Hopefully, you all know that the PSP is actually called a Playstation Portable, but apparently, it’s getting a new nickname in certain circles since it features a web browser. Once teenage boys figured that out, which I’m sure took all of about 3 seconds, it was a short hop to internet porn sites. Like home computers, PSP should be restricted from any adolescent young man for fear of him going blind. If you don’t know what that means, then you probably haven’t ever been a teenage boy, and you’ll have to email me to get an explanation.
I didn’t even realize that this was a prevalent issue until I ran across this article (http://www.nbc5i.com/technology/10421419/detail.html?rss=dfw&psp=nationalnews) today. I have a PSP, so I definitely knew that it had an internet browser. I just didn’t know about this particular issue. I’m not surprised, though, I led a small group of teenage boys for five years. The topic of discussion changed every week, but we always managed to talk about girls and sex anyway. So what makes this newsworthy? I have no idea. I only bring it up here because I caught one line that made me laugh out loud:
“A Minnesota boy got in trouble when he brought his PSP to school loaded with pictures of naked women…”
If the line stopped there, it wouldn’t be all the humorous. We’re all in agreement at this point that the boy needs to be punished, counseled, and his PSP confiscated (though we may disagree on what needs to be done with the pictures). Unfortunately, that is not where the line ends. Here it is in its entirety.
“A Minnesota boy got in trouble when he brought his PSP to school loaded with pictures of naked women he downloaded from the school’s computer.”
Wow! First this made me laugh. Then it made me start thinking of all the obvious questions that need to be asked in a situation like this. Was the boy in trouble for having the pictures on his PSP, or for taking them from the school? Was he hitting the principal’s secret porn stash? Would he have gotten in trouble if he was only looking through the school’s porn library and not stealing the porn from them? And, finally, what in the world kind of school does this kid go to that they have porn on their computers?
In the boy’s defense, he’s quoted as saying, “Once the pictures were on it, I turned it off right away after I did that.” Now, I don’t want to drag everyone into the gutter with my deranged little mind, but this is a young boy we’re talking about. Doesn’t this quote just beg the question of what exactly he’s referring to when he says, “I turned it off…”? Is he talking about the PSP or something else? Is this kid going to end up blind? Probably. And he’s likely to have carpal tunnel syndrome, too, if he doesn’t change schools soon.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Wife Killer
Some people are legendary in their ability to evade the law and get away with murder. Literally. Think about O.J. Simpson. Everyone knows he is guilty even though he got off, and now he’s publishing a book and a television interview where he can tell the world exactly how he masterminded this plan. The best part of which I’m not even sure he could foresee. He’s getting paid millions to confess to a crime that he can’t be prosecuted for. Ain’t America great?
While I’d have to give O.J. an A+ in criminal studies for pulling this stunt off, there are plenty of other C- students of villainy out there. Notably, a man in Allen, right here in my neck of the woods, who reportedly hired a hit man to kill his pregnant wife. For the full details of the article click here, and for my commentary just keep reading.
So, this guy hires a hit man to kill his pregnant wife. Aside from trying to figure out what kind of person would be both heartless enough to kill a pregnant woman and brave enough to try, let’s just examine the kind of person that was hired. According to the news report, the wife found the hit man in her bedroom, and he did not try to kill her. We don’t know why. We just know that he didn’t. Apparently, he explained to the woman that her husband had hired him and that he just came over to warn her. Think about that for a sec.
If you’re a hit man with a heart do you take the job and then tell your intended target that you took the job? Apparently, he’s even cooperating with police. I’m sure that when they get done with this investigation, though, they’ll be asking, “So what made this guy think to hire you? What else have you done that we haven’t caught you for?” Every good hit man wants to be right in the middle of the police’s radar screen. Where did this guy learn to be a crook?
And let’s not forget that this hit man with a heart was discovered in her bedroom. Why did he have to add breaking and entering to the list of crimes he was going to admit to? Why not just call her on the phone? Knock on the door? Hire a sky writer? Anything besides committing yet another crime. Of course, I suppose that you could say it wasn’t breaking and entering since the husband left the door unlocked before he headed to New Mexico. That’s essentially an invitation for the man to enter the house, but why didn’t the wife lock the door? My wife checks every door and window in the house twice a day or more when I’m out of town, and she’s not even pregnant.
