My Life

My life can be boring and predictable sometimes. Okay, MOST of the time. But that's also that's why I like my life.

Ain't that a bitch?

Honda Accord & Other Things

1) The Sixth Generation Honda Accord (1998 - 2002 RIP) has to be the ugliest freaking model in the history of the vehicle. The rear bumper is absolutely hideous. It looks like something out of a bad Star Trek episode.

I had a friend once whose girlfriend bought this model of Honda Accord when it first came out. She was an overly aggressive little midget who talked a big game but did nothing to back it up. Well nothing except wreck my friendship with her boyfriend via email. Long story. Let's just say that I hope I never see that fool ever again in my stay on this planet.


2) Albert Camus is boring ass Hell. I'm trying to read "The Myth of Sisyphus" and Camus is the model on which the stereotypical long-winded philosopher is based. What he can say in 30 words he says in 100. When trying to make a point he has to bash you over the head with it 5 different times just to make sure you get it. It's very hard to read.


3) My wife broke one of our cameras.

Beer Review: Pacifico Clara

Long Story Short:

Extremely underwhelming.


Full review:

I first tried Pacifico Clara in college about 7 years ago. In fact, I think that was the only time I've had a Pacifico before today. I remember it lacking flavor and wondering why everyone thought it was the bomb.

Today I made my tri-weekly trip to BevMo to stock up on supplies. I had pretty much ran the gamut of British/Irish Ales and stouts and wanted to try some beer a little closer to home (i.e., cheap domestic beer or Mexican import that is not AS expensive as an Irish import. $10 freaking dollars for a 6 pack?!?!) So I got me a six pack of Pacifico Clara.



I also picked up a little thigamajig of beer salt called "Twang." It seems kind of wrong to have a Mexican beer without salt.

On its own merits, without the salt that is, Pacifico Clara is exactly how I remembered it; bland, flavorless, a poor attempt at beer flavored water. I've spent the last few months drink full bodied, full flavored ales and stouts. And while I can appreciate any beer based on its own merit without comparing it to another beer that is not even in the same category (trying to compare Pacifico to a triple stout is like comparing a Mini Cooper to a Chevy Suburban) my opinion is that Pacifico Claro pretty much sucks as a beer.



The marketing will tell you that it is full flavored. I will tell you that the marketing department is obviously not drinking the beer before they write their copy.

Now, with the beer salt, WHOA, we have entered a whole new taste dimension (you have to pronounce it DIE-MEN-SHUN). With the beer salt I believe I was actually able to taste some of this so called "full body" they speak of. It's pretty sad though that I have to ingest twice the daily allowance of sodium to make a beer taste good .



Final grade: C-minus

No Morals

Hilarious quote found via Digg on a post regarding high school students padding their college applications with jobs and volunteer work designed to make them seem

I lied like a rug just to get into the best university here in Canada and I don't feel guilty at all! They never followed up on my references. In my eyes, it doesn't matter how you get ahead, it just matters that you do. I have no morals or integrity, I am pretty much greedy and cheap so when I want something, I always do my best to get it.

The Puberty Problem

I have an 8 month old daughter, and lately I have been thinking of things such as sex education.

The current Bush administration and a large number of conservative-minded people seem to want to keep kids in the dark about sex. They don't want schools to provide contraception, they want a very basic curriculum for sex ed (read: "Here is how babies are made, THE END), and they preach ABSTINENCE, ABSTINENCE, ABSTINENCE!

Here is what is wrong with their plan:

1. The onset of puberty is much earlier for children today. I reckon most kids have begun puberty anywhere between the ages of 9 and 14.
   


2. Adults from a generation in which the onset of puberty was typically 13-17 really aren't the best judges of how modern children handle puberty and sexual urges at a younger age. But then again, when has the older generation EVER been any good at trying to relate to the younger generation?
   

Let's roll back the clock about 50 years when the onset of puberty began late in Junior High School or in High School. Under those conditions you only had to deal with handling puberty, etc., for 2 or 3 years. That would mean that most people's first sexual experiences would occur when they were truly adults, not just biologically. I reckon that a 20 year old getting it on for the first time would be much more aware of the consequences of his/her actions and much better able to deal with any unforeseen/unfortunate happenings brought about by their sexual activity.

In modern times when children experience puberty in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is it really reasonable to ask them to "keep it in their pants" for 5, 6, 7, 8 years? It is not only unreasonable, it's pretty fricking stupid to expect a 16 year old High School student who hit puberty 6 years ago to not be extremely curious and extremely RESTLESS to finally "do the deed."

Three Chick Flicks and Their Unintended Message

Here is an excellent article/argument that I found titled, "Three Chick Flicks and Their Unintended Message." The basic premise of the article is this:

"...films aimed at women regularly glorify women who cheat on a loyal husband because her emotional needs are unfulfilled. The underlying premise seems to be that physical attraction is shallow but emotional needs are deeper and more legitimate.

Sorry, I reject this premise completely."

Found via Digg.

Why am I blogging again?

Because I don't talk.

Because I don't talk I have to express myself somehow, yes?

Here is a general overview of what I'm trying to do with this new blog:

• Review products that I use. Frequently I search Google for products and services that I'm interested in and can't find anyone who has written an honest and unbiased review.
• Offer some light political commentary. Yes, I know that no one gives a damn about my political views (just like I don't give a damn about yours), but let's think my expression of my political views as some sort of product review, ok? Sound better? I thought so.

Another Blog

About 5 years ago I started a blog that I ran faithfully for 2 years until I got sick of it. I started it on Blogger and then moved the hosting to my own domain first using Movable Type and then using Pmachine.

I killed my blog because I got bored with it. But then I noticed a funny thing while trying to read other people's blogs. They bored the hell out of me and they didn't write about anything that I gave a damn about!

I haven't run a written word blog in over 2 years now. In my time off I've learned a few things.

1. Trying to read a blog everyday written by someone that you don't know personally is boring.
2. Google is the r0xx0r and using it to search blogs for specific topics is better and more productive than bookmarking a bunch of blogs and hoping that they write about something you give a damn about.
3. Nobody writes on a consistent basis about things that I care about.
4. Most people are horrible writers.
5. Myspace sucks.
6. I've never visited Facebook, but I'm sure it sucks too.