From Yahoo (of course): “MTV is embracing change. In nearly three decades on the air, almost everything about the cable network — from its programming, to its focus, to its place in popular culture — has changed with the times, except for its famous tagline, “Music television.” Recently, the network quietly unveiled a new logo which has dropped the tagline entirely, indicating that MTV itself is leaving its original mission of an all-music channel in the dust.”
“The new logo is meant to put the focus on MTV’s current slate of talent.”
From Socrates Points (of course): OK, the graphic has GOT to be a joke. There’s bad photoshop (on celebs, wafer-thinners and other trash), but then there’s REALLY bad photoshop…and this logo is definitely REALLY bad photoshop. So you’re telling me that after 30 years, MTV just crops the fuckin’ original logo? That’s it? Just fuckin’ crop it? Oh wait, if I really wanted to be technical…make that “crop it and invert it.” Done.
That’s not edgey. That’s not new and original. That’s just fuckin’ REALLY bad photoCHOP! A baby can do that crap.
And because of that, I’m pissed off! You know some fuckin’ lazy gen-x asshole out there (working for MTV) came out on top with this one.
Socrates Points is back, and he’s pissed off. Thanks.
“On Monday afternoon, Wall Street basically stopped trading to watch TV…”
That was a quote in a news article I’m reading just now. Sweet mercy. All eyes were on Congress to see what would happens…thumbs up or thumbs down. Well, we all know the answer. I really have no idea whether that was the right or wrong decision. Economic policies and bailing a country out of HUGE-N-WIDE debt is beyond me. However, I do know this: I’m a little bit worried? I’m not really worried about losing anything I own or my job, but I am worried that this country has no direction on what to do. Unless SOMETHING happens, we’re headed south…way south.
“Bailout bill defeat could cause painful recession…”
That’s another quote, which pisses me off. Why the fuck won’t anyone admit that we ARE in a recession RIGHT FUCKING NOW?!? I think it’s clear that we are. The market has been dropping rather steadily in the past year, let alone three months, or whatever the standard/benchmark/rule of thumb is. WTF people? Let’s get serious! It should read, “Bailout Billy in the bayou’s defeat may cause depression, you dumb sons a bitches!”
From the first lighting of the torch all the way through to the end, the entire process looked like crap.
Even though China doesn’t hold a “flame”, or torch (haha) to the rest of the world as far as human right go (though I am no expert on this), the display of garbage seen below isn’t any better. Well, I guess it is since the FREE TIBET NOW boneheads probably weren’t shot later. I mean who REALLY gives two shits about the Olympics?
Remember that guy that flew around the world a few times in goofy high-efficiency airplanes and balloons? Steve Fossett was his name. And I say was because I guess the guy died…but not really. According to Wikipedia, he was pronounced “legally dead” in November 2007 by his wife. Allegedly during a flight across a Nevada desert, he managed to get lost. Come on!
The state of Nevada has a surface area of 104,576 square miles (estimated through Google Earth). Earth has a surface area of 196,940,400 square miles (from Web search). Now how come this asshole could fly around the world, which is about 1,900 times larger than Nevada, yet he manages to go MIA when flying within the United States? I smell a scandal.
His wife declares he dead. He’s a multi-millionaire. No trace of him or his aircraft in the desert. Go ahead and put the pieces together. Most likely, him and his wife are sippin’ coconut drinks on some island right now, laughing all the way to the bank, not having to deal with the current bullshit this country is placing on our shoulders.
Steve Fossett, you’re my hero. Anyone who can become lost without a single trace deserves to be placed on Shouting Grounds.
You know, I have no idea where my brother finds this stuff, but check out this funny (and shitty at the same time) internet cartoon. He sent this to me ages ago, but I never watched it until today. Pretty funny, but note the couple of frames at the very end. Socrates Points fans rejoice!
Thank God the Sharper Image has filed Chapter 11 on that ass. The world now has less over-priced garbage to purchase for bosses, desks, and offices. Who the fuck liked the Sharper Image anyway? Sharper Image cut their own fat hog in the ass. Fuck you, Sharper Image!
“…The Sharper Image announced late last month that it was suspending the acceptance of gift cards, at least temporarily. It urged shoppers to check the company Web site later this month for an update. That is typical of businesses that reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which treats gift cards as a loan to the company, not as cash…”
Good riddance! Seriously, the Sharper Image has always pissed me off to a degree that cannot be measured. To put it in perspective, my opinion on Illinois jobs ranks right up there with the Sharper Image.
With the latest school shooting at NIU today, this is the time I want to hear about this bullshit. These fucking people are fucking pathetic individuals who need to do something else with their anger instead of turning it against innocent people. There is no point, obviously. The innocent people die, the shooter kills himself, and what happens next? Nothing. Absolutely fucking nothing. No change.
So what caused the shooter to go ballistic and open fire like a complete asshole in a lecture hall? Who knows. Something had to really piss him off enough to walk on stage and start unloading with an arsenal of weapons. Video games? Mental instability? Did the little fuckbag forget to take his medicine?
That fucking little piece of shit should have turned his anger towards something else. I am not going to state what, but look around. Corruption is everywhere. The government is cracking down like no other, bearing down and pinching the balls of the american people. Could that be a motive? Do you think the shooter was worried shitless about his 401k or social security (or lack thereof) not amounting to anything when he is ready to retire? Was he thinking that the word “retirement” may not actually have a meaning when he gets older? Could he have been driven insane by the current presidency, or the race for another wacko to be placed in office? Could the death toll in Iraq been a motive? What about the Stimulus Plan? Wasn’t he happy that he was due for a $600 check?
