Hmm..
two visionaries visualizing.
A brief glimpse into the lives of
two extraordinarily average individuals suffering from
Non-Sequititis
two extraordinarily average individuals suffering from
Non-Sequititis
Words I Just Made Up
Okashimotro
Omnesty
Trifiquedriaran
Olivestiberon
Toshuneutru
Namadander
Tobesquie
Drimescography
Opistration
Nofospetrudin
Evonstipudative
Nonesquitrin
Coshiemogran
Tebonics
Moosha
Ose-moo-shoo
Trajigbala
Trehononogranomographiculativity
Eatubosteraneous
Tuperesticrative
Ofsespecutive
Thishoquerated
Elanthopuaran
Tuberscominian
Mosetrutu
Talliograph
Temiscopulation
Opesquan
Nocustry
Bestogannanding
Pustigantra
-> J03 P
Website recommendation
Check out Dead Seriousness
It’s a comedy showcase from the mind of The Lester Lee, a longtime friend.
Here are a few of The Lester’s articles:
What Your Favorite Beer Says About You
Parking Lot Tango.
I feel like I’ve heard this before. If I haven’t, then I’m going to define it now. If I have, then I’m redefining it now.
This is when, driving in a parking lot, you are being courteous, but end up running into someone who is equally, if not more courteous than you are. You end up in a position where only one car can safely proceed at a time. Maybe you’re pulling out of a parking space, or rounding a sharp corner. So, being in a courteous move, you gesture for the other driver to go ahead. But he gestures for you to go ahead.
It becomes a series of “no, you go” and “no, after you” gestures between two drivers in a stalemate.
It could escalate to involve flashing brights, or a technique I like to call, “stutter stepping.”
Parking lot stutter stepping is when one driver starts to move at the same instant as the other driver involved in the stalemate. Both drivers simultaneously realizing the other is moving, and then simultaneously stop. This is when the real “parking lot tango” begins.
Now, both drivers, realizing that the other has stopped to let them go, decides to start moving again. Since this is happening simultaneously, it results in another mutual stutter step.
This can go on for as little as three seconds, or as long as your lifetime plus 16 years of your child’s life.
Though I hate to admit it, I have no answer to how to solve this problem. How do you usually get out of these situations?
Written by Justin J. Milliner, who will do anything to keep his auto insurance rate from going up.
SOPA & PIPA - aka Anti-Progress Acts.
What’s the old joke? What the opposite of progress?
Congress has been desperately trying to push legislation like PIPA and SOPA that will essentially handcuff the internet for the benefit of big businesses.
I shouldn’t say Congress as a whole; that wouldn’t be fair to the few logical and progressive-thinking individuals that work for our government. It feels like those come fewer and farther in between these days.
Every day I see more examples of how large corporations and the big media giants are trying commandeer the United States of America for their own good. The seduce over government into acting on their behalf - which completely undermines the principles that our democratic nation was based upon. Rupert Murdoch should not have more of a say than you or me. But many times, it seems like the rich and powerful are able to manhandle the government in order to push forward their own agenda - an agenda that more times than not is simply to become more rich and more powerful. A corrupt and vicious cycle.
Corporations and business giants have had their way with the government for too long. I mean, they’re literally getting to do whatever they want because they have the money to pay for the support of whatever lawmaker(s) or legislation will help them the most.
This whole PIPA and SOPA nonsense is no different. The bill is not designed to stop piracy. It’s not designed to help content creators like myself. It’s designed to allow media giants to police the internet through bullying. It’s designed to allow big corporations to control what we see and what we have access simply to maximize their profits.
The content creators - whether the author of a blog or an multi-million dollar rap artist - do NOT benefit from this bill. Not at all. You would think that a bill meant to protect copyrighted material from being used without permission would benefit ALL content creators, right?
Well, because it was so hastily put together and broadly worded, it would probably end up negatively impacting content creators.
It would allow big companies to sue and ship out cease and desist court orders to websites that are suspected of facilitating piracy or copyright theft. I can’t imagine Tumblr, reddit, Google, YouTube, or really any website being able to exist in their current forms under such circumstances.
The nature of the internet is freedom. It is to allow everyone access to information. While piracy is a problem for record labels, movie studios and small time content creators alike, clumsy and one-sided bills like SOPA and PIPA are not the solution to this problem.
Instead, I feel like it’s the result of stubbornness and laziness from the big media companies. They’re trying hard to hold onto values and a business model that is antiquated and obsolete.
The very existence of the internet completely changes how all media, from music to movies to news, is distributed. The internet is the latest step in the continued evolution of the human race. No amount of control exerted by the government is going to allow the media industry to return to their once successful business structure of controlled distribution.
Instead of trying to control the internet, these companies should work with the internet. Instead of trying to hang onto their old business structure, work with the the internet to come up with new strategies for distribution.
