Uber Geek

I was just thinking about my hobbies and interests the other day, and what an uber geek I really am. An uber geek goes beyond just geek. A normal regular geek might just be someone who's good at math and got a good job in computers. Or just some guy who likes Star Trek a little too much. But, an uber geek is something different. An uber geek is geeky in all sorts of ways, and to the max. Ok, so maybe I'm not a complete uber geek, but I'm definately a geek. Anyway, I started thinking of how I can tell if I'm a geek, or just an uber geek, and as I thought and thought, I sort of started coming up with a mental list of uber geek indicators. So, I decided to share on my blog my top ten indicators that you are an uber geek. So, in the tradition of Jeff Foxworthy, but probably not as funny and creative, here you go.

1 - You've ever mixed your own soundtrack for playing Dungeons & Dragons

2 - When you get together with friends you always get discouraged trying to squeeze XBOX time between your busy paintball, and radio controlled car schedule

3 - Your senior year in high school you were voted MVP of your debate team

4 - You've read Lord of The Rings more times than your pastor has read the bible

5 - You have contempt for anyone who claims to be a fan of Lord of The Rings, but has never even read the books!

6 - You recently broke up with your long-term girl friend because she refused to email a picture of herself to you.

7 - You're 32 years old and your kids have to drag you out of the action figure isle at Toys R Us.

8 - You're frequently on a waiting list for a new video game release.

9 - You own a real sword, and you're actually pretty good with it. You're pretty good with a bow-staff too.

10 - You host your own blog site.



Well, there you have it? Are you an uber geek like me? I'm not saying I qualify with all ten of those indicators, but sadly many of them I drew from my own life. But, I'm not telling which ones. NO WAY.

Go Ahead. Take God Out!

Ok, so the nasty little debate over The Pledge of Allegiance is back. Goody. For the past few days I’ve been listening to both sides go at it back and forth. Both sides heatedly and passionately battling it out in the arena of thoughts and ideas.

Let me set something straight right off the bat here. I do believe in a supreme being, a creator, God, or Great Spirit if you will. I believe that we are a nation under God, and that it was through his intervention, and his will that we even became a country. I believe that He sustains our existence as a nation from day to day. I also believe that when we as a nation ultimately turn our backs on him, then we will reap the whirlwind.

That said, I don’t think that taking the words “under God” out of the Pledge is going to spell out our ultimate demise. After all, the original version of the Pledge didn’t even contain the phrase. But, is it so necessary? I mean what is the big deal with these atheists? They say it’s unconstitutional for a child to be forced to acknowledge the existence of God. Last time I was in school, nobody was being “forced” to recite the pledge! We had a member of the Jehova’s Witnesses in our school, and when we said the pledge she would just stand silent. No big deal. Can’t these atheist kids do the same? Can’t we just avoid dragging the country through the muck on this?

On no. Some little attention starved attorney, has to have his fifteen minutes of fame, at the expense of the nation. Well, you know what? I almost hope he gets his way in this. I almost hope the Supreme Court decides in his favor. Cause, you know what I’d love to see? I’d love to see the kids in the schools of this country stand up as one voice and tell the courts and politicians that enough is enough! That we are sick and tired of our right to free speech, and our right to pray, and to have clubs, and to read certain books, and study certain topics being trampled on by lawmakers all in the name of “separation of church and state.” Here we have a free country where supposedly the right to express ourselves is the most valued sacred right we have, but enter one of our public schools, and the thought, and speech police are watching from the front of every classroom.

Imagine a judgment being made to remove the phrase, “under God” from the pledge. Now imagine a pep-assembly at a high school at Anywhere, USA. Think of the kids reciting the pledge, and when it comes to the omitted phrase, as one united student body, they all include “under God” extra loud, and extra clear. Think of this happening all across the USA. How awesome would that be. What are they going to do about that? I’d love to see it. I’d love to see crowds of kids gathering every morning before the bell rings in front of their school to independently recite the pledge, and acknowledge this country’s freedom as a divine gift. I would love to see it. Love to.

It might be crazy enough to work

Just read an interesting article on the Fox News website. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,169052,00.html

It's titled: Pentagon Considers Nuclear Deterrent for Terrorists

Here are some phrases from the article that caused me to pause a moment after reading them.

- A Pentagon planning document being updated to reflect the doctrine of pre-emption declared by President Bush in 2002 envisions the use of nuclear weapons to deter terrorists from using weapons of mass destruction against the United States or its allies.

- in a changing environment "terrorists or regional states armed with WMD will likely test U.S. security commitments to its allies and friends."

- the U.S. needs a range of capabilities to assure friend and foe alike of its resolve

- "U.S. forces must pose a credible deterrent to potential adversaries who have access to modern military technology, including WMD and the means to deliver them."

- In such cases, deterrence, even based on the threat of massive destruction, may fail and the United States must be prepared to use nuclear weapons if necessary."

