January 10th, 2008
- A martini contains gin. A “martini” with vodka in it is not a martini. It’s vodka in a martini glass.
- Ali was not even close to be being the world’s greatest fighter. Sure, at one time the world’s greatest boxer. But put him in the ring in his prime against a good wrestler, throw the rule book out the window, and you’d see Ali get pounded to oblivion. The Gracies tried to prove this, but couldn’t find a big-named boxer willing to be humiliated.
- Metal is more punk than punk, more alternative than alternative, more indie than indie, and actually requires talent, unlike those other three forms of “music” I just mentioned.
- The Green Bay Packers are the only things on tv worth watching. When football season is over, I don’t need access to a television.
- If you can’t drive a stick, you can’t drive, period.
- Windows has no business being a server. Servers should have uptime, not viruses.
- Contrary to popular opinion, you can drink Champagne any day of the week. It does not have to be a special occasion.
- Those who say they like classical then immediately mention Bach or Pachebel’s Canon don’t know what they hell they’re talking about.
- And neither does someone who says they like Beethoven, then say his best Symphony was his 5th. That immediately proves they haven’t listened to all nine.
- Tchaikovsky is the greatest composer ever. Mozart and Bach do not belong in the same sentence as Tchaikovsky. You can however make a good argument for Beethoven. You’d just be wrong.
- Yes, I do need every guitar I own. And every rifle. And every shotgun. And every handgun. And it’s none of your business. You, however, don’t need that SUV nor that many pairs of shoes.
- Anyone who has $83,000 to spend on a car, and spends it on a Jaguar, a car that spends more time in the shop than on the road, has some serious taste issues.
- And lastly, Mensa has every right to exist, despite folks who dismiss them as too snooty. One joins a tennis club to find a worthy opponent for tennis. One joins Mensa to find a worthy opponent for chess.
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hmmm
Well, when I started to read the list I was going to comment “you are NOT a heathen” and then I saw it - it hit me like a hammer - No 13! What?! Are you crazy?!
I love Jaguar
Snobier than you!
-Champagne, not only no occasion required, but any hours of the day and night is ok to drink Champagne.
-Golf is a sport of course. If not Hubby will stop playing and I want him out of the house sometimes.
-Don’t say anything against my shoes collection.
-I love Jaguars, I love Jaguars, I love Jaguars..
-Mensa? how this could exist? I don’ know how to count after 10.
i have always loathed boxing as a sport and i have always enjoyed real wrestling (collegiate, greco-roman, not that WWF nonsense). you get to see a couple of incredible atheletes fight hand to hand without one being beaten bloody or risking permanent brain damage, just pure strength and technique.
wrestlers have such a delicious body type too.
Miladysa and Kitem - Ferrari baby! Compare the lines. So much sexier (and faster).
Lime - I have utmost respect for collegiate and greco-roman wrestlers. I’ve done the Japanese/Brazilian styles which focus more on straight groundwork, and I’ll readily admit, the collegiate/greco-roman wrestlers have better throws and body slams.
Hey there anyone that doesnt know how to drive stick doesnt know how to drive stick doesnt know how to drive. I am doomed them.. LOL….
Tweetey - Don’t feel bad. I drove my father nuts learning to drive his old Ford with a stick. I must have killed it a dozen times before I finally got it.
Golf is not a sport.
Amen, There are many reasons I think golf should be restricted to Scotland or the Great Plains. Like you wrote its just not a sport but the another is all the land that has to be used for the “sport”. Then ther is all the runoff of the chemicals used to create that nice carpet of grass.
I love Mensa.. I’m not too bad at golf.. champagne tickles my nose… Jaguar is just a good name for a car, thats it… I’m not into shoes… I learned to drive stick on my x’s beemer (it was fun!)… ufc is the kind of fighting I like to watch, if I watch it at all… I like classical music, but know nothing about it…
p.s. I’m gonna post!
Now ZS, when I was single I dated a man who owned every single prestige car you can imagine including a number of Ferraris. I swear, I refused to leave the house if he ever turned up in the Ferrari. Personally, I think they are naff
Ok Golf isnt a sport is Chess??? LOL.. In Russia it is.. They even have there children take special classes like english and math to learn how to play chess.
Zombie,
So happy to find you again after not reading your blog for waaaaay too long. Concerning the martini. I thought I had finally had my very first one at a friends home this New Year Eve, but thanks to your blog I’ve discovered I was wrong. It was not made with gin, but rather with some very expensive vodka. Oh well.
