Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Why I like PC, because I hate Macs

My campaign to end the tyranny of macintosh began not long ago with random night time excursions in abandoned parking lots. But realizing that reaching (read stabbing) people one at a time was not going to get the message across I have turned to the use of reason. (although it is questionable whether mac users understand the concept). So I bring you the 5 reasons I hate macs.


Reason 1:Gaming
What good are awesome graphics and powerful processors if you can't shoot someone's head and limbs off! More importantly what good is it if I can't drive around in a car looking for Mexican hookers to bludgeon to death with a baseball bat while they run away screaming and crying, only to have me catch up with them and 5 minutes later to stare at their listless bodies lying in the middle of a giant pool of blood!

Reason 2:Marketing
Marketing for macs is done in an obnoxious way. The whole campaign focuses on how owning a mac turns you into a hip artistic trendy person. All the ads drum it into our heads over and over again. It's the biggest pile of bullturd I've ever seen! The truth is the computer you own is not a reflection of the person you are, and that is the macs entire marketing campaign.
 
Burns don't it

Reason 3:User base
All the people I know who own a Mac like to shove it down your throat constantly. They are like the newly religious except their great thing isn't the meaning of life, it's a fucking computer. I feel like smashing that flimsy silver piece of shit up against their heads every time they tell me how great and awesome they are because they own a mac, and how it's just soo horrible to be a slave to society, and to lose your individuality. Owning a mac does not make you a good person, bragging about having one just makes you look like a douche.
My my look at all those individuals!


Reason 4:Macs are patronizing
There is a reason why we don't let grandma on the computer anymore. Mainly because she is dead, but also because we know that she's going to delete all our system files. I'll admit, Macs are easier to use, but really do you want to be bragging about a product that exists because you're totally retarded? A PC user is hardened by years of playing with his computers internal organs and as a result is the better and superior human for it, If you don't know that you need to stay away from your system32 files then you don't deserve to hold a mouse. It's been a few years since I last got a virus and it's just pisses me off to see a mac salesperson pitch me with a product based on my ineptitude as a human being!


Reason 5: Gates/Jobs

Bill Gates is was a nerdy talented yet under-appreciated hard working, credit stolen from ugly faced employee of Jobs who was a good looking business savvy elitist tool. You can immediately see who the people's favourite in this showdown is.
Gates was one of the major developers of the first macintosh, he created the entire damn interface for the thing, and when Jobs was done with him he tossed him aside like a used condom. Was Gates going to lie down and take the abuse like he did so many times in High school? Hell No! he developed Microsoft while in the basement of his parents house!(actual facts required) and moved on to dominate Jobs's ass, and conquer the world's operating systems and hearts simultaneously! Yeah! Score 1 for the nerd squad!
Way to go Billy!

Sure Windows has consistency problems and can get a little frustrating but every time we watch Bill Gates hire a hooker to rub her body with microprocessors we're doing it with him! He represents all of us computer users and seeing him shoot to success makes the occasional blue screen of death worthwhile. And that is the last word on that!


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Cheeseburger Pizza

Just finished watching "Apocalypse now", man that movie was intense. My thoughts are in disarray at the moment so I won't say much more on it except.

Having read the heart of darkness, which is just as dark but to me was less intense, I felt like this really owned the whole concept of the heart of darkness and the horror for its time, however having said that I felt like a lot of the scenes with the natives were out of place. Towards the end, scenes which are not really meant to happen in Indochina, and which are more likely to have occurred in some place like Latin America or Africa are transferred to Vietnam and to me felt are jarringly out of context.

Anyway I ordered a cheeseburger Pizza today, sounded like a pretty good idea to me at the time. I love cheeseburgers, being one of the easiest and tastiest foods out there, and I like Pizza. So I thought wow combining those two must create like an explosion of taste in my mouth!
The Horror! The Horror!

I was wrong. It was horrible, worse than having a hobo bust a nut in the back of your throat.

That whole Pizza Cheeseburger thing tasted like buttered pop corn on crusty dough. Do yourselves a favor and spend the money on something better, like skin shavings or something.

Frankly this food item falls at the very bottom of the list of things you should pay money for, right between dog crap, and 3 day old toenail trimmings.

On another note Check out the most badass story out there at the moment. Man all that  surgery practice must have paid off.

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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Sad September post

Well seems like I'll be using swear free September for more non-canon posting, though this time I'm not so sober.

This is going to be a sad post. So I want the two viewers from the Maldives to stay behind. The rest of you can go ahead and scroll down to see the vault picture.


