Saturday, February 28, 2009

Just a Little Disturbing...



"Today's scripture is from the book of Orkin, Chapter 12, verse 4..."

When I look at this I can't help but think of The Cockroach's Website...

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Lovely Urkel Ringtones!

Would you like a nice "Dear Leader" ringtone,
so you can hear his soothing voice when your
phone rings?

Here ya go...

Ring 1

Ring 2

Ring 3

Ring 4

Ring 5

Enjoy!


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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Cleaning Out the "To Be Posted" Folder


"Damn!"


Dangers of the Intarweb


Eight Euros?!




Google as an Oracle - Try it yourself.

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There's a Shocker

Your true political self:
You are a Social Liberal (60% permissive)
and an...
Economic Conservative (81% permissive)

You are best described as a: Capitalist

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.





Take the test yourself --- > OK Cupid


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Random Phoenix Stuff

Just a few random images from Phoenix and the road trip...


A barber shop for scorpions?


Uncle Jay likes driving in Texas!


Another reason for Happy-Texas-Driving... Free WiFi at Rest Areas!

And finally...

Long. Wongs. Wings.
I can't even say it without cracking up...

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Monday, February 23, 2009

New Sony Tech Gear

This is the funniest (and most accurate) tech product review I've ever seen...
(Stolen fromFound lying in the mud over at The Mighty Skunk's site...)

Language NSFW, if that kind of thing is important to you...




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Uncle Jay in a Word Cloud

From Wordle.net






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Quiz Time!

Hi Kids,
It's Political Science time here with Uncle Jay...

Put on your thinking caps and guess who said the following:

"Genuine bipartisanship assumes an honest process of give-and-take, and that the quality of the compromise is measured by how well it serves some agreed-upon goal, whether better schools or lower deficits. This in turn assumes that the majority will be constrained — by an exacting press corps and ultimately an informed electorate — to negotiate in good faith.

"If these conditions do not hold — if nobody outside Washington is really paying attention to the substance of the bill, if the true costs . . . are buried in phony accounting and understated by a trillion dollars or so — the majority party can begin every negotiation by asking for 100% of what it wants, go on to concede 10%, and then accuse any member of the minority party who fails to support this 'compromise' of being 'obstructionist.'"

Any guesses?

Anyone?

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FNG at His First Event.

A long-time project manager here at work had a new guy at his event...
They arrived in town, went to the site, checked out the equipment to be installed the next day then knocked off for the remainder of the afternoon in order to get checked in to the hotel and get dinner before their first set-up day.

The PM got the FNG checked in to the hotel, told him where the local restaurants and bars were, and made arrangements to meet in the lobby in the morning to head to the site.

At 7:30 the next morning, everyone was standing around, waiting for the FNG...
7:45- No FNG...
At 8:00 the PM called the FNG's cell phone... the FNG answered breathlessly.
"I can't get out of my room!"
"You can't get out of your room? Why not?" the PM asked.
"There are only 3 doors in here... One is a closet, one is a bathroom, and the other has a sign on it that says 'Do Not Disturb'."

Obviously, the FNG is management material...

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Lightbulb Joke

Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Such number as may be deemed necessary to perform the stated task in a timely and efficient manner within the strictures of the following agreement.
Whereas the party of the first part, also known as 'the lawyers' and the party of the second part, also known as 'the light bulb' do hereby agree to a transaction wherein the party of the second part (light bulb) shall be removed from the current position as a result of failure to perform previously agreed upon duties, i.e. the lighting, elucidation, and otherwise illumination of the area ranging from the front (North) door, through the entryway, terminating at an area just through the primary living area, demarcated by the beginning of the carpet, any spillover illumination being at the option of the party of the second part (light bulb) and not required by the aforementioned agreement between the parties. The aforementioned removal transaction shall include, but not be limited to, the following steps:

1. The party of the first part (lawyer) shall, with or without elevation at his option, by means of a chair, step stool, ladder or any other means of elevation, grasp the party of the second part (light bulb) and rotate the party of the second part (light bulb) in a counter clockwise direction, said direction being non-negotiable. Said grasping and rotation of the party of the second part (light bulb) shall be undertaken by the party of the first part (lawyer) to maintain the structural integrity of the party of the second part (light bulb), notwithstanding the aforementioned failure of the party of the second part (light bulb) to perform the customary and agreed upon duties. The foregoing notwithstanding, however, both parties stipulate that structural failure of the party of the second part (light bulb) may be incidental to the aforementioned failure to perform and in such case the party of the first part (lawyer) shall be held blameless for such structural failure insofar as the non-negotiable directional codicil (counter-clockwise) is observed by the party of the first part (lawyer) throughout.

2. Upon reaching a point where the party of the second part (light bulb) becomes seperated from the party of the third part ('receptacle'), the party of the first part shall have the option of disposing of the party of the second part (light bulb) in a manner consistent with all applicable state, local, and federal statutes.

3. Once separation and disposal have been achieved, the party of the first part (lawyer) shall have the option of beginning the installation of the party of the fourth part ('new light bulb'). This installation shall occur in a manner consistent with the reverse procedures described in step one of this self same document, being careful to note that the rotation should occur in a clockwise direction, said direction also being non-negotiable and only until the party of the fourth part (new light bulb) becomes snug in the party of the third part (receptacle) and in fact becomes the party of the second part (light bulb).

Note: The above described steps may be performed, at the option of the party of the first part (lawyer), by said party of the first part (lawyer), or by his or her heirs and assigns, or by any and all persons authorized by him or her to do so the objective being to produce a level of illumination in the immediate vicinity of the aforementioned front (North) door consistent with maximization of ingress and revenue for the party of the fifth part, also known as 'The Firm'.


