*This is extreme sarcasm, so before you flip out and think I have gone nuts, read it and laugh with me.*

1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.
7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.
9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

via: drunkbunny and Joe.

Today I finally made it to the Michigan Renaissance Festival out in lovely Holly Michigan for the first time ever. I have to admit it was rather enjoyable, not that I didn’t think it would be.

I so many things I wanted to purchase, mainly revolving around weapons, but also some other items as well. Included in that wish list of items was an awesome hand crafted, fully functional 57 pound war hammer for a mere $850 from Custom Swords. As far as I am concerned they had not only the best quality weapons (Axes, Swords, War Hammers, Maces) at the festival, but the best I have seen anywhere in a very long time! I was talking to the lovely lady behind the counter and found out that not only are they hand made, the material is of excellent quality. For instance, the war hammer was 5150 Spring Steel, and the aluminum wrapping on one of the Staves was airplane grade. Once there site comes back up (I was informed it was down being redesigned) I fully intend to look around and try not to spend all my money.

In addition to the weapons the costumes were great. There were so many people there in costumes that you almost felt out of place without one. I think it would be pretty cool to go back next year in character, I am sure the experience is completely different. Of course this is also probably the best place to get said costume, as they sold just about all the items you would need. I guess the hard part would be deciding on the character.

Seeing the joust was rather cool as well. I have some pictures of that that I hope come out well. I will have to see when I get the film developed. After I get that developed I will be sure to add pictures to the gallery, I believe these will get filed under the “event” album. Assuming I ever get around to scanning all the pictures I still have to scan that is.

All in all it was a good day and one that I think I would like very much to repeat next year.

Those who know me know I tend to be full of useless information. Now I’m not talking information that would come in handy if I were on Jeopardy, I mean completely useless stuff. I don’t know where I aquire this information, i just seem to obtain it along the way. Well, i obtained some more tonight. I found this site of strange things and so I thought I would share it. The list isn’t very long, topping out at 29, but interesting none the less.
Some of my favorites are:

1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
14. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That’s the opposite of the norm.
25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

This one just gives me a good laugh and a little mental playback from Boondock Saints.

20. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

For all my friends out there who are considerable drinkers, I would like to direct your attention to the 86 rules of boozing. Some of the more interesting (read “important”) include:

5. Buying someone a drink is five times better than a handshake.
28. If you can’t afford to tip, you can’t afford to drink in a bar. Go to the liquor store.
30. Never complain about the quality or brand of a free drink.
34. If you bring Old Milwaukee to a party, you must drink at least two cans before you start drinking the imported beer in the fridge.
68. If there is a line for drinks, get your goddamn drink and step the hell away from the bar.
73. If you bring booze to a party, you must drink it or leave it.

Over the years Life Magazine has published some very controversial images. Some of them have even changed the world. The Digital Journalist has some of the 100 Photographs that Changed the World up with a paragraph describing the image. Simply click on the image to view a piece of history that helped change the world.

I used to be a huge pop (soda) drinker a few years ago. I mean I used to go through over a liter in a day. On top of that it was regular Pepsi. Surprisingly enough my teeth are in relatively good condition. Anyway, in my web surfing adventures this evening I found the Death By Caffeine site. It is a rather interesting site in which you “pick your poison” and enter your weight and it will tell you just how many 12 ounce cans you would have to drink in order for it to kill you. “It would take 501.35 cans of Pepsi-Cola to kill” me.

Large numbers are very often hard to comprehend. Not just the fact that they are large, I think we would all agree that 1 mbillion is a lot. But just how much is it? Well the MegaPenny Project seeks to answer that question.

Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it’s still hard to grasp just how much a “billion” really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that to answer the question: “What would a billion (or a trillion) pennies look like?”

On top of the display of the numbers in a manner easy to comprehend, it even gives you information like how much all those pennies would weigh. I never realized $10 in pennies weighs over 6 pounds. It’s an interesting site none the less.

Stellar Bay had an article up concerning Google searching for office space that has great potential for, well, me. Why potential for me you ask? Well i’ll tell you. It seems that Google has is working on a “technology based call center called “Googleplex”” that would require “200,000 square feet of offices” and “Ann Arbor seems to be the final candidate after a reported search of 50 other cities. “ Seeing as I am currently working in Ann Arbor and live a mere 7 miles (technically 2 miles from the outer limits) from the city, this is great. I think it would be cool to work for Google. Who knows, maybe if they do come out here I could get a job with them. Not that I don’t like my current job, but you always gotta keep my options open, right?