A Whole New White

Ok is it so wrong of me to find that there was an article about the previous leader of the 'Church of Jesus Christ Christian' or otherwise known and 'Aryan nation'. This article says that they have gone belly up and their Headquaters is up for auction since they have not paid their mortgage for several months now. How is it that a group known as hate mongers could possibly get by with naming a church after JC? If there was one thing that just about everyone can agree on is that JC was a man that stood for peace, love, and acceptance. Im not saying that this is necesarrily the traditional Christian view, just Jesus'. To add an even added bonus to this little snippet of news, the page that was displaying the article was also running an ad.

The following ad was displayed next to the article.

Not only is this hillarious, but I wonder if it had been planned. I know that the ads on yahoo are supposed to 'go hand in hand' with the displayed article but I think that this might be a little over the top. Do they mean that since the Aryan Nation is crumbling that there will be a whole new white? Do they mean that since the Aryan Nation is gone the rest of the world might now see the 'white blight' as maybe a contributing member of our global community? Or do they just mean that since they have improved their product that what we once considered white will appear dingy compared to the new and improved bleach? I was pretty sure that since chlorine was a naturally occouring chemical that there really wasnt much to improve upon. But hey Im not a scientist or nothing like that.

I havent had much to say lately but this little bit of news was such a gut buster (at least for me) that I thought I would share it with you, the few, the invisible, the non-existant. However I should get my typing fingers out and scoure the news sites for something worthwhile to talk about. Maybe not so worthwhile, but something that might interest someone. It seems whenever there is a worthwhile cause that nobody hears anything, or just the opposite, that everyone has an opinion and the truth gets burried in the madness. I just couldnt let this one go. Maybe Ill get around to making some posts here in the near future. Until then remember.......

...first you pillage, then you burn.

Walk The Line

Ok so I finally have a release date for Walk The Line (I cant believe the the only link I could find was from some review site). Anyway the date is Nov 18 2005. 'Whats the big deal?' you might say 'Are you a huge Jonny Cash fan?' Well there is no denying that I do like a bit of Mr Cash's work, but thats not the point. The point is that when the movie was being shot, I lucked into a job painting different sets and some of the props for the movie. I dont mean anything special or nothing. I just got to paint some walls and some desks and trash cans. The link takes you to a page that has a link to the trailer. Of course I was obsessing over trying to see if I recognized any sets that I may have worked on. At the very very end of the trailer it showed him inside Sun Studio looking out from the control room. I painted the trim and helped faux finish the walls of that set. Thats pretty cool.

I also worked on several sets at the airport in Millington. There were at least 3 different sets that I worked on out there. I was kinda funny. We were painting an old old airport to look like an old beat up air force base but with a fresh coat of paint. Then we aged it so that you couldnt tell it was fresh paint. I discovered there that a medium grey is alot more burnt seina than you might think. We were touching up some desks before we distressed them. Right? So we touched up spots where the paint had flaked off, then we used more paint to make it look like the paint had flaked off. Yeah you read that right. It was kind of a surreal experience if you could imagine.

My step-brother, Spencer Schilly, shot a film in memphis last year called 'Send In The Clown'. I could find anything that linked directly to it so I just didnt. however I did find a way for those of you that care about indie films and would like to help support this film click here and buy the 'clown' shirt. The $35 is supposed to go to helping fund this film. The best of luck to ya brother.
I hear that there is another movie about to be shot in Memphis. Maybe Ill get a call about them needin a painter. I wont hold my breath. That was a really cool gig.

I do actually have things to say other than just blabbering about indie films and me getting to get in on painting the sets. However I dont really feel that I have it in me to go into all the other stuff at this time. No, it wouldnt be prudent at this juncture.

And oh yeah, heh what do you think of the new layout? I just moved somethings around a bit. Im thinking of tweaking the color scheme abit as well just probably wont get to that tonight.

Random Google Link

Spooky-ish

I just logged into /. (slashdot for non nerdy news readers) and I stumbled across my journal entries. I have been on slashdot for quite some time now I think I started back in 99. But I made my first journal entry just last Nov. The last post that I made was from Jan this year. It was kinda funny and just creepy to see where my head was just 8 short months ago. Some things change, others, not so much. Im not really sure how to take the prophetic words that wuz writ 8 moons ago. I still have most of the same goals that I have had for a very long time now. Some what altered but with a similar if not identical end result.

On a different note. I do have some very short term goals that I think are reasonably attainable.
1st I want to get my hands on a Google Map Once I get the map hosted I should be able to plug in markers at any zoom level. This could be a killer little application/service that I might be able to provide to all sorts of businesses.
2nd I also have a little more lernin to git did on that PHP stuph and maybe even a new look into XML. I know I know. Geek outbreak alert 'Sound the Horn!' It shouldnt be that bad.

I just havent been on the ol puter much for the past month or so. I have been slackin on my slackin. Go figure. Its not that Im a procrastinator, I just like to put stuff off, for as long as possible, alot. Hey Im a product of the 70s, short attention span/advent of a remote/saw Al Gore claim to 'invent the internet' (I bet I helped more than he did, and Im not tellin the world) er I guess I just did -heh- anywho Im starting to ramble on and on alot more than I had ever inteded. Well when I get the map thingy going there will definitely be a link.

Subtle Changes

Well if you have been here before, I cant believe you came back. On the other hand if you have never been here, you wouldnt know about the changes that have occoured. I have been playing around with the template, I decided black was too dark, so now it is 2 shades of blue lighter, or would that be off-black? Anyway I think I am going to wind up using a earthy toned color scheme, but it may just stay blue-ish. Also have added some new links to my listings. If you havent visited those sites I recommend them all for a good read.

There have been many opportunities for me to post some bit of rage here and there, but I just havent had the 'blogging' spirit as of late. Im going to try to make a better effort at updating/posting on a more freuent basis. Its just that I have been to THAT blog that didnt have anything to say, except that they felt the needed to post something, and ta da, this is it! I really dont wanna be that blog.

Anyway Im going to be tweeking the template periodically, so if something changes, dont panic, it will probably just be a temporary thing. Im mostly playing with fonts/colors so the basic layout will be the same (at least for the time being). I do actually have a few things that I want to get off of my chest but I gotta do a little more research before I let loose. I may also create another blog that will be for web information, how tos, where, whatever. Until then --

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Prejudice is a great time saver. It allows one to form opinions without having to get the facts.