So, now we’ve got a guy that breaks into a lady’s bedroom, claims he was paid by her husband to kill her, claims that he only took the job so that no one else (presumably someone that would actually kill her) could, and intends to cooperate fully with police. But what about the guy that hired him? He fled to New Mexico.
What in the world is in New Mexico? Did he run out of money after he put out the hit on his wife? Is this guy so stupid that not only can he not hire a competent hit man, but he also can’t flee to somewhere with no extradition treaty? Forget extradition treaty. He can’t even get out of the country? I hear the real Mexico is a straight line south from Dallas. A few pesos to the local police and you could disappear there for a while. At least until Dog the Bounty Hunter gets of Mexican jail and hunts your butt down. No, this guy ran to New Mexico. I wouldn’t be surprised if he were at his mother’s house telling her all about his grand plan. Idiot.
Am I the only guy in America that has ever seen an episode of “Without a Trace,” “CSI: [insert city here],” “Law & Order: [insert subtitle here],” “Matlock,” “Cold Case,” etc.? Everybody knows the first person they are coming after is the spouse whether the hit man blames him or not, and God forbid you left semen anywhere. Ever. Those crime lab guys get a hold of that or a pubic hair and they can link you to the last major extinction of dinosaurs. “I got a pube. Let’s do a computer model. The killer is obviously 5’7” about 185 lbs. and speaks with a lisp. He was wearing a red t-shirt and flip flops and he didn’t brush his teeth. Let’s put out an APB.” It’s crazy what kind of info they can get from that stuff.
The best, though, in this whole story, is the neighbor. First she says of the wife, “She was just so full of life…” Does this neighbor not realize that the wife lived? The hit man sucks and her husband is a moron. The wife is full of life. Then she says, “…[I] can’t imagine…how she got out of there.” Is this lady in the same story I’m reading? I think it was pretty easy. After the hit man got done calling the police on himself, she just walked right out the front door.
While I’d have to give O.J. an A+ in criminal studies for pulling this stunt off, there are plenty of other C- students of villainy out there. Notably, a man in Allen, right here in my neck of the woods, who reportedly hired a hit man to kill his pregnant wife. For the full details of the article click here, and for my commentary just keep reading.
So, this guy hires a hit man to kill his pregnant wife. Aside from trying to figure out what kind of person would be both heartless enough to kill a pregnant woman and brave enough to try, let’s just examine the kind of person that was hired. According to the news report, the wife found the hit man in her bedroom, and he did not try to kill her. We don’t know why. We just know that he didn’t. Apparently, he explained to the woman that her husband had hired him and that he just came over to warn her. Think about that for a sec.
If you’re a hit man with a heart do you take the job and then tell your intended target that you took the job? Apparently, he’s even cooperating with police. I’m sure that when they get done with this investigation, though, they’ll be asking, “So what made this guy think to hire you? What else have you done that we haven’t caught you for?” Every good hit man wants to be right in the middle of the police’s radar screen. Where did this guy learn to be a crook?
And let’s not forget that this hit man with a heart was discovered in her bedroom. Why did he have to add breaking and entering to the list of crimes he was going to admit to? Why not just call her on the phone? Knock on the door? Hire a sky writer? Anything besides committing yet another crime. Of course, I suppose that you could say it wasn’t breaking and entering since the husband left the door unlocked before he headed to New Mexico. That’s essentially an invitation for the man to enter the house, but why didn’t the wife lock the door? My wife checks every door and window in the house twice a day or more when I’m out of town, and she’s not even pregnant.
So, now we’ve got a guy that breaks into a lady’s bedroom, claims he was paid by her husband to kill her, claims that he only took the job so that no one else (presumably someone that would actually kill her) could, and intends to cooperate fully with police. But what about the guy that hired him? He fled to New Mexico.
What in the world is in New Mexico? Did he run out of money after he put out the hit on his wife? Is this guy so stupid that not only can he not hire a competent hit man, but he also can’t flee to somewhere with no extradition treaty? Forget extradition treaty. He can’t even get out of the country? I hear the real Mexico is a straight line south from Dallas. A few pesos to the local police and you could disappear there for a while. At least until Dog the Bounty Hunter gets of Mexican jail and hunts your butt down. No, this guy ran to New Mexico. I wouldn’t be surprised if he were at his mother’s house telling her all about his grand plan. Idiot.
