Margaret Cho is a stupid crotchbag. I don’t think I have ever been so enraged by a D-list celebrity in my life.

On John McCain’s abilities as a soldier in Vietnam:

I am sick of everyone saying ‘He was a good soldier. He was a good soldier.’ Uh yeah. He was captured. So he was not that good.

Holy shit. What an idiot.

She goes on to say that she would like to have lesbian sex with Sarah Palin.

I’ll provide a link, but only so that you can read the full, explicit article on what he has to say. Margaret Cho is a Douche.

Still learning my way around this new Posterous concoction. I like it. Here are some questions that I have:

1. When I post via e-mail (using SquirrelMail text-based email), extra line breaks are inserted. Is there a way around that? 
2. When I post via e-mail to my WordPress account, via Posterous, YouTube videos are stripped out on the WordPress site, but they on the Posterous side. (I have to manually edit them back in to the WordPress site)
3. Is there a way (via XML or the like) to insert proper categories AND tags for wordpress posts?
4. Is there a way to separate Title and Body in a txt-message post?
5. What are you wearing right now? (I needed a fifth question in order to feel right with the world)

To my loyal FuzzMartin.com readers, this message has been posted via my Posterous account. You should get one. It’s slick.

Carry on.

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Yesterday, I told you about the new ad campaign from Microsoft that’s designed to take out Apple’s “I’m a Mac” campaign. Well, last night MS rolled out the first commercial in their new “I’m a PC” series:

The video is tastefully done and includes some humor (I like the shark and the ‘I turn #2 into energy’ parts). I still contend that talking about #2 (Apple not poo, this time) is not what the best direction for them, but they really couldn’t care less about what I think.

My theory: spend the $300 Million making your operating system bulletproof. The biggest problem with MS is the security and stability of their product. If they were to fix their problems and come out with a new, stable operating system, that isn’t rushed to market, and they would annihilate Apple.

…and that’s coming from a Mac.

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H/T Dave Casper via bootsandsabers.com

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The other day, I was telling people how much I really enjoy the new Microsoft television spots that star Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. It is well documented that I am not a fan of Microsoft, but these commercials are pretty funny and they get your attention.

This morning, I came across the news that Microsoft will now be ditching those ads (they called them ‘teaser spots’) in exchange for a spoof on Apple’s “I’m a PC” commercials. Apparently, they feature celebrities saying, “I’m a PC,” in order to reverse the ‘boring’ stereotype that Apple has created for them.

I think they will just make the celebrities look boring. Ewww. Eva Longoria uses a PC. Gross.

Apple already get tons and tons of celebrity endorsements without putting them in commercials. Turn on any television show or series and you always see stars using Apple MacBook Pros or iMacs as their computers of choice. It’s not just sometimes, either - it’s closer to 90% of the time.

This is a big win for Apple, in my opinion. The unwritten rule says that the only time you’re allowed to mention the competition is when the competition is in front of you. Like running a race, when you start looking behind you, you’re going to get passed. This is free publicity for Apple, and Steve Jobs should send Microsoft a thank you letter.

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I plan on putting a big slash through it so that I can wear it everyday!!! Thank you moveon.org!!!

Canon announced the long-awaited 5DmkII (5D mark 2), yesterday. I really don’t know what to say except, “I want one.” Only problem: well, I can’t afford one. Other problem: I’d have to justify buying a bigger computer to process the huge files.

Here are the specs:

• 21 megapixels (mk1 = 12mp)
• Full-HD video capability (not available on mk1)
• ISO = 100-6400 and extendable up to 12,800 and 25,600 (zoinks! - mk1 = 100-1600 & 3200)
• 15-point autofocus (mk1 = 9 point)
• 3.0-inch 920,000 dot screen (much better than mk1)
• Price: $2,700 (less than $1,000 more than the mk1)

Tracy… Christmas is coming.

I made a small donation to the McCain/Palin campaign today. It was very small, actually, but hopefully it will buy a radio spot somewhere. Obama is advertising on my station right now, and I would like to hear the alternative perspective on the air, as well.

By the way, the Obama ad that is airing is a downright lie. A ’sportsman’ says that “Obama supports gun ownership.” Uhm. No.

I would rather tear out my brain stem, walk out into the middle of the nearest four-way intersection and skip rope with it than to go on living where I do now.

~Squidward Tenticals, Spongebob Squarepants

Obama is often praised as a “great orator.” That is, unless he is speaking without his teleprompter. When speaking off the cuff, he sounds more like a great, ah, uh, well, ahh, you see, uhm, bumbler.

So, in a move that makes him look like the biggest empty suit to ever walk the Earth, his handlers have decided that he should bring his teleprompter with him every time he opens his mouth.

It appears Barack Obama’s teleprompter is hitting the campaign trail.

