An example of how laid back Southern California is

Souther California experiences a 6.9 earthquake and what do we do? We tweet about it - some of us even brag about how cool it was - then we shrug it off, as if it never happened. Which it, for the most part, was: The only damages were shattered glass windows at certain liquor stores and at the Sports Arena, and some residents were without power...then got it back within minutes.

Apparently, it's the wildfires that get us freaked.

This is some really weird shit

T-Pain and Taylor Swift have done a rap video. No joke. It's both jaw-dropping odd and funny at the same time.



Next collaboration in the works: Lil Wayne and Miley Cyrus. Or at least they're should be.

Random Notes

* On President Obama - Let's get to the obvious: it's great to have a president who is articulate whenever he gives a speech. Its damn refreshing to have a Commander-In-Chief that is willing to listen to all sides of an issue, rather than say its my way or the highway all of the time. The United States has been subjected to that kind of mindset, and we all know that turned out in certain areas. Having said that, allow me to address the conservatives, the liberals, and the president himself:

To the conservatives: Please shut the fuck up about how Obama is driving the country on a road to socialism, or how he's a far leftist, or how he's the fucking anti-Christ. The man's already done many things that have pissed off our side (not going after Bush admnistration officials for waterborading detainees at Guantanamo Bay, his defense of DOMA - Defense of Marriage Act, to name a few) He is a pragmatic, left-of-center president, not the second coming of Joseph Stalin. Get a grip, and come back to us when you can a.) tell us us what you're for, b.) drop the Christian Right from your party, and c.) reach out to minorites and the youth without having right-wing talking heads drive us awan further.

To the liberals: I know you're disappointed that the Preisdent hans't done some of the things we wold like (see above). In a sense, I share your fustration, but we also have to remember one important detail - it's been almost six months since Barack Obama took office. The problems we're facing - from a recession to a health care crisis - won't be solved by Obama stealing Harry Potter's wand, and enuncitating, Reparo!, and the economy will be thriving and Adam and Steve will be able to say "I do," legally. My honest guess is that he's picking and choosing his battles (fix the economy and get Americans affordable healthcare now, get re-elected and takle gay marriage and reforming how Wall Street does buisness in the second term).

To the President: I know you're trying to get past the partisan and political divide that has poisoined the national debate for years by running as a president who'll reach out to both sides of the aisle, but in order for bi-partisanship to work, the other side must unclench their fist. The GOP, thus far, has been unwilling to do so. It's time to let the Republicans know that bi-partisanship is still on the table, but until they make the effort without acting like vindictive, shallow pricks, leave em' be. You have 60 votes (whenever Minnesota will seat Al Franken) in the Senate, a huge majority in the House of Representatives, not to mention the public on your side and an enthusiastic base eager to change our country. The Grand Old Party is, for the moment, irrelevent.

* On the Palin v. Letterman war - How did this become a hot-button issue? And why, now, after ever comedian from Jay Leno to Bill Maher roasted her and how Bristol got knocked up during the campaign, is she now outraged that a comedian made a tasetless joke about how one of her daughers was knocked-up by A-Rod of the Yankees? David Letterman clearly stepped over the line, but then again, who hasn't in the world of late-night television? And why are some conservatives in the blogosphere now calling for Letterman to be fired? By that logic, everyone who cracked on Palin's family and her would be on the unemployment line.

iSmut: Cumming to an AT&T/Apple Store Near You!

I'm not joking when I say that the new Apple iPhone 3G will carry a new feature: the ability to watch pornography.

Apple may be golden because of the iPhone, but the soon-to-be-updated device is also increasingly the source of forbidden fruit. Steve Jobs' company is keeping a civil, if embarrassed, silence on one of the potentially most lucrative and controversial uses of its handheld jewel: porn.

Leading porn purveyors see the iPhone as a dream come true. Its relatively ample screen size, speedy Web access and ease of use are just part of it. The device's miniaturized version of Apple's Safari software simplifies mobile access and streamlines the process of tailoring dirty sites for optimal viewing on the go. "It's by far the porn-friendliest phone," says Devan Cypher, representative for San Francisco–based Sin City Entertainment. As evidence of the gadget's rocketing popularity in California's porn capital, the San Fernando Valley, numerous iPhone-specific porn sites have been launched in recent months. "There are a few hundred iPhone porn sites now in use," says Farley Cahen, vice president of business development for AVN Media Network, the adult industry's trade body. Many others are currently in the works targeting the iPhone 2.0, which goes on sale July 11.