Am I the only guy in America that has ever seen an episode of “Without a Trace,” “CSI: [insert city here],” “Law & Order: [insert subtitle here],” “Matlock,” “Cold Case,” etc.? Everybody knows the first person they are coming after is the spouse whether the hit man blames him or not, and God forbid you left semen anywhere. Ever. Those crime lab guys get a hold of that or a pubic hair and they can link you to the last major extinction of dinosaurs. “I got a pube. Let’s do a computer model. The killer is obviously 5’7” about 185 lbs. and speaks with a lisp. He was wearing a red t-shirt and flip flops and he didn’t brush his teeth. Let’s put out an APB.” It’s crazy what kind of info they can get from that stuff.
The best, though, in this whole story, is the neighbor. First she says of the wife, “She was just so full of life…” Does this neighbor not realize that the wife lived? The hit man sucks and her husband is a moron. The wife is full of life. Then she says, “…[I] can’t imagine…how she got out of there.” Is this lady in the same story I’m reading? I think it was pretty easy. After the hit man got done calling the police on himself, she just walked right out the front door.
Six Months Ago
I wasn’t really impressed by this episode, but I did enjoy a few moments. Read below for my thoughts:
We finally got to meet Sylar, and it seems that IMDB.com was incorrect. Several weeks ago, they had listed that Sean Bean was cast to play Paul Sylar, and of course, last night we learned that the actual actor in that role is Zach Quinto. If he looks familiar, then you probably saw him on 24. Here’s the deal, though, what is Sylar’s real power? It seemed like he consumed the telekinetic power of the guy he killed. Is that what happened? And did he really see something “wrong” with that guy? Is that why he’s after Charlie (the waitress)? Is it because she’s sick? So many questions.
Apparently, Mr. Bennett has been looking for heroes longer than Chandra has known that they are around, too, which is really pretty interesting. Who does Mr. Bennett work for? I don’t think that he’s working on his own. Also, do you think that the Haitian’s power is what protected Mr. Bennett from Eden’s powers? Which, by the way, got her a pretty sweet ride.
Matt’s storyline was pretty lame. He just ended up eating donuts and failing the detective’s exam. Big deal.
Claire’s story was somewhat interesting. She first discovered that something might be amiss with her healing abilities, but she didn’t seem really curious yet.
The Niki/Jessica plot was goofy. She comes across more now as a split personality psycho rather than a hero, and why couldn’t we see D.L. learn about his power or Micah discover his. Why was Micah taking that computer apart in the first place, and why did Niki’s dad leave when he saw it? Was he just too tempted to beat Micah to death right there? That scene just wasn’t very well performed.
Nathan and Peter were somewhat interesting. Nathan because he seemed to fly; I say seemed to because it was all in Peter’s dream. Which makes this the second time that Peter has had a prophetic dream. Well, I guess technically, it’s the first time that we know of when you look at it from a correct timeline perspective, but either way, he’s done it twice now that we know of. Is this a secondary power of Peter’s? And assuming that Nathan really flew, don’t you think that his wife wonders where he went when he just disappeared from the driver’s seat? And why did their father’s death change their minds about going after Linderman? They were are all ready to lay it down and “stab their father in the back” as they said, and then they found out he died, and now Nathan is getting in bed with the guy. I really don’t understand what changed there. Were they scared that he would come after them or their mother next?
Finally, Hiro and Ando are back together again. Unfortunately, he can’t save Charlie no matter how he tries, but he doesn’t tell us if it continues to fail to save her from Sylar or if he continues to fail to save her from her aneurysm. At least he’s back with Ando, though, and they can now move on to find Peter, Claire, and the others. And again, I’m not even going to open the door to all the questions of continuity that are brought about by the time travel. I will, however, tell you that I wonder why Hiro couldn’t “jump” from the roof of his office building in Japan? Does he have to “recharge” after a while? Or was his concentration broken at that point? What was the deal?
I welcome your thoughts.
We finally got to meet Sylar, and it seems that IMDB.com was incorrect. Several weeks ago, they had listed that Sean Bean was cast to play Paul Sylar, and of course, last night we learned that the actual actor in that role is Zach Quinto. If he looks familiar, then you probably saw him on 24. Here’s the deal, though, what is Sylar’s real power? It seemed like he consumed the telekinetic power of the guy he killed. Is that what happened? And did he really see something “wrong” with that guy? Is that why he’s after Charlie (the waitress)? Is it because she’s sick? So many questions.
