Wait, what?
06/10/2009
» http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/05/wellpoint-cuts-workers-he_n_309716.html
“WellPoint health insurance company, which has encouraged its employees to lobby against health care reform, is now cutting their benefits.”
‘So….we’re going to raise your healthcare costs, and this will reflect as a decrease in your paycheck and increase in your deductibles. But first, do me a favor and tell the government that this healthcare reform business is ridiculous. Don’t worry, we only have everyone’s best interests at heart.’
Link posted at 01:34
30/09/2009
- Me: ...what were u making? pickles?
- or is that just ur vagina fermenting?
- Janie: hahahaha
- im fermenting pickles in my vagina...
- Me: ...u dillhole
- Janie: ...how often will that actually come up as a pun
Conversation posted at 00:46
26/09/2009
The hipsters in this hood will kill me if they knew this, but since they’re all out drinking PBR right now……..I want to see Beyonce in concert! I’ve never seen anyone mainstream in a huge stadium-like venue (and never really wanted to), but I actually want to see Beyonce. The way she moves is almost mesmerizing; plus it completely makes me forget that her lyrics are about nagging some dude to put a ring on her finger while wearing a bathing suit as an outfit and 6 inch stilettos. There! I’ve said it. Leave me alone.
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25/09/2009
Japanese WWII holdouts
I spent the last 2 hours of my night yesterday, going through some of the names on this website: http://www.badassoftheweek.com. It’s a pretty awesome dorky website with a new badass of the week every week, and a description of their badassedness. The story that got me researching more was the story of this guy, Hiroo Onoda, who fought in WWII 29 years after it was over. I did the math, he went into war at 22 in 1944, and finally surrendered in 1974, which would make him 52. He spent the best years of his life living in the jungle in the Philippines, killing and injuring local people and police as well as SEARCH PARTIES looking for him to bring him back to japan. He had 3 other soldiers in his unit (he was their lieutenant). After the war, hundreds of leaflets were dropped from helicopters, but every time, Onoda and his unit decided these were fake; even when they finally dropped letters from their loved ones asking them to come home, the men continued to think it was a trick from the Allied forces. Onoda was determined to carry out his duties to the Empire until he received a specific order to stop. Finally, one dude got sick of it and finally surrendered to Filipino authorities on his own, another dude was killed in a fight with a search party and the last member of the unit was killed by local police. A japanese student on the island found Onoda on Feb 1974, and told him the war had been over for 29 years. They became friends, but he told the student that he would not stop until he received orders from his superior officer. So the kid goes back to Japan, the government locates his commanding officer (who was now an old man working in a bookstore), and flew him out to the Philippines to tell him that the war is over and to surrender to the authorities on the island. Onoda came out of the jungle after 29 years in his full gear—intact uniform, 500 rounds of ammo and a few hand grenades.
There was another dude who was a holdout and also came out of hiding in the same year. Teruo Nakamura, was a holdout on the Indonesian island Morotai, and was accidentally found by a pilot which led to Nakamura’s arrest by Indonesian soldiers. However, the story was not as sensational as Onoda’s since Nakamura was a Taiwanese aborigine and not truly Japanese. So he did not receive the same amount of pensions, nor did he receive the same honor upon returning home (he even died of lung cancer 5 yrs later, whilst Onoda married, started a cattle ranch in Brazil and lived a pretty long life).
It’s pretty insane to think about people having that kind of perserverance to stay in a jungle, foraging for food, and on constant alert of enemy forces. To stay loyal to a country in a war for longer than I have been alive is amazingly brave and crazy all at the same time. Jesus christ, the things some humans can do. I feel useless all of a sudden.
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20/08/2009
Malcolm’s cassette deck iphone app has finally been approved of and released for sale. Buy it for a buck!
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07/07/2009
waking up from a call from the collection agency about your past due account at Macy’s…is probably the worst way to wake up. I guess aside from your house burning down.
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06/07/2009
Billy Mays’ funeral.
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30/06/2009
I forgot about this from my OKC profile. haha. I miss internet dating.
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23/06/2009
Um...hello Netflix?!
Why the fuck have you not informed all your customers (current and potential) that you can now watch instant movies on Macs????!!!!! I’ve been waiting for this since they announced that they would work on this function 2 years ago. No e-mail, no announcement on their website, I just accidentally clicked “Play” just now and the movie is showing. W.t.f. Did everyone besides me already know this?
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22/06/2009
I’m fairly positive that shows like “NYC Prep” still exist to provide reasons to make homicide justifiable. In which case, Bravo is doing us all a service.
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