SIGN OF THE TIMES: Full Body Scans to Debut in Canada

Where the hell have I been? Apparently, some airports have been using full body Xrays for over a year now! Now they are in LA and in Canada. That mark of the beast chip or bar codes on wrists don't seem so farfetched anymore. In the latest move by the "people in charge" being overbearing because of how many times they have messed up, when this gets to JFK or MIA, I promise there are going to be a lot of unhappy people. Why you ask? Because ever since our former president destroyed the twin towers (do some research), and we have been embroiled in this "war" with an unnamed opponent, the regular joes have been subjected to increasing searches, restrictions, lack of privacy, and overall hoops to jump through to do just about ANYTHING. Does it stop anything? Of course not. The other day a guy waltzed onto a plane with a bomb in his tighty whities! I understand people needing to feel safe, and the goverment trying to accomodate that need, but when they don't have something planned, they are always 10 steps behind. We really don't need to discourage people from flying any more than they are now, not in this economy. I really hope this doesn't blow up in our faces (no pun intended).

"You don't have anything better to do?!" Part 1

LOL. I have to start this with a "laughing out loud", but its not so much because its funny, but because there's nothing you can do about it. When someone priviledged does something so stupid, I usually say:"doesn't he have anything better to do?!" Granted, there have been 500 million examples of this, and we see a few on the news everyday, and even one of my previous blog post (Brittany Murphy) could qualify. However, I'm going to give the inaugural "you don't have anything better to do" post to one of my favorite bball players (who apparently was dropped on his head at some point) Gilbert "Agent 0" Arenas.

If you follow hoops, you've known about Gil since his days at Arizona. Gilbert went from being a second round pick to one of the highest scoring (and highest paid) superstars. He was praised for his eccentricity, and his blog was very popular as well. Then everything went sour when he hurt his knee.

Fast forward 2 years: Gilbert misses the majority of the past 2 seasons after 3 knee surgeries, though he is on a new 111 MILLION dollar contract. He works his way back, even though you can see signs of rust, and the Wizards aren't playing too well. Then ESPN breaks a story about him storing guns in his locker (which is against NBA rules). Then this morning a story breaks about Gilbert Arenas pulling out a gun on his teammate ON CHRISTMAS EVE, who pulls out a gun while trying to collect a gambling debt. Really?!? This brings up a few questions in my mind. Gilbert, I believe in your right to protect yourself, but who is going to rob you in the locker room? How much money do you owe? Why are you so disgustingly rich, and so disturbingly stupid? DIDN'T YOU ALREADY LEARN YOUR LESSON ABOUT GUNS?! The teammate that also pulled out, Javaris Crittenton, is 22 and making 1.4 million dollars this year. So that leaves us with 2 under 30 millionaires, getting paid obscene money to play a game, and they still feel the need to pull out guns on EVERYONE. Drumroll please...................YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO?!!! Apparently not.

Brittany Murphy and another case of a wasted life

Normally, I really couldn't care less about some rich young actor or athlete who has no idea about how good they have it, and throws it all away by doing something stupid. This happens so often thats its not even news to me anymore. I'm not a fan of death, but some people are just so stupid, its hard for me to have sympathy OR empathy for what happens. In case you didn't read or hear, Brittany Murphy, a pretty and talented actress you've seen in 8 mile, clueless, and girl interrupted, died this am from an apparent heart attack at just 32 years old.

Now tell me--How does a young healthy woman basically drop dead without a warning sign? Just the way many music and movie icons have: Hard drug abuse. While nothing conclusive as far as the cause of her heart attack has been released yet, I think the writing is on the wall. I don't know anything about what has been going on with Brittany, or if she was facing any adversity currently, but what I do know is that she was an established actress with a known name, who has been involved in some big movies. I hate stereotypes, but everyone knows how the rich and famous party hard, and most of the time, that hard partying involves hard drugs. Was I really the only one ON EARTH that agreed with and listened to the "SAY NO TO DRUGS" seminars we used to go to when were were in 2nd grade? Am I the only one immune to peer pressure? Am I the only one who has seen so many people die or live these terrible lives because of these addictions? EVEN WORSE, if you were a MILLIONAIRE, wouldn't you find something a little more productive to do then snort coke? Or for that matter, make it rain at a strip club? Buy 20 cars? Bankroll a dogfighting ring? Buy a bunch of assault weapons? I don't know. Maybe I was just raised differently.

I don't want to go off on a ridiculous tangent, sounding like I'm hating on "the rich and famous". I do, however, wish that people would enjoy what they've been blessed with, and were more responsible with what they say or do, because these days, EVERYONE IS WATCHING.