kkktookmybabyaway

TCM Psycho Just saw Halloween 3 for the first time tonight. Wow, I knew it was bad, but wow. Eight more days 'till Halloween, Halloween, Halloween...

Figured this was an appropriate place for the following... SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) -- McDonald's may not like it, but the editors of the Merriam-Webster dictionary say "McJob" is a word that's here to stay. The 11th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, published in June, defines a "McJob" as "a low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement." The fast-food giant's chief executive, Jim Cantalupo, called the definition a "slap in the face" to the 12 million people who work in the restaurant industry, and demanded that Merriam-Webster dish up something more flattering. But the dictionary publisher said Tuesday that it "stands by the accuracy and appropriateness" of its definition. "For more that 17 years 'McJob' has been used as we are defining it in a broad range of publications," the company said, citing everything from The New York Times and Rolling Stone to newspapers in South Africa and Australia. With more than 55 million copies sold since 1898, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate claims to be the best-selling hardcover dictionary on the market. "Words qualify for inclusion in the dictionary because they are widely and commonly used in a broad range of carefully edited sources," said Arthur Bicknell, a spokesman for the Springfield-based publisher. "McJob" is similarly defined in the American Heritage Dictionary, the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's Dictionary, published by Random House. The OED definition, which cites a 1986 story in The Washington Post, is: "An unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, esp. one created by the expansion of the service sector."

Funny enough, when a certain 2003-laughable cable news network first got on the air in the mid-90s, they had Chuck D as a "reporter" or whatever he was called back then. And a television network is "immoral?" Next thing you'll tell me is that John Kerry served... up quite a surprise for Jay Leno's audience when he rode on-stage on a motorcycle...

At least Uncle Ted didn't say they were overrated...

I'm getting the calls that say there's a Direct TV van in MY AREA and want to know if I want their service. Oh, and the !@#$% Pittsburgh Tribune-Review called every 15 minutes when they were after me. Of course they never leave a message on the answering machine. When I finally picked up the phone on them I said "Ah, so it's you guys that have been all over my Caller ID?..."

If I were making your food, you'd never know...

Keep forgetting you're in NYC. $11/hour is like $5.15 there...

Job's a job. So what if it's for the GSOA? Oh, and I will NEVER go through an employment agency ever again. Bastards...

Wonder if you go to sleep after drinking it?...

That's it -- I'm tuning in to NPR...

So did Abbot and Costello…

Then what about those several dozen Clinton justices which got the same shit, just in a different pile? GOP didn't filibuster regarding Clinton because they were in control My primary beef with this whole situation is that I remember back then Leahy was whining like a little bitch over the GOP blocking nominees and was shouting RACISM because some of these candidates the GOP blocked were minority/women. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, Pat...

I agree with racism being far from dead. There will ALWAYS be racism -- humans hate other humans. That will never change. But that's where we part ways. * Hate crimes? Pffft. Hate crimes are the dumbest idea in the long list of dumb ideas. I wonder how many "hate crimes" are committed on whites but go unchecked? * Apparently those that get caught committing crimes and get sent to the Big House don't realize how hard it is to get a job as an ex-con. * There are two sources I'd like to note in regards to a person that goes to jail. Exhibit A: Jim Carrey in "Liar, Liar" when talking to a client of his asking Jim to help him out of a legal jam -- "STOP BREAKING THE LAW ASSHOLE" Exhibit B: Chris Rock in a skit called "How not to get your ass kicked by the PO-lice." Step 1: OBEY THE LAW! * Didn't see the 20/20 piece so I can't comment on it. However, I read a John Leo column years back about a newspaper doing a similar "study" in which a black and white guy both applied to various banks for loans. The white guy got more loans. OMG RACISM. Oh, wait, what the media failed to indicate is that the white guy had better credit. Not everything that happens to you in this world is due to racism...

