I'm Back!
I'm back after going on wildest rollercoaster ride for the last three months of my life.

Give me something new to talk about...I need controversy!

Hunting Naked Women
This article talks about hunting naked women with paintball guns and how outraged women's groups (duh) and Brass Eagle Inc (paintball equipment manufacturer) are with that.

So the questions is, is this degrading to women?

No: Not only do the women get to be prey on a volunteer basis, but they get a good number of buckaroos doing it too. What makes them different from strippers? If the women are ok with it, it should be okay to do so.

Yes: You've got men hunting women like prey. If you think this is right, what do you think of having the same game going, only instead of women you've got minorities who sign up to be targets? Pretty disgusting too.

What do you think?

I'm still alive!
Yo. I'm in this interesting little town here in Rantoul, Illinois... Supposedly this little town is a "civilized" town but I don't know... Coming from Los Angeles I feel like I'm in the middle of cornfields or the movie "Field of Dreams."

But alas... I am still alive and well. A bit cornfed maybe and a little hicked but alive with lots and lots of stories to tell...

But for now, I need to apply some suntan lotion on my neck before it gets a little red. haha!

I'll be back soon... :)

Please Leave a Comment After the Beep
Hello!

You have reached Coffee Talk, the blogger of Surf Gal. I will be out of town until the week of August 11, 2003. Please leave a comment after the beep and I will return your message as soon as possible. Thanks!

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

Spies!
If you have a satellite dish from any provider other than Comcast and live in a neighborhood where someone works for Comcast, you may have telemarketers calling your house soon!

911 is a Joke
While on the freeway this afternoon, we witnessed a semi's refrigeration unit catch fire. So what did we do? We called 911, the way we were programmed in school and throughout our lives to do.

It was busy.

Yes, folks 911 gave us a busy signal. We called back again and were put on hold for a few minutes. We hung up and tried to get the number of the California Highway Patrol, but the operator wanted to know why we didn't hang up and dial 911? When we explained the situation, he found it hilarious. Hilarious because it wasn't him witnessing what may become a fatal situation. But he gave us the number anyway and they were busy too. On a Saturday afternoon. Even the Sheriffs were busy.

So, we called 911 for the third time... And was put on hold for a few minutes...

A couple of years ago, I was just dropping my cat off at the groomers when a car decided to chase me down. 911 gave the busy tone. A few months later, I was driving to a party when I found myself followed... I wasn't able to get a hold of 911 then either.

Point of all these stories is, what the hell are we paying our taxes for if 911 is going to be busy whenever we have a true emergency? How can they act so dependable when every time I dial those numbers I can't reach them?

Infuriating.

Lieberman? Beat Bush? HA!
Thought I'd share a hilarious comic I came across here. My sentiments exactly, I thought!


Pic courtesy of Yahoo! News

Miss America & Drug Sniffing Dogs
I was watching Scarborough County on MSNBC last night and found Erika Harold, the current Miss America, to be ignorant with jumbled views yet articulate.

Perhaps that is why she aspires to be a lawyer.

Miss Harold indicated on the show last night that pornography is to be credited for the insecure images most teen girls possess as well as why they engage in premarital sex.

WHAT??!!

Excuse me, Miss Harold, but have you taken a good look around your environment or are you too busy smiling, waving and polishing your crown?

Open a teen magazine, what do you find there? Beautiful, airbrushed and manipulated ads of glorified anorexic-looking models. Go to the mall and walk into Express. See the posters? More skinny models looking fabulous and sexy in their clothes. What about Guess billboards? Or American Eagle ads? Or even Old Navy commercials?

It is things like these that trigger those fingers to be shoved down those throats, not pornography. There are girls out there who have never seen porn, yet they also feel as if they are supposed to be skinny.

Now to tackle the topic of sex. Teenage girls struggle daily to be accepted. I don't care what anyone says, it's the kids at school who pressure each other (whether it may be directly or indirectly) to act to be accepted. A girl goes out with a handsome boy who tells her that if she loves him enough, then she'll have sex him. Sounds stupid, but it works plenty, especially for girls with low self-esteem as well as those who are still inexperienced in life. Or what about the group of girls who share their sexual exploits with one another? Most likely the one girl who's still a virgin is embarrassed about it. Afterwards she may initiate a search for opportunities to join the non-virgin status of her friends. Not every girl can as strong or as "goody-goody" as you, Miss Harold. Reevaluate the facts, for right about now I really don't believe they voted for you for your brains.

With all things considered, Miss Harold now looks pretty ridiculous prancing down the aisle in a bathing suit while preaching these values, doesn't she?

It's too bad Joe Scarborough invited a good-for-nothing-ditz to represent the porn industry (or did he purposely invite her because, you know, you're not supposed to make a porn actress look better than Miss America?) on this matter. He should have invited Jenna Jameson. Miss Jameson would have taken that horse-ish smile, wrapped it up with a nice bow, stuck it in a dildo and then shoved it up Miss America's prudish ass. That would have been terrific TV.

I also wish that there was a way I can acquire Miss America's email address (even a webmaster's address). I'd love to give her a piece of my mind.


Another issue that made me roll my eyes on Scarborough County is this high school student in Northern California suing his high school for hiring drug-sniffing dogs, claiming it as an invasion of privacy.

