Jesus, Protect Me From The Worst of Your Followers

I'm still somewhat cranky with the results of the Iowa Republican caucuses. Huckabee?? Come on. This is the guy who only alludes to having a platform on issues that matter, but really only has two core topics in his platform- abortion and the gays- and has now managed to win the majority of delegates in the Iowa caucus. One thing I will say in favor of evangelical wackos is they can certainly organize and energize their ranks to get involved politically. I wish the rest of the country were so motivated. But, hey, who am I to point a finger? I burned out on active politics about a dozen years ago.
For the record, I feel exactly about the far right as I do about the far left. Both are the same people carrying different color flags. In the end, both sides just want to suck the enjoyment out of everyone else's life through complete control over how the rest of us thinks and acts. The far left is slightly more fun at a party though. I'll give them that.

I Heart Dumb Moves By People I Don't Know

I love this story because it didn't happen to me. Go snake!

Jean Luc Piccard would never....

...drive the Enterprise while drunk! (Captain Kirk maybe, but not Jean Luc.) I've been following this story in the papers and on NPR about the incidents in which U.S. astronauts have shown up so drunk to their next missions that they were deemed a flight risk but NASA gave them clearance anyway. Wha huh? Driving a car while drunk is stupid enough, but the space shuttle? All this is on the heels of the attempted kidnapping by the astronaut in adult diapers several months ago that very nearly amused me to death. Add NASA Public Relations Specialist to my list of jobs I never want.