Yesterday, the owners of the oldest TV station in Syracuse – Channel 5 – called its employees together, told ’em they were great, and then told them to pack up their shit and hit the road. Well, 40 of them, anyway. After more than 60 years on the air, Channel 5 will now be run and operated out of the studios of another station, owned by Granite Broadcasting, which already operates two local channels and owns another 20 or so in the US. Network TV won’t be affected of course, but it’s one more blow for diversity in local news. And a pretty sad day, really.
Today is the day that geeks have been anticipating since 2/2/04: a day when the month and day are both the square root of the year (well, the last two-digits of the year, but who could possible need a four-digit year, anyway). Yep, 3/3/09. And if you think it’s no big deal, just remember this – it won’t happen again until April 4, 2016. How can this possible not be a national holiday? Oh, that’s right. We honor magical fat guys in red suits that fly around handing out presents (sounds like a goddamn socialist to me; NORAD ought to shoot the bastid down), old dead white guys, magic (socialist) rabbits, and genocidal Italians who “discovered” a place where millions of people were already living, but math and science? Pshaw.
Speaking of square roots, I believe my retirement money is now the square root of what it was a year ago. The market took another dump yesterday, closing below 7,000 (way below), and at a 12-year low. I’m getting pretty tired of the whiny friggin’ “market,” personally. “Wah, wah, we don’t want regulation. We want taxpayer money.”
Well, screw you, you whiny pieces of crap. It’s just too bad you seem determined to take me down with you. But I got you fooled; with my blood pressure, I’ll be dead long before I could ever retire. I was watching a couple of minutes of the Today Show yesterday, and Matt “the rat” was grilling the CEO of AIG pretty hard. I thought, gee, Matt, you rich fuckers sure get touchy when the market drops. Too bad you didn’t give a crap when Bush was invading Iraq for no good reason.
Another cold day here. It’s in the single digits, but with the wind it feels like twenty below. This is the time of year when winter really starts getting old. Oh well, at least we set the clocks ahead this weekend (which always seems to irritate Granny). I hate to lose an hour, but the more daylight at the end of the day, the better. Now if it would just get a little warmer.
I’ve noticed that the wingnuts have defined socialism as anything that helps folks who are not millionaires. Bailing out banks or insurance companies is pragmatic capitalism. But, what really bothers me is when those non-millionaire folks start buying the wingnuts’ argument, as they have for 30 years.
The ed system, as the brilliant Bush has remade it, now is test oriented. I.e. memorize facts. Critical thinking not important. A perfect recipe for creating more little wingnuts.
It is cold! Hubby walked Emily and said it was really bad out. In this old house I feel many cold drafts, but I have heat, so no complaints. Of course KP, is probably thinking about taking a swim.
Gotta work!
Kuby was talking about the Freeper ‘teabag’ party that was held over the weekend to protest the stimulus bill and Paschman played the whole teabag bit with “Pendeho, the Revolutionary” from the old MS show. I :rofl2: and :rofl2: but when it was over I felt the sadness all over again that the best radio show ever wasn’t given a chance to stay on the air as long as Paul Harvey’s career.
Wingnuts are only interested in being right, they’re not interested in finding out what’s right. That’s why they try to change everyone and everything else instead of changing themselves.
It was very nice yesterday, 89 degrees and sunny. I got the roof top garden going and used the compost I’ve been brewing for the last year. I’m expanding to 2 kiddie pools this year. Got the first one filled with spinach. Maybe the second one I’ll grow peppers or squash.
What we have all been waiting for…
“UNWIGGED AND UNPLUGGED”
Guess I’m not the only one who doesn’t like Governor Blinky.
The bad part is…
Here’s a little something for the ladies:
I saw lucy yesterday at the Pacific Science Center. :yawn:
:billcat:
On a completely different note, I’ve been doing fine in school- I know how much of a concern that is for everyone. Also, on yet another note, I’ve been mildly infatuated with a classmate that’s been sitting next to me. She’s not an excellent student but very pleasant to talk to. Maybe I’ll even get my shit together enough to make a good impression. I’ll let the blog know what develops.
:bee: pretty soon!
watching the nests but it’s still too cold here in western canuckistan.
Oh, one of the tidbits I learned from the exhibit is that two-thirds of the Ethiopian economy is beans. :joe:
Well I got my big EFCA is bad talk at work, I like to call it being Wal-marted. Yup all the wingnut talking points in a half hour powerpoint presentation..if I didn’t need the job so bad I’d have punched the store manager.
Nice video here.
Travis, it sounds like you’re enjoying school.
Andy, it’s awful to have to listen to, and worse not contest, wingnut propaganda.
I’ve been in that position. It sucks.
Yeah, I am enjoying it. Other than my Logic teacher being a putz everything is going well. Another couple of weeks and I’ll being moving on to some more Astronomy and English… :barf:
I hear ya, Andy. It appears i’m in the same boat. The honeymoon is OVER with my new job and I’m hoping to network enough to find something else. Stupid fucking short sighted big male egos that can’t handle a woman with some ideas.
I don’t remember typing it like that.
On today’s BRL, the 911 Emergency Call skit reminded me of the MorningSedition show. It’s worth it for these nuggets.
#7 — :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf:
#10 — Travis — trust your heart and intuition. Sounds like some good potential. You are a smart person and good human being just like PJ :love: . You deserve the best and it will come to you. Just give it time. We’re all sending you good vibes for the best outcome!! :love: :love: :love: :banana: :banana: :jesus: :jesus: :jesus: