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Private. No Information Allowed.

March 31, 2010 By Godfadr Leave a Comment

Aaaah privacy. It used to be sneaking off into the night to meet friends or just finding alone time by hiding in a closet with a Good Book, Rice Krispy Treats, and a Flashlight (or so I am told).

DJ Gidget from Woody Radio mentioned a website tonight that pretty much gives you all the information you want to know about someone. Course, it comes with a pretty hefty cost… $2.95 (yea, I know, you where saving for that Mars Bar).

I’ve got to wonder, what is truly “private” anymore?

I know celebrities have a privacy problem all the time, but hey, their lives are interesting. Why would anybody really want to see what my last four Facebook status updates were or want to know my astrological sign?

Ok, this is the part where you want me to tell you what site it is. Well, I won’t help them promote so you will just have to find it yourself (it rhymes with Hokeo).

Sites like Please Rob Me and Rhymes with Hokeo really go beyond the acceptable levels of “public information.”

Here are a couple “privacy” quotes to get us back on track…

“There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.” – Herbert Hoover

“You already have zero privacy – get over it” – Scott McNealy

“You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren’t allowed to be normal.”  – Johnny Depp

So, what information would you absolutely not want on the Internet for all to see?  Feel free to just post in the comments section and save someone $2.95.

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Filed Under Rants Tagged With all information online, No Privacy online, Online privacy lost, Spokeo

Republicans Taking Their Marbles and Going Home

March 29, 2010 By Godfadr 7 Comments

Ok, before I get started, let me at least set the record straight (just in case subtle humor gets lost on the Internet). I didn’t think the health care plan (as it was presented) should have been passed.

Yes, we need health care. Yes, we need to find a way to insure the millions of people that cannot afford it. Blah blah blah (you can read the rest on that here).

What I don’t get is that the Republicans lost. Period.

It is still a Democracy. The votes were cast, the plan passed. Quit your crying (or fight it going forward if you want to) but don’t say crap like…

“The Republican Party has taken a position where they’re going to try and slow and block progress on all fronts, whether it’s legislation or appointments,” Axelrod said in an interview aired Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Seriously? Did the big bad Democrats take your lunch money as well? So now you are going to block everything, whether you are for it or not, just on principle?! The only people that pay for that is the American Public.

If you think I am being unnecessary harsh on the Republican Party, go back in read the first paragraph again.

Basically, if the Republicans are going to “not play” for the rest of the year then I want to implement the “No Play…No Pay” program. Seems pretty self-explanatory to me.

Of course the latest upsetting the Republicans is that Obama wants to appoint 15 administration posts while the Senate is at recess. Let’s look at a couple facts. [Read more...]

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Filed Under Rants Tagged With No help from republicans, politicians, Republicans are Taking Their Marbles and Going Home, Republicans won't play

The Formula to Making a Movie

March 27, 2010 By Godfadr Leave a Comment

Want to write a Hollywood blockbuster? Just follow a proven formula and you are all but guaranteed to be holding an Oscar on stage thanking your eighth grade teacher for her “inspiration.”

Although in the last several years I think the “formula” was just remaking a movie that has not been seen for a while or adding another sequel.

Yes, before we are subjected to a new version of The Breakfast Club or Rocky 87, consider returning to the classic formula of movie making. The funny part is that this “fake” movie preview is far more entertaining than some real movies I have seen lately.

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Filed Under Humor, Inspirational Tagged With Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer, Fake Movie Trailer, How to make a movie, How to write a movie script, The Formula to Making a Movie

Controversial DVD Censoring System Launched

March 26, 2010 By Godfadr 2 Comments

You would think an idea of this nature would come from Wal-Mart or, at the very least, Glen Beck (if he actually had a constructive idea not involving aliens or crying). In reality ClearPlay came up with the technology to let parents dictate what their children view when playing a DVD.

The program essentially “skips” inappropriate sections of a movie based on language, violence, nudity, and more determined by the “filtering” set by the parents.

I was trying to figure out why the Directors Guild of America was taking ClearPlay to court over it. Then I realized the Directors Guild of America sees a dangerous future ahead of them (but great for us).

