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Viewer Discretion vol. 1 issue 22 May 25:99
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\ \/| |i s c r e t i o n ISSN 1481-2266
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T h e r e a r e 2 2 0 d a y s r e m a i n i n g . . .
In this issue:
WELCOME
QUOTABLE
ONTARIO POLITICSHITE
OVERFUCKINGREACTINGSHITE
SOFTWARE
LOB/INSTAGON FOUNDATION
ETC
:: WELCOME ::
Welcome to the "my karma ran over my dogma" issue. Whatever that means.
I saw that on a bumper sticker and in a fit of road rage went over and
pummeled the driver of the offending vehicle until his head was a bloody
melon.
OK, I didn't really.
Actually I laughed and made a mental note to include the quote in VD.
In a related note though Toronto drivers have just be proven to be the
worse, most inconsiderate (not to mention stupid) drivers in Canada (or
something like that). I heard the last bit of a news item about a study
done on Canadian drivers and those were the results. As I said though I
just caught the tail end of the report and I almost took out 6 people at
a bus stop while reaching to turn up the volume while talking on my cell
phone and to my passenger. Sheesh. Why were they standing so close to
the curb anyways? Morons...<g>
For those of you complaining that I was picking on Yanks too much...
Live with it. <g> I visited Michael Moore's (yes, he's American) "The
Awful Truth" web page (http://www.theawfultruth.com/) and found these
gems that in their own way explain why I was picking on y'all...
51% of all Republicans believe that taking nighttime medicine during
the day makes their job a lot more enjoyable.
45% of all Americans believe that the Millennium would have come faster
"if it had been handled by private enterprise and not by the
government."
Bwahahaha ahahahahaha Silly Americans.... Actually I kind agree with the
first statistic but that's another intro. Anyone ever seen the Canadian
show "This Hour has 22 Minutes"? They have a segment called "Talking to
Americans" where they ask really stupid Canadian content questions to
U.S. Senators, university profs, mayors, average Americans, etc., and
their answers are incredibly....uh....insightful? to the American
ignorance of their Canadian neighbours. I remember seeing one show where
a southern mayor was congratulating Canada on it's new National Igloo
and on finally getting its own currency. All sorts of really stupid
answers to really stupid questions that are taken serious by our closest
neighbours.... When reading these quasi anti-American comments remember
one thing: Canada's favourite sport is beating Americans at anything...
I saw the latest Star Wars flick last weekend. I've never been a fan
of Star Wars but my 6 year old son is so off we went. We went to the
newest theatre around here called The Collossus. It is a huge assed
building that is built as a replica of a flying saucer. Lights, lasers,
search lights, smoke - and that all on the outside. Inside it has all
sorts of Star Trek stuff including a totally cool full Borg replica.
Predictably, my son loved it (the building and the movie). As for the
movie - I was amused in parts, bored in parts, intrigued in parts.
It's not a bad film (Cronenberg's eXistenZ is *bad* film), but it's not
a great film either. I thought the special effects in The Matrix were
done better but I wouldn't take my son to see that film <g>. Over all
though Star Wars - The Phantom Menace is a fun evening waster for the
none Star Wars fan if you include the building in the mix...
In other news, just heard from Morbus yesterday. With an hour to spare
he found new digs and is in the process of re-establishing his Empire
Of Global Domination (Disobey.com) as you read this.
I heard from A-P as well. He says piss-off everyone and let him do his
work. Actually he didn't say that, I just thought I would fuck with him
while he is seeking inspiration for AntiPress #7. <g>
Anyways, here we go again...enjoy or don't - your choice.
:: QUOTABLE ::
"My Karma ran over my Dogma"
-bumper sticker
"When Darth Maul was cut in half he was just like a Lego man"
-Connor aged 6
:: ONTARIO POLITICSHITE ::
Progressive Conservatives
Liberals
New Democrats
X Green Party
Vote Green.
http://www.greenparty.on.ca/
Yeah.
For those of you who don't know (or care?) Ontario is in the middle
of rather boring election campaign. Next issue I'll tell you who won.
:: OVERFUCKINGREACTINGSHITE ::
I got this item in the mail last night...