Who knows. But instead of shooting innocent people, he should have been a protestor. To go to D.C. and raise hell. To start kickin’ ass and taking names. He should have picked up a pen instead of a gun and wrote G.W. Bush a nasty-gram. What happened to the old expression, “the pen is mightier than the sword?”
But how do you compete with an entity so giant as the US government? The weight of one sweeping hand moved by legislature would certainly knock down any foe, right? And that’s exactly why the guy went nuts and shot innocent people. There was nothing he could do. There’s nothing anyone can do. The american people are powerless to Big Gov. No about of voting can turn the world around. And that’s just it…the entire world needs to be turned around to be in favor of the US.
All in all, we are fucked…and it’s going to get worse. At least we have one less asshole in the world we have to worry about. My heart goes out to those who lost their lives though because of the fucktard.
Well, if there’s one thing signaling me to move on and finally close the doors of EfexTek, it’s eBay’s recent news of “reduced fees.”
Wait, did you say reduced fees? Yep, I sure did…at least that’s what eBay initially stated in a message sitting in my eBay inbox. According to the new fee table, insertion fees will be reduced by $0.05 and gallery fees are free (normally $0.35). That’s all fine and dandy and it put a smile on my face. Then I read further. The final closing percentage has increased from 5.25% for the first $25 to a HUGE value of 8.75%. Eight point fucking seven five percent! Seriously, what the fuck?
This shit pisses me off so fuckin’ bad. People on eBay are up in arms about this bullshit. Check the forums. This new percentage cuts so deeply into people’s pockets that making a neglible profit on small stuff isn’t even worth it anymore. Anything selling for $25 and under is raped up and down with fees. I’m an avid eBay’er, both as a seller and a buyer, and this shit strikes a sour note on my piano.
“So Socrates Points, why don’t you just sell the stuff on your website and shut the fuck up?”
Let’s get one thing straight. My website doesn’t sell products, eBay does…and barely. They provide a good service, I will admit, but 8.75%? Jesus fucking Christ! This new increase basically forces out the small time operators, which basically started eGay. Only PowerSellers and massive online retailers will benefit because they receive special discounts. In addition to these increases, their search function will change, giving more recognition and ratings for PowerSellers. Stupid as fuck. With that in mind, it’s only a matter of time before PayPal ups their fees for receiving payments as well. I’m sure some stupid fuck working for eBay making all the bad decisions is thinking, “if people leave eBay and open up their own storefronts and websites, we’ll just super-inflate the PayPal fees so the people using the FREE shopping cart function will get fist-fucked.”
Not to mention, if you’re looking on eBay for deals, that’s probably going to end soon as well. Naturally, sellers that remain on eBay will up their prices and/or add increased shipping to make up for the difference. So get your shit while the shittin’s good, before it’s too late.
In a close, I would just like to say again…FUCK EBAY.
I’m on the fence when it comes to John Voight. I don’t know whether to love him or hate him. In some movies he’s good, and in some movies, he’s that cliche “presidential type” character that performs so poorly on screen (see President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Pearl Harbor, Michael Bay’s horse-manure-ass movie about the perils of bad acting and directing). Anyway, this review is not about Michael Gay, and as I “get on with it, man”, I’ll eventually get to the movie that lists atop this post that seems to go nowhere…Runaway Train.
OK, Runaway Train is one of those movies that you see on TV very late at night a couple of years previous and think nothing of it…that is until you get this little notion in the back of your brain five years later that says, “hey, that movie that you have no idea what it’s called seemed pretty cool.” Thanks to Yahoo Answers, the title of the forgotten memory was revealed, and to tell the truth, I had no idea that John Voight was even in it.
Back then, I only saw the ending, and that cinched the deal for me. It involves a speeding train, blood, broken glass, massive and crazed shouting, calm and collected cool, helicopters, rope ladders, snow, scenery that makes your bones cold just watching it, and did I mention a speeding locomotive? Oh yes! Now do you know why I initially like the movie? But above all else, I must comment on John Voight’s performance. He kicked ass in this film! I thought he did well in Deliverance, but he still seemed pansy-ish.
John Voight plays this character nicknamed Manny, who has been locked up in a Hell-on-Earth maximum security prison for a number of years. The warden, aka Ranken, wants to kick his ass somethin’ fierce, but the tough-yet-cool Manny fights back. One of my favorite scene takes place in the prison during an “intramural” boxing match. All goes well until Manny gets stabbed in the hand by a fellow inmate, who was forced to fight Manny by the evil warden, who in turn is watching the whole event from the safety of a catwalk. A fight of course develops, but Manny eventually redirects his anger towards the Warden. The whole place is quiet as Manny yells at the top of his lungs at Ranken, even walking past bullets shot as his feet. Ranken remains silent, even after Manny whips a wooden stool up at the catwalk! Fuckin awesome scene, and John Voight excelled here. Just balls to walls tough!
Actually, throughout the movie, John does a good job, with good dialogue and unrestrained use of anger. His “love” for the Warden brings out the beast in his character, and I think he nailed it. So much fucking better than Defense Secretary John Keller from Transformers, or the miserable performance as FDR.
As for the movie itself, I’d say rent it, especially you train fans out there. What does the rest of the movie entail, you ask? How about a runaway train with a one way ticket to Hell? Inevitably, the train will crash. Up until that point, the madness on screen keeps you entertained. A special bonus is Rebecca De Mornay, who I have never known to be so cute. Actually, if you look at her pictures now, man what a hot ass old chick!
Now of course, there are some special effects slip-ups here and there, but pretty good for 1985. A memorable line to remember is this one, though bizarre: “That’s your mama’s fart hole, Ranken. The bitch is loud.”
So check out the movie. On the Arousal Scale, I give it Stone Cold Rock Hard.
