Total Eclipse of the Heart Attack

The McDonald's McRib sandwich is sorta like Christmas. It's overcommercialized, is a mainstreamed bastardization of the original concept, and seems to be celebrated for months at a time, but not by all of the major religions. This year, McRib Season (which it seems odd that Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck never got around to arguing about) coincides with the also "limited time only" McMonopoly promotion. (As though the seeming 11.9 months of the year the promotion runs is a "limited time.") Combined, the two form a veritable McClipse, blocking out the arteries over most of the nation with faint hopes, minimal payoff, and momentary joy ... and that's just the rib sandwich.

"Brighter Discontent" by The Submarines

Got a brand new roof above my head
All the empty boxes thrown away
I rearranged the place
A hundred times today
But the ordering of objects
Couldn't hide what's missing

All these things should make me happy
Make me happy to be home again
All these things should make me happy
Make me happy to be alone again

Got myself a bottle of red wine
Got a night of nothing else to do
I think I might know
What I really want
But is a brighter discontent
The best that I could hope to find?

Got a big black television set
Now I can watch just what I want
But I'm here staring up
At pictures on the wall
And where are you,
You're still stuck inside them all

All these things should make me happy
Make me happy to be home again
All these things should make me happy
Make me happy to be alone again

But love is not these belongings
That surround me
Though there's meaning
In the memories they hold
A breaking heart in an empty apartment
Was the loudest sound I never heard

Got a desk I'll write myself a note
Pretending that it came from you
On hotel stationary
From the time we first met
Whatever I can do cause
I won't throw my hands up yet

All these things should make me happy
Make me happy to be home again
All these things should make me happy
Make me happy to be alone again

But love is not these belongings
That surround you
Though there's meaning
In the memories they hold
A breaking heart in an empty apartment
Was the loudest sound I never heard

Well I'll be find if
I dont look around me now
Too much for what's gone
If only I can wait here just a little while
And let time pass in my room

Sugar. Oh Honey, Honey.

The Jones Soda company is infamous for its ever changing Thanksgiving Dinner Holiday Pack of sodas which has included such tempting tastes as liquid "Turkey & Gravy, Sweet Potato, Dinner Roll, Pea, and Antacid," Turkey & Gravy; Smoked Salmon Pâté, Corn on the Cob, Broccoli Casserole, and Pecan Pie," Turkey & Gravy, Green Bean Casserole, Cranberry, Mashed Potatoes with Butter, and Fruitcake," and "Turkey & Gravy, and Cranberry, Wild Herb Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, and Brussels sprout." More gag gift than practical potables, they benefit Seattle charities. Are you ready for ... Candy Corn soda for Halloween? Wouldn't an IV of Karo Syrup be easier?



And if all you need to do to celebrate is to say "it's Sunday," The Seattle Seahawks collector pack includes tributes to "sweat, grass, dirt, sports cream ... and if you can finish it all, the Sweet Taste of Victory." (What? Soiled Jockstrap? Processed using a cotton gin?)



Is it easier to just drink Drano or wait for the Jones Soda flavor?

CRACK FACTS IS WACK!

Guess what? None of the following are true.

1.Crack is different from cocaine.
2. Crack is instantly and inevitably addicting.
3. The "plague" of crack use spread quickly into all sectors of society.
4. Crack is the direct cause of violent crime.
5. Harsh sentences for crack are necessary to deter "serious" and "major traffickers."

Damn, they'll have to skip 8 Frappucinos to afford that...

FDA Approves Anti-AIDS Pill From Merck

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government approved a novel anti-AIDS pill on Friday, offering a new option for hard-to-treat patients.

Patients take Isentress, also known as raltegravir, twice a day. A Merck spokeswoman said the drug would cost $27 a day, or $9,855 a year - in the range of other competitors.

When Gods collide...

Beliefnet's "Idol Chatter" pop culture / religion section is giving away copies of "Evan Almighty" to their judged selections on this subject: "What do you think God looks like?"

My entry is not necessarily what you'd expect:

The face of God is a kaleidoscope. Depending on the time of day, the day of year, or millennium for that matter the face of God looks different. Ultimately, it depends on the viewer. The face of God is that which he (or she) allows his (or her) creations to see at any given moment in time. For some, it's a bearded Caucasian in Charlton Hestonesque robes and Cecil B. DeMille bombast, for others, it's George Burns or now Morgan Freeman. But for over 3000 religions to see different images of what is possibly the same entity, for some not to see the image at all, or still others not to believe an image exists or not to be sure what its existence or their own means, the face of God changes slightly every second the Earth rotates upon its axis.

Sure and they have a problem saying that homosexuality being genetic is bad.

"Deadbeat granddads, life-shortening sons and genetically bullying brothers—these are just a few effects revealed in biologist Virpi Lummaa's studies of how evolutionary forces shape later generations"

"Yes, they are Bugle Boys" -- a made up quote we shall humorously attribute to Kevin Federline, Uncle Cracker, and every the male American Idol contestants who launch country music careers when asked about their gene pools.

Just because they hung that guy to a big cross?

BARNYARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS?

Some of the young adults' disdain for Christianity is the result of another new wrinkle that was nowhere on the scene a decade ago. The study found that 91% of non-Christians in America -- joined by 80% of the their peers in the pews -- now believe that Christianity is "anti-homosexual."

Great, now he can dye his hair blonde, lose some weight, write a book and have the same credibility as Ann Coulter

MASTERMIND OF FIRST TWIN TOWERS ATTACK CLAIMS HE HAS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY