• Life,  Review

    Review: Sterling-Scott ties

    I am known for my tie knots. I always wear my neck ties with crazy knots. I’ve got an entire album on my Facebook page dedicated to them. A year ago, I heard of a new type of tie, called the Sterling-Scott. When I first saw them, I thought, wow, these are expensive. But I still had to have one. So I bought two. Then a few months later, I loved them so much, that I bought two more.

  • Technology

    Server Build Part 1: XenServer

    I’ve decided to document the trials, tribulations, and a word that starts with “T” that means “I seriously contemplate suicide because this won’t do the thing I want it to do”. Let’s go with t…fuckingkillme. I’m going to break this down into sections, as each will have a different goal and solution. Keep in mind two things. One, I have no actual training in computers. All I know, I know from a wicked crazy amount of Googling, and flat out clicking things to see what happens. A lot of my struggle has simply been because I have no clue what I’m doing. Second, I’m doing this on a real, full…

  • Life,  Politics,  Rant

    Chris Explains Rap Lyrics to White People

    So yeah. I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel for topics. Writer’s block is a bitch. Anyway. There’s a huge cultural difference between African Americans and European Americans. Caucasians. Crackers. Whatever. We white people have almost no clue what it’s like, and especially what it has been like, to be black in America. Nowhere is this more apparent than in language. Well, police brutality, but also language. I’ve been told that I understand black culture pretty well. For a honky, anyway. As a public service, I’m going to try to explain lyrics to rap songs, so that white people can hopefully gain a little understanding and perspective.

  • Life,  Rant

    The Lunacy That is Language

    For the love of the Great Keanu, can we please streamline language? I’m not sure if all languages are like this, but in English based languages, it is absurd to the point of illogical incomprehensibility. I love language. I love the ability of being able to convey concepts and thoughts and identity to others, and that they can understand the gestures and verbal sounds we utter. Even that is limited, though. Over the eons, our languages have evolved. I mean that literally, as they have changed slowly over time. Our modern American (which I maintain is a cousin to, but not the same as, English) evolved from Olde English (mixed with Spanish and…

  • Rant

    Sexual Repression

    As the Nubian philosophers Salt and Pepper once suggested, let us talk about sexytimes. Baby. If that makes you uncomfortable, then you’re proving my point. When it comes to sexuality, we in the US and most of the Middle East are a bunch of babies. At least babies get to see tits.

  • Bad Argument,  Politics,  Rant,  Religion

    Phil Robertson: Everything Wrong With Religion in a Nut(job)shell

    NOTE: This is my longest rant. So far. And I’ve been doing this site for five years. Just wanted to warn you. – Chris Last time Phil Robertson, host of Duck Dynasty, said something stupid, I didn’t say much. I might have said something on Facebook along the lines of “He’s a dude who looks like he’s in ZZ Top, what do you expect?” A lot of people agreed with me. I support freedom of speech, and think it even includes bigots. As Bill Maher said, when Hank Williams Jr. said something stupid, “Hank Williams Junior can say some ignorant shit on Fox News without the good people demanding he…

  • Rant,  Religion

    Chapel Hill: Violence, Parking, and Religion

    If you’ve paid attention to the news in the last few days, you’ve no doubt heard of the murder of three people in one of the Carolinas. For the rest of you, I’ll catch you up. On Tuesday, February 10th, Craig Stephen Hicks (because of course his last name is Hicks) allegedly shot three students in the head, execution style. While the motive is as of yet unknown, the fact that the three victims were Muslim, and Mr. Hicks’ online posts declaring his hatred of religion, has sparked the possibility that this was an anti-religious shooting.