Amazing. You can access your favorite porn sites, watch smut clips, and beat your dick off all in one shot on your iPhone.
Anyone find this utterly disturbing?

Awsome movie posters

So I thought these were a few pretty sweet summer movie posters that I'd like to share.

The Dark Knight


This is such a badass poster. I loved what Christopher Nolan did with the Batman franchise in Batman Begins and judging from the trailer and Heath Ledger's last performance as the Joker, this will be the the movie to beat this summer.

The X-Files: I Want To Believe


To be honest, I've never really got into the adventures of Mulder and Scully hunting down aliens, but I understand that this was a phenomenon in the 90's and the poster looks really cool.

30 Random facts about me - Part one

So here's a collection of random facts about yours truly.

1. Please don't ask me if I know who got eliminated from America Idol. I don't watch it, and chances are, I really don't give a damn.

2. I can't stand most reality TV shows. Mostly because it's lacking actual reality and there are too many of them running around. You want to watch real reality TV? Turn on C-SPAN and watch the NCAA Basketball Tournament or the MLB or NFL Postseason games.

3. I stared in a play when I was in the 6th Grade. Bye, Bye, Birdie was the production we put on for drama class, and I was the lead male, Albert.

4. I used to watch Crossfire with dad when I was seven, mostly because of the verbal fights between conservative and liberal pundits.

5. My birthmark is a heart-shape on the back of my head. Yes, you heard right. A heart-shape on the back of my head.

6. Mid to late 90's = I became a fan of the San Diego Padres. Even when they sucked after the 1998 season, I still stuck with them.

7. This is how big of an anime fan I became with the following shows:
Dragon Ball Z - I dressed up as Goku for Halloween in 2000.
Gundam Wing - I collected Gundam Wing models from some anime shop from 2000 to 2001.
Tenchi Muyo!/Universe/Tokyo - I read Tenchi Muyo! fan fiction.

8. How I became a lover of anime was though this cartoon show, Toonami on Cartoon Network. I don't mean the Naruto crap they have on now. I mean shows like Cowboy Bebob, Outlaw Star, DBZ, Tenchi Muyo, Gundam Wing, Cardcaptors, those kind of kick-ass, action-packed shows.

9. Guilty pleasures: girl/girl smut videos and Fergie.

10. I visit dad's side of the family in Texas every 3 years.

11. Up until the time I was nine, I used to cry every time me and my family left Vegas back for home.

12. I hate cheese.

13. I fell in love with movies when I watched Spirited Away when I was eleven or twelve. I had been a big fan of movies, but Spirited Away was the movie that shook all my pre-concieved ideas that a movie's purpose was to entertain its audience.

14. I am the Opinion Editor of my school newspaper, The Ranch Review. Its a position I am proud to be on, although there have been times I feel out of place in the class, due to the fact that, from my perspective, I don't have anyone who I can identify with.

15. I have a phobia of butterflies. I flinch whenever one gets close to me.

Random Notes: The Holiday Special

First, I would like to say that I hope that everyone had a great Christmas day and that you all got what you wanted for the holidays. I know I did, but more on what I got later. We're a few days away from the end of another crazy and unpredictable year, and there's so much I wanted to comment on about what's been happening, so without further ado, here's Random Notes: The Holiday Special (listed in order of importance).

1.) Chargers wrap up AFC West for 2nd straight year: After beginning the season 1-3, the inconsistency of Philip Rivers as quarterback and defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell, the boos and calls for Norv Turner's head from the fans, and the lack of stellar performances from the team in general, San Diego got their act together and clinched the AFC West title for a second straight year. My boys have won five straight ballgames, including the Monday Night Football game against the Denver Broncos, 23-3, and with a win over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, the Chargers will have clinched the no.3 seed in the playoffs. With Rivers playing well, LT having another record-breaking season, a wide receiver that can actually catch the ball (think Chris Chambers), and a defense that's allowed fewer than seventeen points during their streak, the Chargers could make some serious noise heading into the post-season. Well done Chargers, keep it up! GO BOLTS!!!