Time for the GOP to play the Dem's game. More than half of those judges blocked are women/minority. I'm sure more than half of those judges that got through are not women/minority. What does this tell me? Dems are racist and Anti-woman because the block a disproportionate amount of women/minority judicial candidates...

I was being sarcastic with the "terrorist" remark. And, yes, from an English teacher's standpoint, Cam'ron's delivery could have been improved. I also found it funny when the rapper said something like "You started out on A Current Affair -- we got some stuff on you" or something of the sort. Those two segments were some of the best "car wreck" TV I've seen in some time...

Did nothing for me this week. I wonder if they are going to continue Cartman not being part of the group into next week's show...

This mid-size screen pops up for a split second every now and then and disappears. It's a black screen -- possibly a DOS screen. Just started a day or so ago, and I haven't downloaded anything lately. Any ideas? Thoughts? Oh, and this only seems to happen when I'm on-line...

If you have the time and opportunity, putting detergent in a sandwich is possible. Chicken sandwiches are wonderful for sprinkling grainy detergent onto -- especially if it has breading and mayo. In addition, if you spit in your hands in a place where nobody can see you (or stick 'em down your pants) you can go about handling their food and nobody will know any better...

Quit 'yer bitching -- YOU'RE THE GAME OF THE WEEK IN MY CONTEST!!! I'm a bit confused by your story regarding the start of this mess, but I can sympathize. Man, I remember those late-night fast-food drive-thru orders. I hated them with a passion because the kitchen goes about the orders half-assed because they're too busy cleaning, and you have to take the brunt of it. What I always hated was the customer that spends 5 minutes deciding on an order, which then causes a massive line. This is, of course, when the manager notices this and assumes it's because you don't know what you're doing. Here's how I deal with situations like this -- picture the person in question at the doctor's office. The doc comes in and says, "I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have cancer and there's nothing we can do." Makes me feel better every time I do it...

My n*gga. Downloaded Spybot and AVG -- deleted a virus and now everything seems fine. Never had this happen to me before. Here's a hippie-beating just 4 u. Caption: OMG! It's soap -- call the ACLU!!!...

I'll take a handshake over an autograph any time. Charles Barkley said it best regarding this subject (paraphrasing). "I don't know who the bigger asshole is -- the athlete selling his autograph for $50 or the fan willing to buy it..."

You don't see the dodo around anymore do you. Know why? God hates dodos...

