Itchy Writing...

"Tenet Insanabile scribendi cacoethes" ~Juvenal Satire VII
(The incurable itch of writing posesses many)...

That said, here's some Sorority song silliness:
"O I'm a drunken AEPhi
And I like my Mai Tai's
My Miller by the bottle
And my moonshine by the stye-

I get drunk on all occasions
I'm as happy as a flea,
A hell of a place,
A hell of a face,
Now pass the Hennesy!

So Here's to AEPHI
Raise 'em up and drink e'm down,
So Here's to AEPHI
We get rowdy and get down!

So Here's to AEPHI
We're the best sorority,
So raise your glass
And lower your ass
And HOPE THE BOOZE IS FREE!!

Yeah. Free booze. Hmmm. Sounds REALLY good. That and sleep!

Y'know, people should really come with disclaimers printed across their foreheads (in these politically correct...and mostly idiotic times). So, you ask, what would one of these "disclaimer" notices look like? Simple:

WARNING: THIS PERSON CONTAINS HUMOR THAT MIGHT BE OFFENSIVE TO WOMEN, MEN, CHILDREN, TEENAGERS, CHRISTIANS, JEWS, MUSLIMS, ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS, REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS, CONSERVATIVES, LEFT HANDED PEOPLE, RIGHT HANDED PEOPLE, GERMANS, AMERICANS, FRIENDS, ENEMIES, ROMANS, COUNTRYMEN, JACQUES COUSTEAU LOVERS, COWBOYS, PIRATES, ICE SKATERS, BUTTERFLYS, MILKMEN WHOSE NAMES BEGIN WITH THE LETTER 'R', COME-GUZZLERS AND GENERALLY THE REST OF HUMANITY, AS WELL AS SOME FORMS OF BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL LIFE...

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!
ESCAPE WHILE YOU STILL CAN...

Yup, that'd be my warning label. Or maybe we could just tattoo them to the bottom of our feet, and when someone complains, rip off our shoes and show them that they should have just asked us to do that in the first place. (Rip off our shoes, I mean). And if your feet smelled, and were offensive, well, you'd just be living up to your disclaimer label, wouldn't you?

We could even extend this silly labeling trend...just like my roomie and I have in our room. What a thought! Because, of course, in this era of frequent lawsuits, we wouldn't want anyone to sue us for misrepresenting ourselves....or any product either. Example: Mickie-Dees and the "caution, hot" labels on coffee cups...duh it's hot, shitheads! I think that it's only fair to fight back against the stupid labeling trend with greater stupidity in labels. For example, our microwave is labeled "Illegal microwave" and other labels, such as "drawer" "breeze makah" "Brain-rotting 27" tv (has no remote=supah ghetto)..." or even "booze holder" are a step in the right direction. It's a no hold's barred fight!! When in doubt....LABEL it!

Hmmm. Need to take out the recycle and do some reading/studying/homework... Oh well. OOh, I was up really late last night, and turned on the Ham radio-- evidently there's a really late talk net (the "redeye") on 14.6895, and last night's topic was space exploration, namely putting a man on mars. Which is a great idea, but why would we want to do that? Why don't we build a moon base (a much more viable option) since it's closer, and we don't have to develop as much technology to resist the harsh martian surface conditions. (COLD, storms, heat...dust/sand...) Once we had a base on the moon, and some infrastructure for developing further space forays in our solar system, we could think about going to mars. But really, what's the use? Unmanned probes can tell us all we need to know without putting a human being in such considerable risk. 'Sides, it'd take us 30 years to really get there...GET there....
Of course, some stupid people were like "well, why don't they spend the space program money here on earth were it'd be more useful....for the homeless and poor and healthcare..." First of all, dolts, the USA is the RICHEST and most technologically advanced country in the WORLD (barring japan, etc). It also has the most successful space program and has demonstrated an ability to CONSISTENTLY put people and equipment in space. (barring a few TERRIBLE tragedies...) Second, if america were going to use the space money on social welfare, we'd have a democratic president--because that's what the democrats do while in office.
HOWEVER, we have a republican government, which means economic and social aid experiences the "trickle-down" effect: increased spending by big corporations as encouraged by the Executive Branch (on things like the space program, incidentally) creates more jobs, boosting the economy and helping more people find jobs. So theoretically under this system, more poor people are employed.
There's also something called the "military industrial complex" that's particularly pertinent; big military spending, ususally under republican government improves the economy by pouring millions of federal dollars back into circulation...more money=more inflation, but more jobs as well=better for everyone. 'Sides, the Fed with Greenspan keeps inflation relatively low by changing banking interest rates.
NEXT, the value of space experimentation also affects our health. Tests on astronaughts and how the muscles, bones, and human body reacts in a weightless environment have suggested MULTIPLE useful data to improve the field of medicine. You name it, it's been studied in space; biology, exercise, physics, astronomy (hubble) --yup, been there, done that! One thing they've learned up there is that antioxidants extend your life...tea has them! also, they can study things like GRAVITY by experiencing its absence. With space physics, we now know that the laws of physics which were assumed constant, actually CHANGED since the beginning of the universe. And the search for other earth-worlds isn't a waste. Wouldn't you like to know if there is other life out there, even if it's only space fish under a frozen sea on the moons of Jupiter? There's something to be said in favor of doing science for the sake of LEARNING and advancing our horizons.
After all, wasn't it somebody or other who said that the more they learned, the more they found they were back at the beginning--finding they didn't really know anything?
ONE good argument that I actually heard against the whole man on mars thing was a complaint that we needed to take care of the earth first, before trying to live on other worlds. GREAT! Fantastic idea! We can do that easily; the infrastructure is already there, and wouldn't be THAT expensive to start using. So why aren't we? Because we don't care. And that is an attitude that really sucks. Sucks sucks sucks.

Yes, I have a writing itch. Is that BAD?!?! EH?!! Didn't THINK so!