The Democratic presidential nominee has never tried to hide the fact he delivers speeches off the device, though normally he doesn’t use one at standard campaign rallies and town hall events.

But the Illinois senator used a teleprompter at both his Colorado events Monday — making for a particularly peculiar scene in Pueblo, where the prompter was set up in the middle of what is normally a rodeo ring.

Bwahahahaha.

Eli Young Band: When It Rains

Yup - Toast. Gone. Fired. Nixed.

It kinda reminds me of this song, “it’s just a little too late, a little too wrong, and I can’t waaaaait.”

Anyway - hopefully the Brewers can pull through and salvage a playoff berth.

Hat Tip: My Twitter bretheren.

Link: JSOnline.com

Cool! (from CNN):

It has been buried for decades under the sands of the Gulf in Fort Morgan, Alabama. Hurricane Ike uncovers this Union Civil War ship that was burned by Confederates during the Civil War.

Go check out the photos, here: Ike Uncovers Civil War Ship

That’s the Brewers in a free fall. Ugh!

Mo’s Irish Pub has a drink called a “Snakebite.” It’s not the shot that you’re thinking of, rather it’s a mixture of Bass Ale and Strongbow Cider. It’s superb, to say the least.

Though I really enjoy the drink, I don’t like buying two six-packs of beer when all I really want is one or two glasses of Snakebite.

Well, a couple of weeks ago, I was at the local Piggly Wiggly and decided to pick up a beer called, “Fatty Boombalatty,” by Futhermore Brewing Company. It was pretty good. So,this evening, I decided that I would try a different flavor from the Furthermore brand. They had two - Knot Stock and Fallen Apple.

When I read the side of the Fallen Apple bottle, “cream ale brewed with apple juice,” I knew that I found what I was looking for.

It tastes just like Mo’s Snakebite without all of the extra beer in the fridge.

I love it. It’s absolutely delicious.

The fact that Furthermore Beer is brewed in Black River Falls makes me love it even, uhm, Further. Pick some up when you have a chance.

From the Brewers’ website:

With Hurricane Ike causing severe weather conditions throughout the Gulf Coast, Major League Baseball has moved two games of the series between the Astros and Cubs to Miller Park.

The series will include a single game tomorrow, Sunday, September 14, and another on Monday, September 15.

The Astros will be the home team for both contests, which were originally scheduled to be played at Houston’s Minute Maid Park from Friday through Sunday.

After reading about the tragic train wreck in Los Angeles, I can’t help but wonder why trains aren’t automated, yet? It would be extremely simple to man every train that runs on rails by computer. Sure, you could have a human babysitting the computer, but the chances of a computer running a stop signal are less than with a human behind the wheel.

Sure, the unions wouldn’t like it, but it may be cheaper for the rail companies and safer for the passengers.

Human error led to fatal train crash in L.A.

Last night, we had dinner with Tracy Heron, the mayor of my 5,000+ town. If Governor Palin is anything like him - she’s more than qualified.

Perhaps Mayor Heron should run for governor.

Can the word “literally,” be used as a hyperbole?

As a kid, I worked for Achtenhagen Services in the Big Bend/Muskego area. I was in charge of a lawn maintenance crew. It was a lot of fun and I loved just about every minute of working there. I don’t think that I’ve ever had a boss that was more fun than Bart Achtenhagen.

Though I loved mowing lawns, there was one apartment complex that I absolutely despised: Burr Oaks in Waukesha.

Burr Oaks is on the corner of Highway 59 and Oakdale Dr. On the south side of the property there is a huge hill that falls from south to north. On more than one occassion, I almost lost a big mower (and, well, my life) off the side of a 10-foot railroad tile wall that is located at the bottom of the hill.

There was also a time at Burr Oaks that we could not leave after the job because the police found a murdered body in a home across the street from the apartment complex. Nice.

It didn’t really surprise me,  yesterday, when I heard the story of the pipe bombs that were found in that complex. Don’t get me wrong, the complex itself isn’t bad, but for some reason there are a lot of hoodlums that live in about a six block area near Burr Oaks. I never understood that, either. It’s not a low-income neighborhood. It just has a higher instance of gangbangers, white trash, and rednecks.

From JSOnline:

Police evacuated dozens of residents for hours Wednesday as a Milwaukee County Bomb Squad crew detonated three pipe bombs found in the basement of an apartment building.

The building, at 1159 Burr Oak Blvd., was once the home of David J. Emiley, who is serving a prison sentence after police found an assault rifle hidden in a heating vent in his apartment, a pistol-grip shotgun stored in a secret compartment in a dresser drawer and a handgun and bullet-filled magazine inside a hollowed-out book.

Police discovered the weapons in April 2007 after Emiley accidentally discharged the assault rifle in his apartment and a bullet tore through his wall, across a parking lot, through the wall of another apartment and landed on a bed, according to court records.

Eek. There goes the neigborhood (again).