Gene Nash

What Bullhorn Would Jesus Use? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

So, last Friday I'm puttering around my living room at nearly 8 o'clock at night when I'm practically thrown to the ground by loud BUM-PA-PA-POW BUM BUM BUM-PA-PA-POW hip-hop reverberations followed by muffled but decidedly evangelic tinged exhortations being shouted through a P.A. system. It cycled through quieting down a little, then getting dramatically louder. My immediate thought was a street preacher with a truck had invaded my neighborhood. I'd seen such a display once in my

Reply to Missile Defense — What’s The Rush? in Politics JoeUser Forums

d) Other (please specify) Naval blockade. Sink the ships transporting the things, if necessary. Of course, if the deal's anything like the missiles they "sold" Saddam, there's nothing to worry about. <TD class="mb-Body-Quote

Reply to Serious Energy Conservation in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Maybe it's just that I grew up during that malaise and thus had it drummed into me, but I already do most of those things. 55mph national speed limit, I'm sure people hate to drive behind me. I don't jam on the gas to speed up. I coast whenever possible. Heck, if there's no-one behind me, I don't even do the speed limit. It works. I have 3-4 more gallons left over at the end of the month than when I used to have someone else driving for me. Frequent tir

Stop The Excuses And Help The Freezing Children in Current Events JoeUser Forums

In Las Vegas, Nevada, the Clark County School District has a little problem: shivering students. Kids at dozens of schools have been forced to attend classes wearing scarfs, gloves, and heavy jackets. It seems the schools have older equipment that requires maintenance workers to physically start it by hand. Big deal, right? Start the heaters, warm up the kids. No problem. Wrong! First we must run the bureaucratic obstacle course! Here are some of the ex

Reply to How Is This Guy Eligible For Bail? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

turns out the smartest thing this guy ever done was to escape! Dang, I guess! Wow. Un-freaking-believable. Maybe Jody should dig up that guy's lawyer. He'll be free and popping out rug-rats with his new "I don't care he lied to me and he's really an escaped convict,

How Is This Guy Eligible For Bail? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

For those of you who didn't read my previous article about Kenneth "Jody" Thompson (and for the nearly 200 of you who did, but couldn't be bothered to comment -- A POX ON YOUR HOUSES, GOOD SIRS! ), here's the skinny: Jody Thompson got sent to prison for pulling stickups. He told people he didn't want to rob them but had to because his (non-existent)

Reply to If Only That Tiger Had Better Aim.... in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Sorry, I thought you were in LA (the Saints thing). Las vegas is probably as bad, but I have not seen their stuff! I'm from L.A. Native Californians are rarer than Bigfoot sightings, but you're typing with one. (Native Californian, not sasquatch -- though I am fairly hairy, so I can see how the kids at the campsite made that mistake. Fo

You'd Think They Found Osama in Current Events JoeUser Forums

While I'm ragging on Las Vegas TV news outlets... This past week saw fugitive Pahrump, NV native Jody Thompson captured by police while he cowered in an elderly couple's closet (or laid on the kitchen floor with his hands on his head begging 911 to tell the cops not to kill him, depending on what you listen to or read). This guy got sent to prison for pulling stickups and telling people he didn't want to

Reply to F*CK OFF Friends. in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

I hate it when people wait till the last possible minute to back out of a commitment. One of my uncles pulled that crap on me more than a decade ago. He waited till the last second to back out of something that had been arranged for months, leaving me high and dry. When all I did was ask what was up, he threw a fit. I didn't even get on his case, just wanted to know why he was backing out. We haven't communicated since and frankly never will.

Reply to If Only That Tiger Had Better Aim.... in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Since I was talking about Vegas television news, I'm a little confused, but I'll roll with it. I agree that L.A. TV news outlets are mostly a wasteland of infotainment that is more concerned with celebrity plastic surgery than al-Qaeda attacks or local crime (car chases excepted). I remember when Dallas Raines (sounds like he should be a TX weatherman, no?) got his doppler radar and spent months crowing that i

Reply to Ebenezer Scrooge: A Lesson Against Liberalism in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Yeah, it's just like a greedy, lying, theiving, Liberal corporate pig to have a lavish lifestyle. Have you ever read A Christmas Carol? Forget that -- have you ever seen a movie version of A Christmas Carol? There is nothing lavish about Scrooge's lifestyle. He's so stingy he won't even spend money on himself

