Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

I don’t quite follow the NDP’s logic on this one. A guy gets fired for sexual assault. Then he is convicted of just common assault. So he sues the government who was his employer, for firing him for sexual and not common assault. They cave and give him more than a quarter million dollars. He also gets more money than the 9 women who were harassed by him.

Any time a sue-happy individual does something newsworthy I’m a little reluctant to write about them because even though the odds are low, a vanity google search done by the litigious-leadhead might put me, the humble gossip critiquer, in their sooty spotlight. For this reason I want to make it clear that if I’ve erred in a critical fact about the summation of this news story, then I will correct it.

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Artwork made of cash. It sounds cool, and it was, until it was turned into hot art. It was 100,000 kroner ($16K USD) glued to canvas in cash.
The artist sold it for “face value” as a statement that art is pretentious and over valued.

The artist’s redo-piece will be less in cash, because insurance only pays about 80% back to the artist/owner.

The BBC made a significant error in their report. See if you can catch it? I wonder if the reporter is in on the crime, or just lazy/stupid ;-)?

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Here’s a list Ashley found, with businesses making sure memos retain their reputation of being pretty worthless.

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Look, John Bolton is helping the New Government “tackle crime“, after he tackled the UN, and a hair dye bottle.

Maybe next, Harper’s New Government will start up the Avro Arrow II project to match Participaction II, and Energuide II. Then the Conservatives will announce their plans to get tough on crime, so they can cancel them, then reissue plans that are improved and Made in Canada.

I don’t understand why the Conservatives want everything to be made in Canada, when we can outsource, and have the Chinese lose our weight at a fraction of the cost to us.

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Hat tip to Ottawonk
Please note that Bolton hasn’t actually come to Canada, I’m just making a gray-mustache joke, which although in poor taste normally, strikes my fancy this evening of writing.

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And speaking of running society badly, “I am special, I am special, look at me, look at me!” It’s not just a parody of a brat anymore, it’s actual drivel being used to brainwash children in daycares and on TVs. Just set a bratty phrase to popular French playground music, and we get bratty college students and budding adult brats.

As an example, Twenge cited a song commonly sung to the tune of “Frere Jacques” in preschool: “I am special, I am special. Look at me.”

“Current technology fuels the increase in narcissism,” Twenge said. “By its very name, MySpace encourages attention-seeking, as does YouTube.”

Sure, blame the Internets’ Youtubes. I do accept that MySpace is both a symptom, and a cause of this phenomenon, however.

Having recently been a university student myself, I can confirm that I’m special, and everyone owes me big time. If it weren’t for me and my greatness, everyone would be worse off. In fact I’m so special, that I shouldn’t have to work, and I should be rich and famous. The mere fact that I’m not wealthy is a sign of how stupid everyone else is for not realizing that I’m special.

With slightly more seriousness, the problem with “I am special” songs, is that it teaches the wrong message to children. They are special, but only to certain people (and of course, themselves, where the song is targeted to improve esteem). Most people don’t consider Child A special, but when Child A doesn’t get treated how they want, they don’t know how to handle the conflicting information as to their societal status. They think the average person is being mean to them by not realizing they are the king kid.

Bloggers do have an inherent “look at me” complex, but I think so does everyone in the world, to some degree. Bloggers have just found the latest and greatest way to get the most bang for our narcissistic buck.

I’ll expect you to leave comments about me, to reference my awesomeness.