71 Discord, YOLD 3173 I have also come to the conclusion that every sodier, regerdless of nationality, should be required to watch 300 before any assault. By them, or by the enemy.

So.
Watching "300."
Finally. Yeah, I know. Shaddup.
So I'm finally watching 300. It occurs to me - if we had soldiers this hardcore in today's american army, they'd be arrested for war crimes in a day or less.

p align=center>But the thing is..is they'd win the war before anyone was arrested.
Any war.
With anyone.
Unless they were more hardcore that the Spartans.
It could happen. And if there were an army more hardcore than the Spartans, we could all ride to war on our flying pig Epic mounts. In the cold, of course, because hell will have frozen over.

71 Discord, YOLD 3173 Hail Eris. Bein as drunk a I am, this shall be a (mercifully) short post. When is the future here? I recall as a child, I was promised hovercrafts, flying cars, lightsabers, and sophisticated computer interfaes. I shall know when the future is really here, due to X factors. 1 - Flying cars. This is obvious, being exploited by everything from the Jetsons to Fifth Element. 2 - Lightsabers. This tech is coming soon. You can't have this many sci-fi geeks in real jobs without coming into a lightsaber...they all want them, and now they have the government funding to achieve them. 3 - MOST IMPORTANTLY - computer interfaces seen in such movies as "Hackers," and, more recently, "Minority Report." When these things are achieved, I will acknowledge the future as actually being here, as opposed to being a lame "carrot-on-a-stick" that the modern word can dangle infront of us, the general-level consumer. Until tht day, I say FUCK YOU, BIG BUSINESS!

Pungenday, Discord 70, YOLD 3173

With all the problems facing the world - famine, poverty, wars, bigotry, televangelism (although that last has lost the Falwell, thank goddess), it amazes me the amount of money that American "professional" atheletes are paid. There's no need for, it, and just think about it. I we did away with one major sport - just one - and put all that money toward...well, anything that's a problem in America, whether via charity or taxes, that problem would at least have the potential to be solved. I doubt very much that it would actually BE solved, but at least if we did that, the corrupt politicians lining their own pockets with ill-gotten gains wouldn't be able to tell the sheep people that they failed because of a lack of fundage. They would have no choice but to blame their subordinates. Now, after a man has to fir so many peons, perhaps the people will catch wise that it's really him (I doubt it, but maybe). And then viola! One less money-grubbing politician in office.

I realize that that's not really a viable solution to end the corruption in Washington, but goddammit, it's a start and we have to start somewhere. This must be how the Germans felt when Hitler was just starting to erode their freedoms. We realize, day by day, that those little bits of constitutional freedoms are being taken away. We don't notice it, because They(tm) are chipping away ever so slowly, but they're going. One day we'll all look up and say, "When the fuck did we get a gestapo?"

By then, of course, it will be too late.

I guess the point I'm trying to make here, in my own rambling and incoherent fashion, is that with all these very real concerns, even without looking at the "Sally Struthers" countries and sticking to our own back yards, there are so many more worthy things to spend billions of dollars on every year than to watch a tall man try to get a little ball in a basket. Or whatever, I'm not particularly prejudiced against basketball.

I'm done here.

Boomtime, Discord 69, YOLD 3173
I knew if I just read the news, I could find something to post on on a fairly regular basis. I'd like to talk to you today on the subject of the MPAA and movie ratings.
Apparently, as of recently, having an actor light up onscreen is enough that, unless the Ratings Board finds some special exemption to the rule (i.e: historically accurate, or the smoking is depicted with the appropriate results...like them dying of it), then the movie can now garner an "R" rating.
I'll just repeat that.
What I said was: Groucho Marx, George Burns, the Three Stooges, 101 Dalmatians (both versions), Dumbo, Pinocchio, Popeye the Sailor Man, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, Goofy, Casablanca, E.T: the Extra Terrestrial, Red Dwarf, Elf, Bright Eyes (Shirley Temple, you know, the one where "The Good Ship Lollipop" comes from), and many other classic movies, certainly with no other content that should rate an "R" rating (okay, Red Dwarf, maybe, had it been on american TV rather than the telly), would now be rated R were they released today.
Are you fucking serious? The rationale behind this is apperently that "Smoking in movies influences children to smoke." Hm. Well, after watching "Moulin Rouge," I didn't have the urge to become a bohemian and leave my cozy job (well, perhaps not cozy, but I'm not worried about getting fired). After watching "Full Metal Jacket," I had no urge to join the Marines, nor to become a Drill Instructor. I mean, goddess above, are we to believe that we - and our children - have no moral compass, cannot think for ourselves, and must be spoon-fed every aspect of life, by a corporate shill? This grows tiresome. A six-year-old can tell the difference between pretend violence (on TV or pretending in real life), so cetainly a...what's the supposed age range that the Smoke Moguls(tm) target? Well whatever. If you child cannot tell the difference between pretend violence and real violence, then methinks hie has a few more problems than merely the movies hie watches.

The problem with this kind of thinking is, it doesn't stop there. The very fact that the religious right and the Protect Everyone Society(tm) think that I must be spoon-fed every piece of information reagding my life and how I should live it sickens me. I mean it makes me physically ill. Of course I'm going to live a good (as defined by thier moralist values) life if there are no choices! Everything fun has a consequence. Drink too much, and when you wake up, you could be hungover. Or dead, for that matter. Smoke, and you'll die earlier (I'll skip the humorous arguments about the years at the end are the shitty ones anyway). Fuck too much, and you could get aids and die. Or worse, end up with a child who is going to grow up in a world with no free choice. "They" are trying to make clockwork oranges of us all, by taking away any bad influences (as if that will stop it, we shall simply make up new and more deviate behaviors). To quote Anthony Burgess, "When a man ceases to have a choice, then he ceases to be a man."

So boredom and a case of Newcastle in the fridge result in posts rather inconsistant with the missives of previous days (I also use more words than is strictly necessary). What, I got bored.

Link Game Over! You scored 93%!

Your legend was a success! You defeated Ganon and rescued the princess... now for another quest.

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 92% on health

Link: The Classic Nintendo Test written by sadpunk on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Armed and Dangerous Congratulations! You scored 89%!

You made it out, alive and well supplied. You probably even kept most of your party alive too. You know what to look for, what to take, and when to just run. You even feel a strange inkling to go back. If you did, you'd probably do just fine.

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 93% on survivalpoints

Link: The Zombie Scenario Survivor Test written by ci8db4uok on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Well, it has been a while since my last post, I know. Had a fucking wonderful Saint Patrick's day, and as soon as I get the pictures up on my site, I'll put a post up here. Still having issues with my computer, though, so my 'net access is very sporadic (unfortunately). Other than the issues with the computer, all is well. Still working on all the paperwork and shit to get me going to Germany...and still trying to find out exactly where I'm going, as well. But that's all for the moment.

~KiltedFox~
- And lo, so the Lord spake unto Elvis, "Thou hast spoken against me Elvis, and I curse thee to have thy blue suede shoes trod upon for all time. . . "