DISCLAIMER:
This is not to be confused with Bill in Portland Maine's "Cheers and Jeers," nor with his bestselling book "27 More Uses for a Bananaphone," his hit Discovery Channel show "Good Eats for the Lesbian Biker" and especially not with his breakout film role in "Ben Hur" as "Prothero the Almost Entirely Continent."
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"Don't you mean 'Cheers and Jeers?'"
No, what I mean is "No more jeers."
I've got TMBNFS ... Too Much Bad News Fatigue Syndrome.
I've tried for years now to change the world by staying informed and being involved and I just can't do it this way any longer.
This is not a GBCW C&J, I'm just at a place where I don't think tracking all the negative shit and getting pissed off about it is helping.
I'm not suggesting that I will, or anybody should, give up. I'm just at the point where I think the new-agers, airy-fairies and metaphysicians are on to something. Focusing on how bad things are doesn't work, it just gives more energy to the bad stuff ...
and it's certainly not making me feel any better.
I don't know how long it will take, but I'm trying to stop focusing on the negative. It's taking a sizable rework of my thinking, my internet use, my (what barely passes for) work, and how I view the world.
Almost all of my news surfing involves finding out what those nasty fuckers are up to and trying to point it out to others.
What the hell am I going to do with those Yahoo News pages?
I do get some good news. I subscribe to the Good News Network and get their top ten good news stories of the week in my in-box ... it just doesn't quite balance out what I get from Common Dreams, Smirking Chimp, Huffington Post and all the others.
I also work with an amazing Naturopath and Chi-Gong healer focusing on these and related issues. It started as a search for physical health ... I'm still not sure how it turned into a quest to see the Universe differently.
Instead of being against bad things I aim to be for good things.
Pro-peace instead of anti-war.
Pro-sustainability instead of anti-global warming.
Pro-wealth instead of anti-poverty.
Pro-choice instead of ... oh wait, I'm already pro-choice.
So, if any of you give me bad news I shall have to practice what I preach and shower you with blessings ... and possibly Jelly-Bellys.
Consider yourselves warned.
I probably should not have volunteered to stand in at all as I have not been around much and have no idea what's been going on. I've also been completely void of creative, um, whatsit ... thingery ... lately.
I shall do what I do best and post silly photos and games and cartoons. Only good things. Things that tickle my fancy (and possibly elsewhere).
So ...
Hi Everybody. How are you? Nice to see you.
CHEERS to music. I found an amazing Swing, Neo-Swing, Big Band and Jump Blues blog from Brazil called Big Bad Music. Luiz, the owner, posts in Spanish and English and includes links to downloads of all the music on RapidShare (although I believe, and pray, that he's switching to MediaFire). Of course if you hear something you like you should buy the album ... but a little free trial isn't going to hurt anyone.
CHEERS to flash game thingies:
Need For Madness is a cartoonish racing-demolition derby game with utterly unrealistic physics, bad graphics and worse music ... I highly recommend it.
Ice Slide is a mouse only "smack the penguin" type of game.
Mindfields 2204 is a nice little puzzle game. Not many levels but you'll probably get stumped a couple times. A great brain teaser.
CHEERS to pooties, and non-pootie pooties:
Electro Ninja-Pootie says "Boot To The Head!"
No cheers for this guy, but only because he reminds me of Donald Trump.
CHEERS to funnies:
Just for Rena: Speaker Shoes (the subwoofer's in the purse):
This certainly needs no caption:
and this is actually news:
Just a few more things:
Dick in a Box Storage
and this Google search:
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Make your own Gooogle no matching documents page here.
I found this picture and thought it needed a caption ... I may have gotten carried away:
WD-40
A Love Story
I was already hammered when I saw you at the Crow Bar.
I said my name is Jack and asked if you'd like a screwdriver.
You said you weren't loose and you bolted,
but I still wanted to nail you.
The vice squad was outside and asked if you were a hoe.
You said I'd tried to jump you and wanted them to arrest me for battery.
I asked wire you doing this and told them you were nuts.
You said you wouldn't file charges.
They said they'd give us a lift as long as we were on the level.
On the way you complimented my chiseled jaw.
I swore I'd never punch you.
You said that's awl you ever wanted.
I said if you don't screw me I'll always be true.
I thought you'd make a fine Mrs. Sanders ...
then you asked if I'd met Ric.
I really must get back to work.
Have a great day, everyone.