2.) Sweeney Todd: Raising the Bar on Bloody Hell: For the holiday season, if you're looking for a film that is safe, enjoyable and fun for the whole family, read this review of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street no further, and watch Alvin and the Chipmunks or some other crap. For those who want to watch Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton raise their game to the next level, make their best movie since Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Ed Wood, and have a bloody good time witnessing it, then step right up and watch one of the year's very best movies and a sure-fire contender come Oscar time. Depp, who has never sung a note before (the movie is 90% sung), plays Benjamin Barker, a barber who's freedom, his wife and his baby daughter were stolen from him by Judge Turpin (a creepy Alan Rickman). The bastard makes some trumped-up charges to send Barker away for 15 years in prison and send himself into rape mode on his wife. Barker returns to London to learn through the landlady, Ms. Lovett (the wonderful Helen Bonham Carter) that his wife killed herself and Turpin plans on marrying Johanna (Jayne Wisener), Sweeeney's daughter. And off to the bloody races we go from there. Todd vows vengeance on Turpin and his protector, Beadle Bamford (Timothy Spall), and on mankind (as he sings in his solo Epiphany), while Ms. Lovette makes meat pies downstairs of the men that Sweeney murders. Sweeney Todd is not only the best bloody time you'll have at the movies all year, but it's a movie that will stay with you, long after the credits roll. Depp's fusion of acting and singing to tell the tragic tale of Sweeney Todd might finally win him the Oscar for Best Actor (that is, if the voters don't faun over Daniel Day-Lewis's turn as an oil tycoon mad with money, greed, and oil in P.T. Anderson's There Will Be Blood). And Burton's magnificent direction, along with cinematographer Dariusz Wolski, and production designer Dante Ferretti, make this tale of love, loss, and revenge the stuff of nightmares for some, but a wet dream for goths and emo kids.
***1/2 stars out of ****

3.) Benazir Bhutto Assassinated; World Leaders Mourn, Condemn killing: Terrible, terrible news to speak of.

From Moscow to Washington to New Delhi and points in between, dismay and condemnation poured forth Thursday over the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, along with concern for the stability of the volatile region. World leaders lauded her bravery and commitment to democratic reform. In India, which has fought three wars against Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Bhutto is irreplaceable, and noted she had striven to improve relations between the two nuclear-armed countries.

"I was deeply shocked and horrified to hear of the heinous assassination," Singh said. "In her death, the subcontinent has lost an outstanding leader who worked for democracy and reconciliation in her country."

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, who met Bhutto earlier on Thursday in Islamabad, said he was "deeply pained" by the assassination of "this brave sister of ours, a brave daughter of the Muslim world"

"She sacrificed her life, for the sake of Pakistan and for the sake of this region," he said. "I found in her this morning a lot of love and desire for peace in Afghanistan, for prosperity in Afghanistan and ... Pakistan."

That's all we know at the moment. I'll try and add as many updates as I can.

4.) Another Spears is pregnant: No, its not the once pop-princess, now has-been, trailer trash , wannabe Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan party girl Brittney. It's her sister, Jamie Lynn of Nickeloden's hit tweener show, Zoey 101.

Another Spears baby is reportedly on the way and it's not Britney's.

Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old "Zoey 101" star and sister of Britney, told OK! magazine that she's pregnant and that the father is her boyfriend, Casey Aldridge.

"It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected," she said. "I was in complete and total shock and so was he."

Spears is 12 weeks along and initially kept the news to herself when she learned of the pregnancy from an at-home test and subsequent doctor visit, she told the celebrity magazine, which hits stands in New York on Wednesday and the rest of the country by Friday.

What message does she want to send to other teens about premarital sex? "I definitely don't think it's something you should do; it's better to wait," she told the magazine. "But I can't be judgmental because it's a position I put myself in."

After she found out from a doctor that she was pregnant, she said, "I took two weeks to myself where I didn't tell anybody."

The only thing I can say about this story is this: Congratulations to the Hilton family: they're no longer the most dysfunctional family with a vapid, media seeking whore for a daughter.

5.) Christmas Gifts: My Christmas seriously kicked every manner of ass. For X-mas this year, I received the following items:
From my mom - jeans from Quicksilver and LRG, a new sweater, a wine-colored jacket, two new shirts, a $25.00 gift cars from Starbucks.
From my dad - A Chargers jacket with removable hood, an iPod Nano 8G, and the first season of the HBO original series, Entourage.

