Oh, Yeah!

Your results:
You are Magneto

Magneto 82% Dr. Doom 78% Apocalypse 75% Lex Luthor 63% Mr. Freeze 62% Juggernaut 61% The Joker 54% Venom 49% Two-Face 45% Kingpin 43% Dark Phoenix 34% Green Goblin 33% Riddler 33% Poison Ivy 29% Catwoman 29% Mystique 21%

You fear the persecution of those that are different or underprivileged so much that you are willing to fight and hurt others for your cause.

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Spidey

Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man 70% Catwoman 70% Green Lantern 65% Superman 60% Hulk 60% Iron Man 55% Batman 50% The Flash 45% Supergirl 40% Robin 32% Wonder Woman 30%

You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.

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Rodrigo Y Gabriela

Death List: 2007

Last year's death list went... poorly.


1. Vo Nguyen Giap
2. Ariel Sharon
3. Tommy Henrich
4. Betty Ford
5. Sam Huntington
6. Osama Bin Laden
7. Charlton Heston
8. Kirk Douglas
9. George Shultz
10. Jesse Helms

Hold On

GnR 1988

Repeat

For virtually my entire life, I've been envisioning how my life might have turned out differently had I made the "right" decisions. Now, when I think along these lines, I most commonly come to the conclusion "Yeah, but I wouldn't want to have to live through that again". It reminds me of something my grandmother once said. We were at the supermarket, and the total came to $19.44. My grandmother said to the cashier, an older woman, "I wish it was." The cashier smiled and said "Yes." Then my grandmother said "Ah, but I wouldn't want to have to go through all that again." Something about that conversation struck me as profound.

It leaves me to wonder. Am I satisfied and happy (and their is evidence to support this conclusion), or have I just grown too old to envision a different future?

Or So I Would Have You Believe...

HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Your Ass

I concur wholeheartedly.

Moore

On Star Trek:

Kirk, for me, embodied an American idea: His mission was to explore the final frontier, not to conquer it. He was moral without moralizing. Week after week, he confronted the specters of intolerance and injustice, and week after week found a way to defeat them without ever becoming them. Jim Kirk may have beat up his share of bad guys, but you could never imagine him torturing them.

A favorite quote: “We’re human beings, with the blood of a million savage years on our hands. But we can stop it. We can admit that we’re killers, but we won’t kill today.” Kirk clearly understood humanity’s many flaws, yet never lost faith in our ability to rise above the muck and reach for the stars.

The Third Man

I will always admire Harry Lime...

The King is Dead

The world's largest monarch, King Tupou IV, has died at the age of 88. Although his final weight is unknown, he once tipped the scales at 462 pounds.

Rest in peace, giant king.

Sumo wrestling scene from Sonatine

Why Debate?

Ahmadinejad is requesting a debate with George W. Bush. Given the likelihood that'll happen, and given how boring it would be even if it did, I wonder if it wouldn't be better if Ahmadinejad offered to box Bush.

Ahmadinejad is ten years younger, but I can't seem to find any height or weight data. In pictures, he looks kind of willowy. Bush is supposed to be in pretty good shape for his age. I think that it would be a pretty good matchup, and damnit, I'd pay good money to watch. Proceeds could go to bombing victims in Lebanon, or whatever.

Time to Get Cracking

Sadly, all ten members of my death list remain alive. This could get embarrassing.

Professional Risks

Teaching is dangerous business.

I'm still talking and writing on the board of course while all this is going on and I get blood all over this piece of chalk, which is of course really gross and I end up looking at all the pieces of chalk after class to find it so that I throw it away because nothing would be more disgusting than being the next instructor in that room, picking up the piece of chalk, and finding it covered with blood.

Punkass Marc Hates Capitalism

Of course we need hot dogs and buns packaged together. And the idea of prepackaged cereal and milk... yes, that starts the wheels turning. Heh. Ha. Heh heh. Bwah ha ha ha hah!!!

The Lord Vega Disapproves of Eastern Europe

First, Poland elects an identical Prime Minister and President. Now, Ukraine follows through by electing a President and Prime Minister with virtually identical names. His Lordship is not amused.

Sully Asks the Right Question

Not even Raoul Vega can abide the evil that is Ann Coulter.

Who's worse? They both deploy bigotry. Coulter has condemned all Muslims and all gays in ways that pander to the basest prejudices against them. She used the term "fag" on cable television recently. She has publicly argued for killing Muslims in the Middle East indiscriminately. She does all this stone-cold sober and means not a word of it. Gibson, on the other hand, clearly deep down believes that the Jews are evil, that they are responsible for all the wars in the world, and his hatred for gay men is well-documented. Both Coulter and Gibson have made a fortune catering to bigotry. But one is sincere; and one is completely cynical. In some ways, perhaps, an argument could be made that Gibson is preferable. So why is Coulter still on television? And where is her apology?

If You Were Pulled Over, at 2:30am, in Malibu, with a .12 Blood Alcohol, Who Would You Blame the World's Ill's On?

The Belgians, for obvious reasons.