Kids and Their Gadgets

Seen last night waiting for dinner at Applebee's. You can't quite see it but the guy's hat said "Dysfunctional Veteran".





Thanks for your eyeballs.

- DJ

Dropping the FB-Bomb

Hello and happy Friday,

I won't be putting up a Faceballs or a Spatchcock cartoon this week.  I'm just too far behind on my book (almost 8K words, should be almost double that).  But, since it is Faceballs Friday, I have a FB related question.

Is it polite to speak up in a Facebook post when it's a person you have recently met and they are having an ongoing discussion about a political matter you disagree with - when all the people responding are just finding different ways to agree?  I understand (now) that it's probably not a great idea if you want to remain friends, but is it socially rude to speak one’s mind in the face of inflammatory political commentary, when everybody else seems to agree with the commentary?  It feels a little like laughing at a racist joke rather than pointing out its ignorance.

And why do people post their opinions if they don't want to actually discuss them?  It's like farting in the supermarket and walking to the end of the isle to watch the reactions of your fellow shoppers.

And you think I didn’t know you did that.   Tsk tsk.

Thank you for your eyeballs.

-          DJ

Red, we gotta talk

Dear Wendy's,

I'm just going to go ahead and say it Red. Having chili oil in the bag should be the default option when the customer has ordered chili. I shouldn't have to ask every time. You can make up for the cost by keeping the second spoon you always give me.



Thanks for your eyeballs.

- DJ

Political Discourse and the Interknot

Politics and the Internet are funny, and Facebook and other forms of social media kind of allow an interesting bird's eye view of things.

From what I can see, conservatives tend to surround themselves with other conservatives.  When a non-conservative wanders into their conversation and dares to interject logic, the group attacks - the mood is, let's kill this dog before it gets loose and hurts someone.  They also appear to think if they just believe hard enough the dog will change into something other than a dog.

Liberals don't seem to vet who they surround themselves with but assume that, having the intelligence to be included amongst their friends, you are obviously of a like mind.  As such, when the dog of logic appears to conflict with them, the group does their best to embarrass it into leaving by showing it how stupid and dog-like it is.  They appear to think if they just believe hard enough, the dog will never have been there in the first place.

There's an old saying that is not PC at all, but I think I may be able to redeem it.  Arguing on the Internet is like competing in the Special Olympics.  Even if you win you're still retarded.  A long time ago I had the privaledge to work for the Special Olympics and I say, at least with the Special Olympics there is a sense of teamwork, mutual respect and and overall humanity.

It's a pooptacular predicament we've bought for ourselves, and I want my 6 Billion Dollars back. 

Where my dogs at? 


Thank you for your eyeballs.
 - DJ

The Great 6 Billion Dollar Polarization

I read today that there has been over 6 billion dollars spent on the presidential race.  With the amount of polarization it's caused, I'd say that's a pretty good return on investment. 

I'm growing more and more certain that the only way to make any kind of an impact is by working at a local level with non-politically affiliated organizations.

Thanks for your eyeballs.

- DJ

Like If You Don't Think The World Should End, Share if You Do (Faceballs 2)

Friday=Faceballs.  Enjoy Episode 2!


Faceballs Episode 2:
"Like if You Don't Think the World Should End, Share if you Do"

The creation of the universe and everything

Good evening,

As the first 24 hours of NaNoWriMo come to a close, I'm glad to say I'm a bit ahead of the goal at 2442. It took me that long to go from the singularity (the actual one, before the big bang) through the creation of the universe and humanity, etc. (it was the "etc" that was the hard part).

Glad to get off to a pretty good start, and looking forward to writing some good scenes over the next several days.


Thank you for your eyeballs.

- DJ