Broke Clock Right Twice A Day

The Journey of Harmony

Courtesy of Wikipedia: (the torch) Commemorates the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics.

I heard someone who reports on the IOC that _everyone_ knew this was going to be a fiasco when Beijing got the Olympics in 2001. What are you going to focus your protests on? Not buying products made in China? Embargoing Chinese freighters? Or giving the sad torch bearers physical grief?

The IOC is like the UN. It's not a country. It's worldwide headquarters are in Norway, and every country has its own IOC -- like the Chinese IOC who paid a special visit to SF Mayor Gavin Newsome the other day for some reason.

The International Olympic Committee is a giant organization. But surely, somewhere in there heard in 2001 the cries of "Oh god. This is a terrible, terrible idea."

I should mention that I'm a total softy for the Olympics. But the Torch being put out repeatedly by protesters, and then sent to San Fancisco at 3AM somehow dampens my Olympic spirit for some reason.

But I'm sure it'll all work out. Even though we're just talking about the torch part of the Olympics. And they've only got sixteen cities to go.

Oh yeah, those guys inside the phalanx of cops in blue and white jumpsuits in SF last week? They were Chinese paramilitary guards.

It's not rain. It's Prometheus' tears.

Finally! Something to feel good about in this country. I just heard that Delta and Northwest are merging to officially become the most despicable, late, ornery airline in this land of ours. What creativity! They've merged the two airlines that have lost civil suits for wrongful imprisonment brought by passengers. Super duper!

If you could travel back in time, which era would you visit and why?

I would travel back in time so that I could save the Segway Scooter press releases that proclaimed that the clunky dangerous pseudo-bigwheels would...nay!...will revolutionize the transportation system.

Or I'd go back last year and bet every penny I had (139) that the eighth-seeded Warriors would beat the first-seeded Mavs.

In case you were wondering, here's a list of uncommitted Democratic superdelegates (courtesy of http://demconwatch.blogspot.com). So, heck, give them a call. I'm sure they'll call you right back if they're busy:

* Superdelegates from Democrats Abroad count as 1/2 of a vote.

If you were independently wealthy, where in the world would you live?
Submitted by Eileen.

Next door to Larry Ellison. It'd be great. I could come over and borrow a cup of sugar or a set medieval Asian fighting armor.

Happy birthday renowned alleged dirty NFL player.

Romo

    Apparently, it's 1995 again. I keep getting various versions of this (thank _god_ I could use the 600000 Euros...). Oh yeah, don't tell anybody or it'll queer the deal, so ssh:

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA

Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Your Ref

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR
INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED
YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS
GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH
THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE
THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH
AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THESE HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE
YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR
PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT
CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION
FROM MR.PRESIDENT,UMARU YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
AND FBI.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO
WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD,
BUTTHE MAXIMUM IS FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE
TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS DEPARTMENT CARD PAYMENT CENTER.

MR.MICHEAL OKPIDI
MONETARY OFFICER
Email:mheal_okpidi@yahoo.com
TEl: +234-8067542458
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE / FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT 3 MILLION USD
AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU
HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S)
TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. FOR ORAL DISCUSSION, EMAIL
ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION
AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED OFFICE. NOTE
THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS
(ATM-709) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER
BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

KINDEST REGARDS,

SENATOR DAVID MARK
SENATE PRESIDENT.

How do you feel about your birthday?  Do you look forward to it and remind all your friends, or do you dread it and try to keep it a secret?

Usually, my feelings on my birthday are aligned with my life at the time. But, no, I don't make a big deal either way.

I would like to point out that I got excited about these birthdays:

16: got my driver's license

21: got to drink

25: got to rent a car

35: my car insurance rates went down

In California at least, even someone lukewarm about birthdays like me enjoys the institutional birthday gifts of these milestones.

It's not just me. I've heard this from four different people in the past week: you find an intriguing job listing, and the listing says that in order to apply for the position you need to go to their site and apply using their form. Unfortunately, it's not their application.