There is a way to stop piracy. But it’s not through SOPA or PIPA.
It’s not through trying to change what the internet is.
The bottom line for me is that these two acts are the equivalent of anti-progress acts. They are trying to stop the evolution of the internet, and as a result, of the growth of a new generation. They’re trying to stop it from progressing so that they can keep making money the only way they know how to.
We cannot allow this to happen. If you have a blog or you like to watch YouTube videos or like using the internet in general - you need to oppose these acts in their current incarnations.
http://protectinnovation.com/index.html
Visit that website. Protect Innovation.
Educate yourself on what SOPA and PIPA are, what’s in them and what they stand for. And act.
Contact your local legislatures. Talk to your friends about it. The future of our world depends on it. And I truly believe that.
Written by Justin J. Milliner, who is in favor of a free internet.
A painfully accurate picture found by the lovely Edna C., a Visionary co-worker.
Mary Vs. Mary: The return of the prodigal son's third cousin, twice removed by marriage
Here’s a wonderful bit of writing from one of our favorite blogs!
Things started to fall apart on Friday night.
You had a mild-moderate panic attack while eating chicken wings in a dingy bar.
The girl across from you had starred in numerous episodes of “One Life to Live”. You know this because you stalked her on the internet 20 minutes ago.
In fact, that…
4 months ago - 
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11 OH MY GOODNESS. How did he open that door?!
Things I will ask my doctor tomorrow
1. Why do you have gloves on?
2. Why are my pants off?
3. HIV isn’t so bad, right?
4. Is the stethoscope really necessary?
5. How many miles are on your car?
6. Who is your doctor?
7. Why are the magazines so shitty?
8. Who installed the crown molding in this office?
- JP
Things I need to remember to ask my doctor.
- Why do I only sneeze in threes?
- Is it possible for me to learn the footwork to play first base on the Yankees when Mark Teixeira retires? Even though I have flat feet?
- I can’t drive in reverse without putting my right hand on the back of the passenger-seat headrest. If that hand ever falls off, what am I going to do?
- Does having an oral fixation increase the likelihood of turning gay? And if so, which do I tell my mother first?
- Is there a tax break for people with scoliosis? You sure?
- Have you ever written yourself a prescription for Viagra? Your wife would love it! You are married, right?
- I’m really sorry. I didn’t realize.
- So..what do you do with all your money?
- Who do you have for the Super Bowl this year?
- Wanna bet my co-pay the Pats win it all?
Written by Justin J. Milliner..who’s been trying to see the doctor since September.
The dog of a Visionary
Who cooked that?
The other day, I was enjoying a fantastic bacon-cheddar burger from a local restaurant. It was delicious. Cooked perfectly and tastefully to order. The close Visionary associate that I happened to be eating with commented on the fact that he had never seen the chef that prepared our food before.
I didn’t say anything, but I had never seen any chef at this place before, period. I mean, maybe I’d seen him and not realized that he was the chef. But in all honesty, I never really gave much thought to the fact that there is someone that prepares my food.
That sounds weird, right? Of course I know that someone cooked the food for me. But when I go out to eat, I don’t really think about that person unless something is wrong with my food. Then I’m ready to flip on the poor bastard. But otherwise, the guy who cooked and put this meal together for me is the farthest person from my mind when I’m eating.
I know I order the food and I know someone cooks it. But I really don’t pay attention to who or what or why. All I know is whether I like the food or not. And furthermore, most of the credit - good or bad - goes to the establishment as a whole, as opposed to a singular good or bad cook.
And for this I blame McDonald’s.
And fast food chains as a whole. Better yet, chain restaurants as a whole.
You see, when you order a Big Mac from McDonald’s, you are doing just that. Ordering a Big Mac from McDonald’s.
It is to be cooked and served to you based on a formula that is kept as formulaic as possible. The ideal fast food vision is that whether you’re in New York, Texas, Indonesia or Sweden, their burger will taste exactly the same. The sub-vision is that the exactly replicated taste will make you crave it more and more often.
When you get get a burger from McDonald’s, the idea is not who is preparing it, it is where it’s being prepared. Note, I’m not using the word cook, here.
And this is where we get to the most personally difficult part of this post.
If you went to a nice sit down restaurant and ordered a nice sit down restaurant burger, who would you prefer - no, rather, who would you expect it to be prepared by?
A certified, professional and experienced chef? A culinary artist, right? Someone who knows what they are doing and does it well.
What if your burger was prepared by a sixteen year old who received his working papers from his high school guidance counselor only three months before?
This would probably upset you a little.
If this happened to me, it would serve as the impetus for a steep descent into depression and hard drug abuse.
But it’s perfectly okay for me to order a chicken paste sandwich assembled by a fifteen year old. I’ll even say “mmm” as I bite into it.
Written by Justin J. Milliner…who has no idea why this is all in bold.
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