Rantings of a New Yorker

If you can't handle swearing, get off the internet. People suck, including me, and these are my rantings.

Entries for February, 2007

Things I Learned From CSI: Miami

Let me start by saying, I hate this show.  I don’t try to hide my hatred, nor my bias.  If I were not married, I would never even look at it, but, with marriage comes compromise and each week I am subjected to one of the worst television shows that I’ve ever seen.  That said, [...]

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Giant of Cerne Abbas

The Giant of Cerne Abbas is located in Dorset England.  This photo was taken by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, a photographer who takes photos from the air.  He has created a traveling exhibition called, Earth From The Air, which displays many of his photos. From Wikipedia: The Cerne Abbas giant is a hill figure of a giant [...]

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The Things That Should Matter

I’m so sick and tired of celebrity headlines dominating the news.  The news used to actually report newsworthy items and not concern themselves with catering to the lowest common denominator.  That task was left to the general entertainment of television shows and made for TV movies. In the past six to ten years, there has [...]

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Propaganda as Entertainment

Television has always been a good propaganda tool.  From its early days, with Popeye and Bugs Bunny advocating war and decrying the Nazis, through to today.  However, those instances were blatant and overt in their stances.  Today’s television, however, uses more subtle ways to push the agenda from Washington and big business, ultimately creating ad [...]

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Are You a Prostitute?

This photo can be found here but is a little tricky to get to as this section is in french.

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Wal-Mart is Angering its Customers Again

Wal-Mart launched it’s download video service last week but it’s only available to those who use Internet Explorer.  If you use another browser, you’re greeted with a notification to go download IE, use Windows 2000 or XP, and come back and try again. We notice you’re not using Internet Explorer. To continue, please visit this [...]

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A Remarkable Wedding Photo

This is a photo of Ty Ziegel and Renee Kline on their wedding day.  Ty, a marine, suffered burns after a suicide attack in Iraq.  You can find the photo here as well as a gallery of photos of the couple before and after his injury.  It was also selected by the World Press Photo [...]

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Major League Baseball Screws Its Fans, Again

It’s been rumored for a while but, in late January, 2007, Major League Baseball (MLB) reached an exclusive deal with DirectTV to carry their Extra Innings (EI) Package.  MLB EI is a lucrative package in which fans can purchase year long access to EI, allowing them to watch out of market games of their home [...]

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Man Convicted of Shoving Phone Down Girlfriend’s Throat

I swear, you can’t make this stuff up and I can’t stop laughing. Yes, I know there is a special place in hell for laughing at this story but, it’s just too funny to not to chuckle at these people. A jury convicted a man of second-degree domestic assault Saturday for shoving a cell phone [...]

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The Taktshang Goemba (Tiger’s Nest Monastery)

This is one of many photos on Knuttz of the Tiger’s Nest Monastery.  It is the most famous monastery in Bhutan. The Guru Rinpoche is said to have flown here on the back of a tigeress and then meditated in a cave, contained within the present structure, for three months. The monastery (goemba in Bhutanese) [...]

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