MIXMASTER

When handed a flask of Maker's Mark Bourbon (to mix with the Cokes they had just purchased at the snack bar), she whispered "how much should I use?"

He whispered back "half."

BLACKBERRY JAM

BlackBerry was in the news a few times this week, so here's the recap -

I was pretty excited to see that the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 Slider is due to to be released soon. That excitement was quickly dashed, however, when I read that the smart phone will be an AT&T exclusive product.

WHY?

To avoid an outright government ban in Saudi Arabia, BlackBerry has agreed to install a domestic server in the middle eastern country, so usage can be monitored and pornography blocked.

Scary.

And finally today, a survey recently released shows New Yorkers perfer the BlackBerry over the (Cr)Apple i(drop calls)Phone, 4 to 1, while Californians show blind love for the i(drop calls)Phone, with near identical results.

So reminicent of the fabled Eastcoast - Westcoast rap wars of the 1990's, dontcha think?

EAT SHIT AND DIE

Fast-food chain Taco Bell yesterday announced their version of the taco truck taco. They will be served with a wedge of lime along with the usual filling of Pollo (chicken), Carne Asada(beef) or Carnitas (pork), Cilantro and Onions.

This is a copy of THEIR picture used in the press release. Call me crazy (and many have), but nothing looks as unappetizing and plastic as these tacos.

They're marketing them under the name "Cantina Tacos," but I think it would be more accurate if they were called the "Eat Shit and Die Tacos."

HANGING JUDGE

White judges and Black judges often rule against defendants of their own race every single day and their impartiality does not get called into question.

The losing side of the Proposition 8 (same-sex marriage) battle is now screaming louder than a room full of wet cats because the judge who yesterday overturned the gay marriage ban is gay, and feel that his ruling is tainted since he has a personal interest in the outcome of the case.

(sigh) Talk about sore losers.

Just for the record, Judge Vaughn Walker is a Republican AND was appointed to the bench by President George Herbert Walker Bush.

Let it go, you whiny pricks.

PICTURE THIS

This has always been one of my favourites photographs. It was taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt and published in LIFE Magazine, June 1948.

48 YEARS

CAN'T BUY ME LOVE

Meg Whitman has spent nearly $100 Million (of her own money, by the way) in her quest to become the next governor of California. Jerry Brown has spent a scant $500 thousand and, according to a recent poll of "likely voters" conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California, maintains a 3 percent lead over the former Ebay CEO.

The poll results were:

Brown 37%
Whitman 34%
Undecided 25%

Whitman's campaign has said they are concentrating on the "undecided" voters to push her across the finish line.

Idiots.

The poll results are very impressive and I have to give credit where credit is due. Maybe voters are seeing through Whitman's ridiculous ego-driven campaign and letting her know that she can't buy her way into Sacramento.

One can hope, right?

Just for the record, the Steamingpoop Blog wholeheartedly supports Jerry Brown's campaign for Governor.

ETHNIC CLEANSING COMES TO AMERICA

The new buzz-phrase this election season is "birthright citizenship" and the Republican Party has latched onto the issue like a hungry baby to a mother's breast.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) last week said he may introduce a constitutional amendment that would ensure children born to illegal immigrants do NOT become citizens, in spite of the 14th Amendment of the constitution, which states:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Graham is quoted as saying "People come here to have babies. They come here to drop a child. It's called "drop and leave."

Drop and leave? Wow, what an asshole.

What is surprising about this amazingly ignorant quote is that it's from someone who is generally considered a moderate. Thank god we have people like Mr. Lindsey to show us the white way, er, I mean, the right way to deal with immigration reform.

PICTURE THIS

Organic Grapefruits at Whole Foods on California Street.

STUPID STUFF STUPID WHITE PEOPLE LIKE

Superfluous kitchen gadgets.

I saw on television this morning the latest in a long line of useless plastic shit that I'm sure will soon end up in a landfill near you.

It's called the E-Z Cracker and it cracks eggs for you.

Have we so devolved as a people that we are no longer able to perform the simplest of tasks, like cracking our own eggs?

I've got four things to say about anyone who buys one of these:

L-A-Z-Y.