The Relativity of God, Apartments & Indiana's Fake

I’m kinda tired and probably shouldn’t write anything right now. I thought I’d have my apartment all ready by now and the pictures hung but no…However, the television’s working and on its new stand. I think it's happy there. Of course, had I had this stand three years ago, I would've gotten a bigger TV. Now my current TV's feeling sad. I say it should get over it.

The biggest news from the weekend is that I finally gave in and signed up for NetFlix and while I haven’t gotten any movies yet, I’ve rated over 1,300 films and that was a lot of fun. I added 218 movies to my movie queue, which is stupid because I have several DVDs that I’ve bought that I haven’t watched and there are a bunch of movies that my mom gave me to watch. So, why am I now paying a monthly fee to watch DVDs when I still have about 30 movies laying around unwatched? I don’t know…don’t bother me.

I have a couple funny stories about the move but they’ll have to wait until I’m less tired than I am right now. I’ve had trouble sleeping here but then again, I wasn’t sleeping great before either. I think if I were to lie down right now, I might be able to go to sleep but lying there unable to sleep is the sixth worst thing in the world…ever.

Old Apartment News

I went back to my old apartment Sunday afternoon to return my entrance card and keys but I was told that I could only move out on weekdays. Again…the complex wouldn’t let me return my keys at first because it was the weekend.

This weekend, my old apartment’s management put out flyers to let the residents know that there’ve been several cars that have been broken into and Cobb County will be increasing their patrols of the neighborhood.

I also learned that Comcast is no longer going to be the cable provider for my old apartment complex as of June 15th. Obviously, it doesn’t matter because I’ve already switched to Charter (not by choice). Still though…

And finally…The self-described ‘Annual Pool Party’ was May 17th at the complex’ pool. Not that it mattered but at the bottom of the announcement, the following was written: “DJ, food and beverages will be provided.” Okay, were they saying that a disc jockey will be provided along with food and beverages OR were they assuring DJ (me) that food and beverages would be there? I was confused. I mean, why would a tiny pool need a disc jockey? I don’t know. I just don’t know.

Primary News

In a video released by Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) before the West Virginia primary, she said, “it’s on to West Virginia and Kentucky and Oregon, and we'll stay in touch.” She didn’t mention Puerto Rico, Montana and South Dakota, the final three primaries. Could that be a clue that she’s going to drop out? Personally, I don’t think it means anything. Especially since in an interview with Wolf Blitzer, she mentioned those last three primaries.

She said that her supporters who are threatening to vote for Senator John McCain (R-AZ) in November if Obama’s the nominee would be making “a grave error.”

(Quick side note: McCain was on SNL, both doing a fake campaign message and a Weekend Update and was funny in both of them. He said that he should be elected because he has a certain 'oldness' to him and in the Update portion, he encouraged the Democrats to wait on settling on a nominee, possibly giving John Edwards another look and he offered to allow both Clinton and Obama to appear on November's ballot.)

Back to Clinton, in her Blitzer interview, she got emotional again, which can’t help but remind any viewer of New Hampshire and she’s throwing out gender comments like this gem, “A woman is like a tea bag: You never know how strong she is until she is in hot water.” A tea bag, huh? Okay then.

God’s Relative

In a recently uncovered letter, Albert Einstein wrote, “The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.”

The letter was written in 1954 to philosopher Eric Gutkind, who had just sent the funny haired physicist a copy of his book ‘Choose Life: The Biblical Call to Revolt.’

Einstein had said he viewed his scientific work through a “cosmic religious feeling” and “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” Both these comments have been used by Christians to support their positions on religion and science. This letter calls into question Einstein’s view of religion as a whole.

Einstein, himself Jewish, also wrote in the same letter, “For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them.”

Indiana Jones? Not Real?

According to CNN, Indiana Jones is just fiction. I didn’t know if you were struggling with this fact but CNN has gone to all the trouble of explaining it, so hopefully they’ll be no confusion now.

Mark Rose, some guy, doesn’t appreciate the way Indiana Jones treats ancient artifacts and says, “There are codes of ethics in archaeology, and I don't think he would be a member. Not in good standing, anyway.” Could there be a movement in the archaeology establishment to disbar this fictional character from their club? I don’t know.

Paul Zimansky, another guy, complained about the lack of note-taking by Indiana Jones. “What's his publication record?” Zimansky asked. I don’t know but that sounds like the throwing down of a gauntlet to me. Zimansky says that he wishes Indy would’ve been more realistic so he could’ve been a role model. I say he was a role model though. When I was little, I wanted to grow up to kill Nazis. Turned out though, between Indiana Jones and the Allied Forces, the Nazis were destroyed. All that are left now are neo-Nazis and they have bald heads, jump and down and frankly, they scare me. So, I’ve decided I’ll leave Nazi killing to someone else.

Headlines

This is an article about some examples of racism Senator Barack Obama’s (D-IL) campaign workers are running into while working for him. While I don’t believe most of the country is like this, it’s ugly anywhere you find it.

Michael Moore is coming out with a sequel to his documentary ‘Fahrenheit 9/11.’ I’m betting it’s going to be called ‘Fahrenheit 9/12: The Next Day.’ It’ll cover the Bush administration in Iraq and probably Katrina and other stuff about Bush.

A woman who was born with her feet on backwards claims that she’s not disabled. Feet on backwards? Makes you wonder if God was asleep at the assembly line when she was being created. I mean, I’ve put stuff together backwards before. But then again, I don’t go around saying I created the world and threatening to smite whole groups of people.

CNN Headline: “China's earthquake victims 'eat bitterness'.” So what? I eat bitterness every day. I don’t see any headlines about it.

What I Watched on Television Today

I watched the Braves beat the Oakland A’s today and the season finale of Simpsons. Like most of the episodes this year, I didn’t like it. Maybe one day, I’ll actually just stop watching it. But that’d be too hard

What I’m Listening to on My Mp3 Player

I got two albums today and I’ve been listening to both of them today. ‘Boxer’ by The National (favorite song so far: Mistaken for Strangers’) and Editors’ ‘The Back Room’ (favorite song so far: ‘Munich’). One problem with ‘The Back Room’ is the song ‘Bullets,’ which just keeps repeating the line “You don’t need this disease” over and over again. I nearly died from repetition, one of the four worst ways to die.

Random Thoughts

My new apartment doesn’t have any handicapped parking which is great because I’m tired of them getting all the breaks.

I drive a Honda and the thing that shifts the car from park to reverse and from reverse to drive is between the seats but on Fords, it’s off the steering wheel. Fords are hard to drive for me because I keep reaching down to between the seats like an amputee scratching at a leg he lost years earlier.

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