Obama Twisting His Moustache?

So, the latest republican characterization of Senator Barack Obama is that of a mustache twisting villain from the 1800s?

If you are lucky enough to live in one of the battleground states of Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, or Colorado, you probably were greeted at your mailbox this week with this flier.



So, just by the looks of it, I am guessing it means Barack Obama ties baby carriages to um ... train tracks?

Swap Houses!

Holy Crap, I am TOTALLY doing this!

Two families swap houses, and it's Free! You stay in mine, I stay in yours.

http://www.homeexchange.com/

And what sucks.. I had this idea a long time ago and didn't write the site! Laziness sucks.

Here's the list of homes that users would like to swap for a house in Orlando, FL.

PATAGONIA, Argentina



BEIJING, China





French Alps



Cape Town South Africa

Now THAT'S a Burger!

CHILI'S JALAPEÑO SMOKEHOUSE BACON BIG MOUTH BURGER*

Extra thick-cut applewood smoked bacon topped with smoked cheddar cheese, crunchy tortilla strips, jalapeños, mayo, shredded lettuce, tomato and onion. Served with jalapeño-ranch dressing.

That is unless you can get your hands on THIS burger.

Sanford & Son Mac Pro

I stumbled upon this article recently about Cloning a Mac Pro for 1/3 the price.



I've already been working on a new Vmware Esx Server fileserver for my house, so I thought to myself, why not use the "guts" of the mac pro workstation! That way, I can not only use it for all my media downloading, converting and storing, but I can use it for a nice high end workstation as soon as all the kinks (and drm) are worked out of Apple's plans to allow virtualization of OS X. Grin.

Since the Mac Pro uses an intel 5000 series dual 771 chipset, my choices were the 5100, 5400, or 5000x chipsets, I decided on the 5100 so that I could use the cheap DDR2 ram I already own in my other boxes.

It seems newegg has some open box boards for a little over $200!!



If I start with one 45nm harpertown Xeon for $220, I am still only up to $400, less than I can get for selling some of my other old junk! ;) (or at least that's what I'll tell my wife) And still be able to scale up to another processor later on as I spin up more VMs.

And if I use this ~ $320 case, and this Adaptec raid card I found used on eBay, I will be able to just use the dozen or so 500gig drives I have now but scale up to 20 or 30 terrabytes using 1 or 1.5TB drives!




Now get in the in the kitchen and fix your Aunt Esther a fish-head sandwich!

SOBIESKI - WÓDKA POLSKA

I had a chance to try a chance to try a new vodka over the weekend, Sobieski - WÓdka Polska or, Sobieski Polish Vodka. New to the U.S.A. but one of the best selling premium vodkas in the world, and cheaper than Smirnoff!?!

How can a Polish dude not like that?

I know where YOU at

I was trying to find my wife the other day, and I remembered those "I know where You at" commercials. I started looking in to the service, but it turns out Sprint calls it "Family Locator Service" and charges $9.99 for it Per Month!

I looked a little more, and sure enough there is a free version at http://www.mologogo.com/. I signed up and downloaded the Windows Mobile flavor, and now, whenever I log on to the site, I can see the last reported GPS version location of my phone at all times!




The service has a feature to add "friends" to your account so that you can see where all of them are, or even send out tweets with your location, or your proximity to your friends on Mologogo/twitter.

Something happening in America - Obama today in St. Louis

"...you made it clear that at this moment - in
this election - there is something happening in America"

Hope

"We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics. They will only grow louder and more dissonant. We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.

But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about Hope." --Barack

Choose hope not hate.


Obama '08 - Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on Vimeo.

Frozen Banana Daiquiri

Ingredients

• 2 ounces light rum
• 1/2-ounce banana liqueur
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1/2 small banana, peeled and coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup crushed ice

Directions

Combine all ingredients in an electric blender and blend at high speed until smooth. Pour into a large saucer champagne or similar glass.

The Downhome Crowd at the Palin Rally

Ok, my hillbilly is a little rusty. What exactly is a "Negra"?

And by the way, don't a lot of these comments bear an uncanny resemblance to what's in the massive McCain phone robot ads?

Just a coincidence I'm sure.

“I’m afraid if he wins, the blacks will take over. He’s not a Christian! This is a Christian nation! What is our country gonna end up like?”

“When you got a Negra running for president, you need a first stringer. He’s definitely a second stringer.”

“He seems like a sheep - or a wolf in sheep’s clothing to be honest with you. And I believe Palin - she’s filled with the Holy Spirit, and I believe she’s gonna bring honesty and integrity to the White House.”

“He’s related to a known terrorist, for one.”

“He is friends with a terrorist of this country!”

“He must support terrorists! You know, uh, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. And that to me is Obama.”

“Just the whole, Muslim thing, and everything, and everybody’s still kinda - a lot of people have forgotten about 9/11, but… I dunno, it’s just kinda… a little unnerving.”

“Obama and his wife, I’m concerned that they could be anti-white. That he might hide that.”

“I don’t like the fact that he thinks us white people are trash… because we’re not!”

"Joe the Plubmer" would get an Obama Tax CUT!

For anyone who watched the third presidential debate last night, you probably noticed John McCain talking about "Joe the Plumber", and how unfair it is that he would have to pay higher taxes under Obama's plan.

Well according to today's debate analysis on factcheck.org, it appears as though far from being hit with a tax increase: Mr. Plumber would actually "be eligible for an Obama tax cut!'"

"Wurzelbacher this morning told ABC News' Diane Sawyer that he was talking about, in Diane's words, the prospect, the hope that someday he would make $250,000.", and according to the Toledo Blade, fillings from his recent divorce show that he made $40,000 dollars in 2006.

Hateful McCain Ads Backfiring?

Well, the latest national CBS presidential poll is out, and it looks like the latest round of McCain's hateful Carl Rove style ads may have backfired.

The poll shows Obama up by 14 points, the largest margin of the campaign so far.

According to the CBS poll:

"Twenty-one percent of voters say their opinion of the Republican has changed for the worse in the last few weeks. The top two reasons cited for the change of heart are McCain's attacks on Obama and his choice of Sarah Palin as running mate."

Regardless of who wins, I'm proud that America doesn't appear to be making the decision based on hatred.