Bombastic 'Mo

How the Cast of 30 Rock influences US Politics

Short and sweet, and totally off Huffington Post.

Bobby Jindal, potential GOP candidate for the 2012 election gave a long, slow, tedious and patronizing speech to his constituents on the need for less government and no bureaocracies.

I don’t know what’s more salient:  that he talks to his constituents like they are five year olds (”Mommy and Daddy are against big government, because it’s bad!”) or that he’s a spot on ringer for Kenneth Parcell from TV’s 30 Rock.

If Jindal makes it to the finals four years from now, here’s hoping we get some spot on parody from Tina Fey and Jack McBrayer.  After all, wasn’t Palin gonna try again?

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Just kick me while I’m down

I came back from Olympia early because I have a “mandatory” WorkSource training opportunity tomorrow.  If I don’t attend, I would not be eligible for benefits.

Which rings of a little irony since I came home today, checked the mail, and found I was denied for benefits anyway.  Fuck me.

I then went ahead and checked my Bank of America bank account to see how close I was to selling my blood on the street (I don’t know how… maybe in popsicle form or something) and saw that Bank of America has started charging me a $6 a month service fee because I no longer have direct deposit.  Since you know, I no longer have a job.

Ironically, I think had the unemployment come through, they offer direct deposit….

If anything could be called class warfare, this has to be it.  Seriously, I’m being charged a fee because they see I no longer have an income?  What a bunch of fucking assholes.  I’m going out tomorrow and closing down my account.

Plus you know, they are a horrible bank.

Nascent Words

Although I’m rearing to get to writing about the plethora of stories I have been mulling over in my head (and often out loud at cocktail parties) for the past few weeks, it felt as if the very first post ought to be more of an introduction.

While I have a gut feeling as to how I want to this site to be, the types of articles, the stories, the eventual user interaction, I’m also very aware that as I continue to write, this site will drastically change shape and voice.  I’d also like to add ads additionally, but before I get to that, I’m under the belief I need fans.

If you’re here from day 1, you’re likely family and friends.  Thanks for eating up everything I put out there, it’s always very sweet.  Without your support, I don’t know where I’d be.

And if you’re a stranger, please, stick around and contribute.  As I go, I’ll continue to change the layout, the usability, and ideally everything else.  I found initially I was getting so caught up in the smallest things (which pictures to use, where to place the categories, etc.) that nothing was being written.  So I’m jumping into the fray a bit unorganized.

Welcome.  I hope you find the site informative and fun, and that you call me out whenever I am wrong.  I suppose it’s bound to happen at least once.

Here we go!