroin empire because someone supported the slaughter of 100 or so chinchillas. You deserve it schmuck!" Yes, I taunted a movie. But seriously, who could kill sweet little chinchillas?

Yep, that's what I got out of the movie.

Good job Hollywood.

Going Retro!

- insert your favorite retro tune here -

Retroactive that is!

I need, need, need to catch up on my pile of posts so when I make an update I will post an announcement here with the title so you can find it! I will also pair it with one of my favorite retro songs just for my own personal amusement (note: sometimes the song will have nothing to do with post, or really be retro, but hey, it's my blog). Happy reading!

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4 November 2007 - Original Post date: 13 September 2007, Title: Chinchilla Fun Song: Welcome to the Jungle

4 November 2007 - Original Post date: 21 October 2007, Title: Happy Birthday? Song: What's My Age Again?

30 October 2007 - Original Post date: 12 September 2007, Title: China Moments Song: What I am (Edie Brickell)

30 October 2007 - Original Post date: 19 September 2007, Title: Stealth Chinese Song: The Peter Gunn Theme

30 October 2007 - Original Post date: 2 October 2007, Title: The World's Biggest Tea Party Song: None it has its own sound track, check it out! This isn't a China post, but something that I had started in MN, but never posted up because of laziness.

30 August 2007 - Original post date: 21 July 2007, Title: Staring at err... Celebrating Diversity Song: Like a Rolling Stone

30 August 2007 - Original post date: 21 July 2007, Title: Deja Vu Song: Take Me Home, Country Roads

17 August 2007 - Original post date: 20 July 2007, Title: Q: What has 2 wings, 4 engines and 400+ happy people? Song: Here I go Again (gotta whip out the Whitesnake!)

16 August 2007 - Original post date: 20 July 2007, Title: Leaving on a Jet Plane. Song: Leaving on a Jet Plane (duh).

BOO!!!

It's Halloween and all I have to say is:

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Now, I don't expect all of you to understand the sheer beauty of the Wonka Bag, in fact there may only be one other person out there that shares the full tilt Wonka passion with me.

Nothing special to share today. Just Happy Halloween and eat lots of candy!