My Mad Photoart Skills!

Take a look and be amazed at my mad photoart skills!







That's all for now, I'll write more sometime this week!

Hellllllllloooooooo Florida!

Big news!
I'll be leaving the Mains, the O/T forums, my blog, and myspace until the 11th for a trip to florida!
I leave in the afternoon, so if you'll be wondering 'where did young Jonathan go off to?', you'll know.

I'll be back soon!

EIS Junior Assistant Program: 6/25 - 6/29

Here again, is a recap of all that went down at the Elementary of Science this week. Enjoy!

Day 6: There's a saying during the summer program at EIS: every Monday feels like the first day of camp. You see, every Monday, we have students returning for another week, students who have left because their weeks at EIS ended, and we have fresh new students entering the program for the first time. Today was orientation day, where the kids got to know their instructors and got to know each other. Most of the instructors are the same (Nicole teaches photography, Una teaches Neuroscience, Ed teaches Engineering, Kelly [a guy's name btw] teaches Computer Science, along with Sarah, Sapha teaches Biology, Heather teaches Natural Science), except one new teacher, Jacob, who now teaches Environmental Science in place of a female teacher who's name has now slipped my mind. Along with the new students and teacher, a new Junior Assistant showed up this week, Ashley. And like the first day of camp, the children were excited to be here, yet they were also noisy and talkative, and we, the JA's had to slap em around to make sure who was boss (us and the instructors). I found out today that i'm stuck doing the 9:00 a.m. shift because of a lack of male supervisors in this hour, which isn't all bad. I also chose to help out Nicole with her classroom for the rest of the time that i'm here, mostly cause we make a good team and i'm a great help in the dark room.

Photography - the kids learned how to take an action photograph using an old-fashioned camera (think 80s - 2004) where you had to wind, then shoot, wind, then shoot. Yeah, that kind.

Computer Science (Sarah) - the kids are learning how to record sound on the computer. I contributed to the fun by clucking like the chicken at the closing credits to "Robot Chicken" on Adult Swim! At the end of the week, they'll be able to make their own CD, complete with computer-made music.

Computer Science (Kelly) - the kids were writing a few sentence in step one of the plan to create their own website and i was called in by Kelly to help the little ones with fonts, colors, size of fonts, etc. Best part of the job that day? I got to go on the internet and screw around and rub it in the kids faces (I both helped Kelly and did some surfing on the web)!

Day 7: This may well be my shortest post on my adventures at the Elementary Institute of Science because it was so boring.
I was in Photography with Nicole an thought her classes with the kids today, it was mostly lectures about how to work in the darkroom, what the chemicals are, and how everything works in a nutshell. The students did get to work in the darkroom, but only on test strips of old camera film. The highlight of my day was introducing myself to some students at Mesa College and I found myself staring at a fine-ass asian chick with a nice body, pretty face, great legs, lovely lips........you get the picture - she was smokin hot!!!! Her presence and the thought of her carried me through what was a slow, sluggish day.

Day 8: A priority shift occurred today: I swapped schedules times with another Junior Assistant, Victoria. She got the 9:00 a.m. group of kids and Photography with Nicole, and I got the 10:00 a.m. kids, Computer Science with Kelly, and Engineering with Ed, just to try something different for a day.
I really wish I hadn't around the second group of kids I was helping Kelly with.
Jesus, those sugar-fueled monstrosities our society calls children wore me down all fucking day!!
By lunch Kelly granted me immunity from helping him out, so I helped set up this week's presentation in the conference room on diabetes.
Just another day at the office, I suppose.

Computer Science - groups F and G worked on creating their own web sites, with me running back and forth like a wind-up doll, checking and making sure that they are doing the steps to create their website properly.

Natural Science - really didn't help out the instructor, Heather, just came into her class and helped her clean up the room after an experiment.

Engineering - worked with Ed and group F on an experiment (including water, some rubber bands, window covering, an index card, and a glass cup) that taught the group about surface tension.

