Castle Shima

At first, I thought I wanted a career. Then I realized I am just here for the paycheck. -- tagline at work

Tower View
Its been hectic as hell at the office. If work is supposed to be so fulfilling, why do they have to pay us to do it?

Word Smithing
This week's PC Police article shows how the League of United Latin American Citizens (aka LULAC) wants to change the wording of the Goliad Massacre.

For those not familiar with the Goliad Massacre, this battle entailed Mexican troops killing 300 Texas soldiers.

LULAC feels the word massacre is too harsh and would enforce hatred for Mexicans. They feel the word execution would be best suited for this.

Isnt this the same group that wanted to sue Taco Bell because they felt the Taco Bell dog in the commercials was degrading to Hispanics??

So the Battle of Little Bighorn was an execution? Tell that to Custer's troops.

We are Americans, regardless of our heritage. If you really want to stop the hatred, teach our kids to see beyond skin color and bias. Dont limit their ability to think for themselves.

Massacre is an appropriate word for troops that outnumbered and outgunned. Its also just a word. Its not what killed those men.

So has anyone told LULAC about the Alamo?

Out in The Yard
Tour de France:
Lance wins Stage 15!

In what has been called one of the most exciting races ever, Lance pulls out a win despite crashing and then having pedal problems. An exhausted Armstrong crossed the finish line with a 1" gap between him and second place man, Jan Ullrich.


image from TDF.OLNTV.COM

Speaking of which, kudos have to go out to Ullrich.

After Lance crashed, Ullrich showed the class of a true competitor by waiting til Lance was back and riding before continueing on his way. This way the race was still on even footing and would be decided by them, not by the accident.

I am confused about something though.

OLN has this listed on their site: "In stage 12, Ullrich proved he capable of stealing over a minute and a half. And that was the catalyst Armstrong needed to attack the final mountain of the centenary Tour with the sort of bravado that would enable him to start the final individual test (of stage 19) with a bigger leading buffer."

But according to their own site, stage 19 is a listed as a team time trial.

Ullrich's team, Team Bianchi, isnt as strong as Armstrong's US Postal Service team. USPS proved it by winning stage 6.

But if stage 19 is really the individual time trial like it was last year, then it may come down to Ullrich and Armstrong. Ullrich is an awesome rider, but Armstrong put his stamp of authority at last year's stage 19.

I cant wait to see what happens!

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Cars sold on Ebay? So how do you do the test drive? Hey, Ao? Did you ever get that car? Heh...
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Its time to outlaw spam! Ummm.. duh?
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Judge tosses out NAACP lawsuit against gun makers. Talk about frivelous lawsuits. Guns dont kill people, people kill people... And a bullet doesnt care about the color of your skin.
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Background Noise
Once again, the replay of the Tour de France is on. I tried to listen to the webcast this morning at the office, but the network couldnt keep up.

Its probably a good thing too.

I can imagine myself yelling at my desk while Lance crashed. People at work already think I am strange enough already.

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* I will never forget those nights.
* I wonder if it was a dream.
* Remember how you made me crazy?
* Remember how I made you scream?
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