The Best Name Ever

Ordinarily, I wouldn't be so juvenile as to talk about humorous names, but tonight, folks, we must make an exception for the best last name ever. I'm giggling like a schoolgirl just thinking about it. Are you ready for it? I don't think so. Sit down, and have some horse tranquilizer ready in case you get too hysterical. Don't know where to get those? Well, all you need to do is drive to the corner of 28th and 110th. There'll be a guy named Rico and...Sorry, got carried away. The name is....oh god I can't stop laughing...Feezor...Feezor-Buttes! Honestly, suck it up and either keep your name as Feezor or change it to Buttes. Because Prof. Buttes, while funny, isn't nearly as great as Prof. Feezor-Buttes.
Jirsa brought up an interesting philosophical question today: What problems are there with the concept of "immortality of the soul" -- whether that means reincarnation or going to heaven for you. For one, how are new souls created? And do rapists and murderers get reincarnated? If not, then why are they still around? Perhaps they're a product of the system. Do we ascend to higher or lower forms of life, depending on if we've been good, like the karma of Buddhists? Well, personally I'm not really sure there is a tangible thing called the soul, and we'd have to get into issues of what it means to be conscious. Do you really want to do that, reader? I didn't think so. Just know that I am an atheist, but I still respect your views -- all I ask is for you to respect my views. Oh, and don't tell me I'm going to hell. That doesn't really help any. What happened to "judge not, lest ye be judged" by the way?
Interesting item: Jon Stewart went on "Crossfire" on CNN and just beat the snot out of the two hosts, accusing them of committing "partisan hackery" and distracting people from the real issues, also accusing them of hurting America. According to Stewart, they're squandering an opportunity for "real, honest debate" and getting caught up in mudslinging and being juvenile. The hosts refused to seriously discuss his accusations, saying "I thought you were going to be funny." It's on http://www.ifilm.com if you want to find it there -- under ifilm plus and short films.
On a more serious note, my Grandpa is in the hospital with an infection in his leg. He's doing fine, apart from the leg, and they're treating it with intravenous antibiotics. Hopefully he'll be fully recovered in a few days.

No More Soda

So after thinking about it for a little while, I've decided to quit drinking pop altogether, except when I order pizza. The caffeine is too addicting and really doesn't do very much to wake me up, the sugar has way too many calories and no nutrients, and the last thing I need to do is spend money on Mountain Dew. It'll be pretty hard to do -- like I said, I am addicted to it. But hopefully I'll stick to my plan. This isn't the first time I've made this resolution (or something like it), but I'm serious this time. As you'll note by the date, this isn't a New Year's resolution -- those are stupid and for losers (except if anybody reading this does those).
Speaking of spending money, I almost had to spend a couple hundred bucks on a plane ticket to Arizona to beat someone's ass. This girl was defending slavery. No hard feelings Michelle, but if you do that for even a minute, you lose style points. I'm sorry, but you're now....one sec... 373rd on the style points board, out of a possible 500. Don't feel too bad, you're still beating out John Glen and a whole lot of other people. George W. Bush is last place, by the way. That bitch is always wearing a suit and red tie, with an American flag pin. Honestly, at least change up the tie color every once a month or something. Candidates, if you're reading this, I will vote for whoever wears a Looney Tunes tie in public between now and the end of the month.
A bunch of us in our suite went to Perkins the other day and, despite Scooter's best efforts, we wound up talking about religion. One atheist, one Christian, one Quaker, and the other two I'm not sure. Anyway, the Christian guy was better than ANY standup comedian. He told my roommate John that he was going to hell for smoking -- and he meant it. He said that smoking is "just another form of suicide" because there's a chance (a pretty good one) that John will develop cancer because of it.
Final request: If anyone is voting for Bush simply because they're Christian -- will you post a comment explaining what you think about the fact that the Founding Fathers established something called separation of church and state? Also, Kerry is catholic, people. Bush makes it seem like he's a devil-worshipper. That being said, if there was a devil-worshipper on the ticket, I'd vote for him in two seconds.