While We Were Away… WTF?

By admin on Sep. 4, 2008.

I took a few days to do something else, and I come back to reality and I’m wondering, how on Earth do we survive as a spieces?  OMG, we are so fucked!

I’m working on a few stories.  Stay tuned, it is getting so bullshit, I can’t even begin to explain.

A New Way To Teach The Birds And The Bees?

By admin on Aug. 31, 2008.

Okay, I know this goes way over most kids’ heads, but this is quite over the top.  I happened across these bath toys (Purchased for a visiting nephew because we don’t have little kids, and every little kid needs bath toys.  Heaven knows we don’t want him playing with whatever else may be available).

The bath toys allow the kid to squeeze the air out and they suck up water.  They can then be used as little squirt guns (out their mouth, butt, or one of their appendages).  That sounds like cool bath time fun.  But these toys also do things that I’m not sure bath toys (or any toy for that matter) should do.  They are able to connect to each other with holes (the same ones they squirt through) and nubs.  Not unlike how two adults might choose to connect.  See for yourself.

Don’t these little guys look like their having a grand time?

Kids are master imitators.  Just ask any parent.  This is way uncool if you ask me.

As if that weren’t bad enough, the faucet covering frog has something up his butt.  It doesn’t seem to bother him all that much either.

Is this a new way to teach kids the birds and the bees?

Diet Coke Cares? Bullshit!

By admin on Aug. 28, 2008.

I drink a lot of Diet Coke.  A whole lot.  In fact, I practically pay a full salary at the Coca Cola Company with the amount I spend on Diet Coke.

I know it isn’t good for me.  But I like it.  I like the caffeine, I like the taste, and it mixes well with an assortment of alcoholic beverages.

It isn’t healthy because it isn’t a naturally occurring food source.  Water would be better, but I am not a big fan of drinking something that has no taste (or a mineral taste).  Yes, I could put a flavor in the water, but wouldn’t that pretty much be like Diet Coke without he caffeine?

Pretending you don’t want me to have a Diet Coke at lunch is bullshit!  You want me to have one, two or hell, a whole two liter.  So, please don’t lie to me.  Tell me to drink more.  Like ads did in the good ‘ol days.

Man Shot In Both Legs

By admin on Aug. 27, 2008.

Getting shot in one leg would be bullshit.  But both legs?

Bullshit Parent Tries To Sell Sex With Her Five Year Old

By admin on Aug. 26, 2008.

File this one under sick shit!  This woman and her boyfriend should be tortured and killed.  I wouldn’t usually post something due to general allegations, since these things are often proven to be false.  But this one looks fairly solid.

I got this from Welt Online (Couple Offered Sex With Child For Used Car).

Apparently, these two restaurant workers were dating (he’s married, BTW) and she thought it would be a good idea to solicit sex with her five year old.  She even thought it would be cool to watch.  He was caught texting/sending a SMS to a prospective John.

What is sex with a five year old worth?  Try an apartment, a used car and child care for the woman’s 10 month old daughter.  Here’s hoping it costs these two life in prison.

How I wish there was a test people had to take before they could produce offspring.  With all this talk of underpopulation, I’m not convinced its worth letting people like this have children.  It makes me sick!

The Obama Half-Brother Bullshit

By admin on Aug. 25, 2008.

I found it desturbing that the Chicago Sun-Times would choose to print the article entited, Obama’s half-brother to Vanity Fair: ‘No one knows I exist.’ For one, the title is factually untrue.  Even the article notes this.  But you wouldn’t know that from the title.  If you just scan the title, you might be left thinking that this is some unknown, bastard child.  Or you might think that Obama is a bastard for not taking care of his sibling in trouble.  Neither is true.

The truth is Obama knows about his half-brother.  In fact, he visited him at least twice and wrote about him in his book.  Obama’s path to the Presidency was not some textbook rise.  Instead, it has take some rather twisted paths.  While not traditional, Obama does do one thing.  He shows that the statement made to young children that they can one day grow up to be President is not so far fetched as we might think.  Whether he is elected or not, Obama worked for what he has.

Which begs the next question:  Are we responsible for our brothers and sisters?  And if so, how far does that go?  I’d like to hear your thoughts.  I don’t lean one way or another.  Except to the process.  The Chicago Sun-Times making the lifestyle of someone’s distant brother a political point is just bullshit!

Losing Internet Access Is Bullshit!

By admin on Aug. 24, 2008.

You may have noticed that I’m a little late in posting the latest Bullshit Stalker finds.  Well, I had quite a few things to get done yesterday with a message board I own.  What should have been simple tasks became a major pain in the ass when my Internet connection kept going out.

Oh, you say that comes with the territory?  I say bullshit!  I pay Suddenlink $120 a month for digital cable that includes Internet and hundreds of channels I never watch.  If someone paid me $120 for a service that all I had to do was flip a switch, I’d be damned sure that switch was switched.  But all day long, it would cut off, then be fine a few minutes later.  Other times it was just far to slow to do me any good.

