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The Next National Sickness

Henry Imler October 13th, 2007

Hillary Derangement Syndrome by Parableman.

I’d like to make a prediction. If Hillary Clinton
becomes the next president of the U.S., I expect we’re going to see a
parallel to Bush Derangement Syndrome: Hillary Derangement Syndrome.
(I’d call it Clinton Derangement Syndrome, except that’s ambiguous.)

Anything that’s bad will be attributed to her, whether she’s
responsible or not. Anything she says will be treated as uncharitably
as possible, no matter how out-of-context it has to be taken. The
consequences of her policies will be greatly exaggerated, and any other
contributing factors to bad outcomes will be ignored. And what’s worst
about this is that the people who will be doing it will be mainly
evangelical Christians.

I don’t think we’ve ever seen a phenomenon quite like this until the
current president. A lot of people who didn’t like Bill Clinton said
lots of nasty things about him, especially evangelical Christians who
should have obeyed the Bible a little more carefully with regard to
respecting those in governmental leadership under God. But I don’t
think it was anything like the kind of irrationality I’ve seen over the
current president. Nonetheless, I think the standard has been set, and
these things tend to cross party lines once control shifts to the other
party. I would be very surprised if we don’t see many of those have
been so upset at Bush Derangement Syndrome doing exactly the same thing
with President Hillary Clinton, if it turns out she ends up holding
that position.

Unfortunately, I think Jeremy is dead on.

This week’s Christian Carnival

Henry Imler October 12th, 2007

The French, are you here?

Henry Imler October 12th, 2007

h/t - Meredith and I’s friend Johanna.

If
I ever major in time machines, be sure to go back in time and confirm
to my then past self that is was the right desision to buy the Orange
Box. Half Life 2, Episode 2 is a work of art, art that makes me scared, frantic, and curious all at the same time.

King Koopa

Henry Imler October 11th, 2007

I
have no sympathy for Bowser at all. Who in their right mind would
choose to fight on a bridge that is held up by an easily removable ax?
Now keep in mind that Bowser (King Koopa’s first name) is chillin’ in
his own castle, a huge fortress equiped with all kinds of defenses.

It is not as though Koopa is on his way to meet a Dr. Wiley for
lunch and Mario catches up with him on a creaky “indiana - Jones - and
- the - temple - of - doom - final - sequence” bridge. No, it is
Koopa’s battle pit, where he challenges his foes in some weird mortal
kombat event. What was he thinking when he approved the blueprints?
“Surely no one would ever think to hit the ax attached the to support
chains. Its just too obvious! I’ll hide my sole weakness in plain
sight!”

If I were Bowser, and assuming that I still wanted the Mortal Kombat
bridge of death thing going on, I would use either my endless supply of
hammers to wedge that ax in there good and tight, or use my amazing
fire breath to weld the whole apparatus together.

I blame Bowser’s stupidity rather than Mario Mario’s¹ pluckyness for his downfall.

^{Footnotes

1) His first name is Mario and he and his brother are known as the

Mario Brothers. So I am guessing his first name is the same as the last}

Trails to Nice Forrests are often Muddy.

Henry Imler October 10th, 2007

Heroes

Henry Imler October 9th, 2007

OMG, I am totally crushing on West.

….with the Hammer of Dawn.

Chris.

Henry Imler October 9th, 2007

The Backstory:
While a talk-show brawl usually has all the veracity of professional
wrestling, it’s not unheard of for legitimate hostilities to break out,
even when celebrities are involved (For example, see the scrap between
civil-rights activists Al Sharpton and Roy Innis on the set of The
Morton Downey Jr. Show).

But, the incident between sports-radio host Jim Rome and NFL
quarterback Jim Everett wasn’t sparked by a heated political debate or
the incitements of a hooting and hollering crowd. It stemmed from
Rome’s habit of nicknaming his guest “Chris”— as in female tennis
player Chris Evert—due to his habit of avoiding contact.

The Beatdown:
After two years of this, Everett was clearly ready to snap when he
appeared on Rome’s ESPN2 talk show Talk2 in 1994 and was immediately
introduced as “Chris” Everett. “If you call me Chris Evert to my face
one more time, you’d better take a station break,” Everett warned. “I
think that you probably won’t say it again.” “I bet I do,” Rome said.
“Chris.”

In the jungle, zoologists refer to this type of behavior as “Jumping
into the lion’s den wearing steak pants,” and it is generally regarded
as an unwise decision. Everett, not surprisingly, flipped over the
table separating him from his host and threw Rome to the floor,
whereupon a cameraman rushed in to break up the melee before Everett
punched him in the grill.

From here.

Oh yeah

Henry Imler October 3rd, 2007

ever remember, oh yeah, i have a blog - prob should post some’n?

me either.

Ctl + Alt + Java

Henry Imler October 2nd, 2007

Came across an interesting idea over at lifehacker. Supposedly, one can “reboot” your brain (i.e. feel refreshed) by drinking a cup of coffee and taking a 15 minute nap in that order.