Sep

30

And They’ll Vote For Me, And Stuff

September 30, 2008 by Brandon | 1 Comment


People don’t see a problem with this? The school is allowing it? I don’t know. I understand that a kid can wear a shirt that says whatever they want it to say, and that’s not the school sponsoring it. However, we have a situation here where the sign has been created for a school sponsored “organization.”

I just wonder what would have been done if a kid wrote a poster that said, “Allah <3’s You. Hakim for Prez.”

Sorry, but this has no place in school. Frankly I don’t think it was that little girl’s bright idea, either. I think it was the mother who obviously felt the need to inject her belief into other people’s lives, because brainwashing her kids wasn’t good enough. Yeah, mommy. The reason the world’s going to shit is because your 3rd grader isn’t posting signs that says, “Jesus <3’s You,” in her efforts to win a popularity contest.



Sep

30

Irate, Old, Religious Women

September 30, 2008 by Brandon | 1 Comment

I currently work in a support call center for Comcast.

I’ll probably take some heat for that, because I’m well aware that Comcast doesn’t have the greatest reputation in the world, for those who are familiar with the company. However, I just had to share this story from today.

It was my last call before my shift was over. An irriated old woman who was flipping out because the sound on her TV had cut out, apparently due to a faulty DVR cable box. I tried my best to help her and remain polite as she bitched. “How am I supposed to know what plug to pull?” she hissed when I asked her to pull the power plug for the cable box in order to reboot it.

But alas, the box was indeed the cause and it needed replaced. She demanded when someone would be over to give her a new cable box. I checked the tech schedule and saw that the soonest possible time I could get someone out was tomorrow morning. I never like having to tell people that, but it’s a fact of life; our techs are scheduled with like, 20 jobs to work in a given day, and they head out in the morning with their assigned jobs. Sometimes there are people who cancel, so there is availability on the same day, but today wasn’t one of them.

The old woman continued to crow at me, “I work. I can’t be here to wait around for some cable man to come give me a box.” I questioned whether the old bat actually worked or not, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she was a Walmart greeter. Regardless, she finally found it acceptable to take a 3:30 to 5:30 time slot.

I was relieved, and was about to finish the trouble call order for her when suddenly she howled at me, “NO! NO! THAT WON’T WORK!” I was startled, “Er, what?”

“NO! MY DAMN RELIGIOUS PROGRAM IS ON AT 8:30! I WON’T BE ABLE TO RECORD MY RELIGIOUS PROGRAM! YOU WILL GET SOMEONE HERE BEFORE 8:30 SO I CAN WATCH MY DAMN PROGRAM!” I had to pull my headset away from my ear slightly, she was yelling that loud.

I suddenly didn’t feel so badly for the poor old woman. Generally I’m actually very sympathetic to the elderly calling in with cable troubles, knowing full well that all they do is sit around and watch the Game Show Network or TMC; they’re like lost sheep without it. Heaven forbid they attempt anything other than watching their TVs in their old age. The irony of this harpy screeching violently about her religious program, yelling at me with distain that I wouldn’t give to an enemy, was almost satisfying to me for some reason. I couldn’t help but think, ever so smugly, about how contrary her actions were to what I’m sure her religious program taught.

Well, let’s be honest. I doubt the program would really be teaching anything of value, aside from how to give your money to thieves.



Sep

21

Imagine No Religion

September 21, 2008 by Brandon | Leave a Comment

Harrisburg I was pleased to hear on the local news minutes ago that a new sign put up in Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania state capitol about 40 minutes away from where I live, is causing a bit of a stir. Fox 43 News reported that the Freedom From Religion Foundation has posted one of their “Imagine No Religion” billboards there.

One of the responses from an interviewed woman was classic, “Well, I guess it was put up by someone who don’t (sic) believe in religion.”

Feel free to read more about it here and here at the Freedom of Religion Foundation.



Sep

11

An Italian comedienne who said that Pope Benedict XVI would go to Hell and be tormented by homosexual demons is facing a prison term of up to five years.

Seriously.



Sep

11

Spore

September 11, 2008 by Brandon | Leave a Comment

A biology lesson on evolution Spore is not, but it is still a pretty fantastic game.

I’m amused by their decision to start your little cell in the “primordial soup” by means of transpermia rather than worrying about angering the religious nuts with abiogenesis. Because, you know, it’s not like they’re cool with evolution anyway.

I’m sort of disappointed that the beginning stages of the game aren’t are complex as the final stage. I suppose it makes mild sense, but the stage I was actually most excited about, the cell stage, is the shortest and least involved stage there is. To say it’s easy would be an understatment. It’s hardly worth playing that stage because of the limitations you have.

I ended up downloading the Spore Origins game for my iPod Touch, which focuses exclusively on this stage. I don’t know why they didn’t base the cell stage of the PC game off this; it’s much more entertaining, although still very simple.

All in all though, a fun game that I think is worth mentioning given the subject matter!



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What is Fractal Wrongness?

The state of being wrong at every conceivable scale of resolution. That is, from a distance, a fractally wrong person's worldview is incorrect; and furthermore, if you zoom in on any small part of that person's worldview, that part is just as wrong as the whole worldview.

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