This post is linked to one I made before.

I had to say good-bye to a good friend today. One of the last few remaining in Lebanon. She was going on to a better life, one where I have aspired to follow, a place where there are muggings, soup kitchens, and general degeneracy.

I am not an emotional person. Bambi left me too scarred to feel anything after I turned 5, But saying good-bye today, and checking off another one from the list, I was a little moved.

Mother? Mooother!

... noo0o!

The only person who ever loved me is dead. I am alone and helpless in a cruel uncaring world. I'm so lonely. I feel cold and afraid :'(


I knew that inevitably we would never be friends like we were again. We would drift apart, stop telling each other about our lives, and then have awkward short lived reunion orgies.

Sadly bidding farewell to someone who is leaving for a long time is equivalent to losing the bond you have.

You'll never hear stories of sexual conquest, never be there to watch them turn to nervous pathetic wrecks, never get to watch them cry bitterly over their latest abortion, all these moments... forever lost.

This post is in memory of all those ties lost to travel and the pursuit of better lives. Thank you for helping us make room for new better friends.


Gets me every time. Damn you Disney!!


Vault: Two to get over the video you just watched

Friday, September 11, 2009

Look what I found (2)

Before starting let me just clarify a few things that the uninitiated have been wondering about.

1. The change in blog colour was due to the change in season. Colour changes 4 times a year per Lebanese season switches.
2. For those who come here expecting food recipes, we don't do that kind of thing
3. There are two main bloggers in this blog, some of you may have not picked up on this despite the subtle style variations, but you can tell which post is for whom by going to the bottom of the post and seeing the "posted by" label. And by the fact that I have a Penis! (heyo!)

Now let's move on shall we:

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This September!
From the people that brought you Jewogle!
Comes a brand new website from the very depths of the internet.
WIKIFEET!



A website dedicated to bringing you the most comprehensive collection of celebrity feet!

What makes this site really stand out is the feet rating system. If you're anything like us (and we have no reason to assume you're not) You don't want to waste your precious internet time looking at mediocre feet. So it helps to know what the rest of the feet community think about this particular celebrity.

This tool is essential if you don't want to run across any tasteless soles while browsing feet heaven. (Is dat some punz?)



Check out the piggly wigglies on that one! Vavoom!

Incidentally all the pictures seem to be of female celebrities... hmmm


Man I wish they'd mover her boobs, face and ass out of the picture, oh and the bathtub

I was thinking of finishing off with a joke about how they wouldn't mind living in places with intense hijab enforcement, but I decided not to go there again.

After browsing the net for a bit I am actually now a big fan of foot fetish, I have been converted and can see the appeal in it. All the sensuality of the female figure fit into the bare arch from toe to ankle.

Incidentally all the foot fetish porn sites are also exclusively of female feet... hmmm

Excuse me while I go stare at the baby botte ad outside my flat. Later.

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

More things to do in Lebanon

4- Sanayeh, Beirut.
One of the oldest quarters of the extra-muros city, the old arts and crafts neighborhood is full of old abandonned buildings, climbing vines, and the Sanayeh public garden, built by the French in the 60's, which was also the site for hangings during the civil war.
5- Tyre and Nacoura
The Southern Tip of Lebanon, one of the oldest port cities of the country, white sandy beaches, banana fields on the road through the beautiful south, and the amazing clean blue sea. 



Maybe She's born with it

Do you ever feel like that morning cup of extra strong coffee just isn't enough?
Do you suffer from less than perfect looks because of your demanding late night eat/binge cycle?
Do you feel envy when your husband looks longingly in your 11 year old daughter's sparkling eyes?
Well looks like the good folks at Garnier have just the thing for you!


The latest advance in cosmetic products has arrived! Caffeine in your eyeballs!


Oh yeah! That's the stuff


Let's listen to what the company has to say about the product:
"Our first-ever roll-on to hydrate, cool & refresh tired-looking eyes.
Enriched with Caffeine, the roll-on is a handbag must-have, great for on-the-go women. The cooling moisturiser contains Caffeine and Pro-vitamin B5 for a bright eyed look!"

Amazing isn't it. Now you don't have to wait for that pesky digestion to kick in before you get your caffeine. Bypassing your stomach, you can now apply the caffeine directly where you need it most, and without all those pesky calories!

Years of research and science have yielded the hottest thing since the Garnier Pimple Pen! This caffeine eyeroll pushes the envelope on beauty, making sure that the next generation will be even more self centered and self concious than the one that came before it!

