Terry Wall keeps on trying… to be relevant.
February 9, 2010
I bet Terrence Wall can relate to Scott Walker. Both are struggling to stay relevant in their respective races. Just as Walker’s not able to rouse excitement, dear Terry feels that he has to spend more money than most of us will make in a good decade. As you may know, Wall wrote his own campaign a check for $275,000 late last year. Now he’s bought a slurry of television ads. Really? Attack ads so soon? Sounds like Wall has written another huge check. His last round of ads were quickly debunked by the Feingold camp. Perhaps Wall thinks he can rally his army of rowdy Washington County Republicans to give our truly waste-fighting Senator Feingold the boot. Or maybe he should find a better use for his abundant money.
Either way, these ads that are sure to play well on the eyes of an audience that hungers for anything and everything political in this already pitched election season.
And if you believe that, I’ve got a pumpkin patch to sell you…
Frost Heaters are godsends for VW TDi drivers
February 5, 2010
You heard it here, possibly not first, but if you did, listen up! The Frost Heater is a miraculous thing for northern-dwelling Volkswagen TDi drivers. I got mine installed today, and it’s freaking amazing. Having your engine start like it’s the middle of summer and warm air blowing out in mid-January is a thing to behold. And then, it runs like it’s been on for an hour! It’s so worth it. It increases the lifetime of your whole car, from the starter to the engine to the glow-plugs, and everything in between. And hey — your car makes warm air from the minute you start it up. You can’t get any better than that!
Given the clouds of grey-white smoke that my car was making before the heater was installed, it’s worth the cost of electrical consumption.
Until they make a Frost Heater equivalent that keeps your hands and face warm when you bike in the winter. That would be awesome. But for the price, an engine warmer like the Frost Heater can’t be beat for us petrol-consuming freaks.
Tommy! joins lucrative hedge fund advisory board
February 3, 2010
Congratulations! I hope it’s good for you.
That said, candidates don’t join hedge funds. Or did I not get the memo?
40 cent debt to UWM Bursar’s office did not hold my diploma back
February 3, 2010
Yup! It came in the mail last week. I’m officially a college graduate, sixteen years in the making. It’s a good feeling.
Paying my last forty cents to UWM will be about as anticlimactic as anything can be.
Now about a job…
The Thompson-Favre meme continues unabated
February 3, 2010
The great thing about the viral ideas known as memes is that once they’re started, they’re hard to stop. That’s great if you like them. And if it doesn’t mutate (into a malevolent form) as real viruses will do. Regardless, the Tommy Thompson/”BRENT 4EVER” meme has carried itself onto the pages of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
I can’t take credit for it any more than one could for spreading the swine flu. But it’s good to see that we’re giving the print press something to run with.
One notable portion of that article is the article talks about how the Republicans have yet to settle on a candidate to take on Feingold. While that’s what primary elections are for, I thought this was supposed to be a time of resurgence for the Republican Party. Or maybe that idea—itself a meme—will pass like a spring cold snap.
The “Steve Jobs as Jesus” meme
February 2, 2010
With the years of rumors and flurry of last-minute hype about Apple’s newly announced iPad tablet computer, the “Jobs as Jesus” meme has seen renewed attention.
Here’s Chairman Steve and his newest toy:
Why, sir, what is that tablet you hold before us?
Yes, yes, thou shall not steal! DRM will ensure that…
Thou shalt not smite Steve! Not sure where I found this now. That’s Woz in the pink shirt. I’m not sure who they other men are.
This could have been Jobs in 2001, when he introduced the iPod. Jews for Jesus has something to say about this in a PDF file, by the way.But I’d rather line up a few pictures. It’s more fun that way. Heck, even The Economist is into it!

Moving away from Jobs as Jesus, and more into the field of Jobs as having magical powers to destroy Nintendos:
My droogs at The Register have my favorite picture. Gaze deep into the swirling orb of wonder that His Steve-iness holds before you…
So, is Jobs Jesus? No. He’s a brilliant executive. Given my very brief e-mail correspondence with him, I think he’s a nice guy. (I may be in the minority on that.) He’s very lucky to be alive, having survived a cancer and a liver transplant. He’s got an innate ability to reach into our modern mentalities and make us use his devices. Not many people can say that.
Keep up the great work, Steve. Just as General Debauchery has even more on the meme, it’s fun to watch and see what you are able to drive your army of ants to create.


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