Since we're talking about rappers, here's two separate points. 1) On a certain cable news show the host had these two rappers/producers/whatever on -- one was named Cam'ron (or however the goofy name was spelled) and when they were debating whether or not rap music was turning our youth into little terrorists, this rapper had my quote of the month, if not year. "Have mo' parent/teacher conferences wit' yo' kids." 2) He's baaack... NEW YORK - Afeni Shakur, the 56-year-old mother of the late rapper Tupac Shakur (news), does not fit the image of a savvy record executive. She lives on a farm in North Carolina. She prefers to spend her time overseeing her garden, attending to her grandchildren and taking naps. Yet Shakur is the executive producer of the new documentary "Tupac: Resurrection," as well as founder and CEO of Amaru Entertainment/Amaru Records, which has released several million-selling Tupac albums. "I'm not a filmmaker. I'm not a music producer by choice," Shakur says plainly, wearing a velour sweatsuit during an interview in a New York hotel suite. "Whatever it is I'm doing I do because my son was murdered, and he was not able to complete his work. So as his mother, my whole job and responsibility is to see to it that that happens for him, and I do that with love." Yet as Shakur talks about upcoming projects, soon-to-be completed deals and other tasks, it's clear she's much more than just a grieving mother. "I read every agreement of every contract. Anything I put my signature on, I really do read them. And I find things," says the former Black Panther, laughing about an incident where a company tried to get paid for a photograph they hadn't even taken. They didn't get away with it — Shakur, noticing something amiss, had the situation investigated and the proper person credited. But savvy? Please, she says. "That's not savvy — that's your mama. That's how your mama does it as opposed to how they do it," she says. Certainly, that motherly instinct has helped keep Tupac's name and legacy vibrant in the seven years since Tupac Amaru Shakur died, gunned down on a Las Vegas street corner at age 25. Tupac was already one of rap's greatest talents — and certainly its most dynamic, charismatic and controversial figure — when he was killed. But since his unsolved 1996 slaying, Tupac's allure and mystique have grown exponentially. "Tupac: Resurrection" is just the latest example of Shakur's star power after death. The film is being released in conjunction with a picture book and a soundtrack featuring new Tupac material. Although there have been several documentaries produced on her son's life, this is the first to have a major theatrical release. "I think from the time it's released, it will always be the reference material that anybody uses about Tupac," his mother says. "And that's because this is a documentary feature film that has Tupac talking about Tupac." Indeed, the most remarkable aspect of the movie is that the slain rapper serves as narrator of his own short life. Filmmakers created this eerie effect by poring over more than 40 interviews, then splicing them together to create one seamless narrative. "It was just very important for the story to be told in his own words," says Sue Pelino, rerecording engineer for the film, who spent a year editing the interviews. "The only way it could have been better if he had been sitting there next to us." Although Shakur oversaw the content of the film, it isn't a glowing tribute. It deals frankly with the many controversies that made Tupac such a contradictory figure. For example, he talks about his deep respect for women, then defends himself against sex abuse allegations that would send him to prison. He promotes themes of black power, yet later appears frustrated and overwhelmed by the idea of being a role model. Director Lauren Lazin said Shakur wanted the film to be "an honest movie, not a whitewash. In some ways, she was tougher on him than I was." "She just wanted to make sure it was honest, that we weren't going to put words in his mouth," she adds. Honesty is one of Shakur's strongest characteristics. She talks with frankness and candor, whether discussing her former crack habit or her son's own mistakes, which are chronicled in the film. "I have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions," she says. "The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son." Making sure that her son and his message are not misrepresented is a key goal for Shakur, who maintains creative control of — and collects proceeds from — just about all projects relating to her son. Even in cases where she doesn't own his music, like with Tupac's recordings for Suge Knight's Death Row record label (now Tha Row), she still has a say in the manner in which it is presented. Shakur is currently talking with MTV to produce a biopic of Shakur's younger years, and is looking to produce a Broadway play about his life using his music. She's also planning a Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts; she's already started a camp where children can get arts training, through a foundation named for her son. This has been part of the plan since the day he died. "We have list of things that Tupac left for us to do, so all we're doing is going over that list, going down that list, checking them off," she explains. "So at the end of the day, we'll be able to say we've done fulfilled our responsibility to an incredible human being." One goal not on her list is searching for her son's killer. Shakur bristles when asked if she worries about the fact that the killing is still unsolved. "Not a second. Not even a nanosecond have I concerned myself with who shot him or why they shot him, or what should happen to them. I don't care what happens to them," she says fiercely. "I spend my time putting my sons work out, because guess what — they shot him, (but) did not shut him up though." Perhaps what's most striking about Shakur is how she has refused to become embittered. Instead, she's thankful that Tupac continues to live on through his work. "We cannot all say that we will be blessed in death like Tupac was," she says. "God didn't have to do that. He could have just took my son. We could still be just be talking about how violent he was — 'He was a gangsta rapper.' But you know, God changed people's minds." Even so, the pain is still there. Asked if her work has allowed her, in some ways, to overcome her son's death, and Shakur's anger becomes clear. "My son called me every night," she says, eyes narrowed, speaking sharply. "He called me from the bedroom of the woman he was having sex with. I haven't received that phone call in seven years. That's what I know to be true. The fact that I'm working on the work, doesn't change the reality of my child not being there. "If my son was alive, I wouldn't be doing this. My son took care of all of his business, all of our business. So the fact that I'm here doing this — every day that I do this, I know that my baby ain't here."

That's what I'm asking. These things are on a CD, so would they slide under some loophole?...

Dude, that was sooooo half-a-week ago...