Day In The Life of Baz

This is a great example of why I need to plan things better. On Saturday I decided to take a trip down to Lava’s house to check up on her. The problem is gas is more expensive down where she is. The smart thing to do would have been to fill up before I left.

Here’s The Dumb Thing To Do

Instead of doing the smart thing, this is what I did. I hopped in the car and looked at the gas gauge and realized that I had more than enough (well just enough) gas to make the trip.

So I loaded up the car and gunned it down there. This is where plans changed. I was on the phone talking to a friend to pass the time on the highway. Then I noticed that I had missed my exit, by about ten (10) miles. No problem, just exit, find an overpass and get back on track.

Time To Recalculate, But I Didn’t

This is where a smart guy would realize that he needs to recalculate things, but oh no, not Baz. When I was leaving, I hopped into the car. I noticed that the gas gauge was a bit low, but then I figured that I’d already calculated and I’d be fine.

Wait, What Do I Want?

One problem that I’ve always had, is that I’m a very practical person. My significant other has asked me countless times, “What do you want for Christmas?”. Although there is quite a large laundry list of things that I want. The problem is, I can’t pick one thing that I can justify getting, since the pit of money that we’re both rolling in has a very distinct and visible bottom.

For a long time, what I’ve always wanted was a wide screen LCD monitor. Earlier this year I made myself happy with the purchase of my new computer. Since then, what I’ve wanted was another wide screen LCD monitor. Who ever invented the dual monitor set up is a genius! This Christmas, I’ve already budgeted money for that gift to myself. But the question remains, what would I like someone to get me?

Redefining The Word Want

A long time ago I seem to have confused the word want with thing like beneficial, need, etc. Although the second monitor was usually a bit more pricey than I would go, I’ve already justified the purchase.

Here are the results from: Poll - Is The World Tired of Movie Parodies?.

As you can see, I didn’t really get the input I wanted, but regardless, here you go:

Out of my tiny lil’ sample, it seems that we’ve had our fill of movie parodies.

Popularity: 30%

What Happens On The Internet Stays On The Internet

I have a few friends who gamble. Personally I don’t really get it, but they love it. Since the advent of the internet, everything is made easier, even gambling. You can now sit home in your underwear and shoot craps.

With so many options out there, how are you supposed to pick who to shell your money out to? Check out the top united states online casinos.

Design - They Had Me Fooled

As usual, I’ll start with the design of this site. I must say, they had me fooled at first. The design looks nice and simple. A basic centered layout, CSS tabbed navigation menu, and a nice gradient background. The page layout even started with a centered DIV. Nothing to shout about, but simple and clean right? Or so I thought.

Looking at the code, the main content section consisted of a big ugly table. Even though the data is tabular by design, they could have gotten away with some DIVS, floats, and clears. Oh well. Also the About Us page is a broken link, but that’s a minor issue.

By now we’ve all heard about the racist comments that Dog The Bounty Hunter spouted out while on the phone with his son. Yesterday I heard about his apology on the radio. It was rather hilarious actually. He said stuff like he feels connected to the Black community and as such thought he was allowed to use that word; he uses it all the time among his black friends; and (this one is the kicker) he now knows that “he’s not black” and he can’t use the word. I’m serious, that’s what the guy said.

Context Of Language

First off, as a black man, you know what side of the fence I’m sitting on with this. With that said. The N word is a bad word. It doesn’t take a genius to figure that out. However, there is something to be said for context.

I’m not sure where it originated from. It could be a Culture thing, a Black thing, a Hood thing, or a Hip Hop thing, who knows (let’s just call it Hip Hop to be neutral). But the Hip Hop community has a way of taking negative words and flipping them to mean something totally different. Case in point, words like bad, mad, sick, wicked, ill, etc. Flip open Websters and you’ll know that none of these is a good thing. But take a walk down to the hood and you’ll hear them being used to mean something totally different.