Fuck it. I’m getting serious here. Political too.

One thing my sensei always said:
“Only a fool picks and chooses his own enemies“.

You see, if you invade my land, looking to destroy my home, and hurt my family…
I’m willing to die to make sure I’m the last thing some of you will ever see.

If you’re languishing in an Iraqui prison, your testicles being electrocuted, your wife/mother/sister being raped, and your children being tortured in front of you; just before your eyes are gouged out…

I could really care less.
Hey, I’m just being honest here. I’m fucked up like that.
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I almost got political today. I’ve had my fill of so much bullshit today, that I want to scream, and *almost* get political. I will say this much, though:

Despite my many complaints, and unhappiness at the current state of affairs… I still love being an American and can’t think of a better place to be. The United States of America still remains the greatest country on the planet, and if anyone has a problem with that, feel free to leave.

… the planet, that is.
The Challenger II is almost gassed up, and now boarding at terminal 5.

I crave humor and levity now… and some ladies on the web delivered.

A message FROM the lovely Robyn: “I’ve run INTO quite a few people .. and blogs .. that could use one of these today. Their shit is so backed up, their eyeballs are floating.

So feel free to take one down, pass it around. Call it the gift that keeps on giving, and giving, and giving… “

*lights a cigarette*
So, was it good for you, too?

Couple of quick announcements…

• A new post at East Coast Bloggers.
  Yes… we are all STILL getting together. My apologies for the lack of updates, but I have a life, but there really isn’t much new to report. What’s going to happen will hinge a lot on who’s coming and when. I will be putting up a slideshow with a tour of Stroudsburg (and yes, it includes Frazetta’s House Of Horrors). The hype goes INTO full swing in February…
• The Zoo comes to Anarchtica.
  New Yorkers (like me) are rejoicing as Max 106.3 is becoming Z-100… WOO HOO!!! That’s NOT to say that Max isn’t awesome, but I miss the Z Morning Zoo.

  And I will also miss DJ Chaz Henderson, who has moved on to bigger & better places. He was a good friend to me, and my other site, and plugged it on Max 106.3 many times.

More popular than Jesus Christ (and Don Ho).
Johnny Kai reports that 25,000 people (?) showed up and voted at The Hawaii Music Awards this week. Blowing last year away. This is largely due to GREAT friends who spread the word online. (Steve and Ali… you TROOLY rock my world!) Any one else who was a part of this, please let me know. MAHALO!!!

Johnny will be back here in the Spring, and anyone wants to come here and CHECK out his Hawaiian SHOW at the resort over the summer, let me know… this dude is awesome.

• Am I to understand there’s a new celebrity in CyberTown for me to kick around?
  There is no way in hell that I believe this is the *REAL* Dave Barry. On BLOGSPOT? Give me a break. More like the return of KayCee’s mom?

  I would well imagine that Dave Barry would write posts of epic Ezrael-like proportions, and he’d have something more profound to say than “The Dixie Chicks kick ass” (Fuckable? Yes. Ass kicking? I dunno. I don’t listen to Country Music. Slide guitars and banjos make me queasy unless it’s done by The Eagles.).

  I would love nothing more than to test my mettle by engaging in a battle of wits with the REAL Dave Barry, but I refuse to believe this clown is him. I have the feeling that someone is pulling my third leg, which makes me want to hurt this guy even more.

Thank you all SOOOO much for all your help in putting together this week’s
“EVENT OF THE CENTURY“. Congratulations to everyone who either gave/got the finger. Out of all the people that deserved the finger… YOU were definitely one of them… [See all the winners]

*Time to dim the lights, put on the sappy music, and get preachy here.*

The problem with blogland (and webloggers in general) that annoys the hell out of me the most, is the “What about me” attitude. Everyone wants an award, everyone wants a pat on the back… but so few people want to do it in return.

We’re ALL trying to leave our mark out here. And it makes us feel good to see our name on another site, or someone to go “Hey, I noticed you.”

Besides this starting as a spoof, it became something more. Instead of people going “WHAT ABOUT ME???“, Lots of wonderful people went “What about him/her…?”

It was beautiful.

Zeldman didn’t reach the popularity he did by talking about himself all day… he did it by promoting others.

He shined a spotlight on so many people, they returned the favor, and the myriad of spotlights made him shine like a star. Kottke, Metafilter, Blogger…. how successful would they have been had Zeldman not mentioned it for all of us to see?

Now I met a ton of new friends, and a lot of great new sites (Like Sue Bailey, who is absolutely phenomenal… and I can’t believe I’m only hearing about her now.)

The final winners…

TRIAL BY FIRE (and other legal crap)

• Because she’s been through hell and back too and has a great outlook - Anne of semi composementis
  (Awarded by Pete B.)

That one really touched me, as I saw he’s honoring a woman who is a cancer survivor…. so (as usual) I’ll break my own rules, and give Pete B. the Jack Dawson award for the line Rose gave him in “Titanic”…

HOLLYWOOD LOOKALIKES/ACTALIKES

• “You have a gift, Jack. You SEE people.” - Pete B. of The Blog O’ the Blurf!
  (Awarded by -=e=-)

The other winners….
PROBLEM ADULTS

Congratulations… thank you all for the fun of this runaway train wreck, making this special, and being a part of it… and taking NONE of it seriously.

So who’s coming to the East Coast Gathering in March?
-=e=-

**// Coming here FROM DayPOP? The Golden Finger Awards are HERE //**

I’ve decided that a third post is in order…
To stick this in the Round II post will be very confusing.
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