Apparently, Mr. Bennett has been looking for heroes longer than Chandra has known that they are around, too, which is really pretty interesting. Who does Mr. Bennett work for? I don’t think that he’s working on his own. Also, do you think that the Haitian’s power is what protected Mr. Bennett from Eden’s powers? Which, by the way, got her a pretty sweet ride.
Matt’s storyline was pretty lame. He just ended up eating donuts and failing the detective’s exam. Big deal.
Claire’s story was somewhat interesting. She first discovered that something might be amiss with her healing abilities, but she didn’t seem really curious yet.
The Niki/Jessica plot was goofy. She comes across more now as a split personality psycho rather than a hero, and why couldn’t we see D.L. learn about his power or Micah discover his. Why was Micah taking that computer apart in the first place, and why did Niki’s dad leave when he saw it? Was he just too tempted to beat Micah to death right there? That scene just wasn’t very well performed.
Nathan and Peter were somewhat interesting. Nathan because he seemed to fly; I say seemed to because it was all in Peter’s dream. Which makes this the second time that Peter has had a prophetic dream. Well, I guess technically, it’s the first time that we know of when you look at it from a correct timeline perspective, but either way, he’s done it twice now that we know of. Is this a secondary power of Peter’s? And assuming that Nathan really flew, don’t you think that his wife wonders where he went when he just disappeared from the driver’s seat? And why did their father’s death change their minds about going after Linderman? They were are all ready to lay it down and “stab their father in the back” as they said, and then they found out he died, and now Nathan is getting in bed with the guy. I really don’t understand what changed there. Were they scared that he would come after them or their mother next?
Finally, Hiro and Ando are back together again. Unfortunately, he can’t save Charlie no matter how he tries, but he doesn’t tell us if it continues to fail to save her from Sylar or if he continues to fail to save her from her aneurysm. At least he’s back with Ando, though, and they can now move on to find Peter, Claire, and the others. And again, I’m not even going to open the door to all the questions of continuity that are brought about by the time travel. I will, however, tell you that I wonder why Hiro couldn’t “jump” from the roof of his office building in Japan? Does he have to “recharge” after a while? Or was his concentration broken at that point? What was the deal?
I welcome your thoughts.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Can We Keep It?
After Lucky died, Abbie presented a hypothetical situation to Leah. She wondered whether we could keep a stray dog if we happened to find one. Leah responded that we would only do that if the dog didn’t have a collar, and we could not find its owner. This turns out to be similar to the time that I told the kids they could have a rabbit if they could catch it. That was a big mistake because my next conversation was about how the cotton tail rabbit they caught would die if we kept it in a cage, and wouldn’t you know that they also managed to find a dog with no collar.
We arrived at Mother’s Wednesday evening after a very long drive in thick traffic, and we were tired and ready for a rest. About ten minutes after we got there, though, Abbie came bounding through the door, “Guess what! Guess what! I found a dog without a collar! Can we keep it?” Apparently, a stray beagle had been hanging around Mother’s for the past few weeks, and Mother didn’t want the children to encourage it too much because she didn’t want the dog to think it lived there. The kids did encourage it, though.
They fed it. They watered it. They chased it around the yard for the four days that we were there, and they managed to get me to put it in the van when we left yesterday. They named the dog Dixie, and she now lives at our house. So far, she’s been a great dog. She’s really quiet, and the kids love her. We still need to get her checked out by the vet to make sure that there are not any major issues, but I think we may have a new pet.
We arrived at Mother’s Wednesday evening after a very long drive in thick traffic, and we were tired and ready for a rest. About ten minutes after we got there, though, Abbie came bounding through the door, “Guess what! Guess what! I found a dog without a collar! Can we keep it?” Apparently, a stray beagle had been hanging around Mother’s for the past few weeks, and Mother didn’t want the children to encourage it too much because she didn’t want the dog to think it lived there. The kids did encourage it, though.
They fed it. They watered it. They chased it around the yard for the four days that we were there, and they managed to get me to put it in the van when we left yesterday. They named the dog Dixie, and she now lives at our house. So far, she’s been a great dog. She’s really quiet, and the kids love her. We still need to get her checked out by the vet to make sure that there are not any major issues, but I think we may have a new pet.
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