Gargolito Knows

Get Ready for the New!!

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Strong Bad and other Homestar Runner Sightings

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art.com artPad

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Whack Your Boss.com: Office Space meets The Sopranos.

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MAXIM ONLINE: girls_maxim
Booooiiiiinnnnggggg!!

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Breasy.com (Browse Easy)
From the department of redundancy department.

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"The truth shall set you back."

-- Gargolito

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ImageShack - Hosting :: feuerfreimovie.swf

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"People dislike being told what's wrong with them, especially when it's true"

-- Gargolito

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"If you can not be bothered with the little things*, you should not be
trusted with the big things."

-- Unknown

*However, when you do bother to do the little things, do so with an eye
on the big things. Else you will only do little things for a very long time.

-- Gargolito

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BreakTheChain.org - Stop Junk E-Mail and Misinformation

Chain letters are a nuisance and if you are gullible enough to pass them on, you should never e-mail me!

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From now on, I will occasionally post what I would describe as a
"Chunk of wisdom." They will often be famous quotes and when possible
(when I remember who said it) I will credit the author. Often this will
be paraphrased or will have an added personal twist. Other times it
will be a cautionary tale or an epiphany I just had.

-- Gargolito

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"You never know how fluffy a poodle is until you step on it"

-- Gargolito

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I often wonder what is the difference. It is a question of how we
often misapply scientific terms to our everyday language. I could
easily go to a dictionary but sometimes it is more fun to figure it
out; not so much the definition, but why we use the words that we use.
It is a common misnomer to call someone whom we perceive to be
different people at different times as "schizophrenic" when the proper
terminology is "multiple personality disorder resulting from a
dissociative disorder that is a defense mechanism to deal with what is
perceived as a harsh or unbearable reali..." OK, I see why that one is
just "Schizo."

I think I am a hypochondriac.

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Urban Archipelago
Yet another color coded election map.

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I just finished watching Michael Moore's anti-gun anthem: "Bowling for
Columbine." I have a hard time trusting his credibility for that
documentary because of one single shot in it.

The shot in question happens early in the documentary during a montage
of suicides and shootings that clearly serve as testimony against gun
ownership. The shot is as follows: a man is being led by police down
some public place when out of nowhere another man comes and shoots him
in the head. Appalling violence. Shameless use of a very unique
situation in which the shooter was acquitted. I remember the sequence
because some years ago, I saw the news report about that incident. The
shooter in that short segment was the father of a child whom the
prisoner had attacked while breaking into their house while the child
was alone. I don't remember the specifics of the crime, but I do
remember that the father took the law in his hands out of grief for
the damage done to his child. Michael Moore's use of that clip in his
documentary is irresponsible and disrespectful to that family. I found
myself struggling to filter what parts of the documentary I believed,
since I agree with his views about the level of firearm related crimes
in our country. Mr. Moore misses the point that the truth is enough to
shed light on an obvious problem in our country. There is no need to
add by either omission of facts or embellishment, the Truth is solid
on its own merit. Credibility however, is flimsy at best. I enjoyed
"Fahrenheit 911," but I remember that watching it I also had the same
problem; discerning when I am being "sold" a point of view from being
told the Truth.

I ask Michael Moore to use his resources more responsibly, he is no
better than those he accuses of lying when he embellishes the events
he documents with his outrage. He should channel that outrage to show
the unadulterated truth. When he does that, his credibility will be
restored and trusted. Each documentary can stand on its own merit,
but he must not resort to the misleading devices he is so fond of.

You can't make Charlton Heston look nuttier than he obviously is.

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The Republican National Committee announced today that the Republican Party is changing its emblem from an elephant to a condom. Governor Marc Racicot, RNC chairman, explained that the condom more clearly reflects the party's stance today, because a condom accepts inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you're getting screwed.

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McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Ike Turner's Guide to Restoring America's Honor.
Ike knows his shit.

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THREATMETER.com : We Profit From Your Fear! - Browse Products - Powered by PrintMojo
This is mildly amusing

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SourceForge.net: Welcome
Open Source is good.
Free software is good

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The Cellar - Image of the Day
Forum with very cool images

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Election 2004 Results
Color coded for my buddy Alex.

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Dictionary of English slang and colloquialisms of the UK
How to call ignorant people names without them knowing you are calling them names.

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How to deal with bad bosses, problem supervisors and difficult managers
Great resource for tips on how to best lead and manage people.

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Missoulian: JAMIE KELLY: A reader's guide to spotting bias in journalism
Cool little article I found.

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I am so disgusted by the two party system in our country that I am declaring myself an extreme centrist. I refuse to say "independent" since, let's face it, independents tend to be a bit nutty. As you may have noticed, my last few posts have been links to sites that, either explain or are committed to the "Fairness Doctrine" or "Equal Time Doctrine" that the media had to comply with until 1987, when it was abolished during Reagan's second term. I am convinced that the extreme swings in ideals to the left and right we see in the media today are the direct result of that single event. If I were to blame any group driving a wedge into the core of our nation, I blame journalists in general, but specifically those associated with the so called "Liberal Media."
Here is why.

