Hey. Wow. I got yet another "pre-approved" credit card offer in the mail today. This one is for a gold Mastercard from First Primier Bank in that bustling metropolis of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Not only am I pre-approved for a coveted unsecured credit card, I get the attractive rate of 9.9% Fixed APR. OK, now on to the fine print...........

Seems that to get this card, I get to pay the following fees:
Program fee - $95
Account Set Up fee - $29
Annual fee - $48
Participation fee - $72 billed at $6 per month

Fucknozzles.

The Pope finally (after how many decades?) broke his silence on the Catholic priest sex abuse cases. He said the priests had succumbed ``to the most grievous forms'' of what he called, using the Latin phrase, ``mystery of evil.''

``Grave scandal is caused, with the result that a dark shadow of suspicion is cast over all the other fine priests who perform their ministry with honesty and integrity and often with heroic self-sacrifice,'' the pope said. He said the Church ``shows her concern for the victims and strives to respond in truth and justice to each of these painful situations.''

Gee, maybe the church can "show her concern" for the victims a little more by finally refusing to hire pedophiles.

Today's music rant:

Elton John claimed that the disc he is currently recording will be his last album. This was excellent news and proved that some all-powerful being loves us. Then the bastard went back on his promise. Fortunately Garth Brooks claims that the disc he is currently recording will be his last album. This is even more excellent news and can only be seen as proof of Dog (or God if you're dyslexic). If there really is a Dog, Garth will keep his promise.

Wow. A solo album from Mick Jagger. Wow. We've been waiting for this, right?

Yet another one-word-named-band, Default, is getting airplay. Heard their tune "Wasting My Time" yet? What did we do to deserve this? These lack luster lame lounge act wannabes sound like Hootie & The Blowfish. Give me a freakin' break. This is what "modern music" has become? Time to bring back Ozzy.

Other bands that suck worse than the vacuum between George W. Bush's ears:
Train
Staind
Creed
Coldplay
Radiohead
Everclear
Incubus

Exactly how many whiny 20-something female singer/songwriters with thin voices do we really need as a society?

Aerosmith in a Nissan commercial. Now *that* will sure get me to buy a new car. Yawn. Is it just me or does Steve Tyler sound like he's trying to pass a bowling ball in that spot?
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Convoluted obtuse double speak gibberish from HR....
Here's how one immensely clueless dot com company informed it's employees of imminent layoffs:

Thanks to our corporate restructuring of the basic scalable elements need in the vertical dissemination of value-added products through a series of networked servers connected via fiber optics, we are projected to enjoy a brief productivity spurt proportionate to the rest of the undervalued market. In lieu of this unexpected spike, we are still moving forward proactively with our plan to monetize our vertical information resources and reorganize the essential e-business units of our company. The reorganization requires upper-management and upper-upper-management to identify the underachieving nodes within the corporate structure and de-emphasize their impact, thereby preserving valuable investor assets, and preserving our market niche.

Screaming idiots.

A comment on skiing at particular VT area this past Sunday:

Of course there were rocks, dirt, and ice to avoid, but it was actually considerably better than "not terrible," which is high praise this season.

I am soooooo happy to have moved to the Wasatch.

Canada won a gold medal in Hockey during the Olympics. Then there was that whole figure skating thing. Add in the Roots hats business and it all seems to have gone to their heads.
Be afraid. Be very afraid .....
http://www.standonguard.com/index2.html

There is a god!!! One of the more egregious talk show "personalities" is finally being put out to pasture. Sally Jessy Raphael's daytime talk show, the longest-running of its genre, has been canceled after nearly two decades on the air. Couple this with Rosie O quitting her show and it can only mean good news for Western civilization.

HEY! The Olympics are over! Enough with the damned helicopters already!!!!!

Warren Harding passed away on 2-28-02 from liver failure and other complications.