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Breakfast Anytime
Posted by WIWAM in Health/Nutrition/Food on September 7th, 2010
Technically speaking, it doesn’t matter what time of day you eat your first meal or what nutritional items you consume, you are eating breakfast. The word is a compound of “break” and “fast”, which is the ending of fasting from a previous day’s meal. So if you have steak at 8pm and you haven’t eaten all day, you’re having breakfast.
Musical Connections
Posted by WIWAM in Sports/Entertainment/Music on September 6th, 2010
I think it’s incredibly sad that as adults we will never have the same connection to music as we did as children or adolescents. In that period of rapid physical and emotional growth, certain bands and songs mean the world to us and define certain periods of our life. Bands like Smashing Pumpkins and The Cranberries carry the same emotional weight to me now as they did back in the early-mid 90s during my teenage years. At this point in my life, only traumatic experiences or deep emotional connections could possibly ingrain a song to a moment for me, and even then it likely will eventually fade with time. Music still means the world to me, but I don’t believe any new music is going to work it’s way up to the same level of importance as those songs and bands I grew up with will always be at.
Fashion Poles
If you wear corduroy pants with a football jersey does the hipster cancel out the jock or is it a jumbled mess of clashing worlds?
Atheist Formation
Posted by WIWAM in Politics/Nationalism on August 7th, 2010
I think that modern tactics and warfare need modern nomenclature. That’s why I think there needs to be an Atheist Formation invented. Whether it be ground or aerial tactics, the Atheist Formation or Atheist Maneuver can refer to sending a small force with the most advanced weaponry, equipment and intelligence into enemy territory where they are clearly outnumbered and outmatched despite their top-of-the-line accessories. Destined to fail they are pitted up against an impenetrable barrier or force which, despite very archaic weaponry have no chance of losing.
Simple Wedding
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family, Personal on August 6th, 2010
I don’t need a big wedding. In fact, I don’t want a big wedding. I believe that special moments in your life should be shared by a few special people, not a large cast of characters and people you haven’t seen for years. Weddings should be inexpensive and tasteful. You know where I’m going with this? Damn right, I’m talking about a funfetti wedding cake. Funfetti is awesome. Cakes are awesome. Funfetti cakes are awesome. Weddings are awesome. Weddings have cakes. Therefore, weddings need funfetti cakes. I’m not adament about this and I’d likely let my future wife handle the wedding planning if she so desired, but I see no reason why we can’t have a funfetti cake. Weddings should be fun and silly, with a few serious parts but they should also be yummy, delicious and inexpensive. And that’s where the funfetti cake comes into play.
Huge Balls
Posted by WIWAM in Sports/Entertainment/Music on August 5th, 2010
In most sports there is a small ball or item and a large playing surface. Whether it be baseball, football, dodgeball, tennis you will see a small item being thrown or kicked by players on a relatively large field of play. I think there should be more games or sports with a very large item, or a very small playing area. Dodgeball with exercise balls, or soccer on a basketball court. Or what about really small items on really large playing surfaces? Basketball on a court the size of a golf course, or tennis on a court the size of a soccer field. Mix it up a bit, our sports are becoming too easy for the players.
Real Men Shoot Wood
Posted by WIWAM in Animals/Nature, Sports/Entertainment/Music on August 4th, 2010
Unfortunately, on Saturday mornings before the ESPN English Premier League soccer match of the week I am forced to watch a 4 minute infomercial about outdoor sports equipment. I’m often reminded of how ridiculous modern hunting equipment is, to the point where I can’t understand how it’s even fun for the hunters anymore. The most prime example of this is the mdern hunting bow, shown below:
Look at that fucking thing! There are wheels on it! The animals don’t stand a chance. If you were hunting animals for food or to make clothing, for survival in general I could understand wanting to have the best technology to improve your chances of living. But hunting with that type of technology for sport… I fail to see how anyone could enjoy it, with accurate shots past 150 yards. 150 yards! I say to these real men who are hunting for sport, go grab a knife and engage the animal in a real fight. Good luck.
Netflix Dangers
Posted by WIWAM in Sports/Entertainment/Music on August 3rd, 2010
I am a new and recent subscriber to Netflix. I’m not sure what I did before Netflix but it must have been terrible, because I can no longer live without it. Streaming movies through my PS3 to my television while I wait for physical copies of other movies? Yes please. The Netflix website is great and allows you to rate movies you’ve seen, which in turn supposedly makes their suggestions much more improved. The site reminds me of IMDB in the sense that you can get caught up jumping from movie to movie, actor to actor. This presents an interesting problem, which is the reason behind this post. Because of Netflix’s ability to make more accurate suggestions based upon your likes and dislikes, I feel the need to watch every single movie they have, including movies I will almost definitely not enjoy just to make their suggestions more accurate and have that particular movie get out of my view. I could mark a movie I don’t want to see (Beverly Hills Chihuahua, for instance) as, “Not Interested” but there’s always the chance that that might cause Netflix to not show me another suggestion because it thinks I wouldn’t like it. And I could miss out on the best movie of all time because of that! Not cool! So I suppose I answered my own question. I must watch every movie ever made so Netflix can give me the best suggestions possible on… the zero movies I’ve never seen.