Day 9: Remember when Bill Maher said that some children needed to have their asses straightened out? Maher was right, as I had to do in Photography with Ms. Nicole (I went back to my regular time slot that day). Unfortunately, I had my ass straightened out when Nicole caught me getting short and threatening this kid named Charles (from group A) when he was constantly acting up in the darkroom. You see, I this kid was messing around with his fellow group in the dark room and I had already told him to stop. He wouldn't listen, so I have him some tough love: stop fucking around in the dark room and with his teammates of I send him to the office. Charles apparently got the message, but it was my tone that got me in trouble with Nicole. I didn't yell at the kid, but I spoke to him as if I were my dad, and I had really fucked up. I apologized for being short, even though I thought my actions were only to make sure he wasn't screwing around in the dark room, with all the equipment and the chemicals the classes were working with. I liked Charles, but I had to put him back in line.

Photography - the groups were developing their action shots they took on Monday.

Day 10: If you ever get to come down to San Diego, make sure you go to the Carlsbad Strawberry Farm. You get to pick your own strawberries for a small fee, and you get to eat the right off the vine if you wanted to (they use no pesticides or chemicals). Also, visit the Museum of Making Music as well, if you want to tour all the different types of instruments, or if you're a history or music buff. That was the kids field trip on Friday. I was on my A-game, the kids had a blast picking strawberries and learning about the evolution of music, and it was a nice, sunny day in San Diego. What more could you ask for?

EIS Junior Assistant Program: 6/19 - 6/22

So this is a collection of my adventures as a Junior Assistant for the Elementary Institute of Science (EIS for short). For three weeks, I am to work with the children, instructors and administrators to make sure that their summer programs run as smooth as possible. At the end I will receive 100 hrs. for my community service, more hrs than needed to graduate high school (44 hrs are needed). Without further ado, here's week one of my journey!

Day one: Today I started my duties as a junior assistant at the Elementary Institute of Science (EIS) and I arrived 30 minutes early (thanks mother, couldn't frickin finish my bagel or my Cinnamon Dulce Frappachino from Starbucks because I came so early!) , so my first assignment was to tidy up the library. I did this for an hour, then greeted the returning and new faces of the children to EIS. I showed them where to leave their lunch ales and directed them toward the conference room, where they signed in then got into their groups depending on their age. I got the kids who showed up at 10:00 (there are two sessions: one group comes in at 9:00 am and the other at 10:00 am) and I got paired with the group of 10-11 year olds (one group contains 7-8 year olds, another contains 8-9 year olds, another from 10-11 year olds, and the last from 11-13 year olds). My job description for the next three weeks goes down like this: I work with administrations, instructors, and the kids to make sure everything goes smoothly. I help the instructors with the lesson plan, help set up projects, help the kids out with the projects when needed, basically, I bend to their will (like Bush Jr. bends over for the uber-conservatives in the Republican party, but you don't sell your soul). I did this for Engineering, Computer Science, Biology, and Natural Science (there are other other junior assistants, it's not just me out there), and i'll be doing the same thing tomorrow.

Day two: Today at EIS, my group of children (the 10-11 year-olds) acted the way I expected them to act like -- like noisy children. When they acting disrespectful and noisy towards the instructors, I had to let them know that there is a time to act like a sugar-fueled monstrosity -- it was called lunch and recess, but until that time came, they were to act like mature kids and listen to their instructors. I did this for Engineering, Computer Science, and Natural Science. Biology, I took a short nap because of all the times I had to keep the kids in line!

it has also occurred to me that I haven't explained what the kids did yesterday.....so sorry on that from, too tired to explain, so here's what they did for yesterday and today:

Monday in Engineering - the kids had a little experiment in using lemons and copper wires to test if it could conduct electricity.
Today - the younglings learned about static electricity and how it is conducted - through blow-up balloons, some wool socks, and fake rabbit's fur.

Monday in Computer Science - learned about all the main parts of a computer (the CPU, RAM, hard disc drive, etc).
Today - having learned about the parts of a computer, they "drew" (cut-and-paste pics of parts from Google Image) the parts that they needed to make a computer.

Monday in Biology - learned when the right amount of water temperature, yeast was able to rise, create, and give off the smell of alcohol (syrup and sugar work best).
Today - learned something about the lungs and the respiratory system. Don't remember too much, I was asleep for most of the class time.

