Things I'll Never Need In Ireland.

Sun screen.

Shorts.

A mister system.

High fructose corn syrup. (Everything is real sugar, there.)

Air conditioning.

A 4 speed, dual quad, posi-traction 409.

Ebonics-to-English translation book.

Another Good Reason To Not Watch TV

This year's Emmy awards show was supposed to have showcased the best television has to offer. Maybe it did, but I turned it off after the first hour because it certainly wasn't offering up anything I wanted to watch.

I don't want to know who was responsible for writing garbage like this, but their names ought to be passed around Hollywood as people who have no comedic sense whatsoever. I've never seen so many jokes fall flat in the name of "edgy" humor.

Get a clue, guys. There's better jokes in a three year old copy of Reader's Digest. I'm sure you all think Jay Leno is out of style -- but at least he can make people laugh. Neil Patrick Harris may be funny on his sitcom, but he's the poster boy for award show hosts who are so full of themselves. And, as Wifey pointed out, he's no Hugh Jackman when it comes to song and dance, either.

I guess it's back to the Discovery Channel for me...

What If...?

Funny stuff for your enjoyment.

YouTube - "What If the Beatles Were Irish?" by Roy Zimmerman

I Want It. I Want It Bad.

Follow the link below to the cottage of my dreams. Nine minutes of heaven.

YouTube - mossfort cottage

So You Thought Insider Trading Was Illegal? Guess Again.

This little bit of news pissed me off.

If you work on Wall Street, and use information not available to the public for your own profit, you can go to jail. It's a serious crime. But guess who can use insider information freely, make all the money they want, and do it perfectly legally?

Your Congressman.

That's right, folks. The people who regulate Wall Street and write the laws that determine how your tax dollars are spent, are free to use information that the public doesn't yet know about to make money for themselves.

And use it they do. A recent study shows that our reps are making about 12 percent annually on their investments, in good markets and bad. Bernie Madoff should have had it so good.

There ought to be a law. Yeah, like they're going to pass a law like that.