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Friday, February 20, 2009

Quote of the Day - Feb 20th

"There are those in America today who have come to depend absolutely on government for their security. And when government fails, they seek to rectify that failure in the form of granting government more power.
So, as government has failed to control crime and violence with the means given it by the Constitution, they seek to give it more power at the expense of the Constitution.

But in doing so, in their willingness to give up their arms in the name of safety, they are really giving up their protection from what has always been the chief source of despotism: the­ government.

Lord Acton said 'power corrupts.'
Surely then, if this is true, the more power we give the government, the more corrupt it will become.
And if we give it the power to confiscate our arms we also give up the ultimate means to combat that corrupt power.
In doing so we can only assure that we will eventually be totally subject to it."

-- Ronald Reagan

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Who didn't see this coming?

Here's a real shocker from the Chicago Sun-Times...

Obama victory bash owes city $1.74 mil

Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park -- despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions.

"The Democratic National Committee has not yet paid us,'' Peter Scales, a spokesman for the city's Office of Budget and Management, said Thursday after questions from the Chicago Sun-Times. "We're reaching out to them this week."

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I had a chat with my friend Democrat Dog about this inconsequential little matter...
DD: "Bills?
The One don’t care about no stinkin' bills!
Change means *creating* bills, not *paying* them.
That’s the job of the middle classes. "

Yours Truly: "That would be the same poor assholes that bought a house they could afford, pay the mortgage on time and understand the concept of financial responsibility?"

DD (ignoring the point) "What the hell were you people thinking? Bills…pah!"

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Three Pounds of Crawfish Later

...And I was back on the road!

Maybe I can make it to Hooters for dinner...

TBG -

Lunch

So much for making it to Hooters on my last day out on the road...

Monday, February 16, 2009

Exclusive! New Feature!

New high-tech blog widget...

Spectacular Canadian Global Position Tracking System
introduced here on Listen2UncleJay.Com for the first time anywhere...



(Thanks Luc!)


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Texas Roadkill

The count, as of 12 noon CST, mile marker 105:
9 Deer
4 Skunks
6 Small UDOs

TBG, Keeping the tally.

Could You At Least Ask First?

I tinkered with the contents of my coffee cup for several minutes, trying to get the right balance of coffee, Half & Half and sweetener. It's difficult to find the right combination sometimes, depending on the strength of the coffee, the kind of "whitener" and the type of sugar.



It really burns my ass when I finally get a good mix and only get to take 3 or 4 sips, then (in the name of service and efficiency) the waitress swoops in and dive-bombs my cup with a refill and a cheery "Let me warm that up for ya!"



Hey lady, how 'bout I fatten that lip for ya? I just got it where I wanted it and now you screw it up!

Is this some kind of game?

Could you at least check before filling my cup all the way to the brim, so I need to slurp up some of the scalding java before I can add more cream and sugar.



I swear, next time some clueless waitress overfills my cup I'm going to pour an ounce or two on the floor in order to make room for my breakfast-time chemistry experiments.



TBG - Da BOM*.



(*More on THAT later.)

Sunrise

Las Cruces NM

10:57pm MST - I-10

Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin'! El Paso by morning...

TBG out the door-

Sunday, February 15, 2009

10 Minutes to Hell.

Waiting in the TV truck for an event to start.
Turner Tech Guy: "You stay right here, just in case something happens."
Events are 98% boredom, 2% sheer terror.
(as Ben C told me in my original IDS interview.)

TWSS - PHX- Continued

Yellow Contractor: "Here's the pickle you were looking for..."
David (Satan): "That's what she said."

One event to go...

TBG

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Quote of the Day

Random TNT Guy at the ASW Block Party: "Jezus! Remind me not to piss you off. You're a big dude."
TBG: "But I'm a nice guy. I'll kick your ass with a smile."

Friday, February 13, 2009

Don't Ask.

It's getting out of hand here in Phoenix.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Trojan Hearse



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Complete and Utter Bullshit

Conference Report on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Six pages of craptacular horseshit from the Nancy "condoms are stimulus" Pelosi.

Two juicy phrases from this steaming pile of feces (the document, not Pelosi):

"Unprecedented accountability and transparency measures are built in to help ensure tax dollars are spent wisely and help restore confidence — another critical component of this recovery."

-And-

"There are no earmarks or pet projects."

See if you can read it without throwing up.

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Let me get this straight...

The Gummint is going to "create" 5 million new jobs.

The 5 million new jobs will be Gummint jobs... i.e. the Gummint will be providing the money to pay for the new "shovel ready" projects that will employ the 5 million.
(And by "shovel ready" it is inferred that the jobs will entail digging holes and then filling them back up again.)

Ok... So where will the money to pay for the new jobs come from?

(Three guesses now...)

Right-O!
The wallet/pocket/purse of the WORKING taxpaying Americans.

WHY DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO ANYONE????

Now...
Wouldn't it make more sense to to provide business owners with capital and incentive to expand existing businesses, to be able to hire more employees, to GENERATE more tax revenue?

With the current plan it is like trying to fill a half-empty swimming pool by sticking a pump at the shallow end and pumping the water over to the deep end of the pool, or by trying to build a wall by taking bricks from the bottom and stacking them on top.


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Anyone Seen Blee?

Ouchie.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

In Contex- Phoenix

TBG: "It's a Brazilian Steakhouse. It's different."
Blee: "What, are they waxed or something?

End of Lesson

TBG Out

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Phoenix Details

Convention Center Heads