Monday in Natural Science - got to know one of the most basic tools needed in NC.......the graduated cylinder; learned to measure using water.
Today - more measuring, this time with a triple-beam balance, did more measurements with items such as baking soda, sand, magnifying glasses (the kiddie kind), and marbles.

Day three: Day 3 might as well be considered, 'And now something completely different......'
I wasn't working with my group of kids today as I originally planned.
I wasn't going to follow any group of children today.
I was to help out the instructor for Photography class for the whole day. I was helping out the 9:00 session of the program (all ages) because today, the instructor was working in the black room with dangerous chemicals and needed my assistance to make sure that the little children wouldn't get into a situation that involved calling up poison control. Definitely kept a tight leash on the kids, made sure they did what they were supposed to do (they were making pictures they took themselves on old-fashioned cameras), and for the most part, there was little screwing around.

Day four: Same old, same old, today. Once again, I was helping Ms. Nicole, the Photography instructor, out in the dark-room. Yesterday, the kids did a test run on making photo grams, today was the real thing. Nicole and I decided to let the kids process their photo grams on opposite sides of the sink in the dark-room. The day went smooth both for Nicole and for the kids because the kids were able to pit out each photo gram for themselves, and for Nicole because working conditions were not as stressful as yesterday. the photo grams the kids made were truly awesome. Wish I could have taken some photos to show y'all what talent is being created ere at EIS And I think the little ones are starting to grow on me, as I have began to grow on them.

Day five: Yesterday was a field trip day (there's a field trip for the students every Friday). We went to the San Diego Natural History Museum at Balboa Park, and let the kids explore. I had had a group of four boys, all of them were 8-9 year olds, meaning one thing: the sugar-fueled monstrosities would be a pain in my ass. And were they ever, telling me to take them here, then there, etc. And yet, I enjoyed their company and liked watching over them. We visited the dinosaur exhibit, the reptile room, and the kids' favorite room: the dinosaur cafe. We even went to green house to heckle the incoming Red Sox Nation. The whole class was treated to two education movies the museum was showing: One on life under the sea in Baja California, the other on global warming (i'm certain Bill O'Reilly would have EIS blacklisted as 'Secular-Progressives' for indoctrinating young minds into such left-wing propaganda!), and the kids enjoyed themselves.
All in all, a great time was had by all.

I'm not dead, i'm just really busy

Hey everyone! No, i'm not dead people, i've just been one busy seventeen year-old: the June issue of The Ranch Review is all sent off, my SAT testing is complete, and all I have left are my End-of-course exams, and then.......summer.

It turns out that a lot has happened over two weeks, so let me try and get caught up with current events.

Paris Hilton's had a bad week: First, the twenty-something enters prison, then after three days, she gets out of jail because he's suffering from "medical problems", and now a judge today sentenced Ms. Hilton back to jail! That didn't sit to well with Paris.

Paris Hilton was just ordered back to jail in Lynwood to serve out the remainder of her sentence! She'll get credit for at least 5 days already served.

Hilton left the courtroom in tears, screaming, "Mom, Mom, Mom." Hilton was also heard saying "It's not right."

One witness said that Paris was "physically escorted" out of the courtroom by a female deputy.

Hilton's mother was later seen pacing the hallways, telling reporters, "I'm paralyzed right now." Paris' father Rick is still in the courtroom.

As someone once said: don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Here's a video of the utter madness of the paparazzi when Hilton was taken to court by the local authorities.



Right-wingers really are stupid: Like you didn't already know this. By far, the dumbest thing i've read this week - Mark Noonan takes a page from the Religious Rights poster-child nutjob Sam Brownback in denying evolution because his religion says it's bullshit. Not only does the discussion about evolution go out the window (as well as the facts that other posters made), but it brings out a lunatic out of the debate who based ALL of his opinions of the matter......on the Bible. The stuff posted from Jeremiah reminded me of reading Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

"The bible, Jeremiah, is a book of man-made renderings. Man, in his need for comfort and reassurance on a sometimes hostile planet, invented a father-like figure to oversee his daily life. A supreme being that would bestow blessings as a reward for good behavior or issue punishment for bad conduct. If this gives particular consolation to an individual, I see nothing wrong with that."


At May 31, 2007 06:17 PM

Let's pick your statements apart piece by piece shall we!

