State of the Union

I was a bit disappointed with yesterday's State of the Union Address. I mean, really, it's just a giant iPod touch. What were you thinking, Obama?

-TC

Avatar

I finally broke down and saw Avatar last night. I'll only say two things about this movie. First...unobtainium? Really? This must have been a total Poochie moment in the writers room, if ever I saw one.

Second, at exactly what point in the course of human evolution do we start feeling the need to equip our giant, walking battle robots with hunting knives? "Sure they have machine guns and missiles, but you gotta give 'em a blade, 'casue you never know when they'll find themselves in the midst of a robot whittling contest."
-TC

An Important Lesson

My dad's toilet hasn't worked properly for a couple years now. He has neither the money nor the skill to have it fixed, so he's just sort of let it be, filling up the tank by hand with jugs of water whenever he needs to use it. So I decided that as part of his Christmas present this year, I would buy whatever parts need to be replaced and fix it for him. I like to think I learned a valuable life lesson from this experience. If someone says "I'd like you to fix my toilet, please," you say no. And if they say, "I'd really just as soon you didn't fix my toilet," you don't insist.

On the upside, after a good seven hours of effort, it does in fact work.

-TC