Something Warren Buffett once said intrigued me...

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Warren Buffett once said an insightful line... Something like "Saints have a past; sinners have a future."


I will listen to a saint long before a sinner. The sinner still needs to make that future. Saints have been there and done that, which does not make them hypocrites but reminders as to why it's best not to do it in the first place.

Like a fictional sci-fi character also once said, "When you are bleeding, find a healer with scars."

How to deal with the financial crisis:

1. Ask the financial wizards how to restore confidence? If bailing out the big banks isn't helping, more forensic investigation needs to be applied. Find the cause and deal with it. At least that's how the theory might go...?

2. Don't sell; that ADDS to the panic - never mind all the penalties and taxes you'll have to pay. Is it really worth it?

3. Drink a glass of red wine, light a candle, and bonk like bunnies. Some like to think that will relax people. If you're single or have a fear of getting cooties (or anything real like herpes or HIV), there's that pr0n0 website that a left-leaning news/forum site (*cough* Huff*cough*ington Post*cough*) felt compelled to advertise to everybody... thanks, y'all! :D

"The Science of Straying"

This article has an apparently interesting article that tries to explain why people cheat.

One key phrase they mentioned was 'fidelity in marriage'. Um, okay... 'Fidelity in marriage'? Try 'liquidity in marriage' instead. That ought to bring up not only a handful of interesting sites, but an advert for YaK Brand Massaging Intimate Love Fluid (note, to spare any company free publicity, or give the impression I put in a naughty acronym anywhere else, I put in a fictitious brand name in its place. If there's anything more disgusting than any liquid from a yak being spread on me or my purported wife, I don't want to know what it is.)

Strange how an article pertaining to infidelity has lead to this joke of a response by me. That's okay, it's a joke of an article. Fidelity is in the spirit as much as it is in action and is the ultimate test if you genuinely care about your "partner" or not.

If they gave surnames to hurricanes...

You've heard that hurricane "Ike" is threatening Texas with a sound beating.

Of course, hurricanes were originally given female names -- male names being added on to eliminate any sexist overtones.

But they forgot about surnames.

Which might be for the best.

A hurricane named "Ike Turner" might not go over well.

Or when we get to the "M"s, hurricane "Mike Tyson" really would cause a stir.

Or going back to the feminine nomenclature, I'll just cut to the chase: Hurricane "Lorena Bobbitt".

Yes, let's stick to single names only. And if this were 1989, Hurricane "Jackée" would still be too far away from "227"...

Pier 1 Imports?

There used to be a chain store called "Pier 1 Imports". Here you would find all sorts of knick-knacks; from fabrics to dinnerware to even picture frames and more. All imported.

Of course, back then "imported" was equated to something regal or special. Pricey too, because the stuff was said to be imported and therefore special.

These days, I think they changed their name. I think they're now called "Wal-Mart".

News just in: "Airliners Miss Colliding By 1 Minute"

Here is the article!
(Happy reading!)

They must be expert pilots. When I play "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", I fly around for hours and deliberately try to chase or dog other planes. Computer-generated, these planes follow a direct path, without any element of "the human factor" getting involved. The result? I keep missing them by miles. Now if I turned the "other aircraft" amount to 80% then I might have a chance.

If this flight simulator is close to real-life flying, how do two humans collide? Apart from meeting at a hook-up bar and going to a cheap, cockroach-infested hotel, but that's not relevant right now.

But, oh look, I just opened the window, poked my head out, and turned it upward. The sky is blue and pretty, and just like in the simulator there's nary a plane in the sky.

What all that says, I have no idea... I just like to come across silly.

Next week I will be reviewing the simulated accuracies of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas", complete with that special hidden gem of a sub-game: "Hot Coffee". Or perhaps I won't...

Potato Chips and Corn Flakes are NOT vegetables.

It'd be nice if they were vegetables. Indeed, as far as these things go, I'm amazed nobody has made "Broccoli Chips" yet.

Or even "Broccoli Flakes", complete with slogan "They stay crunchy in milk!" (Because nobody ever puts them there...).

Why not call them what they are: "Vegetable matter dunked in grizzle and fried to a crispy coronary condition". But then nobody would by them and that Lito Fray company would go out of business...