What's in a name?

In spite of popular support, city officials refuse to name the new city-county building after former mayor Harry Baals. I personally don't care what they call the new building as long as it's a name that is sufficiently different from other nearby buildings. But apparently some are worried that the building will become the butt of jokes about unshaven testicles.

Some observations to consider:
1. Baals is pronounced "bales".
2. If a man can grow up with that name and go on to become mayor, there is no reason that a building can't have that name.
3. Nobody seems to have a problem with Interstate 69 or the phrase "going down on Clinton" when referring to driving south on Clinton Street.
4. If people are so afraid of the word "ball", why not change the names of certain sports? How does "basesphere" sound to you?

Close Guantanamo for Christmas

This time of year, we are all reminded that most Americans worship a shaggy haired Middle-Easterner who was brutally tortured and killed by a superpower.

While I recognize that sometimes not even Middle-Easterners can avoid killing other Middle-Easterners, we probably should leave out that whole torture thing. I don't want us to be the antagonists in somebody else's New and Improved Testament centuries from now.

Small rant and rave about Tom Clancy books

My biggest complaint about these books is the rear cover. It's the same thing as with Stephen King's books: it's just a big picture of the author. I find it frustrating because I might be looking at the book rack, semi-contemplating an impulse purchase. I see Tom Clancy's name on a paperback. I instinctively turn the book over to see what it's about, but all I see is Clancy in his sunglasses and USS Iowa hat. The publisher likely expects me to buy this book based on the author's name recognition. Or maybe his target audience has a lot of people who only read something if they know what the writer looks like.

I recently got done reading "Executive Orders". I enjoyed it, even though it reads like a neo-con masturbation fantasy. I still got a big kick out of the ending. The subplot about the Mountain Men looks like Clancy cut and pasted that part in after the Oklahoma City bombing.

"Executive Orders" is the sequel to "Debt of Honor", and both books contain fictional events similar to real life events that took place after the novels were published: the use of a commercial airliner in a suicide attack, a second Persian Gulf war, the death of Saddam Hussein. These books are very eerie to read nowadays.

Book coupons are often available for Clancy's books.

My new comic

I think this is a promising start. I'll have to draw up about 2 weeks worth before sending it to a publisher. I still have to think of a title. I'm leaning towards "Slippery Slope", but I'm trying to come up with something better than that.

UPDATE: I enlarged the font size of the dialog. Enjoy.

Spammer of the day!

Whoever sent me this is a loathsome human being.

Hello friend,My name is Sgt Paul Moore U.S.M.C Iraq I have a monetary deal
for you.If interested reply using my most private email
pmore11261@yahoo.com.hk God bless America, Sgt Paul.


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Since when did US Marines use Hong Kong email addresses? Also, I think fluency in English is a requirement to become an E-5.

Souder Rap Video!!! (NSFW)

Do they watch Star Trek in Thailand?

Haven't they learned anything from it?