He isn't wearing a labcoat because he's black!

We at Garnier are all about bringing you, the customer, the best in debilitating and crippling social anxieties, and we do it because we care!

Let's look at some of the feedback from our satisfied customers:

Lydia Brown: "before using Garnier Eyeroll, I could never look my customers in the eye, but now knowing that someone's got my back, I can give head with eye contact for hours before I lose that sparkling shine!"

Boelyn Factor: " Being a fashion conscious mother I never seem to have time to look good. Garnier Eyeroll has really helped me keep myself presentable when time seems to be short. What between cooking, cleaning, and having an affair I just don't know how I survived without it!"

Sarah Newman: " Once you realize that seeing the world in colour is totally overrated Garnier Eyeliner will help you look good for any situation"

Maria Jones: "Oh God it burns! Stop the pain! Please stop! xczbjsvd"

Joseph Fritzl: " before I just couldn't keep my hands off my teen daughter, but ever since my wife started using Garnier Eyeroll I havn't gone to the basement once!"


The company is also in the process of releasing an entire line of caffeine related merchandise, including, caffeine anal bleach, and caffeine deodorant!

Bazella W riz would like to commend the efforts of Garnier for making the world a more beautiful place for our children!

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Things to do In Lebanon

I'm going to New York in a few days, and I've been thinking a lot about things to see and do in New York. And then I started thinking about Lebanon, and how much there is to do here, and places that tourists never get to know and see. There is so much richness and difference in Lebanon, that amazes me, and I wish I could show everyone.
So here is my personal Lebanon to do/see list. 

1- Joun : Where I'm from
A little village in the Chouf, with a beautiful view of the sea, gorgeous grassy plains along the road, and its very own famous ruins, the tomb of Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope, a british heiress of the 18th century, who is remembered by history as an "intrepid traveller".

2- Baskinta : My beautiful Site 
A gorgeous clearing after a dense pine forest, surrounded by the Sannine mountains, facing the sea. 

3- Riyyaa' : The Forgotten Past
An abandoned train in the midst of the Bekaa Valley, rusted tracks and a hanted house.

These are my three selections for today.
Tomorrow: Tripoli, Tyre and Byblos. 

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

What the Hell Nature!

What would warrant two posts in the same day! The weather, and i wanted to leave you with a vault picture.

It's raining outside. Well now it stopped I think but before that it was pouring like hell. I was thinking of writing a post about how I remember October being cold, and for the last few years it wasn't getting cold till November.

Well it's clear that the weather is changing, slowly yet surely. This isn't Europe, our seasons don't mix, summer is summer, and winter is winter. This wishy washy crap is only for that hippy climate on that hippy continent.

Well not anymore I guess. Coming home the water had nowhere to go, because all the drainage holes were clogged with garbage, so a huge puddle of water collected on the crossing coming to where I live. A puddle so big it could have engulfed my car. Apparently someone in a Mercedes ML was speeding along hit that "puddle" and trashed their car. I'm not sure if anyone was hurt but I heard a girl screaming "my baby, my baby" across the street. I think she wasn't talking about the car. Anyway the effects of global warming are real and we're past the point where we can stop or avoid it. As one dude in that lecture once said, "the changing climate threatens the very existence of the human race, if we survive, know for sure that what will come will be a radically different society than the one we have now." Well let's hope some of us make the transition, because this guy was talking about something happening as early as 2050.

here is a link to a really cool article on how we're going to get screwed.

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on which side do you stand!

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Look What I found

Hey,
Sorry for the delayed update.
I'm currently blogging from the AUB Libraries. The good news, we aren't banned here, and all non-summer students have regained access to internet! The bad news, I have no access to the vault, and the keyboard on this computer is sticky.





Anyway, moving on, today I bring you news from the internet, and a bit of info about Lebanon.








I stumbled upon this little jewel (pun intended) thinking it was a joke.

Turns out it's real, it's a search site that lets you find famous (and maybe soon all) Jews alive and dead.

I'm having trouble imagining the person who came up with this venture. S/he is either maniacally diabolical or pitifully clueless.

Pretty soon this is going to be the favourite tool used by terrorists in locating possible targets.


I also expect it to be a mainstay in anti-jewish homes the world over.

Yeees, seek them out! Find the Jews!



Many a friendly neighbour will be lost to this. And even worse what if time-traveling Nazis got a hold of this! I know I know you're thinking, "but Lukewarm that's highly improbable!" Well then you clearly haven't seen this!