#1. "The bible, Jeremiah, is a book of man-made renderings"

First of all, CO, the bible, CO, is not just a book, it is the infallible Word of Almighty God, based primarily on His instruction as to how we should live! Which is a life pleasing to Him!
The Criteria herein, through the work required for Jesus Christ, Lies the the key to a successfully happy and joyful life, and are proof of His presence within this world is real, and the Faith it requires to sustain each and every life. Words by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--

Words by the [Father].
"The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." Genesis 2:18

Words by the [Son].
The Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! It will be done just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that very hour.
Matthew 8:13

Words by the [Holy Spirit]
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
Acts 13:2

Notice anything in the last two verses? The key is FAITH.

#2.
"Man, in his need for comfort and reassurance on a sometimes hostile planet, invented a father-like figure to oversee his daily life."

Ivented???? That's pretty shallow there, CO! On top of that it's a pretty dangerous statement to be making too! Every life, CO, is at the mercy of Almighty God, and alot of people have made that mistake all too many times, Just ask the rich man in Hell, remember him? When he lifted up his eyes out of Hell, begging for a drop of water just to cool his tongue!!!!!!!

#3. "A supreme being that would bestow blessings as a reward for good behavior or issue punishment for bad conduct."

You state it as if taking life for grantit. That's a sad depressing way to look at it, doncha think?
You still don't get it do you! God gave you a CHOICE. He even sent His ONLY Son Jesus Christ to DIE, a cruel, CRUEL DEATH!!! He loved you that much, so you would believe and want to appreciate and love Him!!!!

Do you want to serve Him?...Or, Do you want to reject Him and be [eternally] lost, Forever and ever to never see peace again?

#4."If this gives particular consolation to an individual, I see nothing wrong with that."

Then why do you so ignorantly, INSIST, on God as being someone made-up????????????

CO, you may not give a hoot about other people and their relationship with Christ, But I do!!

But you will, one of these days, only then, your worries will have just begun!!

Posted by: Jeremiah at May 31, 2007 07:26 PM

Now granted, I am a Christian, but I don't dive into the depths of denial because a book (which was written and interpreted by Man, not by God) told me otherwise.

And the idiot of the week goes to: Gary Shefield, for this idiotic and racist comment regarding why there are few African-Americans playing baseball.

In an interview with GQ magazine that's currently on newsstands, the typically outspoken Tigers designated hitter said Latin players have replaced African-Americans as baseball's most prevalent minority because they are easier to control.

"I called it years ago. What I called is that you're going to see more black faces, but there ain't no English going to be coming out. … [It's about] being able to tell [Latin players] what to do -- being able to control them," he told the magazine.

"Where I'm from, you can't control us. You might get a guy to do it that way for a while because he wants to benefit, but in the end, he is going to go back to being who he is. And that's a person that you're going to talk to with respect, you're going to talk to like a man.

Wrong, jackass. Latinos are playing baseball because it has become a popular sport in places like Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and other Latin-American countries, it's not because they can be controlled. I would expect to hear this comment coming from a racist redneck, but haring the kind of comments come from my ethnic background is disheartening and disturbing.

Hoffman gets 500th save, Padres break out brooms against Los Angeles: What an exciting three days of Padres baseball! First, the Padres win with a run and a pair of hits. Then Trevor Hoffman reaches a milestone, not even reached by Mariano Rivera and Lee Smith: his 500th career save. And last night, down by four, the Padres come from behind in the last of the 9th to win 6-5, sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers at PETCO Park.

Now don't tell me that the Padres are, in the month of June, the National League's hottest team.

Memorial Day

I would just like to take the time out of my day to say thank to those who have paid the highest price for defending this country: their lives.

Your sacrifice will never have been in vain.

Happy Memorial Day.

Huckabees Fight Club

Nothing new really to report but I did want to show this funny cursing exchange between the star of "I Heart Huckabees" Lily Tomlin, and the director, David O' Russell.

The first post is always the hardest

I'm still wondering what made me create my own blog. Maybe it was the idea of having people come into my world and read about my life, opinions, and all that shit in between. Maybe it was through inspiration from my News Hounds friends Yakki and Count Istvan and my other friend from school Kiilah Valind. Or maybe it was both.

To hell with it now, i've done it. So welcome.