Ayn Rand-McNally: World Atlas Shrugged

My brother Sanjay bought this book from a street vendor. I do not understand the title, but this volume has great pictures of locomotives and copper mines, as well as some interesting maps of a place called Galt's Gulch. It's a heavy book, and over 1,000 pages, but it's mostly gibberish and impenetrable at that.

George (delete surname or risk libel suit) Still Sucks Dick (Whatever That Means…)

(Author's note: I am to feeling enlightened and more at peace in this American New Year 2009, and felt it was right to remove the surname of the accused from the title of this entry.)

When I began this blog (January 1st of the American New Year), my initial entry was to sarcastically decry the shameful experience of my kitchen remodeling with contractor George (deleted surname).

I'll be to admitting this blog is not a popular one; however, the blog entry which has recieved the most comments is that first one. Although only three commentators left messages, two have the opinion that George (don't forget to delete surname here, too) sucks dick. I do not know what they mean, but I suppose it is not very nice (which, if they experienced what I did, is completely appropriate).

Climbers who terrorize The New York City Times building

So today, another person has terrorized The New York City Times building, climbing up the side of the tower and apparently posting a holy war-baiting message (or perhaps, attaching a target for the terrorists' airplanes to aim towards).

I am not knowing why so many people climb this one building and post their messages on it, unless prices for advertising in the paper's classifieds section have become too expensive. Now the discussion turns towards how to keep others from climbing the tower and hanging their messages of "Sublet to share - $600/month - call Jeff."

My brother Sanjay and I have devised these possible architectural solutions to repel climbers:

• A giant tapered collar around the whole building, like the kind used to keep dogs from scratching at their ear infections
• A spring-loaded, weight-sensitive cage which sheathes the exterior and descends when climbers engage the building, like the kind used on bird feeders to protect against squirrels
• Genetically-mutated jumbo peregrine falcons trained to snatch and eat humans who climb the buildings’ walls
• Electrified livestock fencing, sheets of fly paper, you name it…

Perhaps this only needs the passage of time: after a few years, there is to be a smelly calcified crust of pigeon droppings on the building, and who would want to put their hands in that??