Probably the most frustrating thing about this is my back up Internet (Yes, I have a secondary way to get to the Internet.  I know, its a sickness.  I’ll get help.  I promise. *) was also down for most of the day.  Besides that, my back up is extremely slow.  Its a broadband wireless card from AT&T that I use with my laptop when I’m traveling (Yes, I always have some way to access the Internet.  We talked about this remember?  Yes, I will get help.  But, I’m kinda in the middle of writing a blog post. *).  It works quite well in major cities.  Here where I live, it is slower than dial up.

So, two ways to get to the Internet.  Hundreds of people counting on me (Yes, I do have hundreds of members on that message board.  I’m kind of a big deal there. *) and I’m unable to be there.  Very frustrating and the trickle down into my Sunday is bullshit!  I’m strongly thinking about getting a third method, just in case (Okay, okay.  My name is Bullshit Stalker, and I’m an Internet addict.  Yes.  I know my name isn’t Bullshit Stalker and its not baldeagle, but that’s what people on the Internet know me by.  They wouldn’t know who I was talking about if I used my real name.  I’m through arguing about this.  Let me get back to work. *).

To close this thought.  Stuff we pay for, services, should just work.  I paid for the whole 31 days in August, I should get 31 days of access.  Since I lost a day, my next bill should be prorated.  Its what’s fair.  Will I call them and demand a refund?  Don’t get me started on customer service.  That’s a whole new area of bullshit!

* Having an online persona and carrying on conversations with people you don’t know isn’t bullshit.  It is simply the way that adults play these days.  Our version of cowboys and robbers.  Also, addiction is not bullshit.  If you have an addiction that is unhealthy, you owe it to yourself to address your problem the best way you can.

Dressing Up Your Dog Is Bullshit!

By admin on Aug. 23, 2008.

This is the picture that kinda got this thing going in my head…

Which got me to thinking that dogs must hate being dressed up in funny costumes/outfits.  Really, look in his eyes.  How sad is that?

Then I got to looking around…

And what I saw…

Goes from bizarre…

To silly…

To, uh…

To just plain wrong…

To… okay, that last one was cool!

But, see, dogs are like the dudes of the pet world.  Yes, they’ll put up with this crap.  Let you laugh, take pictures.  Show them off.  They don’t like it, but they take it.  Like a dude.  Just suck it up and deal.

Now, if you have a strong desire to dress up a pet, I’d recommend doing it to a cat.  See, this little guy took right to it!

The Bullshit Stalker Recognizes… The Natural State Hawg

By admin on Aug. 22, 2008.

This continues our series of recognizing blogs and websites we like because they make us laugh or think or better yet, both.  Our last recommendation featured The Bobo Files.  This one is a little closer to home.

Yes, today we recognize our fellow Arkansas blogger, The Natural State Hawg.  This blog is just one month old, but we’re hooked already.

We do have a few pieces of bullshit to point out:

1. His blog is on blogspot rather than his own domain.  But if you’re going to do that, do it well.  He took the time to create a header and other graphics that tie his site out nicely.
2. He gets wrapped up in every meme that comes around.  We probably shouldn’t complain since he has tagged us twice (much appreciated).  We don’t do memes for about the same reason we don’t do Wordless Wednesdays.
3. He writes about things we don’t care about.  But for some damn reason, we do when he’s done.  Rat terriers?  Crap, now I want one of those perky little bastards.

And I think that is the point.  The Natural State Hawg is the essence of a personal weblog.  He writes about the things that matter to him.  He does it in a style that drags you in.  He sticks with you through his blog comments.

He’s an educated, southern gentleman, a family man, and just a bit quirky.  You probably know someone like that.  Whether you do, or whether you don’t, you should check Ethan out.

P.S. Ethan, I don’t really have any anger issues, so no head explosions in the works.  Cheers!

Dead Patients Are Easier To Deal With?

By admin on Aug. 21, 2008.

I’m not sure I want to go to the hospital next time I’m ill or hurt.  Yet another patient dies with nobody noticing.  This time in Greensboro, NC.  This one touches a nerve for me because my mother lives there.

Two quotes from the article just jump out at me:

If the center rejects the report, federal funds will be cut off beginning September 1, Lawrence said.

What kind of bullshit is this?  They let a man sit there for 23 hours!  What are they spending the federal funds (read, our tax dollars) on?  Per the article, “watching television and playing cards a few feet away.”

I can imagine the conversation now:

Nurse one: “Read ‘em and weep!”

Nurse two: “Damn!  What is that, five in a row?”

Nurse three: “I like days like this, quiet, no whiners.  We get to play cards in peace.”

Nurse one: “Yeah, that was a great idea you had.  Don’t feed or water them and they don’t poop or pee.”

Nurse two: “Brilliant!”

Nurse one: “Brilliant!”

Nurse three: “Will you get me another Guinness from the cooler?”

And then I loved this one:

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dempsey Benton said in a statement that nurses may be reassigned to provide more patient supervision. Officials are also considering better ways to manage staff resources, he said.

Er, ya think?  Dude!  They were playing cards just feet away from Mr. Sabock.  They don’t need to be reassigned or better managed.  They need to get out of the field.  He choked on his meds.  Think about that for a minute.

I would like to close with this.  While I made a joke in this blog post, I don’t take this topic lightly.  For all the talk of national healthcare, it seems to me we have another issue to address first.  Quality.