If you can program a machine to skip over film scenes due to inappropriate content, then I suppose you could program a machine to skip over just plain bad movie making.

Here are a few things the future machine could skip over…

…any scene in which an American Actor attempts a British accent while playing the part of Robin Hood.

…any scene where the main character gives a quotable motivational speech that will show up on everyone’s Facebook status for the next eight weeks.

…any scene where a Vampire laments about falling in love with a mortal.

…any scene where the heroine falls down and breaks her shoe while being chased by a zombie.

…any “chick flick” when the scene lasts longer than 2.3 minutes and contains no action whatsoever.

…any scene where a mortal laments about falling in love with a Vampire.

…all of The Men Who Stare At Goats (yea, I was pretty disappointed in that one).

Of course the possibilities are limitless. You could even “reverse engineer” the programming.

Men could view only scenes with shooting and stuff blowing up. Women could watch only scenes where Matthew McConaughey takes his shirt off (oh wait, that is all of them).

Yep, the Directors Guild of America has seen the future. We control it…and I just may like it.

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Filed Under Humor Tagged With ClearPlay, Controversial DVD Censoring System Launched, Directors Guild of America, Directors Guild of America takes ClearPlay to Court, DVD Censorship

Robert Culp’s Death and Why I Don’t Jog

March 25, 2010 By Godfadr 5 Comments

First off, I am sad to see that Robert Culp passed away yesterday. He was 79 years old and although best known for his cloak-and-dagger hit “I Spy” I still think “Greatest American Hero” was my favorite.

Not to take anything away from his passing, but his death is the very reason I don’t jog. Please allow me to explain…

Robert Culp was discovered by a jogger.

It seems to me that it is always joggers that discover the bodies (usually in wee hours of the morning). The jogger says something to the media like; “I was just out for my morning six mile jog when I noticed blood on my shoe. When I looked up, there where some dead people.”

Bodies are never discovered by some guy sitting on his couch watching a movie eating Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. You never hear that guy say something like; “Well, I had just popped in Boondock Saints in the DVD and got a tub of Chunky Monkey out of the freezer. When I sat down I saw a bloody shoe behind the entertainment center.”

Yep, I think I will refrain from starting a jogging regime and just stay in today. It is still pretty early and you never know what is out there.

Rest in peace Mr. Culp. You will be missed and I am still never going jogging.

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Filed Under Humor, Rants Tagged With Actor Robert Culp, I Spy and Greatest American Hero, joggers discover bodies, Robert Culp Dies, Robert Culp Discovered by Jogger, Robert Culp’s Death and Why I Don’t Jog

Un-Healthy America is Stuck in the Middle…Again

March 22, 2010 By Godfadr 7 Comments

I have, successfully, avoided political commentary on The Slow Bleed for the better part of 2010. Frankly, it was intentional but I guess even this hiatus cannot last forever.

Let’s start with last night’s monumental passing of the Health Care Reform package shall we?

For starters, let me be very clear. It is terrible that 40+ Million people living in the US do not have health care. Few elect not to have it while the greater part of the group simply cannot afford it. That tragedy certainly needs attention and needs to be fixed but in the correct manner. With that said…

The Bi-Partisan Bill with only One Party’s Votes.

Must Have: American’s will be required to have health care, or pay a fine. Seriously? Who decides what is affordable or not for another individual? Since when are American’s required to purchase something? Will we be required to purchase a Ford if the US car companies get in trouble again?

Dollars and Sense: “We,” the taxpayers, will pay somewhere around $950 Billion dollars, initially, for the plan. It may reduce the national deficit by $150 Billion in the first 10 years (second grade math tells me the plan then initially costs taxpayers $800 Billion right?). [Read more...]

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Filed Under Economy, Rants Tagged With Government Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform package, Is health care reform good?, Un-Healthy America, Will health care reform help me?

What English sounds like to non-English speakers

March 18, 2010 By Godfadr Leave a Comment

I still crack up every time I watch this. This Italian parody of a 60s/70s pop song is sung entirely in gibberish designed to sound like American English.

If you’ve ever wondered what other people think Americans sound like, this is it.

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Filed Under Humor Tagged With English Gibberish Video, English Italian Comedy, Gibberish Video, What English sounds like to non-English speakers
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