If Only That Tiger Had Better Aim.... in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Las Vegas television is obsessed with Siegfried and Roy. More than 2 years after their show closed because the tiger named Montecore gored Roy, we're treated to weekly updates on the former magicians. Sometimes it seems like they do a Breaking News alert every time Roy leaves the mansion. It's driving me crazy. I don't care! Leave me alone! No-one but Siegfried cares about Roy and we're not to sure about his commitment, publicity

I DON'T GIVE A DARN! (clean version) in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

[Here's the deal, when one of my articles is marked "adult content" it sinks like a stone. It apparently doesn't show up in the forums and only registered users over a certain age can see it. Search engines don't see it. It won't get any referral traffic. It sucks. So, I cut the four paragraphs in the middle of this article that caused me to mark it adult content and am reposting it. If you want to see what got cut, open a free account, be over 16, and click here for <a h

Reply to Retro JoeUser in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It was good even then! Thanks Gene You're welcome. I knew JoeUser was solely Brad's blog before he opened it up to everyone, but I'd never seen it. That was way before my time. I enjoyed the look back and thought I'd share. Glad you enjoyed it, too. <img src

Reply to Do You Give A Darn? in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Thanks for the comments, guys. I'm thinking I should take out the four paragraphs about "fuck" so I could remove the "adult content" warning and actually get the thing read. Changing the title to something more salacious didn't help. Huh! Happens to me every single day! That happens to ya when you work in a jail. I always tell people who aske me

Do You Give A Darn? in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

“And damn’d be him that first cries, ‘Hold, enough!’” -- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 8 At the time Macbeth uttered his curse, I'm sure he expected those hearing it to actually fear damnation for interfering. If not actual brimstone-and-fire damnation, then at least a jolly good haunting (especially considering everything else going on in the play). I'm wondering, though, does damning someone today have the same force as it did in days past? Surely we do

Reply to Retro JoeUser in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I want to post this before Brad drags you off li............ I think something ate Doc. Can I have his points?

Retro JoeUser in Blogging JoeUser Forums

While trying to research an article, I happened upon an archive of JoeUser back when it was solely Brad's blog. Back around October of 2002 the issues included home movies on a PC, the future of Saddam Hussein and militant Islam, information gods v. mere mortals, and whic

Reply to CALLING ALL MATH GEEKS: Math Puzzle in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Okay, after two scratch pads, numerous equations punched into a spreadsheet, and little over an hour, I solved it. (I'm slowing down in my old age.) (NOTE: Each of the following paragraphs gives you progressively more information on how to solve the problem. If you really want to solve it yourself, you might like to stop at the information provided by each paragraph, go attempt a solution, then only come back to the next when you're stuck.) The biggest mistake y

Reply to I think this says it all in Misc JoeUser Forums

“Because I work I don’t have time to be strict.” What an incredible non-sequiter. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other. It's about passing your beliefs and morals on to your child. You can make it clear to the kid what is acceptable and what is not no matter how much you work. Couldn't it occur to the dumb twitch that pla

Reply to POST SITE PROBLEMS HERE in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Did y'all know the rss feeds aren't working? The last time they were updated appears to be around the 10th.

Reply to Opening the DIRTY OLD MAN Club. in Misc JoeUser Forums

You have something against slightly naughty women under 30? Not at the moment, but if one gets within distance I'll happily place something against her.

Reply to Does This Turkey Look Familiar? in Humor JoeUser Forums

A couple more thoughts that occurred to me after wandering away... But dont you have to be convicted before you can be pardoned? Nixon wasn't convicted before Ford pardoned him, was he? A preemptive presidential pardon wouldn't be unprecedented. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb-Body-Q

Reply to Does This Turkey Look Familiar? in Humor JoeUser Forums

I saw that on the DNC web site. But dont you have to be convicted before you can be pardoned? Seems Howie is still saying guilty until proven innocent! I think the Dems are trying to shame in advance, hoping to make the option look so unattractive Bush wouldn't even think of touching it. Obviously they haven't been paying too much a

Reply to Does This Turkey Look Familiar? in Humor JoeUser Forums

Now that is a Turkey! I'm like that little kid on the Twilight Zone who would turn you into something grotesque and zap you into the cornfield if you didn't think good thoughts. I'm evil. I turned Scooter Libby into a turkey. Does this mean I'm guilty of manipulating pre-pardon intelligence?