Tsunami Jokes
I did a search on Google today for "tsunami jokes". I was curious whether anyone was low enough to create such a page yet. Nope.
Therefore, I think I can declare that this is the first page on the entire Internet with the title "Tsunami Jokes". I consider that a good sign. (Either that, or Google isn't indexing as fast as they used to.)
The only legitimate page with the exact phrase "tsunami jokes" was: this page, a forum in which a guy named Dano asks the probing question, "anyone know any indian ocean tsunami jokes?" The response, though not a tsunami joke, was funny nevertheless. A guy named "Sexy Sam" began his response with, "thats [sic] sick!!! sorry but loads of people have died over the last couple of days..."
Whatever happened to good, old fashioned indignation? A guy expresses interest, presumably for entertainment purposes (as opposed to my higher and mightier reason of "research purposes only"), and the reaction is "sorry"? Are you kidding me?
For some reason, I have an image of Sexy Sam's mother being sexually assaulted in front of his own eyes while he's tied to a dining room chair and forced to watch. The attacked asks, "Anyone know where a screwdriver or flashlight is located?" Sexy Sam replies: "Sorry, but my hands are tied... Sorry, I just can't help you!"
Let's resolve in 2005 to save the politeness for people who deserve it. I know it's hard sometimes, because it's been bred into us, and the "sorry" and "thank you" just kind of slip out unconsciously. But how about we all agree to give it a shot?
Tsunami Bomb
Just as I wondered whether Anthrax album sales increased after the Anthrax attacks in the U.S., I now wonder whether sales of Tsunami Bomb CDs will also go up. No, they're not that great. Probably not.
New Year's Greetings
I'm tired of people (mostly media "people") telling me to have a "safe, healthy, prosperous New Year!" I don't want a safe, healthy, prosperous New Year! Screw these people.
I'll take the "prosperous". I can even survive "healthy". But they can take their "safe" New Year and shove it. What kind of safe, PC assholes have we become? You know what I'd like to wish you? A risky New Year! Have a risky New Year, for Christ's sake! Take some chances. Show some balls. Do some things that, for fuck's sake, might not turn out so good. But you know what? With a little effort, and a little calculated risk, things might just turn out fucking amazing!
Have a risky New Year!
