So the other day I got one of these FWD:FWD:FWD: emails that usually contain mildly humorous nonsense and seem to ping pong around the Internet until everyone in the cyber-world has been exposed to it. The premise of this particular email was to add, subtract, or change one letter from a known word, thus making a new word and to give it a meaning. Here are a couple highlights:
- Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an butthole.
- Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
They continued for a while, but I think you get the point. The one that hit closest to home:
- Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
If that doesn't describe the Razor, I don't know what does.
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Jay Nordlinger wrote some interesting stuff about Cuba the other day. It can be found here. There are links contained within his article that we'll take you to even more Cuban talk. In fact, I would imagine that you could spend quite a large amount of time just following the links deeper and deeper into the Internet until you've read virtually the whole thing. Not that I suggest doing that, but you should at least click the link I've provided and tool around a bit.While on the topic of Cuba, did you see Anthony Bordain's episode of "No Reservations - Cuba" on The Travel Channel the other night? I watched it twice and was absolutely fascinated. I enjoyed seeing the Cuban people at the ballgames, hanging out on the street, etc. But more than just seeing them, I wish I would've been able to hear them. What do they think of Castro? Their socialist system? Of course, I've heard that the Cuban people won't even speak freely in private conversations, fearing being overheard and facing persecution.
And about the TV show? Well, you can't expect Bourdain to toe the anti-Castro line, it wouldn't make for good TV and probably would've gotten him tossed out of the country. Even so, I thought the program was quite fair. He had to do a bit of a balancing act with portraying the scenery as beautiful, the people as interesting, and the government as oppressive. And he got in a few shots at Castro anyway.
More than anything thing else, the program left me wanting more. Mainly more personal interaction with the Cuban people. It's been official Razor policy that I'll head for Cuba as soon as the Cuban people are freely allowed to visit here. Interestingly, I find myself pondering ways that I could justify going now. Yes, any money I spent there would be funneled to the regime, but man I'd like to check that place out.
Of course, there is the sticky situation about this dang wristband. I've been wearing it in support of the Cuban people for 3+ years. We've read what they do to people wearing these things in Cuba and I sure don't want to end up in the Gulag. So, in addition to the perceived hypocrisy of a trip, I gotta figure the wristband part out too...
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Most of you have been introduced to my ladyfriend Christena, either through writings here, or via her blog "Life in the Fast Lane". She is currently shopping for a new television. I've tried to tell her that the one she has now is perfectly fine to view the Food Network as well as all of the other channels that I've approved for her to watch.
Sadly, she's pulling the ole 'Since you won't marry me and I have my own place I can buy a new TV if I want to' silliness. Her entertainment center is only of average size so the max screen width she can accommodate is about 33 inches. Most of the TV's she's looked at are 60hrz. I barely know enough about that kinda thing to be dangerous, but I kinda thought that 60hrz might not perform very well with sports/movies.
So if you have any advice on purchasing a medium sized flat screen TV, we'd appreciate it...
So long
1 comment:
"If that doesn't describe the Razor, I don't know what does."
How about....Ignoranus?
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