Well that's it for my mindless rambling, man this AUB setting really ruins mental flow.

Since I have no access to the vault i'll leave you with this job-search information which I have come to realize.

As of last year in October the minimum wage is now 500,000 L.L. per month. Since the legal working week has 48 hours and a month has about 4 weeks This means that the minimum wage per hour is 2,600 l.l. !

So I guess those Spinneys interviewers were right. Guess I owe them an apology... and some teeth.

Friday, September 04, 2009

Very dry and sober post


This R Siryus Post!
Dry as powdered milk




Seeing as it is Sober September I might as well take this opportunity to delve into some serious topics. Casual reader you have been warned.


Moving on with all three remaining blog readers let's set out the topic for this post. I want to discuss one of the main problems plaguing Lebanon.

well, one of the other lesser problems at least

As many of you may know Lebanon was officially declared an independent country in November of 1943. Before that from 1920 the country of greater Lebanon was under French Colonial rule.

As a result Lebanon has adopted much of France's 3rd Republic system of laws and bureaucracy which are infamous for being unwieldy and which are widely acknowledged to have led to France's defeat in WW2. Well that was the reason the French gave but everyone knows it was because the French are total wusses. Incidentally France is now in its Fifth Republic.

Under Colonial rule the French came to civilize educate and generally rx%# the s#$@ out of the country. They instituted a form of rule in which technically there was a parliament (filled with christians) and there was a President (christian) and a Prime Minister (Did you guess Christian? well you're wrong). They theoretically set up a judiciary branch based on their laws (where homosexuality is illegal), a legislative branch, and an executive branch, all of which would keep each other in check.

They also left us with a legacy of general Frenchiness which has eluded and will probably continue to elude our best efforts of being purged.

Hon Hon Hon, feed me ze cheeze
Mother of God!

But That was just a façade, the French didn't go to all this civilizing trouble to sit in the passenger seat, they wanted to take the reigns. The real power structure was that there was a French "High" Commissioner who everyone reported to and who everyone had to visit for their blessing. Kinda like the patriarch or the grand Mufti today but with much more flair and cheese breath.

"I find your lack of cheese toast disturbing"

The Grand Commissioner sat at the head of the executive branch, and the executive branch became an unchallengeable authority which meant that the other two branches could do nothing to stop it.

this was generally the standard colonial policy all over the world. Give an overbearing hand to the executive branch so that they could essentially override both of the other branches.

In addition to giving the High Commissioner ultimate power! and control they also supplemented him with his own army of French bureaucrats.

By assigning a French-man to every major (and many minor) executive position, the high commissioner made sure that all his visions for a pure world were carried out. Sure there was a Lebanese counterpart to every Frenchman but his role was merely advisory.

Did I say pure? I meant ... not that.

This made sense, because the colonial power could claim the illusion of an elected government all the while keeping the reigns in its own hands.

Now come French withdrawal no one thought to change this system, the High Comissioner was just replaced by some Lebanese Dude and as a result all the way up to the civil war the executive branch has wielded power essentially unchallenged by any of the other branches. After the civil war the President's powers were given to the Prime Minister, achieving what is referred to in the structural reform camp as dick shit.

Which brings us to one of the problems today. None of the other branches of government are empowered or independent enough to keep the executive branch in check. Judges complain like bitches, and parliament is stuck in a circlejerk chain. (thank you google for that image)

If you clicked the google link you'll need this for detox

So can we blame the French for our current woes?

Psychology would say no. This is the same as blaming your emotionally abusive parents for being a perverted child molester. The instant you walked out of home leaving behind a trail of corpses you became responsible for your own actions. Sure they may have scarred you for life, but it's about what you do with that new-found independence and you chose to piss in the mouths of three year olds; It's pretty much your own fault.

Lebanon had a chance to make things better in the 1940's, then again in the 1960's when there was prosperity, and even after the civil war, but it never did and that is why we can't keep blaming the French for this particular fault.

On a tangential note, The number one country Lebanon imports from is France. And what do we import, (other than bad taste and funny accents) mainly high end products like diamond studded Louis Vuitton fur coats made from the blood of a thousand orphan Koala's.


Not to make light of this tragedy this on the other hand is one area where we can blame France. They have sown the seeds of Language and trade ties and have reaped the benefits. Who said colonialism doesn't pay.


Hey look we got through it fine. I knew you guys could take some serious stuff!

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Disclaimer: this post only loosely based on historical factual accuracy.