Excuse me, why do you protest when you supposedly have nothing to hide? So the dogs sniff you locker. Big deal. I've seen it done plenty of times. One of the junior highs and one of the high schools I attended were infamous for the plethora of drugs. The results produced by the dogs were incredible, including busting the main drug dealers and buyers! In another instance, I witnessed a fellow student hurt another student under the influence of drugs. It is the school's duty to protect children while they are out of their parents' hands. If hiring dogs or implementing metal detectors is what it takes, go for it.

And as I've said many times before, those who protest being searched are most likely the ones who are hiding something.

Germs
You know the saying, "Ignorance is bliss"?

That's what I say about this article about germs.

By the way, right now I'm cleaning my kitchen floor with my trusty Pine Sol.

Father's Day for All
Seeing President Bush being a dad and a son reminds me that even a President is entitled to a be a regular human being for a weekend. Especially when the President, the President's daughters, Former President Bush and the Former First Lady take turns on Segways.

But I wonder... Where the mention of Laura Bush in this article? I'm suspicious already. You don't just leave out the mention of the President's wife. Where is she? Is she at home with her dad? Did she stay at the White House? Or is there something more?


Pic courtesy of MSNBC

Terminator for Govenor?
Arnold Schwarzenegger might replace Gov. Gray Davis??!!

My God, where have I been?

Gov. Gray Davis Recalled?
I was just breezing through MSNBC when I saw this little message that said: Now on MSNBC TV: Effort to recall Calif.'s governor

Woah.

Now, I'm not too fond of Gov. Gray Davis. During his re-election, I was plenty frustrated that between the two major candidates, Davis and Bill Simon, it was like choosing the lesser of two evil.

But recalled? Fabulous, fabulous stuff. I now have my tv turned to MSNBC and await in child-like excitement.

I'm doing research on this now, to fill up the knowledge I lack on this piece of news, although silly looking sites like this don't help.

Virus Class
When you publish an article like this, you're practically throwing me a bone. I can't resist; I'm practically bubbling over with opinions and questions.

Which is why I am currently composing my opinion on it; however, it just might take a little while due to the complexity of the situation and of course, the potential creation of havoc that the situation holds.

So stay tuned.

Asinine, People, Asinine!
Why do people post pictures of celebrities in their member profiles? I mean take this person for example. Shaq??!! Or what about this pixilated one? In the occupation field, she says "being meh!" even though she posts a picture of Britney Spears. This is all so asinine, people!

Retraction
The author of Not Another Blogger was nice enough to point out an inaccuracy in my entry about the the suicide parties being a new trend, which I now retract that it's not (according to him, it's been going on since 2000 or so).

In case you noticed that this is only the second entry of the day (by now - one in the afternoon - I think I would have had about twenty), it's because I was busy responding to his post branched off from this topic. I'm slightly embarrassed at how long it is, but I guess I'm just that "typative" (talkative doesn't seem to work here).

Every day I read bloggers that feature opinions that conflict my own and it's these bloggers that I love best, for what good is it to sit across from each other and agree about how much you love the color of the sky, how Pepsi is better Coke, cats are better than dogs, etc. We've got brains, so let's use it. Or as Michael Savage of Savage Nation says, "...you're thinking, I like that!"

War Again Spam Unites Us?
Hmm. Looks like Senator Charles Schumer, a politician for gay and abortion rights, is teaming up with the Christian Coalition for the fight against spam.

So... the war with spam unites us?

Monitoring Employee Internet Usage
So if employees are not doing anything they are not supposed to do, then why are they upset with their employers tracking their Internet usage?

When I work, I work. I limit Internet usage to only research work-related issues. I was never worried and felt that it was their full right for them to monitor the usage of their equipment. Sure I was paranoid about passwords and such(who wouldn't?), but to combat that I just made up new passwords for work only.

Anyway, bottom line is that by protesting this "invasion of privacy," employees are really incriminating themselves. On the other hand, employers must stick to the point of why they have implemented this process and should take great care to mind themselves from abusing this right.

Suicide Parties
There's a new trend in Japan where people are conducting suicide parties. A site is erected to lend support ofsuicide to those who are considering, which lends to people meeting and then planning their suicides.

If someone wants to selfishly end their lives on their own accord without the true consideration of family and friends then go for it. What strikes me is that if they are really doing it as a favor for their family and friends, then why don't they arrange the clean up of their carcass instead of leaving the mess that they do?

[Edited to say: A retraction on this entry has been posted here.]

Dumb Women
So there's this man in the Army who has lead many relationships with women that have lead to engagements. Now that these 50 women have found out about each other, they are angry and are demanding the Army to punish him. (Click here for the article)

So what do I have have to say about this piece of new?

It's dumb idiot women like these who give my gender a bad name. To be engaged to a man whom you never met face to face? These women deserve to get what they got.

ImClone's Sam Waskal's Judgment
According to this article, Sam Waskal pleaded for a lighter sentence based on ImClone's cancer research. The judge threw it out due to the "incalculable" harm done.

?Incalculable? harm???? What "incalculable" harm did he put upon others? His stocks were going down anyway due to FDA's refusal to review ImClone's. It was just a little miscalculation in judgment that stems from greed... Which we ALL have.