From: Ztainment@aol.com
-<<!* ZENtertainment News Flash - 5.24.99 *!>>-
- SCHOOL VIOLENCE RESULTS IN NO BUFFY FINALE -
The WB announced Monday that the second part of the BUFFY THE VAMPIRE
SLAYER season finale, which is also the lead-in to creator Joss
Whedon's spin-off series ANGEL, will not be shown Tuesday night at 8 as
scheduled. It is expected to be delayed until later in the summer, when
we'll hopefully see the other pulled episode, "Earshot," but I think
all us BUFFY fans should be thankful the series won't be dealing with
high school kids next season... The encore episode "Band Candy" where
the adults all start acting like impulsive kids will be shown in its
place.
(hmmm...I thought the murdering brats in Colorado were doing their own
imitation of impulsive NRA adults <g> -Ed)
WB CEO Jamie Kellner released the following statement:
"It is out of sympathy and compassion for the families and communities
that have been devastated by the recent senseless acts of violence
perpetrated on high school campuses that we have decided to delay this
broadcast. Our decision is also borne out of a deep sense of
responsibility to The WB's loyal young audience.
(yeah, sure -Ed)
At issue for us was a short part of the climactic scene of this
powerful two-part season finale. During a solar eclipse that occurs
during his commencement speech at Sunnydale High's graduation ceremony,
the mayor morphs into a 60-foot serpent and attacks the students. In
turn, Buffy and her classmates are forced to defend themselves. Given
the current climate, depicting acts of violence at a high school
graduation ceremony, even fantasy acts against 60-foot serpents and
vampires, we believe, is inappropriate to broadcast around the actual
dates of these time-honored ceremonies.
-Yeah, I totally see the similarities. Man, that's noble of them to
postpone the broadcast. WB aren't just uncaring, money grubbing business
geeks, they're real human beings....puke....gag...FUCK-OFF...please...
And in similar pussy-assed fashion this from the same source:
FOX has announced it'll likely tone down the violence in Chris Carter's
new cyber-thriller, HARSH REALM, in the wake of the recent multiple
school shootings. CBS has also removed the mob drama FALCONE from its
schedule. http://www.harshrealm.com
-Yeah. Whatever.
:: SOFTWARE ::
Every now and then I come across some great software in the course of
my job and I thought I would share a couple of those with you. If you
need an office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, graphics) type of
package but don't want to give Billy G. anymore coinage then check out
these two gems: Software602's PCSuite and StarOffice. Both products are
fully compliant with MS Office97 products. You can read, edit, save,
create in native MS formats (.doc, .xls, etc.), as well as HTML, .wpd
(WordPerfect) and various other formats without ever having to use MS
bloatware. Both packages are installed on my laptop at home and both
work exactly as they claim to. StarOffice was a bit a bitch to install
but that was because of my own doing. They customize the download to
the inDUHvidual, including the personal info you supply at their web
site before downloading. If you add a space or a period on the
registration info during install it craps out. Be careful. And the file
size of StarOffice 5.0 is 50+ meg.
Software602's PC Suite, word processor, spreadsheet and graphics apps
comes as a trial edition from http://www.602pro.com - a full version of
the product is only $49.95, yes that's right $49.95. Talk about trying
to compete with MS. If you have a forum for writing/publishing reviews
of Software602 you can get the product for free. Check out their
web site for details.
Star Office 5.0 (actually I think they're at version 5.2 now) includes
a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and graphics apps. It is
available for Windows, OS/2, Linux, Solaris, Java and a server version.
Wow. But the real kicker is - it's a free download for non-commercial
use. That's truly incredible. To get a product this good for free?!?!?
I think I may just delete Office97 from my system...
http://www.stardivision.com
:: LOB/INSTAGON FOUNDATION ::
I got this from the Instagon mailing list and thought I'd pass it on to
any readers in Southern California local tonight...
Subject: LOB READING, TUESDAY, in HB.
hi .. i'm Lob.. i will be reading some of my poems at a new venue in
Hutnington Beach tomorrow night at around 8pm.. it is called ELFSTONE
HOLLOW.. it is located in Old World Village on Center Ave.. if you need
info call (714) 899-9918 there is an open reading as well.. this
reading is hosted by Danni Bonnaducci, who has swore to read NONE of
his poems and to keep his clothes on.. hope so ...
this venue is a bar with a kitchen, food can be obtained.. under 21+
are welcome..
come out and support Thee Instagon Foundation and Spoken Word art in
SO Cal.
:: ETC ::
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Next issue June 8/99
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