Oh please do a comment on ‘hunting’……
A metal snob - now I’ve seen everything! ;D
Just kiddin’. I’m with you on the “martinis” - it seems like every hard-to-classify novelty/girlie drink gets dumped into a martini glass and called a martini. My family would be with you on the champagne, ’cause they just invent occasions especially for it. “Yay! The sink is unclogged! Pop that cork!”
And golf. As Carlin said, “Golf is hitting a ball with a crooked stick, then walking after it…It’s not a sport unless there’s a chance for serious physical injury.”
Beach - The runoff from golf courses has been really bad for fish in rivers. As someone who happens to enjoy fishing, yet another reason to hate golf.
Clothosfate - I would suggest Tchaikovsky’s 6th and 4th Symphonies, the 1812 Overture, his Serenade for Strings and Orchestra, his 1st Violin Concerto and his first Piano Concerto. Also pick up his Swan Lake and Nutcracker ballets.
If you like Beethoven, if I had to rate his Symphonies, I’d say 6th, 9th, 5th, 3rd, and 7th (in that order).
Miladysa -
One of these days, I’ll post my top 10 cars (aesthetics only).
Tweetey - Dang right chess is. Chess rules. I just wish I was better at it. I’m not at a competition level. My game is mostly defensive and I’ll wait for my opponent to make a mistake or get greedy.
Melanie - Gin is for experienced drinkers. Back when I was waiting tables, I’d never card someone if they ordered gin or scotch, because nobody starts off with those drinks.
BJ - Heh. Maybe I’ll bring back the post “anti-hunters that eat meat.”
SME - Agree with Carlin. And yes, without trying to sound sexist, those drinks are trendy/girlie drinks that get poured into a martini glass and get called martinis. They’re not martinis.
I have to disagree with you on one point — I absolutely DO need every single pair of shoes I have.
Courtney - I didn’t think that shoes comment would be very popular with the ladies. I tried counting Mrs. Z’s shoes, but I don’t have enough fingers and toes to get that high.
Ferrari’s look nice but they are too angular. they are race cars. Jags though… ahh Jaguar…….
they are the best looking cars made. (except for the S class which looks like a mutant Taurus)
I despise gin, so I’ll never drink a martini. And I have vermouth, so even a regular vodka martini is out of the question.
Hardcore is better than metal.
I almost couldn’t care less about football. I don’t even watch the Super Bowl for the commercials.
The Libertarian taught me how to drive a stick, but I hate it and refuse to do it, if I don’t have to.
I adore champagne and have two bottles in the frige (one expensive, so that’ll wait for a special occasion of some sort). The non-expensive bottle will be popped when I feel like it. Doesn’t even need to be an unclogged sink.
I remember Sports Illustrated having a debate about who was the better athlete: Tigers Wood or Lance Armstrong. Um, no contest. Lance Armstrong. Tigers Wood has talent, but golf is not exactly taxing - look at Davis Love III or whomever that chunky golfer is.
Bach? Not really my cup of tea.
More Tchaikowsky to enjoy: Marche Slave and Capriccio Italien.
I will rank Mahler and Shostakovich right up there, however.
If you can have all the guns you want, I can have all the shoes I want. And yes, I do need them all, I like my Chucks to match my outfits. Today I’m wearing all black with red eyeholes, red stripes and black with red stripes shoelaces to go with my black pants and red top.
The XK8 & XKR are incredibly beautiful cars and I’d take one. I’d still rather have a Mini S, however.
The Libertarian was mensa…I’m not particularly disposed in a kindly way toward them these days.
crap!! HATE vermouth…not have. I should learn to proofread.
Exmi - Urgh! Why all the Jag lovers? I’m outnumbered!
Kathleen - hardcore is alright. I’ve always said hardcore are metalheads who think they’re punks. The ones with talent go on to play metal later in their lives.
Lance Armstrong is an athlete. Tiger Woods is a walking ad for watches, Nike, and a thousand other companies. Apparently, he doesn’t make enough money golfing alone.
I never liked Capriccio Italian. Maybe one of these days, I’ll appreciate it.
I like Mahler and in the right mood, I like Shostakovich.
As for the shoes, I’d rather spend my money on bullets. You’ll need a lot when the zombie plague starts.
And yes, there are those cold ass Libertarian types in Mensa. I won’t deny that. But you’d be surprised that there are some highly functional folks who can actually carry a conversation. I only went to one convention in San Francisco, but I had a blast. And I played one game of chess and won. I got lucky though. He did something stupid early on and I played piece for piece after that.