Jul
25
2008
0

Not a clue in the world

I find the clueless absolutely fascinating. There’s almost something magical in the phenomenon of folks living in a completely wrong reality. Here’s one of my favorites:

Now, it’s important not to confuse the clueless and the delusional. Delusional people are all fine and good, but the clueless are special. I think what distinguishes them is choice and support structures. With the delusional, you get the sense that they know, deep in their hearts, that they’re being crazy and just roll with it. The truly clueless aren’t that self-aware. I think it stems from the often elaborate support structures that help the clueless live the lie. Think of how many bad American Idol auditions you’ve seen that invariably end with family members walking the crazy out. “You can sing! They’re crazy not to pick you!” Thanks for all the enabling, Mom.

Anyway, this comes up because I came across a really clueless one on the site. She’d posted this note in a completely inappropriate forum:

Topic: female needs a little spending money.looking for guy to help

Body: Due to the rising cost of gas, I am a little short on cash this month and bills have to be paid. I have some sexy pix if anyone wants to see them, please contact me for my private gallery on my modeling website. I will send you the links to see more of me.

Ok, so I figured it was a spammer. I’m pretty confident after looking at the profile that she’s legit. Here’s our friend:


Most of her pics and profile were dedicated to the beauty pageants she’s been in and modeling. The part that makes me kind of mad is that somebody has smiled, assured her she’s making the right choice, and taken her money for every pageant and photoshoot she’s done. She’s been duped by the people around her to the point where she’d think guys are going to pay up for the hot stuff.

It just seems so wrong to fleece the clueless. I’m not sure where I was going with this, so there you go.

Written by Steve in: Just sad, Messed up fun |
Jul
24
2008
0

You ain’t artsier than me

“You ain’t artsier than me cuz you live in Los Feliz. You ain’t Jesus.” Truer words have never been rapped by a white boy. Props to Natalie for surfacing this one.

Written by Steve in: The brilliance of others |
Jul
23
2008
0

Off to a bad start

I’m back from China and the day is not off to a good start. About 2:30AM Mr. Jetlag kicked in and got me out of bed. Some real sleep would have been nice, but what can you do? You know you have jet lag when 3AM Saved By the Bell doesn’t put you to sleep.

Anyway, about 4:30AM Ben decided to wake up screaming and join me. That sounds nice but has resulted in a very grumpy baby who now has no interest in napping. My brain is very confused what time/day it is, and the screaming just won’t stop. Kim has wisely chosen to leave the house and run errands.

Just to top it off, I forgot to take a pen out of my pocket and have subsequently ruined all of my jeans. Anyone have any ideas on getting massive ink stains out of denim that has already gone through the drier? I am very tired and have no pants. I think I may work from home today.

Update: Kim managed to get all of the ink out of my pants. Turns out that cheap hairspray applied liberally dissolves even set in pen ink. A quick run through the washer and everything has returned to groovy. Consider me flabberghasted.

Written by Steve in: Just sad, Odd thoughts, Science! |
Jul
10
2008
1

$7500

My birthday is coming up on the 3rd and you guys only need to scrape together $7500! I know, it sounds like a lot, but you haven’t seen what I want. I’m going to put together my own replicator.

Ok, it’s not a full on replicator that could make something as cool as some sort of egg laying poisonous mammal. It could however render a plastic copy of most solids up to, and including, 5″x5″x5″. Here are the component parts:

The Desktop Factory – What could be cooler than a machine that can “print” 3 dimensional designs in plastic?

NextEngine 3D Scanner – I can’t believe that I don’t already have a rotating laser scanner.

So that’s what I want for my birthday. I figure about 6 people actually read this stuff, so it won’t be so bad if you split it. Then, at long last, I can achieve my dream of mass Star Wars action figure production at home! Screw you, George Lucas!

Written by Steve in: Science! |
Jul
08
2008
0

Swing your arms from side to side…Do the Mario!

I hope Captain Lou Albano isn’t dead. You poor bastards are going to have this stuck in your head for days. I know I do.

Written by Steve in: Just sad |
Jul
07
2008
0

Can’t…stand…the MAGNIFICENCE!

There are rare ocassions when I am humbled by pure, unadulterated genius. I proudly give you, Photobasement.com

Written by Steve in: The brilliance of others |

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