- U.S. policy has always been purposely vague with regard to when the United States would use nuclear weapons and that it has never vowed not to be the first to use them in a conflict.

Anyone else find those excerpts interesting? I'm still deciding what to even think about all this. Is this the right road to be heading down? A big part of me says, YES. Nuke em' and be done with it. But, another part of me thinks of the old saying, " you reap what you sow. " If we were to start using nukes, what Pandora's box are we opening? On the other hand, I think of when we had Bin Laden cornered for a bit in Tora Bora. Anyway, they are pretty sure he was there, and barely slipped through our fingers, leaving his followers behind to fight us to the death. Imagine if we'd just nuked the mountain side. Hmmmm. It sure is tempting isn't it?

I think a bit more on it, and you know what? I'm for it. I am for taking a hard stance against these villians. They don't think like you and me. They only understand violence, and slaughter. We are eventually going to have to start playing hard ball with them if we expect any peace. They have families and loved ones too. Maybe they'd be less willing to conduct the work of death if they knew our retaliation would not only consume their lives, but the lives of their families as well. I'd love to see the look on Bin Laden's face if a week after 9/11 we had started nuking the whole Mid-East. One terrorist sponsoring state after another. And the look on Kim Jong's face would be pretty priceless too.

AMEN BRUTHA!

I found this while surfing around. I think it hits the nail on the head of how many of us "angry white males" in America feel. Beware of a little crudeness.

Enjoy-


George Carlin

- I Am Your Worst Nightmare.
- I am a BAD American.
- I am George Carlin.
- I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some mid-
level governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts squirting out babies.
- I'm not in touch with my feelings and I like it that way, damn it!
- I think owning a gun doesn't make you a killer.
- I believe it's called the Boy Scouts for a reason.
- I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized.
- I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac, you'd better do it in English.
- I don't use the excuse "it's for the children" as a shield for unpopular opinions or actions.
- I think fireworks should be legal on the 4th of July.
- I think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment than working at Blockbuster. In fact, if your parents are footing the bill to put your pansy ass through 4-7 years of college, you haven't begun to be enlightened.
- I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God.
- Hillary Clinton is a carpet-munching lesbian... not that there is anything wrong with that
- My heroes are John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, the Simpsons, and whoever canceled Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
- I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.
- I know wrestling is fake and I don't waste my time arguing about it.
- I think global warming is a big lie. Where are all those experts now, when I am freezing my ass through a long winter?
- I've never owned a slave, or was a slave, I didn't wander forty years in the desert after getting chased out of Egypt, I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks and neither have you, so shut-the-#$%!-up already.
- I want to know which church is it exactly where the Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches. And where does he get his money. And why is he always part of the problem and not the solution.
- I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you're running from them.
- I also think they have the right to pull your ass over if you are breaking the law, regardless of what color you are.
- I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation the next four years.
- I hate those bastards standing in the intersections trying to sell me crap or trying to guilt me into making 'donations' to their cause.These people should be targets.
- I think if you are in the passing lane, and not passing, your license should be revoked, and you should be forced to ride the bus until you promise to never delay the rest of us again.
- I think beef jerky could quite possibly be the perfect food.
- I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes two parents.
- I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement.
- I think Dr. Suess was a genius.
- I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the mainstream media would like the world to believe otherwise.
- I believe if she has her lips on your Willie, it is sex, and it is sex for both of you. This even applies when you are President of the United States.
- If that makes me a BAD American, then yes,.. I'm a BAD American.

What's Your Opinion?

I friend of mine asked me to post a question on my blog and see what others out there think of his current situation. I haven't gotten a comment on my blog for a while, and so I don't know if anyone is even reading anymore, but here goes anyway.

He is a newly wed of about five months. About a year ago his wife bumped into her old high school boy friend. They were a couple for about two years, and were sexually active with each other. She broke up with him their senior year, because he was making her uncomfortable. Basically stalking her. They've had no contact until running into each other accidently a year ago.

I guess the boy friend is married now with kids.

Well, he immediately starts calling her all the time, and sending her text messages on her cell phone, and by her own admission has said a couple of things that she said were inappropriate for a married man to say to another woman.

Here's where it gets wierd. The four of them, ex-boy friend and his wife, my friend and his wife, all get together and do stuff as friends. They will have dinner together, or whatever, and sit around talking about the good ole' days of high school and stuff. Everyone but my friend who didn't go to school with them.

This whole situation makes my buddy very uncomfortable, and he hates going over there, and doing that. He thinks it's dangerous for their marriage, and that x-boy friend has more on his mind than just being friends. He's tried to talk to her, but she is VERY stubborn and determined to keep up this so-called frienship. He asked me to blog about it, and see what the opinions of others might be out there on the situation. He'll be checking in to read your posts, and he'll probably eventually show them to his wife.

Your help is appreciated