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Not even slightly safe for work

I repost this stuff because I'm "edgy". He Said It First (Uncensored) on FunnyOrDie.com

Datacenter Confidential - Sysadmins are insane

23:34 <chris> wow, it is unbearably hot in my apartment. i couldnt sleep if i tried tonight 23:34 <lance> blah, try having to sleep in the day as your room slowly gets warmer and warmer :P 23:34 <chris> "simply sleep" 23:35 <lance> vodka helps :) 23:35 <chris> not for me.. i'm just drunk and awake ;) 23:35 <lance> haha 23:36 <lance> i'm a small guy so i quickly go into the "hmmm kinda tired, let me just rest here and close my eyes" phase 23:36 <chris> the downside of simply sleep is that sometimes it works too well 23:37 <chris> also, like just about everyone in the sysops team except the managers, i'm in the grip of one or more sleep disorders 23:37 <lance> heh 23:38 <chris> no joke, there are a variety of mental and physical maladies that people who excel in my line of work seem to have in common 23:40 <chris> for example, just to demonstrate how serious it is, the other day we...

Marriage = Love

Today marked the first legal statewide gay marriages (brought to bear largely by the courageous act of grace by our controversial mayor in San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, whom I did not support in the election). I have been proud of California, but never prouder than I feel reading the national headlines. Don't fuck it up in November, California.

Why I'm voting Republican

Bush's 3rd term, Carter's 2nd term

Voters.. We have an exercise in comparisons here. Barack Obama : Born in 1961 Raised by a single mother Father was Kenyan Stepfather was Indonesian, and a Muslim Admitted to using marijuana Admitted to using cocaine Married once to Michelle Robinson Has two daughters John McCain : Born in 1936 Raised by parents John McCain Sr, US Navy Admiral and mother Roberta Wright-McCain Father was US Navy Admiral First wife was model Carol Shepp Fought in Vietnam conflict, and was captured Spent 5 years as a prisoner of war (POW) Divorced first wife and married heiress Cindy Lou Hensley Has two adoptive sons Douglas and Andrew and one daughter Sidney from his first wife Carol From wikipedia: Shepp met McCain again when he was stationed at the Naval Air Basic Training Command at Pensacola, Florida in 1964, and they began dating. [7] [3] On July 3 , 1965 , Shepp married McCain in Philadelphia. [8] The following year, John McCain adopted her two children. [5] The McCains then had a daughter named...

I am against capital punishment, but..

After I read this: http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/06/06/rove_katrina/print.html The image of Rove, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush et al swinging from the gallows of the Hague filled me with a moments catharsis. The cruel thought of drinking the hot tears of the twins and Laura as they watched involuntarily evacuated shit and piss drip off the shoe-less foot of their dead father and husband entered my mind. That ended the reverie for me. We are animals. Sick, twisted monkeys, all of us. But a life in jail.. I think that would be fair. I hope Khalid Sheik Mohammed is spared the death penalty. I really do. Unlike Bush, he is enough of a pragmatist to know that his death would be a great symbolic victory for the cause of Islamic extremism. Bush may have been near death many times; driving drunk, snorting who knows what chemicals, screaming through the air at MACH 2. But Bush avoided fighting in the service of his country, and continued to shirk real responsibility all the way to the top, ...