Bush Views Katrina Devastation From Plane and finally manages to look adequately concerned thanks to obviously staged photograph. I can almost hear the photographer, “Chin up, little more, now clench your fist, I need to feel your anger, ohh nice.”

I love this part of the article: Scott McClellan quoted Bush as saying, “It’s devastating, it’s got to be doubly devastating on the ground.”

If he actually said that, those exact words as quoted, I’ll eat 10 pounds of broccolli. I doubt Bush can even pronounce “doubly”, he has enough trouble with single syllable words.

Read the rest, it only gets better.

Luckily, the massive budget cut to come I don’t think had an effect one this tragedy, but imagine how much worse it could have been if it happened NEXT year instead.

In a scene like of Rome’s fires… Bush fiddles while New Orleans floods.

He also announced today he was finally calling his vacation short after it became obvious the country is growing spiteful of the month long photo ops when there’s actual work to be done, oh what work that has to deal with being compassionate and he’d have to act like he meant it? Oh no… he can’t act his way out of a dixie cup.

And gee the south, his red south, is underwater. New Orleans is under more water than Venice, Italy. Martial law has been declared in parts of Lousiana Oh boy I wish we had some oh, say National Guardsmen to oh… GUARD. Oh that’s right, we don’t need Guardsman over here to fulfill the reason they were founded (to guard the nation while the armed forces are elsewhere). And where is Bush? In Crawford. He’s freaking next door in Texas and can’t be bothered to even fly over the devastation until FRIDAY???

Maybe we could call in the reserves to help out down south and keep the peace… Oh wait…

I’m about ready to find the local Canadian Embassy and chain myself to the fence till they let me in.

“Why you should convert to the Church of the Flying Spagetti Monster

Our heaven is WAY better. We’ve got a Stripper Factory AND a Beer Volcano.”

Brilliant, buy a t-shirt. And be sure to get your desktop picture, you know you wanna.

I love this turn. Venezuela wants Robertson — seems advocating assisination of a head of state is an illegal act in more countries than just ours. Hrmmm!

I hope that Venezuela makes good and actually presses for extradition - and gets it. Pat Robertson has pulled this talking out of his ass crap for far too long. He thinks being a cute old little pudgy preacher lets you get away with murder and hate speech.

His only defense at this point would be to say he has alzhiemer’s or going senile since “you just didn’t undertsand what I was actually saying” has been used by him so many times it’s just a chicken little. Wondering also how far Robertson’s buddy Bush will go to to keep him from being sent to South America and smooth this all out. Not much I bet.

In other news it’s hurricane season, which means it’s the time of year for reporters in rain coats to stand outside saying how bad it is near landfall and walk against the wind. Bluh.

Oh hell yeah. Finally, a bible I understand, kinda.

(still breathing… but just seems like I’m doing it through a sopping wet kitchen sponge)

An orgy at Mario Batali’s restaurant is making headlines right now, but it’s not the first FoodTv star joint to raise a scandal for lewd behavior.

The Sun UK on Worst album covers…ever - and man what is it with christian music and bad cover art anyway? Does being pious make you give up good taste?

Anyhow - I think they missed one! This one is a personal favorite. It even says it’s rated XXXX! 4 X’s! Woah! It must really be dirty, or talk about taxes or something.

Some Pixeldecor fans might recognize the fabric on the left puppet. Yup, that’s where I got the pattern from. Inspiration comes from the oddest places.

Got Pneumonia again. This time it required a trip to the ER thanks to a fever (which I never get) and chills yesterday. Xrays all proved I was right much to the hospital’s dismay.

Feeling like crap still but much better than yesterday thanks to a 1-2 punch of Zithromax and a little gel pill to keep me from coughing so much.

Anyway, that’s the news I’ll try to post more often, but in the mean time… here’s pics of my vacation. I didn’t take as many as I would have liked and some are from others in our camp but some are really cool.

Mmmm, Mullet!

Give me a few hours to unpack, catch up on my Tivo time, and start finding more whacky links - but in the meantime… here is a decent article on where I was.

Yeah I’ve been quiet, I’m on vacation!

I’m at the big medieval shindig called Pennsic in Pitssburgh-ish PA until this Sunday. We ran 20 minutes into town for dinner and party supplies and got lunch at Panera - who also has a wifi point. Wifi would have been enough reason for me on it’s own. They have a internet shack on site but it’s $20 an hour. I think NOT.

I have taken few pics, but forgot the cable this time so you’ll have to wait till I get back and flickr them.

Anyway, having fun being hot, wet, dry and cold all the same time! No really it IS possible! New tent is holding up well despite two days of light rain and heavy shower.

I might run into town in a another day or two, who knows so keep posted.

“Pennsic Smell”: A finely mixed concotion of cut grass, wood smoke, pipe tobacco, dirt, BO, and that sickly sweet smelling chemical the portapotties get filled with. Surprisingly it’s not too bad all at once.

Pennsic sound at night: leather soles scuffing on gravel and dirt, hushed mumbling, chingly belts and trinkets, semi horm blasts from the highway that runs along side (they think it’s funny at 2 am), cars on the highway, cars ideling or driving on camp roads as people arrive or leave, drums from four directions and in various beats and volumes, poker chips (at least in our camp) - until about 3am. (unless there are belly dancers, then you can add hooting and run it until 4am)

Funny spoof video.

It’s my birthday for 6 more minutes.

Octopus vs Shark: Who knew they were serial killers.

This is ont of the funniest things I’ve read all week.

The Christmas Resistance!

I don’t see anything against Festivius.

I’ve mentioned them before Jungle Jim’s is a local mecca. It’s HUGE, it used to be four acres, bu they’ve expanded in the last couple years so I have no idea how big it is now. It blows Trader Joes to hell that’s for sure.

JJ’s specializes in well… everything. They have a international department larger than most department stores. They have a produce section that is bigger than most groceries. They have a huge wine and liqour section, over 800 beers and hundreds of soft drinks around around the world. They raise some of thier own fish, and have a european bakery. They have a bank, a Starbucks, a event center, a garden center, gift shop, a cooking school and even a monorail. Also a bunch of animatronic animals that sing. They have a regular sized store in a store of normal American groceries, but who wants that when you can buy qunice soda from Bombay?

It is a foodie haven and I haven’t even scratched the surface yet. Simply, it would make Alton Brown spontaneoulsy orgasm.

Saw this link on my local newspaper site. It has a map, it has some cute videos of the store. You won’t believe it. (Watch some of the “meet jungle Jim” ones, he’s a trip.)

If it wasn’t for this store my family would never come this far south to visit me at all.

Use your mouse to haul this creepy dead chic all over the screen. I like to cram her into tiny crevices, like the real bodies I have to hide.

Dave gave me this link. I almost couldn’t believe it.

Apple releases multibutton mouse.

Dogs and cats sleeping together! The fall of western civilization! These are things I imagined before Jobs allowing a multibutton mouse to leave Cupertino in a box.

Look at that, it’s true. Apple is selling a multi-buton mouse… that looks like a no button mouse. With 4D scroll!

Oh be still my heart. Mamma want. Birthday on 5 days. Oh yeahhh.

The shocking thing about this is like Bush converting to the Democratic party.

Steve for years has flat out shunned multi button mice for macs, they work fine. Just plug any old USB one in no problemo, you don’t even need software. He just wouldn’t make them or ship them with machines. Not only is it 2 button, it’s really four, and yet it has NO buttons. And the ball is a 4D scroll. he went overboard - for Steve.