Whitey
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family, Words/Language on August 2nd, 2010
I enjoy referring to myself as, “Whitey” in front of black people. First of all, I say black people instead of African American on purpose because I don’t think all darker-skinned people should be referred to using that term. What if a darker-skinned person is visiting this country from France? They’re not African American. Anyway, back to my like of the word, “Whitey”. I grew up with a lot of black friends and their way of incorporating me into the group was to insult me, and me them. I’m not sure if they ever called me whitey but I wouldn’t have minded if they did. It’s all about how the listener interprets the word and of course the intent of the speaker. Certainly there are words and insults I think are close to off-limits and that we should get away from as a society due to their origination, but whitey isn’t one of them. I don’t understand why people automatically throw a fit when any type of racial term is used. Intent is key. It doesn’t matter if we keep these words alive. If someone has hatred inside of them whether it be aimed at a race, a gender or anything else they will find a way and they will find the words to express that hate. So don’t flip every time you heard a word that you don’t like. Think about how its used, why its used and who’s saying it. Honky out.
Words I Like: Part 4
Posted by WIWAM in Words/Language on August 1st, 2010
I like the word “rotund”. It means plump, round or full. I like that it has a long sound, and even sounds like it’s definition if you let it. Rotund. Round. It’s a fun-sounding word. Granted, it’s normally used to describe humans who are overweight but it still has a fun and positive quality to it. I don’t use it as much as I should, and I think I’ll try to fit it more into every day conversation. Rotund.
Gather, Not Hunt
Posted by WIWAM in Animals/Nature, Humans/Society/Family on July 31st, 2010
I’m glad I don’t live in a time period where I’d have to hunt or gather. Gathering I’d be fine at, in fact I would likely excel at gathering. However, I don’t know if hunting is my cup of tea. I can be aggressive and confident, but it’s not natural for me and I’d rather relax, sitting in a field picking berries than tackle a wild boar. That being said, if I lived in a time period where any of this was necessary, even gathering would likely be quite dangerous and I would need to learn to defend myself from animals or rivals.
Which bring me to my point: I think I would enjoying making spears. Making spears to defend myself against animals that attacked me while I was gathering would be fun. I like working with my hands and if I made my own spear I could customize it to be more effective in defense. Like for instance, poison-tipped rocks from poisons I gathered or collected from frogs. I could get on board with that. I’d leave the true hunting for food to the aggressive, type A personalities while I gathered berries with my poison spear.
Yummy Gummy 2
Posted by WIWAM in Health/Nutrition/Food on July 30th, 2010
Following up on a post from last year entitled Yummy Gummy, I am still taking gummy vitamins daily. The same questions from my original post still remain, but another issue has arose. The gummies I take are One A Day brand. The one problem I have with this situation is that the daily serving size is two gummies! How can something with the name One A Day have a recommended daily prescription of two?! Unacceptable. I demand they change their name immediately, or make the gummy twice as big to change the serving size.
Let It Ride
Posted by WIWAM in Personal, Sports/Entertainment/Music on July 29th, 2010
Are there any movies that you’ve seen that you’ve tried to get your friends to watch and enjoy, only to find that you’re the only person that enjoys it? That’s Let It Ride for me. Let It Ride is a comedy made in 1989 starring Richard Dreyfuss and some zany characters about a guy who has a very good day at the racetrack. Unfortunately, I’m the only person I know that finds this movie so funny and every time I try to get someone to like it as much as me, afterwards they curse me for making them watch it. Not only that, but when I watch it with other people and they don’t enjoy it they bring me down and I feel self-conscious laughing at everything while they’re as silent as a dead bird. Now I only get enjoyment when watching it alone. So please, for the love of Jesus and his merry men, watch this movie and tell me if you think it’s stupid one-liners are hilarious or retarded.
High on Fructose
Posted by WIWAM in Health/Nutrition/Food on July 28th, 2010
If marketers were smart they would change the name of high fructose corn syrup. At this point in our society, we’ve been trained to avoid sugars and high fructose corn syrup. Having this ingredient high on your product’s list is a death wish for sales (and customers). New possible names for high fructose corn syrup could be: fancy happy cream, crystal energy nuggets or diabetes juice. That last one might not go over so well.
Phone > Text > IM
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family, Technology on July 27th, 2010
As technology has progressed, our ability to send messages to people through various devices has expanded and now between computers and phones, messages by text have become the way of the world. Text messaging makes perfect sense as an alternate to phone calls: you’re at dinner, an event, a busy area and voice communication is not as good an option as written communication. However, instant messaging as far as I can tell if for people who never wish to have a close or intimate relationship ever again. There are certainly times when instant messaging makes sense: you’re at work all day and can’t talk on the phone, you need to speak to a large number of people at the same time. But that’s it. Those are the only reasons an IM should be sent over making a phone call. In an IM you lose tone, inflection and meaning. I remember a conversation I had with a person over instant messenger where I interpreted a sentence completely differently than it’s intended meaning and was angry at someone for an entire month before it was cleared up. So please, let’s all get back to making phone calls, even if the conversations only last for 5 minutes. Unless of course you wish to die alone in an alley.