"Bush" – America’s new four letter word

When I was a kid, my mom and my sister were talking about four-letter words. I didn’ know what a four-letter word was and so I innocently asked: “But M-A-N-U is also a four letter word?”. But today, while watching the presidential debate, I couldn’t help thinking that there is very soon going to be a new four-letter word added to the global vocabulary and it is: B-U-S-H. And it will very likely be used with the same oomph as the other popular four letter word. I can just hear it now: “Man, he really bushed that up.”

My contempt for George Bush as the leader of the United States and as such a man in one of the most powerful political positions in the world is monotonically increasing. The more I see of him or hear of him, the more apalled I am as to how such an individual can be the president of the united states. He continues to harp on the same theme, but refuses to address the questions inspired by fact. Yes, you want to stay firm and be commited and be stadfast and resolute and strong and all that, but you also have to be open to reason and be able to admit when you make a mistake and take corrective action instead of constantly perpetuating the same fallacies.

Fortunately or unfortunately (honestly I don’t know which) I cannot vote in the United States, but to all those who can: “Don’t bush it up again”.

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Men’s Rules

I received these in email from more than one person. The title is linked to a nice PowerPoint show of the same rules. What’s funny is that some of them are _so_ true 🙂

We always hear “the rules” from the female side. Now here are the Rules from the male side. These are our rules:- Please note… these are all numbered “1” ON PURPOSE!

1. Breasts are for looking at and that is why we do it. Don’t try to change that.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don’t hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Saturday = sports. It’s like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That’s what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

1. If you think you’re fat, you probably are. Don’t ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colours, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a colour. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what Mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say “nothing,” we will act like nothing’s wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to, expect an answer you don’t want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine. Really.

1. Don’t ask us what we’re thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as Sex, Sport, or Cars.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. Round is a shape.

1. Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know men really don’t mind that, it’s like camping.

Pass this to as many men as you can – to give them a laugh.

Pass this to as many women as you can – to give them an education!!

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Turning on the lights… slowly…

Sometime in 2003 (actually precisely on July 31st, 2003) sneaker.org went dark. It was more on a whim and I really intended on changing some of the layout and the content and then putting it back up again

After over a year of being dark, I’ve decided to slowly turn on the lights again. The old content will still be accessible, however, since the site structure has changes a little, the old links may not work in a 100% of the cases. The site is still taking form, so it may take a couple of days/weeks for all the sections to be operational. But feel free to poke around in the mean while and welcome back 🙂

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