Michael Kindt's Blog, page 464
October 14, 2011
New article up, That Certain Part of The Male Body. If...
New article up, That Certain Part of The Male Body. If there's one thing I care about as a person, it's the issues.
October 13, 2011
"I didn't know you were a spokesman for Mitt Romney."
- President Obama, to a Fox News reporter
October 12, 2011
Cool! Many I have read, some I have not, but will certainly seek out.
My favorite poem is kind of obvious, at least I think so: DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT, by Dylan Thomas. A few others marked this one as well. Such a title inspired another title: EARLY ONSET OF NIGHT. Personally, I find it the most passionate poem ever written in the sacred English tongue:
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
……says it all, I think.
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I saw this today....
I saw this today. Chuckled to myself. Then I went to a funeral. The minister looked just like you. All I could think about was this gif while everyone was praying and all that. Craziness.
Oh, my god. Father Mike. Hello, my dear. Isn't your dress a little short?
The real challenge for the modern man is finding balance.
We must shrug off political correctness. It sacrifices all expression in the hopes of not offending the other. There has to be a place for the real man of 2011, the man who is pro gay rights without thinking about it, without needing justification, the man who is a feminist but still wants to fuck women, not make love to them. We need to stop thinking so damn much about everything. We will piss the hyper-sensitive off no matter what we do and that's ok because those people are fucking wimps. Man up, 2011 style!
I used to be a beer drinker
What happened? I've become Mike, The Incredible Cocktail Drinker From Hell.
I guess it all started with the bottle of Powers Irish Whiskey I bought. I decided one day, for some bizarre reason, I wanted to drink whiskey straight, like men with biceps and hairy balls do. I've always wanted to be like those guys. Real men. Men who own tools and not ironically. Men who can fix things. Men who saunter and swagger, instead of mince and dart like I do. I thought I would give it a "shot"….literally.
But, alas, it didn't work out. I took one gulp and immediately burst into tears. I'm serious. It made me bawl like a little bitch.
I even called my mommy. "How do the big strong men do it, Mommy?" I asked.
"Stop calling here," she said and hung up.
So, with red puffy eyes, I put the Powers on the counter by my bread mixer and tried to forget about it. Perhaps one day, I thought, I will meet a real, 3-dimensional friend who doesn't live in the internet and I could gift it to him or her.
"Here ya go," I'd say to this person made out of flesh and blood and who lives in the same town as me instead of in fucking Narnia. "Have some whiskey."
And their eyes, which wouldn't be photoshopped because they'd be standing right in front of me, would light up.
But, alas, that's just another crazy dream, doomed to be crushed and dismembered as it crashes down upon the cold hard rocks of reality.
So I decided to be sensible. Maybe I could mix it with something, I thought, which led me to the internet where I looked up a bunch of cocktail recipes. Since I only had the one bottle of whiskey, I narrowed my exploration to whiskey cocktails and eventually found one I wanted to try: The Old-Fashioned.
Now, I must say that I like vintage things. This brave new world shit doesn't cut it for me. Not only shouldn't Red Bull be in a mixed drink, it shouldn't even be in the country. I searched for "old-fashioned cocktails" and google spit out a dozen recipes for THE Old-Fashioned Cocktail, all of them, I was later to learn, wrong.
Eventually, I found the right one, performed on YouTube by the greatest living American bartender, Chris McMillian.
And I was home.
Not only did I drink up the Powers in no time flat, I actually RAN OUT of it, which was amazing to me. Here I had been saddled with a bottle of whiskey I didn't know what to do with when all of a sudden it turned into a bottle of whiskey that wasn't enough.
For a replacement, I decided to try something different, something American, something all-natural, so got a bottle of George Dickel No. 12 Tennessee sour mash whisky (no 'e').
This was even better in the Old-Fashioned. A bit sweeter but also more complex than the Powers. Good stuff.
So a whole new world has opened up before me: the world of whisky and cocktails. I have tried several of McMillian's whisky-based recipes and liked them all, but the Old-Fashioned, my first real cocktail, remains my favorite.
"Beer?" it makes me say. "What's beer?"
I decided to call my mommy to let her know of the new direction my alcoholism has taken, but her phone has been disconnected.
Oh well. Cheers!
Watch the greatest living American bartender make an Old-Fashioned
Made a gif of me watching porn. Enjoy.
Made a gif of me watching porn. Enjoy.
October 11, 2011
New Device To Help Students Stay Awake In ClassA new device, the...
New Device To Help Students Stay Awake In Class
A new device, the Attentionator 2000, will be given a trial run in several American school districts this Fall. Made by Hong Ding Devices and Contraptions, the Attentionator 2000, when used properly, will "keep any student awake and receptive," says Diane Mifkin, a psychologist with the California Department of Education.
The device will be tried in several small, rural California school districts to avoid unwanted scrutiny by the media, she said.
"It's really rather elegant," says Wendy Kercher, a teacher in Senza Lavora, California, one of the school districts where the device will be tested. "It simply holds the student's head up and straight with a bag of water. A low dose of Ritalin fed directly into the vein keeps the eyes open and focused."
If successful, the Attentionator 2000 will be adopted for use in all California school districts for the 2012-2013 school year. Other school districts in the U.S., especially in the south, have also expressed an interest in the device.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he thinks the device has "marvelous potential for, um, education."
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#OccupyBoston trending worldwide and especially in the U.S....
#OccupyBoston trending worldwide and especially in the U.S. Twitter, however, won't display it as a trending topic here. Now why do you suppose that is? I honestly think the American plutarchy is starting to get worried.