There is a journalists code of ethics which begins with the phrase: "Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information." It was during these times of "Fairness" that liberals in the media unfortunately collectively chose to largely ignore this one simple directive. Thus prompting the cries of "Liberal Media" by folks right of center everywhere. Once the fairness doctrine was abolished, something interesting happened; several "news" organizations and "reporters" realized that the small left leaning bias that they kept in check due to the Fairness Doctrine no longer being required, and they swinged to the left harder than Karl Marx riding a counter-clockwise spinning carrousel.
Enter Rush Limbaugh, the voice of "reason" among a sea of "pinko-left-leaning nearly communist" news, and what I like to call the "Conservative" or "right wing" awakening started. That is how we end up with the Faux News channel and the rest is, well, fake history.

The United States of America is an inherently centrist nation, with room for all views and all kinds of people. Our founding fathers made sure of that by composing the most succesful document in the history of civilization: The US Constitution.
We need to look long and hard at our country and find ways to try and move to the Center. It is the extremists that often bring important issues to light, but it is the Centrists that make it happen in a fair manner that is consistant with our beloved Constitution. If we continue on this parallel path, then a truly divided nation will more easily occur. We need to populate the void between the extremes. I truly believe that Air America Radio is not the answer to Fox News. The answer lies in a fanatical adherence to a Centrist philosophy that will weigh and balance those extremes for our sake. There are figures in both groups who are fair and balanced. I think that Tucker Carlson, from CNN, who is a right leaning personality tries to be fair, and Al Franken from Air America Radio is also more centrist than he seems. we need more people like them since they can be a gateway to reason.

In the spirit of personal responsibility, I say we should all spend equal time getting our news from both leftist and right wing news sources. Check and double check what they say, and hold them accountable for their biased and often dishonest reports.

Somewhere in between, we will find the truth.

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FactCheck.org - Annenberg Political Fact Check

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Equal Time Rule

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SavageStupidity.com - Fairness Doctrine

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Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting: The National Media Watch Group

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The people behind the making of Pixar's latest CG fest are without a
doubt the most talented artists in the film industry today. Bar none.

I watched this great film and all I could wish for is to be ten years
old again to play with the all the cool toys that are coming out of
this masterpiece. Every detail, from the story to the design of the
film is meticulously crafted in a visual cacophony of colors, bytes
and charm.

The story of a world in which superheroes everywhere are banned from
helping people by a rash of frivolous law suits and forced to hide is
a relevant satire of our legal system. The character of an obsesed fan
who will not accept rejection is equally relevant even to the point of
how far the loneliest and more socially inept people in the world can
go when left unchecked.

Mr. Incredible is the guy who LOVES being a hero inasmuch fo the glory
and accolades it brings him as for his sincere caring for the people
he helps, that is the only thing that makes him happy, to help and
save people. He loves his job so much that he almost neglects his
family and in the process learns how important they are to him and how
he has shaped who they are. If Mr. Incredible is the shaper of his
family, Mrs. Incredible is both the mold and the glue that holds it
together. She is perky and snappy in a very cleverly developed way.
The children are personifications of their powers and Pixar has done
such a good job that I wouldn't want to spoil your fun of discovering
all the nuances of this film.

The movie sometimes feels very much like the Fantastic Four, but it is
so good and well developed that it stands on its own.

Although I have focused much of this blog entry on character and story
development, I have to say that the action in this movie is like
nothing you have ever seen before. Frozone is cool in temperature and
it is a great character injected with the sense of humor and passion
of the coolest cat in Hollywood today, Sam Jackson.

So go watch it a bunch of times and wait for Pixar's next and last
Disney release "Cars."
I can only imagine how many cool movies Pixar will make without the
Disney censorship machine on it's back.

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10x10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time / by Jonathan J. Harris

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I saw a news byte today about a Georgia reservist who was been ordered to report to base and he is sueing against the order. He served for 4 years and another 4 years as reservist and fought in the first Gulf War AND was honorably discharged 14 years ago!!!
I don't know about you, but stories like that make me...wait a minute... is it me or is it getting a bit DRAFTy in the US now?

I have been waiting until today to express how I felt about this idiot back in the White House. I am not sure what to think... I saw Karl Rove on TV today, and I wondered what or how Dubya would do without him and Chaney, maybe Daddy would have to step in and slap him accross the face and yell "Pull it together man!!! You are a Bush!!!" on second thought, I think that's what Mommy Babba would do. I can see Jeb trying to figure out ways to change his name, he should just go ahead and come out of the closet as democrat, come'on Jebbie we know you're a liberal at heart, I mean you married one of the brown people already.

I hear tell Mommie Babba REALLY likes her.

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