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Elections, and the mythical free lunch
Now, back to the election. Even if I knew what it is about or when it is, chances of me voting are highly unlikely. This is because I know nothing about any of the candidates, their platforms, or why I should vote for any of them.

Thing is, local voters are looking for one simple thing: A free lunch. Unfortunantly, there aint no such thing as a free lunch. The politicians know this, but the people don’t - they expect a free lunch, so they are promised that.

Entire campaigns are built around that promise.

So, I already know TANSTAAFL. Therefore, theres nothing any politician can really tell me that would make me vote for them, except perhaps, the truth.

Yeah. Right.

Driving late at night, I regularly encounter checkpoints.

At first I believed that they flag down suspicious vehicles, but now I speculate that they check every n’th vehicle. Or something.

Usually it will be a dark location. No lighting, no signs, no other indication that there are guys with guns, just a weak flashlight shining at you. This indicates that they want you to stop.

The problem with this is the flashlight’s batteries are usually dead, and therefore theres usually little/no light visible. As if its bad enough to have to dodge drunk drivers at night, now this!

After you stop the car, someone will come over to you and request your licence. If he finds your vehicle interesting, he may wish to investigate it further.

This will involve the poking around your car a bit.

Trivia: one time they seemed to become fascinated with my box of Kleenex. They actually stuck their fingers into it and started rooting around. I wanted to tell them that I had one hell of a flu, but I suspect that they have realized the error of their ways by now.

Tips: If pulled over, speak English - I know this is crazy but it actually makes them treat you with respect.

Sigh.

All in the name of security I guess.

Welcome to the new version of my web site. 

So I’ve decided to take the plunge and go Wordpress. Took me about 15 minutes including plugins and all. I think its working for now..

I had a major problem with categories/permalinks going crazy, but somehow it seems to have worked. Fingers crossed.

Do link to me and bookmark my site if you find it worthwhile.

Time magazines best photos of 2005 are all generally disturbing. While the world has its share of hell and chaos, it seems that the last year was extra bad.

Not that its relevant but this site has a collection of interesting stuff including hell related NDE’s like this vision of hell here

Oh, and (this is old news to many but) check out this chicken

[Ed: see this humorous article for more fun stuff on reality tv]

Ranging from boring (survivor), amusing (big brother), bizarre (The Bachelor/Bachelorette) to downright sick(fear factor) onwards, these shows are just about everywhere.

I wonder if anyone has studied the long term psychological affects of such shows, on both the victimsparticipants and audience…

Reality TV is all about pushing ordinary people to their limits, and then breaking them, all on TV Bonus points are awarded based on how far a person can be made to go - from making a person loose their cool, all the way upto experiencing a total breakdown.

I wonder if people who participated in these freakshows regret their decisions. Especially those who suffered for nothing (never won anything, never became famous)…

Read more:
WIKI Reality Television